Code of conduct for reviewers

Reviewers of manuscripts submitted to Gaceta CONBIOÉTICA undertake to observe and act according to the principles of responsibility, integrity, confidentiality, impartiality, and objectivity, and will perform their work as reviewers with absolute transparency.

 In any case, possible conflicts of interest must be declared.

The reviewers will evaluate the following aspects of the manuscripts received:

- Originality and academic quality

- Relevance and topicality

- Scientific contribution

- Adherence to ethical principles

- Methodological quality

- Transparency

Any suspicion about the existence of the following criteria should be communicated to the Editor:

- Plagiarism

- Lack of adherence to international ethical standards in the development of the research.

- Fractionation of data or salami slicing

- Falsification, appropriation, or unauthorized reproduction by the intellectual author of data, figures, images, algorithms, or tables.

- Duplicate or redundant publication

- Manipulation of bibliographic citations, including unwarranted self-citation

- Omission of relevant information that has a direct impact on the content of the manuscript

- Unjustified alteration of the list of authors.

For detailed information, please consult: https://publicationethics.org/