Publishing Ethics
Conversatoria Litteraria recognizes ethical guidelines of COPE (publicationethics.org). These standards set the final and indisputable rules governing the process of reviewing and editing of submitted scientific texts.
AUTHORS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Authorship
Authors submitting multi-authored texts for publication are required to disclose the contribution of the individual authors to the text (including the authors' affiliations and who authored the concepts, assumptions, methods, protocol, etc. used in the preparation of the text). For that matter, the authors are asked to fill in Author’s Declaration Form available at the Publisher’s webpage.The Editorial Board finds it inadmissible to use unethical procedures, such as plagiarism (self-plagiarism included), ghost-writing or guest-authorship. Their detection will result in the article’s rejection.
2. Disclosure and conflict of interest
It is the Author's responsibility to disclose the sources of funding for projects mentioned in the article, contribution of research institutions, foundations, associations or other entities. The Author is also obliged to indicate important premises that may lead to a conflict of interests.
3. Submission preparation
The articles submitted for publication in should be original academic papers, which do not violate the copyright of any interested parties. They cannot be previously published or submitted for publication in other journals. The Author should not submit for publication any material which repeats the already published data. Submitting the same work to more than one journal simultaneously as well as submitting the translation of the existing article is treated by the Editorial Board as unethical.
4. Data access and storage
The Author should be ready to provide access to the unprocessed data related to the submitted text. Moreover, the Author should keep these data for one year from the moment of publication.
5. Errors in submissions
If the author(s) discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in their texts, they are obliged to notify the Editor of the journal immediately in order to withdraw the text or correct the errors that have occurred.
6. Copyright and plagiarism
The Authors may submit only their own original texts for publication. Research and/or information of other scientists used in the publication should be marked in a way indicating that it is a quotation. The Editorial Board finds it inadmissible to use unethical procedures, such as plagiarism (auto-plagiarism included), ghost-writing or guest-authorship. Their detection will result in the article’s rejection.
EDITORIAL BOARD AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Responsibility for the texts published
The Editorial Board is obliged to comply with the current legal status in the field of defamation, infringement of copyright and plagiarism.
The Editorial Board is responsible for the decisions taken regarding the submitted articles. First, submissions are evaluated by the Section Editor, who then sends them further to the Editor-in-Chief. If the article meets the requirements and corresponds to the journal's profile, the Editor-in-Chief refers the articles for reviews. This decision is made also taking into account the risk of copyright infringement, plagiarism, self-plagiarism and doubts regarding the authorship or co-authorship of the article.
2. Fair play
The Article shall be assessed according to the criteria of originality, quality, and compatibility with the journal’s scope. The Editorial Board recognizes the principal of fair play: race, gender, religion, origin, citizenship or political beliefs of the authors in no way influence the evaluation of articles.
3. Confidentiality
The Editorial Board shall not disclose any information about papers submitted for publication to unauthorized persons. The persons authorized to have this information are the author, designated reviewers, members of the Editorial Board, editors, and the publisher.
4. Avoiding the conflict of interests
The Editorial Board shall not assign papers for review to reviewers who are subordinate to or remain in any other personal relations with the authors.
5. Anti-plagiarism policy
In the case of suspicion of fraudulent practices (plagiarism, falsification of research results), they are obliged to reject the article. In case the Author does not provide a disclaimer, the Editorial Board has a duty to inform about it the institution the Author is affiliated with. In case of self-plagiarism, the Editorial Board is obliged to reject the paper due to the lack of originality.
6. Withdrawal of the text
Editors have the right to withdraw a text after publication if:
- there is evidence of unreliability of study results and/or fabrication of data, as well as if unintentional errors have been made (e.g. calculation errors, methodological errors);
- the research results have been previously published elsewhere;
- the paper shows signs of plagiarism or violates the rules of publishing ethics.
A notice of withdrawal of the text should be treated as equivalent to withdrawal of the article. This notice should include information about the author (the heading should include at least the title of the paper and the name(s) of the author(s) of the paper) and the reasons for the withdrawal of the text Unintentional errors should be distinguished from deliberate misuse, determining the withdrawal of the text. Withdrawn texts are not removed from the published version of the journal, but the fact of their withdrawal should be clearly marked.
In case of two negative reviews, the Editor-in-Chief shall decide not to qualify the article for publication. In the case of one negative review, the Editor-in-Chief shall decide to publish the article after the author has taken into account the reviewer's comments and suggestions.
REVIEWERS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
Reviewers review papers on behalf of the Editorial Board. Thus, they influence the decisions made by the Editorial Board members. They may also, upon the agreement with authors, influence the final shape of published works.
1. Timeliness
Reviewers are obliged to provide reviews within the established time limit. If for some reason (content-related, lack of time, etc.) they are unable to meet the deadline or undertake a review, they should immediately inform the Editorial Board.
2. Objectivity standards
Reviews should be objective in nature. Personal criticism of paper authors is considered inappropriate, to say the least. All comments made by the reviewer should be adequately substantiated.
3. Confidentiality
All reviewed papers and their reviews are confidential. Disclosure of papers and/or to third parties is not permitted (except to those involved in the publishing process).
4. Anonymity
All reviews are double-blind. The Editorial Board under no circumstances shall disclose authors’ personal data to the reviewers.
5. Conflict of interests
Reviewers must not use the reviewed work for their personal needs and benefits. They should also not evaluate texts which may pose a conflict of interest.
6. Verification of originality
Reviewers are obliged to report papers which partially or considerably repeat other publications and thus violate the principles of academic ethics.
