Guidelines on Publishing Ethics
The publication ethics requirements are based on: the Elsevier principles and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE's Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors) guidelines for best practice for journal editors.
I. Duties of the Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief takes care of:
1. the development of the journal;
2. ensuring the highest quality of published materials;
3. ensuring the freedom of expression of views in the materials published in the Yearbook;
4. preserving the anonymity of the reviewers in all cases;
5. selection of reviewers with recognized achievements and scientific position;
6. ensuring compliance of published materials with the principles of publication ethics;
7. removal of errors - in the case of publishing material containing defects
8. publishing corrections and apologies - if it is necessary and justified.
The Editor-in-Chief strictly adheres to the COPE guidelines for the withdrawal of published articles.
The Editor-in-Chief shall take all necessary steps to avoid publishing plagiarism or non-original materials.
The Editor-in-Chief verifies the materials submitted for publication from the point of view of their originality, scientific reliability and compliance with the principles of ethics in the preparation of the publication.
II. Author's Responsibilities
- Materials submitted for publication should contain the necessary data to enable them to be quoted by other authors.
- Only original works are accepted for publication.
- The use of other people's publications should be clearly indicated in the material sent (in the form of a footnote edited in accordance with the editorial rules and positions in the bibliography of the text in the quarterly).
- Any form of plagiarism is considered unethical and unacceptable.
- The editorial office counteracts manifestations of scientific misconduct, which are ghostwriting (making your own contribution without revealing your authorship or co-authorship, and in the case of thanks, without specifying the addressee of thanks) and guest authorship (indicating the author or co-author of the publication of a person whose actual author's contribution is negligible or no).
- In the event of submitting complaints regarding the submitted or published text, the Editor-in-Chief contacts the Author, and in the event of suspected unethical or abuse acts, he informs the relevant institutions or bodies about them.
- An author should not publish texts devoted to the same research in more than one journal.
- Sending the same text to more than one journal at the same time constitutes unethical editorial behavior and is unacceptable.
- In principle, an author should not submit a previously published article for consideration in another journal. Publication of one article in more than one journal is justified only in exceptional cases. In any event, the original reference must be cited in the secondary publication.
- The author should cite publications that had an impact on the creation of his material. Information obtained privately may not be used in the text without the written consent of its Author.
- If the Author discovers a material error or inaccuracy in his published work, his duty is to immediately notify the Editorial Board and cooperate with the Editor-in-Chief in order to withdraw or correct the article.
- If the Editor-in-Chief obtains information from a third party that the work published in the Yearbook contains a substantial error, the Author is obliged to immediately withdraw or correct the publication or provide the Editor-in-Chief with proof that the original article is correct.
- Authorship should be limited to persons who have made a significant contribution to the development, design or production of the submitted material.
- All who have made a significant contribution should be listed as co-authors. Other persons who have participated in some substantive aspects of the research project should be confirmed or mentioned as appropriate.
- The submitter of the text should ensure that all co-authors are listed in the submitted material and that all co-authors approve the final version of the article and agree to submit it for publication in the Yearbook.
- All Authors should disclose in the submitted text any financial or other material conflicts of interest that could influence the results or the interpretation of their text. All sources of financial support should be disclosed.
III. Terms of publication
The "publishing rules" in force in the Yearbook are published and updated.
IV. Terms of publishing the material
- Decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of material for publication are based solely on its substantive assessment, including originality in terms of the research problem and importance for the objectives and subject of the Yearbook.
- The editorial office informs which of the subject editors is responsible for the publishing process in a given case.
- The Editorial Board declares that the materials submitted for publication will not be rejected due to the views expressed in them, provided that they are scientifically reliable and will not discredit other Authors. The editorial office guarantees the freedom to publish scientifically reliable materials.
- The decision to accept or reject the submitted material is always communicated to the Author with justification, especially in the case of rejection of the material.
- Any change in the structure of the Yearbook does not affect previous decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of materials submitted for publication.
V. Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interest
- The Editorial Board does not disclose information about the submitted material to anyone, except for the Author, Reviewer, potential Reviewer and Editorial Staff.
- Unpublished texts may not be used in the works of a member or employee of the Editorial Board without the written consent of the author. Information obtained in the review process is kept secret and cannot be used for personal gain.
- A member of the Editorial Board should avoid a conflict of interest resulting from relations with the Author of the submitted material or the institution in which the material was prepared.
- The Editor-in-Chief requires all Authors to disclose information about a conflict of interest and to publish corrections or corrections if conflicting interests are revealed after publication.
VI. Publishing review
- The publishing review is an indispensable element of the publication process in the Yearbook.
- The review is the basis for making editorial decisions, and through the communication of the Editorial Board with the Author, it is the basis for increasing the substantive value of the submitted material.
- The submitted materials are reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. The preparation of editorial reviews is governed by the "Editorial rules" in force in the Yearbook.
- In the event of a discrepancy between two reviews regarding the publication of the material, the final decision on its publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief, who may ask the Editorial Board or the Scientific Council for an opinion before making the decision.
- The reviewer is obliged to make an objective and reliable assessment of the material submitted for publication.
- The reviewer should draw the Editor-in-Chief's attention to any significant similarities between the material submitted for publication and any other published text of which he has knowledge.
- Reviewers should avoid any kind of conflict of interest.
- Each selected reviewer who does not feel qualified to review the material submitted for publication or knows that it will not be possible to prepare a review by him within the time limit specified by the Editor-in-Chief, should immediately notify the Editorial Board of this fact.
- The process of reviewing material submitted for publication is subject to confidentiality requirements. In order to avoid a conflict of interest, the Reviewers and Authors do not know their identity.
- Materials received for review should be treated as confidential documents. If the Editorial Board does not agree, it is forbidden to make the submitted materials available to persons not participating in the review process.
- Without the written consent of the Author, the unpublished text may not be used in the Reviewer's own research.
