AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Authors are fully responsible for the content of the materials submitted for publication and are required to adhere to the principles of academic integrity.

Authors may submit materials to only one publication. Submitting to two or more publications simultaneously or submitting a previously published article is an unacceptable violation of publication ethics, leading to the rejection of the manuscript.

Only original scientific works whose results have not been previously published and are not under consideration by other publications may be submitted for publication. Authors guarantee the absence of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, as well as the correct use and proper citation of all sources.

Authorship should reflect the actual scientific contribution of each co-author. Persons who did not participate directly in the research or preparation of the manuscript cannot be listed as authors. All co-authors must be informed about the submission of the manuscript and agree with its final version.

Authors are required to inform the editorial board of any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may influence the results of the study, their interpretation, or the submission of material for publication. Sources of funding for the study must also be disclosed. If a significant error or violation is discovered after publication, authors must immediately inform the editorial board and assist in correcting or retracting the article.

Conflicts of interest may be financial, professional, institutional, or personal in nature. If there is no conflict of interest, authors must make a statement to that effect.

Failure to disclose a conflict of interest may be considered a violation of publication ethics and may be grounds for refusal to publish, withdrawal of the article, or other measures in accordance with established procedures.

Submission of inaccurate information or violation of ethical standards may be grounds for refusal to publish, retraction of the article, and other measures provided for in the journal's internal documents.

CITATION POLICY

Authors must ensure that when using material from other sources (including their own previously published works), the source is clearly cited.

Authors should not engage in excessive self-citation of their own work.

Authors should not copy references from other publications unless they have read the cited work.

Authors should not predominantly cite their own publications or those of their friends, colleagues, or institutions.

Authors should not quote advertisements or promotional materials.

Editors and reviewers should not ask authors to include citations just to increase the number of citations to their own work or that of a colleague, to the journal "Science and Transport Progress" or other journal to which they are affiliated.

In accordance with the COPE guidelines, we expect that "original wording taken directly from the publications of other researchers should be enclosed in quotation marks with appropriate references." This condition also applies to the author's own work. COPE produced a discussion paper on citation manipulation with best practice recommendations.

FUNDING INFORMATION

If a paper is a result of the funded project, authors are required to specify funding sources according to their contracts with the funder. 

Within the structure of the manuscript, information regarding funding should be presented as a separate section entitled ‘Funding’, placed after the main text and before the reference list.