VESTNIK OF SAINT PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY. LAW


PUBLICATION ETHICS


ETHICAL STANDARDS

1. Singapore Statement on Research Integrity (global guidelines on responsible research). Prepared and adopted on 21-24 July 2010 during the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in Singapore (www.singaporestatement.org). It is recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics – COPE – as global guidelines on responsible research.
2. Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. It is approved by the COPE Council on 7th March 2011.
3. Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers (prepared by Irene Hames on behalf of COPE Council).
4. Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers.
5. Code of Research Publications Ethics. It is prepared by the Committee on Research Publications Ethics.

BASIC ETHICAL PRINCIPELS
FOR AUTHORS:

1. To respect the copyright.
2. To avoid plagiarism, falsification and / or manipulation used and / or received data.
3. Not to submit previously published papers.
4. To provide other researchers with the ability to check (to confirm) the results obtained through the clear presentation (description) of arguments related to the question investigated (problems, conclusions, decisions) as well as methods and approaches.
5. To represent precisely the contribution of each author to the collective work.

FOR EDITORS:

1. To strive to meet the needs of readers and authors.
2. To provide high quality technical editing and presentation of published material.
3. To champion freedom of expression.
4. To follow the principles of openness, academic integrity and independence in relation to authors, reviewers and readers.
5. To preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards.

FOR REVIEWERS:

1. To review submissions conscientiously, in time and only within their professional competence.
2. To respect the principles of objectivity, constructive, open-mindedness and correct when preparing a review.
3. To respect the confidentiality of the review and to avoid the possibility of using information obtained during reviewing the submission in whatever purposes (except for purposes related to the publication).
4. To avoid any conflicts of interest.