ISSN: 2074-8132
ISSN: 2074-8132
1. Scientific content manuscripts must undergo the procedure of pre–publication examination - peer review. Such manuscripts include:
all kinds of research articles;
all types of review articles (including systematic and analytical reviews);
2. The journal uses a double-blind review method in its pre-publication examination: the author does not know who is reviewing it, and the reviewer does not know who he is reviewing. The manuscript is subject to examination only in an anonymous (impersonal) presentation.
3. The initiator of the examination is only the editor of the journal - the editor-in-chief or the scientific (thematic) editor. The editors initially appoint two reviewers. In controversial cases, an additional third reviewer may be involved.
4. The review process involves well-known, recognized experts in their professional communities who have published on topics relevant to the reviewed manuscript over the past five years.
5. Each article is reviewed by two experts, at least one of whom is not an employee of the Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
6. If there is a conflict of interest, for example, the reviewer and the reviewed author are colleagues, work together at the same department, in the same laboratory, or are participants in the same research project, the individual results of which are presented in the manuscript proposed for review, the reviewer must notify the scientific editor and the editorial board represented by the editor–in–chief and refuse to conduct examination of the manuscript.
7. The reviewer should be polite to the author, and the text of the review should be constructive. Personality criticism is not allowed.
8. Based on the results of the examination, the reviewer recommends, and the editor-in-chief makes one of the following possible decisions: "accept for publication in the present form"; "send for revision, taking into account the comments of the reviewers"; "reject". Revision of the manuscript can be defined by the reviewer as "minimal and without subsequent re-review", "significant with subsequent re-review", or "revise the manuscript after serious revision"
9. In case of inconsistent evaluation of the article by reviewers, the final decision is made by the editor-in-chief.
10. The author receives the text of his manuscript with comments, comments, and recommendations from reviewers in an anonymous (anonymized) form.
11. The standard review period is up to 40 days from the moment the manuscript is assigned to the reviewer. The total review period, taking into account the "minimum" revision, is 45-50 days. The total review period, taking into account the "significant" revision and re-review, is 50-55 days.
12. Average number of weeks between article submission & publication is about 12 weeks.
13. The review represents a specific (critical) genre of scientific literature.
14. All reviewers work on a voluntary basis, without additional remuneration.
15. The reviews are kept in the publishing house and in the editorial office of the publication for 5 years.
16. The editor-in-chief and scientific editors are responsible for the implementation of the review policy of the journal. The editor-in-chief, scientific editors, reviewers and authors are responsible for the quality of published works.
17. The editorial board undertakes to send copies of the reviews to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon receipt of a corresponding request.