The University of Gdańsk Publishing House applies the highest publishing standards and is guided by principles of publishing ethics aimed at counteracting dishonest publishing practices. In our mission, we implement the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics COPE (www.publicationethics.org). The adopted principles of publishing ethics apply to all publications, including monographs, collective works, publishing series and scientific journals published by the University of Gdańsk Publishing House.
University of Gdańsk Publishing House is obliged to comply with applicable principles of publishing ethics and publishing standards and to prevent practices contrary to current legal provisions concerning copyright, personal data protection, defamation, plagiarism, guest authorship and ghostwriting practices.
Submitted works are evaluated solely on substantive grounds. Race, gender, religion, nationality, and political beliefs of authors do not in any way affect the evaluation of texts.
The publisher decides which works will be published, based on reviewer opinions regarding the value, originality and scientific clarity of the work.
University of Gdańsk Publishing House does not disclose any information about submitted works to unauthorized persons. Persons authorized to possess this information are: the publisher, editors, author, designated reviewers, members of the Editorial Board and other authorized persons participating in the publishing process.
Unpublished texts may not be used by any person participating in the publishing process without the written consent of the authors.
University of Gdańsk Publishing House has the right to withdraw a work both during the publication procedure and after publication, if:
The author is obliged to conduct, present and objectively interpret their scientific research in a reliable manner. The work should contain information enabling the identification of data sources, verification of the presented research problem and repetition of studies. Unreliable or unethical presentation/interpretation of data and research results is unacceptable.
The author certifies that the submitted publication is entirely their original creative work, that they possess exclusive and unlimited copyright and personal rights to the publication and that it does not violate any personal or property rights of third parties. The author’s statement on originality is an integral part of the publishing agreement.
Submitting a work for publication to University of Gdańsk Publishing House is synonymous with declaring that the submitted text has not been published elsewhere before, is not a fragment of another publication and is not submitted to another publisher.
The author provides University of Gdańsk Publishing House with information about the sources of financing the submitted work, the contribution of research institutions, associations and other entities (financial disclosure).
When submitting co-authored works for publication, the contribution of individual authors to their creation must be disclosed.
Omitting in the publication persons who contributed to the creation of texts (ghostwriting) is unacceptable.
Indicating the participation of an author whose contribution is negligible or did not occur (guest authorship) is unacceptable.
All authors must approve the final version of the work and give consent for its publication.
All publications, research results or data developed by other authors used in the creation of the work must be accompanied by a footnote and listed in the bibliography.
The author should promptly notify University of Gdańsk Publishing House of any errors/inaccuracies discovered in their publication. University of Gdańsk Publishing House will correct any errors in the next edition/reprint or publish an erratum, annex or correction.
A reviewer should not undertake to evaluate a work in the event that a conflict of interest with the author(s) of the work or institutions involved in its creation may occur. Any potential conflict of interest should be reported to the publisher or (in the case of journals) the appropriate editorial office.
The reviewer is obliged to prepare a review within the agreed deadline. The reviewer should promptly inform the publisher or the appropriate journal editorial office of any delay or failure to complete the review.
The reviewer is obliged to maintain confidentiality with respect to the evaluation process, the content of the reviewed work and the evaluation. Disclosure of the reviewed work and its evaluation to unauthorized persons is unacceptable. Research results contained in a work submitted for publication may not be used by the reviewer in their own research until the article is published.
The review should be objective, reliable, impartial and properly justified. The reviewer’s evaluation covers: the substantive content of the work, the originality and validity of the research undertaken and theses presented, methodology, correctness of conclusions formulated, language, style and manner of preparation of footnotes and bibliography. Non-substantive criticism of the author is unacceptable.
The reviewer should disclose all instances that indicate suspicion of using other authors’ publications in the reviewed work. Fragments of the work text that raise doubts should be clearly indicated. The reviewer should also indicate important publications related to the subject matter of the work not used by the author.
To prevent plagiarism, the University of Gdańsk Publishing House uses the Crossref Similarity Check anti-plagiarism system.
