Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

The pages of the magazine "Intelligentsia and the World" publish materials on the genesis, formation and activity of intellectuals and intellectuals in different eras; their role in history, the development of statehood, culture, religious life and international relations. The journal constantly raises topical and controversial issues of modern intellectual studies before the scientific community, raises educational and pedagogical issues of teaching in this field, and regularly informs readers about significant scientific conferences devoted to the study of intellectuals and intellectuals. In addition, the publication often publishes the results of sociological research and reviews scientific papers in the field of intellectual studies.
The journal's publications are addressed to scientists of various fields of study, graduate students and students of higher educational institutions, representatives of government authorities and socially oriented NGOs.

Sections

Articles

Urgent problems of contemporary intelligentsia studies

Intelligentsia in modern society

From the history of the intelligentsia

Intelligentsia, religion, church

Intelligentsia in the development of regions

Personality in the discourse of intelligentsia studies

Sociology of the intelligentsia

Debut

Discussion

From archival funds

Creativity of scientists

Reading and discussion

Scientific life

Peer Review Process

1.1. The peer review of manuscripts submitted for the publication in the scientific journal “Intelligentsia and the World” is carried out by the Editorial Board of the Journal. The Executive Secretary is responsible for the timeliness of the review process.
1.2. The Journal operates a double blind review process. The review is carried out by the “Intelligentsia and the World” Board members as well as by highly qualified external professionals who have profound knowledge and expertise in the field and who have publications on the relevant subject over the past three years.  
1.3. A reviewer can ask to recuse him / herself from reviewing the manuscript in the case of: 1) a reviewer, in his / her judgement, has not enough expertise to evaluate the work; 2) a reviewer cannot be objective due to a conflict of interest with the author or the institution related to the manuscript; 3) a reviewer is one of the co-authors of the manuscript. In these cases, a reviewer must report the fact to the Executive Secretary, Editor-in-Chief or Deputy Editor-in-Chief.
1.4. Timelines of the reviewing process are determined considering the conditions for timely and efficient publication of the manuscript and usually shall be carried out within 30 days from the date of submission.
1.5. The Executive Secretary informs the authors by email that the manuscript has been received by the Journal, sent for reviewing, and announces the decision.
1.6. The peer review is confidential for the authors. The copies of the reviews are sent to the authors only with a substantiated rejection letter.
1.7. The submissions ones rejected are not accepted for resubmission.
1.8. Unpublished materials obtained from the submitted manuscript must not be used for one’s own purposes or shared with the third party without the written consent by the author. Information or ideas received during the editing process and connected with possible advantages must be preserved confidential and must not be used for one’s own purposes.
1.9. Reviews shall be kept by the Editorial Board for a period of five years from the date of acceptance of the manuscript or the date of the Journal’s decision to reject the manuscript. The Editorial Board shall send copies of the reviews to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and to dissertation or expert Boards of VAK RF upon the request therefor.

Publication Frequency

Number of issues per year: 4
Number of articles per issue: 10
Circulation 100 copies.

Open Access Policy

The journal "Intelligentsia and the World" supports the platinum open access model. All articles published in the journal will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy, and distribute. The articles are published and distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY). The CC BY license allows for unlimited use, distribution, and reproduction on any medium, provided that the original work is cited. Publishing articles in the journal is free. The editorial board reserves the right to subject articles to literary editing, if necessary.

Journal Code of Ethics

Publishing ethics

 

The «Intelligentsia and the World» journal is committed to upholding the standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication misconduct. Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the work from publication in case of revealing the violations of the rules specified below.
Any manuscript received for reviewing must be treated as a confidential document, which must not be shared or discussed with others except authorized by the Editorial Board.
A reviewer must give an objective and well-reasoned evaluation of the presented results of the research. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.
A reviewer can ask to recuse him / herself from reviewing the manuscript in the case of:
a reviewer, in his / her judgement, has not enough expertise to evaluate the work;
a reviewer cannot be objective due to a conflict of interest with the author or the institutions related to the manuscript;
a reviewer is one of the co-authors of the manuscript. In these cases, a reviewer must report the fact to the Executive Secretary, Editor-in-Chief or Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

 

Ethical principles for Editor and Publisher

 

Editor as a Publisher’s representative, preparing the materials for the publication, is responsible for the promulgation of the authors’ works; that is why the Editor should follow the given basic principles.
While making a decision about publication the Editor of the Journal is guided by the data reliability and scientific significance of the considered work.
Unpublished materials obtained from the submitted manuscript must not be used for one’s own purposes or shared with the third party without the written consent by the author.
Information or ideas received during the editing process and connected with possible advantages must be preserved confidential and must not be used for one’s own purposes.
Editor should not accept a paper for publication if there is enough reason to believe that it is plagiarism. Editors of the Journal should never conduct any practice that obliges authors to cite their journal as an implied or explicit condition of acceptance for publication.
When conflict situation is revealed all necessary measures to restore the violated rights must be taken.