Responsibilities of the authors

Authors should realize that they are personally responsible for the submitted text of the manuscript.

Publication standards

Authors of original research manuscripts should provide an accurate account of the work performed and reliable results of the research, as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The work should contain enough detailed information and references to allow other researchers to replicate it. Deliberately false, distorted or falsified statements are equated with unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and storage

Authors may be asked to submit raw data on their work for peer review and should be prepared to make this raw data publicly available, if possible. This data should be kept for a reasonable time after the publication of the article.

Originality and plagiarism

Authors must ensure that the research results presented in the manuscript are completely original work. In the case of using fragments of other people's works and/or borrowing statements from other authors, they must be appropriately referenced or indicated in the text of the article. Excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism, in any form, including unformatted quotes, paraphrasing or assignment of rights to the results of other people's research, are unethical and unacceptable actions. Articles that are a compilation of materials previously published by other authors, without their creative processing and their own author's understanding by the editorial board of the journal, are not accepted for publication.

Numerous, duplicate or simultaneous publications

As a rule, authors should not publish material describing the same research in more than one article. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unethical behavior and unacceptable.

The author should not submit for consideration an article already published in another journal. Sometimes it is permissible to publish articles in more than one journal in a different form (for example, a translation), but under the condition that the requirements are met: the authors and the editor of the published work must give their consent to the re-publication, which must be identical in the original document by presentation of data and their interpretation. In the case of repeated publication, a reference must be made to a previously published article and it must be indicated what is the essential difference between the new work and the previous one. A more detailed description of acceptable forms of re-publication can be found at www.icmje.org.

Recognition of sources

The authors should recognise the contribution of all persons who, in one way or another, influenced the course of the research or determined the nature of the presented scientific work. In particular, the article should include bibliographic references to publications relevant to the research. Information obtained in a private conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties should not be used without their explicit written permission. All sources must be disclosed. Information obtained in the course of confidential activities, such as reviewing manuscripts or grant applications, should not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the information involved in such confidential activities.

Authorship of the work

Authorship should be limited to those persons who have made a significant contribution to the conception, planning, or interpretation of the research results. The correct composition of the list of co-authors should be ensured. The list of co-authors should include all persons who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the conception, structure, and execution or interpretation of the results of the work presented. Other persons who participated in some aspects of the work should be acknowledged. The author must also ensure that all co-authors have read the final version of the article, approved it, and agree to its submission for publication. All authors listed in the article are publicly responsible for the content of the article. If the article is a multidisciplinary work, co-authors may be responsible for their personal contribution while maintaining collective responsibility for the overall result. Among the co-authors, it is unacceptable to list names of people who did not participate in the study.

Potential hazards and use of people or animals

If the work involves chemicals, hazardous procedures, or equipment that may lead to unacceptable risks, the author should clearly indicate this in the manuscript. If the work involves research with animals or humans, the author should include in the manuscript a statement that all procedures were performed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and were approved by the relevant committee of the institution/organization where the research was conducted. In their manuscript, authors should include a separate statement that permission has been obtained for experiments with human subjects

Disclosure of information and conflict of interest

Authors should disclose in their manuscripts all sources of funding for their work and any potential conflicts of interest that may affect the results of the study, their interpretation, and the judgment of the reviewers. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include: employment, consulting, stock ownership, payment of honoraria, payment for expert testimony, patent application or registration, and receipt of grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed as early as possible.

Fundamental errors in published works

If significant errors or inaccuracies are found in the article at the stage of its review or after its publication, the editorial board should be immediately notified, and a decision should be made to recognise the error and/or correct it as soon as possible. If the editorial board learns from a third party that the published work contains significant errors, the author is obliged to correct them immediately or provide the editorial board with evidence of the correctness of the information provided by him/her.

Detecting plagiarism

The journal “Actual Problems of Transport Medicine” is committed to assisting the scientific community in all aspects of implementing the policy of publishing ethics, especially in case of suspicion of duplication of an article or plagiarism.

Using artificial intelligence

Authors must not list artificial intelligence (AI) as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as an author. The use of generative AI tools (e.g., for data analysis, model development, statistical processing, literature review creation, data management planning, translations, etc.) must be disclosed in the "Research Methods" section, with a detailed description of the AI methods, algorithms, and datasets used. Results obtained through AI tools must be verified using scientifically sound methods. Authors must ensure that AI tools do not replace critical analysis, human expertise, or ethical scientific practices. Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy of the work, avoiding plagiarism, and protecting against bias introduced by AI.

Example: In the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used Claude 3.5 Sonnet for translation and text editing. Following the use of this tool/service, the authors reviewed and edited the content as necessary and take full responsibility for the final version of the publication.

The editorial board reserves the right to reject a manuscript if the use of AI tools or technologies during the research or manuscript preparation has not been disclosed. Failure to declare the use of AI constitutes a violation of transparency and ethical standards.