Ethics Declaration

Declaration of Ethics and Good Practice Conduct

Debates in Psychiatry is dedicated to complying with good practices regarding moral conduct consistent with the editing of scientific journals, based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) code of conduct. Prevention of malpractice is also a crucial responsibility of the editor and editorial staff. Any form of unethical behavior, as well as plagiarism, in any instance, is not accepted. Authors submitting articles to the journal declare that their content is original and guarantee that the work has not been published, nor is it under review/evaluation in any other journal peer-reviewed journal.

The retraction mechanism follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Ethics in Publication Commission (COPE) which can be accessed at COPE - Retratction Guidelines.

Source: Statement based on that of RDBCI: Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação / RDBCI: Digital Journal of Library and Information Science