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Author Guidelines

These recommendations are prepared in conformity with the requirements of CSE’s White Paper on Promotion Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications 2012 Update and ICMJE Recommendations for Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, December 2016. 

The purposes and objectives of the Journal “Post-Soviet Space Problems” are to promote interdisciplinary researches related to scientific study of the post-Soviet countries. This journal publishes articles investigating the shaping and transformation of political systems in the post-Soviet states, formation of new political ideology and culture, modification of the social and political, national and confessional relations and processes, foreign policy and multi-sided interaction as well as the environmental issues and humanitarian cooperation. 

The journal accepts for publication the original articles, reviews, scientific reports that have not been earlier published in scientific publications. 

I           Recommendations for author prior to article submission 

The submission of an article to the Journal “Post-Soviet Space Problems” assumes that: 

(i)              The article has not been published elsewhere before;

(ii)            The article is not under consideration elsewhere;

(iii)           All co-authors agree with publication of the article’s current version. 

Before sending the article for consideration make sure that the file/files contain all required information in Russian and English, the sources of information placed under figures and tables and that all references are presented in an appropriate form. 

The title page of an article shall bear (in Russian and English):

 (i) Name of author/authors 

Authors are individuals identified by the research group to have made substantial contributions to the reported work and agree to be accountable for these contributions. In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done, an author should be able to identify which of their co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. 

Journal “Post-Soviet Space Problems” adopts the following criteria related to authorship: 

1. Substantial contribution to conception and design of research, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data. 

2. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. 

3. Final approval of the version to be published. 

The list of authors does not include individuals not qualified for authorship. The names of the individuals who have not been qualified for authorship, but who have provided some other support should be given in the Acknowledgments section. 

The names of authors of an article should be given in the following format: Name, initial of Patronymic, Surname. The surname should be given after the name and initial of patronymic, e.g. Petr S. Ivanov or Sergey I. Petrov. 

The surnames in English should be used as they are given in the foreign passport or in previously published articles. If an author has no foreign passport and/or publications its surname and name should be transliterated by the BSI standard. 

(ii) Information about author/authors 

This section should give the academic degree, title, position and other standings as well as e-mail and full postal address of the accountable author. 

(iii) Affiliation of author/authors 

Affiliation includes the following data: full official name of an organization, full postal address, including index, city and country. The authors should give all employments having relation to the conduct of research. 

If the article was prepared with participation of authors from different institutions, the affiliation of each author to a particular institution should be stated with the superscript. 

The official name of an institution in English is required for the block of information in English. 

(iv) Name of article 

The article’s name in Russian should correspond to the article content. 

The name in English should be grammatically and lexically correct in terms of the English language and its sense should correspond completely to the Russian name. 

(v) Abstract 

The recommended volume of an abstract is 250-300 words. The abstract may contain the following sections: Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions of research. 

The abstract should not include the firstly used terms, abbreviations, except generally known, references to literature. 

(vi) Key words 

Key words should include 5-7 words related to the subject of an article. It is desirable that the key words supplement the abstract and the article name. 

(vii) Text of an article 

The journal has adopted format IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion). 

Volume of the manuscript full text (original research, lectures, reviews), including tables and references, should not exceed 6000 words. The quantity of words in a text may be obtained in menu Word (File – View document – Statistics). If, in the author’s opinion, the greater volume of an article is justified and cannot be cut, the decision on publication is taken at the editorial board meeting by the reviewer recommendation. 

Format of the manuscript text. The text should be printed in Times New Roman, font size 14 pt and line spacing 1.5 pt. The indents from each side of a page are 2 cm. 

The emphases in the text may be made ONLY with italics or semibold types, but NOT with underlining. All repeating spaces and unnecessary line tearings should be deleted (automatically via Microsoft Word service “Find” – “Replace”). 

File with an article text to be filled into the form for submission of manuscripts should contain entire information for publication, including figures and tables. The manuscript structure should be consistent with the adopted model: article’s authors; article name; name of institution specifying the city and country; abstract of an article; key words; text of an article; literature; date of article receiving by an editorial board; information about authors. 

Full text (in Russian, in English, in both languages) should be divided into sections. The structure of the full text of a manuscript describing the results of original research should be consistent with the generally adopted model and contain the following sections: introduction (relevance), the body of the work broken into parts and conclusion. 

(viii) Acknowledgements 

This section should give all sources of fund raising for research as well as extend thanks to the individuals who have participated in preparation of the given article, but who are not warranted authorship. Participation in preparation of the article includes the following: recommendations on research improvement, provision of space for research, departmental control, obtaining financial support, certain kinds of analysis, provision of reagents/patients/animals/other materials for research. 

(ix) Conflict of interest 

Conflicts of interest can be defined as conditions in which an individual holds conflicting or competing interests that could bias editorial decisions. Conflicts of interest may be potential or perceived, or they may be factual. Personal, political, financial, academic, or religious considerations can affect objectivity in numerous ways. 

The author should inform the editor about the factual or potential conflict of interest having included the information about such conflict into the respective section of an article. 

If there is no conflict of interest, the author should say so in the form like the following: “Author declares about the lack of conflict of interest.” 

(x) Pictures 

Pictures should be of good quality and suitable for print publication. 

All pictures should have captions. 

The caption should be translated into English. 

Pictures should be numbered consecutively in Arab figures according to the order in which they have been cited in the text. If there is only one picture in the text, it is not numbered. 

References to pictures should be presented as follows: “Figure 3 illustrates that …” or “It is shown that … (see Figure 3).” 

The caption should include the consecutive number of a picture, its name. It should be centered:

“Fig. 2. Description of political processes” 

No point is put after the caption. 

Translation of a caption should be given after the caption in Russian. 

(xi) Tables 

Tables should be of good quality and suitable for print publication. Tables fit for editing and not scanned or presented as pictures are most preferable.

All tables should be provided with headings. 

The table heading should be translated into English. 

Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arab figures according to the order in which they have been cited in the text. If there is only one table in the text, it is not numbered. 

References to tables should be presented as follows: “Table 3 illustrates that …” or “It is shown that … (see Table 3).” 

The table heading should include its consecutive number and name. 

The table heading should be centered:

“Table 2. Indices for indicators” 

No point is put after the table heading.

 Translation of a table heading should be given after the table heading in Russian. 

(xii) Screenshots and photos 

Photos, screenshots and other not drawn illustrations should be loaded separately into a special section of a form for article submission in the file format *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.gif (*.doc and *.docx – if some additional marks are made on the image). The image resolution should be >300 dpi. Files with images should be given a name corresponding to the picture number in a text. The file description should give separately the caption which should correspond to the photo name in the text. 

(xiii) Footnotes 

Footnotes are numbered using Arabic figures and placed on pages in which they are referred to. Footnotes may include references to anonymous sources in Internet, references to textbooks, educational aids, GOST, statistical reports, articles in public political newspapers and journals, synopses, dissertations (at impossibility to cite articles published by the results of dissertation research), author’s comments. 

(xiv) References 

This journal has adopted the Vancouver style of citation assuming reference to a source within parentheses and further inclusion of the sources into the reference list in an order of their identification in a text. The page number should be given within parentheses as follows: first goes source number, then comma, open space and page number [6, p. 8]. 

The list of references includes only reviewed sources (articles from scientific journals and monographs) mentioned in the text of an article. It is undesirable to include into the list of references the synopses, dissertations, textbooks, educational aids, GOST, information from sites, statistical reports, articles in public political newspapers and journals, on sites and in blogs. If there is a need to refer to such information put the information about the source in a footnote.

The source should be mentioned with its DOI, if available (for foreign sources this is possible in 95% of cases).

References to papers accepted but not yet published should be designated as “in press.” The authors should obtain written permission for reference to such documents and confirmation that they have been accepted for print. Information from unpublished sources should be cited in the text as “unpublished data/documents” and the authors should also obtain written confirmation to the use of such materials. 

References to the articles from journals should contain the year of article publication, volume and number of a journal, page numbers. 

Identification of each source should include all authors. 

All references should be verified, the publisher’s imprint should be checked in the official site of journals and/or publishers. 

The list of references should be translated into English. After presentation of a Russian source the indication to the language of a work (In Russ.) should be given at the end of a reference. 

Names and surnames of authors, names of journals should be transliterated by the BSI standard. 

Examples of presentation 

References to articles from foreign sources: 

1 Surname initials, 2 Surname initials. Article name. Journal name. Year; Volume (Number); 00-00.DOI; 10.13655/1.6.1234567. 

References to monographs in a foreign language: 

With 1-3 authors: 

1 Surname initials, 2 Surname initials. Book name. Revision number. City: Publishers; Year of publication. 

Reference to an editor or compiler: 

1 Surname initials, 2 Surname initials, 3 Surname initials, editors. Name. Revision number. City: Publishers; Year of publication. 

Chapter from a monograph or a collection: 

1 Surname initials 1 Name. B: 2 Surname initials, editor. 2 Name. Revision number. City: Publishers; Year of publication. 

The name of a journal as well as monographs and collections should be given in Italics; after initials the points are put. There is no comma between the author’s surname and initials. 

Presentation of translated references to an article and monograph 

The structure of a reference to an article may be presented in general as follows: 

Authors (transliteration) [Translation of an article title in English in square brackets]. Name of the Russian language source (transliteration). Publisher’s imprint with designation in English or only digital. Indication of the article language (in Russ.) 

The structure of a reference to a monograph may be presented in general as follows: 

Authors (transliteration) [Translation of a monograph title in English in square brackets]. Publisher’s imprint: place of publication in English if this is organization and transliteration if the publisher has its own name (specifying in English that this is a publisher). Number of pages.   

1 Familia I.O., 2 Familia I.O. [Translation of the article title]. Transliteration of journal name = Official name in English. Year;Volume(Number):00-00. DOI: 0000-0000 (In Russ.)] 

1 Familia I.O. [Translation of monograph title]. Gorod: Izdatelstvo; 2000. (In Russ.)] 

Reference to Internet resources 

Note: Giving reference to the material in the site mentioned in an article is preferable. Reference to the main page is not informative and prevents from checking the information. 

Name of material in a site [site]. Name of site; 2016 [revised on October 19, 2016; cited on October 30, 2016]. Available at http://www.example.ru 

II          How to submit an article for consideration 

The manuscript should be sent to a journal in an online form. The file with an article should be loaded into a system and presented in format Microsoft Word (with extension *.doc, *.docx, *.rft). 

III         Relations between a journal and an author 

The journal editorial board keeps correspondence with the responsible (contact) author. But if the group of authors may wish so, the letters may be directed to all authors by e-mail addresses given by them. 

All articles contributed to Journal “Post-Soviet Space Problems” are subject to preliminary check by an executive secretary of the journal for compliance with the formal requirements. At this stage the article may be returned to an author / authors for revision to rectify mistakes or add missing data. At this stage the article may be also rejected due to its non-compliance with the objectives of a journal, lack of distinction, poor scientific value. 

After preliminary check the executive editor passes the article to a reviewer setting the deadline for this work. The author should be sent the respective notice. 

In disputable cases an editor may invite to the reviewing process several specialists as well as the editor-in-chief. 

After receiving the positive response from a reviewer the article is transferred to an editor to prepare it for print. 

If it was decided to improve the article, all criticisms and comments of a reviewer should be directed to an author. The author is given 3 months for rectification of criticisms. If within this period the author has failed to notify the editor about planned actions the article is taken out of the order of publication. 

If it was decided to reject an article the author should be sent the respective decision of an editorial board. 

The responsible (contact) author of the article accepted for publication is sent the final makeup to be checked by the author. The response from the author is expected within 7 days. In the absence of response from the author the article is considered approved.

IV        Procedure of revision of editor/s/reviewer’s decision 

If the author does not agree with the conclusions of a reviewer and/or editor or with individual comments, he/she may challenge such decision. For this purpose the author should: 

-        Correct the manuscript in accordance with the justified comments of reviewers and editors;

-        To explain clearly his/her position in relation to the disputable issues. 

The editors facilitate the repeated submission of manuscripts which could have been accepted, but have been denied for the need to make essential alterations in them or to collect additional data. They are also ready to explain in details what should be corrected in the manuscript so that it is accepted for publication. 

V         Actions of editors at revealing plagiarism, fabrication or falsification

In case of revealing the misconduct of an author, detection of plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data the editors should be guided by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) rules. 

Misconduct is understood in the Journal “Post-Soviet Space Problems” as any action of a researcher that involves mistreatment of research subjects or purposeful manipulation of the scientific record such that it no longer reflects observed truth as well as conduct of a researcher that falls short of good ethical and scientific standards. 

In the Journal “Post-Soviet Space Problems” the misconduct notion does not include honest error or honest differences in the design, execution, interpretation, or judgment in evaluating research methods or results or misconduct not connected with scientific process. 

VI        Correction of errors and article revocation 

If in an article the errors are found that influence its interpretation, but not distort the research results they may be corrected by substitution of pdf-file of an article indicating the error in the article file and on the numbered page of an article on the journal site. 

If in an article the errors are found that distort the research results or in case of plagiarism, detection of misconduct of author/authors connected with falsification and/or fabrication of data, such article may be revoked and the revocation may be initiated by editors, author, organization, private person. 

The revoked article should be marked “Revoked” and on the page of the article the information about the reason for revocation should be given. Information about revocation is directed to the databases where the journal is indexed. 

http://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/vancouver

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one line spacing, font Times New Roman, 12 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in  Regulations  located in the Part "About Us." 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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