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.