Publishing ethics

The Argentinian Journal of Respiratory and Physical Therapy is committed to meet and maintain the standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We are guided by the recommendations established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and ICMJE, as appropriate.

Authorship and contribution.

Conflicts of interest.

Publication criteria. 

Peer review process.

Ethical oversight.

 

Any complaints, appeals, allegations of misconduct or post-publication discussions and corrections should be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: info@ajrpt.com

We at Argentinian Journal of Respiratory and Physical Therapy are committed to ethics in academic publishing and provide details of our policies in the links above. However, we offer below a summary list of the principles highlighted:

- Ensure the confidentiality of the authors' data in the review process.
- Ensure the custody of unaccepted texts and specify how they are to be destroyed.
- Define and make explicit the criteria for acceptance of articles for review.
- Avoid favored treatment to the detriment of other authors.
- Not to have any conflict of interest in relation to the texts presented.
- Not to make any use of the texts or the data presented in them, beyond those of being published.
- Establish clear and objective review criteria to avoid reviewer subjectivity.
- Establish clear deadlines for responding to authors on the acceptance or non-acceptance of the text.
- Review suspected incidents of plagiarism and resolve any conflict of interest.
- Evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, nationality, or political philosophy of the authors.