Ethical Guidelines

b:em follows the ethical principles that have been formulated for good scientific practice and research in a general and binding manner (by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) or in the form of the Guidelines for Good Scientific Practice of the Austrian Agency for Academic Integrity).

This includes

- Independence in the choice of research fields, methods and the evaluation of collected data;
- Respect for the personality of the research partners in the research process and in the presentation of the research;
- Rejection of any positions that contradict the principles of human rights;
- Fairness in dealing with other scientists, especially all those involved in the publications;
- Respecting all principles as formulated for publications with regard to authorship, among other things.

b:em reserves the right to withdraw publications if serious violations of the aforementioned principles are subsequently discovered.

In the event of conflicts between authors on the one hand and the team of editors on the other, the journal's advisory board may be involved. At least three people from the advisory board will then decide on disputed cases by majority vote after hearing the parties involved and independently of the votes of the editorial team.