Code of conduct for reviewers

The reviewers of manuscripts sent to the Mexican Journal of Orthopedics undertake to observe the principles of responsibility, integrity, confidentiality, impartiality, and objectivity, and they will perform their duties as reviewers with absolute transparency.

In any case, potential conflicts of interest must be declared.

The reviewers will evaluate the following aspects in the manuscripts:

• Originality and academic quality

• Timeliness and relevance

• Scientific contribution

• Adherence to ethical principles

• Methodological quality

•  Transparency

Any suspicion regarding the existence of the following criteria must be communicated to the Editor-in-Chief:

• Plagiarism

• Lack of adherence to international ethical standards in the development of research.

• Data fractioning or salami slicing

• Falsification, appropriation, or unauthorized reproduction of data, figures, images, algorithms, or tables.

• Duplicate or redundant publication

• Manipulation of bibliographic citations, including unwarranted self-citation

• Omission of relevant information that has a direct impact on the content of the manuscript.

• Unjustified alteration of the authors’ list

For detailed information, please refer to: https://publicationethics.org/