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Code of Ethics
It is essential to have the endorsement of the Commit-
tee on Publication Ethics (COPE) which has allowed us to
improve ethical practices of publications that has been con-
ducted in different research fields [4, 2], such for editors [3],
authors [5] and readers [1].
Editors
General responsibilities of Editors:
Improve continuously the Journal Ensure the quality
of the articles published. Take care for the integrity of their
academic experience. Publish corrections, clarifications, re-
tractions and apologies if it is necessary. Protect the inte-
llectual property and copyright. Maintain the editorial in-
dependence.
Responsibilities of Editors face to Readers:
Provide a product that considers international stan-
dards used by the most prestigious scientific journals. En-
sure that the published material was submitted for review
and approval.
Responsibilities of Editors face to Authors:
Be agree on the quality of material published. Accept
or reject an article for publication, based on their importan-
ce, originality, clarity, and relevance for the Journal. Inform
about the review process of their papers by their pairs. Be
ready to justify the processes of review, a report should be
provided by request for the author. Keep updated the pu-
blishing norms of papers. Accomplish the decision of ac-
ceptance or rejection of an article for publication. New edi-
tors should not overturn decisions about publishing docu-
ments submitted by the previous editor, with exceptions
(when they are going against the institutional and/or the
journal image).
Responsibilities of Editors face to Reviewers
Publish and maintain the norms for reviewing the pa-
pers. Maintain constant communication with the revie-
wers.
Pair review process:
Ensure that material submitted for reviewing is confi-
dential during the period of revision.
Authors
General responsibilities of the Authors:
Define the article structure which should fill: the scien-
tific method, grammatical rules and norm for publishing
the papers. Submit sufficient references from public sour-
ces.
Responsibilities of Authors face to Readers:
Assume the public responsibility for the contents. Pro-
vide to interested readers copies of data, procedure manual
or experimental material.
Responsibilities of Authors face to Editors:
Support the content of the article (data, methodology,
conclusions). Maintain constant communication with the
editor in chief in order to improve corrections and revi-
sions.
Readers
General responsibilities of Readers:
Make references of the bibliography used in the article.
Participate in the development and progress of the Jour-
nal, in this way, it is souhaitable that they send suggestions
about the published articles.
Responsibilities of Readers face to Editors:
Make public their discrepancies through letters to the
editor. Point out errors specifying the article and the aut-
hor.
Responsibilities of Readers face to Authors:
Have a critical attitude to the published content, in this
way they should point out errors. Send their opinion, cri-
tics or discussion directly to the address of the author /
authors.
*It is possible to find more resources in COPE (Commit-
tee on Publication Ethics - Comité de Ética de Publicación)
Committee on Publication Ethics (2011).
Referencias
[1] C
OMMITTEE
ON
P
UBLICATION
E
T
-
HICS
,
Resources:
Code of
conduct
,
COPE,
http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-
conduct, (2011).
[2] I
NTERNATIONAL
C
OMMITTEE OF
M
EDICAL
J
OURNAL
E
DITORS
,
Uniform requirements for manuscripts submit-
ted to biomedical journals: writing and editing for biome-
dical publication
, ICMJE,www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf,
(2010).
[3] K
LEINERT
,S.
Y
W
AGER
, E.,
Responsible research publica-
tion: international standards for editors
, 2nd World Con-
ference on Research Integrity, World Scientific Publis-
hing, (2010).
[4] S
COTT
-L
ICHTER
, D.
Y
E
DITORIAL
P
OLICY
C
OM
-
MITTEE
,
Cse’s white paper on promoting integrity
in scientific journal publications
, Wheat Ridge,
www.councilscienceeditors.org/files/public/entire
_whitepaper.pdf, (2012).
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