Publication ethics
Publication policy of the journal "Social and economic systems" is governed by international rules for copyright protection, statutory regulations of the Russian Federation as well as international standards of publishing.
The relations between the editorial board and the authors are based on the principles of publication ethics conforming to the Code of ethics for scientific publications. Publication ethics reflects the standards of professional conduct regulating the cooperation of authors, reviewers, editors in the process of production, dissemination and use of scientific publications.
Ethical guidelines for authors
Authors bear primary responsibility for the novelty and validity of findings obtained in the process of scientific research. The author adheres to the following principles:· to bear responsibility for the validity and novelty of the research results;
· to avoid plagiarism in any form; when borrowing content, to give credit to the author and the source of the copied material;
· to acknowledge individuals who have made significant contributions to the research;
· to exclude individuals unrelated to the research from the list of co-authors;
· to avoid duplication of the article publication in several periodicals;
· to prepare the manuscript in accordance with the formatting requirements of the journal;
· to inform the editor in a timely manner of all errors and inaccuracies detected in the article in the process of reviewing and publishing, and to correct such;
· to provide accurate contact information and data about workplace, position, academic degree and rank.
Editorial ethics
The validity of the provided data and the scientific value of the submitted paper underlie the decision of the editorial board to publish the article. The editorial board adheres to the following principles:
• to evaluate the content of manuscripts regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of the authors;
• to ensure the confidentiality of the paper and any data submitted by the authors until publication;
• to reserve the right to reject an article if it does not meet the requirements or does not comply with the journal scope;
• to exclude any use of the unpublished data from submitted manuscripts for personal purposes;
• to exclude publications containing unreliable data or plagiarism in any form;
• to remain neutral with regard to the author's opinion;
• to maintain confidentiality of personal data of reviewers;
• to provide authors with information on the review stages of the manuscript;
• to publish a funding acknowledgement statement, if such information was specified by the author in the article;
• to consider claims regarding reviewed manuscripts or publications;
• to take adequate measures to resolve claims regarding publications.
Ethical guidelines for reviewers
The reviewer provides unbiased and substantiated evaluation of the research findings presented in the paper. The review of the article is confidential. The aim of the review process is to improve the quality of articles submitted for publication in the journal. The reviewer adheres to the following principles:
· to treat the submitted manuscript as intellectual property of the author (breach of confidentiality is allowed in case of the reviewer’s statement indicating unreliability or distortion of the information presented in article);
· to give clear and substantiated recommendations for corrections;
· to exclude any use of the unpublished data and contents of the article for personal purposes;
· to reserve the right to withdraw from the review process because of the inability to provide proper evaluation of the submitted manuscript or to stay unbiased if conflicts of interest with the author or with the organization related to the manuscript arise;
· to avoid personal criticism of the author;
to call the author’s attention to the lack of reference to primary sources or the existence of plagiarism in the paper.
· to treat the submitted manuscript as intellectual property of the author (breach of confidentiality is allowed in case of the reviewer’s statement indicating unreliability or distortion of the information presented in article);
· to give clear and substantiated recommendations for corrections;
· to exclude any use of the unpublished data and contents of the article for personal purposes;
· to reserve the right to withdraw from the review process because of the inability to provide proper evaluation of the submitted manuscript or to stay unbiased if conflicts of interest with the author or with the organization related to the manuscript arise;
· to avoid personal criticism of the author;
to call the author’s attention to the lack of reference to primary sources or the existence of plagiarism in the paper.