Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

Historical sciences

• 5.6.1.  National History
• 5.6.2.  General History
• 5.6.3.  Archeology
• 5.6.4.  Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
• 5.6.5.  Historiography, Source Studies, and Methods of Historical  Research
• 5.6.6.  History of Science and Technology
• 5.6.7.  History of Foreign Affairs and External Policy
• 5.6.8.  Documentaries, Documentation, Archival Studies

Sections

DEBATING ISSUES OF HISTORY

DEBATING ISSUES OF HISTORY

DEBATING ISSUES OF GENERAL HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Articles

Peer Review Process

Peer-reviewing of research papers submitted to “History and Modern Perspectives” journal

The papers submitted to the editorial office of the “History and Modern Perspectives” journal are to be obligatory peer-reviewed.

The peer-review includes the following steps:

1. Analysis of the paper compliance with the “Rules of manuscript submission for publication”. This analysis is performed by the Journal`s secretary within first three days after submission.

2. Peer review is performed by a specialist in the current research field, having a doctoral degree and no research or financial connection to the authors, or any other conflict of interest with the authors of the manuscript. The independent reviewer is selected by the editorial office. The peer-reviewing is a voluntary and confidential activity. Peer-reviewers are informed that the papers present an intellectual property of the authors and are a matter of non-disclosure. Peer-reviewers are prohibited of making copies of papers for private use. The case of suspicious non- reliable or probably falcified data should be reported to the Editorial officer. Corresponding author of the peer-reviewed paper is always familiarized with the text of the peer-review and the status of a lay-out of the article prior to confirming it for publication.

3. Paper analysis by the editorial board is performed for all submitted articles. The editor-in-chief confirms the list of articles for the next issue. The editor-in-chief is entitled to decline the article in the case of ignoring peer-reviewers comments by the authors or sent the manuscript for an extra peer-review. The editor-in-chief chooses extra peer-reviewers among the members of the editorial board or the editorial committee.

The duration of the peer-review is organized in a way to minimize the time of publication. The maximal duration of a peer-review is 1 month.

The final list of articles for the next issue is confirmed by the editor-in-chief after the lay-outing and before printing. The Editing officer makes the corresponding author familiar with the lay-out status of the article prior to author confirms the final text of the paper for publication. This is responsibility of the author to perform proper translation and check the English text after the editing when required.

The process of informing authors about the results of peer-review:
- after the positive peer-review the paper is entered in the line for publication according to the priority which is determined individually for each article. Peer- reviewers comments and information about the approximate time of publication are provided to the corresponding author upon request by email (urvak@urvak.ru);

• after the negative peer-review the reply of the reviewer and the decision to deny the publication are sent to the author;
• if the peer-review contains recommendations to correct some parts of the paper, the text of the article is sent to the author to make the corrections or/and reply the reviewer. In this case the date of the primary submission is registered as a submission date;
• in case of disagreement with the reviewer(s) the author has a right to provide the editorial office with a well-reasoned reply to a peer-review. Then the paper can be sent for an extra peer-review or becomes a subject of a discussion by the Editorial Board;
• the articles corrected by the authors are sent for a secondary peer-review. 

The following papers are not accepted for submission:

• non-compliant with the “Rules of manuscript submission for publication” if the authors decline to correct the technical errors.
• in case the authors do not support the comments of the peer-reviewers and do not provide any well-reasoned disproof.

The declined papers can be resubmitted to the journal for the general peer- review after the major revision. 

Publication Frequency

Number of issues per year: 4

Archiving

The journal uses the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) to digitally preserve all the published articles. The PKP PN is a part of LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) program offers decentralized and distributed preservation, seamless perpetual access, and preservation of the authentic original version of the content.

The journal makes archives in Portico for compliance with the MEDLINE preservation requirement for electronic journals. Portico is a community-supported preservation archive that safeguards access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections.

Also, the journal makes full-text archives on the Russian Science Electronic Library (http://elibrary.ru/) platform.

Publishing Ethics

Publication Ethics Guidelines

We embrace ethical principles formulated by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org/) and encourage our partners to rely on them in the scope of our collaboration. These recommendations are well established, widely recognized, and are of great value for all the participants of the publishing process.
The key elements of these principles, particularly relevant to our domain, are addressed below, but please also consult the aforementioned web site. Should you have any questions or doubts regarding ethical aspects of publications, feel free to contact us at ethics@urvak.org.

Ethical code of the “History and Modern Perspectives” journal

All the submitted papers are peer-reviewed by minimal 2 reviewers considering the originality, research content and ethical matters.

The compliance with the international ethical standards is of great significance for the all parties: authors, editors, reviewers, publishers.

The Editorial Board of Publishing house Yur-VAK commits to the internationally accepted principles of publication ethics expressed in the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Ethical Code of Academic Periodicals and takes into account the valuable experience of reputable international journals and publishers.

This code is based on the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publications of the Committee of publication ethics. 

The obligations of the editorial board

1. A decision to accept the article for the submission.

1.1 The editorial board of the “History and Modern Perspectives” journal is responsible for the scientific contents of the journal. This decision is based on the peer-reviews of the manuscripts.

1.2 The editorial board follows the publication code of the journal and the copyright legal issues. The editor-in-chief may include additional editors during the decision-making process.

2.Confidentiality

2.1. The members of the editorial office and reviewers are prohibited from disclaiming any information about the submitted paper and its content due to confidentiality (except the authors of the article, peer-reviewers, editorial members and publisher).

3. Disclosure and conflict of interests.

3.1. Non-published materials can not be used by the editorial office or the reviewers for a private use or for a transmission to a third party without a written author`s permission.

The obligations of the peer-reviewers

The peer-reviewers support the scientific editor in decision-making and support the author in improving the paper.

1. Confidentiality

1.1. The papers submitted to the editorial office are considered confidential matters. The submitted papers must not be disclosed to any third parties, except those confirmed by the editorial office.

2. Confirmation of information sources.

2.1 The papers published or to be published in other journals are not accepted. The description of any methods, scientific facts or discussions must be supported by the correct reference. The peer-reviewers are obliged to inform the editorial office about any plagiarism detected in the paper.

2.2 Peer-reviewers should identify non-referenced research work. Each earlier reported evidence should be accompanied by a reference. Peer-reviewer is obliged to report any plagiarism, multiple, excessive and competitive publications or double publications.

3. Disclosure and conflict of interests.

3.1 Any private information or ideas discussed during the peer-review are confidential and are matters of non-disclosure. The peer-reviewer is prohibited of reviewing the paper in case of any conflict of interest with any of the authors, industry or any other organizations related to the current paper.

The obligations of the authors

1. Originality of the data and plagiarism

1.1. The authors are obliged to guarantee the originality of the paper. Any data from the other papers or research works must be noted and referred to.

2. Access to data and its storage

2.1. The authors are obliged to present the data related to the current paper if possible. The authors must store the data related to the current paper as long as possible after the publication.

3. Multiple, excessive and competitive publications

3.1 Authors are prohibited from publishing the same papers or the papers describing the same data in multiple journals.

3.2 The submission of the same paper to multiple journals is unethical and unacceptable.

4. Confirmation of references

4.1 The authors are obliged to refer to the research papers they used during the preparation of the paper.

5. Authorship

5.1 The authorship of the paper must be limited to the persons who made a significant input into the concept, project, creation or interpretation of the data. Any other persons who made an input into some parts of the paper can be acknowledged.

5.2 The authors are obliged to guarantee that the list of the authors only contains people who made a significant input into the paper, and also that all the co-authors reviewed the paper, confirmed its final version and agreed to the publication.

6. Disclosure and conflict of interests.

6.1. All the authors and co-authors are obliged to disclose any financial or other conflict of interests, which may interfere with the results of the investigation.

7. Errors in the published papers

7.1 Authors are obliged to immediately address the editorial office in case of the detection of any errors or inaccuracies in the published paper.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Plagiarism detection

The editorial board of the “History and Modern Perspectives” journal use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Indexing

The journal is indexed in:

• Russian Science Citation Index
• WorldCat;
• Google Scholar
• Ulrich's Periodical Directory
• EBSCO
• Math-Net.ru
• CyberLeninka
• East View