Publications ethics

Relationships between authors, editors and reviewers in our journal are based on academic benevolence, objectivity of ratings and priority of scientific quality. We are following the principles of Code of Conduct for Editors as defined by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE), in particular.

Publication decisions
The editor is responsible for choosing which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor should be guided by the policies of the editorial board of the journal and be limited to such legal requirements as the prevention of slander, copyright protection and the prevention of plagiarism. The editor may invite other editors or reviewers to decide on the possibility of publishing the manuscript.

Honest game
The editor always evaluates manuscripts by their intellectual content, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious faith, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political views of the authors.

Confidentiality
The editor and the editorial staff should not disclose any information about the submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other members of the editorial board and publisher.

Disclosure and conflict of interest
Unpublished materials, disclosed in the submitted manuscript, can not be used in the own study of the editor without the written consent of the author.

 

Adherence to the principles of academic integrity

According to Article 42 of the Law of Ukraine "On Education", academic integrity is a set of ethical principles and rules established by law, which should guide participants in the educational process during training, teaching and conducting scientific (creative) activities to ensure confidence in learning outcomes and / or scientific (creative) achievements.

Observance of academic integrity by pedagogical, scientific-pedagogical and scientific workers provides:

  • links to sources of information in the case of the use of ideas, developments, statements, information;
  • compliance with copyright and related rights legislation;
  • providing reliable information about research methods and results, sources of information used and own pedagogical (scientific-pedagogical, creative) activities;
  • control over the observance of academic integrity by students;
  • objective assessment of learning outcomes.

Violation of academic integrity in accordance with Part 4 of Art. 42 of the Law of Ukraine "On Education" is:

academic plagiarism - publication (partially or completely) of scientific (creative) results obtained by others as the results of their own research (creativity) and / or reproduction of published texts (published works of art) of other authors without indication of authorship;

self-plagiarism - publication (partially or completely) of one's own previously published scientific results as new scientific results.

The journal «Law and Innovations» are committed to publishing only original material, i.e., material that has neither been published elsewhere, nor is under review elsewhere. Manuscripts in which plagiarism or textual borrowings are found without reference to the original source are rejected by the editorial board for publication in the journal.

For submissions made from 31 July 2026, these relations shall be governed by the Law of Ukraine “On Academic Integrity.”