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Publication Ethics Statement
The journal Cadernos de Tradução prioritizes practices that respect ethical conduct, following these recommendations:
1. Principles of Transparency and Good Practice in Academic Publications: Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
2. White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications: Council of Science Editor (CSE). Guidelines of the CSE (Council of Science Editors) for promoting integrity in scientific journal publications. Translation by Ana Maria Tomasevicius: Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors. (ABEC Brasil)
3. Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals: International Commitee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
4. Improving the QUAlity and Transparency Of Health Research: Equator Network (Link).
5. Definition of research misconduct: The Office of Research Integrity. (Link)
6. The Hong Kong Principles for Assessing Researchers - Fostering research integrity: Plos Biology (DOI)
7. San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
8. Código de Boas Práticas Científicas: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
9. Relatório da Comissão de Integridade de Pesquisa do CNPq: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
10. Guide to promoting the opening, transparency, and reproducibility of research published: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
11. Guia de Boas Práticas para o Fortalecimento da Ética na Publicação Cientifica: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
12. Formulário de Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
1) On Author’s Responsibilities
- Authors are responsible for their article content as well as for the copyright of images, videos and any other textual or complementary material of their paper.
- Authors may be invited to participate in the article review process for this journal in the future.
- The authors declare that they have made a significant contribution to the research disclosed in their article, when applicable.
- The authors undertake to provide the journal with retractions or corrections of any errors.
- If the article was written based on research that presents real risks for the participants, it is mandatory to present an opinion from the Ethics Committee of the researcher's institution.
- The order of authors in the article is a collective decision of the authors or the research group.
1.1) Authors
The authorship of a scientific paper belongs only to those who:
a) Contribute intellectually, directly, and substantially to the conception of the research/article (acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of study data).
b) Participate in the construction of preliminary versions or a critical review of the article's content.
c) Approve the final version of the article to be published.
d) They are responsible for the authorship to guarantee the article's accuracy and integrity.
Authors must present a conflict of interest statement when applicable.
2) On Reviewers'/Evaluators' Responsibilities
- Evaluate the papers submitted to the journal objectively and based on their intellectual content, without discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, geographical origin, or political beliefs. The evaluation is based on the merit of the work and is not influenced positively or negatively by personal, financial, or intellectual prejudices.
- Treat the authors' contributions with confidentiality. The works will be evaluated or discussed with third parties only with the authorization of the journal's editors.
- Inform the editors if the submitted paper presents content previously published by the author or a third party. Authors should ensure that such content is always accompanied by the respective bibliographic reference, indicating its source.
- Alert the editors if the article violates the ethical principles of the journal when there is substantial similarity or evidence that the paper under review has already been published elsewhere. The reviewer must ensure any potential conflict of interest in the submission review. When encountering any irregularities, the editor is notified, for example: identification of plagiarism, fabrication, falsification of results, or redundant publication.
3) On Reviewers’ Responsibilities to the Editor
- Comply with the instructions regarding the scope, content, and quality of the review.
- Provide a respectful, careful, and constructive critique.
- Observe ethical issues.
4) On the Review/Evaluation Process
- Reviewers must draw attention to texts or passages that have been previously published and have not been properly cited.
- The journal understands that any form of plagiarism is unacceptable and uses tools for its detection, such as: Copy Spider and Ithenticate.
- The final decision regarding the publication of a text lies with the editors. Whenever a text meets academic quality and complies with the criteria established by the journal, it is forwarded for evaluation.
- The evaluation criteria are academic merit and the enhancement of knowledge quality, without discrimination.
- Editors are not allowed to use information from articles under evaluation without the authors' explicit consent.
5) On the Ethics in the Publication:
- Under no circumstances do we encourage or allow misconduct to occur.
- Any allegations of improper research conduct will be promptly investigated.
- The journal publishes errata to correct articles when necessary.
- The journal is always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, right of reply, retractions, and apologies when necessary.
6) On the Authors' Rights and on the Universal Access
- The licenses used by the journal are described on the website.
- All full-text articles are free of charge and made available in their entirety to any reader without the need for registration or a password.
7) Misconducts
- Mistreatment of research subjects
- Data falsification and data fabrication
- Piracy and plagiarism
8) Acknowledgments
In an acknowledgments section, authors may include the names and contributions of those whose involvement in the study did not qualify them for authorship or, due to journal policy regarding the number of authors in the author's signature, cannot be included in authorship. When applicable, it is suggested to put the process number and research funding.
9) Editors
Editorial practice and the editor's relationship with authors and reviewers/evaluators are supported by the Código de conduta para editores, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Every editorial decision is based on the relevance, originality, clarity and validity of the study related to the scope of the journal.
10) Disclaimers and expressions of concern
The editor must act on suspected or alleged misconduct, whether in submissions or published articles. This journal follows the COPE flowchart to establish facts and determine actions needed to resolve cases. It also complies with SciELO's procedures for documenting disclaimers and expressions of concern based on guidelines developed by international committees specializing in research ethics.
11) Other principles
- Information about property, authors’ rights and/or the journal management are indicated in Cadernos de Tradução website.
- The journal also publishes special issues.
- The journal does not charge any type of submission, evaluation or publication fee.
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