The editorial board adheres to the recommendations and Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and to the Elsevier recommendations on publishing ethics.

Ethical obligations of the editorial board:

● ensure transparency and completeness of information about the journal’s policy and conditions for publishing articles

● ensure impartial and highly professional review of manuscripts

● fairly and objectively evaluate manuscripts based on their quality and scientific value

● maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and the review process, refrain from using unpublished manuscripts, and refrain from disclosing any information regarding the content of manuscripts

● ensure that conflicts of interest are avoided when reviewing and publishing articles.

Ethical obligations of reviewers:

● conduct an objective and reasoned assessment of manuscripts, regardless of whether the reviewer shares the author’s (authors’) point of view

● provide clear and understandable explanations of comments and/or suggestions

● refrain from recommending citing publications by the reviewer or the reviewer’s colleagues, except in cases where a particular publication is the primary source of scientific information on the relevant issue, and failure to cite such a publication would prevent the research objectives from being achieved

● refuse to review a manuscript in the event of a potential or actual conflict of interest, or if the reviewer’s knowledge and experience do not allow them to review the manuscript at the appropriate professional level

● maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and the review process, refrain from using unpublished manuscripts, and refrain from disclosing any information regarding the content of manuscripts

● when conducting reviews, adhere to the conditions of permitted ethical use of AI technologies.

Ethical obligations of authors:

● accurately indicate the authorship of the submitted manuscript

● ensure the originality of research

● ensure the correctness of critical statements

● ensure accurate and reliable presentation of data from other sources

● when using quotations and other borrowings, provide references to the relevant source

● avoid excessive citation and self-citation, which is done to increase the number of citations

● when conducting research and preparing an article, adhere to the conditions of permitted ethical use of AI technologies.