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Author Guidelines

Before submission

The authors are requested to review the Publication Ethics section before submitting a manuscript. All submissions (articles, short communications, reviews, etc.) undergo peer review and are checked using the Antiplagiat similarity detection system. The journal considers only original manuscripts that have not been published elsewhere and are not under review by another journal. Submitted manuscripts must be relevant, demonstrate novelty, clearly define the research problem, present the main results and conclusions.

Manuscript submission requirements

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Documents to be submitted:

1. The manuscript must be submitted electronically in MS format (.doc or .docx) or RTF via the journal's website: https://www.siberianlawreview.ru/jour/author/submit/1;

2. License agreement in 1 copies; 

3. Consent to the Processing of Personal Data in 1 copies. 

The journal accepts articles in Russian or English. Manuscripts submitted in English by foreign authors are accepted without requirement to provide a Russian translation. Manuscripts must fall within the journal scope and present original research results. The required originality level is at least 70%.

The total length of the manuscript, including all structural elements, must be at least 20 pages of typeset text or 40,000–45,000 characters with spaces.

Formatting requirements:

Font: Times New Roman;

Main text: 14 pt;

Footnotes: 12 pt;

Footnote numbering: continuous throughout the text;

Line spacing: 1.5;

Hyphenation: disabled.

 UDC must be indicated before the main text of the article.

Each manuscript must include the following elements:

– Title;

– Author information;

– Abstract;

– Keywords;

– Introduction;

– Main text, divided into three or more sections, each with a heading;

– Conclusion;

– Acknowledgements (optional);

– References (in Russian and English).

The following section headings must appear in the manuscript: Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References. Structural elements are not numbered.

The article title (maximum 10 words) should include the key terms reflecting the content of the manuscript. The title must be provided in Russian and English and centered at the top of the first page.

The author information should appear immediately below the title, right‑aligned, in Russian and English, and written without abbreviations.

The following details must be provided for each author: surname, first name, patronymic (if applicable), position, institutional affiliation (institution, city, country; the name of the institution must match its official Charter), academic degree, academic rank, email address, postal address (office or home), contact telephone number.

The authors are requested to provide their ORCID and ResearcherID (register at https://orcid.org).

The order of authors should reflect their contribution to the research. If the contributions are equal, the authors may be listed alphabetically.

The Abstract (250–300 words) concisely summarizes the research subject, objective, methods, and key findings. We recommend using the IMRAD structure according to the article structure. It is provided in Russian and English. The authors should avoid repeating the title or including introductory phrases and general background unless essential.

The authors should ensure that the English version of the manuscript meets academic language standards. Professional editing or translation support may be used to ensure accuracy and readability.

For example, you may contact the following teams of experienced translators and editors:

• Text Translate;
• Natalia Popova’s Laboratory for Scientific Translation.

When generative AI tools were used in preparing the manuscript, this must be explicitly stated in the Methods section. Our Policy on the use of generative AI is available at the journal’s website.

Provide 5–10 keywords or keyword phrases reflecting the topic, object, and main findings of the study. Keywords should be separated with semicolons.

The Introduction should explain the relevance and novelty of the study, provide a brief review of the literature, identify the research problem, state the research hypothesis, describe the methods used to obtain the results, specify the aim and objectives of the study.

The methodology should describe the selected research methods in detail. The method should be described in such a way that another researcher can reproduce it.

The main text should consist of three or more sections includes the author's perspective on the problem and outlines the essence of the research.

Research results include the actual results of the research. In this section, the author objectively presents the facts and data obtained during the research without interpretation or other assessments. The goal is to allow the reader to evaluate the data independently. Tables, graphs, and illustrations can be added.

The Conclusion contains the main ideas of the article, the results of the study, without reproducing the wording of the main part of the article verbatim. It includes an assessment of the results' compliance with the study hypothesis. The conclusion summarizes the study results, compares them with the results of other researchers, and provides suggestions for the practical application of the study results, as well as for future research.

The Acknowledgement section is optional. It may be included to recognize colleagues who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript, such as those who provided comments that improved the text, as well as individuals or organizations that offered financial support. Information about grants, contracts, scholarships, or other funding sources may also be included.

The References section must list all scholarly sources cited in the manuscript.

The reference list should be placed at the end of the manuscript and arranged in the order of appearance in the text, not alphabetically. Each entry is assigned a consecutive number, and each item must contain only one source.

References in Russian must be formatted in accordance with GOST R 7.0.5–2008 and carefully checked for accuracy. References in English are formatted in Vancouver style.

If a source has a DOI, it must be included.

In‑text citations should refer to the corresponding reference number in square brackets. If a source is cited multiple times, the same number should be used each time. For direct quotations, the page number must be indicated (e. g., [1, p. 25], [1, pp. 59–60]).

Recommended composition of the reference list:

The reference list should contain at least 15–20 publications from both Russian and international journals and academic sources. When possible, authors are encouraged to include international publications such as:

• articles in journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus;
• scholarly works in English, German, French in reputable academic journals (excluding supplementary issues);
• articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings;
• monographs from reputable academic publishers.

 Free resources for identifying English-language publications are available here.

No more than 15% of the sources should be monographs.

References to works published before 2009 should be limited, except where the study addresses a historical dimension of the topic.

Self-citation is not permitted. If it is necessary to mention the author’s earlier work, this may be done in the text only, without providing a bibliographic reference and without including the work in the reference list.

The reference list should contain only original sources. The secondary literature is not included, such as:

– dissertations and dissertation abstracts;

– textbooks and teaching materials;

– statutes, regulations, judicial decisions;

– rules, standards, and patents;

– dictionaries, encyclopedias, other reference works;

– reports, statements, protocols, and statistical data;

– mass media sources and general Internet resources.

References to these materials, when necessary, should be provided in the footnotes and formatted in accordance with GOST R 7.0.5–2008.

The order of entries in the English‑language reference list must correspond to that in the Russian‑language list. References are formatted in Vancouver style. The language of the publication must be indicated, e.g., (In Russ.). This rule does not apply to sources in other languages, which are given in the original form (Latin script).

When translating Russian-language sources, it is recommended to use their official published translation (if available). If a source was originally published in Russian, the language should be indicated as (In Russ.) at the end of the entry.

Romanization (BSI standard) is required for:

• authors’ names (surname, first name, patronymic, if applicable);
• names of publishers (e. g., Nauka, Yurlitinform);
• journal titles, if no official English title is available (authors should verify this on the journal’s official website).

Recommended online romanization tools: https://antropophob.ru/utility-i-prochie-melochi/16-transliteratsiya-bsi; https://translit.net/ru/bsi/.

The authors may use reference management software such as EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, or similar tools when preparing the reference list.

Formulas, figures, and tables

All the formulas, tables and figures must be numbered. Figures and tables must also include titles. Each item must be cited in the text. The tables must not contain empty cells. Simple inline and single-line formulas, as well as tables must be typed without specialized equation or graphics editors. Figures and formulas must also be submitted as separate JPEG files with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

We ask the authors to pay attention to the fact that on a high-quality photo, when enlarged, there are no errors in textures, small details, light logic and materials. On a low-quality image, when enlarged, you can see, for example: loss of sharpness and cloudiness, especially in small details; the appearance of extra garbage in the form of incomprehensible colored squares or "grain" or "worms", halos of "vague hairs" around image details, noticeable distortion of the image - this is the so-called "noise" or "compression artifacts".

The following formatting practices are not permitted in any part of the manuscript:

– all‑caps text;
– boldface;
– multiple consecutive spaces;
– tab characters;
– paragraph indents created with spaces or tabs;
– soft hyphens;
– expanded or condensed letter spacing.

Manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s formatting or content requirements may be rejected by the Editorial Board. The authors will be notified by email.

The authors are responsible for the accuracy and reliability of all information presented in the manuscript.

The Editorial Board may perform technical, literary, and scientific editing of submitted manuscripts. The authors will receive proofs of the typeset article for review and approval prior to publication.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration by another journal. (If an exception applies, it must be explained in the ‘Comments for the Editor’.)

2. The manuscript is submitted in OpenOffice, MS, RTF, or WordPerfect format.

3. Full URLs are provided for online sources where applicable.

    

4. The text uses 1.5 line spacing and Times New Roman, 14 pt. Italics —not underlining—are used for emphasis (except for URLs). All figures, tables, and illustrations are placed within the text at appropriate points, not at the end of the document.

5. The manuscript complies with the stylistic and bibliographic requirements described in the Author Guidelines on the journal’s “About” page. 

6. For submissions to peer‑reviewed sections, all identifying information has been removed from the manuscript to ensure double‑blind review.

7. The author has read and agrees to the terms of the License Agreement and the Consent to the Processing of Personal Data. These obligatory documents are forwarded electronically to nauka@siblu.ru.

8. Scanned copies of the signed License Agreement and the Consent to the Processing of Personal Data have been emailed to nauka@siblu.ru.

9. I confirm that the author(s) did not use AI tools when preparing the manuscript.

Copyright Notice

The Authors publishing in this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright to their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. The article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits others to share the work, provided that proper attribution is given to the authors and to the journal as the original place of publication.

2. Authors may enter into separate, additional agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the article (e.g., by depositing it in an institutional repository or including it in a book), provided that the original publication in this journal is acknowledged.

3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their manuscript online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on personal websites) prior to and during the review process. Such early dissemination may facilitate scholarly discussion and increase the visibility and citation of published work (see The Effect of Open Access).

4. The full text of the License Agreement between the Author and the Journal, as well as the Consent to the Processing of Personal Data, is available at the link provided.

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