Statement of Publication Ethics

Statement of Publication Ethics

Articles published in the journal Filosofie dnes must be in compliance with the generally accepted ethical standards in scientific, peer-reviewed journals, as outlined e.g. in COPE. The editors, authors and peer-reviewers are responsible to meet expected ethical standards at all stages in their involvement from submission to publication of an article. Their duties are outlined below:

 

  Editor's duties

  • Editor is responsible for the quality of all published material and should be constantly trying to improve it
  • Editor should never prefer business or political interests to intellectual standards
  • Accepting or rejecting a paper for publication should only be based on the paper's intellectual relevance, originality and contribution to its field
  • Editor should strive to exclude any conflict of interest
  • Editor should protect the confidentiality of submitted papers
  • Editor should always be willing to publish relevant criticisms of published works unless he has a convincing reasons to do otherwise
  • Editor should always be willing to publish corrections, apologies or clarifications regarding previously published texts
  • Any mistake, inaccuracy or misleading statement published must be corrected immediately

 

Reviewer's duties

  • Evaluation of the paper should only be based on the paper's intellectual relevance, originality and contribution to its field
  • Reviewer should protect the confidentiality of submitted papers
  • Reviewer is obligated to inform editor about any information that could result in rejecting the paper
  • Reviewer should refrain from the process of evaluation if he for any reason thinks himself unsuited for it

 

Author's duties

  • Author guarantees that submitted paper is his original work, it has not been published before and author does not intend to publish it in any other journal or publication
  • Author must list all the sources used in the paper
  • If author uncovers any mistake, inaccuracy or misleading statement in his paper, he must inform editor immediately

 

Procedures for dealing with unethical behavior

Identification

  1. Unethical behavior may be brought to the attention of the editors at any time, by anyone. The person informing the editors of unethical behavior should provide sufficient information and evidence in order for an investigation to be initiated.
  2. Unethical behavior may include (but is not limited to) plagiarism, duplicate submissions, unreliability of results (e.g. based on errors or data fabrication), conflict of interest, copyright infringement or other serious legal issues, manipulated peer review process, etc. (cf. COPE). 

Investigation

  1. The editors will collect the evidence of potential unethical behavior on the basis of which they will make a decision regarding the issue.
  2. A person suspected of unethical behavior should be given the opportunity to respond to any allegations.

Results

  1. Minor misconduct might be dealt with between editors and the accused person.
  2. Serious misconduct might require a consultation with external experts or e.g. informing the employer of the accused person.
  3. Depending on the degree of severity, the resolutions may be as follows:
    • Informing the author or reviewer who has been found responsible for unethical behavior and explaining the misconduct (in case that it appears to be a result of misunderstanding or misapplication of acceptable standards)
    • Publication of a formal notice detailing the misconduct
    • Sending a formal letter to the emploeyer of the author or reviewer who has been found responsible for unethical behavior
    • Formal retraction of published paper