1. General Provisions
1.1. These Regulations define the core principles, norms, and requirements for publication ethics to be followed by the founder, editorial office, editorial board, authors, reviewers, and other participants in the editorial and publishing process of the scientific journal Computer Technologies of Printing.
1.2. Compliance with publication ethics is a mandatory condition for ensuring the quality of scientific publications, the reliability of research results, transparency of editorial procedures, and the maintenance of academic integrity.
1.3. The editorial office is guided by internationally recognized standards for academic publishing, the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), principles of transparency and best practices in scholarly publishing, and the current legislation of Ukraine regarding education, science, copyright, and information activities.
1.4. The Regulations on Publication Ethics are open to the public and must be published on the official website of the scientific journal.
2. Core Principles of Publication Ethics
2.1.The editorial office ensures:
- Legality, openness, and transparency of editorial policy;
- Objectivity during the review of manuscripts;
- Scientific impartiality;
- Confidentiality of the editorial and peer-review processes;
- Prevention of conflicts of interest;
- Prevention of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and redundant (duplicate) publications;
- Appropriate response to identified violations of academic integrity.
2.2. All participants in the editorial and publishing process must act in good faith, responsibly, and within the limits of professional ethics.
3. Editorial Board and Editorial Office
3.1. The scientific journal must maintain an editorial board or other governing editorial body consisting of competent experts in the relevant fields of knowledge.
3.2. Up-to-date information regarding the composition of the editorial board, including full name, scientific degree, academic rank, workplace, and affiliation of its members, must be provided on the official website.
3.3. The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board are responsible for:
- Formulating editorial policy;
- Organizing an objective review of submitted materials;
- Upholding ethical standards within the editorial process;
- Making decisions regarding the acceptance, revision, or rejection of manuscripts;
- Publishing guidelines for authors, reviewers, and readers.
3.4. The editorial office shall not discriminate against authors based on gender, age, race, nationality, citizenship, language, religious beliefs, political views, workplace, or other non-scientific factors.
4. Duties and Responsibilities of Authors
4.1. Authors submit original scientific materials containing reliable research results, formatted according to the journal's requirements.
4.2. Authors are responsible for:
- Scientific novelty and the reliability of the presented results;
- The accuracy of facts, citations, statistical data, titles, names, and terms;
- Providing correct references to the sources used;
- Compliance with academic integrity standards;
- Accurate representation of authorship and co-authorship;
- Disclosing information about research funding sources, where applicable.
4.3. Submission of a manuscript implies that:
- The material has not been previously published in the same form;
- The article is not currently under consideration by another publication;
- All co-authors are familiar with the final version of the text and agree to its submission for publication.
4.4. The following are unacceptable:
- Plagiarism in any form;
- Self-plagiarism without proper reference to previous publications;
- Fabrication or falsification of research results;
- Manipulation of illustrative, tabular, or statistical material;
- Submission of false information regarding authorship, affiliation, or funding sources.
4.5. In case of receiving editorial comments, authors are obliged to make the necessary changes to the manuscript within the specified timeframe or provide a reasoned explanation.
4.6. If an author discovers a significant error after submission or publication, they must immediately notify the editorial office and cooperate in correcting or retracting the material.
5. Peer Review of Scientific Materials
5.1. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to mandatory scientific peer review.
5.2. Reviewing is carried out by experts in the relevant field of knowledge who possess a sufficient level of scientific qualification to evaluate the submitted material.
5.3. The peer review procedure must be clearly defined in the editorial policy and published on the journal's official website.
5.4. Reviewers are obliged to:
- Conduct the evaluation objectively, impartially, and in good faith;
- Maintain confidentiality regarding the content of the manuscript;
- Notify the editorial office of any conflicts of interest;
- Alert the editorial office to significant overlaps or similarities between the manuscript and other known publications;
- Provide reasoned and professional recommendations for improving the material.
5.5. Reviewers do not have the right to use ideas, data, arguments, or conclusions from an unpublished manuscript in their own research without the written consent of the author.
6. Policy on Publication Ethics Violations
6.1. The editorial office is obliged to take all possible measures to prevent violations of publication ethics at all stages of consideration, preparation, and publication.
6.2. If signs of ethical violations are detected, the editorial office will conduct an investigation and, if necessary, contact the author, reviewer, author’s institution, or other authorized persons for clarification.
6.3. Based on the review results, the editorial office may decide to:
- Reject the manuscript;
- Return the material for revision;
- Publish a correction;
- Publish an explanation;
- Retract the publication;
- Take other actions appropriate to the nature of the established violation.
6.4. The editorial office shall not knowingly allow the publication of materials in which signs of dishonest scientific practice have been identified.
7. Conflict of Interest
7.1. A conflict of interest arises when personal, professional, financial, corporate, or other non-scientific interests might influence the objectivity of an editorial decision, peer review, or the content of a scientific publication.
7.2. Authors, reviewers, and editors are obliged to report any real or potential conflicts of interest in a timely manner. 7
.3. If a conflict of interest is established, the editorial office takes measures to eliminate its influence on the editorial decision.
8. Copyright and Access to Materials
8.1. Information regarding copyright, licensing terms, and the use and distribution of materials must be clearly defined and posted on the journal's official website.
8.2. Terms of access to full texts, as well as information regarding possible subscriptions, publication fees, or access fees (if provided for by the publication policy), must be transparently outlined on the website.
9. Archiving and Preservation
9.1. The scientific journal must ensure the archiving of published materials and backup preservation of electronic copies.
9.2. Information about the archival storage of publications and mechanisms for maintaining access to them—particularly in the event the journal ceases its activities—must be posted on the official website.
10. Transparency of Information
10.1. Information about the founder, publisher, owner, and organizational management structure of the journal must be open, reliable, and accessible to site users.
10.2. Names of institutions, organizations, or structures associated with the publication must not mislead authors, readers, or reviewers.
10.3. The official website must contain up-to-date, reliable, and complete information regarding editorial policy, submission guidelines, the peer-review process, publication ethics, copyright, archiving, and the publication schedule.
11. Publication Frequency
11.1. For a periodic scientific journal, a schedule for the release of issues must be established and published.
11.2. Compliance with the declared frequency is an indicator of proper editorial practice and professional responsibility.
12. Name of the Scientific Journal
12.1. The name of the scientific journal must be unique, correct, and not misleading regarding its scientific profile, origin, status, or links with other publications.
12.2. The use of names similar to those of well-known scientific journals or collections is not allowed if it might cause a false perception of the publication.
13. Disclosure of the Regulations on Publication Ethics
13.1. These Regulations must be posted on a dedicated page of the journal's official website.
13.2. The page containing the Regulations on Publication Ethics must have a unique web address, and access from the main page should be provided through an active hyperlink.
13.3. The Regulations on Publication Ethics may be reviewed, clarified, and updated in accordance with changes in international recommendations, national legislation, and the journal's editorial policy.