Ethics
Revista Direito Mackenzie is dedicated to complying with good practices with regard to moral conduct consistent with the scientific editing of journals, based on the code of conduct of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Prevention of malpractice is also a crucial responsibility of the editor and the editorial team: any form of unethical behavior, as well as plagiarism in any instance, is not accepted at RDM. Authors submitting articles to the journal declare that their content is original and guarantee that the work has not been published or is in the process of review/evaluation in any other journal.
In addition, Revista Direito Mackenzie is committed to ethics and quality in publication. We support standards of ethical behavior expected of all parties involved in publication in our journal: the author, the journal editor, the reviewers, and the publisher. We do not accept plagiarism or any other unethical behavior.
Duties of the Editors:
Publication decision: The journal editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor is guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and in strict compliance with legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor may consult the editorial board or contributors in making decisions.
Fair Rules: The editor shall evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content, without distinction of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, or the political philosophy of the authors.
Confidentiality: The editor and any editorial staff shall not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the author himself, reviewers, potential collaborators, other editorial advisors, and the editor, as appropriate.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: The editor should not use unpublished information in his/her own research without the author's express written consent. The editor should refrain from evaluating manuscripts in which they have any conflicts of interest resulting from competitive or collaborative relationships or any other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions that are connected/connected to the articles.
Participation and cooperation in investigations: The editor should take reasonable response measures when ethical complaints have been filed regarding a submitted manuscript or published article.
Duties of Reviewers:
Contribution to Editorial Decision: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through editorial communications with the author can also assist the author in improving the article.
Timeliness: Any selected referee who does not feel qualified to evaluate the research reported in a manuscript or knows that immediate review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
Confidentiality: All manuscripts received for review should be treated as confidential documents. They should not be shown or discussed with others.
Objectivity Standards: Reviews should be conducted objectively and reviewers should express their opinions clearly with supporting arguments.
Source acknowledgement: Peer reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors. The reviewer should also bring to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript in question and any other published document of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Inside information or ideas obtained through peer review should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have any conflict of interest resulting from competitive or collaborative relationships or any other type of relationship or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions that are linked/connected to the articles.
Authors' Duties:
Reporting Standards: Authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work done as well as an objective analysis of its significance. Underlying data must be presented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is completely original, and if authors have used other authors' work and/or words, these must have been properly cited or quoted. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Multiple, redundant or competing publications: An author should generally not publish manuscripts that essentially describe the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously and/or publishing the same article in different journals constitutes unethical publication behavior and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgement of Sources: Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must be done at all times. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with others, should not be used or reported without the explicit written permission of the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereed manuscripts or grant applications, should not be used without the explicit, written permission of the author of the work involved in those services.
Authorship of the Article: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Others who participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should also be recognized or listed as contributors. The author should ensure that all appropriate and no inappropriate coauthors are included in the paper, and that all coauthors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose in their manuscripts any financial or substantive/material conflicts of interest that could lead to influencing the results or interpretations in their manuscripts. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author's obligation to immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the article.
Publisher's Duties
- We are committed to ensuring that obtaining advertising monies, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
- Our articles are reviewed to ensure the quality of scientific publications and we are also users of Turnitin (software for identifying plagiarism and similarity).
This Ethics Policy is based on recommendations from Elsevier and COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics - Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
