All articles submitted to VIVE Journal of Health undergo a strict anti-plagiarism policy ensuring originality. Texts are analyzed using the Viper anti-plagiarism service to detect matches with texts and information from other authors, thus respecting others’ rights and guaranteeing that works are original and meet editorial quality standards that support genuine scientific production.

VIVE Journal of Health, as a publication seeking international excellence, is inspired by the ethical code of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), directed at editors, reviewers, and authors.

Authors´ Responsibility

Authors submitting articles to VIVE Journal of Health certify that the work is original and unpublished, contains no parts of other authors’ work or previously published works by the authors. They also confirm data authenticity and that it has not been altered.

• Authors must not publish articles with repeated results in more than one scientific journal or other academic or media publication. Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple journals is considered ethically unacceptable.
• Authors must always provide correct sources citation and contributions mentioned in the article.
• Authors guarantee the inclusion of all persons who have contributed scientifically and intellectually to the conceptualization, planning, interpretation of results, and writing of the work. Author order should reflect the level of responsibility and involvement.
• If deemed appropriate by the Editorial Board, authors must also make available the sources or data underlying the research, which may be retained for a reasonable period after publication and possibly made accessible.
• All authors must explicitly declare that there are no conflicts of interest that could have influenced the results or interpretations. Authors must also disclose any funding from agencies and/or projects supporting the research.
• When an author identifies an error in their article, they must immediately inform the journal editors and provide all necessary information to make corrections.
• The content responsibility of articles published in VIVE Journal of Health lies exclusively with the authors.

Reviewers’ Commitments

Peer review is a process that helps editors make decisions about submitted articles and also allows authors to improve the quality of their manuscripts. Reviewers commit to conducting a critical, honest, constructive, and unbiased review of both the scientific and literary quality of the manuscript within their field of knowledge and expertise.

• Reviewers who do not feel competent to review the subject matter or who cannot complete the evaluation within the scheduled time must immediately notify the editors. Reviewers commit to evaluating manuscripts as quickly as possible to respect deadlines, since VIVE Journal of Health has strict and inflexible limits on manuscript custody times out of respect for authors and their work.
• Each assigned manuscript must be considered confidential. Therefore, these texts should not be discussed with others without the editors' express consent. Uncontested.
• Peer review must be conducted objectively. Reviewers are required to provide sufficient reasons for each of their evaluations, always using the review template. Reviewers will submit a complete critical report with appropriate references according to VIVE Journal of Health review protocol and public reviewer guidelines, especially if recommending rejection. They are obligated to alert editors if substantial parts of the work have already been published or are under review elsewhere.
• Reviewers commit to accurately indicating bibliographic references to key works possibly overlooked by the author. Reviewers must also inform editors of any similarities or overlaps of the manuscript with other published works.
• To ensure the review process is as objective, impartial, and transparent as possible, author identities are suppressed before manuscripts are sent for peer review. If, for any reason, the identity of the authors, their institutional affiliations, or any other information compromising the anonymity of the document is revealed, the reviewer must immediately notify the editors.