Adherence to COPE, WAME, and DORA Principles

The editorial board of the journal adheres to the following principles and recommendations of international organizations:

1. COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

The journal must adhere to the ethical standards defined by COPE:

  • Transparency in the submission, peer review, and publication processes.

  • Impartiality and independence of editors and reviewers.

  • Academic integrity – avoidance of plagiarism, falsification, and duplicate publications.

  • Correct authorship – clear definition of each author's contribution.

  • Handling complaints – existence of open and clear procedures for handling appeals and ethics complaints.

  • Retraction and correction of articles – a clear procedure for retraction, corrections, and error notifications.

2. 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 obliged to declare them.

  • Peer review – ensuring objective, fair, and timely expert assessment.

  • Transparency of funding – disclosure of information about grants, sponsors, and sources of research funding.

  • Support for young scientists – promoting publications by researchers at the early stage of their careers.

3. DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment)

The journal must support principles of fair assessment of scientific activity:

  • Not limiting to bibliometric indicators (impact factor, h-index), but evaluating research by its quality, novelty, and contribution to science.

  • Valuing different types of research results – software, data, algorithms, technical solutions, not just articles.

  • Recognition of interdisciplinary research as equivalent to classical publications.

  • Encouraging open science – publication of preprints, open access to data and codes.

4. ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – general principles for all sciences)

  • Authorship criteria. An author is only someone who has made a significant contribution to the work.

  • Research ethics. Compliance with norms regarding work with data, human participants, and experiments.

  • Data openness. Encouraging authors to preserve and provide access to research data.

5. 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 findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of data.

  • Plan S – supporting the policy of publishing in open journals and archives.

  • Ethical use of AI – maintaining transparency and responsibility in case of using artificial intelligence in research.