Editorial Ethics

Committee on Publication Ethics
The policy of the editorial board of the journal is based on international practice regarding the provision of copyright, on ethical principles supported by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Editorial Activities
The activities of the editorial office are aimed at informing a wide range of scientific community about new scientific developments, technical solutions. The editors are guided by such important principles as the reliability, scientific significance and relevance of published works.

Acceptance of Articles
The procedure for accepting, evaluating and publishing scientific articles is open.

Ban on Publication
The editors do not allow publication of materials, the content of which is prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Ethical Standards
The editorial board is responsible for the quality of published scientific articles, and also supports initiatives aimed at reducing the number of incorrect actions by researchers of ethical violations.

Research Results
Obtaining negative results by the authors in the course of research is not an obstacle to their publication in the journal. The editorial office encourages scientific discussions and exchange of experience on the pages of the journal.

Ethical Principles for Editors

The editorial board of the journal is guided by the following ethical principles of COPE:
– editorial impartiality;
– respect for confidentiality (research participants, authors, reviewers);
– adherence to scientific ethics when reviewing articles, encouraging honest scientific discussion between authors and reviewers;
– contractual relations between the publisher, editors and authors;
– assistance in the protection of intellectual property and copyrights;
– rejection of the manuscript of the article if it reveals previously published materials of other authors without reference to the original sources (plagiarism);
– non-disclosure of personal data of authors and reviewers and other information obtained in the course of professional interaction;
– making editorial changes to the article by agreement with the authors

Ethical Principles for Reviewing

The editors strive to exclude «conflicts of interest» between authors and reviewers.

The editorial board supports the following basic principles when reviewing articles:
– reviewing only those manuscripts for the evaluation of which they have sufficient knowledge;
– timeliness of reviewing;
– observance of the confidentiality of expert judgment;
– objectivity and constructiveness in drawing up a review;
– informing the editorial board about a conflict of interest;
– the content of the review should not be influenced the origin of the manuscript as well as nationality, gender, religious or political beliefs of the authors;
– reviewers should not use the information obtained during the review for their own purposes or the interests of others.

General Provisions

The authors of the materials submitted to the editors are responsible for the accuracy of the information contained in them, for the compliance of materials with the norms of legislation, morality, and ethics.

The editors expect the authors to comply with the following principles:
– compliance of publication materials with ethical and legal standards;
– originality and scientific novelty of research;
– reliability of the results obtained: researchers should make an effort to describe the methodology for performing work clearly and unambiguously so that their results can be confirmed by other researchers;
– objective discussion of the value of research;
– acknowledgment of the contribution of others, the obligatory presence of bibliographic references to the work used;
– presentation of all participants who made a significant contribution to the research as co-authors;
– informing about the discovery of significant errors or inaccuracies in the publication and interaction with the editorial office in order to correct the identified errors or withdraw the publication as soon as possible;
– the absence of borrowings in the article without references to primary sources (plagiarism).

E-mail: ecinn@itmo.ru
Phone: +7 (812) 480-04-96
Udalova Alexandra Leonidovna – editorial office's technical secretary
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