PUBLICATION ETHICS AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR PUBLICATION PRACTICES

Copyright and Licensing:

Authors retain copyright  and grant the journal the right of first publication.

All articles in the journal are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which states that:

You are free to:

1. Copy and redistribute the material in any form or format for any purpose, including commercial ones.
2. Modify, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial ones.
3. The licensor cannot revoke these permissions as long as you comply with the terms of the license.

Under the following terms:

1. Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
2. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Authors have the right to enter into separate contractual arrangements regarding the non-exclusive distribution of a version of the work as published here (e.g., placement in the institute's archive, publication in a book), with reference to the initial original publication in this journal.

Authorship:

All persons designated as "authors" are to meet the criteria of this concept. The contribution of each author to the work should be sufficient to take responsibility for its content. The right to be called “author” is based on the following facts:

1) substantial contribution to study conception and design or to data analysis and interpretation;

2) drafting the article or making fundamental changes.

A contribution that consists only in providing funds, does not justify inclusion in authors’ group. General management of research team is not recognized as being sufficient for authorship either.

All team’s members who do not meet criteria for authorship will be listed with their consent in "Acknowledgements".

The order in which authors will appear is to be determined by their joint decision . Authors are responsible for the content of the article and for the fact of its publication. The editorial staff of the journal reserves the right to cut and edit submitted articles.

Authors will recognize the contribution of other persons who inluenced the content of the present study. The presence of bibliographic references used in the work is mandatory. Information obtained privately, through conversation, correspondence or discussions with third parties, will not be used without a written permission from their source.

Authors will provide only original works. The use of textual or graphical information obtained from the works of other persons needs references to relevant publications and a written permission from the copyright owner.

If the author discovers a substantial error or inaccuracy in his/her published work, he/she will immediately notify the Editor or Publisher of the journal and assist them in removing or correcting a mistake. If the Editor or Publisher learns from a third party that a published work contain significant errors, the author will immediately remove or fix them, or submit to the Editor a proof of the correctness of the wording of original article.

Ethical standards for research involving humans and animals:

All research submitted for consideration for publication in the journal must comply with ethical standards outlined in international and national guidelines. Authors submitting a manuscript to the editorial board of the «Therapeutics / Named after Prof. M.M. Berezhnytskyi» are required to indicate whether the study involving human participants was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the relevant institutional and/or national ethics committee, and in line with the WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. A mandatory requirement is also the obtaining of written informed consent from each research participant or their legal representative prior to participation in the study.

If the submitted research involved laboratory animals, authors must confirm that all procedures were carried out in accordance with institutional and/or national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals, as well as with the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.

Anti-plagiarism:

The editorial board informs authors that they bear full personal responsibility for the authenticity of the content of the articles. In order to avoid incorrect borrowing or use of third-party research results, we ask authors to adhere to the ethics of scientific citation.

In order to combat plagiarism, the editorial office at the decision of the editor-in-chief, the article is checked for borrowings from third-party works without appropriate references to the source using Crossref Similarity Check Powered by iThenticate.

Conflict of interest:

A conflict of interest regarding a particular manuscript occurs when one of the participants in the review or publication process (author, reviewer, or editor) has an obligation that could influence his / her opinion (even if it really does not take place). The most common cause of a conflict of interest are financial relations, as well as personal relationships, academic competition, and intellectual predilections.

Participants in the process of reviewing and publishing will disclose any conflict of interest that could influence the results of their work. All sources of financial support for the project are to be disclosed.

Multiple publications:

The Editor will not consider manuscripts that are simultaneously submitted for publication to other journals, as well as works having been mostly already published as an article, or having become part of another work presented or accepted for publication in any other printed edition or electronic media. This policy does not preclude consideration of articles that are not accepted for publication by another journal, or a full description provided after publication of the preliminary results, i.e. abstracts or poster presentations presented at professional Meetings.

Correspondence:

If necessary, readers can send their comments, questions, or criticisms regarding published articles that will be printed in the journal. If desired, the authors of the articles can respond to these comments.

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