1. The order of articles’ direction
The articles on the following fields of science are accepted until April 1, 2022:
12.00.00 – Law Sciences
according to the Nomenclature of Specialties of Research Fellows, confirmed by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (ed. as of February 25, 2009 no. 59, ed. as of January 10, 2012 no. 5, as revised of February 20, 2015 no. 114).
From April 1, 2022, articles will be accepted in accordance with the new nomenclature of scientific specialties.
The basic headings of the journal are:
1.1. The authors give articles, prepared for the publication according to the Rules for the authors, established by the editorial board of the journal. The manuscript must be submitted in person or sent by e-mail directly to the editor or any of the members of the editorial board. The article must be signed by author(s).
Editorial office address: 33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov 392000, Derzhavin Tambov State University.
Telephone: +7 (4752) 72-34-34 add. 3117.
Article acceptance is available at the following address: Office 209, 181 B, Sovetskaya St., Tambov, 392000, Derzhavin Tambov State University, Law and National Security Institute.
Telephone: +7 (4752) 72-34-34 add. 3117. E-mail: lexnauka.tgu@yandex.ru
Executive editor of the journal – Candidate of Law R.V. Zelepukin.
1.2. The abstract of the article and keywords in Russian and English (name of the author(s), title, 150–200 words, which show the content of the article and basic results of the research, 5–6 keywords) are given at the separate piece of paper.
1.3. At a separate piece of paper there is information about all authors (last name, first name and patronymic), indicating its (their) academic title, academic degree, position, place of work (full name of the organizations to which assigned author, and not the abbreviation, postal address, e-mail address of all or one author), and for doctoral students, post-graduates and master’s degree students – specialty according to the nomenclature of specialties of scientific workers, mailing address (with postal code for delivery journal under subscription); numbers of contact phones (with area code) and contact email address. In case of absence of the place of work/study – the previous is specified.
For Russian authors who do not have a academic degree (master’s degree students, post-graduate students and applicants for the candidate degree), it is necessary to additionally submit a recommendation signed by the supervisor and certified by the seal of the institution.
Information about the authors is provided in Russian and English.
1.4. It is also necessary to get acquainted with the publishing agreement, to sign and send the Consent for processing personal data to the editorial office (see the journal website).
1.5. The executive secretary checks the article for compliance with the profile of the journal, requirements for formatting and sends it for consideration to the editorial board of the journal, which determines the scientific value of the manuscript.
The received manuscript is fixed by the date of receipt, the editorial board informs the author by e-mail lexnauka.tgu@yandex.ru.
The author will be sent to the e-mail address specified by the author notifications about the change of the article status (the result of the review, the approximate date of publication, etc.).
If the formal requirements for the materials of publication are not fulfilled, the article is not received by the editorial staff according to “formal features” and the author is informed about it. The editorial staff has the right to reject the articles in case the author does not follow the rules of the editorial staff.
1.6. All the presented papers are checked in the system “Antiplagiat”. Plagiarism is not allowed. Articles should have a high percentage of originality (not less than 70 %), the remaining percentage of publication should be issued as a quote (in quotation marks, with the obligatory indication of the source from the list of references). Self-citation of more than 10 %, as well as citation without attribution (plagiarism, self-plagiarism) is not allowed. If the author has sent the article to other journal, it is necessary to inform about it in order to avoid multiple publications.
The author of the article is obliged to comply with the international principles of scientific publication ethics (COPE). In case of violation of the requirements of publication ethics, articles published in the journal may be retracted at the initiative of the editorial board or the author.
In publishing, the journal is guided by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Chapter 70 "Copyright", as well as the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (“Attribution”) 4.0 License.
2. The order of articles’ review
2.1. All the articles are reviewed. After checking them to prevent plagiarism, the editorial sends the article to two reviewers. As reviewers can be involved as members of the editorial board of the journal, as well as highly qualified scientists and specialists of other organizations with deep professional knowledge and experience in a particular scientific direction.
2.2. Double blind peer-review: the author is not informed about the reviewers and vice versa. The author receives a review by e-mail without a signature and specifying the name, position, place of work of the reviewer.
The reviewers during two months make conclusion about the possibility of the publishing of the article, the need of its reworking or refusal (see the review template on the journal's website). The reviewers estimate the accordance of the article to the scientific profile of the journal, its relevance, innovation, theoretical and (or) practical significance, the conclusions, accordance to the established rules of registration.
The reviewers are not allowed to make copies of the papers for their own needs and give a part of the paper for reviewing to the other person without allowance of the editorial staff.
Each reviewer has the right to refuse a review in the event of a clear conflict of interest that affects the perception and interpretation of the manuscript materials. Based on the results of consideration of the manuscript, the reviewer gives recommendations on the further fate of the article (each decision of the reviewer is justified):
If the review contains recommendations for correcting and revising the article, the editorial staff of the journal sends the text of the review to the author with a proposal to take them into account when preparing a new version of the article or to refute them with reason (partially or completely). The finalization of the article should not take more than two months from the moment of sending an email message to the authors about the need to make changes. The article, revised by the author, is re-sent for peer review.
If the authors refuse to revise the materials, they must notify the editorial office in writing or orally about their refusal to publish the article. If the authors do not return the revised version after 3 months from the date of sending the review, even in the absence of information from the authors with a refusal to revise the article, the editorial office removes it from the register. In such situations, the authors are sent an appropriate notification of the removal of the manuscript from registration due to the expiration of the time allotted for revision.
If the author and reviewers have insoluble contradictions regarding the manuscript, the editorial board has the right to send the manuscript for additional review. In conflict situations, the decision is made by the editor-in-chief at a meeting of the editorial board.
The decision to refuse publication of the manuscript is made at a meeting of the editorial board in accordance with the recommendations of the reviewers. An article not recommended for publication by the decision of the editorial board is not accepted for reconsideration. The refusal to publish is sent to the author by e-mail.
After the editorial board of the journal makes a decision on the admission of the article for publication, the editorial board informs the author about it and indicates the terms of publication.
The presence of a positive review is not a sufficient reason for the publication of an article. The final decision on publication is made by the editorial board. In conflict situations, the decision is made by the editor-in-chief.
The original versions of reviews are kept for 5 years at the editorial.
2.3. In the case of positive decision of the reviewers the editorial board of the journal defines the order of the publications, depending on themes of the issue of the journal, and also taking into consideration the period of receiving the paper by the editorial staff.
In case the paper is given back for reworking, the author may present article again with the covering letter – the answer to the reviewer about the changes made for second reviewing. The data of acquisition is the data of return of the reworked article.
The materials, which had negative review are not published and are not given back, the author receives reasoned refusal. The papers being reviewed are not given back. The editorial does not hold the papers which are not accepted for the publication.
2.4. Editorial is obliged to send copies of the reviews to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation if relevant request is received by the editorial staff of peer-reviewed scientific journal.
The editorial board is obliged to send copies of reviews to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and to the expert councils of the Higher Attestation Commission by the appropriate request.
3. The order of articles’ publication
3.1. In the case of approval by the reviewers, the articles, send by the initiative of the authors are published in the order of receiving them and taking into account the themes of the issue. The editorial is not responsible for the time of the publication. The average period of publication is about a year after receipt of materials. The priority is given to articles of authors who are subscribers of the journal. You can subscribe to the journal in the editorial of the journal and in the Joint Stock Company Agency “Rospechat”. Subscription index 80661.
The final decision about publication is taken by editorial board. After the editorial board makes decision about the acceptance of the article the editorial informs the author about the approximate time of publication. The articles of the members of the editorial board having the priority in publication in the journal of one article in a year are discussed at the editorial board session.
The works devoted to the most relevant problems of science and containing new information may be published out of turn.
The article is printed in the order of natural priority with the provision of one copy of its print upon receipt of a positive review for the author free of charge. Payment for editing and printing costs is carried out at the expense of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Derzhavin Tambov State University”.
The author is provided with one copy of the journal with his own article. No fee is charged from authors, including graduate students, for the publication of manuscripts.
Placement of advertising materials in manuscripts without the consent of the editors is not allowed.
Average volume of one issue of the magazine: 14.0–18.0 conv. pr. sheets.
Schedule of the journal’s release in 2022. The journal is a quarterly publication; comes out in March, June, September and December.
After the release of the next issue of the journal, the Publisher ensures the mailing of copyright copies to the addresses indicated by the authors, by subscription, sends the magazine to organizations that receive a legal copy from the producers of printed publications, as well as to leading Russian and foreign research centers.
Author’s rights
After the publication the editorial sends the author the reprint of his article by e-mail.
The publication of the article means Copyright © for the author(s) (authors of the article have all exclusive rights), but they cannot get the fee for it. The authors give the publisher of the journal – Derzhavin Tambov State University termless author’s rights for publication in the paper and electronic variants and on the Internet. The authors have right to use all the materials in their further publications in case that they can make the reference to the publication in our journal.
Editorial concludes an agreement with every author for disclosure, storage and processing of personal data in different data bases and informational systems, inclusion in the research and statistical reports.
Besides, according to the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 no. 152-ФЗ “About personal data” the authors agree to FSBEI of HE “Derzhavin Tambov State University” for working, including collection, systematization, accumulation, keeping, specification (renewal, change), use and abolishment of the personal data. This agreement is given by the author for uncertain period of time and may be stopped by sending the paper variant of letter.
One of the requirements of Higher Attestation Commission – including the publication to the system of Russian index of scientific citing that is connected with the replacement of the materials of the articles in free access on the Internet. Giving materials to the editorial of the journal, the author agrees for replacement of his materials in free access on the Internet.
Full-text network versions of the issues of scientific journal “Current Issues of the State and Law” can be found in open access at Scientific Electronic Library and on the journal website in Russian and English.
These Rules of scientific articles sending,
reviewing and publishing in the journal
“Current Issues of the State and Law”
were discussed and approved at the editorial board meeting
of November 24, 2021.
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