O fator de impacto influencia na ética das instruções aos autores de uma revista?

Abstract

The impact factor is a determinant factor on the ethics included in the instructions to authors of articles in scientific journals, showing that higher-quality journals seek better-designed articles that are conscientious at the beginning of the research.

Evaluation of Ethical in Instructions to Authors of Brazilian Surgical Journals

“…Information about possible connections between the researchers and these institutions should be detailed in the articles and is of great relevance to readers, in order to filter the results of the research. According to the results of this research, all the journals requested clarification of potential conflicts of interest; previous researches 10 , 11 , 14 , with similar methodology, had lower results, showing great progress in this regard.…”

“…Such document should inform a potential author regarding everything they should know before submitting an article for publication. The inclusion of ethical prerogatives in this space is essential not only to avoid ethical and bioethical atrocities but also to ensure the quality of the studies submitted 14 .…”

“…This fact may be due to the journals' assumption that the approval of an article by an committee depends on the approval of the informed consent model used by such committee, rendering this information unnecessary 14 ; however, it is known that changes can occur in the middle of research and the previous approved protocol may differ from implemented.…”

“…A score system was used in order to evaluate the ethical requirements in the instructions to the authors of the selected journals. The protocol used was an adaptation to the current legislation of the protocol proposed by Teixeira et al 14 In that protocol, there are six ethical requirements that should be described in the instructions to the authors as follows: 1) approval by the Research Ethics Committee; 2) reference to the fact that the research follows the precepts of the Declaration of Helsinki; 3) reference to the fact that the research is in compliance with the Resolution 466/12 of the National Health Council of the Brazilian Ministry of Health; 4) authorization from the subject agreeing to participate in the research through the informed consent; 5) information about the authors' conflicts of interest; and 6) request for registration of clinical trials in the Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry. One point was attributed to each ethical requirement identified in the instructions to authors; thus, a journal's score may vary from zero to six points.…”

“…In process of preparing and formatting a paper to be published, the Instructions for Authors section is the only media of communication between authors and editorial board. Therefore, ethical requisites should be clearly informed in journals guidelines 14 . Nevertheless, papers 6 , 9 - 11 , 13 , 14 have shown that critical ethical aspects, such as IRB approval, have not been requested in the Instructions for Authors.…”