1.Statement on Ethical Standards
The journal Construction of Optimized Energy Potential (CoOEP) adheres to international standards of publication ethics and principles of scientific integrity. In particular, the Editorial Board follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics, the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing and the Committee on Ethics in Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The journal applies editorial procedures published on the journal’s website to ensure the integrity, impartiality, and transparency of the publication process.
2. Peer review policy
The journal applies a double-blind peer review procedure.
Each manuscript is subject to an initial editorial assessment regarding its compliance with the journal’s scope and formal requirements. After a positive preliminary evaluation, the article is referred to at least two independent reviewers who are experts in the relevant field.
In the case of divergent review recommendations, the Editorial Board appoints an additional reviewer.
The final decision on the acceptance or rejection of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief.
The review process is confidential, impartial, and based on academic merit.
Detailed information on the review procedure is available in the “Peer review” section.
3. Plagiarism and similarity screening policy
All submitted manuscripts, before being sent for review, are subject to mandatory analysis using a professional plagiarism detection system.
The similarity report is analysed individually, taking into account the nature of the similarities, the correctness of citations, and the possibility of self-plagiarism.
If violations are identified before publication, the manuscript may be rejected, the author may be asked to provide explanations, and the Editorial Board may inform the author’s affiliated institution.
If a violation is detected after publication, the Editorial Board applies the procedures described in the section “Corrections, retractions and expressions of concern”.
4. Conflict of interest policy
Authors, reviewers, and editors are obliged to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could affect the objectivity of the publication process.
- Authors are required to disclose the source of funding for the work and any other relationships that could affect the interpretation of the results.
- Reviewers should decline to review a manuscript in the event of a conflict of interest.
- Editors exclude themselves from the editorial process in the event of a conflict of interest.
Failure to disclose a conflict of interest may result in rejection of the manuscript or retraction of the published article.
5. Authorship policy
An author of an article may only be a person who:
- has made a significant contribution to the conception, design, analysis, or interpretation of data
- has participated in drafting the work or substantially revising it
- has approved the final version of the article and agreed to its publication
Persons who do not meet the above criteria may be listed in the “Acknowledgements” section.
The journal opposes the practices of ghostwriting and guest authorship.
- The corresponding author declares that all persons who made a significant contribution to the preparation of the publication have been indicated as co-authors, that no person meeting the authorship criteria has been omitted, that no person who did not make a significant contribution has been indicated as an author, and that all co-authors approve the final version of the article and the declared distribution of contributions.
- The Editorial Board reserves the right to request additional explanations concerning the declared contributions of the authors, to suspend the editorial procedure until any doubts have been clarified, and to take actions in accordance with COPE guidelines in the event of suspected violations of ethical principles.
- In the event of ghostwriting or guest authorship being identified, the manuscript may be rejected, a published article may be corrected or retracted, and the institutions with which the authors are affiliated may be informed.
6. Handling of allegations of research misconduct
Suspicions of violations of publication ethics may be reported by authors, reviewers, readers, or institutions.
The procedure includes:
preliminary analysis of the report by the Editor-in-Chief
contacting the author in order to obtain explanations
analysis of the available documentation (e.g. plagiarism reports, source data)
making an editorial decision
The author has the right to respond to the allegations before a decision is made.
The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief.
7. Corrections, Retractions and Expressions of Concern Policy
Correction (Erratum / Corrigendum)
A correction is published in the event of errors that do not undermine the principal results of the work. The article remains available together with information about the correction made.
Expression of Concern
In the event of serious doubts, when an explanatory procedure is ongoing, the Editorial Board may publish an editorial statement (Expression of Concern).
Retraction
An article may be retracted in the event of plagiarism, falsification or fabrication of data, serious methodological errors, duplicate publication, or an undisclosed conflict of interest. A retracted article is not removed from the website, but is clearly marked as “Retracted”. The decision on retraction is made by the Editor-in-Chief, and a formal retraction notice containing the justification for the editorial decision is published in the journal.
8. Responsibilities of editors
- Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious beliefs, political views, or institutional affiliation of the authors.
- Editorial decisions are independent of government policy or any other external agency.
- Editors evaluate manuscripts on the basis of their scientific value, compliance with the journal’s scope, originality, formal correctness, relevance to readers, reviewers’ comments, and applicable legal requirements concerning defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
- Editors are obliged to maintain the confidentiality of all information concerning submitted manuscripts and may disclose it only to those directly involved in the editorial and review process.
- Editors must not use unpublished materials or ideas disclosed in submitted manuscripts for their own research purposes without the author’s explicit written consent.
- If there is a conflict of interest between an editor and the author of a manuscript, the manuscript is handled by another editor with no such conflict of interest.
- The Editor-in-Chief has final responsibility for decisions concerning acceptance or rejection of manuscripts, the editorial content of the journal, and the timing of publication.
9. Responsibilities of the Publisher
- In the case of alleged or proven fraud, deceptive publication, plagiarism, or other serious ethical concerns, the Publisher, in close cooperation with the editors, undertakes appropriate action to clarify the situation and, where necessary, publish a correction, clarification, expression of concern, or retraction.
- The Publisher, together with the Editorial Board, takes reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers in which scientific misconduct has occurred.
10. Cooperation with institutions
In justified cases, the Editorial Board may cooperate with the institution with which the author is affiliated or with the appropriate research ethics committee in order to ensure a reliable clarification of the matter.
11. References to International Standards
In matters related to publication ethics, the Editorial Board relies on the following documents and guidelines:
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