Publication ethics

The journal Mūzikas akadēmijas raksti (scriptamusica.lv) is free from discrimination against authors, editors or peer reviewers based on personal characteristics or identity.

We ensure the confidentiality of peer-reviewers and prevent the potential conflicts of interests between the authors, editorial board and peer-reviewers that might arise. The editor-in-chief and the scientific editor of the issue share the responsibility in the supervision of peer-reviewing and publication processes.

Authors are required to ensure their submitted article is their original research and has not been previously published or has not been submitted to another journal for consideration. If they to include any images, tables or data visualization material in their articles for which they do not hold copyright, they are responsible for obtaining written permission.

PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

The plagiarism is not tolerated in publications. The Editorial Board reserves the right to check all submissions through appropriate plagiarism checking tools. Submissions containing suspected plagiarism, in whole or part, will be rejected.

Deposition of a preprint or final version on the author’s personal website, in an institutional repository, or in a preprint archive will not be viewed as prior or duplicate publication.

In case of being informed about the research misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification or fabrication) in Mūzikas akadēmijas raksti, the editor-in-chief will deal with it according to the COPE’s guidelines in dealing with allegations. Any publication found to include fraudulent results will be retracted. The editor and the publisher will ensure that corrections or apologies are published when needed.

Any concerns and complaints related to the publishing process should be addressed by email to the editor-in-chief.