Code of Ethics
This document represents guidelines of ethical behavior for persons engaged in publishing activities, in particular for editors, authors and reviewers of manuscripts. These principles have been developed by the editors of the journal and are regularly reviewed and, if necessary, revised.
The Ethical Guidelines have been published with the understanding that maintaining high ethical standards is so important to the entire institution that the definition of these standards should be of concern to each interested person.
Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Publishing Activities
Introduction
Scientific articles of different fields are published in the Collection of Scientific Works of the Georgian Technical University. The readers of the journal are periodically informed about the results of scientific and engineering researches. Journal editors developed strict guidelines to select and accept papers for publication in the journal.
Each member of publishing industry should be aware of a Code of Conduct that sets out the desired rules of conduct and responsibilities to each other and to society. This code was created primarily for the benefit of the public, to protect the interests of the publishing industry and to prevent such actions that can only serve the narrow self-interest of certain individuals. One of the factors contributing to the development of science is the exchange of knowledge between people, even if the exchange may lead to personal losses.
Considering the above, the editors of the journal present a number of guidelines of ethical behavior for persons engaged in publishing activities, in particular, for editors, authors and reviewers of manuscripts. The reason for developing ethical guidelines is not really the alarming state of norms of ethical behavior. The present ethical norms were developed with the idea that the observance of high ethical standards is so important for the entire scientific institution that the definition of these standards should be taken into account by all interested parties.
In our opinion, most of the existing ethical guidelines are well understood by experienced researchers, but they are also useful for novice researchers. However, it should be noted that the present ethical instructions can be helpful even for scientists with long experience, who are given the opportunity to get acquainted with such important issues in scientific practice.
Guidelines
Manuscript authors are required to adhere to the guidelines for ethical conduct below. In case of violation of ethical norms, fines may be applied to the editor/editors, which, in addition to other sanctions, include the cancellation of publishing privileges.