Publication Ethics

DUTIES OF EDITORIAL BOARD, EDITORS AND EDITORIAL STAFF 

The Editorial Board of the Фармацевтичний часопис. Pharmaceutical Review, in their work, follow the ethical principles and policies of publishing practice of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, the recommendations of the Committee of Publications Ethics, and in particular the Publishing Ethics Resource Kit of Elsevier Publishing, and also rely on the experience of authoritative international journals and publishing houses (Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE) (publicationethics.org). Adherence to the regulations on publication ethics by all of the involved in publication process provides protection of authors’ intellectual property right, credibility of the journal in the eyes of international scientific community and excludes the possibility of illegal use of author’s materials for benefits of particular persons.

Publication Decision

This decision is based on verifying of reliability of the information provided and importance of work for researchers and readers. The Editor-in-Chief should not have any conflict of interest about papers, which he/she rejects or accepts. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for decisions about whether the submitted articles are accepted for publication or rejected. He/she follows the journal policy and legal requirements such as avoiding slander, plagiarism and copyright infringement. Also, the editor-in-chief of the journal may consult the members of the editorial board and reviewers on the matter of publication rejection.

Fair Play

The assessment of the manuscript must be carried out by the editor-in-chief solely taking into account its scientific content, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, citizenship, gender, orientation, religion or political views of manuscript authors.

Confidentiality

The editor-in-chief, editorial staff and members of the Editorial Board of the journal are responsible for not disclosing any information about the submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the author(s), potential and appointed reviewers, Editorial Board consultants, and publisher.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interests

The editor-in-chief, the editorial staff and members of the Editorial Board should not use for personal purposes or transfer to third parties (without written permission of the author) unpublished manuscripts or individual data obtained from the manuscripts submitted for consideration. If there is sufficient reason to believe that the submitted manuscript or part of it is a plagiarism, the editor-in-chief should not allow the publication of the manuscript. An article, in case of acceptance for publication, is put in the open access; copyright reserved.

Dealing with Complaints

The editor-in-chief, together with the publisher, has to consider claims related to the manuscripts under consideration or published materials. They should consider all complaints of ethics. Every declared case of unethical behavior regarding publication should be investigated, even if it is discovered years after the article publication. In the event of a conflict situation, they must take all necessary measures for restoration of the infringed rights, and for the detection of errors – to promote the publication of corrections and refutations in both printed and online version of the journal.

REVIEWERS’ DUTIES 

Participation in the Decision Making by the Editorial Board

The editor-in-chief decides whether to publish work according to the results of the review.

The reviewing helps the author to improve their work. The Editorial Board of the Фармацевтичний часопис. Pharmaceutical Review journal shares the position of the Elsevier publishing house http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/publishing that all the scientists, who wish to publish their articles, have a moral obligation to participate in the reviewing process.

Promptness

The editor-in-chief forwards the article for a review to the most competent person according to the avenues of manuscript research. A reviewer who does not consider himself/herself an expert in the subject matter of the article or who knows that his/her effective review is not possible should notify the editor-in-chief and refuse to review.

Confidentiality

Each manuscript received for review should be considered as a confidential document. It is prohibited to display to or discuss it with anyone other than the persons authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

The reviewer must review the manuscript objectively according to the obligatory paragraphs in the review form. In the review paragraph Comments and Suggestions personal comments to the author are unacceptable. The reviewer should present their sound and definite views.

Acknowledgement of Source

The reviewer during the review process should keep track of the manuscript references made by the authors. If the authors do not present a reference to the published work, the reviewer should note it. Any statement in the review that some observation, conclusion or argument in the reviewed article has previously been presented in the literature should be accompanied by a corresponding reference. The reviewer should also pay the attention of the editor-in-chief to the significant similarity or partial coincidence of the reviewed article with any other previously published ones.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interests

The information provided in the article submitted for review cannot be used in any reviewer’s work without the written permission of the author. Confidential information should be kept secret and not be used by the reviewer for their personal gain. The reviewer should not review manuscripts in case of a conflict of interest caused by competition, cooperation or other relationship with any authors or organizations related to the article.

AUTHORS’ DUTIES

The authors are personally responsible for the text of the manuscript submitted. A supplementary letter in any format signed by the author/authors containing confirmation that the article has not been published or submitted for publication in any other national or international journal, and is not an adaptation of previously published articles should be attached together with the publication submitted for consideration.

Standards of Publication

The authors of the manuscripts must provide an accurate record of the work performed and statistically significant results of the research performed, present an objective discussion of the results with a sufficient number of references. The experiments must be explained thoroughly so that other researchers can re-conduct them. Misleading, corrupted or false statements equal to unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Storage

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study for editorial expertise and should dispose themselves to make the data publicly available if practicable. These data should be storaged for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors should ensure that they submit only original works. If they have used the works and/or statements of other authors, this must be appropriately cited or referenced. Plagiarism in any forms, including quotations or paraphrasing of substantial parts of another paper (without attribution), ‘passing off’ other papers as the author’s own or intrusion the results of research conducted by others is an unethical publishing and is unacceptable. Articles that are a compilation of published previously materials of other authors (without their own creative and authoring interpretation) are not accepted for publication.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication/Submission

The results of one study can be published no more than in one article, which, in turn, cannot be submitted simultaneously in more than one journal. Publication of some kinds of articles (such as translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable provided the conditions: the authors and editors of the journal must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication. The detailed information on acceptable secondary publication you can find here: www.icmje.org .

Recognition of Sources

The authors should recognize the contribution of all persons, who by some means or other influenced the conduction of the research and defined the way of scientific work presenting. The references of publication bibliographic sources in regard to the research are obligatory. All sources should be disclosed. The confidential information obtained in the process of manuscripts reviewing or grant submissions is used only with the presence of written permission from the authors of these manuscripts or applicants for grants.

Authorship

Only persons, who have made substantive intellectual contributions to the conception, design, execution, or analysis of a study, should be listed as authors. Other participants, who took part in certain aspects of the work, should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments paragraph. All persons listed in the paper as authors are responsible for content of the work. If the article is a multi-disciplinary work, co-authors are responsible for his/her personal contribution, sharing collective responsibility for general result. The corresponding author ensures that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication. A person who has not participated in research is not listed as an author.

Potential Hazards and Use of Humans or Animals

All reagents of chemical and biological nature, hazardous procedures and equipment must be specified by the authors in the manuscript. If a study involving animals or humans has been conducted, the author should include in his/her manuscript a statement that all procedures were completed in accordance with applicable law and service instructions approved by the relevant committee of the institution/organization, where the study has been conducted, as well as permits for experiments with humans.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Authors in their manuscripts must specify all sources of work financing; declare possible conflicts of interest that may affect the results of the research, their interpretation, and the judgment of reviewers. Examples of potential conflicts of interest to be disclosed: employment, advisory services, stock ownership, fees, paid expert opinions, patent applications or registration, grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest must be established as soon as possible. The author should sign the form on behalf of all contributors on potential conflicts of interest at the time of acceptance for publication. This policy is applied to all submitted original manuscripts and review materials. Examples of such application: AUTHOR is an employee and a shareholder of the company; AUTHOR is the founder of the company and a member of its scientific advisory board; this work is partially supported by a grant from the company.

Fundamental Mistakes in Published Works

If significant errors or inaccuracies in the manuscript are disclosed by the authors at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, they should immediately inform the editorial staff of the journal and make a joint decision on the acknowledgment of the error and/or its correction in the shortest possible time. If a journal editorial staff finds out from a third person that the published work contains significant errors, the author must immediately correct them, or provide the editorial office with proof of the correctness of the information provided.

Plagiarism

All scientific articles submitted to the editorial office are subjected to a plagiarism test by an independent experts and special software. We protect the rights of authors/co-authors and investigate statements of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. The authors are responsible for the materials they submit in case of detecting plagiarism in them. The journal reserves the right to reject the article for plagiarism without further explanation and to take appropriate legal measures.