1. Publication and authorship

2. Responsibilities of authors

3. Peer-review process and     responsibilities of reviewers

4. Responsibilities of editors

5. Responsibilities of publisher

Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement of scientific publications was prepared according to Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK, for editors) and Ethics in Research and Publication as well as according to COPE Code of Conduct (Main, for Editors, Guidelines, for Publishers)