Publishing Ethics

The editorial board of the NBI Technologies journal follows the principles of publication ethics accepted by the international community and reflected, in particular, in the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

To prevent unethical practice in publishing activities (plagiarism, statement of unreliable information, etc.), to ensure the high quality of scientific publications and the recognition by the public of the author's scientific results, every member of the editorial board (hereinafter the editor), the author, the reviewer, the publisher, as well as the institutions participating in the publishing process, are obliged to observe ethical standards, norms and rules and to take all reasonable measures to prevent their violation.

Duties of the editor

In his activities the editor undertakes:

to continuously improve the journal;
to follow the principle of freedom of opinion;
to strive to satisfy the needs of the readers and the authors of the journal;
to exclude the influence of business or political interests on decisions to publish materials;
to take decisions on the basis of the principle of fairness and impartiality and to ensure the transparency of editorial activity at all its stages;
not to disclose information about the materials submitted to anyone other than the corresponding authors, reviewers, other editorial consultants and, where necessary, the publisher;
to evaluate manuscripts solely by their scientific content, irrespective of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship and political views of the authors;
to take a decision on the publication of materials guided by the following main criteria: correspondence of the manuscript to the scope of the journal; relevance, novelty and scientific significance of the article presented; clarity of the exposition; reliability of the results and completeness of the conclusions. The quality of the research and its relevance are the basis for the decision on publication;
to take all reasonable measures to ensure the high quality of the published materials and the protection of the confidentiality of personal information. When substantive, grammatical, stylistic and other errors are found, the editorial office undertakes to take all measures to eliminate them;
to take into account the recommendations of the reviewers when making the final decision on the publication of an article. The editorial board of the journal bears full responsibility for the decision on publication;
to substantiate his decision in the case of acceptance or rejection of an article;
to provide the author of the reviewed material with an opportunity to substantiate his research position;
when the composition of the editorial board changes, not to cancel the decisions of the previous composition on the publication of the material;
to encourage discussions and to provide an opportunity for setting out the point of view of the opponents;
not to use information from unpublished materials in his own research.

Duties of the author

When submitting materials to the NBI Technologies journal the authors undertake:

to present only original works;
where there is textual or graphic information from previously published research by the author or from the work of another researcher, to refer to the corresponding publications or to provide written permission to use these materials. The presence of a borrowing without a reference will be treated by the editorial board as plagiarism;
to include in the manuscript only genuine facts and data; to provide a sufficient amount of information for other researchers to check and reproduce the experiments; not to use information obtained privately without open written permission; not to allow fabrication and falsification of data;
not to allow duplication of publications (in the cover letter the author must indicate that the work is published for the first time). If individual elements of the manuscript have been published previously, the author is obliged to refer to the earlier work and to indicate the differences of the new work from the previous one. Submitting a manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unethical;
to observe ethical norms when criticizing or commenting on the research of third parties;
to follow the principles of bioethics when researching animal subjects;
to immediately notify the editorial board or the publisher of the journal of a substantial error found in a published work;
to provide the editorial board or the publisher with evidence of the correctness of the original article, or to correct substantial errors if the editorial board or the publisher has learned about them from third parties;
to indicate all the authors of the material.

The author has the right to appeal against a decision of the editorial board in the established manner (set out in the appendix to the section "Peer review").

Duties of the reviewer

The reviewer taking part in the expert assessment of the materials submitted for publication in the NBI Technologies journal undertakes:

to give objective and impartial decisions;
to observe confidentiality. Discussing the work with other persons is not permitted, except for those authorized by the Editor-in-Chief to work on the author's manuscript;
not to use the information obtained during the review for personal gain;
to inform the Editor-in-Chief and to withdraw from the expert assessment of the manuscript if, in the reviewer's opinion, his qualifications are insufficient to consider the material submitted for review, or if a breach of the deadline for considering the manuscript is possible;
to base decisions on specific facts and to provide evidence for his decision;
to draw the attention of the Editor-in-Chief to a substantial or partial similarity of the manuscript under assessment to any other work, as well as to facts of the absence of references to provisions, conclusions or arguments previously published in other works by this or other authors;
to assist the author in improving the quality of the article;
not to use the materials of an unpublished manuscript in his own research.

Conflict of interest

To avoid cases of breach of publication ethics, the conflict of interest of all parties involved in the process of publishing a manuscript must be excluded. A conflict of interest arises where the author, the reviewer or a member of the editorial board has financial, scientific or personal relationships that may influence their actions. Such relationships are called dual obligations, competing interests or competing loyalties.

In order to prevent a conflict of interest and in accordance with the ethical standards adopted by the journal, each of the parties is charged with the following duties.

The editor is obliged:

to refer the manuscript for consideration to another member of the editorial board where the reviewer originally appointed has a conflict of interest with the author of the manuscript presented;
to request from all participants in the process of publishing a manuscript information about the possibility of competing interests arising;
to take a decision on the publication of the information set out in the author's letter concerning a conflict of scientific and/or financial interests, if that information is not confidential and may influence the assessment of the published work by the reader or the scientific community;
to ensure the publication of corrections if information about a conflict of interest was obtained after the article had been published.

The author is obliged:

to list in the cover letter the known and potential sources of a conflict of interest;
to indicate the place of his work and the source of funding of the research;
if there is no conflict of interest, to state this clearly in the cover letter.

The reviewer is obliged:

to inform the Editor-in-Chief of the existence of a conflict of interest (dual obligations, competing interests) and to withdraw from the expert assessment of the manuscript.

Violations

When a situation arises that is connected with a breach of publication ethics by the editor, the author or the reviewer, an obligatory investigation is required. This applies both to published and unpublished materials from the moment the document is published. The editorial board is obliged to demand an explanation without involving persons who may have a conflict of interest with one of the parties.

If material containing substantial inaccuracies has been published, it must be corrected immediately in a form available to readers and indexing systems.