Editorial Policy and Ethical Standards

The editorial policy and ethical standards were developed in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Code of Ethics for Scientists of Ukraine, approved by the General Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on April 15, 2009.

All academic articles submitted to the editorial board of the scientific and practical journal «Almanac of Law» that meet the formal criteria are reviewed at an editorial board meeting to assess their relevance to the journal’s scope.

A panel of reviewers is then selected.

The peer review process is completely anonymous for both the author and the reviewer (double-blind).

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for organising the peer review of articles and ensuring academic integrity.

Reviewers assess articles according to the following criteria:

— the extent to which the article’s relevance is demonstrated;

— justification of the link between the problem addressed in the article and important scientific or practical tasks;

— justification of the scientific results obtained;

— scientific conclusions and their relevance to the article’s objective.

The reviewer also assesses the author’s knowledge of the scientific literature on the subject area in question, including international experience; clarity of language and style, etc. The reviewer provides conclusions regarding the suitability of publication, indicating the main shortcomings of the article (if any), as well as a conclusion on the possibility of publication: ‘recommended’, ‘recommended subject to correction of the identified shortcomings’ or ‘not recommended’