Ethics

PUBLISHING ETHICS

Principles of publishing ethics aimed at counteracting unfair publishing practices, have been accepted and applied by Warsaw University Press, in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) https://publicationethics.org/

Prior to acceptance, publications submitted to the publishing house are verified for compliance with the principles of editorial ethics, reliability and scientific value.

Publisher's policies

• Controlling ethical standards: The publisher constantly monitors compliance with applicable publishing standards and publishing ethics, and prevents practices that do not comply with accepted standards.
• The principle of fair play: Race, gender, religion, origin, citizenship or political beliefs of the authors do not affect the assessment of the texts in any way. The texts are evaluated only in terms of content.
• Criteria for accepting texts for publication: The publisher decides which texts will be published. When accepting texts for publication, the opinions of reviewers regarding the scientific value of the work, originality of the problem and transparency of the argument are taken into account.
• Confidentiality: The publisher does not disclose to unauthorized persons any information about works submitted for publication. The persons authorized to have this information are: the author, appointed reviewers, editors and other persons participating in the publishing process.
• Prevention of conflicts of interest: Unpublished texts may not be used by the publishing house employees or any other persons participating in the publishing process without the written consent of the authors.
• Withdrawing a publication: A publisher has the right to withdraw a publication after it has been published, if:
  • there is evidence of unreliability of test results and / or falsification of data, as well as in the event of unintentional errors (e.g. methodological errors, calculation errors);;
  • for work looks like plagiarism or violates the principles of editorial ethics.

Principles applicable to the scientific editor (in the case of collective publications)

• Criteria for accepting texts for publication: The scientific editor decides which materials will be published. When accepting texts for collective publication, the following are taken into account: the scientific value of the work, the originality of the approach to the problem, transparency of the argument.
• Principle of scientific reliability: The scientific editor cares about the scientific reliability of published papers. For its behavior, it may apply appropriate changes and corrections. In case of suspected unfair practices (plagiarism, falsification of research results), he is obliged to decide to withdraw the text from the collective publication.
• Principles of authorship: The scientific editor submitting the publication to the publisher has the obligation to make sure that those who contribute to the publication accept its shape after scientific editing.
• Withdrawing a publication: The scientific editor has the right to withdraw a publication after it has been published, if:
  • there is evidence of unreliability of test results and / or falsification of data, as well as in the event of unintentional errors (e.g. methodological errors, calculation errors);
  • for work looks like plagiarism or violates the principles of editorial ethics.

Author’s policies

• Principle of scientific reliability: The author is required to provide a reliable description of the research work carried out and an objective interpretation of the results. Works should contain information enabling identification of data sources as well as repetition of tests. Presenting and interpreting data and research results that are inconsistent with the principles of publishing ethics is unacceptable and may result in the text being withdrawn.
• The principle of originality of work: The author may submit only his own original texts for publication. The research and / or information from other scientists used in the publication should be marked in a way that indicates that it is a quotation. Plagiarism or falsification of data is unacceptable.
• The principle of disclosure of data: The author asked to present the raw results of research used in the text, is obliged to provide access to this data, also after publication of the work.
• Rules of authorship:
  • Authors submitting multi-author texts for publication are required to disclose the contribution of individual authors to its creation (including the affiliation of the authors and information on who is the author of the concepts, assumptions, methods, protocol, etc. used in creating the text).
  • Hostwriting, guest authorship are a manifestation of scientific misconduct and any detected cases should be unmasked, including notification of relevant entities, such as institutions employing the author, scientific societies, associations of scientific editors, etc.
• The principle of reliability of sources: The author is obliged to mention in the bibliography the publications that he used to create the text.
• Rules regarding errors in published works: If the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in his text, he/she is obliged to immediately notify the publisher in order to correct any errors that occur with the next issue or reprint.

Reviewer's policies

The reviewer reviews the work commissioned by the publishing house. In this way, it influences the decisions made by the publisher. It may also, in consultation with the author, influence the final shape and improvement of the published work.

• Principle of timeliness:The reviewer is required to provide a review within the set deadline. If for some reason (substantive, lack of time, etc.) he is unable to meet the deadline or undertake reviews, he should immediately inform the publisher.
• Confidentiality principle: All reviewed papers and their reviews are confidential. Disclosure of works and / or third parties is unacceptable (except for persons who participate in the publishing process).
• Principle of maintaining objectivity standards: The review should be objective. The personal criticism of the author of the work is considered at least inappropriate. All comments of the reviewer should be properly justified.
• The principle of reliability of sources: The reviewer, if necessary, should indicate relevant works related to the subject of the text, not quoted by the author. The reviewer should indicate and report to the publisher any significant similarities between the reviewed text and other works.
• The principle of preventing conflicts of interest for the reviewer:The reviewer cannot use the reviewed work for his personal needs and benefits. Nor should he judge the text in cases where there may be a conflict of interest with the author.