The reviewers of manuscripts sent to Revista Interamericana de Cardiología (Rev Interam Cardiol.) undertake to follow the principles of honesty, integrity, responsibility, and transparency.
In any case, potential conflicts of interest must be declared. Editors should be aware that the use of artificial intelligence for manuscript review may constitute a breach of confidentiality terms. Reviewers must seek permission from the editor-in-chief if they wish to employ artificial intelligence tools for manuscript review.
For more information: ICMJE: Use of artificial intelligence in the review process
The following actions will be considered bad practices and may lead to the retraction of the manuscript:
• Plagiarism
• Lack of adherence to international ethical standards in the development of research.
• Data fractioning or salami slicing
• Falsification, appropriation, or unauthorized reproduction of data, figures, images, algorithms, or tables.
• Duplicate or redundant publication
• Manipulation of bibliographic citations, including unwarranted self-citation
• Omission of relevant information that has a direct impact on the content of the manuscript.
• Unjustified alteration of the authors’ list
For detailed information, please refer to the COPE’s website: https://publicationethics.org/
