Publication Ethics

The editorial board of the Journal of "Scientific Bulletin of Kremenets Taras Shevchenko Regional Academy of Humanities and Pedagogy. Series: Pedagogical Sciences" maintains a certain level of requirements for the selection and acceptance of articles submitted for editorial purposes. These norms are determined by the scientific direction of the journal and the standards of quality of scientific works and their presentation, accepted in the scientific community.

The editorial calls for adherence to the principles of the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications developed by the Committee on Ethics of Scientific Publications (COPE).

ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD

1. The Editorial Board is responsible for the scientific publication.
2. Articles are carefully selected and reviewed. The editorial board may reject the non-compliant article and return it for revision. Any author considers the remarks of the reviewers as well as editorial board on the revision of the article.
3. The editorial board considers all manuscripts impartially, evaluates each article properly, regardless of the racial, religious, national affiliation of the author (s), as well as the status or place of his (their) work. The editorial board makes fair and impartial decisions to ensure a fair review process.
4. The editorial board may reject the manuscript without review if it does not correspond to the profile and subject of the collection.
5. Editorial board of the collection is against falsification, plagiarism, sending the author of one work in several publications, using the content of the article in various works, misleading the scientific community about the real contribution of the author to the publication.
6. The editorial board has the right to withdraw even a published article, provided that a violation of the generally accepted norms of scientific ethics is found to violate someone's rights. The editorial board informs the author and the organization in which the work was performed about the fact of deleting the article.
7. The editor and members of the editorial board shall not provide other persons with information related to the content of the peer-reviewed manuscript, except for the persons involved in the professional evaluation of this manuscript. After a positive decision of the editor, the article is published in a collection and posted on the relevant electronic resources.
8. In accordance with international law in terms of compliance with copyright in electronic information resources, site materials, electronic journal or project may not be reproduced in full a6o in any form (electronic or printed) without the prior written consent of the collection editorial board. When using published materials in the context of other documents, a reference to the primary source database is required.
9. Editors, authors and reviewers should declare their interests, which may affect their objectivity in editing and reviewing article materials (in case of conflict of interest). Such may be the interests of the intellectual plan, financial, personal, political, religious interests.
10. Prevention of illegal publications is the responsibility of every author, editor, reviewer, publisher, and organization.

ETHICAL COMMITMENTS OF AUTHORS

1. It is the responsibility of the author to provide an accurate report on the research conducted, as well as to present its significance objectively. Authors must present the results of their research clearly and unambiguously.
2. The authors of the articles are fully responsible for the content of the articles and for the very fact of their publication.
3. The author should cite publications that have had a decisive influence on the essence of the work, as well as those that can quickly acquaint the reader with earlier works that are important for understanding this study. It is also necessary to properly indicate the sources of fundamentally important materials used in this work if these materials were not obtained by the author.
4. Plagiarism and submission to the publication of a previously published article is inadmissible. In cases of revealing these facts, the authors of the provided materials are responsible for the facts.
5. Co-authors of the article should be those who have made significant scientific contributions to the work and who share responsibility for the results obtained. The author who submits the manuscript for publication is responsible for ensuring that the list of co-authors includes those who meet the authorship criteria and assume responsibility for the consent of other authors to its publication in the collection of scientific papers.
6. Authors should notify the editor of any potential conflict of interest that could be affected by the publication of the results contained in this manuscript.
7. Authors must clearly indicate the sources of all cited information and must duly draw references to the literature used in the work, in accordance with the State Standard DSTU 8302: 2015.
8. The editorial board has the right to refuse to publish the article in case of non-compliance with the requirements of the editorial board.

REVIEWERS ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS

1. Reviewing manuscripts is an important step in the publishing process. Every scholar is required to do some work in the peer-review process.
2. All articles submitted to the printing must be reviewed by the author's supervisor(s), the scientific institution where the work was performed, and appointed reviewers.
3. The Editorial Board reserves the right to appoint an additional independent reviewer.
4. The reviewer should provide an objective assessment of the quality of the manuscript, as well as determine whether the manuscript meets high scientific and literary standards. The reviewer must respect the intellectual independence of the authors.
5. All members of the editorial board with reviewers.
6. Manuscript sent for review, with a confidential document.
7. The reviewer must substantiate his conclusions convincingly enough.
8. The reviewer should draw the editor's attention to any significant similarities between the submitted manuscript and another article either published or only a manuscript.
9. The reviewer must provide timely feedback on the manuscript.
10. The reviewer should not use or to disclose unpublished information contained in the submitted manuscript without the consent of the author or authors.