Information For Authors

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

 

Ethics

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of work of the author and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.

It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society of society-owned or sponsored journals.

Ethics topics to consider when publishing:

• Authorship of the paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. Transparency about the contributions of authors is encouraged: authors sign a statement (download the form of statement).
• Originality and plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
• Data access and retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data.
• Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication: An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Elsevier does not view the following uses of a work as prior publication: publication in the form of an abstract; publication as an academic thesis; publication as an electronic preprint. Note: some society-owned titles and journals that operate double-blind review have different policies on prior publication. Information on prior publication is included within each Elsevier journal’s guide for authors.
• Acknowledgement of sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given.
• Disclosure and conflicts of interest: All submissions must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest.
• Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
• Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.
• Hazards and human or animal subjects: Statements of compliance are required if the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, or if it involves the use of animal or human subjects.
• Use of patient images or case details: Studies on patients or volunteers require ethics committee approval and informed consent, which should be documented in the paper.

 

 

 

The publisher has a supporting, investing and nurturing role in the scholarly communication process but is also ultimately responsible for ensuring that best practice is followed in its publications [International Ethical Principles for Scholarly Publication].

The editor of a learned journal is solely and independently responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, often working in conjunction with the relevant society (for society-owned or sponsored journals) [During Peer Review Process]. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always underwrite such decisions.  The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding issues such as libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers (or society officers) in making these decisions.

 

MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Academic misconduct in any form will not be tolerated by the journal. In cases of suspected misconduct (plagiarism, fraud, breached intellectual property rights, etc.) a panel will be formed to evaluate the substance of the claim. If the claim is supported by evidence, the paper in question will be rejected and all authors and their affiliations will be informed. In cases where the paper has already been published before the misconduct was discovered, the paper will be withdrawn from European Cooperation archive and an announcement of this act will be posted in the first issue published following the case. Cases of misconduct may result in a three-year or longer ban from future submission to European Cooperation. The author(s) might be blacklisted.

 

Editorial team:

- is responsible for the decision making the articles of which submitted to the journal should be published;

- seeks to meet the needs of readers and authors of scientific articles;

- regularly improves the quality of the journal;

- provides quality material that is being published;

- ensure transparency in the mapping of scientific research problems;

- is always about correcting and explaining publications, abbreviations, and it is ready to apology for the things to be argued if it is necessary.

The main factors influencing the editorial decision about publication of the Compendium of the article is to test materials on originality, relevance of the topic and its importance for researchers and readers.

Editor does not allow publishing materials that contain materials of the resources forbidden by the international legislation.

Authors are solely responsible for the accuracy of the information covered, as well as for their materials’ meeting standards of the law, morality and ethics.

Editorial Board is not responsible for vocational and semantic correctness and methodical materials to be published as well as the correctness of the references to the e- and other resources contained in the text.

In case of compliance provided by the author (s) of the materials’ intended task and editorial policies Digest version shall publish articles, usually in author's edition, otherwise the material is rejected.

Authors of research papers are responsible for the accuracy of the facts, their names, photos, and other information, common sense article; they should:

- not avoid the terms of the license agreement and contract publishing;

- eliminate all the shortcomings of the article (if there are any comments from reviewer)

- not submit an article for publication, which describes essentially the same research in more than one journals or primary publications (submitting articles to more than one log at a time regarded as unethical and unacceptable tone);

- not submit to other journals’ previously published articles;

- ensure the originality of the content of the article, which does not include loans without proper reference or prior approval;

- submit articles that do not contain materials that are not published in the press in accordance with the international legislation, and the publication does not lead to the disclosure of classified information (confidential information, state secrets);

- cite properly the work of other authors, which are presented in the scientific article;

- ensure that the names of all the co-authors of the article referred to in the text and any person who is not a co-author do not include and those all the co-authors of the article had reviewed the final version of it, accepted it and given their consent to the publication.

Research paper must meet the requirements for the articles in the collection of researches on «European Cooperation»

Editorial team publishes requirements for articles that are updated regularly, printed in its publications and online collections.

Editor does not change the decision taken with regard to materials, if there is no serious study.

The materials and articles are not sent back.

The authors of the journal European Cooperation are not awarded by fees.

To review and assess scientific articles the leading scientists in the relevant fields of scientific knowledge and highly skilled practitioners are attracted.

Any reviewer, who believes that his training is not enough to consider studies submitted to scientific work or knows that fast consideration is at low level, should notify the executive secretary of the editorial board and give up the review process.

Reviewers cannot be the article authors’ and co-authors’ supervisors, as well as rectors and vice-rectors of higher educational institutions, heads of organizations and their deputies,  members of staff departments, laboratories, sectors, where they work.

The terms to review the articles are determined by the executive secretary of the Editorial Board.

Manuscripts are provided with an e- and printed version.

Editorial team of the journal keeps in secret the names of the reviewers.

Editorial team of the journal uses privacy mechanisms of materials in accordance with applicable law, located on the review.

Any statements, points of view or arguments that have been used before in any publications must be properly designed.

Reviewer is obliged to be careful regarding a whole or partial similarity with any other work the reviewer had directly faced with before.

Editorial team keeps to procedure of regarding responses (complaints) of the author to the reviewer’s observations and promptly reacts to these responses (complaints) and provides further avoiding situations with disgruntled authors.

Replies to comments (complaints) are given in writing by the authors of scientific articles submitted to the Editorial team, which considers them in a timely manner.

The Research Works’ journal editor looks for the materials complied with international ethical standards of materials, though it recognizes that there is no complete assurance that the study materials that are submitted by the authors to be published in the Collection fully meet standards of ethics.

The Editorial team of the journal protects privacy of personal information. Personal data of the authors of scientific articles are wisely used to support the publication of the articles, performance, support and maintenance of the website of the scientific journal, the promotion of international scientometric database.

The editorial staff of the scientific journal European Cooperation have no right to disclose information about publishing articles submitted to anyone other than the author - correspondent.

Editorial team takes necessary actions in case of violation and doesn’t immediately reject articles that are suspicious about possible violations. The Editorial Board tries to avoid unforeseen cases and comply with Standards of Ethics and Publishing and it makes every effort to ensure the proper resolution of ethical issues among authors of scientific articles and the company Consilium LLC

 

All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summary declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double-blind) or the manuscript file (if single-blind). If there are no interests to declare then please state this: 'Declarations of interest: none'. This summary statement will be ultimately published if the article is accepted. 2. Detailed disclosures as part of a separate Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official records. It is important for potential interests to be declared in both places and that the information matches.

Review Process

Reviewing of research papers shall be an objective and personal criticism of the author (s) of the article irrelevant. Reviewers are required to express their views clearly and reasonably [During Peer Review Process].

Double blind review (reviewers doesn’t known information about authors, and the authors doesn’t known information about the reviewers).

You can download form the link review form - Review form

The editorial team is a more systematic inclusion of scientific publications in international e-libraries, catalogs and scientometric database for the purpose of entering the international scientific information space, improving the ranking of the Collection and its index of citing authors.

The journal is published in hard copy and also has Online electronically version, using the technologies of the universal publishing platform OJS (Open Journal System).

The editorial team does not allow to publish materials that contain the things that are forbidden by the law of Poland and other countries (international legislation), or referred to such resources.

Conditions of the publication - download.

The authors of the materials are solely responsible for the accuracy of the information covered, as well as for ensuring that material standards of international legislation, morality and ethics.

The editorial team is not responsible for the vocational and semantic correctness and methodical materials that are published as well as the correctness of references to e-resources and references contained in the text.

In the case of compliance provided by the author (s) of materials intended task and editorial policies of the Collection version shall publish articles, usually in author's edition, otherwise the material is rejected.

Editorial team may at any time modify any provision of editorial policy without authors’ notice (text editorial policy is published on the site collection). 
Editorial team expects its activities to contribute to the development of both domestic and global economics.

The Editorial team hopes that its activity is favour the development of Worldwide scientific thought.

The journal includes researches on developments in the field of Economics and Management in the following areas:

– economic relations in social production, categories, economic laws, regularities of formation and functioning of economic systems and the problems of economic history and economic thought;

– theoretical and methodological, scientific and practical research of the current condition of the World economy, trends and prospects of its development, forms and features of international economic relations and their regulation, mechanisms of functioning of the world market of goods, services, capital, labor, innovation;

– theoretical and applied problems of territorial organization of productive forces, improvement of socio-economic relations in the state, its regions and towns, the formation and use of competitive advantages of the state and regions and organizational-economic mechanism of regulation of development of the country and its territory;

– theoretical, methodological, methodical and practical problems of rational use, protection and reproduction of natural resources and environment, ecological security in socio-economic development and human life

– methodological and practical research of social phenomenon and processes in the field of demography, labor and social development;

– movement of financial resources, the formation and use of capital, income and monetary assets, monetary, financial and credit systems and their institutional infrastructure, the functioning of public Finance, the financial and insurance markets, financial internal and external policy of the state and its constituents;

– methodologies, techniques and approaches to the organization of accounting, analysis, audit and audit of financial and economic activity enterprises;

– characteristics of the regularities of formation, development and the interrelationship of mass socio-economic phenomena and processes;

–       management studies for the formation and maintenance of an effective system of organizational, economic and administrative relations on the objects;

–       methods rules and procedures of strategic and tactical planning;

–       analysis, estimation regulatory, and consulting activities;

–       creation of scientific-methodical and organizational-methodical bases of management;

–       organizational design and feasibility study projects;

–       planning of the main directions of development of production and management;

–       formation of the structure of the production facility and management structure, the optimal construction of a production apparatus;

–       improvement of equipment and production technology;

–       the introduction of innovations in the field of production;

–       motivation of staff, the intensification of their labour;

–       control and monitoring of all activities of the department;

–       marketing research in various functional areas of organizations;

–       development marketing strategies of the organization;

–       improvement of marketing communications;

–       public administration and its influence on processes of public and state life;

–       study of forms and methods that are defined by laws in the field of public administration, with administrative procedures and processes;

–       protection of the rights of citizens as subjects of administrative law etc.

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

Open Access Policy

The current Journal practices the policy of immediate open access to the published content, with supporting the principles of free distribution of the scientific information and the global interchange of knowledge for social progress.

 

Plan for electronic backup and preservation

If the publication of the journal is discontinued, the entire contents of the issues will be deposited in CLOCKSS (https://clockss.org/).

 

Submission Fee

Article Submission Charges does not apply.

Since no fees are charged for access, the editorial team of the journal offsets the publication expenses – including those of peer review management, journal production and online hosting and archiving – by charging Article Processing Charges, also known as publication fees, to authors, institutions or funders for each article published.

The submitting author is responsible for payment of the Article Processing Charges and must confirm, at the time of submission, that s/he will organize payment of the Article Processing Charges, should the article be accepted for publication. The Article Processing Charges fee shall be 250 EUR (incl. VAT). The invoice with account and other requisites authors receive after acceptation of submission for publication.

Conditions of the publication

REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN OF THE AUTHORS’ MATERIALS
1. The paper should be written on the current issues, contain the results of deep research and explanation of received scientific conclusions.
2. The paper must be written in Polish, English, Ukrainian or Russian; the author should thoroughly proof the paper, it should correspond to the thematic orientation of the Journal and include all structural elements (in specified order), namely:
2.1) Metadata (information about author (s) of the article and its abstract part) that is placed sequentially in article mother language and English and include (if the article mother language is English, then metadata should be only in English):
–– Information about author (full name, academic title and academic degree, place of work or study, position, City, State, E-mail, ORCID);
–– Title of the article;
–– Abstract – for narrative reviews, abstracts should be unstructured (i.e. no headings). For all types of manuscripts, the abstract length can be increased from the 1800-characters limit if the topic dictates, and to allow full compliance with the relevant reporting guidelines. Abstract in article mother language (min 1800 characters), where is clearly formulated the main idea of the article and proved its actuality. It is important! Abstract in English should be informative and original, it should reflect the main content of the article and research results (summary of the article and its reviewing), the abstract in English should be min 1800 characters. A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.;
–– keywords (5-8 words). Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 8 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.;
–– number of formulas, tables, figures and literature should be as follows: Formulas: 2; fig.: 3; tabl.: 1; bibl.: 12);
–– JEL Classification. The available codes may be accessed at JEL.
2.2) The text of the article should contain interrelated parts, which start with specified title in bold Introduction. Statement of problem in general view and its connection with the actual researches and publications and also with important scientific and practical problems, with the obligatory references in the text to the used literature. The author should separate from the general problem the part, which is explored by him, and show its actuality;

Literature review and the problem statement. Statement of purpose and methods of theme research that is considered;

Research results. Description of main material with explanation of scientific results;

Conclusions. Scientific novelty, theoretical and practical importance of research, socio-economic effects arising from the implementation of scientific results. Prospects for further research in this area;

References.

Authors should ensure that material cited in their article was published in peer-reviewed scholarly publications; citation of non-peer-reviewed material (such as conference posters/abstracts, unpublished data on file, and preprints) should be clearly identified and kept to a minimum, and data from “predatory” journals should not be used to support statements made in the article.
“Predatory” journals are usually open access publications that publish articles with little or no peer review, and do not apply the editorial standards and publishing ethics of scholarly journals.
“Predatory” journals often have very similar names to those of well-established journals. Please note that several abstracting and indexing services, including Clarivate Analytics, are taking ethical publication seriously by examining the content, practices and websites of these “predatory” journals. If you would like to learn more about learned (open access) publishers and publications, please visit the websites of the OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association), DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) or COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).

The References should be placed at the end of the article. For all source material must be corresponding references. In the text the links to original source should be taken in square brackets with indication of Author(s) Surname(s) and the year of publication (example, «…[Anosov 2014] …», «…[Kovalenko, Podolai 2005] …», «…[The World Bank 2009] …», «…[Gray 1998]…», «…[Gray, Dooley 1999]…» etc.). Original sources are specified in original language. References to the unpublished works are not permitted.

Use of DOI is highly encouraged.

If the article mother language isn’t English, then the reference list is added with translation in English (References) due to the international standard bibliographic APA-2010. Names periodic editions (magazines, collections and other) are served transliteration, and in brackets in English. Number of references should have at least 10 references, from which at least one half should be references to foreign sources (if the article mother language is Ukrainian or Russian). Source name in the references are placed in the alphabetically order. To make references to textbooks, teaching aids are not rational.
3. The volume of the article is 8-16 pages of A4; page margins – 2,5 cm, and:
–– for Metadata (Author’s information): font «Verdana»; 11 point (font size); single spacing; text alignment – by left;
–– for Paper Name: in 1 line after Metadata; font «Verdana»; 13 point (font size); single spacing; IN CAPITAL; bold; text alignment – by center;
–– for Metadata (Abstract, Keywords etc): font «Verdana»; 11 point (font size); single spacing; text alignment – by width;
–– for Main Text: in 1 line after Paper Name; font «Verdana»; 12 point (font size); single spacing; paragraph indent – 1,25 cm; text alignment – by width.
4. The text of the article should be clear, concise, number of tables, formulas and illustrations (schemes, figures, graphs, diagrams) - minimum and they should apply only if it significantly improves the content of the article, and in case of better and deeper understanding of the article meaning.
5. The graphics (schemes, figures, graphs, diagrams) within the text should be alignment by width with the caption at the bottom «Figure № – Name of graphic» (for the caption – alignment by left) with the obligatory link on it within the article text. The graphics should be in high resolution.
6. The tables should be compact, logically built, and have ordinal number and a short expressive title that covers the topic and content of the table. The table text design: font «Verdana»; 11 point; single spacing. The table within the text should be alignment by width with the caption at the top «Table № – Name of table» (for the caption – alignment by left) with the obligatory link on it within the article text.
7. Math formulae.

Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple formulae in line with normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text). Each formula on which there is the link within the article text (example, «… using equation (3) it is possible…»), should be numbered. At this the alignment of the formula by width and numbering alignment by right side.

8. Citing, tables, illustrations, all data are submitted with reference to the source. Under each table and figure should be indicated the source (Source: ….). For notations should be used the font: Verdana, 9 point.
9.  It is possible to format the text using the lists. Lists can be bulleted, numbering and multilevel. For numbering lists should be used Arabic numbers «1.», «1.1.», «2)», «2.1)» etc. For the bulleted lists be used symbols «-», «–» or «•».

Use of inclusive language
Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Articles should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader, should contain nothing which might imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of race, sex, culture or any other characteristic, and should use inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, for instance by using 'he or she', 'his/her' instead of 'he' or 'his', and by making use of job titles that are free of stereotyping (e.g. 'chairperson' instead of 'chairman' and 'flight attendant' instead of 'stewardess').