The editorial office of the journal "Metalloobrabotka" recognizes and follows the international standards of publication ethics recorded in the recommendations on the ethics of scientific publications http://publicationethics.org, and the norms of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Chapter 70 "Copyright").

1.Policy of the journal regarding authorship and co-authorship.

1.1. The author (authors) of a publication is recognized as person (people) who has made a significant contribution to the formation of the concept of the work, development of the concept, execution and interpretation of the presented research.

1.2. A person who has contributed in a specific field in the process of research should be named as co-authors in an article.

1.3. The editorial board sends a layout of an article to each author and co-author for the final approval before publication.

2. Authenticity of research.

2.1. By sending an article to the editorial board for consideration for publication the author (authors) confirms being the copyright owner of exclusive rights of the article.

2.3. The article should contain new significant results, the author (authors) should not paraphrase, partially copy their own or others works or cite the text without references. Plagiarism in all its forms is unacceptable.

2.4. The author (authors) is obliged to actually use and read all publications which he (they) mentions in references of an article.

2.5. The rule of the representativeness of references is an important principle of correct citation. The author (authors) should refer to objectively the best and significant works in authour’s field, preferably to the most recent publications to maintain the relevance of author’s article.

2.6. Non-compliance with these principles is a violation of the ethics of scientific publications.

3. Policy of the journal regarding the intellectual property.

3.1. Copyright materials may only be reproduced with the permission of their respective owners.

3.2. The editorial office undertakes not to disclose information about that material to anyone else except for the author (authors), reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial staff.

3.3. In case of complaints and appeals for violation of the exclusive rights to the author’s article by third parties (authors, other rightholders or their representatives), the author (authors) undertakes to provide access to necessary documents and to assist in negotiations with third parties. In case of the financial loses of the publishing house (fines, compensations, expenses for representatives) as a result of such complaints and appeals arising from the fault of the author (authors), all the financial loses shall be reimbursed at the expense of the author (authors).

3.4. All articles submitted to the editorial office of the journal are checked in the Antiplagiat system https://www.antiplagiat.ru. If the share of borrowings exceeds 20%, the article is not accepted for publication and is returned to the author (authors).

4. Ethical principles in the work of the reviewer.

 

4.1. The review of the manuscript is carried out in confidentiality. Reviewers are advised that the manuscripts sent to them are the intellectual property of the authors and refer to information that cannot be disclosed. Violation of confidentiality is possible only if the reviewer claims that the materials presented in the article are unreliable or falsified.

4.2. The term for writing a review is one month. The extension of the period is allowed in agreement with the editorial staff.

4.3. The reviewer undertakes not to disclose information on the submitted materials.

4.4. The reviewer does not have the right to use the materials of an unpublished manuscript in his own studies without the written consent of the author (authors).

4.5. The reviewer is obliged to refuse to examine the manuscript if he has a conflict of interest because of competitive, joint or other relations with the author (authors) or organization related to the manuscript.

4.6. Articles that receive a negative conclusion with motivated refusal from the reviewer are rejected. Motivated refusal is sent to the author (authors). In case of disagreement of the author (authors) with the opinion of the reviewer, the manuscript is transferred to another independent reviewer. Controversial articles are discussed at the meeting of the editorial board which takes place every three months.

4.7. If it is necessary to edit the article based on the results of the review, the author (authors) sends a new version of the article to the editorial office and it's re-reviewed by the same reviewer who makes the final decision.

4.8. The reviews are kept in the editorial office of the journal for five years.

5. Ethics of the editorial board.

5.1. The editors evaluate the materials received for publication based on the principle of unbiased attitude to race, gender, ethnic origin, citizenship, political views of the author (authors).

5.2. Reviewing and publishing articles is free of charge.

5.3. The editorial office conducts a one-sided "blind" review of all articles received. The reviewer knows the names of the authors of the article, but the authors do not know who the reviewer is.

5.4. The editorial staff does not take into account the reviews provided by the authors of the article together with the manuscript materials. 

5.5. The editorial staff of the journal selects reviewers competent in the scientific field that is mentioned in the article and avoid the conflict of interest.

5.6. The editorial office does not disclose information about articles to anyone else, except for the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial staff.

6. Policy of the journal regarding post-publication discussions and corrections.

6.1. The editorial office readily considers justified criticism of the works published in the journal.

6.2. The author (authors) of criticized materials have the opportunity to respond to criticism on the pages of the journal in the form of scientific polemics.

6.3. Materials reporting only negative results can also be accepted for publication.

6.4. If errors are found in already published articles, the editorial staff publicly apologizes and publishes a refutation and the correct version in the next issue.

7. Policies on conflicts of interest and competing interests.

7.1. The author (authors) guarantees that the articles submitted to the editorial board have not previously been published and are not under consideration in other journals.

7.2. The author (authors) should disclose conflicts of interest that may affect the evaluation and interpretation of their manuscript, as well as indicate in the manuscript the sources of financial support for the project (grants, government programs, projects, etc.).

7.3. The conflict of interest, which is declared by any of the participants in the review and peer review process, should not in itself lead to a refusal to publish the article, because the most important aspect of evaluating a manuscript is its scientific quality.

8. Policies on data sharing and reproducibility.

8.1. The editorial office allows the use and processing of articles for non-commercial purposes with the obligatory indication of authorship.

8.2. The editorial office is open for data sharing, and places the archive of the journal in the public domain (e-library https://elibrary.ru/title_about_new.asp?id=8846; CyberLeninka https://cyberleninka.ru/journal/n/metalloobrabotka?i=1040917) and information about new issues, indicating the metadata (keywords, abstracts, ect.).