Editorial Policy
Manuscripts may be written in Portuguese, English, Spanish or another language upon request.
Manuscripts submitted for review by Research, Society and Development cannot have been published or simultaneously submitted to another journal. The veracity of information and bibliographic citations is the sole responsibility of the authors. If simultaneous publication or submission to another journal is identified, the article will be disregarded.
Research Society and Development follows the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE
1 - Peer review
Research, Society and Development manuscripts are peer reviewed using the Double Blind Review method, where each manuscript is evaluated by two or more external ad hoc reviewers, selected by specialty or affinity with the thematic content of the manuscript under consideration.
The vast majority of the journal's reviewers are external to the publishing institution, in addition to the reviewers external to Brazil, as presented annually in the list of ad hoc reviewers.
After submission, the manuscript is evaluated by ad hoc reviewers, who analyze it, suggest corrections and improvements. The editor then reviews it, resolves any controversial cases, analyzes the reviews and decides whether to: (1) accept, (2) correct, or (3) reject the manuscript.
Manuscripts with the option of correction are returned to the authors within 7 days to present the revised version. This period may be extended upon request by the author.
Ad hoc reviewers have the option to accept or reject the review. They have 7 days to complete the review. All manuscripts have reviews from at least 2 reviewers with expertise in the field.
The author of the manuscript is entirely responsible for the grammatical review. Once the review process is complete, the editorial board will make the final decision regarding the publication of the work. The final review may be: accepted, accepted with modifications or rejected.
Among the main advantages of the Double Blind Review evaluation process adopted by the journal are:
a) the identity of the author and reviewer is not known, ensuring impartiality in the evaluation;
b) greater credibility and prestige of the evaluation processes;
c) improvement of the process of communicating research results.
2. Statement of Ethics and Good Publication Practices
The Research, Society and Development policy on ethics, good practices, misconduct and retraction follows the principles of the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics – COPE, see also the RSD Statement on Ethics and Good Publication Practices guide.
Policy on Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest can be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial in nature. Conflicts of interest can occur when authors, reviewers or editors have personal interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. When submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for acknowledging and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is still a potential conflict of interest, the author(s) must inform it on the title page.
When the editors of Research, Society and Development become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in the journal, the editors follow the COPE guidelines for handling the allegations.
Adoption of Similarity Checking Software
To maintain transparency of the information contained in research, Research, Society and Development requests from the author, at the time of submission of the final version of the manuscript, a report from the similarity detection software (possibly CopySpider or similar).
In the case of CopySpider Software, authors must submit the report showing that the article has a maximum of 3% similarity with other files (and the justification if it is greater than 3%).
The similarity software is used in articles accepted for publication. The check is based on the similarity of content with previous publications. The analysis is performed by checking the paragraphs and their respective references.
Sex and Gender Issues
The editorial team of Research, Society and Development is mindful of the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) and authors who publish in the journal must be aware of issues of respect for sex and gender. The SAGER guidelines guide the reporting of information about sex and gender in study design, data analysis, and results and interpretation of findings. RSD respects the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board.
Ethics Committee
Research involving human beings carried out in Brazil must present the project approval document from the Research Ethics Committee and/or the National Research Ethics Commission, as recommended by the Ministry of Health, National Health Commission (Res. 466/2012; chap. XII.2). In studies involving human beings, all patients (or their legal representatives) must agree to participate in the study by signing the Free and Informed Consent Form. Research involving human beings carried out in other countries must present the local ethics documentation. Research involving animals in Brazil must present the project approval document from the Research Ethics Committee on the Care and Use of Animals (according to Normative Res. 30/2016 of the National Council for the Control of Animal Experimentation). Research involving animals carried out in other countries must present the local ethics documentation. Copyright and Licensing
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms
1) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2) Authors are permitted to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., by publishing it in an institutional repository or as a chapter in a book), with an acknowledgement of its authorship and initial publication in this journal.
3) Authors are permitted and encouraged to post and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point prior to and during the editorial process, as this can lead to productive exchanges, as well as increased impact and citation of the published work.
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
All content of Research, Society and Development is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
The online journal is free and open access.
Authors assume full responsibility for the content of their manuscripts. The Research Society and Development encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by posting them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, academic social media, and personal social media (provided that the citation is the same as that on the journal website).
Publication Ethics
Complementary Ethics
The journal is committed to complying with good practices regarding moral conduct consistent with scientific journal publishing. The prevention of negligence is also a crucial responsibility of the author, editor, and editorial team: any form of unethical behavior, as well as plagiarism in any instance, is not accepted. Authors submitting articles to the journal warrant that the work has not been published or is under review/evaluation in any other journal.
The Research, Society and Development recommends the use of the CONSORT 2010 checklist and flowchart as a condition of submission when reporting the results of randomized health trials. Templates for these can be found here or on the CONSORT website [www.consort-statement.org] which also describes several extensions of the CONSORT checklist for different projects and data types in addition to two parallel group tests. Articles should report the content covered by each item on the checklist. Meeting these basic requirements will increase the chances of eventual publication.
We have also signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
Combating Plagiarism
“In addition to the illegal practice of appropriating the work of others without authorization and without due reference, this harmful procedure infects research, causing irreparable damage.” (National Commission for Institutional Relations and the Sectional of the OAB/Ceará: 2010.19.07379-01; approved by the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association; plenary session: 10/19/2010). All violations are forms of “intellectual dishonesty,” regardless of ethical or legal issues, and are explained in more detail below.
Definitions
Copying (intentional or unintentional) of another author’s words. Whenever an author uses another author’s words, they should be referenced in quotation marks, adding the corresponding citation. Readers of articles published in Research, Society and Development should know whether the words are the author’s or someone else’s.
Copying by the author himself (self-plagiarism). If an author has published an article in journal A, he or she cannot submit the same manuscript to journal B, even with some adjustments. Furthermore, he or she should not take excerpts from the first article for use in a second manuscript without using quotation marks. Each manuscript should be written in its own right, even if there is nothing to report on the subject.
Inadequate attribution of data or ideas: Most authors report ideas and data from others. However, when an author does so without citing the source, this is a form of plagiarism. Copyright infringement occurs when an author (with or without attribution) uses significant portions of a previously published article (including tables and figures). If this plagiarized “writing” is published, the new publisher will be guilty of violating the copyright held by the original publisher. This is a legal issue that can be costly for both the publisher and the author involved.
An author may think that juggling the words of a sentence copied from one article and pasted into another manuscript is appropriate. This is not appropriate. The order of the information presented in an article must be original and not follow the order of a previously published work, even if only closely.
Research, Society and Development has an intellectual property awareness and information policy, with specific procedures to prevent plagiarism.
This policy aims to inform authors about acceptable writing practices, thus defining a quality standard for publishing peer-reviewed articles. If plagiarism is detected (by reviewers or staff editors, before or after acceptance, during editing or at any time before publication), the Research, Society and Development team will inform the author, asking him/her to rewrite and cite the original source. If the plagiarism exceeds 30% of the original article, the manuscript will be rejected, unless the author provides a satisfactory explanation. If plagiarism is detected after publication, the Editor-in-Chief of Research, Society and Development will notify the authors of the infringement by email, requesting corrections within a specified time frame or automatic exclusion of the article.
Research, Society and Development follows the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
We would like to emphasize that academic plagiarism is a crime at any level and violates Brazilian legislation (article 184 of the Penal Code and article 7, paragraph three, of Law 9.610-98) that regulates copyright. Therefore, plagiarism is a civil and criminal matter.
In the event of plagiarism being detected, editorial conduct must follow the guidelines of the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE
