Ethical standards

All parties involved in the publication (author, editor, reviewer) must consent to compliance with the expected standards of ethical behavior. The following ethical standards, in force in the ZNPEiM journal, are based on the findings of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors according to the COPE Publishing Ethics Committee.

1. Editorial responsibilities

Fair procedure

The texts submitted are evaluated in terms of their intellectual (substantive) content regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious opinions, ethnicity, nationality or political views of the author.

Confidentiality

The editor-in-chief and other editorial members may not disclose any information about the submitted text to anyone other than the correspondent author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial members of the magazine.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Unpublished materials contained in the submitted texts may not be used in the editorial members' own work without the express written consent of the author or authors.

Decision on publication

The editor-in-chief of ZNPEFiM is responsible for deciding on the publication of submitted texts. The decision of the editor-in-chief can be based on suggestions from editorial committee members, and is limited by legal requirements for defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor-in-chief may communicate with other editorial members or reviewers when making decisions.

2. Reviewer's responsibilities

Contribution to the editorial process

The reviewer assists the editor-in-chief in making editorial decisions and, through communication with the author, assists him/her in improving the submitted text.

Proper pace of the proceedings

A reviewer who does not feel adequately qualified to evaluate the content of the submitted text or knows that he/she is unable to prepare a review within the proposed time should notify the editor-in-chief without delay so that another reviewer can be contacted.

Confidentiality

Texts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They may not be presented to anyone or discussed with anyone except those authorized by the editor-in-chief.

Standards of objectivity

Reviewers should be objective in their conduct. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Reviewers should present their point of view clearly and using appropriate arguments.

Recognition of sources

Reviewers should indicate published works relevant to the text that are not included in the text. The reviewer should also inform the editor-in-chief in the event of a significant similarity or overlap between the submitted text and other published material known to the reviewer

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Valuable information or ideas that the reviewer becomes familiar with in the course of his or her work must be kept secret and may not be used for personal gain. The reviewer should not undertake an assessment of the submitted text when there is a conflict of interest arising from a rivalry, cooperation or other relationship with the author.

3. Responsibilities of the author

Reporting standards

Authors reporting on the results of original studies should provide adequate justification for the work carried out and objectively argue their relevance. Key data should be presented in an appropriate manner in the submitted text. Completely or partially false statements, where the author is aware of this, are not permitted as unethical acts.

Originality and plagiarism

A author should make sure that the text is completely original. They should ensure that the names of the authors cited in the work and/or extracts of the cited works are correctly quoted or mentioned therein.

Multiplied, redundant and parallel publications

As a general rule, an author should not publish original nature texts describing the same research in more than one journal or publication. The parallel submission of the same text for printing in more than one journal is unethical and unacceptable.

Recognition of sources

The author should take note of the use of the results of other people's works. He?she should also quote publications that influenced the creation of the submitted work.

Authorship of the work

Authorship should only be attributed to those who have made a significant contribution to the concept, design, implementation or interpretation contained in the study. All contributors should be listed as contributors. If there are other people who have participated in certain important aspects of the research project, they should be mentioned in the acknowledgments.

The author whi is the primary correspondent should ensure that all eligible contributors (as defined above) are included in the author list and that not-contributing authors are not included in the list. In addition, all contributors should review the final text, approve it, and agree to submit the text for publication.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

All authors should disclose in the submitted text any financial or other material conflict of interest that could affect the results of the studies or their interpretation in the text. All sources of funding for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in publication

If the author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the published work, he/she is obliged to immediately notify and cooperate with the editor-in-chief in order to withdraw the text or introduce an appropriate errata