The Editorial Board is committed to ensuring openness, transparency, and timely responses to all substantiated complaints or suggestions received from authors, reviewers, or readers. Each submission is considered individually, taking into account its nature and complexity, and decisions are based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All proposals and complaints must be sent to the official email address of the journal. Messages are reviewed within ten working days. A complaint must be clear, concise, and reasoned, providing sufficient data to support a potential breach of publication ethics or editorial policy. Where possible, the applicant should attach documents or evidence supporting their position.

Personal complaints regarding the actions of authors, reviewers, Editorial Board members, or other participants in the editorial process are considered exclusively within the journal's competence. In cases where the complaint falls outside the Editorial Board's scope of responsibility, the applicant will be provided with a reasoned explanation for the refusal to consider it. The journal reserves the right not to investigate complaints submitted in an incorrect, offensive, threatening, or defamatory manner.

In the event of significant violations or data inaccuracies, the Editorial Board may decide to retract a previously published article. The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief.

Grounds for retraction include:

• Clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, whether as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication, image manipulation) or honest error.
• Duplicate publication of results in previous works without proper attribution or permission (redundant publication).
• Evidence of fictitious or false authorship.
• Compromised peer review process.
• Research conducted in violation of ethical standards or professional codes.

Requests for retraction can be submitted until the moment of official publication. To do so, an official letter explaining the reasons for the withdrawal must be sent to the Editorial Office. The statement must be concise, clear, and signed by all authors all authors.

Upon receiving the letter, the Editorial Office confirms the retraction, and the manuscript is removed from the publishing database. Copyright to the text remains with the authors. Once a decision on retraction is reached:

1. A "Retracted" watermark is added to the electronic version of the article.
2. The title of the publication is changed to "Retracted: [Article Title]".
3. A separate Retraction Notice is published, signed by the Editorial Board, specifying the reasons and the DOI.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to decide on future cooperation with the author(s) of a retracted article.