Publishing ethics

RID and its entire editorial team abide by the guidelines established in the standards and codes of ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE - https://publicationethics.org/) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME- http://www.icmje.org/), the statement of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (http://publicationethics. org/resources/guidelines-new/principles- transparency-and-best-practice- scholarly-publishing); as well as the review of best practices and ethical standards in the conduct and presentation of research reports taking into consideration the laws and regulations of the country, referred to scientific research, among them the legal norms on copyright, open access and others related to the RID approach, to ensure the quality, transparency and integrity of scientific publications and compliance with the ethical principles governing biomedical research.

In the case of research with experimental design conducted on humans and/or animals, it should be indicated in the "Materials and Methods" section whether such procedures are in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible human experimentation committee, institutional or regional, and in accordance with the World Medical Association and the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 version) available at: https://www.wma.net/es/policies-post/declaracion-de-helsinki-de-la-amm-principios-eticos-para-las-investigaciones-medicas-en-seres-humanos/ and the particular requirements of the place where the research was conducted.

Ethical Approvals and informed consent

If the study was conducted in humans, the institutional Ethics Committee that approved the protocol should be identified. The Editorial Committee may request the Ethics Committee's approval and the informed consent of the study to be published. When experimental animals are used, it should be indicated whether the guidelines of the institution or international research council or the national legislation in force regulating the care and use of laboratory animals have been followed.

Ethics in research and publication is fundamental, so the Editorial Board is attached to strict compliance with the rules of citation, following the Vancouver standards in its current version. The tools available today allow us to check for plagiarism or copyright violations. From this forum we are committed to respecting the criteria of scientific, where everyone is valued in their fair measure and responsible for the work done.

Authorship and acknowledgments

According to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME), authorship confers credit and has important academic, social, and financial implications, implying responsibility and accountability for published work.
The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following four criteria:
1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for work; and
2. Write the paper or critically review it for important intellectual content; and
3. Final approval of the version to be published; and
4. Agreement to be responsible for all aspects of the work to ensure that issues relating to the accuracy or completeness of any part of the work are properly investigated and resolved.

Contributors who meet less than the above four criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but should be recognized in acknowledgments. This section includes collaborators who influenced the statistical analysis, histological sections, laboratory tests, microbiological management, assistants for animal manipulation, assistants for photographic registration, financing agents, among other non-substantial activities that merit being part of the authorship of the study.

Anti-plagiarism and scientific fraud policies

RID adheres to the statement of the World Association of Medical Journal Editors (WAME), which defines plagiarism as "the use of ideas, words (or other intellectual property) published or unpublished by others, without their permission or acknowledgement, presenting them as one's own and originating instead of acknowledging that they come from other sources. The intent and effect of plagiarism is to deceive the reader with the plagiarist's purported contribution. This applies whether the ideas or words are taken from abstracts, research projects, institutional review board applications, or from published or unpublished manuscripts in any format (print or electronic)." RID does not accept plagiarism, fraud or misconduct and therefore establishes the following mechanisms:

(a) Plagiarism Checker X software is used during the editorial process. If the percentage of self-plagiarism detected is higher than 20%, the article will not be reviewed or evaluated.

b) After publication, if the journal is alerted and confirms cases of plagiarism, fraud or misconduct, it will proceed according to the guidelines and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE - http://publicationethics.org) and may retract the article.

Copyright notice

Articles are accepted in RID under the premise, and previous declaration of the authors, that they are unpublished and not submitted to arbitration processes in another divulgation organ, and that the publication does not imply fraud, plagiarism or conflict of interest. All authors must comply with the requirements of authorship, in terms of the intellectual contributions of each of the signatories of the manuscript. It is an essential condition to be considered an author of a paper, to have actively participated in its conception and design, in the analysis and interpretation of data if applicable, and in the whole body of the article with relevant contributions. Contributions from individuals or organizations that do not meet the authorship criteria should be included, with the contributor's permission, in the Acknowledgements section in recognition of support received for technical help, data collection, editorial assistance, acquisition of funds, or an authority or institution that provided general support. Before submitting the article, all authors should agree on the order in which their names will appear in the manuscript.

Authors retain their rights:

1. The authors retain their trademark and patent rights, and also on any process or procedure described in the article.

2. Authors retain the right to share, copy, distribute, perform, and publicly communicate the article published in RID (e.g., place it in an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in RID.

3. Authors retain the right to make a subsequent publication of their work, to use the article or any part of it, as long as they indicate the source of publication (authors of the work, name of the journal, volume, number and date).

Conflict of interest and funding sources

The journal requires all authors to disclose a potential source of conflict of interest. The existence of a financial or other relationship that may be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. For this reason, they should be declared when they are directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in the submitted manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited exclusively to: ownership of patents or stock, membership on the board of directors of a company, membership on a board or advisory committee of a company, and consulting or receiving speaking fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If authors have no conflict of interest to mention, they should also declare it in the submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and to disclose collectively with the submission all business and other relationships if they are relevant to the article submitted. Likewise, if authors received financial support for their research, they must declare its source.

The above policies are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals produced by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/).

Permissions

Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions if it is necessary to partially reproduce material from other publications, such as text, tables, or figures. These permissions should be requested both from the author and from the Publisher that has published the material and from the institution that has financed the research, and should be attached to the manuscript submission.

Conflict resolution, retractions, and corrections

When a complaint is received about any of the items, it is reviewed and the right of reply is given to the complainant. The resolution of problems such as the case of very different arbitrations is resolved by obtaining a third or fourth evaluation, in any case, the Editorial Committee decides on such evaluations or any other conflict.
RID follows the recommendations issued by COPE* in order to avoid scientific malpractice, it is willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions when necessary according to the following types of errors:

1. Major errors (falsification, fabrication or plagiarism): in the event that a published article contains fundamental errors detected by the author and that threaten scientific quality, withdrawal or correction may be requested. However, if they are detected by third parties (plagiarism, previous publication, unethical conduct or error), it is the author's obligation to publicly retract them, whereupon they will be immediately removed or publicly corrected. The public correction or retraction will be made in the next issue.
2. Minor errors (errors in sampling, procedures, or data analysis, failures in the reproduction of results, accidental omission of information about methods or data analysis): when a significant error or inaccuracy is discovered in the published document, it is mandatory to notify the journal and retract or correct the document.

*COPE diagrams to evaluate the most frequent ethical problems in publication:

Redundant publication in a published article
Redundant publication in an article submitted for publication
Plagiarism in a published article
Plagiarism in an article submitted for publication
Suspected of manipulation of peer review in an article under review
Suspected of Peer Review Manipulation in a Published Article
Suspected  of fabricated data in a published article
Suspected  of fabricated data in an article prior to publication
Authorship issues (ghost, guest, gifted)
Suspected of an ethical problem in an article submitted for publication
Undisclosed Conflict of Interest in an Article Submitted for Publication
Conflict of interest not disclosed in a published article