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Author Guidelines

  1. Original scientific articles in Russian and English are accepted. They should correspond to the profile of the Journal and reflect results of original scientific research of the authors. The optimal volume of the article is 4000-6000 words. Submission to the editorial office of already published articles or articles sent for publication to other journals is not allowed. In the event of simultaneous submission of a manuscript to different journals, the published article will be retracted (withdrawn from print). Monitoring of unauthorized citation is implemented using Antiplagiat and Ithenticate systems. In case of detection of multiple borrowings, the Editors act in accordance with the COPE rules.
  2. Particular attention should be paid to the quality of translation. It is desirable that it be performed by a native speaker of English.
  3. The title of the article should briefly (no more than 10 words) and accurately reflect the content of the article, the subject matter and the results of the research conducted. It is necessary to invest in it the content, attractiveness, and uniqueness of the scientific work of the author. The title is to be provided in Russian and English.
  4. The abstract performs the function of the expanded title of the article and tells about its content. It should include the following sections:
  • The introduction formulates a problem and purpose of the article.
  • Materials and Methods. This section specified that has served as material for the analysis and describes the using techniques.
  • This is the main section, which aims to prove a working hypothesis (or hypotheses) by analysis, synthesis and data clarification.
  • Discussion and Conclusions. The results are to be summarized; the main directions for further research are indicated in this area.

The sections of the abstract should be highlighted with the appropriate subheadings. The relevant information should be presented in these sections. The recommended abstract volume is 200–250 words. The abstract is to be provided in Russian and English.

  1. Keywordsare the search terms of a scientific article. All bibliographic databases can search for articles by keywords. In this regard, the keywords should reflect the main statements, achievements, results, terminology of scientific research. The recommended number of keywords is 5–10. The keywords are to be provided in Russian and English.
  2. Acknowledgments.In this section, mention should be made of people who helped the author to prepare this article and organizations that provided financial support. Expressing gratitude to anonymous reviewers is considered good form. The acknowledgements are to be provided in Russian and English.
  3. The main text of the article is presented in Russian or English in a specific sequence:
  • Introduction;
  • Literature Review;
  • Materials and Methods;
  • Results;
  • Discussion and Conclusions.

These sections are required to allocate the relevant subtitles.

  1. List of references.
  2. Information about authors. Full surname, name and second names of the authors; official name of institution without abbreviations, address of institution (it is required to indicate all the author’s work places where the research was performed (permanent place, place of project implementation, etc.)); detailed information about the authors: scientific degree, title, position, ORCID, Researcher ID, Scopus ID, Author ID in the Russian Science Citation Index; e-mail, phone, postal address for the author's copy. Information about authors is to be provided in Russian and English.
  3. Contribution of authors. At the end of the manuscript, authors should include notes, which explain the actual contribution of each co-author to the work. The procedure for specifying the authors and co-authors of the article is consistent with them independently. Information about contribution of authors is to be provided in Russian and English.

11. Information about conflicts of interest. The article should indicate a real or potential conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interests, then you should write that “the author declares that there is no conflict of interests”.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

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

  • The bibliographic description of the documents is in accordance with the requirements of Vancouver Style.

    The Vancouver Citation Style is adopted in the Journal (reference in brackets in the text, full bibliographic description of the source in the list of references in the order of mention in the text of the article).

    It is necessary to refer first of all to the original sources from scientific journals included in the global citation indices. It is advisable to use 30–40 sources. Of these, over the past 3 years there are at least 20, foreign are at least 15.

    It is necessary to correctly register the link to the source. The authors' names, journal (email address), year of publication, volume (issue), number, pages, DOI or URL should be indicated. A reader should be able to find the specified literary source as soon as possible.

    References to accepted for publication, but not yet published articles should be marked with the words "in press"; authors must obtain written permission to reference such documents and to confirm that they have been accepted for publication.

    Information from unpublished sources should be marked with the words “unpublished data / documents”; authors should also receive written confirmation of the use of such materials.

    The list of references is to be provided in Russian and English.

    The list of references includes only peer-reviewed sources (articles from scientific journals) used in the text of the article. If it is necessary to refer to an article in a socio-political newspaper, the text on a website or in a blog, a textbook, a dissertation, you should put the source information in the endnote.

  • Supporting documents:

    • the license agreement – to fill out in 2 copies; it is necessary to fill out one license agreement with the data of all co-authors;
    • the consent to the processing of personal data – to fill out in 1 copy; the consent is filled out by each author personally.

    Documents should be sent by mail (non-registered letter) to our address:

    68/1 Bolshevistskaya St., Saransk 430005, Republic of Mordovia, Russian Federation

    The editorial board of the scholarly journals. To Gordina Svetlana V.

 

Copyright Notice

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University", hereinafter referred to as the "Licensee", on the one hand, and citizens of , hereinafter referred to as the "Licensor", on the other hand, hereinafter referred to as the "Party/Parties" have entered into this agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Agreement") as follows.

 

  1. Subject matter of the Agreement

1.1. Under this Agreement, the Licensor grants the Licensee, free of charge, the right to use the Editorial Board of the journal Russian Journal of Regional Studies,

 (name and characteristics of the materials to be transferred)

hereinafter referred to as "Work", on a non-exclusive license within the limits and for the term set forth in the Agreement.

1.2. The Licensor warrants that it has exclusive copyright in the Work transferred to the Licensee.

1.3. The Licensor guarantees that the transfer of the rights to the Work and its further use by the Licensee in accordance with this Agreement, will not lead to a violation of the rights of third parties. This warranty also implies the written consent of the authors of the Work, as well as of the persons who are the owners or other legal owners of the equipment, software and/or hardware, technical means, materials and others involved by the author and/or the Licensor in the creation of the Work and/or depicted in the Work, to the performance by the Licensor of the obligations provided for in this Agreement, in particular to the transfer of the rights to the Work to the Licensee.

1.4. The Licensor guarantees that during the creation of the Work and the subsequent transfer of rights to it to the Licensee confidential information (state, official, trade secrets) will not be violated.

1.5. The Licensor guarantees that the Work has not been published before the transfer of rights to it to the Licensee, and is not under consideration in publications and/or other media thematically similar to the publications and information products of the Licensee.

If a manuscript is found to have been submitted simultaneously to several editions, the published article will be retracted (withdrawn from publication).

 

  1. Rights and obligations of the Parties

 

2.1. The Licensor grants Licensee the following rights for the duration of the exclusive rights to the Work:

2.1.1. The right to reproduce the Work (duplication, replication or other reproduction of the Work) without limitation on the number of copies. At the same time, each copy of the Work shall contain the name of the author of the Work;

2.1.2. the right to distribute the Work by any means;

2.1.3. the right to be included in a composite work;

2.1.4. the right of public disclosure;

2.1.5. the use of metadata (title, author's (copyright holder's) name, abstracts, bibliographic materials, etc.) of the Works through distribution and communication to the public, processing and systematization, as well as inclusion in various databases and information systems.

2.1.6. the right to assign, on contractual terms, some or all of the rights obtained hereunder to third parties without payment of remuneration to the Licensor.

2.2. The Licensor transfers the rights to the Licensee under this Agreement on the basis of a non-exclusive license.

2.3. The Licensor shall provide the Licensee with the Work in electronic version in Word format for review within three business days. Within thirty (30) business days, if the Licensee has no claims or complaints against the Licensor related to the quality (content) or volume of the Work provided for review, the Parties shall sign the Acceptance Act of the Work.

2.4. The date of signing the Acceptance Act of the Work shall be the date of transfer to the Licensee of the rights set forth in this Agreement.

2.5. The Licensee undertakes to observe the copyrights provided by the current legislation, the rights of the Licensor, and to protect them and take all possible measures to prevent infringement of copyrights by third parties.

2.6. If the Licensor is a graduate student, he or she agrees on the final version of the manuscript with the supervisor.

2.7. The territory in which the rights to the Works may be used is all countries of the world without limitation.

2.8. The Licensor agrees to comply with the basic principles of the editorial policy:

  • research reported in the Work must be conducted in accordance with ethical and necessary legal standards;
  • research results must be presented clearly, honestly, without fabrication, falsification, tampering, or improper manipulation of data;
  • research methods should be described clearly and unambiguously, so that their conclusions have confirmation;
  • the submitted work must be original, not plagiarized, and not contain compilation fragments;
  • the authorship of a scientific publication (if there are coauthors) should accurately reflect the personal contribution of each coauthor to the work and its presentation in the publication;
  • funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest must be disclosed.

 

  1. Responsibility of the Parties

 

3.1. The Licensor and the Licensee shall be liable, in accordance with the applicable laws of the Russian Federation, for non-performance or improper performance of their obligations under this Agreement.

3.2. The Party that improperly performs or fails to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall be obliged to reimburse losses caused to the other Party, including lost profits.

 

  1. Concluding Provisions

 

4.1. Disputes and disagreements that may arise in the performance of this Agreement shall, if possible, be resolved through negotiations between the Parties.

4.2. If a dispute cannot be resolved through negotiations, the pre-trial (claim) procedure for dispute resolution shall apply. In such cases, the Party, whose right has been violated, shall be obliged to file a claim with the other Party, stating its requirements, before going to court. The deadline for responding to the claim shall be ten (10) business days from the date of its receipt.

4.3. If the disagreement cannot be resolved by negotiation or by claim procedure, disputes shall be considered in court at the plaintiff's location.

4.4. This Agreement shall enter into force upon its signing by both Parties and the Certificate of Acceptance of the Work, and shall remain in effect for the entire term of the exclusive rights to the Work.

4.5. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual consent of the Parties, subject to the Parties signing an agreement to that effect.

4.6. This Agreement may be unilaterally terminated in cases provided for in the applicable laws of the Russian Federation, or by court order.

4.7. Any amendments and additions to this Agreement shall enter into force only if they are made in writing and signed by both Parties to this Agreement.

4.8. In all matters not provided for in this Agreement, the Parties shall be governed by the provisions of the applicable laws of the Russian Federation.

4.9. This Agreement has been drawn up in two copies of equal contents and legal force, one for each of the Parties.

 

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