Conflict of Interest
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Editors are required to report any real or potential conflicts of interest that may affect the decision-making regarding manuscripts. If a conflict is identified, the editor does not participate in making decisions regarding the manuscript. The manuscript is transferred to another editor.
With regard to reviewers, the editorial board asks to confirm the absence of a conflict of interest at the stage of selection of manuscripts for review or at the time of receipt of the manuscript by the reviewer. If such a conflict is detected at the stage of reviewing, the reviewer is obliged to inform the Publisher of this and refuse to review this manuscript. The Publisher in such a situation are guided by the recommendations. These recommendations are based on the COPE schemes, of which the Publisher TECHNOLOGY CENTER PC® is a member, "Undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript" and "Undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article".
