The Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade is committed to the standard of quality and ethical behavior during all phases of the evaluation and publication process of the works received, based on the “Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), available at the following link: https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf.
In addition, we expect the commitment of the authors in line with the commitments made by the editors of the journal and the referees to this declaration below:
I - Duties of the Editors:
1) Publication decisions: It is up to the editors to choose the articles submitted and evaluated that should or should not be published in each edition. The editor will be guided by the editorial board's policy, as well as taking into account legal requirements, seeking to avoid plagiarism, copyright and human rights violations.
2) Selection of articles: Articles will be evaluated according to their interdisciplinary perspective and also relevant social contribution. The journal will also include works that deal mainly with the theme of interdisciplinarity that covers the topic of the discussion of health science. In addition, the journal will not evaluate its works on the basis of ideological, religious or political assumptions that may impede freedom of expression and the production of scientific knowledge;
3) Confidentiality: The editors and the editorial team undertake not to disclose any information about the manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author;
4) Disclosure of conflicts of interest: the editors undertake not to use unpublished materials disclosed in work submitted to the journal, without the prior written consent of the authors of the research.
II - Duties of referees
1) Contribution to editorial decisions: The reviewers assume the role of assisting the editor in making editorial decisions, through dialogue with the editors and suggestions to the authors, in order to improve the work to be published.
2) Punctuality: The evaluators undertake to inform the editor in advance when they feel disqualified to analyze a specific survey or if it will be impossible to meet the deadline received.
3) Confidentiality: The received works assume the status of confidential for the evaluators. Therefore, they cannot be shown or discussed with third parties, with the exception of the editors.
4) Standards of objectivity: The evaluators undertake to write their opinions in an objective and clear manner, seeking to use arguments that justify and support their evaluation, thus avoiding value judgments, inappropriate expressions or personal criticisms.
5) Recognition of sources: The referee must identify situations in which mention is made of relevant works published in the text, but which were not properly cited, as well as any type of irregularity in the form of citation of authors. In addition, to avoid copyright infringement, the referee should pay attention to the possibility of plagiarism, in order to prevent any similarity between the work under evaluation and the published one.
6) Disclosure and conflict of interests: Any privileged information or ideas from the evaluated works are confidential and cannot be used for the personal benefit of the referee.
III. Duties of authors:
1) Reporting of rules and procedures: the authors undertake to present an accurate report with an objective analysis of their research and meaning;
2) Accuracy of data and information in the manuscript: the article must present sufficient details and references to enable future consultations and verification of published data, so fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate statements are considered unethical and reasons for rejection of the work.
3) Originality and plagiarism: authors must write original works, therefore, they undertake not to use other works without due citation or reference, as the misuse of the quotation will cause the work to be rejected.
4) Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication: authors cannot publish works simultaneously in more than one journal, therefore, the detection of multiple publication will incur the rejection of the work.
5) Recognition of sources: the authors undertake to cite all references that influenced them in the production of their work.
6) Authorship of the article: only those who have contributed in a relevant way to the execution of the work should be authors, all of whom are listed as co-authors, for that purpose, all those considered co-authors must be listed in the journal system at the time of submission of the work. In addition, all co-authors need to approve the publication and have their name on the final work.
7) Disclosure and conflict of interest: the authors undertake to report any conflict of interest, financial, professional or of any substantial nature that may be interpreted as interfering with the result of their assessment. In addition, authors should disclose sources of financial support, if they have received it.
8) Fundamental errors in published works: in the event of any type of error, the author must inform the editors for correction and collaborate with them for retraction or adjustment.
Any author who wishes to publish his work must agree with this declaration in all its items, in order to ensure the quality of the work.