Anti-plagiarism policy

Plagiarism is the unacknowledged copying or an attempt to misrepresent original authorship (absence of a reference to the author), regardless of whether it concerns ideas, text, or research results. Plagiarism is not permitted in materials submitted for editorial review.

Articles submitted for editorial consideration are checked for plagiarism using, where applicable, software such as StrikePlagiarism and Plag.

If plagiarism is detected (at the stage of initial manuscript screening), the manuscript may be rejected (if the originality rate is below 70%), returned for revision to improve the originality rate (if the originality rate is between 70% and 79%), or withdrawn at any stage of peer review, publication, or after publication, depending on the circumstances. The Editorial Board reserves the right to inform authors and institutions of any detected cases of plagiarism. Only articles that have successfully passed peer review and whose plagiarism check demonstrates an originality rate of at least 80% may be accepted for publication in the current issue of the journal.

When determining the level of originality of each individual article, the Editorial Board, following reviewers’ recommendations, takes into account the extent to which the author(s) use references to the texts of legal and regulatory acts and court decisions. At the same time, articles that consist solely of references to legal and regulatory texts are not accepted for consideration.

Self-plagiarism is not permitted. The Editorial Board accepts only original materials that do not reproduce the text of the author’s (co-authors’) previous publications. References in the text and bibliography to certain previous publications by the author(s) are permitted where such works are relevant to the topic and appropriately reflect the author’s (co-authors’) prior scholarly contribution to the study of the given scientific problem.