PUBLICATION ETHICS

During developing publishing ethics by the Editorial Board of the collection takes into account the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as well as the experience of other scientific organizations and editorial offices.

In cooperation with the authors, the Editorial Board of the collection is guided by the following rules:

  • takes all necessary measures to ensure the quality of materials submitted and subject to subsequent publication;
  • ensures compliance with the established mechanisms for reviewing articles, as well as refuting or revoking decisions made by the Editorial Board;
  • necessarily to inform the author of the manuscript about the acceptance of the article for publication, about the need to finalize it, about the rejection of the article;
  • provides a reasoned description of the expert assessment of the article submitted for publication.

In cooperation with the Reviewers, the Editorial Board of the collection adheres to the following rules:

  • provides Reviewers with instructions and recommendations for reviewing manuscripts;
  • provides Reviewers with a system for checking the degree of originality of the article;
  • guarantees the Reviewers confidentiality;
  • represents the possibility (right) to refuse review without explaining the reasons for refusal (except for the established conflict of interest);
  • considers peer-reviewing as an integral part of the evaluation of a scientific publication, which confirms the high quality of scientific articles.

Reviewing involves working with those Reviewers - Experts of the collection, who are recognized experts in the field of knowledge relevant to the article. Articles are accepted for publication only after their discussion at a meeting of the Editorial Board of the collection in the presence of a positive review of the Reviewer and their support by the majority of members of the Editorial Board. The  prepared in full issue of the collection is considered and recommended for publication by the decision of the Academic Council of University Hryhoriy Skovoroda in Pereiaslav.