Good Practices

Actions adopted by the journal to maintain an ethical attitude in processes include:

  • All communication is maintained with the corresponding author from the official email of the journal and the manager’s email.
  • The editorial commits to communicate any progress during the process.
  • Manuscripts are assigned for review while maintaining the personal and academic information of each author; complete confidentiality is maintained.
  • The journal will resolve any doubts about the evaluation result and clarify the final decision when required.
  • In case of rejecting the submitted document, the authors will be immediately informed to release it and submit it to another journal if they wish.
  • Manuscripts are assigned to reviewers with the profile and knowledge of the addressed topic.
  • The professional assigned for style correction will make basic or profound modifications, as appropriate, and changes to maintain the required scientific style. The final version is presented to the author for acceptance or last changes.

In requested cases, errata or retractions by the authors will be published, appearing in the immediate next issue to the request.

Prohibited practices for authors include:

  • Resorting to plagiarism or self-plagiarism, both in the topic's dissertation and in graphs, images, etc.
  • Including names of individuals or institutions without prior consent from the mentioned parties.
  • Fabricating or manipulating research data.
  • Simultaneously submitting the same manuscript to another journal.
  • Not declaring if the work derives from an already edited thesis or research.

Engaging in any of these actions will result in the rejection of the work.