Adtendite a falsis prophetis qui veniunt ad vos

• Published in: Online Brazilian journal of nursing Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Author: de Lima, Dalmo Valerio Machado
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Niteroi Fluminense Federal University, Nursing Activities Interest Group 01.01.2013; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem
• Subjects: Evidence-based medicine; Practice; Research ethics; Brazil
• ISSN: 1676-4285; 1676-4285
• DOI: 10.5935/1676-4285.20134316

Each segment of a society is guided by parameters established by regulatory bodies instituted by the society itself. In this sense, laws, codes, norms and monitoring indicators of such a society are established. It is legitimate to say that laws should follow the will of the people and not the opposite. It is also legitimate to question certain indicators in terms of their real benefits, as well as the context in which they were conceived and, above all, operationalized. Roughly speaking, it would be reasonable to assume that most indicators are created with good intentions, although often, in reality, the theory is different. In the field of publishing and editing within the health sector, the logic of indicators is no different. Ultimately, the inclusion of a journal in an internationally recognized database, implies recognizing that it has incorporated certain quality parameters that include the preservation of ethics in research and publications, the intrinsic quality of the construct and the external validity of its results.