RESUMO
It is presented throughout this study some of the most common examples of ethic violationsthat are committed when publishing scientific articles, such as violations due to lack ofknowledge or those done because it is believed its necessary to commit them. We arereferring by them, to the editorial process, ethic issues, real concept of author and theexplanation of the peer review process. All of this, being the steps by which each and everyone of the investigations must pass by, in order to be validated before being published. It isalso mentioned the topic related to those ethic violations that are most commonly and easilycommitted when there is lack of familiarity with this issues, such as Plagiarism and DoublePublication. Anyhow, throughout this article there are also shown a series of practical guidesby which authors may prevent such violations. At last we expose some final considerationssuch as the interest conflicts and informed consent which both are important topics at themoment of validating the information that is exposed in an article.
