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.