Academic Integrity Violations Policy

The editorial board of the "Intermedical Journal" adheres to the principles of academic integrity, scientific ethics and responsible publishing. The policy defines the procedure for preventing, detecting and responding to violations of ethical norms in the process of reviewing and publishing articles.

The policy applies to authors, reviewers and editors of the journal.

Violations include:

• plagiarism and self-plagiarism;

• fabrication or falsification of research results;

• duplicate submission of manuscripts;

• unauthorized authorship;

• citation manipulation;

• concealment of a conflict of interest;

• using materials without proper references or permissions.

To prevent violations, the journal's editorial board checks manuscripts for text borrowings; conducts scientific peer review; and adheres to international standards of publication ethics.

In case of suspected violation, the editorial office checks the materials, requests explanations from the authors and makes an editorial decision according to the nature of the violation. The persons concerned by the complaint have the right to provide a written explanation. All parties have an equal right to be heard.

The consideration is confidential.

Depending on the situation, the editorial team may:

• reject the manuscript;

• to demand correction;

• retract a published article;

• publish a fix;

• restrict further submissions by the author.

Information about possible violations of academic integrity can be sent to the journal's editorial office by e-mail, indicating the essence of the appeal and supporting materials (if available).