PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWING SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Articles submitted to the editorial board of the journal undergo preliminary examination (carried out by members of the editorial board — specialists in the relevant field of science) and are accepted in the prescribed manner. Requirements for the design of the original articles are given in each issue of the journal.

If the manuscript is accepted, the editorial office informs the author of comments on the content and design of the article, which must be eliminated before the text is submitted for review.

Then the articles are reviewed without fail by members of the editorial board of the journal or by experts of the corresponding specialty (candidates and doctors of sciences).

The review should contain a reasonable listing of the qualities of the article, including the scientific novelty of the problem, its relevance, factual and historical value, accuracy of citation, presentation style, the use of modern sources, as well as a reasoned listing of its shortcomings. In conclusion, a general assessment of the article and recommendations for the editorial board are given - to publish the article, publish it after revision, send it to an expert on a specific topic for additional review or reject it. The volume of the review is at least one page of text.

An article accepted for publication, but in need of improvement, is sent to the authors with the comments of the reviewer and editor. Authors should make all necessary corrections to the final version of the manuscript and return the revised text, as well as its identical electronic version together with the original version of the manuscript, to the editor. After revision, the article is re-reviewed, and the editorial board decides to publish it. The editors of the journal send the authors of the submitted materials copies of reviews with a positive conclusion, comments and the need to modify the article or a reasoned refusal.

An article is considered accepted for publication if there is a positive review and if it was supported by members of the editorial board. The order and priority of publication of an article is determined depending on the date of receipt of its final version.

Manuscript review is confidential. The disclosure of confidential details of manuscript review violates the rights of the author. Reviewers are not allowed to make copies of articles for their needs.

Reviewers, as well as members of the editorial board, are not entitled to use in their own interests the information contained in the manuscript prior to its publication.

Reviews are kept in the editorial office of the journal for 5 years.

The editors of the journal send copies of reviews to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation upon receipt of the corresponding request by the editors.