The articles published in “Information Extraction and Processing” reflect the results of scientific researches conducted in scientific institutions and universities. They illustrate the obtained achievements and participation of their authors. With this in mind, the editorial policy of the journal is formulated as a system of clear rules to be followed by editorial board members, reviewers and authors when analyzing and reviewing the publication. Hence there are following requirements for the publishing ethics of journal:
1. Impartiality and objectivity.
The International rules of ethical conduct for scientific publications define the rules of conduct for the members of the editorial board of “Information Extraction and Processing”. Editorial board encourages authors to comply with the above mentioned requirements when submitting articles to help to increase the scientific quality of the publication, prevent the use of copied material and to respect intellectual property.
2. The editorial board of the collection “Information Extraction and Processing” is guided by the following documents:
Code of Ethics of the Scientist of Ukraine. Publication of the Western Science Center of NAS of Ukraine and MES of Ukraine.
http://znc.com.ua/ukr/news/2009/20090123ethic.php
Ethics of publications and prevention of unfair publishing practices. Law magazine "Law of Ukraine" http://pravoua.com.ua/ua/publication-ethics/
Publications of the Committee on Publications Ethics, http://publicationethics.org/
Publishing Ethics Resource Kit by "Elsevier", http://ethics.elsevier.com
3. Requirements for quality and description of scientific research.
The editorial board of the "Information Extraction and Processing" follows the rules:
scope, novelty, and significance of research, support of state-of-the-art research;
loyalty to all subjects of the creative process of journal publishing;
anonymous peer review by professional and objective reviewers;
continuous advisory work with authors to comply with the requirements of the international SCOPUS and Web of Science databases when preparing materials for publication.
4. Manuscript submitted to the editorial board goes through:
primary control over compliance with formal article requirements;
scientific review in accordance with the "Regulations on Review"..
The negative review is reported to the author, and the article is sent to another reviewer. After the second negative review, the article is rejected.