Ethics

The Journal's editorial team is committed to the scientific community to guarantee the ethics and quality of the published articles. The publication takes as reference the code of conduct and good practices that the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) defines for editors of scientific journals.

Duties of editors
The editor must always guarantee: fair play and editorial independence, confidentiality, disclosure of conflicts of interest, publication decisions and participation and cooperation in research, following COPE rules.

Duties of reviewers
Reviewers have the duty to: contribute to editorial decisions, speed, confidentiality, follow standards of objectivity, acknowledgment of sources and disclosure of any conflict of interest.

Duties of authors
Authors must report data standards, have access to and retain data, ensure originality and avoid plagiarism, avoid multiple, duplicate, redundant or concurrent submission/publication, ensure authorship of the manuscript, disclosure of any conflict of interest, acknowledging sources, hazards with human or animal subjects (if necessary to declare), participating in peer review, and declaring fundamental errors in published works if necessary.

Editor's duties
Managing unethical publishing behavior and ensuring access to journal content.

Autorship topics
For authorship conflicts, the COPE guidelines are also followed.