1. Signing via ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor iD):
- The Editorial Board recommends that each author registers in ORCID platform. To create your profile, go to https://orcid.org/register ;
- When submitting a manuscript, the authors identify themselves also with their ORCID ID;
- ORCID ID is included in the author’s publication presentation;
- ORCID ID is also required for reviewers;
2. The Editorial office publishes only original works. By submitting the manuscript, the author guarantees that the work has not been and will not be published elsewhere without the consent of the copyright holder.
3. The Editorial board shall apply strict rules for high scientific ethics, improvement of the quality of scientific research and guarantees the scientific reputation of the publications by applying an electronic system for verification of originality.
- All manuscripts pass authentication through specialized software;
- The editors do not accept for publication manuscripts that are found to have more than 20% coincidence with already published works;
4. Authors are responsible for ensuring that manuscripts comply with ethical standards and do not contain plagiarism. Unauthorized borrowing and reproduction of elements of the manuscript (text, figures, primary data, etc.) is inadmissible. The borrowing of elements is done with the express consent of the rights’ holders and must be presented in a correct form and accompanied by a correct reference.
5. The editorial board of "Research Papers of UNWE" and "Yearbook of UNWE" supports the principles of open science and the initiative for free sharing of scientific information. As publications with free access, the materials in "Research papers of UNWE" and "Yearbook of UNWE" are part of the national repository for open science - the Bulgarian portal for open science (https://bpos.bg/).
6. The publications "Research Papers of UNWE" and "Yearbook of UNWE" are indexed in CrossRef and each publication receives a unique DOI digital identifier (CrossRef DOI).
