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The procedure for reviewing manuscripts

PROVISION
regarding peer-review of scientific articles

1. General Provisions

1.1. This Regulation on the review of scientific articles determines the procedure and procedure for reviewing original copies of articles (materials) received by the editors of the journal Economics and Innovation Management (hereinafter referred to as the journal).

1.2. Peer review (expert assessment) of manuscripts of scientific articles in the journal is carried out in order to ensure and maintain a high scientific and theoretical level of publication and in order to select the most valuable and relevant (promising) scientific papers.

1.3. All materials submitted for publication in the journal are subject to review.

1.4. The following basic concepts are used in this Regulation:

An author is a person or a group of persons (a group of authors) involved in the creation of an article based on the results of scientific research.

Editor-in-chief is the person who leads the editorial board and makes final decisions regarding the production and publication of the magazine.

Plagiarism is the deliberate appropriation of authorship of someone else’s work of science or art, someone else’s ideas or inventions. Plagiarism may be a violation of copyright, patent law and as such may result in legal liability.

Technical editor - a representative of a scientific journal or publishing house, preparing materials for publication, as well as supporting communication with authors and readers of scientific publications.

The editorial board is an advisory body from a group of authoritative persons that assists the editor-in-chief in the selection, preparation and evaluation of works for publication.

Reviewer - an expert acting on behalf of a scientific journal or publishing house and conducting a scientific examination of copyright materials in order to determine the possibility of their publication.

Peer review - a procedure for reviewing and peer review by reviewers of a scientific article proposed for publication in order to determine the expediency of its publication, to identify its advantages and disadvantages, which is important for the improvement of the manuscript by the author and the editors.


2. Receiving Articles

2.1. All author's originals of scientific articles submitted to the editorial office of the magazine are considered by the editor-in-chief for compliance with the profile of the magazine.

2.2. Materials are accepted by the editorial office only through the https://journals.kuzstu.ru website as follows:

- A carefully subtracted copy of the article, prepared in accordance with the requirements for publications, previously not published anywhere and containing:

- bibliographic list, including at least 15 sources;

- abstract (brief description of the thematic content of the article) in Russian and English - 150-250 words, keywords - not less than 5 words and phrases;

- information about the authors in Russian and English (see example of the article):

➢ full name of authors;

➢ academic degree, position;

➢ place of work and division (institute, department, etc.);

➢ postal address of the place of work;

➢ e-mail of authors;

- Expert opinion on the possibility of publication in the open press

- Scanned version of license agreement with signature of author/s.

2.3. The material of the article should be open-ended. The presence of a restrictive makeup is the basis for the deviation of the material from the open publication.

2.4. The authors are notified of the receipt of the materials by the technical editor within three days.

2.5. The manuscript of the scientific article, which came to the editorial office of the journal, is considered by the technical editor for the completeness of the package of submitted documents and compliance of the manuscript (article) with the requirements for registration. In case of non-compliance with the terms of publication, the article may be sent to the author for revision.

2.6. Articles are registered in the magazine of registration of articles with the indication of date of receipt, the name, a full name of authors/authors, places of work of authors/authors. The entry is assigned a registration number.


3. Manuscript Review Order and Procedure

3.1. All articles submitted to the editorial office of the journal undergo mandatory peer review (expert assessment) - one-sided blind review.

3.2. The Editor-in-Chief directs each scientific article for peer review to two peer reviewers with the Doctoral of Science or PhD (Candidate) degree and with publications on peer-reviewed material over the past three years.

3.3. Reviewers are obliged to follow the principles of professional ethics in the activities of the editor, publisher, reviewer of the magazine.

3.4. Reviewers are notified that the manuscripts sent to them are the private property of the authors and relate to information not subject to disclosure. Reviewers are not allowed to make copies of articles for their needs.

3.5. The review is done confidentially. Violation of confidentiality is possible only if the reviewer claims that the materials described in the article are unreliable or falsified.

3.6. The journal editorial recommends that reviewers use the review template.

3.7. The review draws attention to the relevance of the scientific problem solved by the author. The review should clearly characterize the theoretical or applied significance of the study, relate the author's conclusions to existing scientific concepts.

3.8. Based on the results of the review, the reviewer submits to the editorial board and editorial board of the journal one of the following decisions:

- Recommend an article for publication;

- Recommend the article for publication after the comments have been finalized/deleted;

- Not to recommend the article for publication.

3.9. If the reviewer recommends the article for publication after the comments have been finalized/rectified, or does not recommend the article for publication, the review should specify the specific reasons for such a decision, with a clear formulation of the substantive and/or technical deficiencies identified in the manuscript, with specific pages, if necessary. The comments and wishes of the reviewer should be objective and principled, aimed at increasing the scientific and methodological level of the manuscript.

3.10. In case of disagreement with the opinion of the reviewer, the author of the article has the right to provide a reasoned response to the editorial office of the magazine. The article may be directed to re-review or to approval by the editorial board.

3.11. The review period for each manuscript is at least 2 weeks from the date of registration.

3.12. The original reviews are kept in the magazine's editorial office for 5 years. At the request of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation), copies of the review are necessarily provided to the Higher Certification Commission and/or the Ministry of Education and Science.

3.13. In order to publish articles of postgraduate students and candidates for the degree of Candidate of Sciences (PhD), a recommendation of the profile department is additionally sent to the editorial office of the journal, which, however, does not exclude the usual procedure of review.


4. Publishing Decision

4.1. After receiving the reviews at the next meeting of the editorial board, the issue of the received articles is considered and, on the basis of the opinions of the reviewers, a final decision is made on the publication of the article or on the refusal to publish. The decision of the editorial board shall be taken by a simple majority of votes. When votes are equal, the editor-in-chief's voice is decisive.

4.2. In the final decision to accept the article or to refuse publication, the editorial board of the journal draws attention to the relevance of the scientific problem solved by the author. The review should clearly characterize the theoretical or applied significance of the study, relate the author's conclusions to existing scientific concepts. A necessary element of the review is the reviewer's assessment of the personal contribution of the author of the article to the solution of the problem under consideration. It is useful to note in the review the correspondence of style, logic and accessibility of presentation to the scientific nature of the material, as well as the validity and validity of the conclusions (the representativeness of the practical material involved in the analysis, the degree of illustration of the examples, tables, quantitative data given by the author, etc.). The review ends with a general assessment of the article and a recommendation for publication or revision or reasoned rejection of the material.

4.3. On the basis of the decision taken, a letter is sent to the author (s) on behalf of the responsible secretary to provide an overall assessment of the article and a decision on the material submitted by the author(s).

4.4. If the article can be published after the comments have been finalized and rectified, the letter makes recommendations to finalize/remove the comments. Reviewers and editors of the magazine do not enter into discussions with the authors of the article about the comments made.

4.5. The article sent by the author (s) to the editorial board after the comments have been finalized/rectified shall be re-reviewed by the same reviewer or by another - appointed at the discretion of the editorial board. In this case, the date of receipt into the editorial office is the date of re-registration of the revised article.

4.6. In case of rejection of the article from publication, the editorial board of the journal sends the author a reasoned refusal within three working days after the decision to refuse.

4.7. An article not recommended by the reviewer for publication is not accepted for re-examination.

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