Ensure transparency throughout the editorial process of the journal
Establish the manuscript submission, resubmission, and peer review policies as well as provide opinion on the same
Develop policies and procedures to attract the manuscripts of scientific quality
Adopt clear procedures based on COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) principles related to ethical issues, conflicts of interest, retractions, revisions, plagiarism and/or academic misconduct, etc
Ensure open access publication of all articles and inclusion of information on the Creative Commons license modality in all articles accepted by the journal
Act in accordance with the compliance policies of the institution to which the journal is affiliated
Investigate all complaints and/or claims by publications, regardless of their approval, and provide authors the opportunity to respond to the corresponding questions
Act impartially without any discrimination based on authors' gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographic origin, age group, etc
Act impartially and transparently when publishing sponsored special issues and/or receiving any other sponsorship by the journal's sponsoring institution, ensuring that manuscripts are evaluated and accepted solely on the basis of their academic and scientific merit, without any commercial influence
Take care of all mails related to submissions to the journal
Assign manuscripts to associate editors and monitor the editorial processes
Provide final approval for the manuscripts
Reviewers
Participate in the decision-making process and help in enhancing the quality of the article by reviewing, criticizing, and adding new suggestions to the manuscript in an objective and timely manner
Maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the editor and obtained from the surveys
Notify the editor if they find any similarities with the previously published content or an ongoing study that can be considered plagiarism or academic misconduct
Declare any potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, collaborative, or other relationships between the reviewer and the author)
Ensure anonymity throughout the editorial process
Authors
Declare that the submitted manuscript is original and that it has not been submitted and/or accepted for publication elsewhere
Write the scientific manuscript by maintaining the ethical rigor and scientific methodology
Ensure that studies involving humans or animals comply with national, local, and institutional laws and requirements (Declaration of Helsinki, Declaration on Human and Animal Rights, and their respective institutional Committees)
Declare all conflicts of interest using a written document signed by all employees
Submit the manuscript to the Research Ethics Committee of the home institution of the study as well as the Plataforma Brasil
Ensure the public registry of the article on Clinical Trials platforms
Notify the journal editor when a significant error is identified in the publication and provide all necessary information for erratum publication, manuscript retraction, and/or manuscript correction
Assign authorship credits according to the participation of each author in the research during the elaboration and approval of the manuscripts
Maintaining and making manuscript records available on data sharing platforms whenever requested by the editor
Follow the rules established in the instructions to authors and editorial policies
