Publication policy and ethics

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Publication policy

Open access policy

The journal “Bulletin of Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary” is guided by the principle of free open access to the results of scientific research in order to promote the increase of global knowledge exchange.

Copyright

The journal is open access, all issues, starting from the year the journal was founded, are available free of charge to users. Open access means that users are allowed to read, download, copy, print, search or find full texts of the journal’s articles without prior permission from the publisher and author, as well as distribute them on any medium and in any format, but only for non-commercial purposes and with a mandatory link to the journal.

Publication fees

The editors do not charge authors any fees for the preparation, placement and printing of materials. The journal supports the open access initiative and aims to ensure that all published articles are available free of charge.

DOI

Each article published in the journal is assigned a digital object identifier (DOI). DOI numbers are standardized digital identifiers that can be used to cite and reference electronic materials. The journal ensures that DOIs remain unchanged.

Archival policy

The archival policy is aimed at selecting, storing and providing access to the archive of the journal “Bulletin of Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary”.

“Bulletin of Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary” places the full-text archive on the page of the journal’s website, as well as on the platform of the Scientific Electronic Library eLIBRARY.RU.

Self-archiving policy

Authors have the right to place their peer-reviewed works on personal websites and databases, indicating the name and issue of the journal in which the article was published. For these purposes, we recommend using the publisher's version of the PDF file, or providing a link to it.

Claims handling policy

Direct contacts are the main and most preferred way to resolve disputes between the editors, authors and third parties in the process of reviewing and preparing articles for publication, as well as in relation to already published articles. If you have any complaints or claims, you must report them to the editor-in-chief of the journal in writing to the journal’s e-mail vestnik-kpds@mail.ru.

The letter must indicate the controversial issue, the circumstances, the name of the author, and the title of the article in relation to which the claims are made. Individuals or organizations submitting complaints to the editors of the journal on certain issues must be sure that these complaints will be considered within a reasonable time. Editors will follow the journal's accepted publication ethics when reviewing complaints and disputes.

Article retraction policy

In some cases, the editors of the journal may decide to withdraw the article (retract).
Reasons for retracting an article:

• detection of plagiarism in an article, including detection of borrowings of figures, graphs, tables, etc., if the fact of plagiarism became obvious after publication of the article;

• the emergence of claims regarding copyright of the article or its individual parts from third parties;

• detection of the fact that an article was published in another publication before the date of its publication in the journal;

• the presence of serious errors in the published article that cast doubt on its scientific value.

В In such circumstances, the editors of the journal initiates an investigation, as a result of which the article may be withdrawn from publication. An act of retraction of the article from publication is drawn up and signed by the editor-in-chief. A copy of the act is sent to the author of the article.

In this case, the article is not physically removed from the published edition and the issue file on the website. The editors publish a statement about the retraction of the article with its placement on the corresponding page of the issue contents on the official website of the Journal.

The editors of the Journal will carefully and responsibly consider all reasoned requests regarding violations detected in published materials.

The editors consider that is the responsibility of the author and reviewer to inform the editors as quickly as possible about missed errors and violations that they identified after the publication of the article.

Publication ethics

The editorial board of the journal “Bulletin of Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary” adheres to the principles of publication ethics accepted by the international scientific community and set out in the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Names and email addresses entered on the journal's website will be used solely for the purposes designated by the journal and will not be used for any other purposes or provided to other individuals or organizations.

• Publication of materials in the Journal “Bulletin of Kuzbass Orthodox Theological Seminary” is free of charge.

• The editors take a responsible approach to the problem of preserving scientific reputation, guided by the task of publishing high-level scientific articles.

• The editors undertake to select publication materials based on the submitted review and on the criteria adopted by the journal, which correspond to the standards of scientific ethics, as well as legal requirements: prevention of slander, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

• The editors undertake, in case of a decision to publish, to notify the author about the estimated timing of the issue's release from the printing house, and in case of a decision to reject and send for revision, to provide the author with sufficient justification for this decision.

• In case of a negative review, the editors undertake, at the request of the author, to provide the author of the material rejected for publication with a copy of the review without indicating the name of the reviewer.

• The editors undertake to check materials submitted for publication in the system for checking borrowed material.

• The editors undertake to evaluate materials submitted for publication based on the principle of an unbiased attitude towards the race, gender, ethnic origin, citizenship, and political views of the author.

• The editors undertake not to disclose information about the submitted materials to anyone except the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, and editorial staff

• The editors undertake not to use materials sent for publication in their own work of editors, reviewers and other employees involved in working with the manuscript.

• The editors undertake to refuse to consider materials submitted for publication if there is a conflict of interest, and also to require the author to provide information about the existence of a conflict of interest.

• The editors undertake to take measures upon receipt of justified ethical complaints regarding submitted or previously published materials: consideration, discussion of the complaint with the management bodies of the journal, publication of a correction, refutation or corresponding.

• Reviewers may provide reasoned critical comments and be guided by the following objective scientific criteria for evaluating an article: compliance with the profile of the journal, scientific novelty, completeness and reliability of research results, relevance, significance, correctness and accuracy of definitions and formulations, style, conclusions.