Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

Scientific-theoretical and scientific-practical peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles, scientific publications, reviews, and research in clinical psychotherapy, clinical (medical) psychology, sexology, psychiatry, hypnotherapy, neuropsychology, and rehabilitation in addiction medicine. It covers topics related to the education and retraining of psychotherapists, psychologists, additional professional education programs for psychotherapists, psychiatrists-narcologists, psychiatrists, sexologists, physicians of other specialties, psychologists, and specialists in social work. The journal also addresses scientific-methodological and educational issues in medicine, the integrative didactic environment, adult learning psychology, and competency issues in psychotherapy. It encompasses transformed knowledge, skills, and abilities into a spectrum of conscious and reproducible professional techniques aimed at achieving clinical results in real medical practice. Additionally, the journal publishes articles, reviews, and research on legal psychology and personality security psychology, extreme and correctional psychology, as well as other scientific disciplines related to mental health preservation and related scientific-practical problems.

 
 

Peer Review Process

Peer-Review

 

  1. Authors submit articles to the editorial office of the scientific journal "Bulletin of Psychotherapy" (hereinafter referred to as "the editorial office" and "the journal," respectively) at the address: Russia, 194352, Saint Petersburg, Pridorozhnaya Alleya, d.11, tel.: (812) 923-98-01, (812) 592-35-79, in printed and electronic form (via email: vestnik-pst@yandex.ru).
  2. The editorial office maintains communication with authors using the addresses and email addresses provided by the authors themselves. However, the editorial office is not responsible for the accuracy of the provided addresses, including email addresses, and does not take measures to search for alternative means of communication with the authors. If an author does not respond to the editorial office's inquiries for more than 1 month, their article is withdrawn from consideration and publication.
  3. The review period for evaluating the suitability of an article for publication in the journal should not exceed 10 working days from the date of its receipt by the editorial office.
  4. The review period for the evaluation of the scientific and methodological level of the article should not exceed 2 months from the date of its receipt by the editorial office.
  5. Articles are published in the order of their submission to the editorial office, determined by the portfolio of articles.
  6. The editorial office assesses the articles to determine their compliance with the requirements for articles submitted for publication in the scientific journal.
  7. Within 2 working days from the date of receiving the article, the editorial office conducts a preliminary check to ensure its compliance with the established requirements for publication, as well as the thematic focus of the journal.
  8. The decision on the suitability of the article for publication is made independently by the editorial office.
  9. The decision on the suitability of the article's thematic focus for the journal is made by the chief editor of the journal or their deputy, as presented by the editorial office.
  10. Articles deemed by the editorial office to be not in compliance with the established requirements for publication are returned to the authors for revision within 5 working days from the date of making such a decision.
  11. Articles deemed by the chief editor of the journal or their deputy to be not in compliance with the thematic focus of the journal are not returned to the authors. In this case, the editorial office sends the author a motivated refusal to publish the article within 5 working days from the date of making such a decision.
  12. Articles deemed by the editorial office to be in compliance with the established requirements for publication are registered in the journal's record of submitted articles, with the date of receipt of the article indicated in a mandatory manner. If the article was previously sent back to the author for revision, the date of its receipt is considered to be the date of its return after revision. If the article was submitted to the editorial office of the journal immediately after the review (expertise) procedure in the editorial board, the date of its receipt is considered to be the date of the editorial board meeting at which the article was considered.
  13. Within 8 working days from the date of making the decision on the suitability of the article for publication, the editorial office uses software tools to check the article for compliance with author's rights and related rights, as well as for the presence of borrowings.
  14. As a rule, the article is published in the journal if it contains at least 80% original text. In exceptional cases, taking into account the nature of the author's borrowing of information from various sources and the presence of references to them, the editorial office, with the approval of the chief editor of the journal, may decide to publish the article with a percentage of originality of less than 80% (review articles, informational materials, etc.).
  15. Articles with an originality percentage of less than 80% are returned to the authors for revision within 2 working days from the date of the check for borrowings.
  16. The editorial office organizes the peer review of articles. Whenever possible, the opinions of the authors regarding the undesirability of specific individuals evaluating their submitted articles are taken into account. All reviewers are selected from recognized experts in the field of the reviewed materials who have published works on the subject of the reviewed article within the last 3 years. Copies of expert opinions, including motivated refusals to publish materials, are sent to the authors of the articles via the email address provided in the author's information. Upon request, the copies are also sent to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The reviews are kept in the editorial office for 5 years.
  17. Articles receiving positive reviews are placed in the portfolio of articles no later than 10 working days from the date of making such a decision, which is formed by the responsible secretary of the editorial board or the scientific editor of the journal.
  18. The conditions for including an article in the portfolio of articles are compliance with the established requirements for publication in the journal and the presence of at least 80% original text.
  19. The portfolio of articles contains information about the date of receipt of the article, its author(s), title, and the results of the review (expertise).
  20. All articles included in the portfolio of articles are categorized as follows: articles by doctors of sciences - those for which one of the authors is a doctor of sciences; articles by candidates of sciences - those for which one of the authors is a candidate of sciences; articles by individuals without scientific degrees or titles - all other articles.
  21. The responsible secretary or scientific editor of the journal forms the next issue of the journal from the available articles in the portfolio, and, as a rule, the issue should not contain more than 20 articles.
  22. Articles are usually published in the order of their submission to the editorial office. The order of publication of informational and other materials is determined by the chief editor of the journal.
  23. Articles are published out of order for the following cases: articles by doctors of sciences; articles based on the decision of the members of the editorial board, the editorial council of the journal, agreed upon with the chief editor of the journal or their deputy.
  24. Publication of 2 or more articles by the same author in one issue of the journal is not allowed.
  25. If there are two or more articles by the same author in the journal's portfolio, and one of them has been approved for publication, the second and subsequent articles will be published no earlier than in the following issue of the journal. Exceptions are made for articles by doctors of sciences and ongoing publications by the same author on one topic.
  26. The editorial board of the journal has the right to organize thematic issues without adhering to the order of publication of articles.
  27. The following quotas are established for the placement of articles in regular issues of the journal for different categories of articles: articles by doctors of sciences - at least 8; articles by candidates of sciences - as a rule, no more than 8; articles by individuals without scientific degrees or titles - no more than 6.
  28. No publication fee is charged for articles and materials from postgraduate students (adjuncts).
  29. If there are more than 8 articles by doctors of sciences in the journal's portfolio, all of them can be placed in the next issue of the journal, with a proportional reduction in the quota for articles by individuals without scientific degrees or titles.
  30. If there are fewer than 8 articles by doctors of sciences in the journal's portfolio, the remaining quota for their publication in the next issue of the journal is used for articles by candidates of sciences.
  31. The release of the next issue of the journal with the number of articles by individuals without scientific degrees or titles exceeding 1/3 of the total number of articles is not allowed.
  32. The content of the next issue of the journal is formed by the responsible secretary of the editorial board and the scientific editor of the journal no later than 1 month before the planned date of its publication and is approved by the chief editor of the journal.
  33. The content of the next issue of the journal includes an explanatory note on the topics of the articles included, the classification of the issue, as well as information about the authors and the results of the review (expertise) of each article.
  34. After the approval of the content of the next issue of the journal by the chief editor of the journal, the addition of articles to it is not allowed.
  35. The journal is distributed to subscribers in accordance with the requirements of the legislation.

 

Publication Frequency

Number of issues per year: 4

 

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.

 

Publishing Ethics

The editorial office and editorial board of the journal "Bulletin of Psychotherapy" adhere to the ethics of scientific publications accepted in the scientific community, as well as to the VII section "Rights to the Results of Intellectual Activity and Means of Individualization" of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and the Charter of the journal. All materials submitted to the "Bulletin of Psychotherapy" undergo a "double-blind" peer review process (the reviewer does not know the author of the article and the institution where the article was prepared, and the author does not know the reviewer). The responsibility for incorrect borrowing of materials lies with the author. The editorial office of the journal "Bulletin of Psychotherapy" conducts a plagiarism check of the submitted materials. Unfortunately, at present, none of the available verification methods guarantee 100% detection of dishonest borrowing. The main norms and rules of interaction between authors, reviewers, and editors of the journal are based on the recommendations developed by the domestic Non-Profit Partnership "Committee on Publication Ethics" (http://publicet.org/), while complying with the norms of publication ethics required in SCOPUS and Web of Science (Committee of Publication Ethics, COPE). Principles of Professional Ethics for the Editor (Editorial Board and Editorial Council) In their activities, the editor (editorial board, editorial council) is responsible for disclosing the author's works, following the principles: - when deciding on publication, the editor is guided by the accuracy of data presentation and the scientific significance of the considered work; - the intellectual content of manuscripts is evaluated irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship, social status, or political preferences of the authors; - unpublished data obtained from the submitted manuscripts should not be used for personal purposes or disclosed to third parties without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas obtained during editing and related to possible advantages should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain; - publication of information is not allowed if there are sufficient grounds to believe that it contains dishonest borrowing of material or is plagiarism; - together with the publisher, they should not leave complaints regarding the reviewed manuscripts or published materials unanswered, and in the event of a conflict situation, they should take all necessary measures to restore violated rights. Principles of Professional Ethics for the Reviewer The reviewer conducts a scientific examination of the author's materials, and as a result, their actions should be unbiased, based on the following principles: - the manuscript received for review should be considered as a confidential document that cannot be passed on for review or discussion by third parties not authorized by the editorial office; - an objective and reasoned assessment of the presented research results is given, and personal criticism of the author is unacceptable; - unpublished data obtained from the submitted manuscripts should not be used by the reviewer for personal purposes; - if, in the opinion of the reviewer, they do not have sufficient qualification to evaluate the manuscript or cannot be objective, for example, in case of conflict of interest with the author or organization, they should inform the editor and request exclusion from the review process of that manuscript. Principles of Professional Ethics for the Author of Scientific Publications The author (or group of authors) bears personal responsibility for the novelty and authenticity of the results of scientific research, which implies compliance with the following principles: - the editorial office should be provided with accurate results of conducted research. Deliberately erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable; - the submitted materials must guarantee that the research results are entirely original. Borrowed fragments or statements should be accompanied by mandatory attribution to the author and the original source. Excessive borrowing, as well as any form of plagiarism, including unattributed quotes, paraphrasing, or appropriation of the rights to the results of other people's research, are unethical and unacceptable; - recognition should be given to the contribution of all individuals who have influenced the course of the research, in particular, the article should contain references to works that were significant in conducting the research; - materials that have been submitted to another journal and are under consideration, as well as articles that have already been published in another journal, should not be sent to the journal; - co-authors of the article are individuals who have made a significant contribution to the research and analysis of the obtained materials. Citizens who have not made a personal creative contribution to the creation of such a result, including those who have provided only technical, consultative, organizational, or material support to its author or who have only contributed to the formalization of rights to such a result or its use, as well as citizens who have exercised control over the implementation of the corresponding work (Article 1228 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation), are not recognized as authors of the result of intellectual activity; - in case of the discovery of significant errors or inaccuracies in the article during its review or after its publication, the author should inform the editorial office as soon as possible.

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