Código de Ética y Declaración de Buenas Prácticas

The Revista Nutrición Continua (RNC), as the official publication of the Centro de Investigación y Nutrición Continua (CINC), is committed to ensuring the integrity of the academic record. Our editorial policy is based on the international guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Declaration of Helsinki.

I. Responsibilities of the Editorial Team

The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board ensure the transparency of the publication process by evaluating manuscripts based exclusively on their scientific merit, originality, and relevance, without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or institutional affiliation.

Anonymity and confidentiality are guaranteed through a double-blind peer-review system, ensuring that the editorial team does not disclose information about the manuscripts to anyone outside the technical evaluation process.

In cases of suspected scientific misconduct, the journal will strictly apply COPE protocols and flowcharts. The Editorial Committee is authorized to request clarifications, publish necessary corrections, or proceed with the formal retraction of articles if fraud, plagiarism, or significant errors that invalidate the results are proven.

II. Responsibilities of the Authors

Authors submitting to RNC certify that the work is original and has not been simultaneously submitted to any other publication, accepting that the journal utilizes specialized software for the detection of plagiarism and redundancy.

Authorship status implies having made a substantial intellectual contribution to the design and execution of the study. It is mandatory to declare all sources of funding or, failing that, to explicitly state that the study did not receive external funds.

All studies involving human subjects must have the approval of an institutional Ethics Committee and declare that informed consent was obtained, following the principles of international clinical research.

Authors are obligated to declare any commercial, personal, or financial ties that could be interpreted as a conflict of interest that biases the presented results.

III. Responsibilities of the Reviewers

Peer reviewers act as guarantors of scientific quality and must provide technical and constructive criticisms that are duly grounded, avoiding personal judgments at all times.

Reviewers must comply with the deadlines established by the editorial office and immediately declare if a conflict of interest exists that prevents them from conducting a neutral and objective evaluation.

Absolute respect for intellectual property is required; therefore, the use of data or ideas from unpublished manuscripts for personal or third-party benefit is strictly prohibited.

IV. Protocol for Malpractice

The Revista Nutrición Continua maintains a zero-tolerance policy regarding data fabrication, image manipulation, or plagiarism. Any documented allegation will be formally investigated by the Editorial Committee.

If serious ethical misconduct is confirmed, the journal will notify the authors' institutions and proceed with the public retraction of the article, ensuring transparency and the correction of the scientific record for the academic community.

V. Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

The Revista Nutrición Continua recognizes the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a support tool in research, provided its use is grounded in the principles of transparency and human responsibility.

Authors must mandatorily declare the use of generative AI technologies in the drafting of the manuscript, the creation of images, or data analysis. This declaration must be explicitly stated in an acknowledgments section or within the methodology of the work, detailing the tool used and the scope of its intervention.

Under no circumstances shall AI tools or chatbots be listed as authors or co-authors of a manuscript. Authorship implies legal and ethical responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work—capacities that non-human technologies do not possess.

Authors assume full responsibility for the veracity of content generated or assisted by AI. This includes verifying that there are no data hallucinations, non-existent bibliographic citations, or technical biases that could compromise the scientific quality of the publication.

Editorial staff and external reviewers are strictly prohibited from uploading manuscripts received for evaluation into generative AI tools that do not guarantee privacy and data protection. The use of such technologies by evaluators must never violate the commitment to confidentiality and the intellectual property of the authors.