Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

The journal is a periodical peer-reviewed scientific publication in the field of literary studies and journalism. 

The purpose of the journal is scientific exchange and cooperation between Russian and foreign scientists, publication of research results on a wide range of topical issues of literary studies and journalism, coverage of scientific activities of the professional community of literary critics and journalists in Russia and abroad.

Priority areas are modern and classical literature, theory and history of journalism, mass communication. Materials corresponding to the following specialties are accepted: Literature of the Peoples of the World, Russian Literature and Literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation, Theory of Literature, Folklore Studies, Media Communications and Journalism.

The journal publishes articles and reports of both well-known scientists and young specialists, doctoral and postgraduate students, as well as reviews, reviews, information about scientific projects.

Materials are published in Russian and English, and articles in French, German, and Spanish are accepted for consideration as well. The editorial board of the journal includes reputable scientists from the USA, Qatar, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, India and Slovakia.

The editors are open to thematic issue initiatives with guest editors.

 
 

Peer Review Process

A double-blind peer review method is mandatory for processing of all scientific manuscripts submitted to the editorial staff of the journal. This implies that neither the reviewer is aware of the authorship of the manuscript, nor the author maintains any contact with the reviewer.

  1. Members of the editorial board and leading global experts in corresponding areas of sciences, invited as independent readers, perform peer reviews. Editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief or science editor choose readers for peer review. We aim to limit the review process to 2-4 weeks, though in some cases the schedule may be adjusted at the reviewer’s request.
  2. All reviewers are recognized experts in the subject of the peer-reviewed materials and have publications on the subject of the peer-reviewed article over the past 3 years.
  3. Reviewer has an option to abnegate the assessment should any conflict of interests arise that may affect perception or interpretation of the manuscript. Upon the scrutiny, the reviewer is expected to present the editorial board with one of the following recommendations:
    • to accept the paper in its present state;
    • to invited the author to revise their manuscript to address specific concerns before final decision is reached;
    • that final decision be reached following further reviewing by another specialist;
    • to reject the manuscript outright.
    • ArticleReview_Template.docx
  4. Review period is up to 2 months. 
  5. If the reviewer has recommended any refinements, the editorial staff would suggest the author either to implement the corrections, or to dispute them reasonably. Authors are kindly required to limit their revision to 2 months and resubmit the adapted manuscript within this period for final evaluation.
  6. We politely request that the editor be notified verbally or in writing should the author decide to refuse from publishing the manuscript. In case the author fails to do so within 2 months since receiving a copy of the initial review, the editorial board takes the manuscript off the register and notifies the author accordingly.
  7. The editors conduct no more than three rounds of peer review for each manuscript. If, after the three-fold revision of the manuscript, the majority of the reviewers or the editorial board have significant comments on the text, the manuscript is rejected and removed from consideration. In this case, the authors are sent a corresponding notification about the rejection of the manuscript.
  8. If author and reviewers meet insoluble contradictions regarding revision of the manuscript, the editor-in-chief resolves the conflict by his own authority.
  9. The editorial board reaches final decision to reject a manuscript on the hearing according to reviewers’ recommendations, and duly notifies the authors of their decision via e-mail. The board does not accept previously rejected manuscripts for re-evaluation.
  10. Upon the decision to accept the manuscript for publishing, the editorial staff notifies the authors of the scheduled date of publication.
  11. Kindly note that positive review does not guarantee the acceptance, as final decision in all cases lies with the editorial board. By his authority, editor-in-chief rules final solution of every conflict.
  12. The authors have the right to argue the decision of the editorial board to reject the manuscript and to remove it from consideration. To do this, they should send an appeal to the
    editorial board, addressed to the editor-in-chief. The appeal should include detailed reasons for the authors; disagreement with the decision of the editorial board (based on the
    conclusions of the reviewers), give reasons in favor of revising the decision, and send the revised manuscript (if such revision is appropriate). Disputes and requests from authors to revise the decisions of the editorial board are considered personally by the editor-in-chief at the meeting of the editorial board. The decisions made by the editor-in-chief are not subject to challenge.
  13. Original reviews of submitted manuscripts remain deposited permanently (not less than 5 years).
  14. Manuscript reviews are not published. Reviews can be sent to the Ministry of Education and Sciense of Russian Federation in case of query.
  15. Article Review Template

 

Publication Frequency

Bulletin is a quarterly issue. 500 copies. Paper version available.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediately upon publication. Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. For more information please read BOAI statement.    

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge (open license Creative Commons ).

Publications from Issue no. 3  2022 are licensed by Creative Commons International Public License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) , which allows unrestricted use of works for non-commercial purposes, subject to attribution.

You are free to:

  • Share— copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt— remix, transform, and build upon the material

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution— You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • NonCommercial— You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  • No additional restrictions— You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Notices:

  • You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
  • No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

Content published up to and including Issue no. 2  2022 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0)

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You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Notices:

You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.

No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

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Archiving

Journal Archiving policies

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.

Full-text electronic content of the journal is archived in the RUDN University institutional repository https://repository.rudn.ru/ru/ included in the NORA project - National Aggregator of Open Repositories https://openrepository.ru/ (search for articles from RUDN journals by link), and registered in the Directory of Open Access Repositories - OpenDOAR http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/repository/4669

The information about all the articles published is archived in Russian Electronic Scientific Library (eLIBRARY.ru). The direct URL to the journal issues: http://elibrary.ru/contents.asp?titleid=25713. You can search through article metadata (title, author, keywords, abstract etc.) on eLIBRARY.ru. The URL to article’s full text is available on the article’s page on eLIBRARY.ru.

The articles’ full texts are stored on the journal’s server and can be accessed through this page (http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/issue/archive).

Printed copies of the journal issues are transferred for permanent storage to the Russian Book Chamber - a branch of ITAR-TASS, the Russian State Library and other leading libraries of the Russian Federation.

 

Author Self-Archiving

This journal follows the Green Open Access principles and permits and encourages authors to post items submitted to the journal on personal websites or institutional repositories both prior to and after publication, while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable, its publication in this journal.

 

Indexing

Articles have been published in this journal are indexed by several systems:

  • Russian Science Citation Index by Electronic Scientific Library foundation (eLibrary.ru)
  • DOAJ
  • Google Scholar
  • Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
  • Cyberleninka
  • WorldCat
  • State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles of Russian Federation
  • Dimensions
  • British Library
  • Bodleian Libraries (University of Oxford)
  • Ghent University Library

 

Publishing Ethics

When selecting (including reviewing), preparing (editing) and publishing articles in the journal, the editors are guided by international standards of publication ethics.

The Editorial Board of the Journal will carefully and responsibly consider all reasonable requests regarding the detected violations in the published materials.

The editors consider it the duty of the author and the reviewer to inform the editors as soon as possible about the missed errors and violations that they have identified after the publication of the article.

The journal's publisher, RUDN University, is a co-founder and a member of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (ASEP), Russia, and supports the ASEP Declaration on the Ethical Principles of Scientific Publications https://rassep.ru/sovet-po-etike/manifesty/deklaratsiya/ 

The ethic policy of this journal is based on recomendations from international commettees: ICMJE, WAME, COPE, EASE, Council of Science Editors, ORI.

  When developing these rules, the publisher and the editorial board of the journal used not only their editorial and publishing practice but also the experience of the journals published by leading international scientific literature publishers.

Editorial responsibilities

Editors have sole responsibility for acceptance or rejection of a manuscript. The manuscript may be rejected by the editor on the stage prior to peer-review for a solid reason (inappropriate topic for journal, clearly of poor scientific quality, the article was previously published elsewhere, essential contradiction to ethical principles of the Journal was detected). Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain. Editors should guarantee that the quality of the papers conforms to internationally accepted scientific and publication ethical guidelines. If there is conflict of interest of the editor with the author of the article, the article should be transmitted to another editor.

The editor transmits all the submitted manuscripts, which were not rejected according to the reasons stated below, for peer-review. The editor chooses the reviewers out of the most competent specialists on the topic of the article.

Editors should preserve anonymity of reviewers and should not tell the reviewers the names of the authors.

Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record and be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial opinion works should be clearly identified as such.

Advertising Policies

The editorial board adheres to ethical standards in its work and, above all, defending the right to editorial independence. Placement of promotional materials and sponsorship can not influence in any way on editorial decisions and editorial content. The journal does not publish materials to accompany the advertising and does not sell advertising for specific articles. Advertising and information materials is not mixed with the editorial content.

All decisions on advertising placement are only accepted by the publisher. The editors reserve the right not to accept advertising materials, placement does not meet the publication policy.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off another paper as the author(s) own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another(s) paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

The Editorial Board considers the following to be the forms plagiarism:

  • use (word for word citing) of any materials in any value without indicating the source;
  • use of images, pictures, photographs, tables, diagrams, schemes or any other forms of graphical information presentation without indicating the source;
  • use of images, pictures, photographs, tables, diagrams, schemes or any other forms of graphical information presentation published in scientific and popular issues without approving by copyright holder;
  • use of the materials without written permission, the authors or copyright holders of which don’t permit use of their materials without special approval.

The Editorial Board considers the following to be the forms of incorrect borrowing:

  • Absence of graphical highlighting of literal text citation when there are references to the source;
  • incorrect references (incomplete bibliographic description of the sources, which prevents their identification;
  • reference not to the first source of the borrowed text without clear indication of this fact (mistake in primary source determination);
  • absence of references from the text to the sources enumerated in the list below the article;
  • excessive citation (in case there are references to the sources and graphical highlighting of the cited text), the volume of which is not justified by the genre and aims of the article.

Only original works are acceptable for publication in journal. The journal does not allow any forms of plagiarism.

If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

The journal is using "ANTIPLAGIAT" software for plagiarism detection in all Russian-language manuscripts. If the editorial board of the journal has reasons for a more detailed check, additional tools for searching for borrowings can be involved. The Google Scholar is used for English-language manuscripts. Papers will be rejected from any stage of the publication process (even if the article was published already) if plagiarism is found.

The Editorial Board of the Journal strongly discourages the use of any technique to increase the text score in the Anti-Plagiarism system.

Articles that show signs of technical modifications in order to artificially increase the uniqueness of the text will not be published in the journal even if revised. The editors report all such facts to the reviewer and, if the author works in an educational institution, to its management.

If unauthorized borrowings are detected, as well as with a low coefficient of originality of the text (<85%) and large amounts of borrowings that are not justified by the goals of the article, the manuscript is rejected from publication.

Articles whose content repeats the results and conclusions obtained in other scientific publications of the author (monographs, previous publications in journals and collections), as well as studies already described earlier in dissertations and abstracts, in the absence of development of the provisions presented in them and new results, to publications are not accepted.

Identification of plagiarism of ideas and plagiarism of data is carried out as part of scientific peer review, as well as after the publication of manuscripts - upon the fact of readers' requests with relevant statements. When establishing the fact of unauthorized borrowing of data (results of scientific work) or ideas, the manuscript (article) will be withdrawn and rejected from publication, even if it has already been published.

Papers will be rejected from any stage of the publication process (even if the article was published already) if plagiarism will be fined.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper. Publication of some kinds of articles (eg, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

First author. The first author in the list of co-authors should be the head of the author's team of the manuscript, who took the greatest part in the process of preparing the text and is familiar with the entire process of conducting scientific work. The head of the team of authors should also be a "correspondence author" - to communicate with the editors of the journal and readers (after the publication of the article).

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human Subjects

Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.

Statement of Human Rights

When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 and 2008. If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach, and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure

All authors should disclose (declare in the corresponding section of the manuscript) any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to affect the results or the conclusions of their manuscript. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include:
• receiving funding in support of the research or the preparation of the manuscript, any connection (employment, consultancies, stock ownership, royalties, providing expert opinions) with organizations that have a direct interest in the subject of research or review;
• application or registration of patents for research results (copyright,
etc.);
• obtaining financial support for any of the stages of research or the preparation of the manuscript (including grants and other financial support).
Explicit and potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed as early as possible.
Information on conflicts of interest received from the authors of the manuscripts is not provided to the reviewers and is available only to the editorial board when deciding on the publication of the
manuscript. Also, information on conflicts of interest is published as part of the full text of the article.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the authors obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

Editorial Policy for Corrections to Published Articles

If inaccuracies and factual errors are made in the article that do not require retraction of the article, the editorial carries out the procedure for publishing the corrections.
The purpose of corrections made to a scientific article after publication is to convey truthful, accurate information to the reader, help avoid illegal borrowing, and eliminate erroneous data.
Any necessary changes will be accompanied with a post-publication notice which will be permanently linked to the original article so that readers will be fully informed of any necessary changes. This can be in the form of a Correction notice, an Expression of Concern, a Retraction and in rare circumstances a Removal.

Authors should notify us as soon as possible if they find errors in their published article, especially errors that could affect the interpretation of data or reliability of information presented. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure consensus has been reached between all listed co-authors prior to putting forward any requests for corrections or retractions to an article.

Any minor errors will not be accompanied by a separate correction notice. Instead a footnote will be added to the article detailing to the reader that the article has been corrected. Minor errors do not impact the reliability of, or the reader’s understanding of, the scholarly content.

The reprint of the article with corrections is carried out simultaneously with the retraction of the previous publication in case of multiple typos, incorrect citation, incorrect wording, incorrect facts, the need for corrections to the team of authors and other cases where changes are required that affect the interpretation of the article and at the same time the scientific integrity of the article does not remain unchanged.

Reprint of the corrected article may be initiated by the author (s), readers or the editors of the journal.
The procedure for correcting errors when reprinting an article
1. If the editorial board has received information about the need to make corrections from third parties, the editor or the Editor-in-Chief will politely send the authors a notification about the need to analyze the identified errors.
2. After an analysis of the identified errors, the editorial representatives report the need to reprint the article with corrections to the author (s) to agree on the corrections.
3. The printed issue of the journal publishes an error message indicating the number / year and pages of the issue with the article in which the error was made, a description of the error and text with the corrected error, and retractions of the previous version of the article containing errors.
It is also indicated on whose initiative the retraction and reprint procedure is carried out.
In the online version of the journal, an error message is posted on the site page and / or PDF file with the article.
Readers are given the opportunity to work with the revised version of the article by posting it on the site next to the previous retracted version, in which the retraction was noted.
4. Information about the corrections, retractions and republishing is transferred to the to the Russian Index of Science Citation (elibrary.ru) and other databases in which the journal is indexed.

Retraction guidelines

In some cases the Editorial Board may consider retracting a publication.

The article will be officially retracted if at any stage of review, prepress, or after publication, the editors or readers reveal a violation of the requirements of publication ethics. The retraction of the article due to violation of publication ethics will also entail a ban on the publication of articles in this journal for all members of the authors team involved in the incident in the future.

The reasons for retraction may be the following:

  • it constitutes plagiarism, including borrowed pictures, tables, diagrams, etc. If plagiarism was detected after publication (see Plagiarism Policy);
  • third party expresses claims concerning copyrights for the article or its parts;
  • the findings have previously been published elsewhere before the date of its publication in the journal.

The published article has serious errors, which place its scientific value in question.

In such cases, the Editor should initiate the revision, after which the article may be retracted. The Act on retraction is complied, which is signed by the editor-in-chief. The copy of the Act is being sent to the author of the article.

In this case the article is not physically withdrawn from the published edition and the file of the issue on web site. The Editorial Office publishes the notification on retraction of the article on the corresponding page of the issue content on the official site of the Journal. The Editorial Office should attentively consider issuing an expression of concern about the revealed problems in the published materials.

The Editorial Board considers it a responsibility of authors and reviewers to promptly inform about the missed mistakes and breaches revealed after the publication of the article.

Privacy Statement

Information about the authors (surname, name, family name, affiliation, e-mail, contact number), which is provided by them for publication in the journal, is becoming available for indefinite range of persons, for which the authors give their permission by providing his article in the online system on the website of the journal.

The following data is published for the convenience of the authors with the aim of the full and correct account of publications and their citation by the corresponding bibliography companies and providing the possibility of contacting the authors ans the scientific society.

Personal information provided by the authors in addition to the enumerated below includes additional e-mails and phones. These will be used only for contacting the authors in the process of preparing the publication. The Editorial Board may not transmit this information to a third party, who can use it for some other purposes. 

Artificial Intelligence Policy
Editorial Board of the Journal "Vestnik RUDN. Series: Literary Studies. Journalism"
Effective Date: April 20, 2026
Last Updated: []
Use of AI Tools in Journal Publications
We welcome the responsible and transparent use of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and manuscript preparation for the scientific periodical "Vestnik RUDN. Series: Literary Studies. Journalism" (hereinafter referred to as the Journal). AI can be a powerful tool for improving the quality and effectiveness of your work.
We strive to maintain scientific integrity and encourage authors, reviewers, and editors to use AI as an assistant, not as a substitute, for critical thinking and ethical standards.
1. AI Policy for Journal Authors
1.1. Key Principles for Authors When Preparing Manuscripts Using AI
 Author Responsibility: Authors always bear full responsibility for the content of their manuscript, including any information generated or processed by AI.
 Transparency: It is important to indicate in the article's metadata where and how AI tools were used (e.g., for data analysis, text writing, image creation, etc.).
 Ethics and Accuracy: It is essential to ensure that AI does not generate false or inaccurate information (hallucinations), and it is important to verify all facts and references.
 Data Confidentiality: It is strictly recommended not to upload confidential information, personal data, or any other protected information to publicly available AI tools.
1.2. Acceptable Uses of AI by Authors
 Language and Style Enhancement: Paraphrasing, improving readability, grammar and spell checking (but not generating the main text).
Synthesis and generalization of information: assistance with literature review and data systematization (but not a substitute for the author's analysis of sources).
Data analysis: application of AI algorithms to process and analyze large data sets, including pattern recognition, if the methodology for such analysis is clearly described.
Creation of visual materials: assistance in creating graphs, diagrams, and images (with mandatory indication that AI was used and confirmation of the originality of the data; not a substitute for original images of the real objects being studied).
1.3. Restrictions and Prohibitions for Authors
1.3.1. General Principles
AI should not replace professional expert review. The use of any AI tools (including generative language models, image processing models, analytical and optimization algorithms) does not relieve authors of responsibility for the reliability, scientific validity, and ethicality of the presented data, methods, and conclusions. Authors are required to transparently disclose their use of AI (see Section 1.4. Disclosure of Authors' Use of AI). Failure to comply with disclosure requirements may be considered a violation of publication ethics.

1.3.2. Prohibited Practices
1.3.2.1. Passive or Hidden Generation of Scientific Content
It is prohibited to present text, data, analysis, or interpretations generated in whole or in part by AI as original work without explicitly and fully disclosing the roles and contributions of the AI.

It is prohibited to present AI as the author. Only human authors may be listed as authors. AI must not be listed as a co-author, editor, or content manager.

1.3.2.2. Violation of Confidentiality and Security of Personal Data
 Uploading personally identifiable medical data (PMI) or other sensitive patient data to cloud or third-party AI services without explicit patient consent and ensuring compliance with data protection laws is prohibited.
 Using AI services with unknown data retention/use policies to process sensitive information is prohibited. Authors should select tools with documented security guarantees and/or employ anonymization supported by a methodology.
1.3.2.3. Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism Using AI
 Using AI to automatically compile copyrighted text, graphics, or images without appropriate rights or citation is prohibited. Generating text clearly based on the work of others without attribution is considered plagiarism.
When using AI to paraphrase, summarize, or translate other people's publications, ensure proper citation and adherence to fair use rules.
1.3.2.4. Mass Automation of Submissions and Manipulation of the Peer Review System
The use of AI for the mass automated submission of manuscripts, falsification of reviewer reviews, creation of fictitious reviewer accounts, or other actions aimed at circumventing review procedures is prohibited.
Authors and reviewers must not use automated tools to create false or misleading reviews and comments.

1.3.2.6. Methodological and Reproducibility Limitations
 All AI models used for analysis or result generation must be described in detail: architecture (if relevant), model version, hyperparameters, training data sources, validation procedures, applied metrics, and code/scripts for reproducing the results, or a link to a repository.
 If commercial or proprietary models were used, authors should, where possible, provide access to the input data, seeds, and generation parameters to ensure reproducibility. If this is not possible under the license, limitations should be described in detail and alternative methods for verifying the results should be provided.
1.3.3. Liability and Consequences of Violations
 Violation of these limitations may result in a request for corrections, expression of doubt regarding publication, retraction of the article, suspension of further manuscript submissions, and notification of the author's institution for investigation.  In cases of data falsification, serious breaches of confidentiality, or fraud, the Journal reserves the right to refer the materials to the appropriate regulatory authorities.
1.4. Disclosure of AI Use by Authors
 Authors are required to clearly and thoroughly disclose the use of AI tools at all stages of manuscript preparation, including:

oText generation (including the introduction, discussion, conclusions, or abstracts);

oData preparation or verification, including statistical analysis, visualization, or data synthesis;

oTranslation, paraphrasing, or editing of text;

oLiterature search or compilation of reference lists;

oCreation or processing of images, graphs, diagrams, audio, and video materials.
The use of AI is indicated:
- in the "Methods/Materials and Methods" section (for research articles) or
- in a special metadata section called "AI Use Statement" (for other types of articles, such as reviews and case reports).
For each mentioned use, please provide:
oThe name of the AI ​​tool(s) and their version.
oThe tool manufacturer (if applicable).
oThe specific purpose and method of using the AI ​​(e.g.:
-"AI tool X was used for stylistic editing of the text";
-"Program Y was used for the initial categorization of the data";
-"GigaChat 2.0 was used to analyze literary sources, prepare references to primary sources, and generate the analytical report; the results were verified and finalized by the authors").
oAny prompts (queries) that had a significant impact on the generated content (if possible).

1.5. Recommendations for the Safe Use of AI by Authors
 Anonymize data according to recognized standards and document the anonymization process.
 Maintain log files of interactions with AI tools, including prompts, generation parameters, and responses, so that they can be provided upon request to the editors or reviewers.
 Carefully check all facts, references, figures, and conclusions generated by AI, as AI models can "hallucinate" (create false but plausible information).
Exceptions: The use of basic grammar and spelling checkers (such as Microsoft Word spell-check) that are not based on generative AI does not require mandatory disclosure.
2. AI Use Policy for Journal Reviewers
This policy sets out guidelines and requirements for the use of AI tools by reviewers evaluating manuscripts for the Journal. The goal is to ensure transparency, protect privacy, and maintain scientific integrity when integrating AI into the peer review process.
This policy applies to all external and internal reviewers involved in the peer review of manuscripts (research articles, reviews, etc.), as well as to editorial staff using AI in preparing review recommendations.
2.1. General Principles
Reviews must remain professional, independent, and based on human expertise. AI tools may be used only as an aid; final judgments and recommendations must rest with the human reviewer. Responsibility for the completeness, accuracy, and ethicality of the review lies with the reviewer.

2.2. Permitted Use of AI by Reviewers
 Assistance in refining the wording, style, and structure of the review text (formatting, grammar), provided that the content of the assessment and scientific criticism are formulated by the reviewer.
 Rapid search and summarization of publicly available information (e.g., extracting key facts from non-specialized sources), provided this does not violate the confidentiality of the manuscript.
 Automatic checking of references, citations, and basic formal aspects (e.g., compliance with the Journal's requirements), provided that the results are verified by a human.
 Use of specialized AI tools developed to assist in methodological evaluation (e.g., statistical verification), only if the tool is certified/clearly described and the results are confirmed by an independent reviewer.
2.3. Prohibited Use of AI by Reviewers
 No manuscript content (text, data, figures, tables, requested supplementary materials) should be entered into publicly available or cloud-based AI services without explicit permission from the editors and compliance with confidentiality rules.
Using AI to automatically generate full reviews, conclusions on scientific merit, or recommendations without substantial and critical review by a human reviewer.
Using AI tools that store or index uploaded materials and may use them to train models if this violates confidentiality or copyright.
Transmitting confidential, unpublished manuscript information to third parties through AI services.

2.4. Confidentiality and Reviewer Data Management
 Manuscripts are kept strictly confidential; reviewers are required to adhere to the journal's non-dissemination policy.
 Before using any AI service, reviewers must check the terms of service and data handling policy. If the service stores/uses uploaded data for model training or has unspecified storage practices, such service cannot be used to process parts of the manuscript.
 If using AI to process the text of a manuscript (e.g., summarization), reviewers must obtain consent from the editorial board. The editorial board may require the use of internal or certified tools with a guarantee of confidentiality.
 Any intermediate files, notes, or output generated by AI that contain elements of the manuscript must be retained and deleted in accordance with the journal's data retention policy.
2.5. Disclosure of AI Use by Reviewers
 If a reviewer used AI to analyze the manuscript (other than proofreading/grammar) during the review process, this must be disclosed in a cover note to the editor when submitting the review. Please provide the name of the tool and briefly describe the features used (e.g., "method summarization," "statistical test checking," "reformulation of review text").
 Disclosure is also required if the AI ​​results significantly influenced the evaluation judgments or recommendations (e.g., an AI-generated conclusion about the inappropriateness of the analysis).
 Disclosure does not imply sharing the manuscript's contents with third parties. It is necessary for transparency and to allow the editors to evaluate the appropriateness and safety of the tools used.
2.6. Quality and Validation
 The reviewer is required to critically evaluate the conclusions proposed by the AI. This tool does not replace expert review, particularly regarding study design, statistical validity, interpretation of clinical data, and conclusions with patient implications.
 When using AI to validate statistics or images, reviewers must document the validation method and, if necessary, provide an explanation in the review.
2.7. Conflicts of Interest
 The use of AI developed by a commercial organization in which the reviewer has a financial interest or other affiliation must be disclosed in accordance with the journal's conflict of interest disclosure policy.
2.8. Consequences of Non-Compliance
 Violation of this policy (e.g., disclosure of a manuscript through an unverified AI service) is considered a serious breach of confidentiality and may result in disciplinary action by the editorial board, including revocation of review privileges and notification of appropriate institutions in the event of serious violations.
Note to Reviewers
AI is a useful tool, but it is not a substitute for professional expertise. Maintain confidentiality and disclose your use of AI to maintain the trust of authors, reviewers, and readers

3. AI Policy for Journal Editors
 This AI Policy is designed to ensure the responsible, ethical, and transparent use of AI technologies by the Journal's editors. We recognize the potential of AI to enhance the efficiency of editorial processes, but emphasize the need to maintain academic integrity, confidentiality, and professional judgment.
 This Policy applies to all editors (Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editors-in-Chief, Editor Emeritus, Guest Editors, members of the Editorial Board, the Executive Secretary, and anyone involved in editorial decision-making) of the Journal.
3.1. Key Principles for the Use of AI by Editors
 Accountability: Editors are fully accountable for all editorial decisions made, whether or not using AI. AI is a tool to support, not a substitute for, human judgment.
 Transparency: The use of AI in critical editorial processes should be documented and, where appropriate, disclosed.
 Ethics: The use of AI must not violate ethical standards for scientific publication, including principles of authorship, plagiarism, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and research integrity.
 Confidentiality: Confidential manuscripts or information should never be uploaded to publicly available AI tools that do not guarantee data confidentiality and do not comply with privacy requirements or other applicable data protection regulations.
 Trustworthiness and Verification: Any results obtained using AI must be carefully reviewed and confirmed by an editor. AI can generate inaccurate, biased, or outdated data.
 Lack of Bias: Editors must be alert to potential bias in AI algorithms and ensure that the use of AI does not lead to discrimination or unfair treatment of authors.
3.2. Permitted Use of AI by Editors (with limitations and mandatory verification)
Grammar, Spelling, and Style Checking: Using AI to improve the readability of the manuscript text or accompanying materials.
Translation: Assistance with text translation if the manuscript is submitted in a language other than the journal's working language, or for translating individual phrases.
Literature Searching: Using AI tools to identify relevant articles or to systematize search results on a specific topic.
Manuscript Screening: Using AI to identify potential issues (e.g., plagiarism, format inconsistencies, obvious omissions in references), but not for final assessment of scientific content or ethical issues.
Keywords and Abstracts: Assistance with keyword optimization or the creation of draft abstracts, which are then edited and approved by the editor.  Summarization: a brief summary of longer texts for better understanding of their content, but not for assessing their scientific value.
3.3. Prohibition of Use of AI by Editors
The use of AI for the following purposes is strictly prohibited:
 Editorial Decision Making: AI may not make decisions about rejecting, accepting, or sending back a manuscript for revision. These decisions must always remain with a human editor.
 Scientific Content Generation: using AI to write, paraphrase, or substantially modify scientific sections of manuscripts, letters to reviewers, commentaries, or any other material that should be original human work.
 Breach of Confidentiality: uploading manuscripts (including unpublished data, results, conclusions) or any other confidential information into publicly available AI tools without first ensuring their security and confidentiality.
 Review Evaluation: using AI to evaluate the quality or content of peer-reviewed reviews.
Data fabrication or falsification: using AI to generate or alter data, images, or any other content that could be used to falsify scientific results.
Reviewer identification: using AI to automatically select or exclude potential reviewers without human oversight or assessment of conflicts of interest.
3.4. Data Confidentiality and Security
Editors must pay utmost attention to the confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts and related materials.
Before using any AI tool, ensure that it complies with the publisher's data protection and privacy standards.
Do not use AI tools that may store or use uploaded data for their own training unless this is explicitly permitted and does not guarantee confidentiality.
Manuscripts and the personal data of authors and reviewers should never be shared with third-party AI services unless approved by the publisher.

3.5. Disclosure of AI Use
 When AI is used to perform tasks that may impact the content or review process of a manuscript, the editor must be prepared to disclose this upon request from the publisher or if questions arise.
3.6. Training and Support
 The Journal's Publisher will provide information and training on the responsible use of AI tools and update this policy as technology and ethical guidelines evolve.
3.7. Consequences of Non-Compliance
 Violation of this Policy may result in disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, revocation of editorial authority and termination of affiliation with the publisher. In the event of serious violations affecting scientific integrity or confidentiality, additional action may be taken.
Updates to the AI ​​Policy
This Policy will be regularly reviewed and updated to align with rapidly evolving AI technologies and best practices in scholarly publishing.

 

 

 

Publication Fee

Publication process in this journal is free for all authors.

The journal charge no publication fees for authors - including those of peer-review management, manuscript processing, journal production, Open-Access, online hosting and archiving.

The journal asks no article processing charge in any forms.

 

Policy in the field of personal data processing

Terms and conditions for processing personal data of users of the RUDN UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS PORTAL (hereinafter referred to as Terms and Conditions)

1. Conditions, purposes, content and procedure for processing personal data (hereinafter referred to as PD) using automation tools, measures aimed at protecting PD, as well as measures aimed at identifying and preventing violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of PD, which are carried out by the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University), legal/postal address: Moscow, st. Miklukho-Maklaya, 6.

2. The Operator processes of the RUDN Scientific Journals Portal (hereinafter referred to as the Portal) users PD in accordance with these Terms and Conditions within the framework of legal relations with the Operator regulated by the current Russian legislation and Policy.

3. The Operator processes the following types of PD of users.

  • Surname,

  • Name,

  • Middle name / patronymic (if any)

  • E-mail,

  • User ID stored in the cookie*,

  • ORCID iD (if available),

  • SPIN code (if available),

  • Scopus Author ID (if available),

  • ResearcherId (if available),

  • Mendeley Profile (if available),

  • Publons Profile (if available),

  • Organization (Organization name, organization address),

  • Academic Degree,
  • Academic Title
  • Position,
  • personal page on the website of the organization (place of work) of the user on the Internet.

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* Used only in the journal site system. PD marked in paragraph 3 with the symbol (*) are not subject to transfer and distribution.

4. The Operator has the right to process the PD listed above in order to carry out the legal activities of the mass media - the Journal posted on the Portal, including providing the User with information about the Journal through the website and by e-mail.

5. To access the published materials of the Journal's website (full-text content of issues, information about the Journal, members of the editorial board and editorial board, rules for authors and other sections of the site) for reading and copying, the User does not need to register.

6. The Portal User voluntarily provides the Operator with his PD in the following cases:

6.1. when registering on the Journal website as an Author:

6.1.1. the only author in the article or the corresponding author in the presence of several co-authors in the article - to upload the article to the Journal's website for the purpose of its consideration by the editors of the Journal and publication in the Journal. By uploading an article to the Journal's website, the Author accepts the offer - transfers the rights to use the article and expresses consent to the processing of his PD by the Operator.

! The author's license agreement for the publication of the article (public offer) is placed in the "Copyright" section of the journal's website in the public domain (registration on the site as a User is not required for preliminary familiarization with the text of the offer).

At the same time, the User, filling out the registration form, makes all the PD listed in clause 3 of these Terms. 

By ticking the mandatory field "Legal information✱ / Consent to the processing of personal data" of the registration form, the User, having previously clicked on the link "Consent to the processing of personal data" below and read the text in the window that opens, confirms that he has read these Terms and Conditions and the Policy and his consent to the processing by the Operator of the User's PD entered in the registration form. Without such confirmation, the registration of the User will not be completed.

6.1.2. a co-author of an article who is not a correspondent author, for the subsequent submission of information about the co-author in the process of uploading an article by a correspondent author to the Journal's website for the purpose of its consideration by the editors of the Journal and publication in the Journal. By filling out the registration form, the User agrees to the processing of his PD by the Operator.

At the same time, the User, filling out the registration form, puts a tick in the role of the Author and makes all the PD listed in clause 3 of these Terms. 

By ticking the mandatory field "Legal information✱ / Consent to the processing of personal data" of the registration form, the User, having previously clicked on the link "Consent to the processing of personal data" below and read the text in the window that opens, confirms that he has read these Terms and Conditions and the Policy and his consent to the processing by the Operator of the User's PD entered in the registration form. Without such confirmation, the registration of the User will not be completed.

The processing by the Operator of the PD of the User registered as the Author / Co-author includes the collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, changing), extraction, copying, use, transfer as part of the article metadata (provision, access), including distribution, depersonalization, blocking, deletion and destruction of PD in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

6.1.3. when registering on the website of the Journal as a Reviewer to participate in the review of a scientific article submitted for consideration by the editors of the Journal.

At the same time, the User, filling out the registration form, makes all the PD listed in clause 3 of these Terms. 

By checking the box "Legal information✱ / Consent to the processing of personal data" of the registration form, the User, having previously clicked on the link below "Consent to the processing of personal data" and having read the text in the window that opens, confirms that he has read these Terms and Conditions and the Policy and his consent to the processing by the Operator of the User's PD entered in the registration form. Without such confirmation, the registration of the User will not be completed.

Having received a review request sent by the Editorial Board to the Reviewer’s e-mail address with an offer attached and expressing in response to the request consent to participate in reviewing in the user’s personal account, the Reviewer accepts the offer - transfers the rights to use the subsequently prepared review and expresses consent to the processing by the Operator of his PD.

Processing by the Operator of the User's PD, registered as a Reviewer, includes collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, modification), extraction, copying, use, transfer to third parties (provision, access); depersonalization, blocking and destruction of PD in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, the following PD of the reviewer are subject to transfer to third parties, namely and exclusively to Scientific Electronic Library LLC (eLIBRARY.ru) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation: surname, first name, middle name / patronymic (if any), academic degree, academic title, email, position, organization name. Transfer can be carried out only if the Reviewer accepts the Offer.

PD of the reviewer are not subject to distribution.

7. A user who has registered on the Portal as a Author (including Co-author) / Reviewer has the right to withdraw his consent to the processing of PD by sending the Operator a corresponding notification to the email address of the Journal's editors, specified in the "Contacts" section of the Journal's website on the Portal.

 

Copyright and Publication Rights

Authors retain unlimited copyright and all publishing rights, except for commercial use, when published under any license permitted by the journal.