ETHICS OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

The editorial of Sice and editorial board of the scientific-practical journal “Izvestia of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University named after V.M. Kokov” in their publishing activities adhere to the principles of publication ethics accepted by the international community, as reflected in the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Publishing Ethics Resource Kit of Elsevier (Moscow, 2013), The Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications (http://www.publicet.org/code), the Singapore Statement on the Integrity of Research Work (2010, http://www.aig-journal.ru/files/uploads/singapur_trans.docx), Declarations of the Association of Science Editors and Publishers "Ethical Principles of Scientific Publications" (2016; http://rasep.ru/sovet-po-etike/deklaratsiya).

Basic terms

The ethics of scientific publications is a system of norms of professional behavior in the relationship of authors, reviewers, editors, publishers and readers in the process of creating, distributing and using scientific publications.

An author is a person or a group of persons (a group of authors) participating in the creation of the publication of the results of a scientific research.

The editor-in-chief is the person who heads the editorial board and makes the final decisions regarding the production and release of the magazine.

Publisher is a legal entity that issues a scientific publication.

A scientific article is a completed and published author's work.

Plagiarism is a deliberate borrowing of the authorship of someone else's work of science or art, someone else's ideas or inventions. Plagiarism may be a violation of copyright and patent laws and if it exists may lead to legal liability.

Editor - a representative of a scientific journal or publishing house, preparing materials for publication, as well as maintaining communication with authors and readers of scientific publications.

The editorial board is an advisory body from a group of authoritative persons, which assists the editor-in-chief in the selection, preparation and evaluation of works for publication.

Reviewer - an expert acting on behalf of a scientific journal or publishing house and conducting a scientific examination of copyrighted materials in order to determine the possibility of their publication.

A manuscript is an author's work submitted for publication to the editor, but not published.

Reader - any person who has read the published materials.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

IN THE EDITORIAL OFFICE AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The editors accept for consideration for publication in the journal previously unpublished scientific articles, reviews that correspond to the subject of the journal, the rules for submitting and formatting manuscripts of articles.

The articles submitted for consideration are checked through the scientific library of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University using the Antiplagiat system.

The main criteria influencing the decision of the editorial board to include / reject articles submitted for publication are:

- relevance of scientific research;

- scientific novelty of the research;

- completeness and consistency of presentation of research results;

- reliability of research results;

- completeness and validity of the conclusions.

In its activities, the editorial board is responsible for the publication of copyrighted works, which imposes the need to follow the following fundamental principles:

- when deciding on publication, the editorial board of a scientific journal is guided by the reliability of the presentation of data and the scientific significance of the work in question;

- the editorial board should evaluate the intellectual content of the manuscripts, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of the authors;

- unpublished data obtained from the submitted manuscripts should not be used for personal purposes or transferred to third parties without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas obtained during editing and associated with possible benefits must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain;

- the editorial office should not allow information to be published if there are sufficient grounds to believe that it is plagiarism;

           - the editorial staff, together with the publisher, should not leave unanswered claims regarding the reviewed manuscripts or published materials, as well as, if a conflict situation is detected, take all necessary measures to restore violated rights;

- the editors use the personal information provided by the authors solely for contacts with the authors;

- the editors maintain the confidentiality of the personal data of reviewers.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES THAT SHOULD BE GUIDED BY THE AUTHOR OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

The author (or a group of authors) realizes that he is personally responsible for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research, which implies compliance with the following principles:

- the authors of the article must provide new scientific reliable results of the conducted research, which have not been previously published anywhere. Knowingly erroneous or falsified statements are not acceptable;

- the editor-in-chief may request the initial data of the scientific article from the authors for reviewing, and the authors should be ready to provide open access to such data, if possible, and keep the original materials for a reasonable period of time after their publication;

- Authors must ensure that the research results presented in the submitted manuscript are completely original. Borrowed fragments or statements must be made with the obligatory indication of the author and the original source. Excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form, including unofficial quotations, paraphrasing or appropriation of rights to the results of someone else's research, is unethical and unacceptable;

- it is necessary to recognize the contribution of all persons who in one way or another influenced the course of the research, in particular, the article should contain references to works that were of importance in the research;

- Authors should not submit to the journal a manuscript that was sent to another journal and is under consideration, as well as an article already published in another journal;

- the co-authors of the article must indicate all persons who have made a significant contribution to the research. Among the co-authors it is inadmissible to indicate persons who did not participate in the study.

- if the author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, he must notify the editorial board of the journal as soon as possible;

- to ensure the correct composition of the list of co-authors of the work. All persons who have made a significant intellectual contribution to its concept, structure, as well as to the conduct or interpretation of the results of the presented work should be indicated among the co-authors of the article. The author must also ensure that all co-authors are familiar with the final version of the article, approved it and agree with its submission for publication. All authors indicated in the article should be publicly responsible for the content of the article;

- in accordance with ethical standards, the first in the list of authors is usually the author of the idea or the employee who completed most of the work. Authors follow in descending order of their contribution to the publication. The latter is usually the name of the team leader who provided overall direction and funding for research;

- all co-authors must necessarily agree to the publication. The last page of the article should have their signatures;

- if the author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, he is obliged to notify immediately the editorial board of the journal and make a joint decision to acknowledge the error and / or correct it as soon as possible;

- if the editorial board of the journal learns from a third party that the published work contains significant errors, the author is obliged to immediately remove or correct them, or provide the editorial board with proof of the correctness of the information provided by him.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE REVIEWER

The reviewer carries out a scientific examination of the copyright materials, as a result of which his actions must be impartial, consisting in the implementation of the following principles:

- the manuscript received for review should be considered as a confidential document that cannot be transferred for review or discussion to third parties who do not have the authority to do so from the editorial board;

- the reviewer is obliged to give an objective and reasoned assessment of the stated research results. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable;

- not to discuss the works submitted for review with other persons, with the exception of persons authorized by the editor-in-chief to work with the author's manuscript;

- unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts should not be used by the reviewer for personal purposes;

- a reviewer who, in his opinion, does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the manuscript, or cannot be objective, for example, in the event of a conflict of interest with the author or organization, must inform the editor about this with a request to exclude him from the review process of this manuscript;

- to inform the editors of the significant or partial similarity of the evaluated manuscript with any other work, as well as the facts of the absence of references to provisions, conclusions or arguments previously published in other works of this or other authors;

- to assist the author in improving the quality of the article;

- do not use materials from an unpublished manuscript in your own investigations.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Conflicts of interests of the editor-in-chief, editorial staff, reviewer and author should be excluded before they appear. To do this, first of all, the following conditions must be observed:

- unpublished data obtained from manuscripts submitted for consideration cannot be used in personal research without the written consent of the author;

- information or ideas obtained during the review and associated with possible benefits should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain;

- exclude the participation of reviewers in the consideration 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 submitted work.