Ethical Principles

Ethical principles related to the submission of the manuscript to the quarterly "Studies in Politics and Society"

Authors who submit their papers to “Studies in Politics and Society” are required to follow the subsequent rules:

- the submitted manuscript should not be previously published in full (also as a chapter in a book) or in part (this also applies to tables, charts and figures);

- the submitted manuscript should not be approved for publication in another journal (or book);

- the submitted manuscript should not be subject to the editorial procedure in another journal, nor be sent to another journal or book during the editorial procedure in “Studies in Politics and Society”;

- the submitted manuscript should provide new research results - theoretical and / or empirical - that have not been previously published.

The above rules do not apply to the draft papers (work in progress) published in the conference proceedings.

Any deviations from the above rules should be notified to the Editorial Board in the comments to the Editor – a part of the journal submission form.

The Editorial Board should be informed about the use of tables, charts and figures that have already been published; the reference to the publication should be included in the submitted manuscript as well. The Editorial Board should also be informed about the publication of the manuscript in the conference materials, with details on the conference and the title of conference materials.

Authors should also follow the principle of 'double-blind’ review and not reveal their identity in any way, both in the manuscript and by publishing any of its versions on public websites (excluding texts published in conference materials).

 

Ethical principles related to the authorship of the manuscript

Each author indicated in the manuscript should make a significant contribution to it. This may be the research concept or design, data gathering or their analysis and interpretation. In order to counteract ghostwriting and guest authorship*, the Editorial Board of “Studies in Politics and Society” introduced security measures. Ghostwriting and guest authorship are a manifestation of academic misconduct, and any detected cases will be disclosed, including notification of relevant institutions (institutions employing the authors, academic associations, etc.). Moreover, the Editorial Board documents all signs of academic misconduct, especially breaking and violating the rules of research ethics. Therefore, the Editorial Board requires disclosure of the contribution of individual authors to the publication (including affiliation and contribution, i.e. information who is the author of the concept, assumptions, methods, etc. applied in the manuscript). The author / co-authors are responsible for the submitted manuscript.*

* Ghostwriting occurs when someone has made a significant contribution to a publication but that contribution is not disclosed or his / her role is not mentioned in the acknowledgments. Guest authorship occurs when the author's contribution is negligible or absent, yet he is listed as the author (or co-author) of the publication.

Submitted manuscripts are checked by a plagiarism* detection application. Therefore, authors need to be sure that:

- citations from other publications should be properly marked (in quotation marks),

- the source of the quotes is clearly indicated in the manuscript and bibliography,

- have permission from the original publisher or copyright owner to use previously published data (tables, charts, figures).

Authors should avoid copying contents from their own previously published works without citing them properly, which gives the impression that they are original works (self-plagiarism). Recalling your own research results also requires citing the works in which they were published. Re-use of own research results also requires citing the works in which they were published.

Allegations of plagiarism or self-plagiarism addressed to the Editorial Board will be investigated and, if justified, the author / authors will be asked to explain the overlapping content. The Editors may ask the theme editors and members of the journal's advisory board for assistance in further evaluating the manuscript. If the explanations provided by the author / authors are not satisfactory, the manuscript will not be accepted. The Editorial Board may also refuse to accept subsequent submissions from the same author / authors.

*Plagiarism is “when somebody presents the work of others (data, words or theories) as if they were his/her own and without proper acknowledgment.” https://publicationethics.org.