Revista Española de Podología follows the guidelines of COPE (Code of Publishing Ethics) since 2022 and endorses ethical principles that are extensive to editors, authors and reviewers during the whole editorial process of manuscripts. Those ethical principles are entirely based in the Core practices proposed by COPE (COPE Core Practices), that are internationally accepted top standard practices in scholarly publishing. Revista Española de Podología adheres to this practices definitively.
Core practices of COPE:
Allegations of misconduct
Authorship and contributorship
Complaints and appeals
Conflicts of interest
Data and reproducibility
Ethical oversight
Intellectual property
Journal management
Peer review processes
Post-publication discussions
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
COPE, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) and WAME (World Association of Medical Editors) have all collaborated to identify Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing that should apply to all published content of the journal. Those principles constitutes the basic criteria to be included as member for COPE, DOAJ and OASPA and also some of the criteria of membership of WAME. Principles are accepted and carried out enterely by Revista Española de Podología.
Instructions to authors