About the Journal

Editorial:     

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Ufa State Aviation Technical University"

Contacts:

         Address of the editorial: K. Marx. 12, Ufa, 450008

         E-mail: vestnik@ugatu.su

Articles sent to the journal for publication should belong to one of the following groups of specializations:

Direction 05.02.00 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Direction 05.07.00 AVIATION AND ROCKET AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Direction 05.13.00 INFORMATICS, COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

 

          ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PUBLICATION PROCESS OF THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL “VESTNIK USATU”

 In their work, the editors of the scientific journal "Vestnik USATU" adhere to the provisions of the Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (http://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk) and Editorial Statement, formulated by the Council of scientific editors (The Council of Science CSE) (http: / /www.councilscienceeditors.org/resource-library/editorial-policies/), Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org/about)

           Guidelines

1.1. Compliance with publishing ethics by the editorial board.

1.2. Prevention of damage to intellectual and ethical standards in the presence of commercial interests.

1.3. Willingness to publish corrections, clarifications, rejections and apologies when necessary.

1.4. Prevention of the publication of plagiarism and fraudulent data.

           Ethical principles that should guide the author of a scientific publication

When submitting materials to the scientific journal “Vestnik USATU”, the author (or team of authors) realizes that he bears the initial responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research, which implies the following principles:

2.1. Authors should provide reliable research results. Obviously erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable.

2.2. Authors must ensure that the results of the study presented in the manuscript provided are completely original. Borrowed fragments or statements must be drawn up with the obligatory indication of the author and the source. Excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form, including unformed quotes, paraphrasing or assignment of rights to the results of other people's research, is unethical and unacceptable. The presence of borrowing without reference will be considered by the editorial board as plagiarism.

2.3. Authors should cite only genuine facts and information in the manuscript; provide enough information to verify and repeat experiments by other researchers; Do not use information obtained privately without open written permission; Prevent fabrication and falsification of data.

2.4. Avoid duplication of publications (in the cover letter, the author must indicate that the work is published for the first time). If individual elements of the manuscript were previously published, the author is obliged to refer to an earlier work and indicate the differences between the new work and the previous one.

2.5. Authors should not submit to the journal a manuscript that has been sent to another journal and is under consideration.

2.6. It is necessary to recognize the contribution of all persons who have somehow influenced the course of the study, in particular, the article should provide links to work that mattered during the study.

2.7. Authors must comply with ethical standards when criticizing or commenting on third-party research.

2.8. The co-authors of the article should indicate all persons who have made a significant contribution to the study. Among co-authors it is inadmissible to indicate persons who did not participate in the study.

2.9. Authors should respect the work of the editorial board and reviewers and eliminate these shortcomings or explain them reasonably.

2.10. Authors must submit and format the manuscript in accordance with the rules adopted in the journal.

2.11. If the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, he must immediately notify the editors of the journal.

2.12. Authors must provide proof to the editorial board or publisher of the correctness of the original article or correct material errors if third-party publishers know about them.

          Ethical principles in reviewer activities

The reviewer carries out a scientific examination of copyright materials, as a result of which his actions should be unbiased in nature, consisting in the implementation of the following principles:

3.1. The manuscript received for review should be considered as a confidential document that cannot be transferred for review or discussion to third parties who are not authorized by the editors.

3.2. Reviewers are required to know that the manuscripts sent to them are the intellectual property of the authors and relate to information not subject to disclosure. Violation of confidentiality is possible only if the reviewer claims that the materials contained in the article are unreliable or falsified.

3.3. The reviewer should draw the attention of the editor-in-chief to the substantial or partial similarity of the evaluated manuscript to any other work, as well as the facts of the absence of references to the provisions, conclusions or arguments previously published in other works of this or other authors.

3.4. The reviewer should note the relevant published works that are not cited (in the article).

3.5. The reviewer is obliged to give an objective and reasoned assessment of the stated results of the study and clearly based recommendations. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.

3.6. The comments and suggestions of the reviewer should be objective and principled, aimed at improving the scientific level of the manuscript.

3.7. The reviewer must make decisions based on specific facts and provide evidence of his decision.

3.8. Reviewers are not allowed to make copies of manuscripts for their needs.

3.9. Reviewers do not have the right to take advantage of knowledge of the content of the work before its publication.

3.10. A reviewer who, in his opinion, does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the manuscript, or cannot be objective, for example, in case of a conflict of interest with the author or organization, should inform the editor about this, asking him to be excluded from the review process of this manuscript.

3.11. Feedback on the article is confidential. The name of the reviewer is known to the executive secretary and editor-in-chief of the journal. This information was not disclosed.

          Principles of professional ethics in the activities of the chief editor

In his work, the chief editor is responsible for the publication of copyright works, which imposes the need to follow the following fundamental principles:

4.1. When deciding on publication, the chief editor of a scientific journal is guided by the reliability of the presentation of data and the scientific significance of the work under consideration.

4.2. The editor-in-chief should evaluate the intellectual content of manuscripts regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of the authors.

4.3. Unpublished data obtained from manuscripts submitted for consideration should not be used for personal purposes or transferred to third parties without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas received during editing and related to potential benefits should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.

4.4. The editor-in-chief should not allow information to be published if there is sufficient reason to believe that it is plagiarism.

4.5. The editor-in-chief in his activities undertakes:

- constantly improve the magazine;

- follow the principle of freedom of opinion;

- strive to meet the needs of readers and authors of the journal;

- exclude the influence of the interests of business or politics on decision-making on the publication of materials;

- decide on the publication of materials, guided by the following main criteria: the correspondence of the manuscript to the subject of the journal; relevance, novelty and scientific significance of the article; clarity of presentation; reliability of results and completeness of conclusions. The quality of the study and its relevance are the basis for the decision to publish;

- take all reasonable measures to ensure the high quality of published materials and protect the confidentiality of personal information;

- take into account the recommendations of reviewers when making the final decision on the publication of an article. Responsibility for the decision to publish lies entirely with the editorial board of the journal;

- substantiate its decision in case of acceptance or rejection of the article;

- provide the author of the peer-reviewed material with an opportunity to justify his research position;

- when changing the composition of the editorial board, do not cancel the decisions of the previous composition on the publication of the material.

4.6. The editor-in-chief together with the publisher should not leave unanswered claims regarding the reviewed manuscripts or published materials, as well as take all necessary measures to restore violated rights when a conflict situation is identified.