Publication Ethics, and Editorial Policy of the Journal

The journal’s publication ethics policy has been developed in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The publication policy is updated in line with COPE guidelines.
The editorial team monitors the compliance of submitted materials with international ethical standards; however, it acknowledges that it cannot guarantee full compliance of all research materials submitted by authors with ethical norms.
The editorial board of the scientific journal reserves the right to amend any provision of the editorial policy at any time without prior notice to authors.
The editorial team hopes that its activities will contribute to the development of both national and global economic science.

EDITORIAL POLICY AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Within its editorial policy, the journal consistently adheres to the publishing standards set out in the COPE Code of Conduct, as approved by the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Members of the editorial board and/or independent external reviewers evaluate submitted manuscripts in accordance with the principles of objectivity and international academic standards.
The editorial team reserves the right to make stylistic and linguistic edits to manuscripts while preserving the author’s style. Any edits that may affect the content of the text are agreed upon with the author.
The editorial board reserves the right to reject articles that do not meet the journal’s requirements or scope.
The opinions and proposals expressed in articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy of the information presented in their articles, including titles, statistical data, names, and citations.

In its activities, the editorial team follows the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics and requires all participants in the publication process to adhere to ethical standards.

Key Provisions

Reviewers and editors are required to conduct impartial evaluations of manuscripts, maintain confidentiality, and declare any conflicts of interest in advance.
The editorial team carefully considers all disputes and violations and, where necessary, makes corrections or withdraws materials.

General Duties and Responsibilities of the Editorial Team

The editorial team relies on the guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (UK), the publishing house Elsevier (Netherlands), and other international editorial associations and information systems.
It provides technical and informational support to journal users throughout the editorial and publishing process.
It guarantees the confidentiality of submitted materials throughout the entire editorial and publishing process, taking into account the provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On Personal Data Protection” and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
It takes into account comments and suggestions from readers, authors, and reviewers regarding improvements to the journal’s performance.
The editorial team responds promptly to any complaints and ensures the resolution of all problematic situations.

Members of the editorial board are responsible for the publication of submitted manuscripts and are guided by the following fundamental principles:

The editorial board consists of leading national and international scholars who are experts in fields relevant to the journal’s scope and recognised specialists in economics and related areas. Information about the editorial board, including academic degrees and affiliations, is available on the journal’s website. The Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor regularly inform board members about key issues related to the journal’s preparation, consult with them, and involve them in the peer review process.
The editorial board is responsible for the journal, defines its editorial policy, carries out careful selection and peer review of manuscripts, and reserves the right to reject or request revisions.
Manuscripts are evaluated solely on their scientific and intellectual merit, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship, place of work, political views, or social status of the author(s). Authors are given the opportunity to respond to reviewers’ comments.
The editorial board does not disclose information about submitted manuscripts to third parties, except those involved in their evaluation. Unpublished data are not used for personal purposes and are not shared without the author’s written consent.
The editorial board does not accept manuscripts suspected of plagiarism and opposes falsification, plagiarism, and simultaneous submission to multiple journals.

The editorial team reserves the right to reject manuscripts without peer review if:

The originality of the text is less than 80%;
the author(s) is affiliated with an organisation located in a state recognised as an aggressor state or a state sponsor of terrorism;
the research is funded by such an organisation;
the manuscript contains calls for human rights violations, terrorism, or the dissemination of ideological or politicised content.

General Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

Authors bear personal responsibility for the submitted manuscript and must adhere to the following principles:

Authors must guarantee the originality of the research results presented in the submitted manuscripts. Borrowed fragments or statements must be properly formatted, clearly identified, and must include mandatory attribution to the author and the original source. Excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form, is unethical and unacceptable. Authors bear full responsibility for the content of their articles.
Authors must acknowledge the contribution of all individuals who have influenced the course of the research. In particular, the article must include references to works that were significant in conducting the research.
All persons who have made a substantial contribution to the research must be listed as co-authors. It is unacceptable to include as co-authors individuals who did not participate in the research.
The corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors are included in the list of authors of the manuscript and that all co-authors have given their full consent to the approval of the final version of the article and its submission for publication.
Authors must not submit for publication articles that are under consideration or review in other journals, nor articles that have already been published.
If authors identify significant errors or inaccuracies in their article, they must notify the editorial office as soon as possible.
Authors must clearly indicate the sources of funding used in the preparation of their manuscript, including those related to the research and/or publication. Information on financial support provided by specific organisations must be indicated by the corresponding author on behalf of all authors at the time of submission. Other sources of support should be acknowledged in the manuscript, typically in the form of acknowledgements.

General Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers

A reviewer conducts a scientific evaluation of submitted materials in order to objectively assess the quality of the article and determine its compliance with scientific, literary, and ethical standards. In evaluating a manuscript, the reviewer must remain impartial and adhere to the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers:

A manuscript received for review is considered a confidential document and must not be shared with or discussed with third parties.
The reviewer must carry out an objective scientific assessment of the submitted materials. Comments should be clearly formulated and supported by аргuments so that authors can use them to improve their work. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.
The reviewer must provide an objective and reasoned assessment of the research results presented, determine the manuscript’s compliance with scientific standards, and inform the editor of any published or submitted work that is substantially similar to the manuscript under review.
Unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts must not be used for personal purposes.
A reviewer who believes they do not have sufficient expertise to evaluate the manuscript, or cannot remain objective (for example, in the case of a conflict of interest with the author or organisation), must inform the editorial office and request to be excluded from the review process.

General Duties and Responsibilities of the Publisher

The publisher is responsible for the dissemination of authors’ work and adheres to the following fundamental principles and procedures:

To support the editorial team in handling claims regarding ethical aspects of published materials and to assist in взаимодействие with other journals and/or publishers where this facilitates the fulfilment of editorial responsibilities.
To comply with the principle that the journal’s activities are not a commercial project and are not intended to generate profit.
To facilitate the process of making corrections to publications or the withdrawal (retraction) of publications where such a decision has been taken by the editorial board.

Co-operation with Readers

The editorial team ensures proper communication with readers and the dissemination of newly published content.
It guarantees that all published scientific materials have been reviewed by qualified experts.

Co-operation with Authors

The editorial team provides authors with detailed instructions regarding the editorial and publishing process and informs them about submission deadlines and publication dates.
Authors are provided with a detailed description of the peer review process; in the event of any deviations from the described procedure, editors are obliged to provide an explanation.
The editorial team establishes criteria for evaluating submissions and selects reviewers for each manuscript.
It provides authors with detailed reviewer comments.
The editorial team reserves the right to make minor literary edits and corrections while preserving the author’s style.
Editorial decisions on acceptance or rejection are based on relevance, originality, and compliance with the journal’s scope and requirements.
If a manuscript contains numerous contentious issues (for example, negative reviews from both reviewers or failure to revise the manuscript in accordance with reviewers’ comments), it cannot be approved for publication.
In the event of disagreement with an editorial decision, the journal provides a mechanism for appeal.
At the author’s request, a manuscript may be withdrawn from consideration and archived in the journal system (with the possibility of resubmission). To do so, the author must contact the editor with a corresponding request.

Co-operation with Reviewers

The editorial team provides reviewers with detailed instructions on using the journal system.
Reviewers are asked to declare any potential competing interests before agreeing to review a manuscript.
Reviewers are requested to report all cases of plagiarism.
The editorial team sends reviewers acknowledgements in recognition of their contribution.
It ensures that reviewers’ qualifications meet the standards of a scholarly journal and adjusts the reviewer pool if necessary.
It discontinues co-operation with reviewers who provide low-quality reviews or consistently fail to meet deadlines.
It uses multiple sources (not only personal contacts) to identify potential reviewers, including specialised databases.
It ensures that the peer review process is fair, objective, unbiased, and timely.
It adapts the review process to users’ needs and allows reviewers to conduct evaluations in the most convenient manner.
Reviewers must not disclose information contained in manuscripts prior to publication.

Co-operation with Editors

The editorial team undertakes to:

Provide new editors with detailed instructions on using the electronic editorial system and on the specifics of the editorial and publishing process.
Regularly review the composition of the editorial staff.
Continuously inform editorial board members about updates.
Provide clear guidance regarding editors’ roles, powers, and responsibilities (including journal promotion and support).
Conduct regular consultations with editorial board members, inform them of policy changes and technical updates, and exchange proposals regarding the journal’s further development.
Editors must not disclose information contained in manuscripts prior to publication.

Authorship

The list of authors must include individuals who have made a significant contribution to the research presented in the article. Academic status, position, or other indicators of seniority must not determine the order of authors; the order should reflect the relative leadership and contribution of the researchers.

An author of a manuscript is considered to be a researcher who has participated in all of the following stages:

Formulation of the research idea, problem, and objectives;
development of the concept and design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation;
drafting the article or critically revising it;
approval of the final version for publication.

Each author bears personal responsibility for the content of the article. If the work has been carried out by a large research group, only those who meet the above criteria should be included in the list of authors, with the group name also indicated.

Funding or general supervision alone does not constitute authorship.

Changes in authorship. If changes to the list of authors are required between submission and publication, the submitting author must contact the editorial office and provide justification.

Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest (COI) refers to factors that may negatively affect objectivity or may be perceived as influencing the processes of peer review, editorial decision-making, publication, or presentation of a manuscript.

Conflicts of interest may arise in relation to individuals or organisations and include (but are not limited to):

Personal COI:

Personal relationships (e.g., friends, family members, current or former supervisors, opponents) with individuals involved in submission or review.
Personal beliefs (political, religious, ideological, or otherwise) related to the manuscript topic.

Professional COI:

A reviewer or editor is a colleague of the author or was involved in the research.
Membership in organisations that promote the author’s interests.

Financial COI:

Research grants from any sponsoring organisations (governmental, non-governmental, research, or charitable).
Fees, gifts, or other forms of remuneration.

All individuals involved in relation to the manuscript, including authors, editors, reviewers, and readers who comment on and evaluate the material, must disclose any conflicts of interest:

If, in the opinion of the editors, there are circumstances that may affect the impartiality of the review, such a reviewer will not be engaged in the review process.

The editorial team reserves the right not to publish a manuscript if a conflict of interest declared by the author compromises the objectivity and reliability of the evaluation of the research.

If the editorial team identifies a conflict of interest that was not disclosed at the time of submission, the manuscript may be rejected. If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified after publication, the article may, where necessary, be corrected or withdrawn.

Access to and Use of Materials and Data

Authors agree that all materials presented in the publication are openly accessible and may be used by other researchers for non-commercial scientific purposes under the terms of the Creative Commons licence (CC BY 4.0).

Supplementary materials (datasets, software applications, photographic, audio, and video materials) that illustrate and complement the research may be additionally deposited in institutional repositories or other online resources, with appropriate references provided in the article. If the author is unable to use such a resource, these materials may be uploaded to the journal as “Supplementary Files” during submission.

If there are doubts regarding the reliability of the data presented in a published article, and access to such data is restricted, thereby preventing verification, readers may contact the editorial team in order to facilitate communication with the author, verify the data, and make necessary corrections.

At the request of the editorial team, authors must provide open access to all data and materials presented in the article, provided that this does not violate confidentiality requirements related to anonymous surveys or research participants.

Corrections and Amendments

Where necessary, the editorial team makes appropriate corrections and clarifications to the content and publishes corrections, retractions, or apologies.
The editorial team may introduce minor edits and clarifications that improve the content of the article without substantially altering its overall structure. For this purpose, a request must be submitted to the editorial office.

Multiple Submissions

Upon submission, authors must confirm that the submitted manuscript (or a substantially similar version of it) is not currently under consideration for publication in another journal. If a similar work has already been submitted to or published in another journal, such manuscripts will not be considered.

Intellectual Property

The editorial team responds to concerns related to intellectual property and works to prevent potential violations of the applicable legislation of Ukraine on intellectual property and copyright.
The editorial team ensures that the results of scientific research published in the journal comply with international recommendations.

Plagiarism

Authors bear responsibility for the accuracy of the information presented in their articles, including titles, names, and citations.
In cases where plagiarism is identified, responsibility lies with the authors of the submitted materials.

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