Identification and prevention of research misconduct

By submitting the article for publication in „Studia Rossica Posnaniensia” the author(s) declare(s) that the text has not been published before and is not being considered for publication by any other publishers. To ensure the originality and high quality of the published papers, the Editorial Board, in cooperation with reviewers and the Publisher, carries out a thorough and multi-stage evaluation procedure based on double-blind peer review and available anti-plagiarism tools and reports, including similarity check software (iThenticate).

To maintain the highest ethical standards the following procedure is in force:

1. If plagiarism, ghost-writing, guest authorship or other types of misconduct are discovered, the paper is instantly rejected.
2. The members of the Editorial Board, within their competences, support the authors and reviewers in exposing (potential) conflicts of interest, they are also obliged to take appropriate actions in case the ethical principles are violated.
3. If bad publishing practices are discovered in the submitted text its author is notified of the situation with a request to provide explanation and withdraw the paper. Each case is treated very seriously and carefully examined. The author is always given the right to submit clarifications or revisions and publish apologies if necessary.
4. In case of research misconduct the issue is also exposed to the institution(s) the author is affiliated with as well as to publishing houses and appropriate scientific societies.
5. The publisher may withdraw the published work if it becomes apparent that the work violates accepted principles of published ethics or the presented results of research are unreliable.
6. The author shall make every effort to ensure that the work submitted for publication does not contain any errors or inaccuracies. If the author notices serious mistakes or inconsistencies in the work submitted, he or she should immediately notify the editorial board and make any necessary corrections. If the work has already been published, the author is required to prepare his/her revision for the upcoming volume.

The editors of “Studia Rossica Posnaniensia” will immediately retract a publication if:

• We have clear evidence that the information presented in the article is unreliable, data were obtained as a result of a major error, fabrication or falsification
• The text constitutes a case of plagiarism, the evidence of plagiarism is provided by the reviewer(s), reader(s) or indicated in the anti-plagiarism report
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or without obtaining appropriate permission from authors/publishers, etc.
• It contains confidential material or data
• Copyright has been infringed or some other legal issues arise
• The author(s) did not disclose mandatory information concerning conflict of interest, which had an impact on the result of the review process
• The notice identifying the reason of a retraction is always linked to the retracted article (title, author)
• Retractions are published promptly to minimise harmful effects

• “Studia Rossica Posnaniensia” uses neutral language, at all times we avoid emotional discussions or inflammatory language.

In all other cases concerning research misconduct or ethical questions (post-publication critiques, allegations of review manipulation, etc.) we always adhere to COPE Core Practices and Principles of Transparency in Scholarly Publishing described at https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

The editors always contact the parties concerned in order to thoroughly investigate the issue, gather additional information and conclusive evidence before the critique/allegations are rejected or confirmed.  In case of a dispute we are ready to publish amendments, editorial notes or further comments on the journal website and/or in print.

The guidelines have been prepared following the recommendations of COPE and Elsevier Publishing Company.