The requirements for the editorial policy, publication ethics, reviewing and plagiarism checking, etc. of the journal "Mechanics and Technologies" are carried out in accordance with the "Regulations on scientific periodicals" (approved by the order of the rector of the NJSC "M.Kh. Dulaty Taraz Regional University" No. 152 of 11/19/2020).

Publication ethics. Authors, co-authors, members of the editorial board and reviewers of manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal "Mechanics and Technologies" are prohibited from admitting the following facts of scientific dishonesty:

1) Submit for publication research results (theoretical, experimental, etc.) that have not been conducted and not obtained by the authors;

2) Deliberately distort the research results or hide information that affects the reliability of scientific data;

3) Assign or present research results or scientific ideas of other authors, without proper reference to their publications;

4) Indicate as authors persons who do not contribute to the research conducting and the preparation of a manuscript;

5) Republish an article with a different title without significant qualitative and quantitative changes or the use of additional scientific results;

6) Provide materials that have a negative impact on the reputation and status of the journal, as well as members of the editorial board;

7) Provide by editorial board members reviews of their own articles or articles of their students (students, undergraduates, graduate students, doctoral students);

8) Falsify the composition of the authors of the publication;

9) Present pseudoscientific materials;

10) Transfer a scientific article to another publication without the consent of other authors and without the permission of the editorial board;

11) Transfer the materials of the article to third parties;

12) Violate copyright and confidentiality principles of editorial processes;

13) Manipulate quoting and allow plagiarism in manuscripts;

14) Conflict of scientific interests in publications.

In case of identifying mentioned facts (or one of them), they are reflected in the official review of the manuscript. Negative facts discovered before publication should be eliminated or corrected, otherwise the manuscript is rejected. In case of refusal to manuscript publishing on ethical features authors will be notified in writing by the editor-in-chief. If such facts are discovered after publication, the editorial board gives reasonable denials and apologizes in one of the issues of the journal.

 

Authors' rights. Authors submitting manuscript to the Mechanics and Technologies journal have the following rights:

- submit manuscript contained the results of own research or carried out with the participation of colleagues;

- copyright protection of the submissions;

- receive an information about the editorial reviewing of the submission;

- refuse the manuscript publishing in the journal until its acceptance;

- receive from the editorial office Author Guideline and instructions for uploading manuscript to the online platform;

- receive a copy of the published article.

 

Obligations of Authors. The authors have the following responsibilities:

- formatting the submissions in accordance with the journal requirements;

- do not bring to the journal previously published articles or that are under consideration in other journals;

- observe publication ethics when preparing a manuscript;

- provide links to materials used in the manuscript;

- guarantee the reliability of citations, results and facts given in the manuscript;

- provide the necessary information and comply with the editorial requirements during the editorial examination of the manuscript; 

- making in the manuscript shortcomings correction identified on the examination;

- submit manuscript and carry out further correspondence through the online platform;

- make a payment for the publication of articles accepted by the editors and provide a copy of the payment receipt;

- own self download the published article from the journal's website;

- submit to the editorial office no more than 2 articles for each issue of the journal.

 

Rights and responsibilities of Reviewers. The reviewer of a manuscript submitted to the journal "Mechanics and Technologies" has the right to:

- receive an electronic version of the manuscript submitted for review (without information about authors);

- get a review template;

- prepare a review within 7-10 days;

- refuse to reviewing in case of discrepancy between own research area and the manuscript submitted;

- receive a corrected (modified) version of the manuscript previously reviewed by him for re-examination.

The reviewer’s responsibility are:

- non-distribution of the reviewing manuscript to outside parties;

- not use the manuscript materials in own interests;

- qualitative, consistent and objective assessment of the manuscript and review submission;

- submission of a review to the editor on time;

- signing, certifying with a seal and sending the electronic version of the review to the editor through the online platform.

 

Rights and obligations of Editorial Board Member. The rights and obligations of a editorial board member of the journal "Mechanics and Technologies" include:

- peer review of manuscript in the appropriate sections of the journal;

- attraction of experts for a reviewing process;

- participation in the updating of reviewers base for "blind" review;

- dissemination of the journal among scientific teams and researchers;

- development of questions on manuscript peer review for a collegial decision;

- participation in the editorial board activity and making proposals for improving the journal quality.

 

Rights and obligations of the Editorial Executive Secretary (Specialist). The editorial executive secretary of the journal has the right and is responsible for:

- organization and conducting  correspondence with the authors;

- interaction with the editor-in-chief and editorial board members on issues related to the manuscript review and the preparation of journal issues;

- interaction with the "Dulaty University Publishing House" on issues of journal publishing;

- providing information support for the journal's website;

- collection and analysis of manuscripts and their transfer to reviewers;

- conducting an anti-plagiarism checking procedure of the manuscripts;

- monitoring the manuscripts design compliance with the requirements of applicable standards (orders, regulations, instructions, etc.);

- preparation of the next issue of the journal;

- formation of electronic versions of issues and their loading on the journal's website;

- preparation and submission of journal’s electronic versions to databases;

- control of the timing of the journal issues publication;

- achieving of electronic versions of the anti-plagiarism checking certificate and reviews of manuscripts accepted to publication.

 

Rights and obligations of the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief of the Mechanics and Technologies journal has the right and undertakes to:

- provide guidance for the editorial board activities;

- determine the qualitative and quantitative composition of the editorial board;

- form reviewers database for "blind" review of manuscripts;

- represent the editorial board and the journal in state bodies, public organizations, in the press, various scientific forums, conferences, etc.;

- consider the draft of each issue of the journal and give allow for their its transfer to the publishing house;

- carry out manuscripts quality control included in the journal issue;

- conduct correspondence on the journal activities with authors, members of the editorial board and other persons related to the journal activities;

 - be responsible for the content quality, thematic focus and timing of the journal issues;

- develop measures to improve the citation, increase its image and recognition in the scientific community.