Compliance with the principles and recommendations of COPE, WAME, DORA
The editorial board of the journal adheres to the following principles and recommendations of international organizations:
COPE ( CommitteeonPublicationEthics
- Transparency in the process of submitting, reviewing and publishing articles;
- Impartiality and independence of editors and reviewers;
- Academic integrity – avoiding plagiarism, falsification, and double publications;
- Correct authorship – clear identification of the contribution of each author;
- Handling complaints – having open and clear procedures for handling appeals and ethics complaints;
- Article retraction and correction – a clear procedure for retraction , corrections, and error reporting.
WAME ( WorldAssociationofMedicalEditors )
- Editorial independence – the editor's decisions are made without pressure from sponsors, institutions, or commercial interests;
- Conflicts of interest – all authors, reviewers, and editors are required to declare them;
- Reviewing – ensuring objective, fair and timely expert evaluation;
- Funding transparency – disclosure of information about grants, sponsors, and sources of research funding;
- Support for young scientists – promoting publications by researchers at the initial stage of their careers.
DORA ( SanFranciscoDeclarationonResearchAssessment )
- Do not limit yourself to bibliometric indicators ( impact factor, h-index), but evaluate research based on its quality, novelty, and contribution to science.
- Appreciate different types of research outputs – software, data, algorithms, technical solutions, not just articles.
- Recognition of interdisciplinary research as equivalent to classical publications.
- Promoting open science – publication of preprints, open access to data and codes.
Other modern principles ( Open Science , Plan S, FAIR Data )
Open Access – promoting open access to scientific results.
- FAIR principles for data ( Findable , Accessible , Interoperable , Reusable ) – ensuring the ability to find, access, interoperability and reuse data;
- Plan S – support for the policy of publications in open access journals and archives;
- Ethical use of AI – maintaining transparency and accountability when using artificial intelligence in research.