PUBLICATION ETHICS 

 Members of the editorial board, reviewers and authors of the scientific and pedagogical journal "Bilim" in their professional activities adhere to the principles and norms of "Publication Ethics of the scientific and pedagogical journal "Bilim". This document is developed in accordance with the international ethical norms of publication of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Ethical Code of Education Researchers of Kazakhstan.

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

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

The quality of the scientific journal is ensured by the fulfillment of the principles of the participants of the publication process: equality of all authors, confidentiality, single publication, authorship of the manuscript, originality, verifiability of sources, objectivity and timeliness of reviewing.

Responsibilities of the editor-in-chief, editorial board, and executive secretary.

The editor-in-chief:

- carries out the selection of materials for publication in the journal;

- Signs each issue of the journal for printing;

- plans the content of the issues in accordance with the policy of the publication;

- draws up the content of the issues;

- reviews manuscripts received from authors, prepares conclusions on the possibility of publishing manuscripts as submitted or after revision, taking into account proposed corrections, additions, abbreviations;

- provides support of the layout process and final check;

- Controls compliance with the deadlines for submitting materials and publication;

- controls the interaction with the printing house;

- performs representative functions: participates in presentations and events related to the activities of the publication.

A member of the editorial board:

- carries out the selection of materials for publication in the journal, determines the correspondence of the subject of the article to the profile of the journal, carries out the initial evaluation of the article;

- participates in the decision on the expediency of publication of the article.

The responsible secretary:

- carries out the collection of materials for publication in the magazine;

- is responsible for the fulfillment of the schedule of submitting the material for typesetting, controls the passage of the issue, makes adjustments as necessary, communicates with the printing house;

- planning the content of the issues in accordance with the policy of the publication;

- drafts the content of the issues;

- checks articles for anti-plagiarism;

- provides support for the layout process and final check;

- controls compliance with the deadlines for submission of materials and publication of the issue;

- draws up a protocol for each issue of the journal.

Rights and duties of reviewers

Reviewers of the scientific and pedagogical journal "Bilim" are obliged to be guided by the principle of objectivity.

Personal criticism of the author(s) of the manuscript is inadmissible. The reviewer should argue his/her remarks and justify his/her decision to accept the manuscript or reject it.

Nationality, religious affiliation, political or other views of the author(s), if they do not contradict the national strategy of teacher education development, should not be taken into consideration and taken into account in the process of reviewing the manuscript by the reviewer(s).

The peer review by the reviewer should contribute to the editorial decision on publication and help the author to improve the manuscript.

The decision to accept the manuscript for publication, to return the work to the author for revision or revision, or to reject it from publication is made by the editorial board taking into account the results of reviewing.

The principle of timeliness of reviewing. The reviewer is obliged to provide the review within the period determined by the Editorial Board, but not later than 2-3 weeks from the moment of receipt of the manuscript for review. If it is impossible to review the article and prepare the review within the scheduled time frame, the reviewer should immediately notify the Editor-in-Chief.

A reviewer who considers that his/her qualification is not appropriate or insufficient to make a decision when reviewing a submitted manuscript should immediately inform the Editor-in-Chief and refuse to review the manuscript.

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 display it and/or discuss it with others only after receiving written permission from the Editor-in-Chief of the journal and/or the author(s).

The information and ideas of the scientific work obtained during the reviewing and ensuring the publication process should not be used by the reviewer(s) for personal gain.

Principle of acknowledgement of sources. The reviewer should point out scientific papers that would have influenced the research results of the manuscript under review but were not cited by the author(s). The reviewer should also draw the attention of the Editor-in-Chief to significant similarities or overlap between the manuscript under review and previously published work of which he or she is aware.

If the reviewer has sufficient grounds to believe that the manuscript contains plagiarism, incorrect borrowings, false and fabricated materials or research results, he/she should not allow the manuscript for publication and inform the scientific editor of the journal about the revealed violations of principles, standards and norms of publication and scientific ethics.

Rights and obligations of authors

Publication ethics is based on the observance of principles:

Single publication. The author(s) guarantee that the manuscript submitted to the editorial office has not been submitted for consideration to other publications. Submission of a manuscript to 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 person who 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.

Each article must have a corresponding author who is responsible for the preparation of the final version of the article, communication with the editorial board, who ensures that all participants of the study (with more than one author) who have made sufficient contribution to the article are included in the list of authors, and who obtains approval of the final version of the manuscript from all authors for submission to the editorial board for publication. All authors named in the manuscript/article are responsible for the content of the paper.

Principle of originality. The author(s) guarantees that the research results stated in the manuscript represent original independent work and do not contain incorrect borrowings and plagiarism, which can be revealed in the process.

Authors are responsible for publishing articles with signs of unethical behavior, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, self-citation in the form of retelling published facts, falsification, fabrication, misrepresentation, false authorship, duplication, conflict of interest, and deception. Self-citation should be justified in order to avoid previously published scientific provisions and is only a reference to previously published works, indicating the object in question.

Principle of acknowledgement of sources. The author(s) undertake to correctly cite the scientific and other sources that he/she has used in the course of the research. In case of using any parts of other people's works and/or borrowing statements of another author(s), the manuscript should contain bibliographic references with the author(s) of the original source. Information obtained from questionable sources should not be used in the manuscript.

In case the reviewers, scientific editor, 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 doubtfulness of the results or facts presented in the manuscript.

Correction of errors in the process of publication. In case of errors and inaccuracies in the paper at any stage of the publication process, the authors undertake to promptly inform the Editor-in-Chief and provide assistance in eliminating or correcting the error to publish the corresponding correction (Erratum or Corrigendum) with comments on the journal's website. In case of gross errors that cannot be corrected, the author(s) should withdraw the manuscript/article.

The principle of observance of publication ethics. Authors are obliged to observe ethical standards related to criticism or comments on research, as well as to interaction with the editorial board regarding review and publication. Failure to comply with ethical principles by authors is considered as a gross violation of publication ethics and provides grounds for withdrawal of the manuscript from review and/or publication.

Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest, as defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (CPE), is a conflict situation in which authors, reviewers, or editorial board members have an implicit interest that could influence their judgment regarding the published material. A conflict of interest arises when there are financial, personal, or professional conditions that may influence the scientific judgment of the reviewer and editorial board members and, as a result, the editorial board's decision regarding the publication of the manuscript.

The Editor-in-Chief, editorial board member, and reviewers should notify the Editor-in-Chief of any potential conflict of interest that may somehow influence the editorial board's decision. Editorial board members should recuse themselves from reviewing a manuscript if they have any competitive relationships related to the research results of the author(s) of the manuscript or if there is any other conflict of interest.

When submitting a manuscript for consideration to the journal, the author(s) declare that the content of the manuscript identifies all sources of funding for the research; also indicate any commercial, financial, personal, or professional factors that would create a conflict of interest with respect to the submitted manuscript. The author(s) may identify in the cover letter, if a conflict of interest exists, scientists who they feel would not be able to objectively evaluate their manuscript.

The reviewer should not review manuscripts that may give rise to a conflict of interest stemming from competition, collaboration, or other relationship with any of the authors involved with the manuscript.

If there is a conflict of interest with the content of the manuscript, the executive secretary should notify the editor-in-chief, after which the manuscript is transferred to another reviewer.

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

All interested parties should, as far as possible, avoid conflicts of interest of any kind at all stages of publication. In the event of any conflict of interest, the person who detects the conflict should immediately inform the Editorial Office. The same applies to any other violation 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 publisher, in the case of self-review of their own articles, in the case of contractual and false reviewing, in the conditions of using agency services to publish the results of scientific research, false authorship, falsification and fabrication of research results, publication of unreliable pseudo-scientific texts, transfer of manuscripts of articles to other publications without the permission of the authors, transfer of authors' materials to third parties, in the conditions when the authors' rights are violated, and in the conditions when the authors' rights are violated.

Instructions

Retraction, correction, apology and retraction of articles is done in accordance with publication ethics.