Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that they have written a completely original piece of work. If authors have used the work and/or words of other authors, this must be appropriately cited or indicated in the text.
Plagiarism takes many forms — from passing off someone else's work as their own to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of someone else's work without citing the source, as well as claiming rights to results obtained in research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms is unethical publication behavior and is unacceptable.
Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and unacceptable. An author should not submit an article that has already been published for consideration in another journal.
The uniqueness of manuscript texts is checked using the Strikeplagiarism.com plagiarism detection system. The editorial board analyzes all cases of detected plagiarism and reserves the right to refuse to consider the submitted manuscript.
Scientific articles are checked according to the following indicators:
- originality level exceeds 85% — the material is accepted for review;
- originality level is between 75% and 85% — the article is returned to the authors for revision with a recommendation to eliminate text borrowings;
- originality level is below 75% — the material is not accepted for review;
- no more than 3% of borrowed text from one source is allowed.
Ethical Compliance and Institutional Standards
This policy complies with the recommendations of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and reflects international standards of research integrity. All participants in the process — authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers — are required to adhere to the highest standards of professional conduct and academic ethics.
Plagiarism in any form is unacceptable, considered unethical, and violates the norms of professional conduct, which is contrary to the provisions on publication ethics.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other significant conflict of interest that could affect the evaluation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be made public.
All conflicts of interest must be declared and published at the end of each article in the form of a corresponding note. All participants in the publication process — authors, reviewers, and editors — must adhere to this policy in order to maintain the integrity and independence of scientific communication.
Reliability of Submitted Results
The authors are responsible for the content of the publication and the reliability of the results presented in the article. Authors must check the references to the cited works. In the manuscript submitted to the editorial office, the authors are required to indicate in which institution the work was performed and within which scientific programs the research was conducted.
