Principles and Recommendations of International Organizations

The editorial board of the journal adheres to the principles and recommendations of leading international organizations in the field of publication ethics, editorial policy, and research assessment:

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) – Publication Ethics Standards

  • ensuring transparency in the processes of submission, peer review, and publication;
  • maintaining impartiality and independence of editors and reviewers;
  • upholding academic integrity, including the prevention of plagiarism, data fabrication, and duplicate publications;
  • ensuring proper authorship with clear identification of each author's contribution;
  • providing clear and transparent procedures for handling complaints and ethical appeals;
  • implementing established procedures for article retraction, corrections, and publication of errata.

World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) – Editorial Policy Principles

  • ensuring editorial independence and decision-making free from external influence;
  • mandatory disclosure of conflicts of interest by authors, reviewers, and editors;
  • maintaining objective, fair, and timely peer review;
  • ensuring transparency of research funding sources (grants, sponsors, etc.);
  • supporting early-career researchers and encouraging their publication activity.

San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) – Research Assessment Principles

  • avoiding overreliance on bibliometric indicators (impact factor, h-index) and focusing instead on the quality, originality, and scientific contribution of research;
  • recognizing diverse research outputs, including software, datasets, algorithms, and technical solutions;
  • valuing interdisciplinary research on par with traditional publications;
  • promoting open science practices, including preprints and open access to data and code.

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) – General Publication Ethics Principles

  • applying clear authorship criteria (substantial contribution to the research);
  • ensuring ethical conduct of research, including compliance with standards for data handling, human participation, and experimentation;
  • encouraging data sharing and accessibility of research data.

Other Contemporary Principles and Approaches

  • Open Science – promoting transparency and openness in research processes and outputs;
  • Open Access – ensuring free and unrestricted access to scholarly publications;
  • FAIR Data Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) – ensuring data discoverability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability;
  • Plan S – supporting policies that promote publishing in open access journals and repositories;
  • Ethical use of Artificial Intelligence – ensuring transparency, accountability, and proper disclosure when AI tools are used in research.