Author's responsibilities

• Published materials shall be in compliance with all applicable requirements and ethical standards
• Clarity and precision of the results presentation, absence of falsification and data abuse
• Originality of the submitted materials, absence of the parallel or prior publications
• No plagiarism, no fraudulent data
• Responsibility for the submitted results of the research
• Transparency of the financing sources and connected with them conflicts of interest
• Completion of the materials in accordance with the editorial board requirements

Peer review / responsibility for the reviewers

• Competence of judgments and impartiality
• Reviewers should be objective and constructive in their reviews
• Promptness of the review submission
• Reviewed articles should be treated confidentially
• Reviewers should not allow their reviews to be influenced by the origins of a manuscript, by the nationality, religious or political beliefs, gender or other characteristics of the authors, or by commercial considerations
• Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders

Editorial responsibilities

• Editors should be accountable for all materials published in the journal
• Fair play and objectivity of decisions regardless of commercial advantages
• Preserve anonymity of reviewers
• Acceptance of editorial policy ensuring transparency and materials consistency
• Editors should counter misbehavior in the process of peer reviewing and editorial revision
• Editors should inform peer reviewers and author regarding all requirements specified for them
• Conflicts of interest resolution

Publisher responsibilities

• Set journal policies appropriately and aim to meet those policies, particularly with respect to:
  • editorial and reviewer independence;
  • research ethics;
  • authorship;
  • transparency and integrity;
  • appeals and complaints.
• Observance of Code of Conduct for authors, peer reviewers and journal editors
• Disclosure and revocation of negative references
• Publish content on a timely basis