Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
International Scientific Conference COMPETITION publication ethics and publication malpractice statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
In case of any questions about the review procedure, the rules stated in this code or the publication within the proceedings of the competition conference, please do not hesitate to contact editors.
All participants in the review process of the International Scientific Conference COMPETITION (authors, editors, reviewers) are obliged to observe the following ethical principles:
Author responsibilities:
All papers submitted to the conference review process must be original and must not be published in any way before, during or after the conference. Authors should not submit similar papers (or papers essentially describing the same subject) at multiple meetings or in other journals.
Authors are obliged to properly cite all sources and other authors in the submitted papers.
Authors may not change, distort or otherwise modify the research data in the paper if this could significantly affect the conclusions resulting from the research results.
Authors are obliged to state only valid and true affiliations of all co-authors (name, institution, contacts).
In the event of a serious error resulting from a breach of the ethical principles of the International Scientific Conference COMPETITION, the published paper will be withdrawn. Authors may be excluded from any future participation and publication of papers in the proceedings of the International Scientific Conference COMPETITION
Authors of papers must inform editors without undue delay of any obvious error in their accepted papers. Authors are obliged to cooperate with editors in withdrawing or correcting their papers.
Editor responsibilities:
Editors are obliged to choose reviewers of papers solely so that reviewers are always only competent and qualified persons in the given topic.
Editors are obliged to act in the review procedure only in such a way that the highest ethical standard of the International Scientific Conference COMPETITION is always maintained.
All papers submitted for publication can be checked with plagiarism detection software to verify their originality. Entries that do not meet the criteria of originality will be excluded from the review process without compensation.
Reviewer Responsibilities:
If reviewers do not feel qualified for an objective review of the paper, they must immediately inform editors.
Reviewers must oppose papers objectively and constructively from the point of view of the content and formal aspects of peer-reviewed papers.
Reviewers should treat papers as confidential and also avoid any conflicts of interest in the review process.
Reviewers should immediately inform editors of any similarities between peer-reviewed manuscripts and any published papers or any manuscripts concurrently submitted to other journals or conferences that may be known to reviewers.