Abnus Publisher upholds the highest standards of publication ethics across all four journals — grounded in COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Our editorial policies uphold integrity, fairness, and transparency at every stage of the publication process.
Editors are responsible for deciding which submitted articles should be published. Decisions are guided by the editorial board's discretion and bounded by legal requirements, including those concerning defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. Editors may consult with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
The journal maintains a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, editorial staff, editorial board, or publisher. All complaint cases are processed according to COPE guidelines — covering editorial processes, citation manipulation, unfair peer review, and more.
The journal permits the publication of debate posts either on its website, by letter to the editor, or on a moderated external site, ensuring ongoing scholarly conversation and correction of the scientific record after publication.
Editors evaluate manuscripts at all times solely for their intellectual content — without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy of the authors.
Editors and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the respective authors, reviewers, prospective reviewers, other editorial advisors, and publishers, as appropriate.
Unpublished material disclosed in submitted manuscripts may not be used in an editor's own research without the explicit written consent of the author. All financial and substantive conflicts of interest must be disclosed by all parties involved.
Research infringement means falsification, fabrication, manipulation of citations, or plagiarism in producing, conducting, or reviewing research and in writing articles. When authors are found to be involved in research violations or other serious irregularities involving published articles, the Editor has a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.
In cases of suspected violations, the Editors and Editorial Board will use COPE best practices to resolve complaints fairly. Submissions found to contain such errors will be rejected; published papers may be subject to retraction, which will be linked to the original article.
Institutions are expected to conduct proper investigations into suspected scientific misconduct. Appropriate actions — corrections, retractions with replacements, or full retractions — ensure the integrity of the scientific record is preserved.
Abnus Publisher is committed to a more open research landscape — facilitating faster and more effective research discovery by enabling reproducibility and verification of data, methodologies, and reporting standards.
We encourage authors to share their research data upon publication. Sharing research outputs increases transparency, enables replication of findings, and maximizes the impact of published work. Authors are encouraged to deposit data in recognized repositories and provide a data availability statement in their manuscript.
Ethical publication depends on every stakeholder fulfilling their responsibilities with integrity and transparency.
Additional requirements for research involving special ethical considerations.