Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy

RAE adopts standards of ethical conduct and scientific integrity, in accordance with Emerald Publishing’s policies and the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Any cases of misconduct identified will also be handled in line with the policies of the COPE.

In cases of suspected or alleged research misconduct (such as plagiarism, data fabrication, inappropriate authorship, or undisclosed conflicts of interest), a formal evaluation process will be initiated in accordance with Emerald’s procedures.

The process includes the following steps:

• Initial assessment of the concern, to determine whether a full investigation is warranted.
• A Research Integrity Manager will be responsible for overseeing and conducting the investigation. 
• Impartial, confidential, and evidence-based investigation, conducted in collaboration with authors, editors, and, when necessary, external parties such as institutions, funding bodies, or independent experts.
• Ensuring that all parties involved are given a fair opportunity to respond.
• RAE, in collaboration with Emerald, aims to complete investigations within a reasonable timeframe, depending on the complexity of each case.

Where necessary, appropriate actions will be taken to correct the scholarly record, which may include: Corrections or addenda, Errata notices, Article retractions and, Other post-publication notices to inform readers of identified concerns.

In addition, RAE recommends adherence to the SciELO Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication, as well as the following SciELO guidelines: Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication, Guide to recording, marking and publishing Correction (portuguese only), Guide for registering, marking and publishing a retraction (portuguese only)  e Guide for registering, tagging and publishing Addendum (portuguese only).

 

Digital Preservation 

The RAE follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program Digital Preservation Program. Additionally, RAE uses the LOCKSS system, developed by Stanford University, to create a distributed archive among participating libraries. This system allows these libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

RAE is also part of the IBICT's Cariniana Network for Digital Preservation, which provides preservation for any journal in the Open Journal System [OJS] in Brazil. It is also included in deposit policy directories, such as Diadorim.

Under the auspices of Emerald Publishing, it provides access to all continuously archived and preserved content according to the following methods: Portico, LOCKSS e CLOCKSS.

 

Policy on Conflict of Interest

If the authors have a conflict of interest, they must declare it upon submission; this allows the editor to decide how they would like to proceed.

The reviewers and members of the editorial team should declare any conflicts of interest that may influence the editorial processing of a manuscript submitted to an Emerald publication.

RAE recommends reading about conflict of interest in research and publishing ethics guidelines.

 

Copyright

RAE ensures that authors retain moral and usage rights for their articles under the Creative Commons BY (CC-BY) license. Authors maintain copyright over their published articles, while the journal retains the right of first publication.

 

Ethics Committee

When an article involves human participants, authors must ensure that they have assessed whether ethical approval was required for conducting the research and that this information is included as part of the submission.

Please click here for examples of how to document informed consent and ethical approval, when applicable, which may be adapted according to the specific needs of the research.

 

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

The articles will be published with a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 user licence, which outlines how readers can reuse your work. 

The content of signed articles is the sole responsibility of their authors. By submitting a manuscript to RAE, authors warrant that the manuscript does not contain any violations of copyright or third‑party rights and that the article has not been submitted for publication to another journal.

RAE encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media platforms, as well as by sharing them on their personal social media channels, provided that the original source of publication is clearly identified.