Editorial Policy and Publication Ethics
Editorial policy applies to the whole process of preparation and publishing of the Bulletin and these rules are mandatory for anyone involved, including authors.
• Responsibility. The authors are responsible for their research findings, facts, judgments, conclusions, and recommendations. Publications accompanied by propaganda of war, violence, cruelty, terrorism, calls for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order of Ukraine, incitement of racial, ethnic and religious enmity, abusive statements that harm the honor, dignity and business reputation of individual and legal entities, public authorities and local self-government are not admissible.
• Open access to scientific publications. All articles are available to all users immediately after being published (without registering on the site) on the Internet, allowing anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print or link to full articles, use them for indexing, transfer them as data to the Software or use them for any other legitimate purpose without financial, legal or technical restriction, except to grant authors the right to control the integrity of their works and the right to refer and citation.
• Tolerance, impartiality, and non-discrimination. The editorial team recognizes, respects and appreciates the diversity of sciences, areas of research interests, scientific views and ideas, research principles and methods. Any discrimination against authors on the basis of gender, ethnicity, nationality, language, political and religious views, social or property status, as well as belonging to certain scientific schools or institutions is inadmissible.
• Conflict of interests. The editorial team does not satisfy any and all political, ethical, religious or financial interests, except for the policy of the government, represented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine in the field of crime prevention, law-enforcement and human resources in these areas.
• Copyright and plagiarism claims. The authors and the editorial team should ensure the high quality of scientific research at all stages of their implementation – from the idea to the publication of the results. Authors should respect and abide by the rules of copyright law, refer to sources of information in case of borrowing ideas, statements, scientific research results, etc.; authors are obliged to be aware of the possibility of liability for scientific work with a known low quality, for illegal borrowing (plagiarism) – the use of scientific results of others without their permission and without references to the relevant sources, as well as for other copyright infringements. When quoting the Bulletin materials, a link to the Bulletin is required. Reproduction and reprinting of materials are only possible with the permission of the editorial board.
• Confidentiality. The Bulletin's editorial team guarantees the confidentiality of the process of interaction with authors, in particular it does not publish the negative conclusions of the reviewers on scientific articles and the results of their verification for the authenticity and originality of the text (anti-plagiarism).
Ethics guidelines of the Editorial Board of "Scientific Bulletin of Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs"
General provisions
Editorial Policy of the journal is based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics, as well as the DORA principles.
The editorial board considers the monitoring of ethics of the manuscripts as one of the aspects of its activities and the peer-review process.
Editors don’t approve the materials which contain insulting statements, manifestations of aggression or any discrimination, or incite ethnic and racial hatred, violate international legal norms and current legislation of Ukraine.
Editors are not responsible for opinions, judgments, results and conclusions made by the authors of articles and published in the journal. They do not represent the point of view of the editorial board.
Editors are not liable to the authors and/or third parties and organizations for possible damage caused by the publication of the article.
The authors are responsible for the originality or any unfair use of the intellectual property of other authors, as well as for the reliability of information, the accuracy of names, surnames, etc.
Editors reserve the right to review the above ethical principles to amend them.
Adherence to the Principles of Responsible Research Assessment (DORA)
The Editorial Board of the journal supports the principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which aim to improve practices for evaluating research outputs.
The journal recognizes that research results should be assessed primarily on the basis of their scientific content, methodological quality, originality, and significance, rather than on journal-level metrics or other aggregated bibliometric indicators.
In its editorial practice, the journal follows these approaches:
▶ Manuscripts are evaluated based on scientific quality, sound methodology, originality, and relevance of the research, regardless of the bibliometric indicators of the authors or the journals in which they have previously published.
▶ The Editorial Board does not use the journal impact factor or other journal-based metrics as the primary criterion for evaluating individual research articles.
▶ During the editorial and peer-review process, the journal recognizes the diversity of research outputs, including theoretical developments, methodological approaches, empirical studies, and other forms of scholarly contribution.
▶ The journal encourages research transparency, proper citation of sources, and responsible use of research metrics.
The Editorial Board encourages authors, reviewers, and members of the editorial council to adhere to the principles of responsible research assessment and to contribute to the development of an ethical and transparent scholarly communication environment.
