EDITORIAL DUTIES

The Editor, Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board review all manuscripts submitted for publication without prejudice, evaluating each one properly, regardless of race, religion, nationality, or the position or affiliation of the author(s).

The editor and the editorial board reserve the right to decide to reject submitted manuscripts if they do not meet the requirements of the journal.

In accordance with the requirements of paragraph 6, subparagraph 6 of the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 32 of January 15, 2018 “On Approval of the Procedure for Forming the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine”, the editorial board submits all scientific articles for independent review by scientists who conduct research in the relevant specialty. The editorial board conducts double-blind peer review: the personal data of the authors/reviewer are not disclosed to the reviewer/authors. At least two reviewers are assigned to each article. The responsible and balanced approach of the editorial board to the selection of manuscripts for publication is based on the recommendations of reviewers.

The review indicates: compliance of the article content with the topic stated in the title; relevance and novelty of the research, its practical significance; validity of the conclusions drawn by the authors.

Reviewers may recommend the article for publication, reject it, or send it back to the authors for revision.

Articles subject to revision are sent to the authors together with the text of the review without identifying the reviewers. The corrected version of the article is sent for re-review, which results in a recommendation to accept or reject the article.

The editor and editorial staff have no right to use unpublished materials presented in the submitted manuscripts without the express written consent of the authors. The manuscript is confidential information that cannot be used for personal purposes. The ideas and provisions of the manuscript are not discussed with outsiders.

ARTICLE PROCESSING TIMELINE

1. Checking the relevance of the article to the journal's subject matter and the correctness of its layout. The editorial board notifies the authors of the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript within 1-4 working days from the date of receipt of the article.
2. Verification of the originality of the text takes 3-4 working days.
3. The review procedure can take 14-30 days, taking into account the time for correction by the authors and for re-review.
4. The editorial board notifies the authors of the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript within 4 working days from the date of the decision.

DUTIES OF THE AUTHORS

By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree to comply with the editorial policy of the journal.

The authors guarantee that the manuscript is their original work, has not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Parallel submission of the same manuscript to another journal is a violation and excludes the manuscript from consideration. The publication of preprints on preprint servers or in repositories is not considered a preliminary publication. Authors should disclose the details of preprint placement when submitting the manuscript. This should include a link to the location of the preprint. If the submission is published, the authors are expected to update the information related to the preprint version on the preprint server/repository to show that the final version has been published in the journal, including the DOI that links directly to the publication.

If the manuscript has been previously submitted elsewhere, authors should provide information about the previous review process and its results. This provides the authors with the opportunity to describe in detail how previous reviews were taken into account in subsequent editions and why certain comments of reviewers were not taken into account. Information about the author's previous reviewing experience is an advantage for the author: it often helps editors to select more appropriate reviewers.

If the submitted manuscript is the result of a research project or its previous version was presented at a conference in the form of an oral presentation (under the same or similar title), detailed information about the project, conference, etc. is provided in the Acknowledgments.

It is the responsibility of each author to ensure that manuscripts submitted to the journal “Plant Quarantine and Protection” are written in accordance with the ethical standards of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).  The authors confirm that the manuscript does not contain unreasonable or illegal statements and does not violate the rights of third parties.

The journal asks all authors submitting articles to register an account with an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). The ORCID numbers for all authors and co-authors must be added to the author's data and will be published with the submitted article.

STANDARDS OF RESEARCH DESCRIPTION

The journal “Plant Quarantine and Protection” strives to ensure that all articles have sufficient information and references (research methods used, description of the conditions and location of research, climatic and weather conditions, etc.) to allow reviewers and subsequently readers to verify the statements made. Authors are obliged to provide information on how the data were collected and analyzed. Intentional misrepresentation is a violation of ethical standards.

Authors are solely responsible for the content of their submissions and should ensure that they have permission from all parties involved to publish the content.

AUTHORSHIP

Authors should ensure that only those contributors who have made a significant contribution to the submission are listed as authors.

If persons other than the authors have participated in important aspects of the research project and preparation of the manuscript, their contributions should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section.

ORCID registration provides a unique and permanent digital identifier for an account that ensures accurate attribution of authorship and improves the discovery of published articles, ensuring that the author receives proper credit for their work.

REFERENCES

Authors are obliged to correctly cite sources that have significantly influenced their research.

INFORMATION ON FUNDING

If the article is the result of a funded project, the authors should indicate the sources of funding.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other material conflict of interest that could affect the results presented or their interpretation. If there is no conflict of interest to declare, a standard sentence should be added after the Funding section: “Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.”

Examples of competing interests:

• persons who receive funding, salary or other forms of payment from the organization or own shares or stock in a company that may financially benefit (or lose) from the publication of the findings;
• individuals or their financial organization or employer who have (or are applying for) relevant patents;
• official affiliations and membership in interest groups related to the content of the publication;
• political, religious or ideological competing interests.

Publications in the journal should not contain advertising of any commercial products.

DISCLAIMER

The editorial board may publish materials without sharing the author's opinion.

The authors are legally and morally responsible for the ideas expressed in the articles.

The publisher is not responsible for any costs, liabilities, or damages resulting from the acceptance or rejection of a publication.