Privacy Statement
The Uzbek Journal "Problems of Mechanics" respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and website users.
This statement explains how personal data are collected, used, protected, shared, and retained in connection with the journal’s editorial, publishing, and online activities.
Personal data are processed in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements and only for legitimate journal and publishing purposes.
Personal Data Collected
The journal may collect information provided during registration, manuscript submission, peer review, editorial work, or correspondence, including:
- full name;
- email address and other contact details;
- institutional affiliation and position;
- academic degree and areas of expertise;
- ORCID identifier;
- username and account information;
- author biography;
- manuscript, review, and editorial correspondence;
- conflict-of-interest and authorship declarations.
The online platform may also automatically collect limited technical information, such as:
- IP address;
- browser and device type;
- operating system;
- pages visited;
- date and time of access;
- referral source;
- general location information.
Purposes of Data Processing
Personal data may be used to:
- manage manuscript submission and editorial assessment;
- organize double-anonymous peer review;
- communicate with authors, reviewers, and editors;
- register and maintain user accounts;
- prepare article metadata;
- register DOIs;
- submit content to indexing and archiving services;
- publish author and affiliation information;
- maintain the integrity and security of the publication process;
- investigate ethical or legal concerns;
- improve the journal platform and services;
- comply with applicable legal and contractual obligations.
Publication of Author Information
Information necessary for scholarly attribution may be published with accepted articles, including:
- author names;
- affiliations;
- ORCID identifiers;
- corresponding author contact information;
- author contribution, funding, and conflict-of-interest statements.
Once published, this information may also be distributed through DOI registration agencies, indexing databases, repositories, libraries, and archiving services.
Peer Review Confidentiality
The journal uses a double-anonymous peer-review process.
Reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors, and reviewer information is treated as confidential unless disclosure is required by law, agreed by the reviewer, or necessary for an authorized ethical investigation.
Submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, and editorial correspondence must not be shared outside the authorized editorial process.
Sharing of Personal Data
Personal data may be shared only where necessary with:
- editors and authorized journal staff;
- reviewers;
- the publisher;
- technical platform providers;
- DOI registration agencies;
- indexing and archiving services;
- email and communication service providers;
- legal, regulatory, or institutional authorities where required.
Service providers are expected to use personal data only for the purposes for which access was granted.
The journal does not sell personal data.
Cookies and Technical Data
The journal website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- maintain user sessions;
- support account login;
- remember preferences;
- improve website functionality;
- protect platform security;
- collect limited usage statistics.
Users may control cookies through their browser settings. Disabling essential cookies may affect some website functions.
Data Security
The journal and publisher apply reasonable organizational and technical measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no online system can guarantee absolute security.
Users are responsible for protecting their usernames, passwords, and account access information.
Data Retention
Personal data are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for:
- editorial and publication processes;
- preservation of the scholarly record;
- management of peer-review history;
- ethical investigations;
- contractual and legal requirements;
- indexing and archiving.
Some editorial and publication records may be retained permanently where necessary to protect the integrity of the scholarly record.
User Rights
Subject to applicable law, individuals may request:
- access to their personal data;
- correction of inaccurate information;
- restriction of certain processing;
- withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent;
- deletion of information that is no longer required;
- information about how their data are used.
A request for deletion may not apply where data must be retained for legal, contractual, ethical, archiving, or scholarly-record purposes.
Identity verification may be required before a request is processed.
External Links
The journal website may contain links to external websites and services.
The journal is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of external websites. Users should review the privacy policies of those services separately.
Policy Updates
This Privacy Statement may be revised in response to legal, technical, editorial, or operational developments.
The current version will be published on the journal website.
Policy Administration
This statement is effective from 1 August 2026.
Questions, requests, or concerns regarding personal data and privacy should be submitted to: