About the Journal
Aims and Scope
The online academic journal "Bulletin of the Institute of Law of the Bashkir State University" is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original articles on all aspects of Law. It was established on the platform of the Bashkir State University in 2018 (from 2022 the Founder was renamed to Ufa University of Science and Technologies). The Journal’s aim is the cooperation in legal science among Bashkir, Russian and foreign researchers, it publishes scientific papers on acute problems of different branches of modern national law and international law.
The purpose of the Journal is to provide scientific background for promoting modern achievements and experience in the use of innovative technologies and various forms of educational activity in the field of Law. It’s a perfect platform not only for well-known scientists but also for young researchers (doctoral students and post-graduate students), deeply involved in scientific and pedagogical activities.
Sections:
- Theory and History of the State, History of Doctrine of State and Law
- Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law Proceeding, Municipal Law
- Civil Law, Family Law, Business Law, Private International Law
- Financial Law, Tax Law, Budget Law
- Labour Law, Social Welfare Law
- Land Law, Natural Resources Law, Environmental Law, Agricultural Law
- Criminal Law and Criminology, Criminal and Penal Law
- Сriminal Proceeding
- International Law
- Criminalistics, Forensic Expert Activity, Operational Investigations
- Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure
- Civil Procedure, Arbitral Procedure
- Language and Law
Founder (publisher): FSBEI HE «Ufa University of Science and Technologies»
Extract from the registry of registered media: registered by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) EL No. FS 77-72664 from 16.04.2018
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year.
Open access to journal’s archives is provided on its web site as well as on the platform of scientific electronic library, where full-text materials are located.
Editorial staff of the journal has a peer review institute for expert review of the articles’ manuscripts sent to the journal. All the articles sent to the journal are checked via anti-plagiarism program.
Reviewing
General information
1.1. Rules of reviewing the manuscripts submitted for publication to the Online academic journal "Bulletin of the Institute of Law of the Bashkir State University."
Manuscripts submitted for publication to the journal are checked for compliance with technical requirements and compliance profile of the journal. Materials that do not meet these requirements are returned to the authors with explanations about the reasons of refusal to publish. Accepted papers are distributed by category, in accordance with the research area. Information about the accepted articles is posted on the journal’s website.
1.2. Peer review method is carried out in order to maintain a high scientific and theoretical level of the journal.
1.3. Materials submitted to peer reviewing should be represented strictly in accordance with the requirements to publication.
Peer Review Process
2.1. Peer review method is mandatory for processing of all scientific manuscripts submitted to the editorial stuff of the journal.
2.2. The journal is using «ANTIPLAGIAT» software for plagiarism detection in all manuscripts. Only original works are acceptable for publication in journal. Papers will be rejected from any stage of the publication process if plagiarism will be fined. The editorial stuff reserves the right not to inform the author of the peer review results.
2.3. Editor-in-chief chooses readers for peer review.The reviewers are chosen out of the most competent specialists on the topic of the article. Members of the editorial board and leading global experts in corresponding areas of sciences, invited as independent readers, perform peer reviews.
2.4. Reviewing of manuscripts is carried out anonymously.It means that neither the reviewer has the information of the authorship of the manuscript, nor the author maintains any contact with the reviewer. The reviewers are notified that the articles are protected by copyright laws.
2.5. The review period is 2 weeks, though in some cases the schedule may be adjusted at the reviewer’s request or in case of temporary inability to attract to the reviewing the expert in corresponding area of science.
2.6. Following consideration of the manuscript, the reviewer makes his recommendations:
– to accept the paper in its present state;
– the article is recommended for publication after correcting reviewer noted deficiencies;
– the article cannot be published in the journal .
2.7. The author of the manuscript has an opportunity to receive the text of the review. After a positive review without comments, the article is accepted for publication and the author is notified about it. If the article is generally assessed positively, but there are some observations, the article along with the comments is sent back to the author for revision.
2.8. The editorial board reaches final decision to reject or to publish a manuscript. The editor-in-chief has a right to sent the the article to another reviewer in case of negative review.
Publiсation Ethics
Editorial ethics of the online academic journal «Bulletin of the Institute of Law of the Bashkir State University» is a code of rules for authors, editors, reviewers publishers, distributors and readers. It’s a warranty of non-infringement upon intellectual property rights, high level of publications and it prevents from violation of legal standards and conflicts of interests. The ethic policy of this journal is based on recomendations from international Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Declaration of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers and the valuable experience of reputable international journals and publishers.
Key terms used in the given provision:
The Editor-in-Chief is a person who heads the Editorial Board and makes final decisions concerning production and publication of the Journal, gets in touch with the authors and readers of the research works.
The Author is a person or a group of persons (group of authors) who produce a manuscript that contains the results of their scientific research.
The Reviewer is an expert providing scientific evaluation of authors’ works in order to consider their publishing.
The Reader is a person who has read the published materials.
Plagiarism is a wrongful appropriation of another author’s scientific or artistic work, ideas, discoveries or inventions. Plagiarism may be a violation of copyright law and patent law and, as such, can entail legal liability.
The Code of Conduct for Editorial Board
The Editorial Board is fully responsible for publishing copyrighted work that entails the need to observe the following fundamental principles:
– editors accept a manuscript in case it conforms to internationally accepted scientific and publication ethical guidelines. The manuscript may be rejected for the following reasons: inappropriate topic for journal, poor scientific quality, essential contradiction to ethical principles of the Journal, plagiarism).
– the editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors;
–– the editor does not give any preferences to the authors, to their social status, academic degree and other circumstances irrelevant to to the scientific significance of the article;
– unpublished data received from a submitted manuscript must not be used by editor or editorial board members for their personal use without the written consent of the Author. Information or ideas obtained during the scientific editing, with possible benefits are kept confidential and not used for the purpose of personal gain;
– the editor can make no amendments to the text of the article that may affect on its content and meaning, it is possible only with the author's consent;
– the editor respects the author and his manuscript, supports the creative and scientific search of the author, get in contact with the author friendly and properly;
– the editorial board should not ignore claims concerning submitted manuscripts or published papers and in case of a conflict situation they take all the necessary measures to restore the violated rights;
– the editor chooses the reviewers out of the most competent specialists, if it is necessary he may change the reviewer;
– the editor should keep the working process in secrecy, and should not disclose the working process on the article and its content without the written consent of the author.
The Code of Conduct for Reviewers
The reviewer carries out a scientific examination of copyrighted materials as a result his opinion should be neutral and impartial, he has to observe the following principles:
– a manuscript received for peer review must be treated as a confidential document. This work could not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the Editor;
– the reviewer is obliged to give an objective assessment. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Reviewers should clearly express their opinions;
– unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts should not be used by the reviewer for personal purposes;
– the reviewer has an option to abnegate the assessment in case he is not enough competent to assess the manuscript, or if he has a biased opinion (for ex.:a conflict of interests with the author or organization, that may affect perception or interpretation of the manuscript), in this case he should inform the editor about excluding him from the review process.
The Code of Conduct for Authors
An author (group of authors) is responsible for the novelty and validity of scientific research, which implies adhering to the following principles:
– an author should represent the manuscript that has never been published before. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour.
– an author should ensure only original manuscript. Every borrowed fragment or statement must be accompanied by a mandatory reference to the author and the original source. Excessive borrowing and any form of plagiarism including non-documented citations, paraphrasing or appropriating another person’s research results are non-ethical and unacceptable;
– authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. It is not acceptable to list persons who did not take part in the research. The final version of the article should be confirmed by all co-authors;
– an author should ensure that the research results are completely original; falsified statements are unacceptable;
– if the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the manuscript before or after its publication, he should immediately inform the Editorial Board;
- the authors should disclose any financial or any other significant conflict of interest that may be interpreted as affecting the results or interpretation of the manuscript. All sources of financial support should be disclosed.
Conflict of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
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.
Open Access Policy
Core policy of the journal “The Rule-of-Law State: Theory and Practice” implies the principle of the openness of the journal to authors and readers. Open access to journal’s archives is provided on its web site as well as on the platform of scientific electronic library eLIBRARY.ru, where full-text materials are located, along with metadata of journal’s articles in Russian and in English.
