Procedure for Submitting a Scientific Article to the Journal Editorial Board
The article file (named "AuthorSurname_ArticleTitle"), the supplementary information file ("AuthorSurname_AuthorData"), and a scanned copy of the author's consent form—bearing a certified signature ("AuthorSurname_Consent")—must be submitted to the editorial board electronically. (Doctoral students must also submit a scanned letter of recommendation from their academic supervisor, signed and named "StudentSurname_Recommendation".) These files must be in .doc (or .docx) and .pdf formats and uploaded to the journal's online submission portal for electronic registration. An article will be accepted for review only after it has been successfully registered electronically.
By submitting the article manuscript (the "Work") to the journal's editorial board, the author thereby grants the Board the right to use the submitted materials as part of the journal issue. This right encompasses the following forms of use: public disclosure, reproduction, distribution, making the Work available to the general public by posting it on the Internet, as well as translation into foreign languages—including the application of these same rights to the translated version of the Work (see the Consent Form).
No fees are charged to authors (including doctoral students) for the publication of manuscripts.
Procedure for Reviewing and Publishing Scientific Articles
Once the author has uploaded the article and supplementary documents to the journal's website portal, the Executive Secretary verifies that the article complies with all formal requirements. Should the article fail to meet these formal requirements, it will be returned to the author for revision.
If the author has complied with all formal requirements, the editorial board forwards the article to a reviewer—a qualified expert in the specific scientific field to which the article pertains. The reviewer prepares a written review of the article in a free-form format; this review must, among other points, address the article's relevance to the journal's scope, the importance and topicality of the issue under discussion, its theoretical and practical significance, the novelty of the author's approach to the subject matter, and the appropriateness of the scientific writing style and formatting.
Based on the reviewer's assessment, the editorial board makes a final decision regarding the article: whether to accept it for publication, return it to the author for revision, or reject it for publication. Authors may access and read the text of the reviewer's report via their personal account on the journal's online submission portal. If deemed necessary, an article may be forwarded to an additional reviewer for expert assessment.
Articles are reviewed, peer-reviewed, and published on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to the thematic focus of the specific issue. The Editorial Board reserves the right to alter the publication sequence of articles. Consequently, acceptance for publication does not guarantee inclusion in the immediately forthcoming issue of the journal. The Editorial Board does not enter into correspondence or debate with authors regarding its decisions.
Authors may track the progress of their article through the editorial workflow—from submission, acceptance, and peer review to revision requests (or rejection), final acceptance, and publication—in real time via the journal's online submission system.