Copyright Notice

The right of authorship is retained by the authors of articles. Authors transfer the rights to use the article (including the use and distribution of an article in the Open Access) to the publisher of the journal under a non-exclusive license (Publishing Agreement (Public Offer)). At the same time, the authors remain the full rights holders.

Publishing Agreement (Public Offer) for the publication of Article
in Academic Periodical ‘Journal of the Institute for African Studies’

The Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, represented by Irina Olegovna Abramova, Director, acting on the basis of the Charter (hereinafter referred to as the PUBLISHER), publishes the present offer to conclude an Agreement on the provision of services for the publication of an article in the ‘Journal of the Institute for African Studies’ (hereinafter referred to as the Journal), the terms and conditions of which are given below, to individuals (in case of acceptance of this proposal), hereinafter referred to as the AUTHOR, together referred to as the PARTIES.

This offer constitutes a public offer in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 437, paragraph 2 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter – the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

This public offer agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) shall be deemed valid from the moment of its placement in the information and telecommunication network ‘Internet’ (hereinafter referred to as the Official Website) and shall be valid until the moment of its withdrawal of the Agreement by the PUBLISHER.

The PUBLISHER reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of the Agreement or withdraw it at any time at its own discretion. In case the terms and conditions of the Agreement are changed by the PUBLISHER, the changes shall come into force from the moment of posting the changed terms and conditions of the offer on the Official Website, unless another term is specified by the PUBLISHER at the time of such posting.

The moment of full and unconditional acceptance of the offer of the PUBLISHER to conclude the Agreement (i.e. acceptance of the offer) in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation shall be deemed to be the moment of sending by the author of his/her materials by uploading them to the online electronic system of submission of articles for consideration, located in the appropriate section of the Official Website of the Journal at the URL: https://africajournal.ru/en/submit-an-article-to-journal/

The Agreement concluded by means of acceptance of the offer is regulated by the norms of civil legislation on the adhesion contract as its terms and conditions are defined by the PUBLISHER in the present offer and cannot be accepted by any person in any other way than by means of adhesion to the offered Agreement as a whole.

General Terms and Conditions

1.1. The Journal is registered by the Federal Oversight Service for Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (RosKomNadzor).

1.2. In accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation on copyright protection of electronic information resources, the materials of the website, electronic journal or project may not be reproduced in full or in part in any form (electronic or printed) without the prior consent of the AUTHOR and the Editorial Office of the Journal, which may be expressed by posting the relevant permission on the Official Website of the Journal (at the location of the published materials).
1.3. Whenever any published materials are used in other documents, a reference to the original source needs to be specified.

Terms Used in This Agreement

The AUTHOR is an individual (or individuals) whose creative labor has produced the ARTICLE.

The Journal is the academic periodical ‘Journal of the Institute for African Studies’.

The Submission is an electronic request by the AUTHOR addressed to the Publisher for publishing the Article in the Journal, by uploading the ARTICLE and supporting materials to the electronic network system for article submission, located in the relevant section of the Official Website of the Journal (https://africajournal.ru/en/submit-an-article-to-journal/).

The Article’s Metadata are all materials in the Russian and English languages intended to be included into the science citation databases as per the original version of the ARTICLE, such as the title of the ARTICLE; AUTHORS’ data (full name, first name, patronymic of the AUTHOR (authors), place of work of each author with indication of structural division and position, academic degree, academic title, contact details (e-mail) and ORCID of each author); abstract; keywords; bibliography (list of references).

The Offer is the present offer to the AUTHOR to provide the services of publishing the ARTICLE by placing it on the Official Website of the Journal (http://africajournal.ru/en).

The Publication is the act of publishing the ARTICLE in the Journal.

The Journal’s Editorial Office is a creative team that prepares the Journal for publication.

The Editorial Board is an advisory body to the Journal’s Editorial Office.

The ARTICLE is defined as the result of fundamental and applied scholarly efforts in the form of a scholarly material, scientific review material, scientific message, bibliographical review on specific topics of the scholarly study, and background information on Russian and foreign scientists, interview, review, submitted by the AUTHOR for publication in the Journal.

The Article Requirements are the requirements for the materials published in the Journal’s section entitled “To Authors” on the Official Website of the Journal (http://africajournal.ru/en/for-authors/authors-guidelines/)

Subject of the Agreement

3.1. The AUTHOR provides the PUBLISHER with a non-exclusive license for use of the AUTHOR-created ARTICLE at no expense for the copyright duration as stated by the Russian Federation legislation, and the PUBLISHER publishes the ARTICLE provided by the AUTHOR on the Official Website of the Journal in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 of this Agreement.

3.2. The rights to use the ARTICLE transferred by the AUTHOR under this Agreement include, but are not limited to:

– reproduction of the ARTICLE or any part thereof, as well as its metadata in the Russian and English languages in any material form, including paper and electronic media as a separate work in periodicals and/or databases (whether local or web-based) of the PUBLISHER and/or any other persons, at the discretion of the PUBLISHER;

– dissemination of the ARTICLE or any part thereof, as well as its metadata in Russian and English languages, on any media as a part of the Journal and/or databases of the PUBLISHER or any other persons, at the discretion of the PUBLISHER, or as an individual work product, worldwide via open access or by subscription without payment of any remuneration to the AUTHOR;

– making public the ARTICLE or any part thereof, as well as its metadata in the Russian and English languages in such a way that any person can access the ARTICLE from any place and at any time at his/her own choice (including via the Internet);

– issuing permissions to use the ARTICLE or any part thereof as well as its metadata in Russian and English to any third parties while notifying the AUTHOR thereof by posting the relevant information on the Official Website of the Journal, without payment of any remuneration to the AUTHOR;

– processing, including translation of the ARTICLE (including into foreign languages) and use of the processed (translated) ARTICLE in any manner specified above;

– all other rights, not expressly granted to the PUBLISHER hereunder, including patent rights to any processes, methods or techniques and the like described by the AUTHOR in the ARTICLE, as well as trademark rights, shall be retained by the AUTHOR.

3.3. No territorial restrictions will be applied to the use of the rights to the Article.

Terms of service provision for the publication of the ARTICLE

4.1. The Agreement shall come into force from the time the ARTICLE is submitted to the Journal, i.e. uploaded along with supporting materials to the electronic network system for the article submission available in the relevant section of the Official Website of the Journal (https://africajournal.ru/en/submit-an-article-to-journal/).

4.2. The rights shall be assigned by the AUTHOR to the PUBLISHER at no expense, and the ARTICLE publication in the Journal shall not result in any financial contribution to the AUTHOR.

4.3. If the materials are provided by the AUTHOR in violation of the rules and requirements of this Offer, the PUBLISHER reserves the right to refuse to upload them.

4.4. If the PUBLISHER decides to refuse to publish the ARTICLE in the Journal, this Agreement shall cease to be in force. The decision to refuse publication shall be sent to the Author via the e-mail address specified in the Submission.

4.5. The services shall be provided to the AUTHOR free of charge.

4.6. The PUBLISHER shall not be responsible for any third-party unauthorized use of the data provided by the AUTHOR during the term of this Agreement.

Rights and Responsibilities of the Parties

5.1. The AUTHOR warrants that:

– he/she is the valid holder of the exclusive rights to the ARTICLE; the rights granted to the PUBLISHER hereunder were not earlier assigned and will not be assigned to any third parties prior to the publication of the ARTICLE by the PUBLISHER in the Journal;

– the ARTICLE contains all the references to cited authors and/or sources (materials) that are required by the effective copyright law;

– the AUTHOR has obtained all required licenses to results, facts and other borrowed materials used in the ARTICLE where the AUTHOR is not the copyright holder;

– the ARTICLE does not contain any materials that may not be published in public sources in accordance with the effective Russian Federation statutory instruments, and the ARTICLE publication and dissemination will not involve the disclosure of classified (confidential) information, including state secrets;

– the AUTHOR has familiarized himself/herself with the editorial policy and ethical principles published on the Official Website of the Journal (http://africajournal.ru/en/for-authors/ethical-principles-of-authors-of-scientific-articles/) and the consequences of violating these principles, has informed other Co-authors of the terms of this Agreement, and has received consents from all the Co-authors to conclude this Agreement under the terms hereunder.

5.2. The AUTHOR undertakes to:

– submit the manuscript of the ARTICLE in accordance with the requirements for articles specified on the Official Website of the Journal (http://africajournal.ru/en/for-authors/authors-guidelines/)

– not to use the electronic copy of the ARTICLE prepared by the PUBLISHER for commercial purposes and in other publications without the consent of the PUBLISHER;

– while preparing the ARTICLE for publication, the AUTHOR undertakes to:
a) make edits in the text of the ARTICLE as specified by the reviewers and accepted by the Editorial Office of the Journal and/or, if necessary, to finalise the ARTICLE at the request of the PUBLISHER and the Editorial Office of the Journal;

b) proofread the ARTICLE within the timeframes specified in the Journal publication schedule;
c) to make only such edits in the proof of the ARTICLE that are minimally required to correct errors made in the ARTICLE original and/or to introduce factual and momentary changes.

5.3. The AUTHOR is entitled to:

– pass to a third party a soft copy of the published ARTICLE provided by the PUBLISHER in accordance with paragraph 5.4 of the present Agreement, in full or in part, for inclusion of the ARTICLE in a scientific information database or repository in order to promote academic or scholarly research, or for informational and educational purposes subject to the AUTHOR, provided that the Journal and the PUBLISHER are being properly referenced.

5.4. The PUBLISHER undertakes to:

– publish the AUTHOR’S ARTICLE, in print or electronic form, in the Journal in accordance with the terms of the present Agreement;

– provide the AUTHOR with the proof of the ARTICLE and make reasonable edits as requested by the AUTHOR, where required, following the Journal’s Editorial Office resolution;

– provide the AUTHOR with the electronic copy of the published ARTICLE by sending it to the AUTHOR’s E-mail address within 15 working days from the date of the Journal issue’s publication;

– respect the AUTHOR’s rights established by the effective law, protect those and use best endeavors to prevent any copyright infringements by third parties.

5.5. The PUBLISHER is entitled to:

– carry out technical and literary editing of the ARTICLE in such a way that its (basic) content remains unchanged;

– review the ARTICLE and suggest necessary changes to the AUTHOR, without which the ARTICLE will not be placed in the Journal;

– require from the AUTHOR and/or any other person that the Journal, the PUBLISHER, the AUTHOR and any other copyright holder, as well as the title of the ARTICLE, the issue of the Journal and a year of publication identification as specified in the Journal be properly referenced, whenever the Journal and/or the ARTICLE, including any individual part or fragment thereof, are used by any of the above-mentioned individuals thereafter;

– publish preliminary and/or advertising information on the forthcoming publication of the ARTICLE in the mass media and any other information sources;

– establish rules (conditions) for the submission and publication of materials in the Journal. The Journal’s Editorial Board, headed by the Editor-in-Chief, has an exclusive right to accept and/or reject all materials submitted to the Journal’s Editorial Office for publication purposes. No manuscript (material medium) submitted by the AUTHOR to the Journal’s Editorial Office will be subject to return. The Journal’s Editorial Office will not enter into any correspondence regarding the rejection of the ARTICLE by the Journal’s Editorial Board;

– suspend the provision of services to the AUTHOR hereunder temporarily for technical, technological and other reasons preventing the services from being provided for the duration of the remedial activities;

– suspend the services hereunder in accordance with civil procedures if:
a) the ARTICLE does not correspond to the topics covered by the Journal or by any part thereof, or the submitted material is found to be insufficient for the individual publication, or the ARTICLE design is found to be at variance with the requirements imposed;

b) the AUTHOR is in breach of any other obligations assumed under the Offer arrangement;

– make changes to the Offer as per the procedure established by the Offer.

5.6. Unless otherwise provided or stated in the present Agreement, the Parties shall refer to the effective legislation of the Russian Federation.

The Term of the Agreement

6.1. This Agreement shall come into force at the moment the AUTHOR accepts the terms and conditions of the Agreement by submitting the ARTICLE to the PUBLISHER (ARTICLE upload) and shall be valid for 5 years.

6.2. Unless any of the Parties sends to the other Party a written notification of the Agreement termination no later than two months prior to the end of the specified five-year period, the duration of the PUBLISHER’s copyright to the Work shall be automatically extended by the same period. The number of extensions is not limited.

6.3. The term of the Agreement may not exceed the duration of exclusive rights to the ARTICLE in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

6.4. Whenever the AUTHOR assigns (disposes of) its exclusive rights to the Work to a third party, this Agreement shall remain in effect.

Agreement Modification and Termination Procedure

7.1. The PUBLISHER shall have the right to unilaterally modify the terms of this Agreement by notifying the AUTHOR, at least ten (10) calendar days before such modifications become effective, notifying the AUTHOR thereof via the Official Website of the Journal or by sending the notice to the AUTHOR’s E-mail address specified in the AUTHOR’s Submission. These modifications shall take effect from the date specified in the respective notice.

7.2. If the AUTHOR disagrees with any modification in the terms of this Agreement, the AUTHOR shall have the right to submit a written notice of his/her withdrawal from this Agreement by uploading it to the electronic network system of the article submission, available at the relevant section of the Official Website of the Journal (https://africajournal.ru/en/submit-an-article-to-journal/) or by sending the notice to the official E-mail address of the Editorial Office of the Journal, specified on the Official Website of the ‘Journal of the Institute for African Studies’.

7.3. This Agreement may be terminated early:

– at any time by mutual agreement of the Parties;

– otherwise as provided in the present Agreement.

7.4. The AUTHOR shall have the right to cancel this Agreement unilaterally by sending the PUBLISHER a respective notice in writing at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the intended date of the AUTHOR’s ARTICLE publication in the Journal.

7.5. The termination of this Agreement, for whatever reason, shall not release the Parties from responsibility for breach of any Agreement conditions during the period of its validity.

Liability

8.1. A Party that has failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement, either in full or in part, shall be held liable in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation in force.

8.2. All the data provided by the AUTHOR shall be trustworthy. The AUTHOR shall be responsible for the completeness and reliability of the data provided to the PUBLISHER. The use of untrustworthy information obtained from the AUTHOR shall not entail any responsibility upon the PUBLISHER for any adverse effects resulting from its actions based on such untrustworthy information.

8.3. The AUTHOR shall take full personal responsibility for compliance with the requirements of the Russian Federation laws on advertising, protection of copyright and related rights, protection of trademarks and service marks, and protection of consumer rights.
8.4. The PUBLISHER shall not be held responsible hereunder for:

a) any actions resulting directly or indirectly from the actions of the AUTHOR;
b) any loss incurred by the AUTHOR, whether or not the PUBLISHER was in a position to foresee such loss.

8.5. The PUBLISHER shall be relieved of any responsibility for non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement if such non-compliance is the result of a force-majeure event such as an act of state authorities, including the enactment of legal instruments, fire, flood, earthquake, other natural calamities, loss of power and/or computer network failure, strikes, civil commotions, riots, and any other similar events.

Dispute Resolution Procedure

9.1. All disputes and disagreements shall be resolved by the Parties by negotiations, and if the Parties fail to reach an agreement, they shall be resolved in accordance with the effective law of the Russian Federation.

9.2. If any disagreements remain unresolved, the Parties shall settle them at the location of the PUBLISHER in accordance with the effective legislation of the Russian Federation.

Miscellaneous

10.1. Any notices, messages, requests etc., except for documents which need to be forwarded in original form in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, shall be deemed to have been received by the AUTHOR, if delivered (sent) by the PUBLISHER via the Journal’s Official Web-site, including by publishing them, by fax or E-mail specified in the Submission, or by using other communication facilities. The Parties acknowledge the validity of notices, messages, requests etc. delivered (sent) by the above-listed methods.

10.2. Where the PUBLISHER becomes subject to any claims related to non-compliance with an exclusive copyright or other intellectual property right of any third party during the writing of the ARTICLE or in connection with the conclusion of this Agreement by the AUTHOR, the AUTHOR undertakes to:

– immediately upon receipt of a PUBLISHER’s notice, take measures to settle disputes with such third party, and, where necessary, join the litigation in favor of the PUBLISHER and use its best endeavors to exclude the PUBLISHER from the defendants;

– reimburse the legal costs, expenses and losses incurred by the PUBLISHER as a result of application of a pre-award relief and measures for execution of a judgment, and damages paid to any third party for the infringement of exclusive copyright and/or other intellectual property rights, as well as other expenditures incurred by the PUBLISHER as a result of infringement by the AUTHOR of any warranties provided hereunder.

10.3. Subject to Article 6 of the Federal Law On Personal Data No. 152-FZ dated July 27, 2006, for the period from the conclusion of this Agreement and until the discharge of Parties obligations hereunder, the AUTHOR expresses his/her consent to the processing of the following personal data by the PUBLISHER: last name, first name, patronymic; taxpayers identification number (TIN); place and date of birth; citizenship details; ID document details; registration and actual location address; e-mail address; mailing address with postal code; contact phone numbers; fax numbers; and details of the employers.

10.4. The PUBLISHER is entitled to process the above personal data specified in paragraph 10.3 of this Agreement for the purpose of this Agreement fulfilment, including for provision of information and reference services to the AUTHOR. The processing of personal data shall be understood to mean any handing (operations) with personal data, including collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, refinement (update, alteration), use, distribution (including transfer to third parties), depersonalization, blocking and deletion of personal data in accordance with the effective Russian Federation legislation.

10.5. Where permitted by the Russian Federation legislation, the AUTHOR is entitled to withdraw his/her consent to the processing of personal data as listed in paragraph 10.3 of the present Agreement by forwarding a notice to the PUBLISHER. Upon receipt of such notice, the PUBLISHER has a right to suspend the services.

10.6. The AUTHOR shall, on a goodwill basis, provide the Editorial Office of the Journal with his/her data (and the data of each Co-Author subject to their prior consent), consisting of his/her last name, first name, patronymic, academic rank, academic degree, job title, employer details (name and postal address), work phone number, E-mail address and ORCID, for the purpose of its general publication in the Journal along with the ARTICLE.