The section is prepared based on the materials of the Elsevier scientific literature publishing house, as well as on the basis of the International Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE).

Introduction

For the scientific and analytical journal "Actual problems of economics and management" it is important to establish ethical standards for all parties involved in the publication: authors, editorial board and editorial board of the journal, reviewers, editorial staff of the journal (publisher).

The publisher undertakes to strictly supervise scientific materials. The editors of the journal are aware of the responsibility for properly submitting an impartial "report" on the development of scientific thought and research, especially in terms of the ethical aspects of the publications set out in this document.

Duties of the members of the editorial board and the editorial board

Decision on publication

The editor-in-chief of the scientific and analytical journal "Actual problems of economics and management" is personally and independently responsible for the decision to publish. At the heart of the decision to publish is always the reliability and scientific significance of the work in question. The editor-in-chief is guided by the policy of the editorial board and the editorial board of the scientific and analytical magazine "Actual problems of economics and management", being limited by the current legal requirements for libel, copyright, legality and plagiarism.

The editor-in-chief can confer with members of the editorial board, the editorial board and reviewers during the decision to publish.

Decency

The editor-in-chief, the members of the editorial board and the editorial board should evaluate the intellectual content of the manuscripts, regardless of race, gender, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship or political preferences of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor-in-chief, members of the editorial board and the editorial board of the scientific and analytical journal "Actual problems of economics and management" are obliged not to disclose information about the accepted manuscript to other persons, except for authors, reviewer, possible reviewer and editorial staff (publisher).

Disclosure policy and conflicts of interest

Unpublished data obtained from the manuscripts submitted for consideration can not be used in personal research without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas received during the review and related to possible benefits should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.

The members of the editorial board should withdraw from the consideration of the manuscript (namely, to ask the editor-in-chief or cooperate with other members of the editorial board when considering the work instead of self-reviewing and making a decision) in the event of conflicts of interest due to competitive, joint and other interactions and relations with the authors, companies and, possibly, other organizations associated with the manuscript.

Supervision of publications

The members of the editorial board and the editorial board, having convincing evidence that the allegations or conclusions presented in the publication are erroneous, should inform the editor-in-chief and the publisher about this in order to notify them as soon as possible of changes, removal of the publication, expression of concern and other relevant statements.

Involvement and cooperation in research

Members of the editorial board and the editorial board, together with the publisher, take adequate responses in the event of ethical claims concerning the manuscripts or published materials. Such measures generally include interaction with the authors of the manuscript and the reasoning of the relevant complaint or requirement, but may also imply interactions with relevant organizations and research centers.

Responsibilities of reviewers

Influence on the decisions of the editorial board

Review helps the members of the editorial board to decide on publication and, through appropriate interaction with the author, can also help the author improve the quality of work. Reviewing is a necessary link in formal scientific communications, which is at the center of the scientific approach.

Exercise

Any selected reviewer who understands the inadequacy of his own qualification for the consideration of the manuscript or who does not have enough time to do the work quickly must notify the editor-in-chief of the scientific and analytical journal "Actual problems of economics and management" and ask him to exclude him from the process of reviewing the corresponding manuscript.

Confidentiality

Any manuscript received for review should be considered a confidential document. This work can not be opened and discussed with any persons not authorized by the editor-in-chief.

Requirements for the manuscript and objectivity

The reviewer must give an objective assessment. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Reviewers should clearly and reasonably express their views.

Recognition of primary sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published works relevant to the topic and not included in the bibliography of the manuscript. For any statement (observation, conclusion or argument) published earlier, the manuscript must have a corresponding bibliographic reference. The reviewer should also draw the attention of the editorial board to the discovery of a significant similarity or coincidence between the manuscript in question and any other published work that is in the scientific competence of the reviewer.

Disclosure policy and conflicts of interest

Reviewers should not participate in the examination of manuscripts in the event of conflicts of interest due to competitive, joint and other interactions and relationships with any of the authors, companies or other organizations associated with the work submitted.

Duties of Authors

Requirements for manuscripts

Authors of the report on the original research should provide reliable results of the work done, as well as an objective discussion of the significance of the study. The data underlying the work must be unmistakably presented. The work should contain enough details and bibliographic references for possible reproduction. False or knowingly erroneous statements are perceived as unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Reviews and other types of articles should also be accurate and objective, the author's point of view should be clearly marked.

Access to and storage of data

When reviewing, authors may be asked for raw data relevant to the manuscript. Authors should be willing to provide open access to this kind of information, if feasible, and in any case be prepared to maintain this data for an adequate period of time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors must ensure that the submitted work is completely original, in case of using the works or statements of other authors, appropriate bibliographic references or extracts should be provided.

Plagiarism can exist in many forms, from representing someone else's work as authoring to copying or paraphrasing the essential parts of someone else's works (without attribution) and before claiming their own rights to the results of other people's studies. Plagiarism in all its forms is unethical and unacceptable.

Multiplicity, redundancy and simultaneity of publications

In general, the author should not publish a manuscript, mostly devoted to the same research, in more than one journal as an original publication. The presentation of the same manuscript simultaneously in more than one magazine is perceived as unethical behavior and is unacceptable.

In general, the author should not submit an earlier published article to the editorial office.

The publication of a certain type of article (for example, translated) in more than one journal is in some cases ethical under certain conditions. Authors and editors of interested journals must agree to a secondary publication, which necessarily contains the same data and interpretations as in the originally published work.
The bibliography of primary work should be presented in the second publication.

Recognition of primary sources

It is always necessary to recognize the contribution of others. Authors should refer to publications that are relevant to the performance of the submitted work. Data obtained privately, for example during a conversation, correspondence or in the process of discussion with third parties, should not be used or presented without the explicit written permission of the source. Information obtained from confidential sources, such as assessing manuscripts or granting grants, should not be used without the explicit written permission of the authors of the work pertaining to confidential sources.

Authorship of publication

Authors of the publication can be only persons who have made a significant contribution to the formation of the concept of work, the development, implementation or interpretation of the presented study. All those who have made a significant contribution, should be identified as co-authors. In those cases where the study participants made a significant contribution to a particular area in the research project, they should be listed as persons who have made a significant contribution to this study.

The author must ensure that all participants who have made a significant contribution to the study are presented as co-authors, and those who did not participate in the study are not listed as co-authors, that all co-authors saw and approved the final version of the work and agreed to submit it for publication.

Disclosure policy and conflicts of interest

All authors are required to disclose in their manuscripts financial or other existing conflicts of interest that may be perceived as having affected the results or conclusions presented in the work.

Examples of potential conflicts of interest that are necessarily subject to disclosure include work for hire, counseling, the availability of shareholder property, the receipt of fees, the provision of an expert opinion, a patent application or patent registration, grants and other financial security. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed as early as possible.

Significant errors in published works

If the author finds material errors or inaccuracies in the publication, he should inform the editor-in-chief of the scientific and analytical journal "Actual problems of economics and management" and interact with the editorial staff of the magazine (publisher) with a view to removing the publication or correcting errors as soon as possible. If the editor-in-chief or publisher has received information from a third party that the publication contains significant errors, the author must withdraw the work or correct the errors as soon as possible.

Duties of the publishing house (editorial staff of the journal)

The publisher must follow the principles and procedures that facilitate the implementation of ethical duties by members of the editorial board and the editorial board, reviewers and authors of the scientific and analytical journal "Actual problems of economics and management" in accordance with these requirements. The publisher should be sure that the potential profit from the placement of advertising or the production of reprints has not affected the decisions of the editorial board.

The publisher should support the editorial board and the editorial board of the scientific and analytical journal "Actual problems of economics and management" in reviewing claims to the ethical aspects of published materials and helping to interact with other journals and / or publishers if it contributes to the duties of the members of the editorial board and the editorial board

The publisher should promote good practice in conducting research, implementing industry standards in order to improve ethical recommendations, procedures for removing and correcting errors.

The publisher must provide appropriate specialized legal support (opinion or advice) if necessary.