The review procedure

Manuscripts are formatted in accordance with the requirements set forth by the journal's editorial board. Manuscripts are reviewed for compliance with the requirements by the editor-in-chief and members of the editorial board and may be returned for revision or rejected due to significant non-compliance with the editorial policy, ethical principles of the journal, and manuscript requirements. Notifications of receipt, return, or rejection of manuscripts are sent to authors by email.

Review process

All materials submitted for publication in the journal must be reviewed by experts in the relevant field. The article review process takes 4 weeks.

Each scientific work submitted to our journal undergoes mandatory double-blind peer review, which guarantees maximum objectivity and impartiality of evaluation by preserving the anonymity of both authors and reviewers. Each article is evaluated by at least two independent experts. The selection of experts is based on their scientific expertise in the relevant field, academic reputation, publication experience, specific recommendations, and previous review experience. This system ensures that each publication is evaluated solely on the basis of its scientific value, research quality, and relevance to the journal's profile.

After reviewing the materials, reviewers may make one of the following decisions:

• publish in the author's edition;
• publish with minor changes made by the editorial board (in agreement with the authors);
• return the manuscript to the author (if the article needs further work; the author may resubmit a revised manuscript of the scientific article);
• refuse publication (if the manuscript does not comply with the editorial policy, ethical principles of the journal, manuscript requirements, etc.).

The final decision on the publication of the manuscript is made based on the reviewers' conclusions and approved by the members of the editorial board who have no conflict of interest with regard to the article.

Prevention of conflicts of interest

In order to ensure the objectivity and transparency of the editorial process, all persons involved in the preparation, evaluation, and discussion of the manuscript (authors, editors, reviewers, readers) must disclose any potential conflicts of interest.

When submitting a manuscript, authors are required to indicate whether they are members of the editorial board of the journal to which the material is being submitted, as well as to report any other circumstances that may affect the impartial evaluation of the research results.

Reviewers must inform the editorial board of any circumstances that may interfere with the objective review of the manuscript, in particular personal or professional relationships with the authors. If such circumstances exist, the reviewer must refuse to review the manuscript.

In cases where the editorial board believes that certain circumstances may affect the impartiality of the expert evaluation, the relevant reviewer shall not be involved in the review of the manuscript.

The editorial board reserves the right to reject a manuscript if the declared conflict of interest may call into question the objectivity or reliability of the research results.

If a conflict of interest is discovered that was not declared when the manuscript was submitted, the editorial board may reject the material. If such a conflict is discovered after publication, the editorial board reserves the right to publish a correction or retract the article.

Policy on Endogeneity of Publications

The editorial board of the journal strives to ensure an appropriate level of academic independence and diversity of authorship. In order to prevent excessive endogeneity, the editorial board monitors the proportion of publications authored by members of the editorial board, editorial council, or employees of the journal's founding institution.

The editorial policy of the journal stipulates that the proportion of such publications in each issue should not exceed the recommended international standards, in particular the criteria for open scientific journals applied in the Directory of Open Access Journals (i.e., “no more than 25% of works involving the editorial board/reviewers”).

In the case of articles submitted by members of the editorial board, the editorial office ensures independent double-blind peer review and decision-making by editors who have no conflict of interest with regard to the manuscript in question.