RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDITORS
The Editorial Board must ensure confidentiality of the process of manuscript preparation for publication. Before submitting a manuscript for independent peer reviewing, all information about the author(s) of the study that may indicate their identity will be removed from the manuscript. Anonymous manuscripts are assigned a number for identification within the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board requires the peer reviewer to ensure confidentiality if he/she has identified the author from the List of References. Ideas expressed in manuscripts submitted for peer reviewing cannot be made public by the editorial staff.
The Editorial Board must strictly observe the rules of reviewing. Reviewers are to be selected strictly according to the criteria given in Peer Review Process.
Manuscripts rejected before being sent for peer reviewing are deleted from the journal’s database. Manuscripts rejected as a result of peer reviewing are stored in our database together with the reviews for 5 years.
All manuscripts should be given a timely peer review. Any delay should be agreed upon with the authors. In case the publication is rejected, the editors should notify the authors as early as possible.
The Editor-in-Chief is the only person responsible for the content of the journal and the publication of manuscripts. By the decision of the Editor-in-Chief, an article that has received negative feedback from peer reviewers may still be published.
Unintended mistakes are a part of the publication process. The Editorial Board is obliged to publish information about identified inaccuracies in an article right after they are detected.
', ), 4 => array ( 'title' => 'Alteration of Published Article', 'content' => 'Erratum
An erratum refers to a correction of errors introduced to the article by the publisher. All publisher-introduced changes are highlighted to the author at the proof stage and any errors are ideally identified by the author and corrected by the publisher before final publication.
Corrigendum
A corrigendum refers to a change to their article that the author wishes to publish at any time after acceptance. Authors should contact the editor of the journal, who will determine the impact of the change and decide on the appropriate course of action.
', ), 5 => array ( 'title' => 'Disclosure and Conflict of Interest', 'content' => 'A conflict of interests exists when professional judgement may be inappropriately influenced by a secondary interest, such as personal relationships, financial relationships, competition between researchers or a conflict of scientific opinions.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a Reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Authors are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest so that readers could be aware of any bias in their work.
Each of authors should fill in his/her copy of the Conflict of Interests Statement. The Conflict of Interests Statements should be submitted to the Editorial Office.
', ), 6 => array ( 'title' => 'Plagiarism detection', 'content' => '“Digital Economy & Innovations” uses native Russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
', ), 7 => array ( 'title' => 'Manuscript Submission', 'content' => 'Manuscripts should be submitted online:
Either way is appropriate.
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', ), 8 => array ( 'title' => 'Author fees', 'content' => 'There are no publication fees or fees payable to authors.
All manuscripts must be submitted by an author and cannot be submitted by a third party or an agent.
The manuscripts are published only within the specified time period.
The journal offers no fee-based service. Attempting to offer a fee to a journal employee constitutes unethical behavior, and the manuscript is immediately rejected.
', ), 9 => array ( 'title' => 'Revenue Sources', 'content' => 'The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the Founder (Togliatti State University).
', ), 10 => array ( 'title' => 'Preprint and Postprint Policy', 'content' => 'The material submitted by the author should not have been previously published in other printed publications or sent to other editors. If the author has posted his/her paper and additional materials to it (figures, tables, appendices, etc.) on personal or public websites before its submission or at any time before publication in the “Digital Economy & Innovations” journal, he/she undertakes to notify the editors about this fact. In case of failure to notify, the journal editors reserve the right to reject the received materials.
', ), 11 => array ( 'title' => 'Policy for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence', 'content' => 'Currently, technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly developing, and many authors use generative artificial intelligence when writing scientific papers. The "Digital Economy & Innovations" journal has established rules for the use of artificial intelligence, which will be revised if necessary.
Use of generative artificial intelligence and tools with its support in writing a manuscript
This policy is applied exclusively to the process of writing a manuscript and does not concern the use of AI for data analysis during the study.
Purpose of using artificial intelligence
Authors can use generative artificial intelligence and AI tools only for linguistic processing of their manuscripts and improving their readability. The author must carefully check and edit the results.
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