PROCEDURE
for Submitting, Reviewing, and Publicating Articles in the Academic Journal
"New Horizons of Russian Studies"

Procedure for reviewing articles submitted to the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal.

1. The editorial board of the academic journal "New Horizons of Russian Studies" accepts articles and reviews on the journal's topics for consideration. Submissions are accepted only if they meet the requirements for original articles (materials) published in the journal or posted on the journal's website.

2. All articles submitted to the editorial board are subject to peer review and (if positive) scientific and technical editing.

3. The editor-in-chief (or deputy editor-in-chief) forwards the article for review to the member of the editorial board overseeing the relevant area/discipline. If a member of the editorial board is absent, or if an article is submitted by a member of the editorial board, the editor-in-chief sends the article to external reviewers for review.

4. All reviewers must be recognized experts in the subject matter of the materials being reviewed and have published on the topic of the article being reviewed within the last three years.

5. The reviewer must review the submitted article within one month of receipt and send a reasoned refusal to review or a review to the editors (by email).

6. The editors recommend using a standard review form. The reviewer may recommend the article for publication; recommend it for publication after revision, taking into account the comments; or not recommend it for publication. If the reviewer recommends the article for publication after revision, taking into account the comments, or does not recommend the article for publication, the review must include the reasons for this decision.

7. The presence of a significant number of critical comments from a reviewer, coupled with an overall positive recommendation, allows the material to be classified as polemical and published as part of a scholarly discussion.

8. When evaluating reviews, it is important to pay attention to the relevance of the scientific problem being addressed by the author. The review should clearly characterize the theoretical or applied significance of the study and relate the author's conclusions to existing scientific concepts. A necessary element of the review should be the reviewer's assessment of the author's personal contribution to solving the problem under consideration. It is advisable to note in the review the consistency of the style, logic, and accessibility of the presentation with the scientific nature of the material, as well as obtain an opinion on the reliability and validity of the conclusions.

9. After receiving the reviews, the editorial board considers the submitted articles at its regular meeting, and a final decision is made based on the review's assessment of the review to publish or reject the articles. A letter is sent to the author(s) based on the decision. The letter provides a general assessment of the article; if the article can be published after revision/taking into account the comments, recommendations for revision/removal of the comments are given; if the article is not accepted for publication, the reasons for such decision are stated. The editors will send copies of the reviews and/or a reasoned refusal to the authors of the submitted materials, and will also forward copies of the reviews to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation upon receipt of a corresponding request by the editors of the scientific publication being reviewed.

10. Articles may be sent for additional review for sufficient grounds.

11. External reviewers may be engaged in the following cases: when the editorial board member supervising a specific area or scientific discipline is absent; the editorial board member is unable to prepare the review; the editorial board disagrees with the opinion expressed in the review by the editorial board member; the article is received from a member of the editorial board. At the next editorial board meeting, a decision is made to request a review from a scholar with existing research on the topic stated in the article. A letter requesting a review is sent to the scholar on behalf of the editorial board. The article and the recommended review form are attached to the letter.

12. Reviews are kept by the journal's editorial board for five years. At the request of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the journal's editorial board sends copies of the article reviews to the Ministry.

13. If the review is positive but contains comments and suggestions, the editorial board sends the article back to the authors for revision along with the reviewer's comments. The article sent to the authors for revision must be returned in a corrected form as soon as possible. A letter from the authors containing responses to all comments and explaining all changes made to the article must be attached to the revised manuscript. An article delayed for more than three months or requiring re-revision is considered a new submission.

14. The editorial board sends copies of reviews or a reasoned statement to the authors of the submitted materials.

15. Manuscripts will not be returned to authors.