This page summarises the unified editorial, ethical, and publishing standards applied across all journals published by the publisher.

Publisher: 4S go, s.r.o.

1. General Statement
All scientific journals published by 4S go, s.r.o. operate within a unified editorial, ethical, and publishing framework.
The publisher applies the same principles, procedures, and standards across all its journals to ensure transparency, consistency, and high scientific quality.

All journals published by 4S go, s.r.o. follow the same editorial structure, ethical principles, peer-review procedures, open-access policy, and publishing standards.

2. Editorial Structure and Peer Review
All journals of the publisher:

• apply a peer-reviewed publishing model
• use the same peer-review principles and procedures
• clearly define the roles and responsibilities of editors, reviewers, and authors
• ensure transparency and independence of editorial decisions

Detailed descriptions of the peer-review process are provided on the individual journal websites.

3. Publication Ethics and Integrity
All journals published by 4S go, s.r.o. adhere to identical ethical standards, including:

• publication ethics and malpractice prevention
• plagiarism detection and originality control
• conflict of interest disclosure
• correction, retraction, and withdrawal procedures
• responsible use of AI-assisted tools

Ethical principles are applied consistently across all journals and are publicly available in the Publication Ethics sections of each journal.

4. Open Access Policy
All journals published by 4S go, s.r.o. operate under the open-access publishing model, ensuring:

• immediate open access to all published articles
• transparent licensing and reuse conditions
• no hidden publication charges

Specific open-access and licensing details are stated on the websites of individual journals.

5. Abstracting, Indexing, and Visibility
Each journal published by 4S go, s.r.o. presents its abstracting, indexing, discovery services, and library cataloguing information using the same structured approach, clearly distinguishing between:

• formally recognised abstracting and indexing databases
• scholarly discovery and search services
• publishing infrastructure and metadata services
• library catalogues and repositories

This ensures accurate representation of journal visibility and compliance with international indexing standards.

6. Journal Title and Naming Policy
The publisher applies a consistent journal naming policy:

• the official ISSN title may include national characters or diacritics
• the international publishing and citation title is used without diacritics
• the international title is consistently applied in:
  • article metadata
  • DOI and Crossref records
  • abstracting and indexing services
  • citation information and journal websites

This approach ensures compatibility with international databases and citation systems.

7. Metadata, DOI, and Archiving
All journals published by 4S go, s.r.o.:

• assign DOI identifiers to published articles
• register and distribute metadata through professional publishing infrastructure
• ensure long-term archiving and preservation through institutional or national libraries

8. Compliance and Transparency
This publisher-wide policy confirms that:

• all journals of the publisher follow a shared and stable publishing system
• editorial and ethical standards are applied consistently
• journal information is presented transparently and accurately

The policy supports compliance with the requirements of international abstracting, indexing, and evaluation services.