Conflict of interest

1. Definition

A conflict of interest occurs when authors, reviewers, or editors have an implicit interest that could influence their judgment of published material.

A potential conflict of interest occurs when there are financial, personal, or professional conditions that could affect the scientific judgment of a reviewer or editor and, as a result, the editorial board's decision to publish an article.

2. Obligations regarding conflicts of interest.

The journal "Verba. Northwest Linguistic Journal" does not require a formal declaration of a conflict of interest.  However, it is assumed that by submitting an article for review, the author is declaring that: 

 – all sources of funding for the study are indicated in the text of the article;

 – there are no commercial, financial, personal or professional factors that could create a conflict of interest in relation to the submitted article.

If there is a conflict of interest, the author may:

 – ask to exclude any particular editor and/or reviewer from consideration of the article sent by him;

 – make an explicit statement of a possible conflict of interest in the text of the cover letter when submitting an article for consideration.

Editors and reviewers should declare potential conflicts of interest that could influence the editorial board's decision.

If there is a conflict of interest between the editor or reviewer and the author of the article, the article is transferred to another reviewer.

The presence of a conflict of interest, which is declared by any of the participants in the review and review process, does not mean  a rejection for publication.

All stakeholders should avoid any form of conflict of interest at all stages of the article's going to press.  In the event of a conflict of interest in any form, the person who first discovered such a conflict must immediately inform the editor about it.  The same applies to any violation of generally accepted ethical norms and rules.