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Regulations on the reviewing of articles submitted to the editors of the scientific journal “Perm University Herald. Russian and Foreign Philology "

1) All the incoming manuscripts (articles) submitted by the authors to the editorial office of the journal “Perm University Herald. Russian and Foreign Philology" are subject to double-blind peer reviewing.

2) After receiving the manuscript of a scientific article, the editorial office records the manuscript of the article in the register of manuscripts received by the editorial office and checks it for its compliance with the format requirements. If the manuscript meets the format requirements, it is sent for reviewing. Otherwise, the editors notify the author of this fact. The author is eligible to have been finalizing the manuscript for an unlimited period.

3) Peer reviewers from the journal's editorial board, as well as recognized Russian and foreign experts in the relevant field of knowledge, with practical experience or publications over the past 3 years on the topic of the article being peer-reviewed are invited to review articles submitted for publication in the journal. The author's scientific adviser cannot be the reviewer of the article.

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4) The reviewer must be qualified to evaluate the manuscript. A reviewer who believes that he is not competent on the issues discussed in the paper should refuse to review, having notified the editors of this fact.

5) The term for reviewing an article is established by agreement with the reviewer but cannot exceed the maximum period established by the editors from the moment the article is received by the reviewer. The reviewer is to provide a feedback within the time limit specified by the editors. If reviewing the manuscript and preparing a review in a timely manner is not possible, then the reviewer must notify the editors of this fact.

6) The peer review of the manuscript provided by the reviewer contributes to the editorial decision and helps the author to improve the manuscript. The decision to accept the manuscript for publication, to return it to the author for revision, or to reject the publication is made by the editorial board based on the results of reviewing.

7) The manuscript of the article submitted for reviewing in an electronic form should be considered as a confidential document. The reviewer is allowed to show it or discuss it with other persons, including the author, only by arrangement with the editor-in-chief. The reviewer must not use the ideas or information set forth in the manuscript before its publication.

8) The reviewer is to conduct an expert assessment of the manuscript objectively. Personal criticism of the author by the reviewer is unacceptable. The reviewer should evaluate the manuscript of the article by its scientific content, regardless of race, gender, nationality, citizenship, or political opinion of the authors of the manuscript. All the reviewer's conclusions should be well-reasoned and provided with links to authoritative sources.

9) Reviewers should indicate works that influenced the results of the study, but were not given by the author, if any. The reviewer is to draw the editors' attention to the significant similarity or coincidence between the manuscript in question and another work previously published, which the reviewer is aware of.

10) The reviewer must refuse to review the manuscript, if there is a conflict of interest due to competitive, joint or other relations with the author or organization related to the manuscript.

11) All the incoming reviews of an article are processed by the editorial office and sent to the author in the form of several reviews or one final review without indicating the reviewers' names, their signatures, positions, affiliations, and email addresses. The name of the reviewer is not disclosed to the author, as well as to any other persons and organizations. The blind review system, based on the involvement of experts recognized in the scientific field, provides an adequate and consistent process of reviewing.

12) The manuscript of the article is attached to the review sent to the author.

13) If the review indicates the need for revision, the author should finalize the article on the points indicated in the review, highlighting the modified text with a colored marker. If the author needs a written response to the comments of the reviewer, the author draws it up in a separate file and sends it along with a revised article.

14) The time limits for finalizing the article are not restricted, but if the amended article does not meet the requirements for publication, it is not sent back for revision and is not accepted for publication.

15) Members of the international editorial board, even if the feedback is positive, may address the editor-in-chief with a proposal for an additional review of the article.

16) Manuscripts are reviewed in the order they have been received within the period of 1 day to 6 months. The final decision to publish the article is made by the editorial board and the editor-in-chief.

17) The originals of the reviews are kept in the journal's editorial office for 5 years. The reviews are to be submitted to the Higher Attestation Commission and / or the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon the request of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

18) The editors of the publication send the authors of the submitted materials copies of reviews or a reasoned refusal.

19) The editors do not engage in controversary or correspondence with the author on the content of his article.

20) The fee for the editorial process and publication of submitted articles, including PhD students' manuscripts, approved and recommended by reviewers for publication, is not be charged.

Paper Submission. Peer-review policy

The following should be e-mailed to langlit2009@mail.ru: 1) the manuscript of the article, prepared according to the journal's requirements, 2) the file for the “blind” review, named in accordance with the title of the article (i.e. the surname, name, affiliation, and other information indicating to the author of the article must be removed from the manuscript); 3) a completed passport of the article with the signatures of the authors.

Accompany the letter with the message: “By transmitting the article to the scientific journal “Perm University Herald. Russian and Foreign philology”, I guarantee that the article was created by me personally and has not been previously published. I agree to make the article available on the website of "Perm University Herald" http://press.psu.ru/index.php/philology/index. I take full responsibility for the observance of copyrights in relation to the materials I use” (in case of partial publication of the submitted article, information about the fragment already published and the place of publication should be indicated here).

After receiving the manuscript, the editorial office records the manuscript of the article in the register of manuscripts received by the editors, checks it for compliance with the format requirements. If the manuscript meets the format requirements the article is sent for reviewing. Otherwise, the editors indicate this fact to the author. The author has the right to have been finalizing the manuscript for an unlimited period.

All the incoming manuscript reviews are edited and sent to the author in the form of several reviews or one final review without specifying the reviewers' names, their signatures, positions, affiliations, and email addresses. The manuscript of the article is attached to the review sent to the author. If the review indicates the need for revision, then the author completes the article on the points indicated in the review, highlighting the modified places with a colored marker. If the author needs a written response to the comments of the reviewer, the author draws it up in a separate file and sends it along with the revised article. The term for finalizing the article is not limited, but if the amended article does not meet the requirements for publication, it is not sent back for revision and is not accepted for publication.

Manuscripts are considered in the order they have been received within the period of 1 day to 6 months. The final decision to publish the article is made by the editorial board and the editor-in-chief.

The fee for the editorial process and publication of submitted articles, including PhD students' manuscripts, approved and recommended by reviewers for publication, is not be charged.

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