Ethical guidelines for The Board of Editors

• The Board of Editors ensures the high substantive level of the published texts: it makes decisions on the publication of submitted articles based on the opinions of thematic editors and the reviews of external reviewers (each text is reviewed by two "external" reviewers),
• The Board of Editors do not disclose the names of reviewers to the authors,
• The Board of Editors send the opinions of thematic editors and reviewers to the authors, informing them of the need for changes, acceptance or rejection of the text,
• The Board of Editors do not disclose materials submitted by authors to third parties, and (prior to publication) do not use the information contained in the work without the knowledge and consent of the author,
• The Board of Editors requires the authors to indicate the sources of financing the paper, the contribution of scientific and research centres, associations and other entities,
• The Board of Editors requires the authors to make a declaration that the paper (article) submitted by them had not been published earlier,
• The Board of Editors requires the authors to make a declaration that in the paper submitted for publication ghostwriting, guest authorship, honorary authorship are not present,
• All cases of ghostwriting, guest authorship, honorary authorship detected by the editorial team will be exposed, including the notification being sent to suitable authorities (institutions employing authors, scientific societies, publishers, etc.),
• The Board of Editors requires the authors to declared the percentage contribution – their and the other authors – to the creation of the paper submitted for publication,
• The Board of Editors require authors to disclose conflicts of interest, understood as the existence of relations of authors with an institution, enterprise or public office (hereinafter: institutions), which are directly interested in or benefit from the adoption of a particular interpretation of the law; the reviewers are informed of the fact that a conflict of interest has been declared,
• The paper whose author or co-author has declared a conflict of interest may be published, provided that the links with the institutions do not affect the reliability and validity of the scientific evidence and the quality of the research presented in the scientific publication,
• The Board of Editors requires the authors to declare that the paper does not depend on intellectual input of other people in such a scope in which it is required in light of the legal regulations and scientific ethics to reveal them as sole authors, and the scope of using someone else's intellectual contribution results from the content of the paper – including bibliographical quotations based on the legal rules of quoting specified in Article 29 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act dated 4 February 1994,
• The Board of Editors ensure that the various stages of the publishing process are carried out in a timely manner.

Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers

• The reviewer has sufficient subject knowledge in the field of the reviewed article,
• The reviewer shall maintain confidentiality and shall not disclose details of the texts reviewed, and shall not use the information obtained in the course of preparing the review for his or her own benefit,
• If the Reviewer has been informed of the fact that an author or co-author has declared a conflict of interest (without disclosing its nature), the Reviewer is obliged to assess in the review whether - despite the declared conflict - the text has been prepared in a reliable scientific manner and contains objective analyses and research results,
• The reviewer remains objective and tries to provide constructive comments on the text,
• The reviewer writes the review within the agreed time limit, informs the editors immediately if additional time is needed for the review.

Ethical guidelines for authors

• The author declares that in the paper submitted for publication ghostwriting, guest authorship, honorary authorship are not present,
• The paper submitted by the author should be original and should not have been published before; if the work is a reprint, it may be published with the Editor's consent, but this information must be indicated in a footnote,
• In the case of co-authorship, the Author declares the percentage contribution – his and the other authors – to the creation of the paper submitted for publication,
• The author declares that his paper does not depend on intellectual input of other people in such a scope in which it is required in light of the legal regulations and scientific ethics to reveal them as sole authors, and the scope of using someone else's intellectual contribution results from the content of the paper – including bibliographical quotations based on the legal rules of quoting specified in Article 29 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act dated 4 February 1994 and is based on or is not based on his own idea,
• The author indicates – if present – the sources of financing the paper, the contribution of scientific and research centres, associations and other entities,
• The author shall inform the Editor whether he considers that he may have a conflict of interest understood as the existence of a relationship with an institution, undertaking or public office which is directly concerned by or benefits from the adoption of a particular interpretation of the law,
• Reported studies should be conducted ethically and responsibly and should comply with all relevant legislation,
• The authors should present their findings clearly, honestly, without falsification or manipulation of data, and should aim to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their research can be validated by others,
• The authorship of scientific publications should accurately reflect the individual's contribution to the work and its announcement,
• Using a range of financial sources and material conflicts of interest should be disclosed.