The Editors of the scholarly journal “Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication” inform that it complies with the provisions of the Polish Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws 2022, item 2509), the principles of good morals applicable to scientific practice, and the ethical standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The Editors of “Images” confirm their adherence to the principles in a declaration available at the bottom of the section. In addition, the Editors warn against practices such as ghostwriting and guest authorship which pose a real threat to scholarly integrity – the ethical foundation of modern science. Any instances of such practices will be exposed and made public.

Principles applicable to the Editorial Board:

1. Controlling ethical standards – the Editorial board is constantly vigilant about compliance with applicable ethical standards and principles. It also prevents any practice that harms the good name of the journal, the reviewer and the author of the text.
2. Fair play – the Editors emphasize that they firmly oppose to any kind of discrimination, and no extraneous issues have any influence on the evaluation of texts.
3. The Editorial Board is committed to respecting the personal rights of the authors and cares about their reputation.
4. “Images” is a scholar journal that ensures a reliable and professional editorial process – not only through its own supervision, but also through the appointment of separate, competent editors for each volume. In the context of authors’ personal data, it takes care of security during its processing.
5. Under no circumstances does it allow for conflicts of interest to arise. It also prevents the unwanted flow of information concerning texts in print. The only people with access to the data needed in the review and publication process are the author of the text herself or himself, affiliated reviewers and Editors.
6. If there is clear evidence of plagiarism or self-plagiarism, falsification of research data, author unreliability or any violation of publishing ethics, the Editorial Board will not accept the text for further stages of its review.
7. The Editors shall ensure timely publication of journal issues.

Rules applicable to the author:

1. The author is obliged to submit only his/her own original articles with references to the texts of other researchers clearly indicated by quotation. If he/she uses the results of conducted research in his/her work, he/she is obliged to provide access to them.
2. In case of texts by two or more authors the contribution of particular authors to the overall work should be precisely demonstrated. It is vital to provide information who is responsible for at least the concept of the article, conducting the research, methodology or writing specific parts of the work.
3. The author is obliged to list the most important publications that he/she used while writing the text in bibliography. It should additionally include DOI numbers of cited articles.
4. If the author discovers significant inaccuracies or factual errors in the text after it has already been sent, the editors of the volume in question should be notified immediately.

Rules applicable to the reviewer:

1. The reviewer affiliated by the Editor should submit his/her review within the established deadline. If a delay is unavoidable, the Editor should be informed.
2. All reviewed works and opinions on them are strictly confidential, so disclosure of information about them to third parties (excluding participants in the editorial process) is not allowed.
3. By definition, a scientific review should be completely objective and based solely on the substantive assessment of the researcher, who is a specialist in a given topic. The introduction of any personal criticism contradicts the idea of scientific work.
4. If there is a clear reason for this, the reviewer has the right to suggest to the author of the article to include in the bibliography texts which can potentially increase the value of the work and not cited by him/her.
5. The reviewer should mark in his/her opinion any disturbing signals indicating the possible similarity of the analyzed work to other texts on the same subject.
6. It is forbidden to use the reviewed text before its publication for one’s own scientific purposes and to derive other benefits from this fact.

Declaration of the Editorial Board (Ethical Standards).