Code of Ethics and Editorial Conduct

Code of Ethics and Editorial Conduct

The Journal of Asian Studies is committed to ethics and quality in its publications and supports expected ethical standards of behavior for all parties involved in the publication process (authors, journal editors, and reviewers). REA does not accept plagiarism or any other unethical behavior.

In accordance with Law No. 9.610 of February 19, 1998, which consolidates copyright legislation in Brazil, and based on the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK/Elsevier), which aim to encourage the identification of plagiarism, fraud, malpractice, and ethical violations, REA adopts the following guidelines:

- Authorship: articles submitted to REA must have a maximum of 2 (two) authors. Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study presented/described. All those who contribute significantly should be listed as co-authors. Other individuals who have participated in substantive aspects of the research project should also be recognized or listed as contributors.

- Submission: Authors must ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the article, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the document and agreed to its submission for publication.

After submission, no changes may be made to the authorship of the article (substitution, inclusion, or removal of authors).

- Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any conflict of interest (financial, material, etc.) that may influence the results or interpretations in their manuscripts. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.

- Sources: Authors must properly acknowledge the works, research, and other materials of other authors used in their manuscripts. Information obtained privately, such as from confidential services, conversations, correspondence, or discussions with third parties, should not be used or presented without explicit written permission from the source.

- Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their works are entirely original, and if they use the work or quotations of other authors, they must be properly cited and mentioned. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

REA considers plagiarism to be the act of presenting or claiming authorship of an intellectual work of any nature containing excerpts from another work belonging to another individual without indicating credit to the original author.

- Multiple, redundant, or concurrent publications: authors should not publish manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same material to more than one journal simultaneously or publishing the same article in different journals are considered unacceptable, unethical publication practices.

REA considers duplication to be the act of submitting an intellectual work previously published in books or journals, in physical or electronic format, except in conference proceedings.

REA editors evaluate submitted manuscripts with anti-plagiarism software during the editorial process to identify instances of plagiarism and duplication.

- If a case of plagiarism or duplication is identified during the editorial process, the editorial team will analyze the case and notify the authors. Depending on the situation, the editorial team may also notify the institution where the research was conducted and the funding agency (if any). The editorial team will request the necessary changes or terminate the editorial process.

- If REA receives a complaint that a published manuscript contains plagiarism, the editorial team will analyze the complaint and, if confirmed, request a retraction from the authors.

- Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is their obligation to immediately notify the journal editors and cooperate with the editorial team to retract or correct the article.

- Editors should not invite reviewers who work in the same department of the same institution as the authors or who have been co-authors at any time.

- Fraud: If fraud is detected in research submitted to the Journal (omission or manipulation of data to induce research results; calculation error; experimental error) during the editorial process, the editorial team will analyze the case and notify the authors. Depending on the situation, the editorial team may also notify the institution where the research was conducted and the funding agency (if any). The editorial team will request the necessary changes or terminate the editorial process.

If REA receives a complaint of fraud after the publication of an article, the editorial team will analyze the case and request the retraction of the article.

Guidelines for article retraction:

- Article retraction: Retraction may occur when there is evidence of fraud due to misconduct or unintentional error, plagiarism, duplication, or unethical research.

Retraction is a public instrument to record or correct problems in a published article or to communicate its cancellation.

Retraction notices will mention the reasons for the retraction and specify who is retracting the article (journal or authors). Notices will be published in the electronic version of the journal and will include the article title and its respective authors.

The retracted article will not be removed from the journal volume in which it was originally published, but the retraction notice will be added to its full-text file. The file may contain watermarks that will make it unusable and difficult to read.

Example of a notice informing of the retraction of an article:

A Equipe Editorial da Revista de Estudos da Ásia decidiu, após análise, proceder à retirada formal do seguinte trabalho:

SOBRENOME, A.; SOBRENOME, B. Título do artigo. Revista de Estudos da Ásia, v. XX, n. x, p. xx-xx.

Uma vez que este artigo é uma cópia (com exceção de pequenos trechos) de outro publicado anteriormente:

SOBRENOME, A.; SOBRENOME, B. Título do artigo. Nome da Revista, v. XX, n. x, p. xx-xx.

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