Editorial ethics
International ethical standards
Interações: Sociedade e as novas modernidades conducts its editorial ethics practices in accordance with the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics — COPE.
Where relevant to the nature of the manuscript, the journal also follows the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.
Research involving human participants must comply with applicable legislation, obtain approval from the competent research ethics committee where required, ensure informed consent, and observe the ethical principles of the current version of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.
The journal is committed to ensuring fair, rigorous, and transparent editorial processes, guaranteeing the scientific quality of the published works, respect for the rights of authors, reviewers, and research participants, as well as the credibility of scientific production.
Within this commitment, the Editorial Ethics Policy of Interações is structured around the following fundamental dimensions:
Editorial policies
- Conflict of interest policy
Defines the principles and procedures applicable to the declaration, prevention, and management of potential conflicts of interest by authors, reviewers, and editors.
See Conflict of interest policy - Authorship policy
Establishes the criteria for authorship, co-authorship, individual contributions, author responsibility, and the prevention of improper practices such as honorary or ghost authorship.
See Authorship policy - Retractions, corrections, and post-publication policy
Regulates the procedures applicable to corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, and other post-publication mechanisms, ensuring the integrity of the scientific record.
See Retractions, corrections, and post-publication policy - Research ethics with human participants policy
Defines the ethical principles applicable to research involving human participants, including informed consent, confidentiality, anonymity, and approval by ethics committees.
See Research ethics with human participants policy
Editorial commitment
Interações adopts the double-blind peer review evaluation system, ensuring the anonymity of authors and reviewers throughout the entire editorial process. All participants in the publication process must strictly comply with the principles of honesty, responsibility, impartiality, and respect for human rights.
Any violation of ethical standards will be analysed by the Journal’s Editorial Board and may lead to the rejection of the manuscript, retraction of the published article, or other appropriate measures.
