Editorial Board of the collection of scientific papers "Problems of Emergency Situations" supports the principles of Open Science and recommends that authors share research data according to the FAIR criteria:

• Findable: Data is easily discoverable via unique identifiers (e.g., DOI);
• Accessible: Data is available through clearly defined protocols;
• Interoperable: Data is presented in formats that allow for shared use;
• Reusable: Data is described with metadata and carries an appropriate license.

The Editorial Board recommends providing access to data through the following methods:

• publishing data as supplementary materials to the article;
• depositing data sets in repositories (such as Zenodo, Figshare, etc.) with a designated DOI.

Restrictions and Ethical Principles

If data is confidential, authors must provide it in an anonymized format upon publication.

In cases where ethical, legal, or security restrictions apply, authors must state this and describe the conditions for access.

Manuscript Requirements

Editorial Board recommends including a "Data Availability Statement" section in the manuscript, specifying whether the data is available through a repository, provided upon request, or contained directly within the article.

References to data sets should be included in the reference list, citing the data identifier (e.g., DOI).

The Collection of Scientific Papers "Problems of Emergency Situations" operates under the diamond open access model, which provides for free publication of articles and free access to them for both authors and readers.

The editorial board ensures open online access to the current issue and the journal archive. Each article is published on the journal’s official website as a separate full-text item with proper bibliographic metadata and is available for reading, viewing, downloading, and citation. Published materials may be used for scientific, educational, and informational purposes provided that proper reference is made to the source of publication..

In order to ensure long-term preservation and continuous access, electronic versions of publications are archived on the journal’s official website and in the repository of the founding publisher. Archiving is carried out with the preservation of full-text articles, metadata, issue publication details, and persistent electronic links.

The technical support for archiving includes server storage, backup of electronic files, maintenance of the archive of previous issues, stable access to full texts through the journal’s official website and repository, as well as preservation of materials in widely used electronic document formats suitable for long-term use.

The guarantees of open access include the uninterrupted functioning of the journal’s web resource, preservation of the archive of published materials, availability of backup copies, and placement of publications in an open electronic environment that ensures their long-term accessibility for users.

By submitting an article to the collection of scientific works “Problems of Emergency Situations”, the authors confirm that they are the proper subjects of copyright for the submitted material and that the use of texts, drawings, tables, photographs, graphic materials, maps, diagrams, program code and other objects within the article does not violate the rights of third parties. The authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for the use of copyrighted materials, if such materials are not their own development or do not fall under the cases of fair use.

Submission of an article to the journal means the author’s consent to its publication in printed and/or electronic form, placement on the official website of the journal, in databases, repositories, indexing systems and other information resources related to the dissemination of scientific information. At the same time, the author retains personal non-property rights to the work, and property rights are used by the journal to the extent necessary for scientific publication, storage, archiving, indexing and ensuring open access to the article.

All materials published in the collection of scientific works "Problems of Emergency Situations" are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license allows free use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation of materials, provided that the author and the source of publication are indicated.

Any use of journal materials must be accompanied by a correct bibliographical reference to the author, title of the article, title of the journal, year, issue number and other source data of the publication.

The editorial board of the Collection of scientific papers "Problems of Emergency Situations" may initiate a retraction, publication of a correction, or an editorial expression of concern in cases where, after publication of an article, significant errors, signs of plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, duplicate publication, violations of research ethics, improper authorship, or other circumstances calling into question the scientific reliability of the published material are identified.

A decision on retraction or another post-publication action is made by the editorial board on the basis of the analysis of the available materials, explanations provided by the author or authors, and, if necessary, consultations with members of the editorial board or independent experts.

If a decision on retraction is made, a separate notice shall be published on the journal’s website clearly identifying the retracted article by its title, the name or names of the author or authors, publication details, and the reasons for the editorial decision. Such notice must be linked to the relevant article and remain openly accessible.

Retraction does not imply the physical removal of the article from the website, except in cases where this is required by law or where exceptional legal grounds exist. As a general rule, the article remains in the journal archive with a clear indication of its status.

If the identified violations do not require retraction but do require correction of the scholarly record, the editorial board may publish a correction or an editorial expression of concern.