When publishing articles in the magazine Monumentorum custos, all participants are required to comply with the following rules and obligations, which are governed by the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Ethical oversight
The publishers and editors shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of articles which have been the subject of research misrepresentation. The publishers and editors accept responsibility for providing best practices for detecting abuse, including illegal practices and plagiarism. If the publisher or editors of the magazine find any allegation of misuse of the research, the publishers or editors will deal with the allegation in an appropriate manner and the misuse cases will be rectified by correction.
Complaints and appeals
Monumentorum Custos follows Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on appeals to magazine editor decisions and complaints about the editorial management of the peer review process. For every appeal, however, a strong evidence or new data/information must be provided. If an author wishes to comment on aspects of the magazine‘s editorial management, they can contact us.
Post-publication discussions and corrections
After an article has been published, it may be necessary to make corrections, explanations, appeals, and/or apologies. These should be made after careful consideration by the editor based on provided strong evidence or new data/information. This is also supported by the Publisher to ensure any necessary changes are done in accordance with guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Authorship
Authors are only those who meet the criteria of authorship. Criteria for granting authorship:
- step 1 - significant contribution to article conception, data acquisition, data analysis and interpretation;
- step 2 - participation in the elaboration of the article or its critical revision (intellectual contribution);
- step 3 - the author participates in both steps;
All authors must meet the relevant criteria and none of those who qualify should be excluded from authorship.
No claim for authorship:
- raising funds;
- data collection;
- general supervision of the research group;
- "Guest author" listed for his seniority, reputation or influence;
- "Gift author" listed for personal benefit or for a fee.
Identification of authors
At the end of the paper, the names of all the authors will be listed, including academic degrees, employers, contact addresses, including electronic ones. For each individual image attachment, the authors provide the name of the author and the source of the image.
Duties of authors
All authors are required to incorporate reviewers' comments into the text; where appropriate, state their objections in writing if they do not agree with the comments from their scientific point of view. The editorial board will decide whether or not to accept the author's comments.
The authors may not simultaneously provide the main content of the paper, to the published or smaller extent, for publication to other editors.
The authors must follow the instructions for authors and follow the established citation usage.
By submitting the manuscript, the authors declare that all data given in the paper are true and original, that all information sources used are listed in bibliography, and that the paper is not plagiarism or redundancy (excessive repetition of passages from their own work).
The authors are responsible for settling copyrights and license rights to images and other attachments.
All contributions must include an English abstract, English keywords, a list of references, financial support information and the author's contact details.
Originality of the contribution
- the contribution must be original, not plagiarized (copying another author), nor repeated (duplicating one's own work)
- it has not been published in other language elsewhere
- is not the subject of multiple submissions (will not be assessed at the same time in two newsrooms).
Copyright
After the text is published in the magazine, the author may continue to publish it elsewhere with a reference to the first publication.
All content of the open access magazine will be freely available without usage fees. The publishers and editors will make each issue available three years after its first publication.
Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, refer to the full text of contributions or use them for any other lawful purpose without prior consent of the publisher or author.
The authors of the texts are responsible for settling the copyright and license rights to the images and other attachments.
Conflict of interest
Journal editors are allowed to publish their own article in the journal, which must be peer-reviewed by independent experts. The same applies to members of the editorial board, who must refrain from deciding to publish their own paper.
If a person close to the editor or a member of the editorial board is involved in the preparation of an issue, they must refrain from editing that issue.