The ethical requirements of the journal "Science and Sport: Current Trends" are based on the internationally accepted principles of publication ethics, which are reflected, in particular, in the recommendations of the Publishing Ethics Committee (Committee on Publication Ethics,COPE), a Guide to the Ethics of Scientific Publications (Publishing Ethics Resource Kit, PERK) published by Elsevier.
The magazine is also guided by Declaration "Ethical Principles of Scientific Publications" of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers.
The editorial Board of the journal strictly adheres to ethical standards in its own activities and in relations with all participants in the publication process: authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, distributors and readers. The following is a list of ethical guidelines that authors, reviewers, and editors involved in publishing research results should follow.
The publisher is responsible for preventing violations of the principles of publication ethics, including in the following forms:
the requirement for authors to independently provide reviews of their own articles, as well as contractual or pseudo-licensing, which implies the actual absence of independent reviewing;
offer of intermediary or agency services ("turnkey publication", correspondence with the editorial board on behalf of the author, preparation of paid reviews);
sale of co-authorship or gift authorship, inclusion in the list of authors of persons who did not make an intellectual contribution to the research;
changes in the composition of authors after the article is accepted without the editorial board's approval;
publication of materials of correspondence or fictitious "scientific" conferences;
transfer of authors ' manuscripts to third parties without their consent;
artificial citation manipulation, including excessive self-citation, friendly citation, and irrelevant references.
publication of materials containing plagiarism, falsification or fabrication of data.
Please note the basic principles of professional ethics:
Ethics of authors of scientific publications
The authors guarantee that the manuscript submitted for publication in “Science and Sport: Current Trends” is original and written in one of the journal's languages.
Authors should not submit to the journal an article that has been submitted to another journal and is under review, as well as an article that has already been published in another journal. Submitting an article to several publications simultaneously is unethical behavior and unacceptable. Submitting the same manuscript to another journal (s) at the same time is perceived as unethical behavior and gives grounds for withdrawing the article from consideration. Confirmation that the material has not been previously published and is not under consideration in another journal is recorded in the agreement with the author.
Excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form, including unformatted quotations, paraphrasing or assigning rights to the results of other people's research, is unethical and unacceptable.
The author (or a team of authors) is aware that he / she is initially responsible for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research.
The authors of the article should present reliable results of their research. Obviously erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable.
Authors are required to indicate in the submitted manuscript the fact of using AI tools, disclose and justify the purpose of their use in the manuscript, which, according to the policy” Science and Sport: current trends", will be included in the published article to ensure transparency and strengthen trust between all participants in the publication process. The final decision on the validity of the use of generative artificial intelligence is made by the editorial board based on the recommendations of reviewers
Authors should inform about the sources of funding for the study (agreement with the author), in order to prevent possible conflicts;
Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions to publish the materials used in the article. Confirmation of the rights to use materials for publication is fixed in the agreement with the author.
The authors guarantee that the list of co-authors includes only those who have made a significant contribution to the study. The final version of the article and its submission for publication must be approved by all co-authors.
The list of authors of the manuscript includes all persons who have made a significant contribution to the implementation of the research and interpretation of the data obtained.
If the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its review or after its publication, he should notify the editorial board of the journal as soon as possible and take joint measures to eliminate them or withdraw the work;
We encourage all authors to observe scientific correctness in their works that contain criticism of their colleagues. Otherwise, the editorial staff reserves the right to reject the material or correct its style by agreeing with the author.
When reviewing a manuscript, the author is obliged to cooperate with the editorial board of the journal, promptly respond to comments and take into account the reviewer's recommendations. In case of disagreement with the reviewer's assessment, the author sends reasoned objections to the editor. Removal of comments and implementation of the reviewer's recommendations must be carried out within one month from the date of sending the review text to the author;
If the article is republished, the author must not violate the rights of the journal “Science and Sport: Current Trends" by indicating the place of the first publication of the material;
Ethics of reviewing scientific publications
- The editorial board ensures the confidentiality of the review process and informs reviewers about the need for strict compliance with the ethical principles of reviewing works. The review process for submitted materials is confidential. Unpublished materials may not be used by the editorial staff, editors or reviewers in their own interests;
‒ The review process is objective, independent of commercial interests and market needs. Priority is given to the scientific value of the research, its content and novelty, and compliance with the requirements of scientific ethics.
- Peer review is carried out anonymously. The reviewer is sent a manuscript without specifying the author's name. In case of a negative review, its text is provided to the author of the manuscript, without a signature and indicating the reviewer's last name, position, or place of work. Violation of anonymity is possible only if the reviewer claims that the materials presented in the manuscript are unreliable or falsified, or that there is plagiarism.
- The reviewer is obliged to provide an objective, reasoned, justified assessment of the materials submitted for publication and the results of the study. Personal criticism of the author is not allowed.
‒ As a conclusion, the reviewer fills out the review form, which reflects the criteria for evaluating the manuscript. The final part of the review contains a general assessment of the manuscript, comments and recommendations.
- A reviewer who, in his opinion, does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the manuscript, or cannot be objective, is obliged to inform the editor about this;
‒ After receiving a positive review of the submitted manuscript, the final decision on the appropriateness of publication is made by the editorial board.
Ethics of publishing scientific articles
The editorial board of the scientific journal accepts for consideration the manuscripts corresponding to the journal's orientation;
The main criteria for accepting or rejecting a manuscript by the editorial board are the relevance and scientific significance of the submitted article, its compliance with the subject of the journal, the originality of the article and the reliability of data, clarity of presentation of the material, compliance of the article with all the requirements of the journal;
The editorial board undertakes to take reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of articles in the research of which inappropriate behavior was committed, not to encourage such violations or knowingly allow such violations;
The editorial board guarantees that decisions are made regardless of the authors ' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship, social status, or political preferences.
The magazine does not publish materials that may be considered stolen.
The editorial staff guarantees complete confidentiality in the process of receiving, processing and reviewing the article. Unpublished materials may not be used for personal purposes or passed on to third parties, except for reviewers and editorial staff.
The editorial board undertakes to protect the integrity of the published manuscripts, coordinate edits, changes or abbreviations of the text with the author.
The editorial board guarantees consideration of claims concerning reviewed manuscripts or published materials. If a conflict situation is identified, the necessary measures will be taken to restore the violated rights;
The editorial board, together with the publisher, guarantees the recognition of errors, if they are identified, corrections, clarifications, refutations and apologies will be published (Instructions for revoking or correcting articles).
The opinion of the editorial staff does not always coincide with the point of view of the authors of published materials.
Policy on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GII)
The scientific and practical journal "Science and Sport: Current Trends" has established rules for working with generative artificial intelligence (hereinafter referred to as AI) tools, which will be revised as necessary.
For authors:
1. All use of AI must comply with Russian law.
2. AI-based programs and tools do not meet the authorship requirements, as they are not responsible for the submitted work, cannot declare the presence or absence of conflicts of interest, or manage copyright, and cannot be listed as the author of the article.
3. The use of AI programs in article preparation is permitted (e.g., when writing an abstract, editing and translating text, or searching for additional sources of information). In such cases, the author is required to provide a reference (indicate the use) in the "Methods of research" section, indicating the name of the tool, its version, purpose, and scope of use.
4. The use of AI tools for generating tables, figures, and datasets is prohibited. Exceptions are articles in which AI is the object (subject) of the study.
5. When reviewing manuscripts, the editors use the Antiplagiarism system, which detects generated text.
6. Articles that do not contain references to the use of generative AI tools and that contain fragments of text created using artificial intelligence will be rejected.
For reviewers:
The use of AI-based programs and tools for preparing reviews is prohibited. Uploading content to AI programs is a violation of copyright and confidentiality.
If a reviewer suspects that authors are using AI tools (in the absence of a corresponding reference), they should notify the editors of the publication.
In some cases, the editorial board may send the article for additional review, including statistical and methodological review. The Editorial Board of the journal constantly evaluates the quality of peer review.
The editorial board of the journal expects that the review procedure will help:
- prevent the publication of substandard articles and cut off research that was not properly planned and implemented;
- make sure that the data presented in the article is correct and presented in sufficient volume;
- check whether the article contains references to previous important works in your field.
- make sure that the author's interpretation of the obtained data is correct and that the conclusions are justified;
‒ and on this basis, make a decision on the publication of the article, and give the authors recommendations for its improvement (where necessary).
The editorial board adheres to ethical standards in its activities and, above all, defends the right to editorial independence. The placement of advertising and information materials and sponsorship cannot in any way influence editorial decisions regarding the selection of materials for publication and editorial content. The journal does not publish materials to accompany advertising and does not sell advertising in relation to specific articles. Advertising and informational materials published in the journal are not mixed with editorial materials.
All decisions on the placement of advertising materials are made only by the Publisher.
The editorial board reserves the right not to accept advertising and informational materials, the placement of which does not comply with the publication's policy.