1. Purpose and objectives of the scientific journal
2. Reviewing Complaints Concerning Violations of Academic Integrity and Publication Ethics
3. A policy on the use of AI and AI-enabled technologies that clearly defines acceptable and unacceptable areas of AI application in the publication preparation process and requirements for disclosure of AI use by authors
4. Procedure for the Retraction of Published Articles
5. Information on Article Processing Charges
6. Peer Review Procedure: Review Type, Reviewer Selection Criteria, Timelines, Documentation, and Decision-Making
7. Publication ethics and editorial policy of the publication that meets the recommendations of COPE or other recognized international organizations in the field of publication ethics
8. Adherence to the principles and recommendations of COPE, WAME, DORA, etc.
9. Archiving and long-term open access policy, including information on repositories, technical resources, and measures ensuring accessibility
10. Databases and indexes, including the journal, with a mandatory link to the journal’s profile in each of the listed databases
11. Exemption from any fees (charges) for processing, peer review, and/or publication of articles submitted by full-time doctoral students (third level of higher education) that are independently authored (without co-authors)
12. Depositing Policy for Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM)
13. Policy on Open Data and the Number of FAIR Data Sets Uploaded to Institutional, National, and/or International Research Data Repositories, Indicating the DOI of Such Data in the Article Metadata 
14. Policy on Obtaining a Mandatory Approval for Research Involving Humans, Animals or Their Biological Materials, Personal or Confidential Data, Substantive to the Relevant National Legislation of Ukraine

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