International Principles

The Editorial Board of the journal upholds the following principles and recommendations established by leading international organizations:

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

  • Transparency in the processes of submission, peer review, and publication.
  • Independence and impartiality of editors and reviewers.
  • Academic integrity: avoidance of plagiarism, falsification, and duplicate publications.
  • Proper authorship: clear identification of each author’s contribution.
  • Complaint handling: open and well-defined procedures for appeals and ethical concerns.
  • Retractions and corrections: established procedures for retractions, corrections, and notices of concern.

WAME (World Association of Medical Editors)

  • Editorial independence: decisions made without influence from sponsors, institutions, or commercial interests.
  • Conflicts of interest: mandatory disclosure by authors, reviewers, and editors.
  • Peer review: objective, fair, and timely evaluation of submissions.
  • Funding transparency: disclosure of grants, sponsors, and research funding sources.
  • Support for early-career researchers: encouragement of publications by young scholars.

DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment)

  • Research assessment based on quality, novelty, and contribution to science, not limited to bibliometric indicators (Impact Factor, h-index).
  • Recognition of diverse research outputs such as software, data, algorithms, and engineering solutions, not only journal articles.
  • Equal treatment of interdisciplinary research alongside traditional publications.
  • Promotion of open science: support for preprints and open access to data and code.

ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal)

  • Authorship criteria: Only individuals who have made a significant contribution to the work are recognized as authors.
  • Research ethics: Strict compliance with ethical norms in data handling, research involving human participants, and experimentation.
  • Data openness: Authors are encouraged to preserve and provide access to their research data.

Other Modern Principles

  • Open Science: Promoting open access to scientific results and encouraging practices that make research more transparent and collaborative.
  • FAIR Data Principles: Ensuring that research data are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
  • Plan S: Supporting policies that require publications to appear in open-access journals and repositories.

Together, these principles reinforce the journal’s commitment to ethical publishing, transparency, and the advancement of open science.