Good Practices

All editorial processes are guided by the Code of Good Scientific Practices from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Code of Ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and the Guidelines of the Scientific Integrity Commission of CNPq.

Policy on Scientific and Editorial Best Practices

DOXA – Brazilian Journal of Psychology and Education

(Aligned with FAPESP, COPE, CNPq, Open Science, and international best practices in scholarly publishing)

1. Institutional Principles

DOXA – Brazilian Journal of Psychology and Education adopts as a central principle the promotion of ethics, scientific integrity, academic responsibility, and editorial best practices in all processes related to submission, evaluation, editing, publication, and preservation of scientific production.

All editorial processes of the journal are guided by:

  • the FAPESP Code of Good Scientific Practices;
  • the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Ethics;
  • the CNPq Guidelines on Research Integrity;
  • Open Science practices;
  • international recommendations for responsible scholarly communication.

The journal understands that scientific integrity is an essential element for the credibility of science, research, and scholarly communication.

2. Commitment to Scientific Integrity

DOXA is committed to:

  • intellectual honesty;
  • scientific and methodological rigor;
  • editorial transparency;
  • ethical responsibility;
  • impartiality in evaluation;
  • preservation of the scholarly record;
  • respect for authorship and intellectual property.

The journal continuously acts to prevent unethical practices and strengthen a culture of scientific integrity.

3. Responsibilities of Authors

Authors commit to:

  • ensuring originality and authenticity of the manuscript;
  • avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and redundant publication;
  • properly declaring authorship and scientific contributions;
  • disclosing conflicts of interest;
  • ensuring the accuracy of data, analyses, and results;
  • respecting ethical principles in research involving humans or sensitive data;
  • properly citing all sources used;
  • declaring the use of Artificial Intelligence, when applicable.

Submission of manuscripts implies full agreement with this policy.

4. Responsibilities of Editors

DOXA editors must:

  • act with editorial independence;
  • make decisions based solely on scientific merit;
  • ensure confidentiality of editorial processes;
  • enforce the journal’s ethical policies;
  • conduct investigations into suspected scientific misconduct;
  • promote corrections, retractions, or editorial statements when necessary.

Editors may not use information obtained through editorial workflows for personal benefit.

5. Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers commit to:

  • conducting technical, ethical, and impartial evaluations;
  • maintaining confidentiality regarding evaluated manuscripts;
  • declaring conflicts of interest;
  • using respectful, technical, and constructive language;
  • contributing to the scientific qualification of articles.

Offensive, discriminatory, unethical, or scientifically unfounded reviews may be disregarded by the editorial board.

6. Scientific Misconduct

DOXA considers the following serious ethical violations:

  • plagiarism and self-plagiarism;
  • fabrication, manipulation, or falsification of data;
  • duplicate or redundant publication;
  • improper or fictitious authorship;
  • deliberate omission of authors;
  • manipulation of the peer review process;
  • concealment of conflicts of interest;
  • unethical use of Artificial Intelligence.

The journal does not tolerate predatory or fraudulent practices related to scholarly publishing.

7. Prevention and Integrity Verification

The journal may use:

  • similarity detection tools;
  • preliminary editorial screening;
  • technical and methodological verification;
  • expert peer review;
  • post-publication monitoring.

Identification of possible irregularities may result in editorial investigation.

8. Investigation of Ethical Concerns

When scientific misconduct is suspected:

  1. a preliminary editorial assessment will be conducted;
  2. authors will be formally notified;
  3. the right to respond will be guaranteed;
  4. specialists and institutions may be consulted;
  5. the editorial decision will be documented and justified.

The journal may cooperate with research institutions and scientific agencies during formal investigations.

9. Corrective Measures and Sanctions

Depending on the severity of the case, the following measures may be adopted:

  • requests for corrections;
  • publication of errata;
  • editorial statements;
  • partial or full retractions;
  • archival of the submission;
  • temporary suspension of new submissions;
  • communication with the institutions involved.

10. Open Science and Transparency

DOXA recognizes Open Science as a contemporary practice for strengthening responsible scholarly communication and may adopt:

  • publication of review reports;
  • open peer review;
  • transparency in editorial workflows;
  • traceability of the evaluation process;
  • responsible sharing of editorial information.

11. Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence

The use of Artificial Intelligence must:

  • occur ethically and transparently;
  • be disclosed when applicable;
  • not replace human authorship;
  • not compromise originality, scientific rigor, or academic integrity.

AI tools may not be recognized as authors or co-authors of scientific manuscripts.

12. Correction of the Scholarly Record

DOXA is committed to preserving and correcting the scholarly record and may issue:

  • editorial corrections;
  • errata;
  • expressions of concern;
  • retractions;
  • necessary editorial updates.

All measures will be conducted with transparency, responsibility, and ethical justification.

13. Policy Review

This Policy on Scientific and Editorial Best Practices may be reviewed every 6 (six) months according to:

  • updates to COPE guidelines;
  • FAPESP recommendations;
  • CNPq guidelines;
  • developments in Open Science;
  • improvement of editorial best practices.

Final Statement

DOXA – Brazilian Journal of Psychology and Education reaffirms its commitment to:

  • ethics;
  • scientific integrity;
  • editorial responsibility;
  • academic transparency;
  • qualification of published science.

The journal understands that scientific best practices are essential foundations for the credibility and legitimacy of scholarly production.

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Policy on Scientific and Editorial Best Practices – current version.