During the preparation and submission a manuscript for printing an author (or a group of authors) agrees to follow the ethical standards of the journal:

If the author has used the work and/or words of others, then this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. The false increase of scientometric indices, excessive self-citation and friendly citation, irrelevant references mislead the readers and are interpreted as fraud.

All those who have made significant contributions in the writing of work, in the development of its concept, in scientific design, the collection of material, analysis and interpretation of the presented research should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication, unless it will be considered as violation of copyrights and ethical norms, because it’s not only misleads the readers, but is also regarded as fraud.

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Author should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Submitting a manuscript to the editorial board, the authors confirm that this article is not under consideration in the editorial office of another journal and has not been published before. The publication of articles of the same content in different journals is prohibited, except in special cases (for example, articles translated from another language), provided that the re-publication is agreed with the authors and editors of the interested journals.

The authors are responsible for identifying all sources of the project funding, the results of which are described in the article, as well as for indicating the persons who contributed to the research. The journal editorial board encourages the authors to disclose their relations with industrial and financial organizations that can lead to a conflict of interests.

If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

In its activity the editorial board (the editor) of the journal is guided by the principles of scientificity, objectivity, professionalism, impartiality, follows the modern legal requirements of the Russian legislation with respect to copyright, plagiarism and ethical principles supported by the community of leading publishers of scientific periodicals and is responsible for making decisions on the publication of articles accepted for consideration.

Interaction with the authors is supported by the principles of justice, courtesy, objectivity, honesty and transparency.

The main evaluation criteria that guide the editorial board (editor) when making a decision whether to publish or reject an article are as follows:

Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

When reviewing an article, the journal editorial board can check the material by the Antiplagiat system. In case of detection of multiple borrowings, the editorial board acts in accordance with COPE rules. The editorial board (editor) can reject a submitted manuscript or published paper, if plagiarism and/or self-plagiarism are detected, or the author submits the same content to more than one magazine (except for the case described above), or multiple copying of similar information in different articles, false attribution of authorship and misleading of the public as to the authors' true contributions to the publication are revealed.

The editorial board (editor) should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints during the assessment, editing and publishing of the manuscripts have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior must be looked into with the subsequent informing of authors and all interested persons about the accepted decisions.

Editors should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, social set-up or political philosophy of the authors.

The journal editors and members of the editorial board are not allowed to disclose information on articles submitted, except for a number of persons who are directly involved in the article and the process of its preparation for publication.

In the course of the article review the journal editors should get acquainted with the original information contained in them, however, they do not have the right to use it in their own research or for other personal purposes. The editor must refuse to work with the manuscript in the event of a conflict of interest arising from competition, cooperation or other relationship with any of the authors, companies and institutions associated with the articles.