Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Ukrainian journal "Thermal Physics and Thermal Power Engineering" adheres to international standards of publication ethics and is guided by the recommendations of leading organizations:

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

The editorial board of the publication "Thermal Physics and Thermal Power Engineering", published by the Institute of Technical Thermal Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, adheres to the ethical principles defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) when selecting and accepting manuscripts of articles.

Authors' responsibility:

Originality and plagiarism:

  • Authors guarantee the originality of the submitted work
  • Submission of previously published materials is prohibited
  • All sources must be properly cited
  • Self-citation must be justified and proportionate

Authorship:

  • Only persons who have made a significant contribution to the research can be authors
  • All co-authors must approve the final version
  • "Gift" or "honorary" authorship is prohibited
  • Changing the authorship after submission of the article is possible only with the consent of all co-authors

Conflict of interest:

  • Authors are obliged to disclose all potential conflicts of interest
  • Sources funding must be indicated
  • Commercial interests that may influence the interpretation of results must be disclosed

 

Research ethics:

  • Studies involving humans must be approved by an ethics committee
  • Informed consent of participants is required
  • Animal studies must comply with international standards
  • Personal data of participants must be protected in accordance with the GDPR and the laws of Ukraine

 

Reviewers' responsibility:

 

Objectivity:

  • Reviews must be objective, constructive and polite
  • Personal remarks about the author are unacceptable
  • Evaluation based on scientific criteria only

 

Confidentiality:

  • Manuscripts under review are confidential
  • It is forbidden to discuss articles with third parties
  • It is forbidden to use ideas from reviewed manuscripts before their publication

 

Conflict of interest:

  • The reviewer is obliged to report a conflict of interest
  • If plagiarism is detected, the reviewer informs editorial office

Deadlines:

  • The reviewer must complete the review within the established deadlines or report the impossibility

Editorial responsibility:

Fairness:

  • Decisions are based solely on the scientific quality of the article
  • All authors are treated equally, regardless of gender, nationality, institution

Confidentiality:

  • Information about submitted manuscripts is available only to the editorial office and reviewers
  • Authors' personal data is protected

Prevention of conflict of interest:

  • Editorial board members do not participate in reviewing articles where there is a conflict of interest
  • Articles by editorial board members undergo enhanced review

Corrections and retractions:

  • The editorial office is ready to make corrections if errors are detected
  • In case of serious violations, a retraction is carried out in accordance with the COPE recommendations

Prohibition of predatory practices: The journal categorically rejects any predatory practices:

  • Publication for payment is not guaranteed
  • Article writing services are not provided
  • Sales are not practiced co-authorship
  • Does not artificially increase citations

 

The main COPE documents that the journal adheres to:

  • Core Practices
  • Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
  • Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
  • Flowcharts for handling misconduct

Link: https://publicationethics.org/

WAME (World Association of Medical Editors)

The journal applies the relevant WAME recommendations regarding:

  • Ethics of authorship
  • Conflict interests
  • Protection of personal data of research participants (for biomedical and interdisciplinary research)
  • Transparency of research funding

Link: https://wame.org/

 

DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment)

The journal supports the DORA principles for the assessment of scientific research:

  • Does not use the journal's impact factor as the sole criterion for assessing the quality of an article
  • Evaluates articles based on their scientific quality, not the prestige of the publication
  • Does not promote practices that inappropriately manipulate citation indicators
  • Encourages authors to disclose a wide range of scientific achievements

Link: https://sfdora.org/

Other principles and standards:

ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors):

  • Recommendations on authorship
  • Clinical trial registration standards (if applicable)

Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines:

  • Openness of research data
  • Openness of research materials
  • Openness of analytical methods
  • Pre-registration of research (where applicable)

FAIR principles for data:

  • Findable
  • Accessible
  • Interoperable
  • Reusable

The journal encourages authors to deposit research data in open repositories and indicate the DOI of the data in the article.

Transparency Statement: The journal adheres to the highest standards of transparency in all aspects of the publishing process and regularly reviews its policy in accordance with updated

 

Procedure for considering complaints about violations of academic integrity and publication ethics

The journal "Thermal Physics and Thermal Power Engineering" adheres to the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for considering violations of publication ethics, namely: promptness, impartiality, confidentiality, documentation. The editorial board accepts complaints from authors, reviewers, readers and institutions.

Types of violations:

  • Plagiarism (full or partial)
  • Self-plagiarism and duplicate publication
  • Fabrication and falsification of data
  • Improper indication of authorship
  • Undisclosed conflict of interest
  • Violation of the review procedure
  • Violation of human rights or research ethics

 

Complaint submission procedure:

  1. The complaint is submitted in writing to e-mail: shmorgun@nas.gov.ua
  2. The complaint must contain:

o specific details of the violation

o link to the published article

o evidence of the violation (if available)

o contact details of the applicant

 

Complaint consideration:

  1. Preliminary consideration by the Editor-in-Chief (7 working days)
  2. If necessary, an expert commission of 3-5 members of the editorial board is created
  3. Request for explanations from the author(s) (response time - 10 days)
  4. Additional examination (if necessary)
  5. Decision-making by the editorial board (up to 30 working days from the date of filing the complaint)

Possible solutions:

  • Rejection of the complaint as unfounded
  • Requirement of corrections
  • Publication of a refutation (erratum/corrigendum)
  • Withdrawal of the article (retraction)

Confidentiality: All parties to the process are obliged to maintain confidentiality until a final decision is made.