he editorial board of the journal GRAIL OF SCIENCE adheres in its work to the principles of integrity, transparency, and responsibility, conducts internal review of manuscripts submitted for publication, and ensures external review by independent experts in accordance with the double-blind peer review procedure, based on the principle of objectivity and in accordance with the recommendations of international organizations in the field of publication ethics and relevant state standards, in particular:
– best practice recommendations for publishers by the
Committee on Publication Ethics
– recommendations on ethics and editorial processes by the
World Association of Medical Editors
– principles set out in the
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
– best practices by the
Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association
– recommendations on publication principles by the
European Association of Science Editors
– as well as compliance requirements defined in the
Procedure for the Formation of the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine, as amended by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated January 19, 2026, № 56
Procedure for the Formation of the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine
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Compliance with academic integrity and publication ethics.
The editorial board of the journal «GRAIL OF SCIENCE» ensures compliance with international standards of publication ethics at all stages of the editorial process – from manuscript submission to its final publication. In its activities, the editorial board is guided by generally accepted principles of academic integrity, including prevention of plagiarism, fabrication and falsification of research results, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, as well as conflicts of interest.
Detailed provisions are set out on the «Editorial Ethics» page.
Conditions for manuscript submission.
Submission of a manuscript to the journal «GRAIL OF SCIENCE» means that the author:
– confirms that the scientific material complies with the journal requirements and ethical standards;
– guarantees that the submitted manuscript is a complete and verified scientific work;
– fully agrees with the editorial policy and all its parts;
– gives consent to the publication of the full text of the article in open access under the conditions defined by this policy.
Details are provided on the «Manuscript Submission Procedure» page.
Peer review and editorial processing, timelines of the editorial process, interaction with authors.
After receiving the manuscript, editorial processing begins. The processing time may vary depending on the complexity of the material and the editorial workload.
Stage 1. Confirmation of receipt of materials. up to 24 hours
Stage 2. Check by the editorial secretary for completeness and formatting. up to 36 hours
Stage 3. Preliminary review by the editor, plagiarism check, use of AI or AI-assisted technologies, and compliance with journal policies. up to 48 hours
Stage 4. Double-blind peer review by independent experts in the relevant field. up to 28 days
Editorial decisions are made solely on the basis of:
– scientific quality of the material;
– relevance of the research;
– compliance with the journal scope;
– reviewers’ conclusions.
As a result of the review, the manuscript may be:
– accepted for publication;
– returned for revision (revision timelines are not strictly limited and are determined individually depending on the nature of the comments);
– rejected (the author is provided with reasoned comments).
Stage 5. Notification of the author about the results. up to 24 hours
Stage 6. Processing and publication in the nearest issue. 4 to 40 days
After acceptance, the editorial board may carry out technical editing, stylistic and language correction, formatting, and other preparation for publication. Any changes that may affect the content or interpretation of the results are agreed with the author.
The editorial board may request additional information regarding authorship, author contributions, data reliability, etc. In the absence of confirmation, the editorial board reserves the right to reject the manuscript.
Detailed procedures are described on the «Peer Review Policy» page.
Open Access Model.
The journal «GRAIL OF SCIENCE» applies the Gold Open Access model, which предусматриє payment by the author for the processing and publication of the work (APC), and free and unrestricted access to published materials on the journal’s website without registration or embargo. The journal does not charge a fee for manuscript submission or peer review.
More details about Gold Open Access on the «Peer Review Policy» page
More details about APC on the «Article Processing Charge Policy» page
Conflict of Interest, Plagiarism, AI and Research Integrity.
The editorial board adheres to the principles of transparency and responsibility regarding:
– plagiarism and self-plagiarism;
– conflicts of interest;
– ethical oversight;
– FAIR data;
– research misconduct;
– the use of artificial intelligence and AI-assisted technologies;
Details on plagiarism are available on the «Plagiarism Policy» page
Details on conflicts of interest are available on the «Conflict of Interest Policy» page
Details on ethical oversight are available on the «Ethical Oversight Policy» page
Details on FAIR data are available on the «Open Data Policy» page
Details on misconduct are available on the «Research Misconduct Policy» page
Details on artificial intelligence are available on the «AI and AI-Assisted Technologies Policy» page
Manuscript Withdrawal, Corrections, Updates and Retraction.
The author has the right to withdraw the manuscript at any time before its publication. In the case of withdrawal of the manuscript before its acceptance by the editorial board or after acceptance, but no later than 7 days before publication, the editorial board provides a full refund of the paid APC. In the case of withdrawal of a manuscript accepted by the editorial board less than 7 days before publication, the decision on partial or full refund of the APC is made by the editorial board individually in accordance with the principles of publication ethics. The editorial board of the journal «GRAIL OF SCIENCE» adheres to the principles of ensuring the integrity of the scholarly record and responsibility for published research results. In case of detection of errors, inaccuracies or potential violations of publication ethics, the editorial board applies appropriate mechanisms for correction, update or retraction of published materials in accordance with the recommendations, principles and approaches of international organizations and relevant national regulations.
More details on retraction on the «Retraction Policy» page
More details on corrections and updates on the «Correction and Update Policy» page
Copyright and Licensing.
Authors whose scientific works are published in open access in the journal «GRAIL OF SCIENCE» retain copyright to their content and grant the journal the right of first publication of this scientific material. All materials are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY-SA 4.0 International, which allows copying, remixing, transforming, and distributing in any medium or format, as well as using for any purpose, including commercial use, exclusively under the same license and with mandatory attribution and indication of any changes made.
Details on copyright and licensing on the «Copyright and Licensing Policy» page.
Archiving of Scientific Materials.
The editorial board continuously works on including the journal in international electronic libraries, catalogs, and scientometric databases in order to integrate into the global scientific information and communication space, as well as to increase the journal’s ranking and the citation indices of our authors.
The journal ensures long-term preservation of publications through:
– participation in the LOCKSS program (Stanford University Libraries, USA)
– cooperation with the PKP Preservation Network (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
More details on archiving are available on the «Archiving Policy» page
Impartiality of Editorial Decisions.
The editorial board of the journal «GRAIL OF SCIENCE» guarantees independence of decision-making regardless of funding*, country of authors*, institutional affiliation*, race, gender, religious beliefs, nationality, social status, language, geographic or other criteria that may be discriminatory towards the author..
* The editorial board conducts financial operations in accordance with national and international financial monitoring standards and does NOT accept payments from persons located/registered in the Russian Federation or Belarus, payments in Russian or Belarusian rubles, as well as from jurisdictions identified as high-risk or non-cooperative in anti-money laundering measures.
Updates to the Editorial Policy.
The editorial board of the journal «GRAIL OF SCIENCE» may periodically update the policy to ensure its compliance with international standards. The current version is always available on the journal’s website, indicating the date of the latest revision.
Edition dated 23.01.2026
