Publication Ethics and Editorial Policy

The journal Informatics. Culture. Technology upholds high standards of academic integrity, guided by the recommendations of authoritative international initiatives. Our editorial policy is based on the principles of COPE, WAME, DORA and the Leiden Manifesto..

 

Compliance with COPE recommendations. We implement the ten core areas of COPE: policies regarding complaints and suspected misconduct, authorship and contributorship rules, procedures for handling complaints and appeals, mechanisms for managing conflicts of interest, data transparency and reproducibility, ethical oversight, protection of intellectual property, proper journal management, a transparent peer review process, and support for post-publication discussion and corrections. These standards ensure that editorial decisions are based on the quality of research rather than external pressure.

 

WAME. We adhere to the principles of editorial independence: the Editor-in-Chief has autonomy in selecting materials, while owners or sponsors do not interfere in the decision-making process.

 

DORA. We support the call for fair assessment of scholarly achievements: we reject the use of journal-based metrics for evaluating individual articles or authors and encourage recognition of diverse research outputs (data, software, policy impact, etc.).

 

Leiden Manifesto. We follow the ten principles for the responsible use of research metrics, including: combining quantitative indicators with expert assessment; evaluating performance in line with the mission of an institution or researcher; protecting locally relevant research; ensuring openness and transparency of processes; verifying and correcting data; taking disciplinary differences into account; emphasizing qualitative analysis of individual portfolios; avoiding false precision; understanding the systemic effects of indicators; and regularly reviewing metrics.

 

All participants in the editorial process—authors, reviewers, and editors—are responsible for complying with these standards. Our procedures for handling complaints, appeals, retractions, and article corrections are regulated by separate documents, ensuring transparency and fairness in resolving ethical issues.