The editorial board of the scientific journals of NJSC “Toraighyrov University” “Science and Technology of Kazakhstan” in their professional activities adhere to the principles and norms of the Publication Ethics of Scientific Journals of NJSC “Toraighyrov University”. Publication ethics has been developed in accordance with the international publication ethics standard of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the ethical principles of the publication of Scopus (Elsevier) journals, the Code of Academic Integrity of NJSC “Toraighyrov University”.

Publication ethics defines the norms, principles and standards of ethical behavior of editors, reviewers and authors, measures to identify conflicts of interest, unethical behavior, instructions on retraction, correction and refutation of the article.

All participants in the publication process comply with the principles, norms and standards of publication ethics.

The quality of the scientific journals is ensured by the implementation of the principles by the participants in the publication process: equality of all authors, the principle of confidentiality, single publications, authorship of the manuscript, the principle of originality, the principle of confirmation of sources, the principle of objectivity and timeliness of review.

The rights and obligations of members of the editorial boards of the scientific journals of NJSC “Toraighyrov University” “Science and Technology of Kazakhstan” are defined by SO SMK 8.12.4-23 Management of scientific and publishing activities.

The rights and obligations of reviewers

Reviewers of the scientific journals “Science and Technology of Kazakhstan” are obliged to be guided by the principle of objectivity.

Personal criticism of the author(s) of the manuscript is unacceptable. The reviewer must justify his comments and justify his decision to accept the manuscript or reject it.

The nationality, religious affiliation, political or other views of the author(s) should not be taken into account in the process of reviewing the manuscript by the reviewer(s).

The peer review compiled by the reviewer should contribute to the decision of the editorial office to publish and help the author to improve the manuscript.

The decision to accept the manuscript for publication, return the work to the author for change or refinement, or the decision to reject publication is made by the editorial board based on the results of the review.

The principle of timeliness of review is in the fact that the reviewer is obliged to provide a review within the time period specified by the editorial office, but no later than 2-4 weeks from the date of receipt of the manuscript for review. If the consideration of the article and the preparation of the review within the appointed time are not possible, then the reviewer must immediately notify the editor-in-chief about this.

A reviewer who believes that his qualifications do not correspond or are insufficient to make a decision when reviewing a submitted manuscript should immediately inform the editor-in-chief about this and refuse to review the manuscript.

The principle of confidentiality on the part of the reviewer. The manuscript submitted to the reviewer for review should be treated as confidential material. The reviewer has the right to demonstrate it and / or discuss with others only after receiving written permission from the editor-in-chief of the journal and / or the author (s).

Information and ideas of scientific work obtained during the peer review and maintenance of the publication process should not be used by the reviewer(s) for personal gain.

The principle of confirmation of sources. The reviewer should indicate scientific works that would have influenced the research results of the manuscript under consideration, but were not cited by the author(s). Also, the reviewer is obliged to draw the attention of the editor-in-chief to a significant similarity or coincidence between the manuscript under consideration and a previously published work, of which he is aware.

If the reviewer has reasonable grounds to believe that the manuscript contains plagiarism, incorrect borrowing, false and fabricated materials or research results, then he should not allow the manuscript to be published and inform the editor-in-chief of the journal about the identified violations of the principles, standards and norms of publication and scientific ethics.

The rights and obligations of authors

Publication ethics is based on the following principles:

Single publications. The author(s) guarantee that the manuscript submitted to the editorial office has not been submitted for consideration to other editions. The submission of a manuscript in several journals / editions at the same time is unacceptable and is a gross violation of the principles, standards and norms of publication ethics.

Authorship of the manuscript. The author who has made the greatest intellectual contribution to the preparation of the manuscript (with two or more co-authors) is the corresponding author and is indicated first in the list of authors.

For each article, a corresponding author must be appointed, who is responsible for preparing the final version of the article, communication with the editorial board, must ensure that all participants in the study (if the number of authors is more than one), who have made sufficient contributions to it, are included in the list of authors, and also receive approval the final version of the manuscript from all authors for submission to the editorial office for publication. All authors listed in the manuscript / article are responsible for the content of the work.

The principle of originality. The author(s) guarantees that the results of the research presented in the manuscript are an original independent work, and do not contain incorrect borrowings and plagiarism that may be identified in the process.

Authors are responsible for publishing articles with signs of unethical behavior, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, self-citation, falsification, fabrication, misrepresentation, false authorship, duplication, conflict of interest and deceit.

The principle of confirmation of sources. The author(s) undertakes to correctly indicate the scientific and other sources that he / they used in the course of the study. In the case of using any parts of other people’s works and / or borrowing the statements of another author(s), bibliographic references should be given in the manuscript indicating the author(s) of the original source. Information obtained from dubious sources should not be used in the preparation of the manuscript.

If the reviewers, editor-in-chief, member(s) of the editorial board of the journal have doubts about the authenticity and reliability of the research results, the author(s) should provide additional materials to confirm the results or facts given in the manuscript.

Correction of errors in the publishing process. In case of detection of errors and inaccuracies in the work at any stage of the publication process, the authors undertake to urgently inform the editor-in-chief about this and provide assistance in eliminating or correcting the error for publication on the journal website of the corresponding correction (Erratum or Corrigendum) with comments. In case of gross errors that cannot be corrected, the author(s) must retract the manuscript / article.

The principle of observance of publication ethics. Authors are required to comply with ethical standards related to criticism or comments regarding research, as well as in relation to interaction with the editorial office regarding peer review and publication. Failure to comply with ethical principles by the authors is regarded as a gross violation of the ethics of publications and gives grounds for removing the manuscript from peer review and / or publication.

Conflict of interests

A conflict of interests, as defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), is conflict situations in which authors, reviewers or members of the editorial board have implicit interests that can affect their judgments regarding the published material. A conflict of interests arises when there are financial, personal or professional conditions that may affect the scientific judgment of the reviewer and members of the editorial board, and, as a result, the decision of the editorial board regarding the publication of the manuscript.

The editor-in-chief, a member of the editorial board and reviewers should notify of a potential conflict of interests that may somehow affect the decision of the editorial board. Members of the editorial board should refuse to consider the manuscript if they are in any competitive relationship related to the research results of the author(s) of the manuscript, or if there is another conflict of interests.

When submitting a manuscript for consideration to the journal, the author(s) declares that the content of the manuscript indicate all sources of research funding; also indicate what commercial, financial, personal or professional factors exist that could create a conflict of interests in relation to the submitted manuscript. The author(s), in a letter with a conflict of interests, may indicate scientists who, in their opinion, will not be able to objectively evaluate their manuscript.

The reviewer should not consider manuscripts that may give rise to a conflict of interests arising from competition, collaboration or other relationship with any of the authors related to the manuscript.

In the event of a conflict of interests with the content of the manuscript, the executive secretary must notify the editor-in-chief, after which the manuscript is transferred to another reviewer.

The existence of a conflict of interests between the participants in the consideration and peer review process does not mean that the manuscript will be rejected.

All people concerned should, to the extent possible, avoid conflicts of interests in any variation at all stages of publication. In the event of any conflict of interests, the one who discovered this conflict must immediately notify the editorial office. The same applies to any other violations of the principles, standards and norms of publication and scientific ethics.

Unethical behavior

Unethical behavior is considered to be the actions of authors, editors or a publisher, in the case of independent provision of reviews of their own articles, in the case of contractual and false review, in the conditions of contacting agency services for the publication of scientific research results, false authorship, falsification and fabrication of research results, publication of unreliable pseudo- scientific texts, transfer of manuscripts of articles to other editions without the permission of the authors, transfer of materials of authors to third parties, conditions when copyrights and confidentiality principles of editorial processes are violated, in case of manipulation with citation, plagiarism.

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