Journal publication ethics
All parties involved in the process of preparing materials for publication in the journal - authors, expert commission, reviewers, members of editorial office - should follow the following requirements for publication ethics.
The editorial office of the journal takes into account the best practices of reputable international journals when analyzing articles. In order to ensure the high quality of scientific publications, the editorial office is working to prevent the use of plagiarism in the publication of articles, incorrect data, providing unsubstantiated information, etc. The editorial office , as well as those involved in publishing, must comply with the rules and standards of ethics adopted by the international community and take all necessary measures to prevent such actions. The editorial office will never support illegal actions (plagiarism, manipulation, distortion) and will make every effort to prevent such actions.
The Editor-in-Chief may consult with members of the editorial office and reviewers when making a decision, who shall be guided by the following rules:
- do not disclose information about the submitted manuscript to anyone except the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial consultants and, if necessary, the publisher.
- do not discriminate in the evaluation of the authors' submissions;
- not to disclose without necessity information about the materials accepted from authors, except authors, reviewers;
- take reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of articles in which the research has been improperly conducted, knowingly discourage, prevent such violations;
- consider facts or allegations of improper research behavior;
- be prepared to publish corrections, clarifications, rebuttals and apologies where necessary.
In the publishing process authors are guided by the following rules:
- to work in full compliance with current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright, legality and plagiarism;
- to provide reliable results of the work done on the original study and an objective discussion of its significance.
- contain enough content to ensure a review of the work. False or deliberate erroneous statements may cause material to be rejected or a published article to be refuted;
- submitting the manuscript simultaneously to another edition is considered immoral and improper. The author must not submit to the magazine an article previously published in other publications;
- guarantee the complete originality of the presented material. If other authors' works or statements are used, relevant bibliographic references or excerpts must be provided;
- Avoid plagiarism in any form. The article must have at least 80% text originality for publication.
- Adhere to self-citation rules. Specifically, if elements of the material have been previously published in another article, including in the journal "Topical issues of teaching mathematics, physics, and information sciences," the author is obligated to reference the earlier work. Authors are recommended to limit self-citation to 0–10%.
- Limit the number of co-authors for a single article to no more than five people.
- Disclose information about funding and any third-party interests that could be perceived as influencing the results or interpretation of the manuscript.
- Notify the journal's responsible editor about significant errors or inaccuracies in their work and ensure ongoing communication with the journal editor to facilitate article removal or correction, if necessary.
- Articles authored by editorial office members may be published at a rate of no more than one article per issue.
The number of articles by one author in a single journal issue must not exceed two (2), whether written independently or collaboratively.