Intellectual property policy

The journal will control any of the following dishonest practices:

- Fabrication of results (when fictitious data are presented).

- Falsification (when data are manipulated or changed).

- Omission (when information is deliberately concealed).

- Plagiarism (when information, ideas or data from other authors are presented as one's own). Two forms of plagiarism will be taken into account: direct copying of a text without the use of quotation marks or citation of the source; modification of some words of the text, paraphrasing or without sufficient identification of the source.

- The detection of plagiarism and previously published material is carried out prior to the submission of manuscripts to the judges; it is done automatically, using specialized information search engines (Urkund, Ephorus) licensed by the institution that holds co-ownership of this journal.

- When required, the institutions that have financed the research of an article must grant permission for publication. In all cases, authors should cite any funding institutions or other organizations that have helped the work to be carried out.

- Whenever possible, the authorization number of the Ethics Committee of the institution that endorses the research should be included in the text of the article.

- If there is evidence of dishonest practice, the Editorial Board will take the appropriate measures mentioned in the following section.