Editorial ethics
BASIC PRINCIPLES
BASIC DOCUMENTS
PRINCIPLE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
The Editorial Office in its activity is guided by the principles of scientificity, objectivity, professionalism and impartiality.
The Editorial Office proceeds from the reliability of the presented data and the scientific significance of the work under consideration, evaluates the manuscript and works with it in order to determine its place in the modern scientific context, possible updating of the topic, as well as based on the Editorial policy of the Journal.
The Editorial Office guarantees that it evaluates the intellectual, scientific content of the manuscript and does not allow any personal, subjective evaluations.
The Editorial Office is obliged to agree with the author on the final version of the text (after making all edits and changes) before publication.
Correspondence with authors is based on the principles of fairness, courtesy, objectivity, honesty and transparency. Adhering to the basic ethical principles in relations with authors, the Editorial Office, in turn, expects the author to observe a number of ethical principles (for more details, see the section ‘Ethical Principles of Authors of Scientific Articles’).
The Editorial Office of the ‘Journal of the Institute for African Studies’ is guided in its work by the requirements of the Russian legislation, the norms of editorial and publishing ethics generally accepted by the international academic community, the ethics of scientific reviewing and authorship of scientific publications, as well as by the following basic documents:
– Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics)
– Part 4 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
The Editorial Office is committed to engaging with professional scientific associations, scientific publication ethics committees and boards, and scientific communities to ensure high quality scholarly work, advice, and information support.
The Editor adheres to the principle of the confidentiality of the review process, i.e. ensures that no parts of the manuscripts are disclosed to third parties before its publication. Also, materials not included in the final version of the article will not be disclosed to third parties without the consent of the author.