Editorial Ethics
General provisions
1. The editorial ethics of the Yearbook is based on a system of principles and norms that should guide the participants in the process of publishing scientific publications (authors, reviewers and editors).
2. The editorial policy of the periodical "Yearbook of Labor Law" follows the recommendations of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
The editorial policy of the Yearbook is based on the following ethical standards:
— Singapore Statement on Research Integrity (Global guidelines for responsible research). Prepared and adopted by the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in World Singapore, Conference on Research Integrity in Singapore July 21–24, 2010. Recommended as a global guideline for responsible research by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE);
— Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Approved by Committee of Publication Ethics(COPE) March 7, 2011;
— Ethical Guidelines for Reviewers (prepared by I.Haymes on behalf of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE);
— Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers;
— Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications, prepared by Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
3. The Editorial Board in its work is based on the norms of the current legislation of the Russian Federation in terms of copyright and prevention of plagiarism.
Ethical principles for authors (co-authors)
The author (team of authors) is aware of the responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research, which implies compliance with the following basic principles:
— presentation of reliable results of the conducted research, obviously erroneous or falsified statements are not allowed;
— the author (s) must ensure that the research results presented in the manuscript are completely original;
— borrowed fragments or statements must be accompanied by an indication of their author and original source; plagiarism in any form, including hidden and veiled, unformulated quotations, paraphrasing or assigning rights to the results of other people's research, is unethical and unacceptable;
— all persons who have made a significant contribution to the study should be listed as co-authors; it is unacceptable to indicate persons who did not participate in the study as co-authors;
— if the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, he must notify the editorial board of the journal as soon as possible;
— the author (s) assume the responsibility to respond adequately to the recommendations and comments of reviewers, to participate constructively in the process of preparing the article, to indicate funding for the preparation of the article (if any);
— authors should not submit for publication material previously published in another scientific journal; if the material is published in another scientific publication, it should be withdrawn by the author.
Ethical principles for reviewers
Objectivity and non-bias in the reviewer's activity when performing scientific expertise of author's materials is based on the following basic ethical principles:
— a manuscript received for review is considered as a confidential document that cannot be passed on for review or discussion to third parties;
— the reviewer is obliged to give an objective and reasoned assessment of the stated research results, reviewers should suggest that the author pay attention to the actual research that was not used by the author in preparing the material under consideration;
— personal criticism of the author is not allowed;
— unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts cannot be used for personal purposes;
— a reviewer who, in his opinion, does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the manuscript or is unable to be objective, for example, in the event of a conflict of interest with the author or organization, should inform the editor about this with a request to exclude him from the review process of this manuscript.
Ethical principles in the activities of the Editorial Board and the editor
Assuming the responsibility to ensure a high scientific level of the Yearbook of Labor Law, its editorial board and editor-in-chief base their activities on the following basic ethical principles:
— when making a decision on publication, the editor is guided by the reliability of the data presented and the scientific significance of the work under consideration;
— the editor evaluates the intellectual content of manuscripts regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of the authors;
— unpublished data presented in the manuscript should not be used for personal purposes or passed on to third parties without the written consent of the author;
— information or ideas obtained during editing and related to possible benefits should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain;
— the editor does not allow the material to be published if there are sufficient grounds to believe that it is plagiarism;
— the editor, together with the publisher, must not leave unanswered claims concerning the reviewed manuscripts or published materials, and when identifying conflict situations, take all necessary measures to restore the violated rights (if any).
