Post-Publication Discussion and Corrections

The editorial board encourages and supports academic debate and constructive criticism in post-publication discussions of scientific articles. Such discussions may reveal shortcomings in already published papers, including both minor and major errors that were not detected or could not have been detected during the editorial process.

To minimize such risks, editors are required to agree on any changes to the manuscript text with the authors during the editorial and publishing process, particularly with the corresponding author. As an exception, minor editorial corrections related to spelling and/or grammar may be made without prior approval from the authors.

At the same time, the editorial board encourages authors and readers to engage in active post-publication communication, constructive discussion of research results, identification of potential applications, or expression of doubts regarding the arguments or scientific significance of the article.

During post-publication discussions (including open opinions, forum posts, corrections, critical comments on published articles, and author responses), no comment may contain personal insults directed at authors, editors, or reviewers, nor discriminatory remarks, subjective judgments, or inappropriate characterizations of the journal's work.

Changes and Corrections

The journal follows generally accepted rules and recommendations, including those of Elsevier, regarding the correction of minor and major errors in published materials.

Minor Corrections

Acceptable minor errors in a published article that do not affect its content or scientific integrity (e.g., typographical errors, broken links, incorrect page numbers in headers, etc.) may be corrected by issuing updates.

This is done by replacing the original PDF file with a corrected version, accompanied by a correction notice in the "Changes" tab, providing a detailed description of the errors and the amendments made.

The original PDF file will be marked with a note indicating that corrections have been made and will include a reference to the corrected version. It will also be archived and remain accessible via a link in the same Erratum ("Changes") section.

Major Corrections

Corrections are published when significant errors are identified after publication that substantially affect the integrity or content of the research.

The main reasons for issuing corrections include changes in authorship, unintentional errors in research results, incorrect labeling of tables or figures, etc.

Such corrections are published as a separate document and are assigned their own DOI.

The decision to publish corrections or amendments is made by the Editor-in-Chief after consultation with the authors and the Executive Editor.