Editorial Polices

Compliance with the principles and recommendations of COPE, WAME, DORA

The journal Biotechnologia Acta adheres to the principles and recommendations of COPE, WAME, DORA and other international organizations that define ethical, editorial and evaluation standards of modern scientific communication. This ensures transparency of editorial processes, high quality of review, responsibility to the scientific community and integration of Ukrainian research into the global context.
- COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics): the journal adheres to ethical standards of publication practice, ensures transparent review, prevents plagiarism and conflict of interest.
- WAME (World Association of Medical Editors): supports international editorial standards, promotes professionalization of editorial activities and ensures responsibility to authors and readers.
- DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment): the journal focuses on the quality and significance of scientific contribution, and not only on bibliometric indicators, supports various forms of research assessment.

Bitechnologia Acta is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International CC-BY. It allows reading, downloading, copying, printing, searching, quoting, and referring to the full-text articles in this collection.

The editorial policy of the Biotechnologia Acta Journal complies with current requirements of Ukrainian legislation with regard to copyright and plagiarism, and is aimed at the

– promotion of high academic and ethic standards by single-blind peer review and following the best practice recommendations;
– promotion of transparency of the reviewing by applying publicly available review form and prescribed process;
– facilitation of access to the research results for Ukrainian and international research community by

• providing structured abstracts in English/Ukrainian;
• ensuring open access to the full texts;
• processing and publishing the papers free of charge.

– ensuring unbiased consideration of all submissions following the established procedure;
– using a License agreement to regulate authorship, copyright, intellectual property right and potential conflict of interest issues;
– implementation of the mechanisms to correct the paper in case errors or misconduct have been revealed after the publication.

The Editorial Board expects the authors the compliance with the following principles:

* originality of the research;
* reliable results and infallibility of the data;
* an objective discussion of the significance of the research;
* recognition of the contribution of others, proper referencing of the other’s work;
* avoidance of unnecessary self-referencing and extension of the list of references;
* provision of confidential information only upon explicit permission of the owner/source;
* availability of the permission of the third party to use their content (including images) in the publication;
* acknowledgment of all essential contributors to the research results reported in the paper;
* approval of the final version of the paper by all the co-authors and their written consent to publish it;
* immediate reporting to the Editorial Board about significant errors or inaccuracies in the publication.

The reviewer and Editorial Board members should observe the following principles when evaluating the article for publication:

* providing objective evaluation based solely on the academic merit of the work and aimed at improving the quality of the text;
* informing the Executive Editor about potential conflict of interest and suspicion of plagiarism;
* notifying the Executive Editor if the review cannot be finished on time or the paper does not fit the area of competence;
* treating the paper under review as confidential information;
* drawing attention to the missed references, excess of references, and substantial repetition of already published results.

Copyright and copying

All articles published in the Journal are freely available under CC-BY License from the following websites:

– Journal "Biotechnologia Acta" http://biotechnology.kiev.ua;
– V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine http://www.nbuv.gov.ua

The articles are reviewed by three independent experts who are appointed by the editorial board (single-blind reviewing process). After that, the corresponding author receives a copy of an article manuscript with reviewers’ remarks. The reprint version revised by the author and agreed with reviewers is considered the final one and must be signed by the reviewers and authors. After that, the text, figures, and table replacements or modifications are prohibited. When publishing an article, the editorial board follows the last version delivery date. When publishing an article, the editorial board follows the last version delivery date. Editors should strive to ensure that peer review oft their journal is fair, unbiased, and timely.

Our journal editors treat the submitted manuscript and all communication with the authors and referees as confidential. The authors must also treat communication with the journal as confidential: correspondence with the journal, reviewers' reports, and other confidential material must not be posted on any website or otherwise publicized without prior permission from the editors, whether or not the submission is eventually published

Biotechnologia Acta requires all authors to disclose any financial conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. The authors must declare any such conflict in the cover letter accompanying the manuscript and in the Acknowledgments section of the manuscript itself.

Readers should be informed about who has funded research or other scholarly work, whether the funders had any role in the study and its publication, and, if so, what this was.

Policy on Archiving and Long-Term Preservation of Open Access Content,
including information on repositories, technical infrastructure, and guarantees of long-term accessibility.

The journal Biotechnologia Acta is committed to the long-term preservation and open accessibility of all published content through the implementation of internationally recognized archiving standards, reliable repositories, and technical infrastructure that ensures the permanent availability of its publications. The archiving and long-term preservation policy includes:
Repositories and Indexing
• National and international databases: The journal's articles are indexed in DOAJ, Crossref, CAS, Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Index Copernicus, and other international bibliographic databases and indexing services.
• V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine Repository: The journal's archived issues are deposited in the repository of the V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine (Academy Journals Portal), providing redundant archiving and ensuring the long-term preservation and accessibility of the published content.
• DOI Identifiers: Each published article is assigned a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI), providing a persistent and citable link to the publication and ensuring its long-term accessibility.\
Technical Infrastructure
• Storage Formats: All published content is made available in PDF and HTML formats to ensure broad platform compatibility and long-term accessibility.
• Creative Commons CC BY License: All published content is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original source.
Accessibility Guarantees
• Open Access: All journal content is published under an open access model, allowing users to read, download, and print the published materials free of charge, without subscription or access restrictions.
• Non-Discriminatory Access: The journal is committed to providing equitable access to publishing and its content, without discrimination based on nationality, political views, or religion, for both authors and readers.
• Redundant Archiving: The preservation of journal content across multiple repositories, including the journal's website, the V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine, and international indexing and archiving services, ensures the continued availability and recoverability of published content in the event of technical failures.

Exemption from any payment (contributions) for the processing, review and/or publication of articles
submitted by third-level higher education applicants of the budgetary form of training, performed by them alone (without co-authors)

The journal Biotechnologia Acta publishes articles on a free basis, which is an important component of the policy of supporting young scientists, which provides for the exemption from any payment for the processing, review and publication of articles submitted by third-level higher education applicants (Doctors of Philosophy/PhD) studying in the budgetary form of training. This provision also applies to works performed alone, without co-authors, which aims to stimulate independent research, ensure equal access to publication opportunities, and remove financial barriers for postgraduate students. This practice emphasizes the journal's social mission - to promote the development of young scientists, support their integration into the global scientific community, and ensure the openness of research results regardless of the authors' financial capabilities.