Publicational Ethics of the periodical 

The principles of professional ethics in the activities of the editorial board and publisherThe editorial board of the journal controls the publication process of author’s materials and their compliance with the following fundamental principles:

– the data in provided materials must posses scientific and practical significance.

– disuse by members of the editorial board of unpublished data from materials submitted for consideration for personal purposes or transfer to third parties;– securing confidentiality;

– prevention of plagiarism possibility;

– do not leave claims unanswered, including claims concerning reviewed manuscripts or published materials, as well as taking all necessary measures to restore violated rights in the event of a conflict situation.

Ethical principles in reviewer activities

The actions of the reviewer should be objective in nature, consisting in sustaining the following principles:– confidentiality: the manuscript, which is received for review, should be treated as a confidential document which cannot be transferred for review or discussion to third parties;

– objectivity and reasoning: the reviewer must give an objective and reasoned assessment of the stated results of the study, not of the author (personal criticism of the author is unacceptable) the reviewer is obliged to contact the publisher with a request to exclude him from the review process of certain materials, if he considers his qualifications insufficient to review publication or in case of conflict of interest

– inappropriateness of use for personal gain by the reviewer of unpublished data from manuscripts submitted for review.

Principles by which the author of scientific publications should be guided

The author (team of authors) should be aware of his (their) initial responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research, which implies the observance by him (them) of the following principles:

– the provision of reliable results of studies, the inadmissibility of the presentation of knowingly false or falsified results and statements;

– a guarantee of originality of research results;– an indication of the source of borrowed fragments or statements;

– the unacceptability of excessive borrowing and plagiarism in any form, including framed quotes, paraphrasing or assignment of rights on the results of other people's research;

– an indication of all persons as co-authors who have made a significant contribution to the study is mandatory, and an indication as co-authors of persons who have not participated in the study is unacceptable;

– the unacceptability of submitting to the journal materials that have been sent for publication or have already been published in other journals;– the need to inform the publisher on the matter of detection of significant errors or inaccuracies in the materials at the stage of their consideration or after publication