Ethics of publications

Principles of professional ethics in the activities of the editor and publisher

In his activity, the editor is responsible for the publication of author's works, which requires compliance with the following fundamental principles:

• when making a decision on publication, the editor of a scientific journal is guided by the reliability of data presentation and the scientific significance of the considered work;
• the editor must evaluate the intellectual content of the manuscripts regardless of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of the authors;
• unpublished data obtained from manuscripts submitted for review should not be used for personal purposes or disclosed to third parties without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas obtained during editing and related to possible benefits must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain;
• the editor should not allow information to be published if there are sufficient grounds to believe that it is plagiarized;
• the editor, together with the publisher, must not leave unanswered the claims concerning the considered manuscripts or published materials, and also, upon discovering a conflict situation, take all necessary measures to restore the violated rights.

Ethical principles in reviewer activity

The reviewer carries out a scientific examination of the author's materials, as a result of which his actions must be impartial, which consists in the implementation of the following principles:

• a manuscript received for review should be treated as a confidential document that cannot be transferred for review or discussion to third parties who do not have the authority to do so from the editors;
• the reviewer is obliged to give an objective and reasoned assessment of the presented research results. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable;
• unpublished data obtained from manuscripts submitted for review should not be used by the reviewer for personal purposes;
• a reviewer who, in his opinion, does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the manuscript, or cannot be objective, for example, in the case of a conflict of interest with the author or organization, should inform the editorial office about this with a request to exclude him from the review process of the submitted manuscript.

Principles by which the author of scientific publications should be guided

The author (or a group of authors) realizes that he is responsible for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research, which involves compliance with the following principles:

• the authors of the article must provide reliable results of the conducted research. Knowingly false or falsified claims are not acceptable;
• authors must ensure that the research findings presented in the submitted manuscript are completely original. Borrowed fragments or statements must be issued with a mandatory indication of the author and the original source. Excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form, including informal quotations, paraphrasing or assigning rights to the results of other people's research, is unethical and unacceptable;
• it is necessary to recognize the contribution of all persons who in one way or another influenced the course of the research, in particular, the article should include references to works that were important in conducting the research;
• authors should not submit to the journal a manuscript that has been sent to another journal and is under consideration, as well as an article already published in another journal;
• co-authors of the article should include all persons who made a significant contribution to the conduct of the research. Among co-authors, it is inadmissible to indicate persons who did not participate in the research;
• if the author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its review or after its publication, he must notify the editors of the journal as soon as possible.