Integridade científica nas orientações aos autores de manuscritos submetidos aos periódicos qualis da área de educação física

Abstract

This study had as main aim the investigation of the ethical patterns contained in instructions to the authors from scientific journals listed in WebQualis - Capes A1 and A2 in area 21, referring to the quadrennial evaluation of the year 2013-2016, through the review and publication process of manuscripts submitted for publications. We have searched for the existence of guidelines or rules that can be used in the identification, correction or to prevent cases of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, self-plagiarism and any inappropriate conduct in the publication of research results. An amount of four hundred and thirty-nine journals has been searched, two hundred and thirteen journals have been classified in extract A1 and 226 as A2, according to the 2013-2016 four-year evaluation by Capes. The qualitative approach was used in this research. The research has been divided in three stages: bibliographic and documentary research on research integrity; survey of information on research integrity on electronic pages of the researched journals from the WebQualis Capes list (www.qualis.capes.gov.br); and content analysis of the collected data. In the strata surveyed, misconduct and integrity in research are topics of great relevance for journals in area 21. The journals that have been analyzed had almost the entire rules of integrity in research and guidance on the most frequent ethical deviations, which are: The fabrication or invention of data, falsification, plagiarism and self-plagiarism. In stratum A1, eight percent of the journals analyzed do not have ethical guidelines for publication, while the other ninety-two percent do. In stratum A2, the percentage is lower, only two percent have no guidance on bad practices, while the other ninety-eight percent do. The guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the ethical recommendations from International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Declaration of Helsinki was the most used documents as a basis for the elaboration of specific norms for cases of misconduct, when was not indicated directly as reference material for authors who wants to publish in the journal. It was possible to conclude that the bad conduct and the integrity in the research appeared as an important point for the most of the researched journals in the area 21, for the cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism and duplicate publications. The journals that have rules of integrity in the research warn about the use of specific softwares to identify these deviations. According to literature, research integrity, although still is little debated, has grown gradually in the scientific community. It is important that studies like this one gain knowledge in the current academic environment and everyone can understand the impacts caused by the lack of integrity during the whole process that involves scientific research.