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Aim and Scope

The current stage of the legal development of the Russian Federation is characterized by constant changes in legislation, which requires an efficient exchange of domestic and foreign law-making and law enforcement experience.

The mission of the journal is to accumulate the latest knowledge in the field of law, allowing it to act as a kind of platform on which Russian and foreign scholars and practitioners can not only present the results of their scientific research, but also get acquainted with the experience of colleagues, exchange the most promising developments in the field of legal science and practice.

In accordance with this mission, the journal sets itself the following goals:

the formation of a single scientific space in the field of law among the circle of both a professional audience of authoritative researchers and young scholars, postgraduate students, specialists in the field of jurisprudence of Russian and international scales; the promoting Russian legal traditions and doctrine abroad;

comprehensive international cooperation of scholars and government officials to harmonize national legislation, taking into account international standards in the field of proper enforcement of the rights and legal interests of the individual, including by introducing the provisions of foreign legal doctrine into Russian scientific circulation;

the exchange of results of research activities in the scientific fields of theoretical and historical law, public law (state law), private law (civil law) and criminal law;

the solving of theoretical and practical problems of jurisprudence based on the results of national and international scientific research;

reflection of research results obtained using both traditional positivist approaches and empirical methods of social and humanitarian sciences, including in the comparative legal and interdisciplinary aspects (at the interface with other social sciences - sociology, history, psychology, philology, political science and others);

pursuing the policy of a bilingual journal (publication of scientific articles, reviews and other materials, both in Russian and English) in order to expand the circle of domestic and foreign authors and readers;

To achieve the stated goals in accordance with its mission, the journal sets itself the following tasks:

- dissemination of the results of fundamental and applied scientific research, expanding and deepening the understanding of the most pressing problems of domestic and foreign jurisprudence;

- promoting the journal in the international space and attracting international authors and readers in the field of law by ensuring their effective communication in order to meet their information needs and increase the effectiveness of professional activities;

- generalization and analysis of international and domestic experience in lawmaking and enforcement;

- coverage of the most interesting, topical and breakthrough results of scientific work of Russian and foreign legal scholars;

- formation of professional legal awareness and human resources of law enforcement agencies;

- ensuring the continuity of knowledge by exchanging experience between highly regarded and young scholars.

Important areas of work of the journal “Siberian Law Review”, based in the historical administrative center of Siberia – Omsk, connecting the Siberian north and the Russian west with the steppe south and east, are the establishment and strengthening of scientific ties between scholars from different regions of Russia and other countries, increasing interest of foreign jurists in Russian legal thought. This makes the journal in demand in the international scientific space.

The journal highlights the most problematic and controversial issues of law, which arouses increased interest in published materials from the scientific community.

We hope that the scientific journal “Siberian Law Review” will make its contribution to the development of domestic legal science and will also contribute to the implementation of the standards of the rule of law in the activities of the legislative, executive and judicial authorities of the Russian Federation.

 

Section Policies

THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL LEGAL SCIENCES -

The section discusses and analyzes the main key points within the following areas of research:Theory of State and Law: Methodologies and History of Legal Science; formation and development of the theory of state and law, the influence of individual legislative acts on its further development; issues of development and restriction of human rights and freedoms, legal obligations; mechanism and functions of the state and law; social role, value and functions of law in modern society, its principles, sources, forms; the process of law formation and law-making is analyzed, issues of legal technique are considered; studies related to the implementation of law, issues of legal behavior, law and order, offenses and legal liability; new approaches and proposals are proposed for solving urgent problems of the modern theory of state and law, the relationship between state and law, including their role in the framework of scientific and technological progress.History of state and law in Russia: research is being carried out on methodology, historiography, source studies and periodization of the history of state and law from Ancient Rus' to the present.History of state and law of foreign countries: research is being conducted on the pre-state and early state stages of development of law, as well as on methodology, historiography, source studies and periodization of the history of state and law of foreign countries of the Ancient East, Ancient Egypt. Mesopotamia, Asia, Africa, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, state and law of the Middle Ages in Europe and Asia Minor; state and law of modern and modern times.History of the doctrines of the state and law: subject matter, methodology, historiography and source study of the history of the doctrines of the state and law, legal doctrines in the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, Western and Eastern Europe during the crisis of feudalism, legal thought in Europe of the Renaissance and the formation of absolutist states, state -legal ideas of reform movements, the doctrine of the state and law of the New Age to the modern period.

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PUBLIC LEGAL (STATE LEGAL) SCIENCES -

The section discusses and analyzes the main key points within the following areas of research: public authority in the Russian Federation, including public law sciences: system, subject, methodology, history of development. Legal nature of public authority and legal regulation of its implementation. The system of public authority. Organization of public authority and public administration. Institutions of public authority and public administration. Public authority and civil society.Public law: concept, subject, method, principles, functions, system. The ratio of public law and private law regulation.Theory and practice of the constitution and constitutionalism. History of constitutional development. Fundamental rights, freedoms and duties of a person and a citizen, their guarantees, limits of exercise, permissible restrictions and protection mechanisms. The legal nature of direct and representative democracy, the legal mechanisms for the implementation of the relevant political regimes. The head of state, parliament, government and courts in the system of separation of powers.State and spatial-legal structure. Constitutional disputes, constitutional litigation. Judicial system. Judiciary. Legal status of judges. Prosecutor's office in the system of public power. State and municipal service. Legal regulation of law enforcement and human rights activities. Public legal mechanism for ensuring the security of the individual, society and the state.Public administration in the Russian Federation, namely: the legal regulation of public administration in various fields. Coercion in public law, including constitutional and legal, administrative and legal, financial and legal coercion. Public control (supervision) in the public law and private law spheres. General, special and special regimes in public law. Administrative procedures and administrative proceedings. Administrative litigation and administrative justice.Administrative offenses and administrative responsibility. Proceedings on cases of administrative offenses.The issues of public law regulation in the areas of finance and taxes are analyzed; information, information and digital technologies; environmental protection; the economic sphere and the sphere of labor and employment of the population.

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PRIVATE LEGAL (CIVILITY) SCIENCES -

Functions and tasks of private law (civilistic) sciences); features of private law (civilistic) branches related to the analysis of issues characterizing the subject, method, structure and system of private law (civilistic) branches; principles of legal regulation and law enforcement; sources of regulation of private law relations; private law relations: concept, composition and structure.Property relations. Also features of certain types of private law relations: civil, family, procedural and other relations. Theory of subjects. Features of the legal status of subjects in certain areas of the economy and socio-cultural activities. Relationships related to participation in corporate organizations; relations for the management of a legal entity.Relations of economic dependence. Insolvency (bankruptcy). Subjects of procedural relations. Grounds for the emergence and dynamics of private law relations. Transactions in the field of private law. Private law obligations (contracts). Implementation and protection of private rights, Responsibility in certain private law relations. Inheritance law. Legal regulation of business and other economic activities. Intellectual property. Civil, arbitration and administrative proceedings. Private law aspects of the application of modern technologies. Private law relations complicated by a foreign element. Foreign experience in regulation of private law relations.

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CRIMINAL LEGAL SCIENCES -

The section discusses and analyzes the main key points within the following areas of research: issues of methodology of criminal law sciences - criminal law sciences (criminal law, criminology, criminal procedure law, penal law, criminalistics, forensic science, operational-search activity): concept, theory and methodology. Subject, system, principles, functions of science, history of institutions. Modern problems of criminal law science. Conceptual apparatus. Criminal law scientific schools in Russia. Criminal law in foreign countries. Promising directions of scientific research in the field of criminal law sciences. Interaction with other sciences. Criminal law policy.Criminology and theories of combating crime. Theory of criminal justice. Criminal procedural activity. Criminalistics. Forensic expertise. Criminal executive law. Theoretical foundations of the penitentiary system in Russia. The theory of operational-search activity. Problems of operational-search support of criminal proceedings.

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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SCIENCES -

The section discusses and analyzes the main key points within the following areas of research: Theoretical foundations of international law - international legal sciences: object, subject, methodology, functions, history of institutions. Interaction with other sciences. Concepts of international law. Problems of the subject and methods of regulation of international law. The system of international law. The doctrine of international legal personality. The state as the main subject of international law. Non-state actors and international law. Jurisdiction in international law. Law of international organizations. Interaction of international and domestic law. Application and implementation of the norms of international law in national legal orders.Coercion and international legal responsibility. Interaction of international public and international private law. International public law framework for the regulation of private law relations. International cooperation and the role of international organizations in regulating relations complicated by foreignelement.Fundamentals of the legal status of the individual in international law. Integration processes in the modern world Issues of ensuring international security. Coercion and international legal responsibility. Legal support of the system of comprehensive international security. Disarmament and international law. Collective security systems. Trends in the development of peaceful means of resolving international disputes. International Justice.

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THEORY AND HISTORY OF LAW AND STATE, HISTORY OF LAW AND STATE STUDIES - This section considers and examines the key points of forming and developing state and law theory, the influence individual legal acts have on further development of state and law theory, suggests new approaches and proposals to solve current problems of the modern theory of state and law
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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CONSTITUTIONAL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, MUNICIPAL LAW - The section presents research and proposals for the improvement of constitutional law and norms of municipal law, the study of their sources and states, the legality in this field. We consider the federal legislation of the Russian Federation, the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the constitutional legislation of foreign countries, the laws of local governments of the Russian Federation and foreign countries.
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LABOR LAW, SOCIAL SECURITY LAW - The section covers issues of the protection of labour rights, legal regulation of labour, social security, current issues of legislative regulation, law enforcement activities and judicial practice in the field of labour relations.
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CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY, PENITENTIARY LAW - The section comprises the comments on current laws, analyses the problems of classifying crimes, contemporary criminal law policy and measures for counteracting crime.
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JUDICIAL ACTIVITY, PROSECUTORIAL ACTIVITIES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES - The section presents studies of the fundamentals of the law enforcement mechanism, issues of the organization of the court and the judicial system, the prosecutor’s office and other law enforcement agencies, the organization of the activities of the legal profession, the delimitation of competence and interaction between them and other state and non-state structures.
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS - This section deals with different aspects of current regulation by administrative law, administrative procedures in different spheres and administrative responsibility.
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CIVIL LAW, BUSINESS LAW, FAMILY LAW, INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW - The section publishes articles and analytical materials on material and procedural aspects of private legal relations: comments on the current legislation, characteristics of law implementation practice, assessment of arbitration courts’ activity, general jurisdiction courts’ activity and notary offices’ activity.
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - The section reviews current problems of theory of criminal procedural law, forensics and crime detection. It covers the analysis and review of prosecutors’, investigative and judicial practice, interprets the Russian Constitutional and Russian Supreme Court view on criminal trial proceedings.
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CRIMINALISTICS, FORENSIC ACTIVITY, OPERATIONAL AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES - The section publishes studies on the use of modern capabilities of forensic science and their implementation in the practice of solving and investigating crimes, as well as resolving cases in court; patterns of formation and development of forensic examinations of various classes, genera and species, the typification of their objects, tasks, research methods, as well as situations and forms of using these opportunities in legal proceedings; problems of the theory and practice of operational-search activities for the detection, prevention and detection of crimes, operational-search support for the investigation and trial of criminal cases, the suppression and neutralization of criminal counteraction to criminal proceedings.
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CIVIL PROCESS, ARBITRATION PROCESS - The section discusses social relations arising in the field of civil and arbitration proceedings, enforcement proceedings, both in the Russian Federation and in foreign countries, their legal regulation in historical development, current state and prospects for regulation; protection of rights, freedoms and legally protected interests related to civil proceedings in the field of law enforcement activities of the state and forms alternative to state judicial proceedings.
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LAND LAW, NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, ECOLOGICAL LAW, AGRICULTURAL LAW - The section publishes studies of legislation and relations regulated by it in the sphere of determining the legal status of natural resources, the legal status of the persons using them. An analysis of the federal legislation of the Russian Federation and the legislation of the subjects (regions) of the Russian Federation is given along with proposals for their improvement, the norms of international law and the practice of international organizations and judicial bodies on the settlement of environmental legal relations, the legislation of foreign countries; legal regulation of land relations, legal relations in the acquiring, holding, trading and protection of land, the legal status of the subjects of these legal relations, types of land rights, grounds for the emergence and termination of these legal relations, protection of land rights.
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CORPORATE LAW, ENERGY LAW - The section presents studies of organizational, property and other public relations related to participation in corporate organizations and their management, as well as property relations on the production and use of energy resources, as well as relations on the distribution and management of energy capacities.
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JUDICIAL PRACTICE
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FOREIGN EXPERIENCE
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МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЕ ПРАВО
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ГРАЖДАНСКОЕ ПРАВО
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LABOUR LAW AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW
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УГОЛОВНОЕ ПРАВО И КРИМИНОЛОГИЯ
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
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КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF CIVIL LAW SCIENCE
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CRIME COUNTERACTION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
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ФИНАНСОВОЕ ПРАВО
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ТРУДОВОЕ ПРАВО
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АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ПЕДАГОГИКИ
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ЭКОНОМИКА
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ПЕДАГОГИКА И СОЦИОЛОГИЯ
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ПЕДАГОГИКА И ФИЛОЛОГИЯ
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НАУЧНАЯ ЖИЗНЬ ИНСТИТУТА
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МЕДИЦИНСКОЕ ПРАВО
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ИСТОРИЯ И ФИЛОСОФИЯ
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ПРОБЛЕМЫ ПЕДАГОГИКИ И ФИЛОЛОГИИ
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УГОЛОВНО-ПРОЦЕССУАЛЬНОЕ ПРАВО
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ФИЛОЛОГИЯ
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СУДЕБНАЯ ПСИХИАТРИЯ
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ФИЛОСОФИЯ
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ФИЛОСОФСКИЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ
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ВОПРОСЫ ФИЛОЛОГИИ И ПЕДАГОГИКИ
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ISSUES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE
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Scientific Forums
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MODERN APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS
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SCIENTIFIC FORUMS
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AN INTEGRATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS
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FINANCIAL LAW, TAX LAW, BUDGET LAW
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REVIEWS
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Publication Frequency

4 issues per year

 

Open Access Policy

"Siberian Law Review" is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.

Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

For more information please read BOAI statement.

 

 

Archiving

  • Russian State Library (RSL)
  • National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)

 

Peer-Review

  1. All materials submitted for publication in the journal, before reviewing, go through the initial review process, during which they are checked for compliance with formal requirements. Manuscripts of articles are accepted only if they comply with the requirements posted on the journal website and in the current issues of the journal. Manuscripts executed in violation of the requirements are not considered and are not returned, about which the author receives a corresponding notification.
  2. All manuscripts received by the editorial board and passed the initial selection are subject to mandatory scientific review and approval by the editorial board. The type of peer-reviewed manuscripts of scientific articles is a two-way “blind” peer-review. The editorial board of the Siberian Legal Review magazine, when considering the article, checks the material using the Anti-Plagiarism system. In the event that numerous borrowings are discovered, the editors act in accordance with the rules of COPE.
  3. The editor-in-chief determines the correspondence of the article to the journal profile, design requirements and sends it for review within five business days from the date of completion of the acceptance of materials in the current issue of the journal.
  4. All articles corresponding to the journal profile and meeting the requirements for the design of scientific articles are subject to peer review.
  5. Scientists (doctors, candidates of sciences) who have recognized authority and work in the field of knowledge, which includes the content of the manuscript, are involved in the review, and attracted experts (Russian and / or foreign) can also act as reviewers.
  6. The reviewer considers the submitted article within 14 working days from the date of receipt and sends the review (or e-mail, in person) a review or a reasoned refusal.
  7. In the review should be evaluated:
    - relevance of the topic, scientific level, terminology, structure of the manuscript;
    - the readiness of the manuscript for publication in relation to language and style, the correspondence of the content of the article to its name, design requirements;
    - the scientific nature of the presentation of the material, the correspondence of the methods, techniques, recommendations and research results used by the author to the modern achievements of science and practice;
    - The logic of the presentation of the material and the structure of the submitted article.
  8. In the conclusion of the review, a general conclusion is made:
    A. “Recommend an article for publication” - if the manuscript does not contain errors, meets the requirements of relevance and originality of scientific research. In this case, the manuscript is included in the list of alleged publications in the journal (“editorial portfolio”).
    B. “Recommend for publication after revision, taking into account the comments” - the reviewer has the right to indicate the need for additions and clarifications to the manuscript, which is then sent (through the editorial board of the journal) to the author for revision, indicating the period during which the author can eliminate the comments of the reviewer. The author, within 24 hours, from the moment of receiving information on the results of the review, must notify the editorial office of one of his decisions: consent to modify the article within the prescribed period (refusal to modify the article). In the case of a positive decision by the author to finalize the article, the date of receipt of the manuscript to the editor is the date of return of the final manuscript. The article processed by the author is sent for review again. If the reviewer retains substantial comments on the article, it is rejected by the decision of the editorial board without the right of further development.
    C. “Do not recommend an article for publication” - in this case, the article is either rejected by decision of the editorial board or sent for re-review within three business days from the date the decision was made by the editorial board, which is possible only once for this article.
  9. If the reviewer does not recommend the article for publication after revision taking into account the comments or does not recommend the article for publication, the reasons for such a decision should be indicated in the review.
  10. Reviewers are not allowed to make copies of manuscripts for their needs without the consent of the author.
  11. After the review is received by the editorial staff at the next meeting of the editorial board, the question of the received reviews is considered and a decision is made to publish or refuse to publish articles. The final decision on publication is made on the basis of a positive review and (or) assessment of the content of the manuscript of a scientific article by the editor-in-chief of the journal, based on the results of its discussion for compliance with all requirements at a meeting of the editorial board of the journal.
  12. Authors who are denied the publication of manuscripts are sent a reasoned refusal.
  13. In case of disagreement of the author with the opinion of the reviewer, the manuscript, by decision of the editorial board, may be sent for a second (additional) review.
  14. A copy of the review is provided to the author, and a copy of the review is provided upon request of the Higher Attestation Commission at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Reviews are kept in the editorial office for 5 years.
  15. The editors do not store or return manuscripts not accepted for publication.

 

Publishing Ethics

The editorial board, editor-in-chief, publishing house and authors of the scientific journal "Siberian Legal Review" strive to improve the quality of published articles and take all reasonable measures to prevent violations, while being guided by the ethical standards, norms and rules contained in the recommendations of the Committee on the Ethics of Scientific Publications (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, Code of Ethics for Scientific Publishing), the Declaration of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers "Ethical Principles for Scientific Publishing", take into account the valuable experience of reputable international journals and publishers (Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement by Elsevier). In order to improve the quality of published materials, all submitted works (scientific articles, messages, reviews, etc.) are reviewed and checked by the “Antiplagiat” system. 

In authorship ethics

1. Originality.

No author shall submit a paper that has already been published or submitted for publication as essentially the same content to another publisher.

2. No plagiarism.

Any text or verbal pronouncement by an extraneous author must be properly referenced, with the help of a list of references or otherwise, in accordance with the publication rules followed by The Scientific Journal “Siberian Law Review”. Compiling or paraphrasing texts or verbal pronouncements by extraneous authors without making appropriate references is inadmissible.

3. Fair authorship.

An article’s list of authors must consist only of the names of researchers who contributed to the article. No researcher who made a significant contribution shall be crossed out of the list. Any change to the list, including crossing out, is subject to approval by every author in the list to be changed.

4. Confirmation of sources.

No entry in an article’s list of references shall contain any uncertainty or ambiguity concerning bibliographic or other details of its cited source. No reference made in the main body of an article shall come without its entry in the list of references. No article shall contain information or data obtained from private sources such as private correspondence or private verbal communication.

5. Honesty about conflict of interest in reviewing.

To make for impartiality in evaluating a submitted article, its author(s) must notify The Scientific Journal of possible conflicts of interest in the evaluation process.

6. Readiness to acknowledge error in published material.

Having discovered an error or gaffe in any of his (her) already published articles, an author shall immediately notify The Scientific Journal of this and help it deal with the mishap. In case a person other than author discovers an error or gaffe in a published article and informs The Scientific Journal of this, the article’s author(s) must either supply The Scientific Journal with convincing evidence that his (her, their) original version is right, correct the discovered error or gaffe or formally disavow the article.

In reviewing ethics

1. Independence and impartiality.

Reviewing of submitted papers must be honest, impartial, unprejudiced and uninfluenced by any personal attitudes, likes or dislikes. Having discovered a conflict of interest in himself (herself) in connection with a paper forwarded to him (her) for reviewing, a reviewer must step down as such in everything that concerns this paper.

2. Confidentiality.

A paper forwarded for reviewing must be treated by the reviewer as confidential material. No part of the paper or the paper as a whole shall be used by the reviewer for any purpose without the consent of the author(s). The content of the paper is no matter for discussion with anybody outside The Scientific Journal.

3. Competence.

In case a reviewer finds that a paper forwarded to him (her) for reviewing is outside his (her) scope, he (she) must immediately inform The Scientific Journal of this and decline its request to review this paper.

4. Fairness in not forwarding material to reviewers.

The Scientific Journal reserves the right not to forward a submitted paper to reviewers, but only for invoking in instances when this paper does not meet formal requirements, defies fair authorship rules or fails to pass an anti-plagiarism check.

5. Compliance with rules of reviewing.

Reviewing of submitted papers must be carried out in strict compliance with the rules of reviewing adopted by The Scientific Journal.

In editing ethics

1. Openness concerning rules.

The wordings of The Scientific Journal’s requirements to submitted papers must be freely available to potential authors on the Internet. The Scientific Journal shall not require anything that goes beyond these avowed requirements.

2. Openness and promptness in exchanges with authors and reviewers.

The Scientific Journal expeditiously answers all questions it receives from authors and reviewers. It is always forthcoming to explain whatever is necessary concerning its work and that of its reviewers. It also reserves the right to seek clarifications from the author(s) and the reviewers of a submitted paper.

3. Avoidance of conflict of interest.

No editor shall take any decision concerning a submitted paper unless he (she) is in good faith about the absence of conflict of interest in him (her) in connection with this paper.

4. No change that is hidden from author.

The author(s) of a paper to be published shall not be kept in the dark as to any change, semantic or concerning content, that has been introduced to his (her, their) paper by The Scientific Journal’s editors in the course of pre-publication preparation work.

In publisher’s ethics

1. Equal treatment of all submitted papers.

In its selection policy, The Scientific Journal guarantees equal treatment of all submitted papers regardless of nationality, ethnicity, faith, occupation or position of their authors. No commercial interest shall be allowed to influence decisions taken by The Scientific Journal. The Scientific Journal’s publishing policy rests on respect of author’s rights, including copyright and other intellectual property rights.

2. Unbiased evaluation of submitted material.

In its work to evaluate submitted material The Scientific Journal is guided by the criteria of importance, scientific value, topicality, veracity, originality, comprehensiveness, literary quality and compliance with The Scientific Journal’s technical requirements to submitted papers.

3. High quality of reviewing.

The Scientific Journal guarantees that each and every submitted paper will be reviewed by highly competent and properly qualified experts in law and other relevant fields. 

  1. If there are more than two authors in the article, then the Author's Declared Contribution (Contribution) is indicated in Russian and English. To correctly determine the contribution, we recommend using one of the schemes recommended by COPE:
  • General Guidelines for Authorship Contributions
  • CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy

For example:

The first author is conceptualization (statement of the problem, development of the concept of the article).

The second author is responsible for conducting the research (collection of statistical data, tabular and graphical presentation of results).

The third author describes the results and draws conclusions from the study.

When drawing up an application for contribution to research, the corresponding author takes responsibility for its correctness and coordinates it with each research participant. At the same time, one co-author can perform several research roles at once, and one role can be divided between several co-authors.

4. Openness about research funding.

The Scientific Journal is committed to full disclosure of information about funds and sponsors behind a published research article. If the manuscript is submitted to the journal for consideration by the editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief, member of the editorial board or editorial council, the review of the manuscript is carried out only by external experts. When deciding to publish a manuscript, the editorial staff must disclose the conflict of interest, transparently describe their status and the peer review procedure (whether it differed from the standard review process adopted in the journal). Discovering an error in a published work. If the author discovers an error in an already published work, he must inform the editor about it and ensure its elimination. When reporting to the editors about “New Laws from Third Parties,” the author must edit evidence of the correctness of the published materials or correct or adjust the article. The editors of the journal guidelines make changes to published materials, and in such cases changes must be made in accordance with COPE guidelines.

The ethics of reviewing scientific articles includes adherence to the following principles:

  1. Independence of review.

Reviewing of submitted works must be fair, objective and free from bias and personal assessment of the reviewer. If there is a conflict of interest on the part of the reviewer, he must refuse to review the manuscript.

  1. Confidentiality.

A manuscript received for review should be treated as confidential material. Neither the manuscript nor its individual parts can be used by the reviewer for personal purposes without the consent of the author, and cannot be discussed with third parties.

  1. Competence.

If the reviewer feels that the submitted material is not within his competence, he is obliged to inform the editor about this and refuse to review.

  1. Refusal to review.

The editors have the right to refuse reviewing if the manuscript does not meet formal requirements, the authorship of the article is violated, or the manuscript does not pass the plagiarism check.

  1. Review rules.

Reviewing of manuscripts is carried out in accordance with approved rules.

 

The ethics of editing scientific articles include adherence to the following principles:

  1. Requirements for publication.

The editors guarantee that all requirements for manuscripts are freely available and have no right to demand anything that is not stated in these requirements.

  1. Interaction with authors and reviewers.

The editors guarantee an immediate response when questions are received from reviewers or authors, and provide the necessary explanations and clarifications regarding their activities and the work of reviewers. The editors also have the right to clarify with reviewers or authors all questions of interest regarding the published manuscript.

  1. Conflict of interest.

Editors should not make decisions regarding material in which they have a conflict of interest.

  1. Changes in manuscripts.

When editing manuscripts before publication, the editors are obliged to inform the author(s) about all content or semantic changes.

 

The ethics of publishing scientific articles includes the following principles:

  1. Equality.

The editors guarantee consideration of all materials submitted for publication, without prejudice to the authors based on nationality, religion, or official status; regardless of commercial interests, basing its policy on respect for the personal rights of the author and intellectual property rights.

  1. Evaluation of materials.

When evaluating materials, the editors are guided, first of all, by the principles of relevance, importance, reliability, originality and completeness of the submitted materials, their compliance with the quality requirements for articles published in the journal and technical requirements for manuscripts.

  1. Quality of review.

The editors guarantee the involvement of highly qualified personnel in the field of jurisprudence in reviewing.

  1. 4. Funding information.

The editors guarantee information about the funding of scientific research and sponsors of published research materials.

 

Founder

  • Siberian Law University

 

Author fees

Publication in "Siberian Law Review" is free of charge for all the authors.

The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.

The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.

 

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

 

Plagiarism detection

"Siberian Law Review" use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

 

Preprint and postprint Policy

Prior to acceptance and publication in "Siberian Law Review", authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.

As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in "Siberian Law Review" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.

Glossary (by SHERPA)

Preprint - In the context of Open Access, a preprint is a draft of an academic article or other publication before it has been submitted for peer-review or other quality assurance procedure as part of the publication process. Preprints cover initial and successive drafts of articles, working papers or draft conference papers.
 
Postprint - The final version of an academic article or other publication - after it has been peer-reviewed and revised into its final form by the author. As a general term this covers both the author's final version and the version as published, with formatting and copy-editing changes in place.