AGROINDUSTRIAL SCIENCE  ensures that editors, reviewers, and authors rigorously adhere to international ethical standards throughout the review and publication process. We declare that our procedures follow the recommendations published by the  Committee on Publication Ethics  (COPE). Manuscripts received by AGROINDUSTRIAL SCIENCE will undergo a plagiarism check, double-blind peer review, verification of data falsification (data obtained, tables, graphs, images), and confirmation of confidentiality regarding individuals used in the research. Therefore, manuscripts that demonstrate the misuse of animals, including humans, in research will be rejected.

Each manuscript submitted to AGROINDUSTRIAL SCIENCE must meet the following requirements:

CONSENT: all authors give their consent for the submission and publication of the article submitted for evaluation.

AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS: All authors contributed significantly to the manuscript; no author was omitted. The authors are listed in descending order of their contribution to the study.

ORIGINALITY OF THE WORK: The submitted work is original, has not been previously published, and is not simultaneously submitted for evaluation to another journal. It also does not include original material copied from other authors without their consent. If the article contains material from other publications, permission for its reproduction must be attached.

CITATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: All information included in the manuscript originating from previous studies has been cited and referenced correctly and in accordance with the journal's Instructions for Authors.

SUGGESTED REVIEWERS: The professionals suggested to review the manuscript have no employment, academic, or personal relationship with the authors.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLICATION: Authors must have read the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics and declare that they comply with these principles. Any work that does not conform to these recommendations and is found to have engaged in unethical practices will be removed or retracted, depending on the manuscript's stage at the time the ethical violations are detected.

If the manuscript does not meet the stated criteria, any of its authors may notify AGROINDUSTRIAL SCIENCE to withdraw the publication.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF THE AGROINDUSTRIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

1. Institutional authorization.

Approval from an Ethics Committee is required for: (a) Research conducted on human beings; (b) Research that directly uses human biological material or data from identifiable humans.

2. Informed consent.

Authors must obtain, only when necessary, the signed informed consent of the study participants (patients). If requested by the Editor or a reviewer, the author must provide it.

3. Incentives for participation in the study

Researchers should make every effort to avoid offering excessive or inappropriate incentives; however, financial incentives may be given to participants for the time spent.

4. Deception in the investigation.

Avoid using misleading techniques or information to deliberately disorient participants.

5. Investigation Closure

Once the study is completed, the researcher must provide the participant with the results and conclusions of the study, taking the necessary steps to avoid misunderstandings.

6. Ethical principles

a) Culture and heritage: Manuscripts approved for publication should not include images of objects that have cultural significance or are part of a country's heritage.

b) Animal Research: Animal experiments are conducted primarily in three fields: teaching, industry, and research. The use of animals in research is a privilege that must be carefully reserved for the purpose of ensuring relief from disease and pain for humans (and animals); ignoring the suffering of both would be irresponsible and unethical. Anyone using laboratory animals in their research must adhere to one principle: respect for life, and for the pain or suffering to which they may be subjected in the studies they conduct. Animal research must consider the 4 Rs ( Replacement : seeking alternative methods to animal involvement whenever possible;  Reduction : trying to reduce the number of animals used;  Refinement : establishing methods that seek the overall well-being of the animals;  Recycling : aiming to use experimental animals more than once for other purposes). Authors must obtain ethical and legal approval from the institution that endorses the research if requested.

7. Report of the results of the investigations

Researchers must not fabricate data or falsify figures. If errors are discovered, they must be corrected publicly.

8. Research Integrity

a) Misconduct: This includes actions or omissions related to devising, organizing, carrying out, evaluating, or soliciting research projects that deliberately or carelessly distort research results, provide misleading information about personal contributions, or violate other standards of professional conduct for researchers. If misconduct is suspected, an investigation will be conducted.

b) Reports of irregularities: reports of irregularities in the investigation that have been observed and reported by identified persons or anonymously will be investigated only if they are accompanied by the necessary respective evidence.

c) Fabrication/falsification and manipulation of images: A modern scientific article should present results using an optimal mix of text, tables, and graphs for easy cognitive extraction of information; it may also contain images. Inappropriate manipulation of images creates misleading results.

d) Plagiarism: It is essential to avoid verbatim copying of text. Paraphrasing information from scientific literature is recommended, but always giving due credit to the authors of the cited publication. Using tables or data without crediting the author of the original publication constitutes plagiarism. Publishing images or figures without proper authorization is also considered plagiarism.

e) Duplicate and redundant publication of data: Researchers should not publish previously published data as original work. Authors may not submit a manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. If the Editorial Committee becomes aware of such a situation, the manuscript will be retracted. Translations of previously published manuscripts should not be published as original articles.

9. Editorial standards and processes

a) Authorship: As a general rule, all authors must participate in at least two of the four phases of the project: planning, data collection, interpretation of results, and manuscript preparation. All authors of a scientific article must contribute significantly to the development of the research.

b) Authorship disputes: If the Editorial Committee suspects or receives complaints about authorship problems, it will contact the relevant author to request further information.

c) Funding: The sources of funding must be mentioned, and they must be listed in the acknowledgments section.

d) Peer Review: Original manuscripts, full or short, and reviews, are initially evaluated according to the journal's criteria, indicated in the Instructions for Authors; after this compliance, the manuscripts are then evaluated by two or more reviewers who are chosen according to their expertise in the subject of the manuscript.

e) Publication times: The average time of the editorial process, from receipt of the article to the final decision of the Editorial Committee, varies between two and four months.

f) The editors and staff of the Journal as authors: The Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors and members of the Advisory Committee are not involved in any decisions regarding their own manuscripts submitted to the journal.

g) Conflict of interest: Editors, authors, and reviewers must disclose any conflict of interest that could affect their ability to present or review a manuscript objectively. Conflicts of interest include financial, personal, political, or religious interests.

h) Corrections: Readers and authors should notify Agroindustrial Science via a Letter to the Editor if there are errors in a publication that affect the interpretation of the results. Corrections will be published, and if significant errors are found that could invalidate the work, the possibility of retracting the published manuscript will be considered.

i) Retraction of a manuscript: retractions are made when the reported errors may affect the interpretation of the data, as well as when the information presented in the work is fraudulent or falsified, the data are fictitious, or when the study cannot be reproduced, or in cases of serious ethical violations.

j) Withdrawal of a manuscript: The removal, suppression, or concealment of an article is only permitted in cases involving legal violations, defamation, or other legal limitations, as well as in cases of false or inaccurate data. In such cases, a withdrawal statement will be published. Another specific instance of withdrawal occurs when proven ethical violations have been committed, but the article has still been published. In this case, the authors are simply notified of the withdrawal of their manuscript from the review process.

10. Copyright and intellectual property

The author must sign a document assigning copyright to Agroindustrial Science and send it along with the manuscript. If the manuscript is not accepted for publication, this assignment will be nullified and the manuscript will be released for publication, should the author so choose, in another publication. 

Moral rights are always retained by the authors without restrictions . 

The authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right to publish the work, simultaneously licensed under a  CC BY-NC 4.0 license  that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

11. Peer Reviewers

Original manuscripts, whether full or short, and reviews are initially evaluated according to the criteria of the journal Agroindustrial Science, as outlined in the Instructions for Authors. After this initial evaluation, manuscripts are then reviewed by two or more reviewers selected based on their expertise in the manuscript's subject matter. Reviewer participation is anonymous and pro bono in all cases. Editorials and letters to the editor are reviewed by an editor only, except when an external review is required.

The reviewers conduct their reviews objectively, providing constructive and consistent criticism that contributes to the improvement of the manuscript. Their recommendation could be: (a) publication without modifications; (b) publication, but after certain corrections and improvements; (c) rejection, with a clear explanation of the reasons. Based on the reviewers' observations, the Editor will decide whether to publish the article, reject it, or send suggestions to the author.

Reviewers may: (a) notify the Editor of the existence of possible falsifications or manipulations of the results, as well as the involvement in malpractice; (b) promptly warn the Editor if substantial parts of the work have already been published or, if known, are under review for another publication, in order to avoid any similarity of the manuscript with other published works.

Reviewers must: (a) Comply with the agreed and requested timeframes for reviews; (b) avoid accepting manuscripts that are not within their area of ​​expertise, when they believe they will not be able to complete the review within the established timeframe or when there is any connection with the authors; (c) respect the confidentiality of the manuscript and the right of authorship, avoiding commenting or discussing the content of the manuscripts with other people.