- General setting
The editorial board and editor-in-chief of the scientific reviewed “Bulletin Of High Technologies” adheres to the principles of ethics of publication accepted by the international community (decency, confidentiality, supervision of publications, consideration of possible conflicts of interest, etc.), reflected in the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications of the Committee on the Ethics of Scientific Publications (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) based on the valuable experience of outstanding national and international magazines and publishers.
In order to avoid unfair practices in publishing (plagiarism and the presentation of false information, etc.), to ensure high quality of scientific publications, public recognition of scientific results gained by the author, each author, reviewer and member of the editorial board must follow the ethical standards, norms and rules and take all reasonable measures to prevent their violations. Compliance with the rules of ethics of scientific publications by all participants in this process helps to ensure the rights of intellectual property of the authors, to improve the quality of publications and eliminate the possibility of misuse of copyright materials in the interests of individuals.
- Basic terms
The ethics of scientific publications is a system of norms of professional behavior in the relationship between authors, reviewers, editors, publishers and readers in the process of creating, delivering and using scientific publications.
The author is a person or group of persons (a group of authors) involved in creating a publication of the results of a scientific research.
The textual original of the author (manuscript) is the textual and illustrative part of an unpublished scientific article prepared by the author (group of authors) for sending to the publishing house and subsequent editorial and publishing processing. The original manuscript of the author is the source material for the production of the publishing the scientific article intended for publication.
Plagiarism is the deliberate appropriation of authorship of work of science or art, ideas or inventions of other author or authors. Plagiarism may be a violation of copyright law and patent law and may result in legal responsibility as such.
A scientific article is a completed and published work of the author.
Publisher is a legal entity or an individual issuing a scientific publication.
The editor-in-chief is a person who carries out the final preparation of materials for publication, maintains relations and contacts with the authors of scientific publications and makes final decisions regarding the edition and publication of the journal.
An editor is a representative of a publishing house who checks and corrects the content of manuscript texts in accordance with the requirements of GOST and the rules for the manuscript of a scientific article for publication in a journal.
Reviewer – an expert acting on behalf of a scientific journal or publishing house and conducting a scientific expertise of copyright materials in order to determine the possibility of their publication.
The Editorial board is an advisory body of a group of authoritative persons that participates in the development of the main areas of activity of the scientific journal and in the process of its implementation, assists the election of editor- in -chief and preparation and evaluation of works for publication.
Reader – any person reading the published materials.
- Principles of publication ethics
3.1. Ethical principles the authors of scientific publications should be guided by are the following.
When submitting materials to the reviewed scientific edition of “Bulletin of high technologies” the authors (or the group of authors) acknowledge that they carry the initial responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research which requires compliance with the following principles:
– primary publication of submitted manuscripts
Duplication of publications is not allowed. Submission of an article in more than one journal is regarded as unethical behavior and articles already published in other publications including electronic version are unacceptable.
In a cover letter authors must indicate that the work is being published for the first time.
– the originality of the research results set forth in the submitted textual original (manuscripts).
Authors should provide only original work.
Copied fragments or statements must be formed as required. When using textual or graphic information from the works of other authors, references to relevant publications are required with the obligatory indication of the author (s) and the source or written permission of the author (s).
Excessive copying as well as plagiarism in any form including unregulated quotes, paraphrasing or copyright violation of the results of another research is unethical and unacceptable. The presence of copying without proper reference is considered as plagiarism by the publisher.
Word for word copying of any other’s own works and their paraphrasing is unacceptable; they can be used only as a basis for new conclusions. If certain elements of the manuscript were previously published, the author is obliged to refer to an earlier work and indicate the differences between the new work and the previous one.
– the reliability of the results of studies
The data set as research basis should be clearly stated in written form. Authors should cite only true facts and information in the manuscript: to provide enough information for verifying and repeating experiments by other researchers; to prevent the use of information obtained privately without open written permission. Obviously incorrect or falsified statements are unacceptable. Any dishonest and intended falsified statements are regarded as unethical behavior and are unacceptable for publishing.
– reliability of information about the authors
Authorship should be limited by individuals who have made significant contribution to the preparation of the textual original (manuscript). Such individuals may be listed as co-authors.
When publishing an article, additional information (surnames, first names and second names) about persons who participated in some significant aspects of research is welcome whose contribution results are reflected in the manuscript.
It is not permitted to mention names among co-authors who did not participate in the preparation of the manuscript which reflects the main results of the scientific research.
– respect to the works of other scientists
Authors are required to respect the contributions of other authors who have influenced the essence of the presented research. Bibliographic references to the works referred to are required.
Information obtained privately through conversation, messaging or discussion with third person should not be used without open written permission from the source.
Authors should be guided by the ethics of the scientist when making critical comments regarding research by third person.
– respect for the work of editors and reviewers
Submitted for publication textual originals (manuscripts) of the author must be prepared in accordance with the rules for submitting scientific articles adopted in the journal.
Authors should respect the work of editors and reviewers, timely correct mistakes and shortcomings or reasonably argue them.
In cases where significant errors or inaccuracies are identified in the article at the stage of its preparation for publication or after publication, the authors should immediately inform the editor-in-chief of the journal. When receiving information from third person that there are significant errors in the article, the author must immediately remove or correct them or submit to the editor-in-chief the correct version of the original article.
3.2. Ethical principles in the activities of reviewers of original texts (manuscripts)
The reviewer carries out a scientific examination of copyright materials as a result of which his actions should be unbiased consisting in the implementation of the following principles:
– objectivity and reasoning
The reviewer is obliged to give an objective and reasonable assessment of the stated results of the study and clearly based recommendations.
The comments and remarks of the reviewer should be objective and principled aimed at improving the scientific level of the manuscript. The reviewer must make decisions based on specific facts and provide evidence of his decision.
The reviewer should draw the attention of the editor-in-chief to the substantial or partial similarity of the reviewed manuscript to any other work as well as the facts proving the absence of references to the settings, conclusions or arguments previously published in other works of this or that author.
The reviewer should note relevant published works that are not cited in the submitted manuscript.
Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.
A reviewer who does not have sufficient qualifications to review the manuscript as he thinks to himself or cannot be objective, for example, in case of a conflict of interest with the author of the manuscript or organization, should inform the editor about it asking to exclude him from the reviewing process of the manuscript.
– confidentiality
Reviewers must be aware that the manuscripts sent to them are the intellectual property of the authors and should relate to the content not subjected to disclosure very carefully. The manuscript received for review should be considered as a confidential document that cannot be transferred for reviewing or discussion to third person who is not authorized by the editors.
Violation of confidentiality is possible only if the reviewer claims that the materials contained in the article are unreliable or falsified.
Reviewers do not have the right to make copies of manuscripts for their needs as well as to take advantage of owing the content of the work before its publication.
3.3 Ethic principles in the activity of editor-in-chief of scientific magazine
In his activity editor-in-chief is responsible for the publication of copyright works which imposes the need to follow the principles given below:
– improvement of the journal in accordance with the trends of development of scientific periodicals;
– compliance with the obligation of freedom of speech;
– the exclusion of the influence of business interests or politics on decisions of the publication of materials;
The circulation and publication of the magazine is not a commercial project and should not carry a profit goal.
– ensuring the high quality of published materials.
When deciding to publish the submitted material, the editor-in-chief must:
-be guided by the following main criteria: correspondence of the manuscript to the topicality of the journal; relevance, novelty and scientific significance of the article; clarity of presentation; reliability of data presentation and completeness of conclusions;
-evaluate the intellectual content of manuscripts regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of the authors;
-prevent the publication of plagiarism and false data;
– take all measures to eliminate all contextual, grammatical, stylistic and other errors;
– coordinate with the authors the editorial corrections introduced to the article;
– justify his decision in case of acceptance or rejection of the article taking into account the recommendations of reviewers;
– provide the author of the reviewed material with the opportunity to justify his/her research position;
– not leave claims regarding the reviewed manuscripts or published materials unanswered;
– take all necessary measures to reconstitute violated rights in case of a conflict;
– ensure the preservation of confidentiality of personal information.
Unpublished data obtained from manuscripts submitted for consideration should not be used for personal purposes or transferred to third person without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas received during editing and related to potential benefits should be kept confidential and not be used for personal interests.
- Conflict of interests
In order to avoid cases of violation of publication ethics, the conflict of interests of all parts involved in the publication of the manuscript should be excluded. Conflict of interests arises if the author, reviewer or member of editorial board has financial, scientific or personal relationships that may affect their activity. Such relationships are called dual obligations, competing interests or competing loyalty.
In order to prevent the conflict of interests and in accordance with the accepted ethical standards of the journal, each of the parties has the following responsibilities:
The editor must:
– transfer the manuscript for consideration to another reviewer if the original reviewer has a conflict of interest with the author of the submitted manuscript;
– request information from all participants in the process of publishing the manuscript about the possibility of competing interests;
– decide on the publication of information indicated in the author’s letter regarding a conflict of scientific and/or financial interests if it is not confidential and may affect the assessment of the published work by the reader or the scientific community;
– ensure the publication of amendments if information on the conflict of interest was received after the publication of the article.
The author must:
– indicate his place of work and source of financial funding of research.
The reviewer must:
– inform the editor-in-chief about the existence of a conflict of interests (dual obligations, competing interests) and refuse to review the manuscript.
- Violation of publication ethics
In case of a violation of publication ethics by the editor-in-chief, a mandatory investigation is required by the author or reviewer. This applies to both published and unpublished materials. The editorial board is obliged to demand clarification without involving people who may have a conflict of interest with one of the parties.
If the material has been published containing significant inaccuracies, it should be immediately corrected in a form available to readers and indexing systems.