Reviewer

The Editorial Board shares the opinion that a reviewer of a journal commits himself/herself to adhere to the following ethical principles:

• to be objective and unbiased in estimating the quality of the paper under review and its correspondence to scientific, literary, and ethical standards;
• the reviewer should inform the Editorial Board of being uncertain that his/her qualification corresponds to the level and the trend of the research discussed in the paper;
• the reviewer is not expected to use the information presented in the paper to his own benefit before the paper is published;
• the reviewed paper is a confidential document and cannot be transferred to any other person for reading or discussion; a possible conflicting situation should be reported to the Editorial Board;
• the reviewer can address the author directly only after getting preliminary permission from the Editorial Board;
• the Editorial Board insists on the strict discipline of a reviewer who is expected to perform paper reviewing in the due time and to show high respect for the authors;
• the reviewer should inform the Editorial Board if there is any doubt concerning the possibility of plagiarism, authorship, or data forgery.