2. Responsibilities of authors

  1. Authors are obliged to publish only real and authentic data.
  2. Authors are required to respect an ethical approach towards research subjects (it also includes informed consent for participation of human subjects in research and publishing of their personal data); authors publishing in Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore and Mäetagused have to respect the CODE OF ETHICS OF ESTONIAN SCIENTISTS (http://www.akadeemia.ee/_repository/File/ALUSDOKUD/Code-ethics.pdf); and the detailed summary of the rules for ethical research in anthropology and ethnology published on the website of the American Anthropological Association (http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/ethics/).
  3. Authors shall guarantee obtained permission for the use of copyrighted materials.
  4. All authors shall cooperate in providing retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  5. Authors are obliged to participate in the peer-review process as reviewers.
  6. For further information concerning the responsibilities of authors see also COPE's Guidelines for authors.