Editorial Policies & Publishing Ethics

The Revista Multidisciplinar do Nordeste Mineiro (REMUNOM) adopts high ethical and editorial standards, being committed to scientific integrity, editorial transparency, and the quality of the publication process. The policies outlined below guide authors, reviewers, editors, and readers, ensuring good academic practices and the reliability of the scholarly record.

1. Editorial Ethics and Good Practices

REMUNOM conducts its editorial processes in an ethical, impartial, and transparent manner. All manuscripts are evaluated exclusively based on academic merit, originality, scientific relevance, and methodological rigor, without discrimination regarding institutional affiliation, nationality, gender, political orientation, or personal beliefs. Editorial decisions are independent of commercial or institutional interests.

2. Peer Review Policy

All manuscripts submitted to REMUNOM undergo double-blind peer review.

The editorial process includes:

  • Initial editorial screening to assess scope, compliance with submission guidelines, and preliminary originality;

  • Evaluation by at least two independent expert reviewers;

  • Editorial decision based on the technical assessments provided during the review process.

Reviewers are selected based on subject expertise, academic experience, and absence of conflicts of interest.

3. Authorship and Contributions

Authorship must reflect significant intellectual contribution to the study, including research design, execution, data analysis, or interpretation of results. All authors must:

  • Have effectively contributed to the development of the study;

  • Approve the final version of the manuscript;

  • Agree to its submission and publication.

Guest, honorary, or ghost authorship is not accepted.

4. Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, institutional, or personal conflicts of interest that could influence the evaluation, interpretation, or publication of a manuscript. When no conflicts exist, this must be explicitly stated.

5. Plagiarism and Scientific Misconduct

REMUNOM does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate submission, data fabrication or falsification, inappropriate citation practices, or any other form of scientific misconduct.

Manuscripts may be screened using similarity detection tools. Suspected cases are analyzed by the editorial board and may result in manuscript rejection, article retraction, or notification of the relevant institutions, depending on the severity of the case.

6. Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern

When significant errors, inaccuracies, or ethical issues are identified after publication, the journal may:

  • Publish corrections;

  • Issue retractions;

  • Publish expressions of concern, when appropriate.

These measures aim to preserve the integrity and reliability of the scholarly record.

7. Use of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence tools may be used to support writing or data analysis, provided that:

  • Their use is clearly disclosed by the authors;

  • They do not replace human intellectual authorship;

  • They are not listed as authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for the content of the published manuscript.

8. Research Ethics Involving Humans and Animals

Research involving human participants or animals must comply with applicable national and international ethical standards. When applicable, ethics committee approval and informed consent must be declared.

9. Data Availability and Reproducibility

REMUNOM encourages transparency and reproducibility. Whenever possible, authors should indicate the availability of data, code, or materials used in the study, in accordance with ethical, legal, and confidentiality requirements.

10. Digital Preservation

REMUNOM adopts digital preservation policies to ensure continuous and permanent access to its published content, using archiving and backup systems compatible with international standards for scholarly preservation.