Editorial policy

The editorial policy of the journal "Arts Academy" is aligned with the ethics of scientific activity. The editorial policy outlines a set of principles and prescriptions that scientists should follow when preparing their work.

“Arts Academy” plans to enter the list of peer-reviewed, cited journals, which obliges the editorial board to follow a number of important moral and ethical principles and organizational norms.

General provisions of the editorial policy of the journal "Arts Academy"

The main topics of the journal include art trends and interdisciplinary research in the field of art.

The journal is published quarterly.

The editorial board of the journal are leading scientists and specialists from educational and research institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, CIS countries and foreign countries.

The editorial board of the scientific journal "accepts only original, previously unpublished articles that are not submitted for simultaneous publication in other publications.

All scientific articles submitted to the editorial office of the journal undergo a rigorous review procedure.

Basic principles of the editorial policy of the scientific journal

The editorial team of the journal respects the rights of authors of works submitted for publication, protected by laws:

1. The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (adopted at the republican referendum on August 30, 1995) (with amendments and additions as of March 10, 2017);

2. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of February 18, 2011 No. 407-IV "On Science" (with amendments and additions as of November 13, 2015);

3. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 451-I of July 23, 1999 "On Mass Media";

4. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 10 June 1996 No. 6-I "On Copyright and Related Rights" (with amendments and additions as of 24.11.2015).

5. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of July 27, 2007 No. 319-III "On Education" (with amendments and additions as of April 9, 2016);

For the editorial board of the journal "Arts Academy", the authorship of the works submitted for publication is based on the mandatory observance of the following conditions:

• significant contribution to the concept and structure of the study or to the analysis and interpretation of data;

• writing the text of the article or making fundamental changes to it;

• approval of the final version, which is submitted for publication.

On their part, authors who provide their work for publication in the journal "Arts Academy" should ensure that the articles:

• are original (they were not published earlier in other publications in their current or similar form);
• are not under consideration in the editorial offices of other publications and all possible conflicts of interest related to copyrights and the publication of the articles are settled;
• do not violate any of the existing copyrights, and in this connection they guarantee the publisher damages in case of revealing such violations;
• for the convenience of dissemination and enforcement of the material use policy, authors transfer exclusive title to the work to the publisher, unless otherwise provided.

As a violation of scientific ethics, the following can be considered:

• fabrication and falsification of data by selectively reporting them and avoiding undesirable results, by manipulating images or illustrations;
• incorrect statements in the application letter or funding applications (including false statements regarding the publications in which the work appeared, as well as the works accepted for publication);
• violation of intellectual property rights concerning the work of another author protected by copyright, significant scientific discoveries, hypotheses, theories or research methods:

a) unauthorized use, including plagiarism;

b) misappropriation of research methods and ideas (theft of ideas) according to experts;

c) the attribution of scientific authorship or co-authorship, or their unjustified appropriation;

d) substitution (falsification) of the content;

e) unauthorized publication and sharing with third parties of access to unpublished works, findings, hypotheses, theories or scientific methods;

• claiming to (co) authorship with another person without his / her consent;
• disruption of research work (including damage, destruction, forgery of other items necessary for the research);
• joint responsibility may result from:

1) active participation in the violation of scientific ethics committed by other persons;

2) awareness of falsification committed by others;

3) co-authorship in falsified publications;

4) obvious neglect of control responsibilities.

In accordance with the editorial policy of the journal "Arts Academy", the following practices are deemed unacceptable:

• verbatim copying of another person's work without proper attribution, including the author's name,a reference to the source, and the use of quotation marks;
• improper paraphrasing of another person's work, where more than one sentence has been altered within a single paragraph or section, or where the sequence of sentences has been rearranged without proper citation. Significant improper paraphrasing without citing the source is considered equivalent to verbatim copying;
• using elements of another person's work (e.g., drawings, tables or paragraphs) without proper attribution, such as a reference to the source or the use of quotation marks. Authors must obtain the copyright holder's permission to use any such elements;
• self-plagiarism: authors must clearly state that their work is being published for the first time.

If elements of the manuscript were previously published in another article, authors must reference the earlier work, explaining the significant differences between the new work and the previous one, while also establishing its connection to the findings and conclusions of the earlier study. Verbatim copying and paraphrasing of one's own previous works is not acceptable.

The following actions are not considered violations of research ethics: those inherent to the research process, unintentional research errors (e.g., unconscious mistakes), data conflicts, or differences in interpretation and analysis of results and experimental developments.

Ethical principles in the activity of the reviewer

The reviewer conducts a scientific evaluation of the author's materials, and their actions must be impartial, adhering to the following principles:

• The manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document and should not be shared for review or discussion with third parties without authorization from the editorial office.
• The reviewer is required to provide an objective and well-reasoned evaluation of the research results. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.
• Unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts must not be used by the reviewer for personal purposes.
• A reviewer who does not, in his opinion, possess sufficient qualifications to evaluate the work, or can not be objective, for example, due to a conflict of interest with the author or the organization, should notify the editor of his request to exclude him from the process of reviewing this work.

The journal's editorial board upholds scientific ethical standards, protecting the reputation of authors and taking accusations of plagiarism, as such accusations can negatively impact the researcher's career. When such situations arise, the editorial board follows a structured process to respond to allegations of plagiarism.

To ensure objectivity, the editorstheoroughly investigate each case and consider the arguments of all interested parties. Before taking any further actions, the editors seek to obtain the most accurate information from the authors of the disputed publication or copyright holders and review it.

However, the editors reserve the right not to respond to plagiarism accusations if the accuser provides inaccurate personal information (e.g., uses a fictitious name) or acts in an unethical or threatening manner. The editorial board is not obliged to discuss alleged cases of plagiarism with individuals who are not directly involved in the matter.