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Copyright transfer agreement for publishing a scientific work in a scientific journal (public offer)

ver. 18.11.2025

LLC "Eco-Vector", represented by its CEO Evgeniy Schepin acting on the basis of the Charter (“Publisher”), on the one part, offers an indefinite number of persons (“Author”), on the other part, hereinafter jointly referred to as the Parties, to execute this agreement (“Agreement”) on the transfer of the exclusive right to the intellectual property – the scientific article and its publication in the Publisher’s journal under the following conditions.

I. General Provisions

1. This Agreement, in accordance with clause 2 of Article 437 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, is a public offer (“Offer”), full and unconditional acceptance of which, in accordance with Article 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, means the sending by the Author of his/her materials by uploading the same to the online electronic manuscript submission system, placed in the corresponding section of the Journal’s website on the Internet information and telecommunications network (“Internet”).

II. Terms used in the Agreement

1. “Author” refers to an individual (or individuals) whose creative work has led to the creation of the manuscript of a scientific Article, or to an authorized representative of these persons.
2. “Manuscript” is the result of intellectual activity in the form of a scientific work containing text, graphic and numerical data, audiovisual information, program code and other elements submitted by the Author for publication in the Journal.
3. “Acceptance of the offer” refers to the full and unconditional acceptance of the offer on the terms specified in paragraph 3 of this agreement (the Author accepts offer by submitting a Manuscript to the Publisher via the online electronic manuscript submission system on the Journal’s Internet website).
4. “Journal” is a scientific peer-reviewed periodical (and/or online media) registered as a mass media entity in the register of Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor).
5. “Submission” is an electronic application of the Author to the Publisher for the publication of an Article Manuscript in the Journal by uploading the manuscript, additional files and accompanying materials to the online electronic manuscript submission system on the Journal’s Internet website).
6. “Publisher” refers to Eco-Vector LLC.
7. Article metadata includes the information on the Article Manuscript and/or Article that are intended for inclusion in International Scientific Databases, namely the following:
   
   • Title of the Article;
   • Information about each of the Authors (surname and first name, patronymic; place of work with the postal address indicated, contact information (e-mail));
   • Abstract;
   • Keywords;
   • Thematic rubricator: UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) or other library and bibliographic classification and subject indexes;
   • List of references.
8. “Offer” is the current agreement (an offer to the Author for the publication of an Article in the Journal).
9. “Publication” is the process of placement of an Article in the Journal.
10. “Article” is an article’s manuscript that has undergone the process of peer-review and editorial and publishing processing.
11. “Editorial board” is the creative team that prepares the journal for publication.
12. “Parties” refers to the Author and the Publisher.
13. “Author Guidelines” are the requirements for Articles and additional materials to be published in the Journal (their design, structure, content, originality, ethics), placed in the “For authors” section of the Journal’s Internet website.

III. Subject of the Agreement (Offer)

1. Under this Agreement, the Author transfers to the Publisher on a gratuitous basis for the entire term of validity of exclusive copyright provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, the exclusive (property) right to the Article created by the Author, including (but not limited to) the following rights:
   
   • Reproduction of the Article or its sections or parts, as well as the metadata of the Article in Russian and foreign languages, in any material form, including on paper and electronic media, as a separate work in Journals and/or databases (local or in the Internet) of the Publisher and/or other persons, at the discretion of the Publisher;
   • Distribution of the Article or its sections or parts, as well as the metadata of the Article in Russian or foreign languages, on any medium as part of the Journal and/or databases of the Publisher or other persons, at the discretion of the Publisher, or as an independent work around the world whether on Open-Access terms or for a fee without remuneration to the Author;
   • Making the Article or any of its sections or parts, as well as the Article’s metadata in Russian or foreign languages, publicly available in such a way that any person can access the Article from any place, including via the Internet, and at any time of their own choice;
   • Granting permission/s for the use of the Article or its sections or parts, as well as its metadata in Russian or foreign languages, to third parties with notice to the Author made by posting relevant information on the Journal’s website, without paying remuneration to the Author;
   • Processing the Article, including translating to any languages and using the revised (translated) Article in the aforementioned ways.
2. Other rights not directly transferred to the Publisher under this Agreement, including patent rights to any process, method etc., ideas or discoveries described by the Author in the Article, as well as trademark rights, will be retained by the Author.
3. The terms and conditions of this Agreement, obliging the Publisher to publish the Article, on the transfer of the exclusive right to the Article to the Publisher, as well as the terms and conditions granting the Publisher and the Author the right to use the Article in accordance with the Agreement, will take effect only in case of acceptance of the Article for publication in the Journal (condition precedent). The moment of acceptance of the Article for publication in the Journal is the moment of sending the notification of acceptance of the Article for publication to the Author from the official e-mail of the Journal.
4. The rights are transferred by the Author to the Publisher free of charge, publication of the Article in the Journal does not entail any financial obligations of the Publisher towards the Author.
5. If the Editorial board decides to reject the Submission or refuse to publish the Article in the Journal (i.e., retraction of the published Article), this Agreement becomes invalid. The decision to refuse publication (retraction of the published Article) will be sent to the Author at the e-mail address specified in the Submission.

IV. Rights and Duties of the Parties

1. The Author guarantees that:
   
   • He/she is a legal holder of the copyright to the materials submitted to the Publisher as part of the manuscript of the Article;
   • The rights transferred to the Publisher under this agreement have not been previously transferred and will not be transferred to third parties;
   • The manuscript of the Article contains all references to the cited authors and/or publications (materials) provided for under the current copyright legislation;
   • The Author has obtained all the necessary permissions for all deliverables, facts and other borrowed materials he/she holds no copyright to and that are used in the manuscript of the Article;
   • The Article manuscript contains only materials permitted to be published in the open press in accordance with the current legislative acts of the Russian Federation, and its publication and distribution will not lead to the disclosure of secret (confidential) information (including state secrets);
   • The Author has informed co-authors about the terms of this Agreement and has received their consent to execute this Agreement under the terms provided for in the Agreement.
2. The Author undertakes:
   
   • To make amendments to the manuscript of the Article in accordance with the Author Guidelines posted on the Journal’s website and recommendations of the Editorial board;
   • Not to use an electronic copy of the Article for commercial purposes and in other journal publications without the consent of the Publisher;
3. in the process of preparing a manuscript for publication, the Author undertakes:
   
   • To make corrections to the text of the manuscript that have been marked by the peer-reviewers and accepted by the Editorial board, and/or as necessary, upon the request of The Publisher and the Editorial board, finalize the manuscript of the Article;
   • In a timely manner (within the deadlines specified by the Editorial board) to review and coordinate the editorial revisions made to the manuscript (including answering the editors' questions), and proofread the made-up Article (original layout in PDF);
   • While proofreading, suggest only the minimum of corrections to the made-up Article in order to eliminate factual errors made.
4. The Author has the right to:
   
   • Make changes to the Article (both during the review process and in the process of preparing the Article for publication and after publication);
   • Use preprint or prior-to publication electronic versions of an unpublished Article in the form and content accepted by the Publisher for publication in the Journal. Such prior-to-publish versions can be placed as electronic files on the personal websites of the Author (co-authors) or on the protected external websites of the employers of the Author; however, the Author cannot use the unpublished version(s) for commercial use or for systematic external distribution by a third party The author or co-authors must:
     
     • Include the following warning in the prior-to-publish version: “This is prior-to-publish version of the article accepted for publication in (Journal’s name), © Eco-Vector (year)”;
     • Provide the corresponding electronic link to the Publisher’s website at https://journals.eco-vector.com/ and/or via the DOI.
   • Copy or transfer a copy of the published Article in whole or in part to colleagues free of charge for their personal or professional use, for the promotion of academic or scientific research, or for informational purposes of the Author’s employer.
   • Use materials (including data, text, images, tables) from a published Article in a book written by any co-author or other non-periodical scientific or educational publication.
   • Use figures, tables, data and text excerpts from the Article for his or her own education purposes, or to include them in other works to be published in print or electronic format by a third party, or to submit them in electronic format on an internal computer network protected from uncontrolled use, or on the public website of the Author (co-authors) or his/her employer.
     f) Include the Article materials in educational and methodical works distributed free of charge within the educational process among students (cadets, graduate students, doctoral students) of the Author (co-authors) or to save the Article in electronic format on the local server for students' access (as to the methodical material necessary for mastering within the training), as well as for internal training programs in the institution of the Author's employer.
   • Withdraw the Submission for publication of the Article until the Editorial board of the Journal makes a final decision on the possibility of publication.
5. The Publisher undertakes:
   
   • To carry out editorial and publishing preparation of the Article (copyediting and academic editing, formatting, bibliographic design, layout, proofreading, checking of corrections made, translation of the description of the Article or full-text translation – at the option of the Publisher) in accordance with the editorial standards of the Publisher and the original layout accepted at the time of publication;
   • To publish the Author’s article in the Journal in printed and electronic form in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
   • If necessary, as so decided by the Journal’s Editorial board, to provide the Author with the made-up Article and make a reasonable editing;
   • To provide to the Author the unlimited access to the final electronic version of the published Article through the Author’s personal account on the Journal’s website from the date of publication of the corresponding issue of the Journal;
   • To comply with the copyrights as provided for by the current legislation, as well as protect them and take all necessary measures to prevent copyright infringement by third parties.
6. The Publisher has a right to:
   
   • Make any decision on the Author's Submission for publication of the Article, including "accept for publication", "refuse to publish" and "recommend revision of the Article for re-evaluation" (the right to evaluate the Article and make decisions on publication of the Article is managed by the Editorial board of the Journal headed by the Editor-in-Chief);
   • Conduct an expert evaluation of the Article manuscript and invite the Author to make the necessary changes (revisions) to the manuscript. The Article will not be published in the Journal unless such changes are not made.
   • Independently determine the issue of the Journal for the publication of the Article, make decisions on the terms of publication and their changes, on the withdrawal of the Article and its retraction in cases stipulated by the Code of Ethics of the Publishing House (see details: https://eco-vector.com/Eco-Vector_Ethic_Policy.php);
   • Provide technical editing, copyediting of the Article’s manuscript without altering the main content;
   • Require from the Authors and all target audience of readers to indicate the correct reference to the final version of the Article published in the Journal (name of the Journal, Publisher, Author, title of the Article, issue number of the Journal and year of publication indicated in the Journal, DOI);
   • Post preliminary and/or advertising information about the upcoming publication of the Article in the media and other information sources;
   • Make changes to the Offer in accordance with the procedure established by the Offer.
7. In all cases not stipulated and not provided for in this agreement, the parties are obliged to be guided by the relevant current laws of the Russian Federation.

V. Acceptance of the Offer and Execution of the Agreement. Validity of the Agreement

1. The Author accepts the Offer by submitting the manuscript of the Article to the Publisher through the electronic manuscript submission system on the Journal's Internet website.
2. Acceptance of the offer by the Author creates an Agreement in writing (Articles 438 and 1286.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) on the terms of the offer.
3. This Agreement is valid for the duration of the exclusive rights to the Article.

VI. Procedure for changing and terminating the Agreement

1. The Publisher has the right to unilaterally change the terms of this Agreement, in advance, at least ten (10) calendar days before the entry into force of the intended relevant changes, but with notice to the Author through the Journal’s website or by e-mail to the Author’s e-mail address specified in the Author’s Submission. The changes will take effect from the date specified in the relevant notification.
2. If the Author rejects the changes to the terms of this Agreement, he/she has the right to notify the Publisher by sending a written notification through the online manuscripts submission system placed in the corresponding section of the Journal’s website on the Internet, or by sending a notification to the official e-mail address of the editorial office.
3. This Agreement may be terminated prematurely, either by agreement of the parties at any time, or on other grounds provided for in this Agreement.
4. The Author has the right to unilaterally withdraw from the execution of this Agreement by sending the Publisher a corresponding notification in writing at least sixty (60) calendar days in advance before the expected date of publication of the Article in the Journal.
5. Termination of the Agreement for any reason does not release the parties from liability for any violation of the terms of the Agreement that occurred during the validity period.

VII. Responsibility

1. The parties are responsible for non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of their obligations under the Agreement in accordance with the current relevant legislation of the Russian Federation.
2. All information provided by the Author must be reliable. The author is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information and guarantees he/she transfers to the Publisher. When using false information received from the Author, the Publisher is not responsible for the negative consequences caused by his actions on the basis of the false information provided.
3. With regard to the content of the Article, the Author is solely responsible for compliance with the requirements of the laws of the Russian Federation pertaining to advertising, copyright and related rights’ protection, protection of trademarks and service marks, and the protection of consumer rights.
4. The Publisher will have no liability under the agreement:
   
   • for any actions that are a direct or indirect result of Author’s illegal actions
   • for any loss incurred by the Author, regardless of whether the Publisher could have foreseen the possibility of such losses or not.
5. The Publisher is released from liability for violation of the terms of the Agreement if such violation is caused by force majeure, including actions of state authorities (including the adoption of legal acts), fire, flood, earthquake, other natural disasters, lack of electricity and/or computer network failures, strikes, civil unrest, riots, and any other circumstances directly affecting the ability to fulfill the obligations of the Parties.

VIII. Dispute resolution

1. Disputes and disagreements will be resolved by the Parties through negotiations, and in case of failure to reach an Agreement they will strive to seek resolution in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
2. If there are unresolved disagreements, the Parties agree to resolve the disputes in court at the location of the Publisher in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

IX. Miscellaneous

1. All notifications, messages, requests, etc. (with the exception of documents that must be sent as originals in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation) are considered received by the Author if they were transmitted (sent) by the Publisher through the Journal’s website (including by publication), by e-mail and other communication channels specified in the Submission, and other communication channels. The parties recognize the legal force of notifications, messages, requests, etc., transmitted (sent) by the above methods.
2. In the event of claims against the Publisher related to the violation of the exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights of third parties when creating an Article or in connection with the execution of this Agreement by the Author, as well as in connection with the use of the Article by the Publisher in accordance with the Agreement, the author undertakes:
   
   • To immediately take measures to resolve disputes with third parties soon after receiving Publisher’s notification, and if necessary, enter into legal proceedings on the Publisher’s side and take all appropriate actions needed to exclude the Publisher from the list of defendants;
   • To reimburse the Publisher for the court costs incurred, expenses and losses caused by the application of measures to secure the claim and execute a court decision, and the amounts paid to a third party for the violation of exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights, as well as other losses incurred by the Publisher in connection with the Author’s non-compliance with the guarantees provided by them under this Agreement.

X. Legal address and details of the Publisher

• Eco-Vector
• Address: 191186, St. Petersburg, Aptekarsky Pereulok, 3 letter A, room 1N
• TIN: 7806423692; KPP: 784101001; OGRN: 1099847039907.