Peer-Review

Peer-Review

A triple-blind peer review method is mandatory for processing of all scientific manuscripts submitted to the editorial stuff of Scientific Research of Faculty of Economics. Electronic Journal". This implies that neither the reviewer is aware of the authorship of the manuscript, nor the author maintains any contact with the reviewer.

Competence of reviewers is provided by the editors of Electronic Journal.

1. Members of the editorial board and leading Russian and international experts in corresponding areas of life 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 4 weeks, though in some cases the schedule may be adjusted at the reviewer’s request.
2. Each article is sent to 3 reviewers.
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:

• Accept without changes
• Accept after making minor changes in accordance with the comments of the reviewer (re-review is not required)
• Accept after making significant changes in accordance with the comments of the reviewer (re-review is required)
• The comments contained in the review indicate a low level of the article and the impossibility of its revision to an acceptable level.
• The article does not correspond to the profile of the journal. It can be recommended for publication in a scientific publication of another profile / other subject.

4. Based on the reviews, the editorial board makes a decision on the publication or rejection of the article or the need to finalize it.
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 to 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 3 months since receiving a copy of the initial review, the editorial board takes the manuscript off the register and notifies the author accordingly.
7. If author and reviewers meet insoluble contradictions regarding revision of the manuscript, the editor-in-chief resolves the conflict by his own authority.
8. 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.
9. Upon the decision to accept the manuscript for publishing, the editorial staff notifies the authors of the scheduled date of publication.
10. 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.
11. Reviews (or their summaries) are kept by the editors in electronic form for 5 years from the date of publication of the reviewed work in the Electronic Journal.
12. Copies of reviews are sent to the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation upon receipt of the corresponding request to the editorial office of the Journal.

Indexation

Articles in "Scientific Research of Faculty of Economics. Electronic Journal" are indexed by several systems:

• Russian Index for Science Citation (RISC) – a database, accumulating information on papers by Russian scientists, published in native and foreign titles. The RSCI project is under development since 2005 by “Electronic Scientific Library” foundation (elibrary.ru).
• Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. The Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest scholarly publishers, plus scholarly books and other non-peer reviewed journals.

Publishing Ethics

• The published materials of the Electronic Journal should not contain scientific and technical information containing information relating to state, official or commercial secrets, or incorrect criticism of other researchers and organizations.
• The published materials are original and have a scientific nature. The use of texts and fragments of texts of other researcher's manuscripts is unacceptable. The articles are obligatory references to the sources used. When deciding on a publication, the editor is guided by the accuracy of the data presented and the scientific significance of the work in question.
• Evaluation of the work excludes consideration of the individual characteristics of the author, his social status and political views.
• Unpublished works can not be used and transmitted to third parties.
• The editor should not allow publication of manuscripts containing plagiarism.
• The author is responsible for the novelty and reliability of the results presented in the study. It is impossible to transfer the same manuscripts to several journals.
• If the author finds significant errors in his work, he should inform the editor as soon as possible.