Ethics

The editorial policy of the “Akademos” journal complies with the COPE (Publication Ethics Committee) good practice Guidelines and standards, with the view to implementing certain international norms of publication culture. At the national level, the publication policy complies with the provisions of the Code on Science and Innovation of the Republic of Moldova, No. 259/2004; the Statute of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Law No. 230/2022 on Copyright and Related Rights; the Framework Regulation on Academic Integrity in Higher Education Institutions, approved on 24 June 2026; and the regulations issued by ANACEC (the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research) on academic integrity.

The “Akademos” journal assumes full responsibility for complying with the standards of publication ethics and ethical behavior at all stages of work on manuscripts. To this end, the publisher agrees with authors upon a collaborative relationship that subscribes to the purpose of publicizing original research of certain scientific value, excluding plagiarism, errors and scientific falsehoods.

AUTHORS’ RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Moral copyright on published articles belongs to the author.

  • From the moment the articles are submitted for publication, the author sends to the “Akademos” magazine the right to reproduce the work, the right to distribute the original of the work, the right to rent copies of the work, the right to make the work available on-line.

  • The quality of the article lies with the author's ethical obligation.

  • The author takes full responsibility for the factual accuracy of the submitted data and the scientific correctness of the article.

  • In order to avoid plagiarism, the author undertakes to correctly and completely cite all sources used in the process of documenting the article.

  • Authors are not allowed to apply a manuscript that has already been published.

  • In case of necessity, the author may include information about the financiers of the given research.

  • The author will benefit from a respectful and transparent treatment from the publisher, who will bring to his notice the objections and suggestions of the reviewers appointed by the Editorial Board, will mediate the entire process of technical and scientific elaboration of the manuscript.

  • Upon the submission of the manuscript, the author shall complete and sign Standard article submission form for publication in "Akademos" journal which includes:

    • Agreement to transfer economic rights;

    • Statement of Ethics, Originality and Conflict of Interest;

    • Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

SELF-ARCHIVING / REPOSITORY

Authors may immediately deposit the submitted version, accepted manuscript, and published version (registered version) in institutional or thematic repositories and on personal web pages, provided that they cite the final published article in the journal and include its DOI/URL and the CC BY 4.0 license statement.

EDITORS’ RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The editor takes responsibility of identifying and preventing the publication of articles containing research errors.

  • The editor will cooperate with the authors at all stages of reviewing, drafting and adjusting the manuscripts, in order to detect and remove any potential errors or scientific falsifications.

  • The editor will provide the author with the opportunity to withdraw his article and work on improving it.

  • The editor will provide the authors with the adequate guidance from the reviewers, through the double-anonymous peer-review procedure.

  • The editorial staff will send the final layout of the article to the author for final confirmation, before printing.

  • The editor will ensure the application of the professional anti-plagiarism checking procedure. Filed manuscripts containing plagiarized or self-plagiarized text are rejected.

  • The editorial staff will reject from the beginning the manuscripts that do not comply with the requirements contained in the Instruction for Authors.

  • If the manuscript is not accepted for publication, the author will be sent a motivational refusal.

  • Rejecting an article will not influence the publisher's further relationship with the author; the author may submit, anytime, an improved manuscript or a new article.

  • In case the editor has made a technical or content error when publishing the manuscript or in relation to the author, the explanatory notes and excuses will be published in the next issue of the journal.

  • The editorial opinion does not always coincide with the author's opinion.

  • The editor will ensure that each article is assigned a DOI identifier and a UDC index.

POLICY ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN MANUSCRIPTS

The following rules apply to manuscripts submitted for publication:

  • Responsibility: In accordance with academic integrity regulations, AI cannot be listed as an author or co-author. Authors bear full legal, ethical, and academic responsibility for the content, accuracy, and originality of the submitted manuscript.
  • Originality: It is strictly prohibited to present AI-generated content as the author's own intellectual contribution. Articles must reflect genuine human intellectual input in accordance with the applicable standards of academic integrity.
  • Transparency: The use of AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) for writing assistance, translation, or other purposes must be explicitly disclosed in the manuscript (in the Methodology section or in a dedicated footnote). Authors must indicate the name of the AI tool, its version, the prompts used (where applicable), and the purpose for which the tool was used.
  • Verification: In accordance with standards of academic rigour, authors are required to carefully verify any information or bibliographic references generated by AI in order to prevent factual errors ("hallucinations") and to avoid violations of the principles of intellectual honesty.
  • Confidentiality: It is prohibited to input sensitive data, unpublished materials, or any confidential information into publicly available AI tools, in order to prevent compromising data security and copyright.
  • Visual materials: The use of generative AI to create or modify images, figures or graphs included in the article is prohibited, except where the use of such tools constitutes an explicit component of the research design. In such cases, their use must be described in detail in the methodology section.
  • Manuscript evaluation: The Editorial Board reserves the right to screen manuscripts using specialised tools designed to detect AI-generated content. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in the rejection of the manuscript.

POLICY ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS

  • To ensure the confidentiality, integrity and impartiality of the scholarly evaluation process, reviewers are prohibited from using generative artificial intelligence tools to analyse manuscripts, draft reviews in whole or in part, or upload manuscripts, whether in full or in part, to such systems.

  • Reviewers are required to conduct their evaluations independently and maintain the confidentiality of all information contained in the manuscripts submitted to them for review.

  • Full responsibility for the content and conclusions of the review rests solely with the reviewer.