title: EVALUATION OF ETHICAL IN INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS OF BRAZILIAN SURGICAL JOURNALS.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The instructions to authors are the only means of communication between researchers and the editorial standards of a scientific journal. One of the mandatory items to be contained therein is about the ethical part, to prevent new research to carry out abuses with the enrolled on the research are published and stimulated.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To verify the ethical questions on the guidelines of Brazilian surgical journals Method: Thirteen selected journals were divided into two groups: general surgery (n=3), and surgical specialty (n=10). The instructions to authors were analyzed by the quote of ethical requirements based on a specific research protocol, ranging from zero to six points.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average score of the general surgery group was similar than that of the surgical specialty group (3.66±0.57 vs 3.30±1.15, p=0.6154). When each ethical requirement was compared between the groups, there was no significant difference between the ethical requirements (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was respect for most ethical questions evaluated, with no difference between the journals of general or specialty surgery.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, State University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renan Kleber Costa
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, State University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vitor Nagai
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Yamaki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, State University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruy Victor Simões
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Pontes
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, State University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcus Vinicius Henriques
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, State University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Antonio Cordero
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical