Recognition of authorship and co-authorship.
If more than one person made a significant contribution to the development of the concept, planning, execution or interpretation of the described research, the author should indicate their co-authorship in the research; a person who has contributed to the research covered in the article in a certain way, but whose role is not so significant as to include him in the co-authors, only gratitude should be expressed in the research; changing the authorship after submitting the manuscript for editorial review contradicts the norms of academic integrity and the Code of Ethics of a Ukrainian scientist and is unacceptable.
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Author certifies that the submitted manuscript:
- does not infringe the copyright of other persons or organizations;
- was not previously published in other publishing houses and has not been submitted for publication in other editions.
The author passes the editorial office of the «Grail of Science» journal to:
- publish scientific manuscript and distribute its printed version;
- distribute the electronic version of the paper / article through any electronic means (placement on the official web-site of the magazine, in electronic databases, repositories, etc).
The author reserves the right without the consent of the editorial office and journal founders:
1. Use the material in whole or in part for educational purposes.
2. Use the article materials in whole or in part to write your own dissertations.
3. Use the article materials to prepare abstracts, conference reports, and oral presentations.
4. To place electronic copies of the article (including the final electronic version downloaded from the official web-site of the journal) to:
- personal web-resources of all authors (web-sites, web-pages, blogs, etc);
- web resources of institutions where authors work (including electronic institutional repositories);
- non-commercial open source web-resources (e.g., arXiv.org).
The editorial office of «Grail of Science» journal practice the Open Access policy to the published content, supporting the principles of free dissemination of scientific information and global exchange of knowledge for social progress.
Full-text access to all scientific papers / articles of the journal is presented in the «Archives» section. The content of the journal is available free of charge to all users. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and link to the full texts of papers / articles or use them for any other lawful purpose (other than commercial) without seeking prior permission from the journal publisher or the author(s) of the article as long as the reference is made to the source.
This is consistent with the definition of open access under the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and the Berlin Declaration Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. The licensing policy is compatible with the overwhelming majority of open access and archiving policies.
The editorial office of «Grail of Science» journal is guided by international standards of publishing ethics COPE Code of Conduct as well as by norms set forth in the Code of Ethics of a scientist of Ukraine.
The editorial office is guided by ethical norms, the list of which is not limited to the following, but necessarily includes:
Impartiality. When making a decision on the publication of a scientific research, the editorial office of the journal is impartial and is guided by the reliability of its scientific significance, evaluating the intellectual content of the research regardless of race, gender, religious beliefs, nationality, social status, linguistic, local and other criteria that discriminate against the author.
Confidentiality. Unpublished data obtained from scientific researches and submitted for consideration are not used for personal purposes and are not transferred to third parties without the written consent of the author.
Ethical standards. Editors of the journal should not allow a manuscript to be published if there is a sufficient reason to believe that it is plagiarism or contains information and / or ideas that may offend other authors, certain groups of people, as well as information and / or ideas aimed at inciting enmity.
Willingness for cooperation. The editors of the journal must respond to appeals and claims regarding the reviewed scientific researches or already published papers / articles in the case of a conflict and take all necessary measures to restore violated copyright and related rights.
Reviewers who evaluate scientific manuscripts sent for publication in the journal are guided by ethical norms, the list of which is not limited to the following, but necessarily includes:
Impartiality. A scientific reviewer, who, in his opinion, does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the scientific manuscript, or cannot be objective, for example, in case of a conflict of interest with the author, should inform the editorial office with a request to exclude him from the review process of this manuscript.
Objectivity. The reviewer is required to provide an objective and reasoned assessment of the stated results of the research. All comments of the reviewer of the paper / article should be explained in details and supported by explanations for revision.
Efficiency. The reviewer has a moral obligation for promptly evaluation of the accepted scientific manuscript. In case of a situation in which further review is not possible or will be carried out with a significant delay and deviation from the deadlines, the reviewer must inform the editorial office of his exclusion from the process.
Confidentiality. Each scientific manuscript, received for a review should be treated as a confidential document. It is not read and discussed with other persons.
Integrity. The fact of no references in the scientific research, submitted for publication should be noted and evaluated by the reviewer. Cases of similarity or partial coincidence of the manuscript with publications known to the reviewer that are not referenced should be recorded.
Authors submitting their scientific manuscripts for publication in the journal should be guided by the following ethical norms:
Reliability. Authors of scientific manuscript should provide only reliable results of research; obviously false or falsified research and materials are unacceptable.
Compliance. The manuscript, submitted for publication must meet the requirements formulated by the journal’s editorial office in electronic form using the submitting form on the website.
Originality and compliance with anti-plagiarism policies. The author(s) of the manuscript must guarantee that they have submitted the original research for editorial examination. If the author used the researches or opinions of other scientists in the manuscript, it should be properly indicated. Plagiarism in any form (lack of graphic highlighting of citations, incorrect references and sources or an incomplete list of sources or bibliographic references, excessive citation, etc) is recognized as unethical behavior and is unacceptable.
Recognition of authorship and co-authorship. If more than one person made a significant contribution to the development of the concept, planning, execution or interpretation of the described research, the author should indicate their co-authorship in the research; a person who has contributed to the research covered in the article in a certain way, but whose role is not so significant as to include him in the co-authors, only gratitude should be expressed in the research; changing the authorship after submitting the manuscript for editorial review contradicts the norms of academic integrity and the Code of Ethics of a Ukrainian scientist and is unacceptable.
Exposing a conflict of interest. If there is a conflict of interest, including potential, the author or co-authors should inform the editorial office of the journal as soon as such a conflict or its possibility becomes known to the author or co-authors.
Exposing multiple or parallel publications. If the author wishes to reprint or publish a scientific article in parallel, he must confirm that he does this not to increase the number of scientific publications, but only with the aim of promoting scientific achievements, if appropriate; the author must report the fact of repeated or parallel publication of the journal.
Exposing errors. If the author(s) finds fundamental errors or inaccuracies in their research at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, they should inform the editorial office of journal as soon as possible and collaborate to publish a refutation or correction of the information.
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) outlines in its Guidelines on Good Publication Practice (2003) that: «Conflicts of interest emerge when authors, reviewers, or editors possess interests that are not entirely evident and might impact their judgments on published content. These conflicts have been characterized as those that, when disclosed later, could lead a reasonable reader to feel misled or deceived».
The «Grail of Science» journal follow the principles which outline in:
- Common Standard for Conflict of Interest Disclosure published by Center for Science in the Public Interest.
- Guidelines published on good publication and the Code of Conduct by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
- Guidelines published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Editors, authors, and reviewers must avoid conflicts of interest that would interfere with the objective presentation and review of research. Such conflicts of interest include personal, political and religious conflicts of interest, as well as financial conflicts of interest.
Editorial board members, reviewers, editors, and others involved in publication decisions must disclose conflicts of interest. If the authors, reviewers, editors, editor-in-chief or members of the editorial board confirm the existence of a conflict of interest or disclosure of information before publication, a statement of conflict of interest should be included in the scientific paper / article.
Disclosure of information.
The editorial office of «Grail of Science» journal should be particularly sensitive to issues of actual or apparent conflicts of interest and should take additional measures to prevent conflicts of interest. In the event of a conflict of interest, each disclosure statement must be completed in a separate PDF file and submitted appropriately.
Financial interests that must be disclosed:
Any sources of funding, whether direct (grants, patents, stock ownership, sponsorship, etc) or indirect (consulting fees, supply of equipment, etc), where the sponsoring organization stands to gain or lose from the publication of the research work.
Personal relationships / academic competitions requiring disclosure:
Any unpaid position held by the author(s) that may affect their scientific publication. This includes membership in professional organizations and unpaid consulting work.
Institutional affiliations requiring disclosure:
A conflict of interest may arise if a participant in the publication process is directly related to a company or organization interested in the publication.
Authors.
Authors are required to disclose any interests directly or indirectly related to the paper submitted for publication. The disclosure should encompass interests within the last three years from the commencement of the paper, covering the research and preparation of the manuscript for submission. Additionally, interests outside this three-year timeframe must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted paper. This comprehensive disclosure aims to ensure transparency, allowing readers to form their own judgments regarding potential bias. It is essential to note that disclosing a financial relationship with an organization that sponsored the research or received compensation for consultancy work is not inherently inappropriate.
Specific interests that should be considered and disclosed include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Funding (research grants from funding agencies, research support, including salaries, equipment, supplies, reimbursement for attending symposia, and other expenses, provided by organizations that may gain or lose financially through the publication of the manuscript);
- Employment (recent, present, or anticipated employment by any organization that may gain or lose financially through the publication of this manuscript, including multiple affiliations if applicable);
- Financial interests (stocks or shares in companies that may gain or lose financially through the publication, consultation fees or other forms of remuneration from organizations that may gain or lose financially, patents or patent applications whose value may be affected by publication);
- Non-financial Interests (professional interests, personal relationships, or personal beliefs that could introduce bias into the submitted paper. Examples include positions on Editorial Boards, Section Editors, Managing Editors writing or consulting for educational purposes, acting as an expert witness, mentoring relationships, and other relevant factors. Primary research articles are obligated to provide a disclosure statement. Review articles, serving as expert syntheses of evidence, may be treated as authoritative works on a subject, requiring a disclosure statement. Other article types, such as editorials, book reviews, comments, may necessitate a disclosure statement based on their content. If unsure whether a specific article type requires a disclosure statement, authors should contact the Editor-in-Chief).
Members of the editorial board, editorial office.
Editorial Board Members, Managing Editors involved with Marketing and Management of Innovations are obligated to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. If a competing interest is identified, they may be excused from participating in the peer review process. Furthermore, they should recuse themselves from managing manuscripts in instances where a competing interest is present. This could involve prior collaborations with the authors or sharing the same institutional affiliation.
Members of the editorial board should monitor the conflicts of interest of reviewers. A request to reviewers to disclose potential conflicts of interest should be included in the proposal to review a scientific manuscript.
Editors, editorial board members, reviewers, and other editorial staff should refrain from discussing, delegating decision-making authority, or should recommend authors to submit research papers to other journals if they believe that their personal interests interfere with objective editorial judgment about the research paper / article.
Editors or members of the editorial board should not participate in the review process and should not make decisions about their own scientific papers.
Editorial board members must maintain the confidentiality of authors and reviewers and refrain from using materials or ideas from the manuscript until its publication.
Reviewers.
Reviewers must adhere to the principles of COPE in the process of reviewing scientific manuscripts. In the event of a conflict of interest, the reviewer must notify the editor-in-chief. Reviewers and authors should not have personal relationships (eg relatives or close friends).
Reviewers should not have a direct or indirect financial interest in the reviewed scientific manuscript.
Reviewers for Marketing and Management of Innovations play a crucial role in providing an impartial evaluation of the scientific quality of a manuscript. It is the responsibility of the reviewers to assess any conflicts of interest disclosed by the authors and, equally important, to self-disclose any situations or relationships to the Editor that could potentially bias or be perceived as biasing their evaluation of the submitted manuscript. These situations may involve personal connections with the authors, ongoing competitive research on the same topic as presented in the manuscript, or professional and financial associations with an organization having interests in the subject being reviewed. In instances where an actual or apparent conflict of interest is revealed, the decision to utilize the provided or requested review is left to the discretion of the Editor.
The editorial board of the «Grail of Science» journal accepts for publication only original papers / articles, the materials of which have not been published before and have not been submitted for publication in another journal. One of the most important and obligatory principles of editorial policy is the fight against plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
Plagiarism is the publication (partially or completely) of scientific (creative) results obtained by others as the results of their own research (creativity) and / or reproduction of published texts by other authors without indication of authorship.
Autoplagiarism (self-plagiarism) is the provision in the materials of the manuscript of their own previously published scientific results as new results.
The editors review manuscripts and check for plagiarism.
Manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using software from the Polish company Plagiat.pl: StrikePlagiarism.com
Each manuscript is checked for plagiarism before the peer review stage. Editors may resubmit the manuscript for similarity checks at any stage of review or production, if required.
The similarity check report is analyzed separately for each manuscript using COPE flowcharts, if used. If plagiarism / self-plagiarism is found, the authors will be informed. Overlaps cannot be considered plagiarism in the methods section if the description of the methods is common to this type of research.
The editorial office of the «Grail of Science» journal analyzes any case of plagiarism on the merits. If plagiarism or textual borrowings are discovered by editors or reviewers at any stage before the publication of the manuscript, the author (s) are warned to review and correct the text, or to provide a reference to the original source. If the plagiarism is more than 25%, the article can be rejected.
If plagiarism is detected in an already published scientific paper / article, such research will be removed from the website and open access with a note about detected plagiarism.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for copyright to use illustrations, tables, drawings taken from other authors and / or sources. The permit must be placed under each such element.
The Journal applies an embargo on sharing accepted manuscripts and any data contained therein prior to official publication. Authors may not post, distribute, or otherwise make publicly available the accepted version of their manuscript, or substantial parts of its content, on any website, repository, or other public resource before the release of the journal issue in which the manuscript is published.
Once the corresponding journal issue is officially released, authors may share their work in accordance with the journal’s copyright and self-archiving policies.
If it is necessary to make a change to the published article, it will be done after careful consideration by the Editor in accordance with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance «Post-publication discussions and corrections».
Corrections and updates can be made in case of discovery of fundamental errors in research or calculations that can completely distort the conclusions of the scientific publication.
Corrections and updates are NOT made to rewrite paragraphs, add or delete sentences, revise tables, correct one's own grammatical and/or punctuation errors in the text, correct the references, author composition, etc., as it is considered that the author is sending a completed, not a draft version of manuscript for publication.
Withdrawal can happen in cases of refutation of the results of scientific research, detection of plagiarism, disclosure of a conflict of interests or other significant cases where correction and updating are impractical. The editors may also consider removing the article if the content of the research contains any defamation and/or violates the legal rights of the research participant.
The readers will be fully informed about any necessary changes with a post-publication notice (permanently linked to the original article, free to access) in the form of a Correction notice, a Retraction, an Editorial Expressions of Concern or, in rare cases, a Removal.
Authors submitting manuscripts involving research on human participants must confirm that the study was conducted in accordance with recognized ethical standards and approved by a relevant ethics committee or institutional review board (IRB). A statement specifying the name of the ethics committee and the approval reference number must be included in the manuscript.
In addition, authors must confirm that written informed consent was obtained from all participants (or their legal guardians, where applicable) prior to their inclusion in the study. Copies of consent forms and ethics approval documents should be retained by the authors and made available to the Editor upon request.