The editorial policy of the journal Computer Technologies of Printing is based on the fundamental principles of the world's leading organizations that ensure transparency, quality, and ethics in scientific communication.
1. COPE Standards (Committee on Publication Ethics) The Editorial Board integrates COPE recommendations into every stage of the publishing cycle:
- Editorial Audit: ensuring a transparent workflow for the manuscript from submission to publication.
- Institutional Independence: guaranteeing that the scientific merit of the work is the sole criterion for decision-making, regardless of the author's affiliation.
- Authorship Validation: implementing mechanisms to verify the actual contribution of each participant to prevent "guest" or "gift" authorship.
- Appeals Mechanism: providing a feedback system that allows authors to professionally appeal reviewers' or editors' decisions in case of disagreement with the arguments provided.
2. WAME and ICMJE Editorial Principles The journal Computer Technologies of Printing adapts WAME and ICMJE principles for the field of technical sciences:
- Protection from Commercial Pressure: full autonomy of the Editor-in-Chief from the founders and sponsors of the publication.
- Disclosure of Conflicts: mandatory disclosure of any financial or professional ties that could bias the interpretation of technical results.
- Experimental Ethics: strict adherence to protocols when describing test results for new equipment, software, or technological processes.
- Support for Early Career Researchers (ECR): special attention and methodological assistance to young scientists (specifically PhD students) to ensure their initial works comply with global standards.
3. DORA Evaluation Philosophy (San Francisco Declaration) We move away from simplified metrics in favor of substantive analysis:
- Quality Over Metrics: Impact factor or h-index are not the determining factors in manuscript evaluation. Priority is given to the novelty of algorithms, the effectiveness of technological solutions, and the depth of analysis.
- Recognition of Diverse Outputs: the journal supports the publication of not only theoretical findings but also descriptions of original software, datasets, and engineering models.
- Interdisciplinary Parity: equal treatment of works that combine printing, computer science, information and measurement technologies, software engineering, systems analysis, cybersecurity, or information protection.
4. Modern Paradigm: Open Science and AI Ethics
- FAIR Data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable): we encourage authors to provide access to raw research data, allowing other scientists to reproduce results and utilize them in further developments.
- Plan S and Open Access: consistent implementation of the open access model for the rapid dissemination of knowledge without financial barriers for readers.
- AI Transparency: a requirement for mandatory disclosure of the use of generative artificial intelligence models. Authors must clearly indicate which parts of the work (text, code, visualization) were created using AI, while retaining full responsibility for the accuracy of these data.
- Digital Sustainability: use of persistent identifiers (DOI, ORCID) to ensure the longevity of scientific references in the digital environment.