Ethics and Malpractice Statement

CUPAUAM only publishes original and unpublished manuscripts.

In case any article was already published or in case the editorial committee detect plagiarism in whole or in part of the manuscript, the paper will be remove. In its commitment to originality, CUPAUAM uses the TURNITIN anti-plagiarism tool.

CUPAUAM adheres to the international code of ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics-COPE Code of Conduct and the Best Practices Guidelines for Journals Editors. The authors are expected to comply with ethical research standards, including:

• While describing experiments that were developed with human beings, authors must indicate if the procedures were carried out according to the Committee of Human Expermentation Ethical Standards´ (in their institutional or regional version), and to the Helsinki Declaration dated 1975 and reviewed in 2000. Real names, initials or hospital numbers must never be used.
• The authors are responsible for obtaining the corresponding permits to reproduce partial material (such as tables, texts or figures) from other publications and cite their source.
• CUPAUAM expects the authors to declare any commercial association that may induce a possible conflict in relation to the article.

The list of signing authors should only include people who have contributed intellectually to the paper. Those who have helped with data recollection or participated in any special process are not supposed to sign as authors. In general, in order to be included as such certain requirements should be taken into account:

• Participation in the conception and development of the work that resulted in the final manuscript.
• Participation in writing and revision processes of the manuscript.
• Approval of the final version that will be published.

The journal will not take any responsibility for published material. Neither CUPAUAM guarantee or support any product announced in the journal, or the statements implied by the producer of the service or product. All judgments and opinions expressed in the articles and communications published by the journal belong to the authors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Editorial Committee.