Adherence to the Principles and Recommendations of COPE, WAME, DORA

      The Editorial Board of the journal Scientific Progress & Innovations is guided by the highest standards of publishing ethics and academic integrity in its activities, adhering to the principles and recommendations of leading international organizations and declarations.

      - COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
      The journal supports the principles of COPE and follows its recommendations regarding:
      - Publication ethics for editors, authors, and reviewers;
      - Procedures for handling cases of ethical misconduct;
      - Retraction and correction policies;
      - Prevention of plagiarism and academic misconduct.
      Core COPE documents followed by the journal: Core Practices; Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers; Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing; Flowcharts for handling misconduct.

      - FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability) data principles:
      - Findable;
      - Accessible;
      - Interoperable;
      - Reusable.

      - WAME (World Association of Medical Editors). The journal applies relevant WAME recommendations regarding:
      - authorship ethics;
      - conflicts of interest;
      - transparency of research funding;
      - support for Early-Career Researchers – Facilitating publications for researchers at the start of their careers.

      - DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment). The journal supports DORA principles for the assessment of scientific research:
      - does not use the journal impact factor as the sole criterion for evaluating article quality;
      - evaluates articles based on their scientific merit rather than the prestige of the publication venue;
      - does not promote practices that improperly manipulate citation metrics;
      - encourages authors to disclose a broad range of scholarly contributions.

      - TOP (Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines). The standards cover key aspects of research planning and the disclosure of results:
      - Citation Standards (citing data, code, and other materials in the reference list);
      - Data Transparency (disclosure and sharing of datasets used in the research);
      - Analytic Methods (Code) Transparency (providing access to software code, scripts, and algorithms);
      - Research Materials Transparency (sharing protocols, surveys, and research instruments);
      - Design and Analysis Transparency (adherence to reporting standards regarding research structure);
      - Preregistration of Studies (specifying hypotheses and study design in a public registry before data collection);
      - Preregistration of Analysis Plans (detailed description of data processing methods before analysis);
      - Replication (encouraging publications that aim to reproduce the results of previous studies).

      - OTHER CONTEMPORARY PRINCIPLES AND INITIATIVES

      - Open Access – Promoting the free accessibility of scientific results;

      - Plan S – Supporting publication in open journals and repositories;

      - Ethical Use of AI – Ensuring transparency and accountability when applying artificial intelligence in research.