Publication Ethics

01 General provisions

The journal publishes significant scientific works, not previously published, corresponding to its subject, possessing scientific novelty, and containing the authors' own research results. Languages: Kazakh, Russian, English.

02 Publication conditions

• Article structure: title, abstract, keywords, main provisions, introduction, purpose, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusion, funding information (if any), list of sources.
• Length — 5–10 pages; UDC and MRNTI are mandatory.
• Submission — via the electronic platform website.
• Authors are responsible for the reliability, novelty, and validity of the results.
• Until the editorial decision, the manuscript is not submitted to other journals.
• Communication — through the author's personal account.

03 Plagiarism and borrowing

• Manuscripts are checked with the Antiplagiat system.
• Minimum originality level — 75 %.
• If requirements are not met, the article is returned for revision.
• All borrowings must be cited with a mandatory reference to the source.

04 Copyright

Authors retain the rights to their works, allowing free use with mandatory attribution and reference to the publication in SARDAR. Authors may distribute their article in other sources with a mandatory reference to the original publication.

05 Disclosure and conflicts of interest

• Reviewers and editors may not use unpublished data from manuscripts for personal purposes without the authors' consent.
• Information obtained during peer review is confidential.
• A reviewer must decline to review in case of a conflict of interest (competition, joint projects, etc.).

06 Confidentiality

• The editorial board maintains the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, except in cases involving reviewers.
• Reviewer information is not disclosed to authors.

07 Corrections and revisions

1. An article rejected by the anti-plagiarism check or reviewer is returned for revision and may be resubmitted once.
2. The revised article is reconsidered in the general procedure.
3. An article not recommended by a reviewer is not accepted for reconsideration.
4. The author may request a second review by another reviewer with a reasoned appeal.

08 Retraction procedure

Retraction is applied upon detection of plagiarism, duplicate publications, falsification and data fabrication, serious errors, incorrect author list composition, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or publication without the author's consent.

The decision is made by the editorial board or upon request from the author(s). A retracted article remains in the archive labeled “RETRACTED,” with the date and reason. Payment for retracted articles is non-refundable.