Publication ethics
Ethical Standards of Editorial Policy of the Geographical Herald (Perm State University)
- General Provisions
- Ethical conduct norms are established for authors, editors, peer reviewers, and the publisher.
- The publisher (PSU) controls all stages of publication preparation and follows COPE recommendations.
- For Authors
- Access to raw research data and their storage.
- Originality: inadmissibility of plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
- Validity of scientific research results.
- Single publication (submitting to multiple journals is unethical).
- Proper validation of sources in the reference list.
- Listing all persons who made significant contributions (co-authors).
- Disclosure of conflicts of interest and funding sources.
- Immediate notification of errors in a published article.
- For Editors
- Publication decisions based on scientific value and peer review.
- Equality of all authors (no discrimination).
- Confidentiality: no disclosure of manuscript information to third parties.
- Disclosure of conflicts of interest on the part of editors.
- Handling of ethical complaints.
- Prohibition of forcing authors to cite PSU publications.
- For Peer Reviewers
- Expert assessment facilitates editorial decisions.
- Sufficient qualifications to assess the manuscript.
- Adherence to review deadlines.
- Confidentiality: the manuscript is a confidential document.
- Objectivity: assessment based on scientific content, no personal criticism.
- Identifying relevant works not cited by the author.
- Disclosure of conflicts of interest; no use of unpublished manuscript materials.
