PUBLICATION ETHICS

The ethical principles governing the journal "Studia Ucrainica Varsoviensia" are based on the COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and apply to authors, editors, reviewers and the publisher.

All articles submitted for publication in the journal "Studia Ucrainica Varsoviensia" are screened for compliance with publishing ethics, integrity, and scholarly value.

 

RULES CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Controlling ethical standards

The members of the Editorial Board of the journal "Studia Ucrainica Varsoviensia" shall be constantly vigilant of the observance of the applicable ethical standards and principles and shall prevent practices that are inconsistent with the accepted standards.

 

2. Fair play principle

Race, gender, religion, origin, citizenship or political beliefs of the authors in no way influence the evaluation of articles. Texts are judged only on their merits.

 

3. Criteria for accepting articles for publication

The editors decide which materials will be published. In accepting articles for publication, the scientific value of the work, originality of the treatment of the problem, clarity, and compatibility with the scope of the journal are taken into account.

 

4. Principle of confidentiality

The Editorial Board shall not disclose any information about papers submitted for publication to unauthorized persons. The persons authorized to have this information are the author, designated reviewers, members of the Editorial Board, editors, and the publisher.

 

5. Addressing conflicts of Interest

Unpublished articles may not be used by members of the Editorial Board, or any other person involved in the publishing process, without written permission from the authors.

 

6. Scientific Integrity principle

The Editorial Board members are concerned with the scientific integrity of the published papers. They may make appropriate changes and corrections to maintain this integrity. In the case of suspicion of fraudulent practices (plagiarism, falsification of research results), they are obliged to take the decision to withdraw the text from the journal.

The editors, if necessary, are obliged to publish appropriate corrigenda, explanations or apologies.

 

7. Withdrawal of the text

Editors have the right to withdraw a text after publication if:

  • there is evidence of unreliability of study results and/or fabrication of data, as well as if unintentional errors have been made (e.g. calculation errors, methodological errors);
  • the research results have been previously published elsewhere;
  • the paper shows signs of plagiarism or violates the rules of publishing ethics.

A notice of withdrawal of the text should be treated as equivalent to withdrawal of the article. This notice should include information about the author (the heading should include at least the title of the paper and the name(s) of the author(s) of the paper) and the reasons for the withdrawal of the text Unintentional errors should be distinguished from deliberate misuse, determining the withdrawal of the text. Withdrawn texts are not removed from the published version of the journal, but the fact of their withdrawal should be clearly marked.

 

In case of two negative reviews, the Editor-in-Chief shall decide not to qualify the article for publication. In the case of one negative review, the Editor-in-Chief shall decide to publish the article after the author has taken into account the reviewer's comments and suggestions.

 

RULES FOR AUTHORS

1. The principle of scientific accuracy

Authors of articles are obliged to provide a reliable description of the research work performed and to interpret the results objectively. The papers should contain information that makes it possible to identify the sources of data, as well as to repeat the research. Inconsistent presentation and interpretation of data and research results with the principles of publishing ethics is unacceptable and may result in withdrawal of the text.

 

2. The principle of originality of the work

Authors may only submit their own original texts for publication. Research and/or information of other scientists used in the publication should be marked in a way indicating that it is a quotation. Plagiarism or fabrication of data is not acceptable.

 

3. Data sharing rule

Authors who are asked to provide the unprocessed research results used in the text are required to provide access to the data, even after the paper has been published.

 

4. Principle against authors' conflicts of interest

Authors should not publish texts describing the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same work to more than one journal is considered unethical.

 

5. Rules for authorship of papers

  • Authors submitting multi-authored texts for publication are required to disclose the contribution of the individual authors to the text (including the authors' affiliations and who authored the concepts, assumptions, methods, protocol, etc. used in the preparation of the text).
  • Ghostwriting and guest authorship are signs of scientific dishonesty and any instances of them should be exposed, including notification of appropriate bodies such as institutions employing authors, scientific societies, associations of scientific editors, etc.
  • It is the responsibility of the authors submitting the text for publication to make sure that those who have contributed to the article accept its final form.

 

6. The principle of reliability of sources

Authors are required to list the publications that they used in the creation of the article in the appendix bibliography.

 

7. Rules on errors in published papers

If the author(s) discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in their texts, they are obliged to immediately notify the Editor of the journal in order to withdraw the text or correct the errors that have occurred.

 

RULES FOR REVIEWERS

Reviewers review papers on behalf of the Editorial Board.  In this way they influence the decisions made by the Editorial Board members. They may also, in consultation with authors, influence the final shape and improvement of published works.

 

1. The principle of timeliness

Reviewers are obliged to provide reviews within the established time limit. If for some reason (content-related, lack of time, etc.) they are unable to meet the deadline or undertake a review, they should immediately inform the Editorial Board.

 

2. The principle of confidentiality

All reviewed papers and their reviews are confidential. Disclosure of papers and/or to third parties is not permitted (except to those involved in the publishing process).

 

3. Principle of maintaining objectivity standards

Reviews should be objective in nature. Personal criticism of paper authors is considered inappropriate, to say the least. All comments made by the reviewer should be adequately substantiated.

 

4. Principle of reliability of sources

Reviewers, if necessary, should identify relevant works related to the topic of the article not cited by the author. The reviewer should point out and report to the Editor any significant similarities of the reviewed article with other works.

 

5. The principle of preventing conflicts of interest in reviewers

Reviewers must not use the reviewed work for their personal needs and benefits. They should also not evaluate texts where there may be a conflict of interest with the author(s).

 

All submitted articles are checked in the anti-plagiarism system: https://www.wuw.pl/PROGRAM-ANTYPLAGIATOWY-iThenticate-cinfo-pol-47.html.