Ethics policy and best practices in publishing

Good editorial practices

  1. Plagiarism: All proposals for publication will be reviewed by a text similarity check programme. Proposals containing a high percentage of similarity will not be accepted (more than 10%).
  2. Inadequate authorship: Authors are responsible for the authors' participation in the authorship and the order of appearance in the article; the journal has no influence on these aspects. Authors should not make changes to the number and order of authors once the editorial process has started.
  3. Redundant publication (duplicate publication and fragmented publication): The journal does not accept duplicate publication, in the event of this fault and its occurrence is demonstrated, authors are subject to the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
  4. If any breach of publication ethics is detected at the beginning, during the editorial process or after publication, the Journal will take the necessary corrective measures based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics(COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)(http://www.icmje.org/) and the Council of Science Editors (CSE)(https://www. councilscienceeditors.org/), which may include rejection or retraction of the article, prohibition of publication of future articles by all authors in the Journal, notification of other journals, as well as communication to the respective authorities (home institution, institution that funded the study, professional associations and ethics committees).
  5. Contributors are responsible for the authorship of the articles submitted to the Journal and declare that the article is original, and that there is no conflict of interest with third parties or institutions.
  6. Contributors who commit plagiarism (any total or partial reproduction of content that is not cited) will not be allowed to publish again in Cuaderno de odontología. Revista científica for a period of 6 years.
  7. The article may not be submitted to different journals while it is being refereed in the journal.
  8. If an article submitted to Cuaderno de odontología. Revista científica is published in another journal, the contributor or contributors will be notified of the exclusion of said article and will not be able to submit articles to the journal for a period of 6 years.