The editorial board of the journal adheres to the following principles and recommendations of international organizations:

Ethical standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):
• transparency in the process of manuscript submission, peer review, and publication;
• impartiality and independence of editors and reviewers;
• academic integrity – prevention of plagiarism, fabrication, and duplicate publication;
• proper authorship – clear identification of each author’s contribution;
• handling complaints – transparent and well-defined procedures for appeals and ethical complaints;
• retractions and corrections – clear procedures for retractions, corrections, and notices of errors.

Principles for editors across disciplines of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME):
• editorial independence – editorial decisions are made without pressure from sponsors, institutions, or commercial interests;
• conflicts of interest – mandatory disclosure by authors, reviewers, and editors;
• peer review – ensuring objective, fair, and timely expert evaluation;
• funding transparency – disclosure of grants, sponsors, and sources of research funding;
• support for early-career researchers – encouraging publications by researchers at the beginning of their careers.

Principles of responsible research evaluation of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA):
• avoiding reliance solely on bibliometric indicators (impact factor, h-index) and instead assessing research based on its quality, originality, and scientific contribution;
• valuing diverse research outputs – software, datasets, algorithms, and technical solutions, not only journal articles;
• recognition of interdisciplinary research as equal to traditional publications;
• promotion of open science – publication of preprints and open access to data and code.

General principles across disciplines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE):
• authorship criteria – only those who have made a substantial contribution to the work qualify as authors;
• research ethics – compliance with standards for data handling, human participants, and experimental research;
• data transparency – encouraging authors to preserve and share research data.

Other modern principles (Open Science, Plan S, FAIR Data):
• Open Science – promoting open access to scientific results;
• FAIR Data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) – ensuring that data can be located, accessed, integrated, and reused;
• Plan S – supporting policies for publishing in open-access journals and repositories.

Ethical use of AI – ensuring transparency and accountability when artificial intelligence is applied in research.