Ethical statement and good practices

CFORES's editorial team, is committed to the scientific community in guaranteeing the ethics and quality of the articles published, based on the code of conduct and good practices that the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) defines for editors of scientific journals.

• Authors' commitments

• Reviewers' commitments

• Publishers’ commitments

What to do if you suspect that a post is redundant or duplicate?

• Suspicion of redundant publication in a received manuscript.

• Suspicion of redundant publication in a published article.

What to do if you suspect plagiarism?

• Suspicion of plagiarism in a received manuscript.

• Suspicion of plagiarism in a published article.

What to do if you suspect fabricated data?

• Suspicion of invented data in a received manuscript.

• Suspicion of fabricated data in a published article.

Authorship changes

• The corresponding author requests to add an additional author prior to publication.

• Corresponding author requests to remove an additional author prior to publication.

• Request to add an additional author after publication.

• Request to remove an author after publication.

What to do if you suspect the existence of anonymous authors, guests or gifted authorship?

How to detect problems with authorship?

What to do if the reviewer suspects that there is an undisclosed conflict of interest (COI) in a received manuscript?

What to do if the reader suspects that there is an undeclared conflict of interest (COI) in a published article?

What to do if you suspect that there is an ethical problem in a received manuscript?

What to do if you suspect that a reviewer has appropriated an author's ideas or data?