Compliance with the Principles and Recommendations of COPE, WAME, DORA, ICMJE, and Other International Standards
The editorial board of the journal adheres to the following principles and recommendations of international organizations:
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
The journal must comply with the ethical standards defined by COPE:
transparency in the processes of manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decision-making, and publication;
impartiality and independence of editors and reviewers;
academic integrity, including the prevention of plagiarism, falsification, fabrication, self-plagiarism, and duplicate publication;
proper authorship, including the clear identification of each author’s contribution;
complaint handling, including the availability of open and clearly defined procedures for considering appeals and ethics-related complaints;
correction and retraction of articles through clearly established procedures for corrections, retractions, and notifications of errors.
- WAME (World Association of Medical Editors, principles for editors of all sciences) WAME recommendations can be applied in a broader context:
Editorial independence – editorial decisions are made without pressure from sponsors, institutions, or commercial interests.
Conflicts of interest – all authors, reviewers, and editors are required to declare them.
Peer review – ensuring objective, fair, and timely expert evaluation.
Funding transparency – disclosure of information about grants, sponsors, and research funding sources.
Support for young scientists – promoting publications by early-career researchers.
- DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) The journal must support the principles of fair research assessment:
Avoiding reliance solely on bibliometric indicators (e.g., impact factor, h-index) and instead evaluating research based on its inherent quality, novelty, and genuine contribution to the scientific field.
Valuing diverse types of research outputs – including software, datasets, algorithms, and technical solutions – rather than exclusively traditional journal articles.
Recognizing interdisciplinary research as fully equivalent to classical disciplinary publications.
Encouraging open science – supporting the publication of preprints and providing open access to data and underlying code.
- ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – general principles for all sciences)
Authorship criteria – an individual is recognized as an author only if they have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the work.
Research ethics – strict compliance with established norms regarding data handling, human participants, and experimental procedures.
Data openness – encouraging authors to preserve and provide open access to their primary research data.
- Other Contemporary Principles (Open Science, Plan S, FAIR Data)
Open Access – promoting and facilitating unrestricted access to scientific findings.
FAIR Data Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) – ensuring that research data can be easily discovered, accessed, integrated, and reused by the scientific community.
Plan S – supporting initiatives and policies for publishing in fully open-access journals and repositories.
Ethical use of AI – maintaining strict transparency and accountability whenever artificial intelligence is utilized in the research process.
