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Research ethics policies
Informed Consent Policy
Research Ethics Committee

Research ethics policies

The journals that make up the portal draft their research ethics policies based on international guidelines for each area of knowledge and adopt the following national legislation and guidelines:

• Guidelines for ethical behavior in Social Sciences and Humanities, from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET)
• Resolución 1480/2011 "Guía para Investigaciones con Seres Humanos".
• Resolution 1480/2011 "Guide for Research with Human Beings."
• Ethical reference framework for biomedical research in humans, from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET)
• Proposals for socially responsible science and technology, from the National Committee on Ethics in Science and Technology (CECTE)
• Guide for the design, development, and ethical evaluation of social research in Health (Ministry of Health of the Nation)
• Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
• Ethical Guidelines for Health-Related Research Involving Humans

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Informed Consent Policy

The journals included in the portal adopt the "Guidelines for ethical behavior in Social Sciences and Humanities" from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), which states that "research projects must not be conducted without obtaining the free and informed consent of participants. Research subjects may withdraw their participation at any time without any consequences for them. [...] Research subjects must be provided with all necessary information so that they can understand the consequences of participating in the project, the type and purpose of the research, and the sources of funding."

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Research Ethics Committee

Additionally, they adopt Resolution 1480/2011 "Guide for Research with Human Beings," which establishes that "observational research involving surveys or interviews or routine diagnostic procedures or limited to the analysis of biological samples or data related to individuals, and experimental epidemiological or clinical research conducted with products or procedures already registered by the regulatory authority, requires obtaining informed consent from participants and initial and periodic evaluation by an Ethics Committee (CEI)."

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