Ethical Principles
Ethical Principles Applicable to the Journal Belarusian Language as a Foreign Language
In terms of good practices and principles of publication ethics, the Editorial Board follows the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct).
In order to facilitate the cooperation of authors and reviewers with the editorial board of the Belarusian Language as a Foreign Language journal, we are publishing the main ethical principles that direct our activities.
Authorship policy
An author may submit only original texts for publication. The research and/or information of other researchers used in the publication should be marked to indicate that it is a citation. All articles sent to Belarusian Language as a Foreign Language are checked through the iThenticate anti-plagiarism system. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or falsification of data are unacceptable.
Authors submitting multi-authored texts for publication are obliged to disclose the contribution of individual authors to its creation (including the authors' affiliations and information on who is the author of the concepts, assumptions, methods, protocol, etc. applied in the creation of the text).
Ghostwriting and guest authorship are considered scientific misconduct and any detected cases will be uncovered, including the notification of relevant entities, such as institutions employing the author, scientific societies, associations of scientific editors, etc. Buying or selling the authorship of scientific works, regardless of whether they have been accepted for publication, is unacceptable.
The procedure in case of suspicion of plagiarism, autoplagiarism, data falsification, ghostwriting and guest authorship is as follows: http://www.ebib.pl/pliki/25/full_set_of_polish_flowcharts.pdf
Principle of equal treatment
Race, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, religion, origin, citizenship, age, marital or parental status, disability, and political beliefs of the authors do not affect the assessment of the texts in any way. Texts are evaluated only in terms of their content.
Principle of compliance with legal and ethical requirements in relation to authors participating in research
Prevention of conflicts of interest
Unpublished texts, confidential information and ideas must be kept secret and may not be used by the editorial staff of the journal or any other person participating in the publishing process without the written consent of the authors. Authors, reviewers, and editors are obliged to disclose conflicts of interest.