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- » Open Access Policy
- » Archiving
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- » Publishing Ethics
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- » Author fees
- » Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
- » Plagiarism detection
- » Preprint and postprint Policy
- » Revenue Sources
Aim and Scope
The foremost mission of Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki (hereinafter referred to as the Journal) is to promote and distribute information about the most important achievements and innovative solutions in the sphere of the humanities, as well as to encourage the exchange of professional experiences at the local and international levels.
The following objectives are set in pursuit of this aim:
- establishment of the open discussion platform, which is intended to support the exchange of ideas and information dissemination in the scientific community;
- continuous enhancement of the range of authors in geographical (overcoming of the localization of publication process) and scientific (increasing the spectrum of issues considered in papers) sense;
- abiding interest in interdisciplinary connections and complex approaches to phenomena under study;
- compliance of the Journal with the international requirements elaborated for scholarly periodicals, as well as rigorous and objective selection of manuscripts for publishing.
Section Policies
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Publication Frequency
6 issues per year
Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.
Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.
For more information please read BOAI statement.
Archiving
- Russian State Library (RSL)
- National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)
Peer-Review
The following regulations shall apply to review of any manuscript submitted for publishing in Uchenye zapiski Kazanskogo universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki (hereinafter referred to as the Journal):
- General Guidelines
All manuscripts submitted to the Journal are subjected to editorial precheck and single blind peer reviewing (any information about the Reviewer is confidential to the Author).
Only highly professional specialists recognized for their competence and scholarly background within the framework of the reviewed manuscript can act as the Reviewers. The Author/Co-Author of the manuscript cannot take the responsibility of the Reviewer.
- Reviewing Arrangements
The Secretary of Journal within 10 days notifies the Authors of the manuscript receipt.
Once the manuscript has been received, the review process is limited to 2–4 months. However, the Editorial Board retains the right to set deadlines for reviewing on a case-by-case basis.
The process of reviewing is carried out in several stages: a) At the first stage, the Reviewer evaluates the manuscript from the point of its compliance with the Journal profile, scientific rigor, and formatting; b) At the second stage, the content of the manuscript is analyzed in relation to its compliance with the declared title, clear formulation of the objectives and methods used to achieve them, novelty and relevance of the obtained results, personal contribution of the Author to solution of the research problem, correct interpretation of the obtained data and their relevance, sufficient validity of the presented conclusions. Furthermore, the Reviewer notes all inaccuracies, errors, and technical mistakes, as well as thoroughly studies the abstract quality, completeness of the list of references and its compliance with the studied problem.
The results of the reviewing are described in a justified conclusion:
- recommended for publishing unaltered;
- recommended for publishing after correction of the deficiencies noted by the Reviewer;
- recommended for publishing after correction of the deficiencies and repeated reviewing;
- not recommended for publishing;
- recommended for publishing in another journal.
The decision to publish the manuscript rests ultimately with the Editor-in-Chief on the basis of the feedback provided by the Reviewer. When stumbling upon the negative review, the manuscript is not published or returned to the Author. In case of the positive review, the final decision to publish the manuscript is made by the Editorial Board of the Journal. The Secretary or the Deputy Editor-in-Chief must inform the Author about the decision of the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board and provide them with a copy of the review.
- Review Format
The review is written by filling in the form recommended by the Editorial Board. The review shall be signed by the person who performed it.
- Storage and Handling of Reviews
The original versions of all reviews should be stored in the editorial office for 5 years from the date of publication of the manuscript. Their copies can be sent at request to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Publishing Ethics
The success of individual research projects and science as a whole depends, to a great extent, on commitment to the highest ethical and legal standards, which have been adopted by the academic community relative to publication of research outcomes and rely on the following sources: the Code of Publishing Ethics developed by the Committee on the Ethics of Scientific Publications (Russia, Moscow); the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers elaborated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
In line with these documents, the Editorial Board of Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki (hereinafter referred to as the Journal) subscribes to the ethical guidelines, compliance with which is mandatory for all sides involved in the process of publishing of research materials (Editors, Authors, Reviewers, and Publishers).
The Editors are directly responsible for prevention of publication malpractice. All articles that fail to meet the below standards, i.e., if some kind of malpractice or unethical behavior are discovered at any stage (even after the publication), will be immediately removed from publication.
- Editorial Board
The Editors have the following general responsibilities:
1.1. The Editor is bound to consider all materials of the manuscript submitted by the Author. The final responsibility for accepting or rejecting the manuscript (based on its relevance, integrity, and fitting into the journal profile) without any personal and ideological favoritism or malice rests with the Editor;
1.2. The Editor should treat the Author respectfully, regardless of their sex, racial affiliation, and other subjective qualities;
1.3. The Editor is obligated to observe the intellectual property rights of the Authors by keeping in confidentiality all data provided in the manuscript without using them for personal purposes or transferring to the third parties;
1.4. The Editor should exclude from publishing all plagiarized or falsified materials, as well as take serious steps in case of redundancy and false attribution of authorship;
1.5. The Editor ensures confidentiality and anonymity of the review process;
1.6. The Editor should invite only highly professional specialists as the Reviewers.
- Authors
The Author is a person who has made a worthy contribution to the process of research or interpretation of its results. The Author submitting their manuscript for the purpose of publishing and distribution in the scientific community should strive to comply with the following rules:
2.1. The Authors should rely upon exceptionally accurate and actual data, as well as their unbiased interpretation without permitting any false or fraudulent claims about the obtained results;
2.2. The Authors are not allowed to submit the same manuscript to any other journal for publication, in whole or in part, when it is being considered by the Journal. In addition, they should not participate in multiple and redundant publications, which is regarded as self-plagiarism;
2.3. All research funders, as well as other sources of support, should be clearly identified and listed in the manuscript, including indication of the role of each contributing party;
2.4. Data obtained in the private talk or correspondence can be used only subject to prior written approval from the person, who provided them;
2.5. Graphic or textual data from the works published by other authors should be indicated with reference to the source, from which they were taken. Besides, all works published elsewhere and covering similar issues, which influenced the research, should be given in the list of references;
2.6. If the Authors discover significant errors and incorrect conclusions in their manuscripts, either accepted for publishing or already published by the Journal they should immediately inform Editor about it in order to take appropriate steps, such as correction, disclamation, or retraction;
2.7. As the Editor makes the final decision to publish the manuscript, the Authors retain their copyright without restrictions and agree with the transfer of the right to publish and distribute their published work (in print and electronic versions), as well as with that the bibliographic data will be included in the science citation databases and the full text will be freely available in the Scientific Electronic Library eLIBRARY.RU, Cyberleninka Library, and Journal's website.
- Reviewers
Reviewing of the submitted manuscript should be based on the following major principles:
3.1. The Reviewer maintains confidentiality concerning the scientific inquiry of the manuscript, which is intended to improve its quality and helps the editorial board to finalize their decision on publishing the results of research;
3.2. The Author/Co-Author of the manuscript cannot act as the Reviewer;
3.3. If the Reviewer recognizes that either the manuscript is not related to their scholarly background or the time allocated for review is not enough, it immediately sets the ground for refusal;
3.4. When reviewing the material submitted for publication, the Reviewers are obligated to be objective in their evaluation of the manuscript. All suggestions and judgements should be based on the relevance, integrity, and originality of the results of research performed by the Author. Any critical statements of a subjective nature arising from personal attitudes to the Author or other reasons are not acceptable;
3.5. The Reviewers should disclose all conflicts of interest that may arise;
3.6. The Reviewer is not allowed to keep any copies of the manuscript or transfer the materials under review to any other side. The manuscript cannot be used for personal research purposes prior to its publication unless special permission is obtained from the Author;
3.7. The Reviewer ensures that the manuscript is coherently written and contains all references to the cited or used works;
3.8. The Reviewer should support their conclusions about the manuscript, thus ensuring that the Author and the Editor understand the basis of all comments and judgements;
3.9. The Reviewer should point out if the manuscript bears considerable similarities to the works published earlier, i.e., report on plagiarism.
- Conflict of Interests
All participants of the publication process (authors of manuscripts, editorial board, and reviewers) must disclose any conflict of interests caused by potential competition, as well as their personal or other attitudes, etc. Authors are directly responsible for peaceful settlement of all conflicts that occur during manuscript preparation. The Editorial Board and reviewers must provide objective and impartial work on the manuscript submitted by the Authors. If any conflict situations arise at this stage, the persons concerned must delegate their responsibilities to other members of the Editorial Board or Reviewers.
- Personal Data Processing Policy
In accordance with Federal Law No. 152 of July 27, 2006 “On Personal Data”:
personal data is any information that relates, either directly or implicitly, to an identified or identifiable living individual (data subject);
personal data processing refers to actions (operations) or a series of actions (operations) performed, both with and without the use of automation tools, on personal data. It includes collection, recording, organization, storage, improvement (update, alteration), retrieval, use, transmission (dissemination, provision, sharing), anonymization, blocking, erasure, and destruction.
5.1. The Authors (data subjects) give their full consent to the storage and processing, on an indefinite basis, of the following personal
- academic degree and rank;
- employing company, job position;
- E-mail address;
- phone number;
- postal address (if registered post is needed).
5.2. With the consent of the data subjects, their personal data are processed for the following purposes:
- to identify the author(s) of the paper;
- to compile analytical and statistical reports;
- to develop data bases and information systems.
5.3. Personal data can only be shared with third parties if the data subjects whose personal data are involved have been informed about the sharing and provided with all necessary details (name, address) about the third parties.
5.4. Withdrawal of the consent to the storage and processing of personal data requires prior written notice to the editorial office of the journal.
Founder
- Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University"
Author fees
Publication in “Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta" (Proceedings of Kazan University) is free of charge for all the authors.
The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.
The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Plagiarism detection
“Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta" (Proceedings of Kazan University) use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
Preprint and postprint Policy
Prior to acceptance and publication in “Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta" (Proceedings of Kazan University), authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.
As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in “Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta" (Proceedings of Kazan University) we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.
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Revenue Sources
The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the parent organization, at the expense of the publisher, publication of advertising materials, publication of reprints, article processment charges.
