The authors of the articles entrust the editorial board with their scientific and creative works, which can significantly impact their scientific reputation and professional growth. Therefore, all manuscripts and additional materials submitted for consideration should be considered confidential documents that cannot be shared or discussed with third parties. The editorial board must keep the information about the facts of submission, the content of the manuscript and the final decision on publication in confidence. The only exceptions are authors and reviewers. The confidentiality of the author(s) may be violated only in exceptional cases when fraud or dishonesty is detected on the part of the author(s).
The application of the principle of double-blind review ensures confidentiality. All reviewers are informed that the accepted manuscript is the author’s private property. Therefore, neither reviewers nor editorial board members can discuss publicly submitted papers before the manuscript is published. Reviewers are prohibited from making copies of manuscripts, passing them on to other persons, and appropriating the author’s ideas. After the review, all copies of the materials provided to the reviewers must be deleted. In addition, the editorial board should delete all copies of rejected manuscripts.
It is forbidden to publish or make public the comments of reviewers without the permission of the reviewer, author and editor.
It is possible to provide information about the reviewer’s identity to the author or a third party only after the reviewer’s permission.