The scientific journal “Chemical Technology” adheres to the principles, norms, and standards of publication ethics. Compliance with ethical principles is important for ensuring and maintaining the quality of the scientific journal as well as for establishing trusting and respectful relationships between participants in the publication process.
Publication ethics establishes norms, principles, and standards of ethical behavior for editors, reviewers, and authors, measures for identifying conflicts of interest, unethical behavior, as well as the correction and retraction of articles.
The publication ethics policy of the scientific journal is based on the recommendations and standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications. To ensure the high quality of scientific publications and the recognition of the research results obtained by the author, the editorial team, publishing staff, authors, and reviewers involved in the publishing process must adhere to ethical standards, norms, and rules and take all necessary measures to prevent their violations.
Unethical behavior includes actions by authors and editors in cases such as:
- Self-reviewing their own articles;
- Contractual and false reviewing;
- Ghostwriting, falsification, and fabrication of research results;
- Transferring manuscript articles to other publications without the authors' permission;
- Transferring authors' materials to third parties;
- Manipulations with citations, plagiarism.
The editorial board expects authors and reviewers to adhere to all ethical principles.
Principles of Publication Ethics for Editorial Board Members
Editorial board members are responsible for decisions regarding the publication of materials submitted by authors to the journal.
In making publication decisions, the editorial board is guided by the reliability of the presented data and the scientific significance of the work being reviewed.
Editors do not leave complaints regarding reviewed manuscripts or published articles unanswered, and in case of a conflict situation, they take all necessary measures to restore violated rights.
Editors may independently reject a manuscript without expert reviewer assessment if the manuscript does not correspond to the journal's thematic focus or the required quality level; the decision is then communicated to the author in writing.
Based on the results of checks for compliance with formatting requirements, plagiarism, the AI content indicators, and scientific review, the editorial board makes decisions about publication.
When making a decision about publishing a manuscript, the editorial board is guided by the journal's policies and publication ethics, rejecting articles that exhibit signs of plagiarism or violations of principles, standards, norms of scientific ethics, and copyright infringement.
Editorial board members are responsible for the publication of articles. If the principles of publication and/or scientific ethics were violated in the writing of an article, the chief editor must carry out a retraction/redirection of the publication based on the editorial board's decision.
Principles of Publication Ethics for Authors
Authors bear personal responsibility for the text of the manuscript submitted to the journal. All co-authors must be informed about the submission of the manuscript to the journal.
The authors of an article are those researchers who directly participated in writing the article, developing its concept, collecting materials, analysing, and interpreting data.
Authors should provide reliable results of their research; knowingly incorrect or falsified statements are unacceptable, and they must guarantee that the research results outlined in the manuscript are completely original.
Authors should not submit a manuscript to the journal that has been sent to another journal and is under review, nor should they submit an article that has already been published in another journal.
If elements of a scientific article have been previously published, the author must reference the previously published work; verbatim copying of their own works is not allowed and may only be used as a basis for new conclusions.
The manuscript must present the results of original scientific research, and borrowed fragments or statements must be properly cited, indicating the author and the original source.
Borrowing and plagiarism in any form are unethical and unacceptable.
If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to withdraw or correct the article. If the editor or publisher learns from a third party that the published work contains a significant error, the author must withdraw or correct the article or provide the editor with proof of the originality of the article.
For every article (if there are two or more co-authors), a corresponding author must be designated. This author is responsible for preparing the final version of the manuscript and must obtain approval from all co-authors before submission. All authors share responsibility for the content.
Authors must correctly cite all scientific sources used in the research. Any use of others’ work or statements must include proper bibliographic references.
Authors must adhere to ethical standards in their interaction with the editorial board during the review and publication process. Failure to comply with ethical principles is considered a serious violation and may result in withdrawal of the manuscript.
Principles of Ethics for Reviewers
Reviewers must adhere to an objective and unbiased approach when evaluating manuscripts.
Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents and must not be shared or discussed with unauthorized persons.
Reviewers must ensure the confidentiality of information obtained from the manuscript and must not use it for personal purposes or share it with third parties.
Reviewer comments and conclusions must be well-founded and objective.
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, origin, or argument has been previously reported must be accompanied by an appropriate reference.
Reviewers must inform the editorial board of any significant similarity or overlap between the manuscript under review and other published works known to them.
Reviewers must not evaluate manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Reviewers may request to be excused from reviewing if they consider themselves insufficiently qualified in the subject area of the manuscript.
