Publication Ethics

Natura Dinarica is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and editorial integrity. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to act in accordance with the principles of honesty, transparency, confidentiality, objectivity, and responsibility.

Responsibilities of authors

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts represent original work and that all data, results, interpretations, and conclusions are presented accurately.

Manuscripts must not have been previously published and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All sources must be properly cited, and permission must be obtained for the use of copyrighted material when required.

All persons who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the study should be listed as authors. All listed authors must approve the submitted version of the manuscript and agree to its submission.

Authors must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest, as well as any sources of funding or support relevant to the submitted work.

Responsibilities of reviewers

Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations of manuscripts. Reviews should be based on the scientific quality, originality, relevance, methodological soundness, clarity, and contribution of the manuscript.

Reviewers must treat manuscripts and related correspondence as confidential documents. They must not use information obtained during the review process for personal advantage.

Reviewers should decline to review manuscripts if they have a conflict of interest or if the manuscript falls outside their area of expertise.

Responsibilities of editors

Editors are responsible for ensuring a fair, transparent, and impartial editorial process. Editorial decisions are based on the scientific quality, originality, relevance, methodological soundness, and compliance of the manuscript with the journal’s aims, scope, author guidelines, and ethical standards.

Editors must treat submitted manuscripts as confidential documents and must not use unpublished information for personal advantage.

Editors should take appropriate measures when ethical concerns, conflicts of interest, or allegations of misconduct arise.

Research integrity and misconduct

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or any other form of unethical publishing behavior.

When ethical concerns arise, the journal may request clarification from authors, seek advice from members of the Editorial Board or external experts, contact relevant institutions when necessary, and take appropriate editorial action.

Conflicts of interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that could influence the submission, review, editorial decision, or publication of a manuscript.

When a conflict of interest exists, appropriate measures will be taken to ensure an impartial editorial and review process.

Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions

The journal may publish corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions when necessary to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.

Corrections are issued when significant errors are identified in published articles. Expressions of concern may be issued when serious questions arise, but the outcome of an investigation is not yet available. Retractions may be issued in cases of serious ethical misconduct, unreliable findings, plagiarism, duplicate publication, or substantial breach of publication ethics.