JOURNAL POLICIES

..:: Authorship and Malpractice Policy ::..

The author's statement including the copyright notice as well as the statement on ethics and good practice in science (including financial disclosure, ghost-writing firewall, guest authorship firewall) must be submitted alongside the manuscript according to the form provided – see the attachment (see the attachment – author’s  statement) as well as to be mentioned on the article title page (see the attachment – article template).

..:: Authors' Statement ::..

Prior publication, the author must submit to the editorial board the following statements and documentation: 1) Authoror's Statement and 2) Copyright Transfer

  • ghostwriting firewall & guest authorship firewall
  • contribution share (for co-authored papers only)
  • financial disclosure (optional)
  • paper file (for bibliometrics purpose)

..:: Publication Ethics ::..

Please see Publication Ethics page

..:: Anti-Pliagarism Policy ::..

 EBER uses the Crossref Similarity Check anti-plagiarism system with the iThenticate tool for researchers and professional writers to check their original works for potential plagiarism. Please see more: http://www.ithenticate.com/about

..:: AI and AI-assisted tools  ::..

AI and AI-assisted tools do not qualify for authorship under our authorship policy. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and scientific quality of their manuscripts. Our journal permits the limited use of generative AI and AI-assisted tools in the preparation of manuscripts, including language editing and proofreading, brainstorming and idea development, limited drafting of abstracts or other non-substantive text elements, as well as the generation of figures or graphical materials strictly based on the author’s original concept, interpretation, and scientific supervision. The use of AI or AI-assisted tools must not replace the authors’ own intellectual contribution, critical analysis, interpretation, or scientific judgment. Any use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools must be fully disclosed in a declaration placed at the end of the manuscript. Authors must clearly indicate the name of the tool(s) used, the purpose and scope of their use, and the extent of human supervision and verification. Authors are solely responsible for reviewing, correcting, and validating all AI-generated or AI-assisted content prior to submission and must declare their full responsibility for the final version of the manuscript.

..:: Open Access Policy ::..

The journal is published on an open-access basis in order to be able to use its resources in a free manner, while respecting the Authors' copyrights, so readers are obliged to apply the general rules of source reference and citation, as in the case of printed publications. The articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NoDerivs (CC BY 4.0) License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. By the end of 2022, we published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-ND 4.0) License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0