Editorial Policy
The periodicity of the publication is 4 quarterly planned issues.
The language of the journal is Russian.
Articles should be prepared for an anonymous peer review procedure. Information about the author should be presented in a separate file.
The author guarantees that the text has not been published previously and has not been submitted to another edition. Submissions should be original texts, not reprints of fragments of already published monographs, defended dissertations, etc. Scientific translations are printed only with copyright and with the permission of the copyright holders. Authors of translations independently agree with the rights holders on the transfer of rights to translate.
A reference to Polylog / Polylogos is required if article materials are used in subsequent publications. The author assumes responsibility for the accuracy of citations, correct bibliographic descriptions, transcribing names and titles.
Review Rules
Articles planned for publication in the journal Polylog / Polylogos are subject to anonymous review and approval by the editorial board.
When a manuscript is received by the editorial board, the editorial board conducts its initial review and verification for compliance with the topics of the publication and the requirements for the design of manuscripts. In case of non-compliance with these requirements, the article will not be accepted for consideration, the author will be notified about this.
If the manuscript complies with the formal requirements, the work is checked for incorrect borrowings. In case of detection of incorrect borrowings, as well as in the case of the discovery that the material was published earlier in other editions, the article will be removed from consideration, the author will be notified about this.
In case of compliance of the publication with the above formal requirements of the publication, the article within two weeks after receipt by the editors is sent for review to two reviewers. The author is informed that his article has been sent for review. Peer review is performed on a voluntary and free of charge basis. The term for preparing a review may not exceed one month from the moment of receipt of the manuscript to the reviewer. The reviewer has the right to refuse the review within one week from the moment of receipt of the manuscript to him and notify the editors of the journal.
The review procedure is anonymous for both the reviewer and the author.
Peer review is confidential. Reviewers and members of the editorial board should keep the reviewed material in secret. Reviewers and members of the editorial board should not show materials to third parties.
All reviewers are recognized experts on the subject of peer-reviewed materials and have published publications about the subject of a peer-reviewed article over the past 3 years. The reviewers can be members of the editorial board, as well as other experts from various scientific institutions and universities of the country. In some cases, scientists from other countries can act as experts. If the article is interdisciplinary in nature, it is possible to attract experts from other fields of science.
The reviewer can not be the author or co-author of the work under review, as well as scientific supervisors of PhD and employees of the department in which the author works. The reviewer must inform the editors of any possible conflict of interest.
The review should contain a qualified analysis of the manuscript material, its objective reasoned assessment and reasonable recommendations. The final part of the review should contain a final decision on the feasibility of publishing the article: recommended for publication; recommended taking into account corrections noted by the reviewer deficiencies; not recommended for publication in the journal.
In the case of positive feedback from both experts, the article must be approved by the editorial board, after which the author receives e-mail consent to the publication of the article indicating the changes that the author must make to the article (if such recommendations came from experts). The editorial board reserves the right not to approve the article even if there are two positive reviews from reviewers. The author receives a reasoned refusal to publish.
In case of negative feedback from both experts, the author receives a reasoned refusal to publish this article in the journal. When there are two opposing reviews from both experts, the decision to publish is made by the editorial board or directly by the chief editor of the journal. In controversial situations, an article may be sent to a third independent expert. The selection of reviewers is determined by the editorial board or the editor-in-chief and his deputy.
At the request of the author, the editorial board sends him anonymous copies of the reviews of the article provided to them.
Reviews are kept in the editorial office for 5 years.
The editors are obliged to send copies of reviews to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon receipt of the relevant request by the editor.
Rules for publishing scientific articles
The issue of the journal in which the article accepted for publication and will be published is determined by the editorial board. The acceptance of the article for publication does not mean its publication in the next issue.
Contract is made with the author after the decision to publish.
Personal data processing policy
The editorial policy of the journal regarding the processing of personal data is determined in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation of July 27, 2006 “On Personal Data”.
1. General provisions and concepts.
The editorial office of the journal acts as an operator of personal data, which refers to information relating to a directly or indirectly identified or identifiable individual (subject of personal data), namely:
- Full Name;
- position and place of work;
- mailing address;
- telephone number;
- email address.
The processing of personal data is any action (operation) or a set of actions (operations) with personal data performed by the editorial office with or without the use of automation tools.
The processing of personal data includes, among other things: collection; record; systematization; accumulation; storage; clarification (updating, changing); extraction; usage; transfer (distribution, provision, access); depersonalization; blocking; removal; destruction of personal information.
2. The following categories are considered to be personal data subjects for editorial purposes:
1) authors of articles – the results of scientific research, reviews, reviews published in the journal;
2) members of the editorial board and the editorial council of the journal;
3) editors of the journal;
4) reviewers of the journal;
5) representatives of the technical service of the journal;
6) subscribers of the journal.
3. Purposes of collecting personal data.
The processing of personal data of subjects by the editors of the journal is carried out for the following purposes:
— identification of the authorship of a scientific work; reviewing the article (with depersonalization of the reviewed work); contacting with the author; prepress preparation of the article; publication of an article and distribution of journal materials: on the journal's website, in archivers, in scientometric databases with which the editorial staff of the journal has agreements;
— representation of the members of the editorial board and the editorial council, editors, representatives of the technical service on the journal's website in open access and for the representation of the journal in scientometric databases, scientific communities;
- organization of work on reviewing articles (according to the system of “double-blind peer review” adopted in the journal);
— sending (transferring) copies of the journal to subscribers.
4. Basis for the processing of personal data.
4.1. The legal basis for the processing of personal data is the consent to the processing of personal data, which gives:
— a member of the editorial board or editorial council who agreed to join the editorial board or editorial council of the journal;
– the author, having read the editorial policy and rules on the site, when submitting an article and related materials to the journal: by uploading to the JES system or by e-mail the editorial office intended for communication with authors and for submitting articles (polylog@jes.su);
— a reviewer when registering on the journal's publishing platform;
— a subscriber who applied to the editorial office to order a copy of the journal.
4.2. The subject of personal data decides to provide his personal data and agrees to their processing freely, by their own will and in their own interest.
4.3. In case of incapacity of the subject of personal data, consent to the processing of their personal data is given by the legal representative of the subject of personal data.
4.4. In case of death of the subject of personal data, consent to the processing of his personal data is given by the heirs of the subject of personal data, if such consent was not given by the subject of personal data during his lifetime.
5. The right of the subject of personal data to access his personal data.
5.1. The subject of personal data has the right to receive information regarding the processing of his personal data, including information containing:
1) confirmation of the fact of processing personal data by the operator;
2) legal grounds and purposes for processing personal data;
3) the purposes and methods used by the operator for processing personal data;
4) the name and location of the operator, information about persons (excluding employees of the operator) who have access to personal data or to whom personal data may be disclosed on the basis of an agreement with the operator or on the basis of federal law;
5) processed personal data relating to the relevant subject of personal data, the source of their receipt, unless a different procedure for the submission of such data is provided by federal law;
6) terms of personal data processing, including terms of their storage;
7) the procedure for the exercise by the subject of personal data of the rights provided for by this Federal Law;
8) information about the performed or proposed cross-border data transfer;
9) the full name and address of the person carrying out the processing of personal data on behalf of the operator, if the processing is or will be entrusted to such a person;
10) other information.
5.2. If the subject of personal data believes that the operator is processing their personal data in violation of the requirements of the Federal Law or otherwise violates his rights and freedoms, the subject of personal data has the right to appeal against the actions or inaction of the operator to the authorized body for the protection of the rights of subjects of personal data or in court.
6. Responsibilities of the editorial board.
6.1. The editorial office undertakes, when processing personal data, to be limited to the achievement of the stated goals (see clause 3).
6.2. The editorial office is obliged to transfer personal data of all categories of subjects of personal data to the bodies of inquiry and investigation, other authorized bodies on the grounds provided for by the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
6.3. The operator is obliged to provide free of charge to the subject of personal data or his representative the opportunity to get acquainted with personal data relating to this subject of personal data.
6.4. Within a period not exceeding seven working days from the date the subject of personal data or his representative provides information confirming that personal data is incomplete, inaccurate or out of date, the operator is obliged to make the necessary changes to them.
6.5. Within a period not exceeding seven working days from the date of submission by the subject of personal data or his representative of information confirming that such personal data are illegally obtained or are not necessary for the stated purpose of processing, the operator is obliged to destroy such personal data.
6.6. The operator is obliged to notify the subject of personal data or his representative about the changes made and the measures taken and take reasonable measures to notify third parties to whom the personal data of this subject were transferred.
7. Procedure and conditions for processing personal data.
The procedure and conditions for the processing of personal data are determined from the category of personal data subjects and the purposes of using personal data corresponding to them.
7.1. The personal data of the authors are divided into two groups:
1) intended for personal identification and communication with the editorial office (the editorial office is not entitled to transfer them to third parties (except as provided for in clause 5.2) and stores them permanently in electronic form to resolve issues of republication, retraction of articles at the request of third parties, copyright and interests which have been violated);
2) intended for publication in the journal and presentation of the author of the article, possible connection of readers with him, export together with the materials of the articles to scientometric databases.
The composition of personal data is determined by the author and the editors as agreed during prepress, but cannot concern the author's last name, first name, patronymic, his scientific regalia, place of work and e-mail address (at the choice of the author – work/corporate or personal).
7.2. Personal data of members of the editorial board and the editorial board, editors, representatives of the technical service are divided into two groups:
1) intended for internal editorial work;
2) intended for publication on the journal's website in open access, for the representation of the journal in scientometric databases, scientific communities.
The composition of personal data is determined in agreement with this category of personal data subjects, however, it cannot be less than that required by the tasks of representation.
7.3. The personal data of the journal's reviewers are stored only in the editorial office of the journal permanently, are used to communicate members of the editorial board, editors with reviewers, and are not intended for publication on the journal's website.
7.4. Personal data of subscribers of printed copies of the journal are stored for the period of validity of the subscription (to receive journals for a year, six months or a one-time subscription to a specific printed issue) or the period provided for by specific subscription agreements to resolve disputes related to the delivery of the journal by postal services.
8. Information on measures aimed at ensuring that the editorial office fulfills the obligations stipulated by the Federal Law “On the processing of personal data”
8.1. The editor-in-chief of the journal was appointed as the person responsible for the processing of personal data of members of the editorial board and the editorial board, editors, authors, representatives of the technical service by the decision of the editorial board.
8.2. The operator has the right, with the consent of the subject of personal data, to entrust the processing of personal data to another person.
At the same time, if the operator entrusts the processing of personal data to another person, the operator shall be liable to the subject of personal data for the actions of the specified person.
9. Revocation by the subject of his personal data.
Subjects of personal data and their representatives, authorized bodies have the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data, to their storage in connection with the right to withdraw an unpublished or published article, having reasonably substantiated their withdrawal.
Contact address for inquiries: polylog@jes.su
The editorial office undertakes to promptly consider such requests and make appropriate corrections on the site, in the database, as well as notify the scientometric databases where the journal materials are exported, but cannot guarantee corrections in these databases.