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Author Guidelines

Ethics of scientific publications

The editorial board of the journal, guided by the system of norms based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), is responsible for the observance of ethical standards regarding the publication and dissemination of scientific research results, and encourages participants in this entire process to follow the ethical principles of scientific publications.

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal undergo an initial review for originality and design requirements. Subsequent review (peer review) is carried out by specialists - members of the editorial board, members of the expert board and / or other most authoritative scientists cooperating with the editors of the journal. Compliance with the standards of ethical behavior is important for all parties involved in the publication: the editorial board of the journal, authors and reviewers.

Principles of professional ethics in the activities of the editorial board

In its activities, the editorial board is responsible for the publication of copyrighted works, which leads to the need to follow the following fundamental principles:

The editorial board in its activities is guided by the principles of science, objectivity, professionalism.
The interaction of the editorial board with the authors is based on the principles of fairness, courtesy, objectivity, honesty and transparency.
Unpublished data, information or ideas derived from submitted manuscripts should not be used for personal purposes or shared with third parties without the consent of the author.
The duty of the editorial board is to prevent situations when authors, reviewers or other subjects involved in the process of publishing scientific articles show signs of unethical behavior, as well as to ensure the removal of publications of unscrupulous authors that contain plagiarism, falsification and fabrication of data from scientific circulation.

Ethical principles in the activities of the reviewer

The reviewer, as an expert acting on behalf of the Uzbek Physical Journal, carries out a scientific examination of copyrighted materials in order to determine the possibility of their publication, as a result of which his actions must be unbiased, consisting in observing the following principles:

The manuscript received for review should be treated as a confidential document that cannot be transferred for review or discussion to third parties who do not have permission from the editors.
The reviewer is obliged to give an objective and reasoned assessment of the stated results of the study. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.
Unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts should not be used by the reviewer for personal purposes.
A reviewer who, in his opinion, does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the manuscript or cannot be objective, for example, in case of a conflict of interest with the author or organization, should inform the editor about this and ask to be excluded from the review process of this manuscript.