Declaração de Ética

Ethics Statement and Code of Conduct in Publishing

Ágora Filosófica Journal, committed to maintaining scientific quality and ethical standards in the editorial process, adopts the norms set by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) as outlined in the CNPq Research Integrity Committee Report and the norms established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines. The procedures implemented to promote integrity in the production and publication of philosophical research results, as well as scientific research in the Humanities, are based on the aforementioned documents. They include: 1) preventive actions (responsibilities of the author(s), Editor/Editorial Board, instructions to ad hoc reviewers); 2) guidelines against misconduct.

Ágora Filosófica is a journal affiliated with the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP) and adheres to the editorial policies and procedures of the Institution. UNICAP safeguards its research and philosophical dissemination vehicle by encouraging high-quality academic publication. In seeking integrity and transparency in its activities, Ágora Filosófica publicly discloses its publication ethics through its website.

PREVENTIVE ACTIONS

Responsibilities of the Editor(s) and the Editorial Board

The responsibilities of the Editor(s) and the Editorial Board are:

• To define the topics for each issue, disseminate them within the scientific community, and invite authors who are recognized experts in the chosen topic;
• To keep the editorial policy and publication guidelines up to date, ensuring the effectiveness of its various processes and requests from evaluative bodies, and considering the viewpoints of readers, authors, committee members, reviewers, and the editorial team;
• To oversee the submission/review process of manuscripts. After submission, verify the relevance of the submitted texts, as well as adherence to the Journal's editorial guidelines by the authors. Initially, direct them to an internal review by the Editorial Board, check the article with a plagiarism detection tool, and analyze the relevance, methodological quality, and scientific content of the text. In the second instance, the article will be subjected to anonymous peer review;
• To appropriately select external reviewers and guide them on what is expected from the peer review process (Double blind peer review): a fair and impartial assessment;
• To ensure that proper procedures are followed for evaluating received manuscripts, ensuring transparency, scientific quality, and confidentiality of the professionals involved in the evaluation and organizational process of the Journal, in collaboration with the editorial board and ad hoc reviewers;
• To decide on the acceptance or rejection of submitted articles based on the reviewers' opinions. The decision is guided by the Journal's guidelines indicated in the “Author Guidelines”;
• To edit the article after its approval and authorization by the author, adapting the original manuscript to the Journal’s standards and styles;
• To promptly respond to complaints and grievances from authors, readers, and committee members, addressing situations that have led to expressions of dissatisfaction. To take appropriate actions against any form of intellectual property infringement.

To fulfill the above responsibilities, the Editorial Board utilizes the following prerogatives:

  1. To verify whether the text is original, unpublished, or exclusive;
  2. To check if the manuscript is written in the original language with the title, abstract, and keywords in both the original language and in English. The text submitted in English should be preceded by the title, abstract, and keywords in Portuguese, as well as the References, in the metadata and the full text;
  3. To ensure that the text includes an introduction, development, and conclusion, with appropriate citations;
  4. Illustrations and graphs should be included in the body of the text;
  5. Authorship: full name, institutional affiliation, country, brief biography, and ORCID (only in the system metadata);
  6. Text written in Word format;
  7. Work with citations and references according to ABNT technical standards;
  8. Before sending the text for peer review, check for any author or institutional affiliation identification;
  9. Co-authorships: complete information for all authors, for the contact of the editorial board.

Responsibilities of Authors:

It is the responsibility of authors to:

• Ensure the accuracy of the information (data, content, and conclusions) contained in the manuscript submitted to the Ágora Filosófica Journal, including guaranteeing the originality and priority of publication in the Journal as indicated in the “Instructions for Authors.”;

• Fraudulent, inaccurate statements, authorship issues, or intellectual dishonesty, including plagiarism, are unacceptable;

• Authorship and/or co-authorship of the text should be limited to those who have significantly contributed to the completion of the presented work;

• Maintain communication with the Journal and/or its website: tracking the article’s review process;

• Adhere to the criteria outlined in the “Author Guidelines” regarding technical standards for the graphical presentation of articles (title, abstract, keywords, etc.);

• Identify any sponsoring institutions that funded the research leading to the article;

• Review corrections suggested by reviewers and accepted by the Editorial Board, either approving or rejecting them. If changes are made based on suggestions, adjustments must follow the criteria adopted by the journal. Once corrections are approved, no further changes to the text are permitted by the authors;

• Upon submitting the manuscript, authors must accept the Open Access Journal Copyright Declaration;

• Notify the editors of any possible inaccuracies, errors, and/or problematic issues related to the content of the submitted and/or published article, cooperating to ensure a retraction by the author (in cases of plagiarism and/or false data) and a correction by the Editor;

• Authors should be aware that submission of a manuscript does not necessarily imply its publication by the Ágora Filosófica Journal.

Responsibilities of Ad Hoc Reviewers

It is the responsibility of reviewers to:

• Assist the Editor and the Editorial Board in decisions regarding submitted manuscripts, evaluating their scientific quality and suggesting revisions when necessary to improve the texts;

• Ensure adherence to the review deadline (21 days). If unable to meet the deadline, notify the Editor immediately so that alternative reviewers can be found in a timely manner;

• Provide well-founded, clear, and objective assessments on the relevance of the topic, its adherence to the journal’s standards and mission, its structure, formal aspects, etc;

• Maintain the confidentiality of the texts submitted by the editors;

• Notify the Editor of any instances of copyright infringement and/or plagiarism.

Statement on Authorship and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools

Ágora Filosófica complies with the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) recommendations for establishing ethical procedures in scientific publishing.

This journal acknowledges that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, Copy.ai, and other large language models is rapidly expanding in research publications. Therefore, we align with COPE and the scientific community in stating that AI tools cannot be listed as authors of a paper in this Journal.

AI tools do not meet the authorship requirements, as they cannot assume responsibility for the submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot declare the presence or absence of conflicts of interest or manage copyright contracts and licenses.

Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript must be transparent by specifying which AI tool was used and what was produced with it in the methodology section. Thus, it is the responsibility of the author for the content of their manuscript, including parts produced by an AI tool, and any violations related to publishing ethics.

Guidelines Against Misconduct

Plagiarism and Similarity Checking

According to the Report of the CNPq Research Integrity Committee, plagiarism involves presenting results or conclusions previously obtained by another author as if they were one's own, as well as using entire texts or substantial parts of other texts without the detailed care outlined in the Guidelines. Plagiarism also includes using ideas or data obtained from analyses of projects or unpublished manuscripts accessed as a consultant, reviewer, editor, or similar role. Self-plagiarism, in turn, involves the total or partial presentation of previously published texts by the same author without proper reference to the earlier works.

Ágora Filosófica checks content through an analysis by a qualified editor, using an arbitration system, as well as through similarity checking, utilizing the CopySpider software, protected by international copyright laws and trademark.