Code of conduct for reviewers

The reviewers of manuscripts sent to Urología Colombiana undertake to follow the principles of honesty, integrity, responsibility, and transparency.

In any case, potential conflicts of interest must be declared. Editors should be aware that the use of artificial intelligence for manuscript review may constitute a breach of confidentiality terms. Reviewers must seek permission from the editor-in-chief if they wish to employ artificial intelligence tools for manuscript review.

For more information: ICMJE: Use of artificial intelligence in the review process

The reviewers will evaluate the following aspects in the received manuscripts:

• Originality and academic quality
• Timeliness and relevance
• Scientific contribution
• Adherence to ethical principles
• Methodological quality
•  Transparency



Any suspicion about the existence of the following criteria must be communicated to the Editor-in-Chief:

• Plagiarism
• Lack of adherence to international ethical standards in the development of research.
• Data fractioning or salami slicing
• Falsification, appropriation, or unauthorized reproduction of data, figures, images, algorithms, or tables.
• Duplicate or redundant publication
• Manipulation of bibliographic citations, including unwarranted self-citation
• Omission of relevant information that has a direct impact on the content of the manuscript.
• Unjustified alteration of the authors’ list 

 

For detailed information, please refer to: https://publicationethics.org/ 

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Editorial times

The editorial process consists of 6 stages:

1. Reception of the manuscript (indeterminate, depending on whether the author meets the requirements): its objective is to verify that the manuscript complies with the specifications of these instructions for authors and that the submitted documentation is complete.

2. Initial editorial review (maximum 5 business days): its objective is to corroborate the relevance, timeliness, originality, and scientific contribution of the manuscript, as well as the methodological and statistical soundness of the study. At this time, it will be submitted to an electronic plagiarism detection system. Derived from this, a rejected opinion may be obtained, or it will be sent for review by peer researchers.

3. Review by peer researchers (maximum 30 business days): the opinion of at least two experts in the area in question will be obtained, who will evaluate the technical and methodological aspects of the investigation.

4. Editorial review (maximum 7 business days): its objective is to make a decision based on the opinion of peer reviewers. The opinion can be rejected, major changes, minor changes or accepted. In the case of major or minor changes, it will be submitted again for evaluation by the initial peer reviewers.

5. Final edition (6 weeks): its objective is the technical and linguistic edition (and translation), layout of galleys, DOI assignment, and correction by the author.

6. Advanced publication: All manuscripts will be published ahead of print on the journal’s website as soon as they complete the editing process, until they are incorporated into a final issue of the journal.