AUTHORSHIP, PEER REVIEW AND PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
IN THE JOURNAL ХИМИЯ И ИНДУСТРИЯ (KHIMIYA I INDUSTRIYA)
The journal ХИМИЯ И ИНДУСТРИЯ (KHIMIYA I INDUSTRIYA) publishes academic articles, reviews and surveys, as well as news and materials about the life and activities of chemists working in the field of education, science and business life. The achievement of this goal is ensured both by the effort of the authors and by the work of the reviewers and publishers. The Ethical Principles regulate the relations between the parties so designated.
THE AUTHORS
- They offer original articles. This means the manuscript submitted to the journal’s editorial office has not been published elsewhere in its present, or a similar, form. The author is obliged to alert the publisher if some significant part of the manuscript has already been published in a collection, a monograph, or in another journal; based on this information, the publisher will decide whether to publish the article. The submitted article cannot concurrently be offered for publication elsewhere.
- In submitting the manuscript, the author guarantees that the text in question is not in violation of any other person’s copyright. Authors are committed to include honest references. Any form of plagiarism is deemed unethical.
- When an article has more than one author, there should be guarantee that each of them agrees with the submitted manuscript and consents to the co-authorship.
THE PUBLISHER
- The publisher is committed to timely publication of manuscripts based solely on their merits.
- The publisher is bound to respect the dignity of the author. The former must treat as confidential any information concerning his relations with the author in the course of the work involved in acceptance of manuscripts.
- The publisher has no right to use for his own research unpublished information contained in the manuscripts without the authors’ explicit consent.
- The publisher is obliged to react to any unethical deed found related to the manuscript submitted for publication.
THE REVIEWERS
- The reviewers are committed to evaluate the submitted manuscripts objectively and in accordance with academic standards. If they feel they are not competent enough to assess an article, they must refuse to do so. The assessments should be based on clear and convincing arguments.
- The reviewers are committed to evaluating manuscripts only if they themselves are not in conflict of interests with the author or with some of the co-authors.
- During the time they are working on the manuscripts, the reviewers treat these as confidential documents.
- The reviewers have no right to use for their own research unpublished information contained in the reviewed manuscripts.