Code of ethics

 ”Archives of Civil Engineering” respects and promotes the principles of publishing ethics. Guided by COPE’s Guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines), we ensure that all participants in the publishing process comply with these rules. The journal pays special attention to:
Editor Responsibilities
1.Qualifying individual manuscripts for publication only on the basis of: (a) compliance with the guidelines provided to the authors, (b) substantive value, (c) originality, (d) transparency of presentation
2.Deciding whether the paper fulfills all requirements, i.e., formal and scientific, and which articles submitted to the journal should be published. In making these decisions, the editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board as well as by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
3.Evaluating manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s).
4.Ensuring scientific accuracy and complying with the principle of authorship; making sure that individual authors who contribute to the publication accept its form after the scientific editing
5.Providing a fair and appropriate peer review process.
6.Withdrawing manuscripts from publication, if any information about their unreliability appeared, also as a result of unintentional errors, features of plagiarism, or violation of the rules of publishing ethics were identified.
7.Requiring all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If necessary, other appropriate actions should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or an expression of concern.
8.Maintaining the integrity of the academic record precludes business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and is always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.
9.Not disclosing any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers, and potential reviewers, and in some instances, the editorial board members, as appropriate.
Reviewer Responsibilities
1.Cooperating with the scientific editor and/or editorial office and the authors in the field of improving the reviewed material;
2.Being objective and expressing the views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.
3.Assessing the entrusted works in a careful and objective manner, if possible with an assessment of their scientific reliability and with appropriate justification of the comments submitted;
4.Identifying relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors
5.Calling to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge
6.Maintaining the principle of fair play, excluding personal criticism of the author (s)
7.Maintaining confidentiality, which is not showing or discussing with others except those authorized by the editor. Any manuscripts received for review are treated as confidential documents.
8.Performing a review within the set time limit or accepting another solution jointly with ACE in the event of failure to meet this deadline.
9.Notifying the editor if the invited reviewer feels unqualified to review the manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible.
10.identifying relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors
11.Not considering evaluating manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the submission.

Author Responsibilities
1.Results of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well