Publication Ethics and Open Access Policy

The journal adheres to the principles formulated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and applies a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of unethical academic conduct. The following are explicitly prohibited: the unattributed use of formulations belonging to another author, even in the case of ideas that have entered the sphere of common knowledge, when the formulation is specific; plagiarism in all its forms (in full, in part, through unattributed paraphrasing); incorrect or fraudulent attribution of paternity; unauthorized use of data, results or visual materials. All manuscripts are checked with the help of specialized similarity detection programs (Turnitin, iThenticate). Suspicious cases are subject to rigorous editorial analysis. If significant coincidences with other works are found, the authors are notified and the text is additionally evaluated from the perspective of academic ethics.

The journal can be accessed free of charge, online, by users, under the terms established by Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.