Scientific journal

Fundamental research

ISSN 1812-7339

"Перечень" ВАК

ИФ РИНЦ = 1,798

Ethics of scientific publications

The journal and publisher strictly adhere to the norms of publication ethics and reserve the right to cancel publication, including after sending a positive decision to the author, if serious scientific problems or violations of editorial policies are identified. In such cases, already published materials may be withdrawn following a comprehensive review.

Publication ethics requirements are mandatory for all participants in the editorial and publishing process—authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers. The editorial board ensures compliance with these requirements, relying on international guidelines developed by professional organizations, associations, and publishing houses.

Main responsibilities of the publisher

1. Ensures the autonomy of the editor-in-chief's decisions; excludes pressure from advertisers, sponsors, and founders.
2. Provides legal expertise in cases of disputes over copyright, defamation, breach of confidentiality, etc.
3. Maintains a reliable editorial platform, personal data protection (including compliance with data protection requirements), and backup.
4. Guarantees digital archiving of issues and metadata; stability of DOI/identifiers.
5. Publishes information about fees and payments, sources of funding; eliminates "hidden" payments.
6. Identifies advertising, sponsored content, and editorial articles; eliminates the influence of advertising on peer review and decisions.
7. Prohibits manipulation of metrics, forced citations, and "guest issues" without quality control.
8. Supports open data/materials policies.
9. Provides training for editors and reviewers on ethics, confidentiality, and combating violations.

Key responsibilities of editors

1. Make decisions based on scientific significance and quality, not personal, institutional, or commercial considerations.
2. Maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and the double-blind review process; do not disclose the identities of reviewers/authors.
3. Declare their interests; transfer manuscripts to another editor in case of conflict; exclude affiliated reviewers.
4. Ensure the anonymity of files; prevent self-disclosure; prohibit requests for the identity of authors/reviewers.
5. Select independent experts, monitor the quality and timeliness of reviews; update the reviewer database.
6. Check for ethical committee approvals, informed consent, animal welfare/sensitive data.
7. Use tools to detect plagiarism, duplicate/segmented publications, and image/data manipulation.
8. Inform authors about the stages of review and expected deadlines; provide justification for decisions; ensure correct correspondence.
9. Promptly publish corrections, retractions, and retractions with clear reasons and links to the original.
10. Do not make editorial decisions based on AI data; if AI is used for technical checks, it does not replace expert evaluation; confidential data is not uploaded to external AI services.

Main responsibilities of reviewers

1. Only review works within their area of expertise; evaluate on merit, without discrimination or bias.
2. Do not discuss the manuscript outside the process; do not use unpublished data for personal gain.
3. Immediately report actual/potential conflicts (competitive, financial, personal/joint publications) and decline if necessary.
4. Do not attempt to de-anonymize authors; do not cite materials in such a way as to reveal the identity of the reviewer.
5. Confirm willingness and meet deadlines; if unable to do so, promptly notify the editorial office.
6. Provide verifiable, specific, and reproducible comments; distinguish between "mandatory" and "recommended" edits; maintain a respectful tone.
7. Inform the editorial office of any signs of plagiarism, duplication, fabrication/falsification, incorrect processing of images/data, or unethical research.
8. Recommend citing only truly necessary and high-quality sources; avoid "imposed" citations.
9. Do not submit manuscripts to external AI services or insert undisclosed text into such tools; do not submit reports generated by AI.
10. Do not involve reviewers/co-authors without the consent of the editorial board; if involved, disclose their contribution.

Main responsibilities of authors

1. Present original research; exclude plagiarism, fabrication/falsification; correctly format all borrowings, data, and images. The journal does not consider the following forms of use of the work as prior publication: publication in the form of an abstract, publication in the form of an academic dissertation, publication in the form of an electronic preprint. However, the use of materials from an academic dissertation is limited to the number of authors specified in the manuscript.
2. Only persons who meet the criteria for authorship (substantial contribution, participation in writing/editing, approval of the final version, responsibility for the content) are indicated; contributions (CRediT) are described and the consent of all authors is confirmed.
3. Fully disclose sources of funding, sponsorship relationships, affiliations, conflicts of interest, and the sponsor's role in the design/analysis/preparation of the article.
4. Provide ethical committee approvals and informed consent (humans), animal welfare compliance, clinical trial registration (if applicable).
5. Ensure reasonable access to data/materials/code; add a "Data Accessibility" section.
6. Do not submit the manuscript to multiple publications simultaneously; avoid duplicate/segmented publications; clearly mark secondary publications and translated versions with permission.
7. Cite original sources and relevant literature; do not manipulate references; carefully check bibliographic data.
8. Notify the editorial office of errors; cooperate in the publication of corrections/retractions.
9. Indicate the use of generative AI/editorial assistants and take full responsibility for accuracy/originality; do not list AI as an author; do not disclose confidential data to public AI services.
10. Comply with the terms of third-party figure/table/data licenses; obtain the necessary permissions and provide confirmation.