Reporting standards

Authors of articles reporting original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient details and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data, if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least 10 years after publication, provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.

Originality of the research

The authors should ensure that they have written and should submit only entirely original works, and, if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, from “passing off” another’s paper as the author’s own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming as own results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. Submissions are automatically checked for plagiarism if needed.

Multiple, duplicate, redundant or concurrent submission/publication

As a rule, papers describing essentially the same research should not be submitted or published in more than one journal or primary publication. The submission of a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript that has already been published in another journal. The Editorial Board of Critique and Humanism Journal must have given explicitly their approval to the author in case of secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Ethical principles for conducting research involving humans

When reporting data that involve humans, the article should include: an ethics committee approval decision; confirmation that participants have given their informed consent to participate in the study. If the research has not been approved by an ethics committee and informed consent was not obtained from the participants, the article should explain why. The Editorial Board reserves the right not to publish articles that do not comply with basic ethical principles in the field of social sciences.

 Acknowledgement of funding sources

All sources of research funding must be disclosed in the proposed manuscript.

Acknowledgement of research sources 

Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained in the course of providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the manuscript

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.