Basic ethical principles of editorial staff activity
1. Editorial staff ensures conformity of the published materials with the accepted international and ethical principles.
2. Editorial staff establishes its relationship with its founder in accordance with the principle of editorial independence.
3. Editorial staff pursues an independent policy on selection and publication of the materials of research.
4. Editorial staff makes a decision whether to accept/decline the research material for publication considering only the significance of the research, its originality, distinctness and topicality.
5. Editors make decisions only on the basis of the research credibility, its significance for readers of the journal and not of the commercial profit of the journal.
6. Editorial staff guarantees the possibility of publishing the materials presenting different points of view.
7. Editorial staff works in close collaboration with authors and reviewers to guarantee high quality of the published material.
8. Editorial staff constantly takes steps to upgrade the journal, takes all reasonable measures to guarantee the quality of the published material.
9. Editorial staff guarantees that no financial interests will influence the level of requirements for peer-reviewed and published materials.
10. Editorial staff persistently strives for overall satisfaction of the readers’ and authors’ needs.
11. Editorial staff is always prepared to admit its mistakes and if necessary to publish corrections, clarifications, refutations and apology.
12. Editorial staff takes full responsibility for all materials published in the journal.