Ethical standards

The Editorial Office and the Editorial Board of the journal Combustion and Plasma Chemistry adhere in their publishing activities to the principles of publication ethics accepted by the international scientific community. These principles are set out in the Code of Conduct developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The Editorial Office carries out the withdrawal (retraction) of published articles in cases of identified violations of publication and/or research ethics, guided by COPE recommendations. An article is subject to retraction in the following cases:

• reliable evidence is identified indicating that the presented data are unreliable or were obtained as a result of misconduct, such as data falsification or fabrication;
• plagiarism is detected, including the unauthorized use of figures, graphs, tables, or other materials without appropriate citation;
• the article contains significant errors (in calculations, experiments, etc.) that may affect the validity of the conclusions and the results of subsequent scientific research;
• substantiated claims are received from third parties related to the violation of copyright to the article or its individual parts;
• the article contains information that contradicts the principles, standards, and norms of publication and/or research ethics.

The Editorial Office systematically works to improve the quality of published materials and the journal’s ranking. All manuscripts undergo originality checks using iThenticate (Crossref: Similarity Check) and the ANTIPLAGIAT system. If signs of research ethics violations are identified, the Editorial Office promptly contacts the author(s) to obtain explanations. If the identified violations cannot be remedied, the article is subject to retraction.

Principles to be followed by the author of scientific publications

The author (or group of authors) bears primary responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the presented research results, which implies compliance with the following principles:

• presentation of reliable results of the conducted research; knowingly erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable;
• guarantee of the originality of the work; all borrowed fragments or statements must be accompanied by references to the relevant sources;
• excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form (including unattributed quotations, paraphrasing without citation, or appropriation of others’ results), is considered a violation of publication ethics;
• acknowledgment of the contributions of other researchers who influenced the course of the work; the article must include references to studies that were significant for the conducted research;
• simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to different journals, as well as duplicate publication of previously published materials, is unacceptable;
• all persons who have made a significant contribution to the research must be listed as co-authors of the article. Individuals who did not participate in the research must not be included in the list of authors.