Code of Ethics

COMPLAINT VERIFICATION PROCESS

Complaints and suspicions of acts that violate scientific integrity guidelines will be reviewed by the Revista da ENIT editorial team, with respect to the contradictory and decision motivation. Eventually, external experts can be contacted for recommendation.  

Any person at any time may send complaints of acts that violate the scientific integrity guidelines to: revista.enit@economia.gov.br

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES

The following punishments may, either alone or cumulatively, be imposed on those who are proven to be acting in violation of the editorial and scientific integrity guidelines:  

• Instructive notification on the issue; 
• Formal warning about conduct; 
• Publication of news or editorial on the issue; 
• Formal letter to the head of the author's or reviewer's department or funding agency 
• Suspension or exclusion of the evaluator or editor; 
• Formal retraction or withdraw of the published article;;
• Embargo for new submissions for a defined period; 
• Formal communication of the case to competent authorities for investigation.