Publication ethics

The policy of the Editorial Board of the journal «Algebra, Logic and Cryptology» is based on the international practice of copyright enforcement, and on ethical principles supported by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The editorial board sees its task in informing a wide range of the scientific community about new scientific research. The most important principles that guide the editorial staff in their work are the reliability, scientific significance and relevance of published works.
The editorial board of the journal does not charge authors a fee for publishing their articles. All actions related to editing and publishing articles in the journal are free of charge.
The editorial board is responsible for the quality of published scientific articles. The editorial board supports initiatives aimed at reducing the number of incorrect actions on the part of researchers and violations of ethical standards.
Each participant in the publication process (editor, author, reviewer) must comply with ethical standards, avoid unfair practices in publishing activities – in order to ensure high quality of scientific publications.

Responsibilities of Editors
* The editorial board selects and evaluates articles regardless of the author's gender, race, nationality, religion, or political beliefs.
* The editorial staff engages only high-level specialized specialists to review articles.
* The editorial staff adheres to the principles of confidentiality when interacting with research participants, authors, and reviewers.
* The editorial board observes scientific ethics when reviewing articles, encourages honest scientific discussion between authors and reviewers.
* It is unethical to require authors to independently submit reviews of their own articles, as well as contractual peer review and pseudo-review.
* The editorial board supports the protection of intellectual property and copyrights.
* The editorial board rejects manuscripts that identify previously published materials of other authors, or the author of the article without reference to the original sources (plagiarism and auto-plagiarism).
* The editorial board ensures non-disclosure of personal data of authors and reviewers and other information obtained in the course of professional interaction between them;
* It is prohibited to transfer the materials of articles sent to the editorial office to third parties, except for reviewers and editorial staff; such transfer is considered as a violation of copyright and the principle of confidentiality of editorial processes;
* It is the responsibility of the journal's editors to protect the integrity of published works, respect the authors' opinions, agree on necessary corrections, and prevent attempts to infringe copyright in the citation process.

Responsibilities of Reviewers
* Reviewing is allowed only for those manuscripts for which the reviewer has sufficient knowledge and competencies to evaluate;
* The reviewer undertakes to submit reviews of manuscripts in a timely manner;
* The reviewer must respect the confidentiality of the expert assessment.
* The reviewer must demonstrate objectivity and constructiveness in writing the review.
* The reviewer should promptly inform the editorial staff about the conflict of interest.
* When writing a review, the reviewer guarantees that there is no discrimination on any grounds; in particular, the content of the review should not be influenced by the origin of the manuscript, gender, nationality, political and religious beliefs of the authors;
* Reviewers may not use the information obtained during the review process for personal purposes or for the benefit of third parties.

Responsibilities of Authors
* Authors of manuscripts and materials submitted to the editorial board are fully responsible for the accuracy of the data contained in them, for their compliance with legislation, moral and ethical standards.

The editorial board considers it necessary for the authors to observe the following principles:
* The author guarantees the originality of the research and its scientific novelty, in addition, he should not submit a previously published article to the journal for consideration;
* Submitting the same manuscript simultaneously to more than one journal is perceived as unethical behavior and unacceptable.
* The author grants the publisher of the journal a gratuitous right to publish the article and make it publicly available, including on the Internet;
* The author retains the intellectual rights to the work.
* The author allows an objective discussion of the significance of research;
* The author guarantees the absence of borrowings in the article without references to primary sources, ensures recognition of the contribution of others, as well as mandatory inclusion of bibliographic references to works relevant to the research conducted;
* Authors should inform about the sources of funding for the study – in order to avoid possible conflicts.
* The author guarantees that all participants who have made a significant contribution to the research will be included as co-authors.
* The author undertakes to promptly inform the editorial board about the discovery of significant errors or inaccuracies in the publication, as well as to interact with the editorial board in order to correct the identified shortcomings as soon as possible, and, if necessary, withdraw the publication.