Editorial Policy of the Scientific Journal “Economic Bulletin of Dnipro University of Technology”

The journal “Economic Bulletin of Dnipro University of Technology” (former title: “Economic Bulletin of the National Mining University”) was founded in 2003 by the National Mining University and the Institute of Industrial Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine as a publication aimed at highlighting the problems and priority areas of development of the economic mechanism for ensuring the efficient use of the production and entrepreneurial potential of mining and mineral processing enterprises. Along with changes in the trajectory of the socio-economic development of society, the university also changed, gradually acquiring a multidisciplinary profile and transforming into a powerful scientific and educational center of the country – Dnipro University of Technology.

These changes were also reflected in the scientific publications – the “Economic Bulletin of Dnipro University of Technology” became a multidisciplinary journal publishing the results of scientific research of a general economic orientation in such fields as economic theory, regional economics, industrial economics, enterprise economics, financial market, sectoral and enterprise finance, environmental economics, economic and mathematical methods of managerial decision-making, management, marketing, and the development of economic education. The areas in which articles are published are supported by the high level of qualification of researchers – employees of the university and the Institute of Industrial Economics, who are the founders of scientific schools well known in Ukraine. In modern conditions, the purpose of the journal “Economic Bulletin of Dnipro University of Technology” is to promote the publication and dissemination of research results among scholars, the exchange of scientific ideas, and the provision of an information space for discussion of new ideas and theories. The achievement of this purpose is ensured by the relevant editorial policy of the journal, the main principles of which are:

• ensuring free open access for users to the journal’s content in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative for open access publications;
• systematic work on including the journal in international electronic libraries, catalogues, and scientometric databases in order to increase the journal’s presence in the global scientific information space, improve its ranking, and increase the citation indices of its authors;
• providing members of the scientific community with equal opportunities to publish the results of their research and to disseminate them freely, based on compliance with ethical requirements for scientific publications: objectivity and impartiality in the selection of articles for publication, high standards regarding the quality of scientific research, and prevention of copyright infringement.

The objectives of the scientific journal are as follows:

• to ensure the publication of the results of relevant scientific research in the fields of economic theory, industrial economics, enterprise economics, regional economics, finance, management, marketing, and related economic disciplines, taking into account current challenges of socio-economic development;
• to create an open scientific communication space for the exchange of ideas, scientific approaches, and research results among domestic and foreign scholars, lecturers, doctoral students, and practitioners;
• to promote the development of the scientific schools of Dnipro University of Technology and the Institute of Industrial Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, as well as the integration of their scientific results into the national and international scientific space;
• to improve the quality of scientific publications through the implementation of transparent peer review procedures and adherence to the principles of academic integrity, objectivity, and impartiality in editorial decisions;
• to expand the journal’s international academic presence through systematic work on including the publication in international scientometric databases, electronic libraries, and scientific catalogues, which will contribute to increasing the citation of published works; to ensure equal access of authors to publication opportunities regardless of their academic institution, country of origin, or academic status, provided that the materials comply with established scientific and ethical standards;
• to promote the results of economic research oriented toward practical application, in particular in the fields of industrial enterprise development, financial markets, management of economic systems, and economic education;
• to support young scholars by creating favorable conditions for the publication of the results of their research and their integration into the professional scientific community.