Aim and Scope

The journal “Theoretical and Applied Law” is a scientific and theoretical publication devoted to fundamental and applied problems in the field of jurisprudence.

The mission of the journal is the formation of scientific schools of jurisprudence; creation of a platform for scientific publications, the content of which will allow to use the conclusions and proposals of scientific research in law enforcement.

The objectives of the journal: to promote scientific analysis and substantiation of law enforcement and law-making activities, the establishment of a legal doctrine as a source of law in the Russian Federation and the international community, based on actual problems of legal understanding in a post-industrial society; new approaches and discourses in the theory of law of Russian and foreign scholars. The journal also aims to acquaint Russian lawyers with the works of foreign authors and vice versa in order to expand the legal horizons of readers and exchange experience in resolving various issues of law enforcement.

Subject of publication: publication of scientific research, reviews, essays, integrated scientific research.

Target audience: academic researchers, experts and practitioners in the field of law and related scientific disciplines, as well as all interested persons.

Section Policies

ARTICLES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ESSAYS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

REVIEWS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

4 times a year

Open Access Policy

"Theoretical and Applied Law" is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.

Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

For more information please read BOAI statement.

Archiving

• Russian State Library (RSL)
• National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)

Peer-Review

1. These Rules determine the procedure for reviewing articles and other materials received by the Editorial Board for publication in the journal “Theoretical and Applied Law” (hereinafter - the Journal).

2. All scientific articles selected by the Editor and the Editorial Board for publication in the Journal are subject to mandatory peer review.

Members of the editorial board and leading Russian and international experts in corresponding areas of life sciences, invited as independent readers, perform peer reviews. Editor-in-chief or responsible editor choose readers for peer review.

3. Reviewing is carried out on the principle of double-blind reviewing: the reviewer does not know the name of the author, the author does not know the name of the reviewer.

4. The author has the right to read the text of the review.

5. The Editor determines the compliance of the article with the scientific profile and specialization of the Journal, the compliance of the article with the Requirements for Articles established by the Editorial Board.

6. The Editor-in-Chief has the right to independently evaluate the scientific level of the article or send the article to a member of the Editorial Council, who is an expert in the field of scientific research.

7. After confirmation by the Editor-in-Chief or Member of the Editorial Council, the article is sent for review to 2 reviewers. If necessary, additional reviewers may be invited to review the article.

8. The reviewer can not be a co-author, supervisor of the author. If the reviewer has recommended any refinements, the editorial staff would suggest the author either to implement the corrections, or to dispute them reasonably.

9. The terms of the review are determined by the responsible editor, taking into account the release date of the next issue of the Journal in agreement with the reviewer.

10. The reviewer in his opinion (review) reflects the following issues:

• The relevance of scientific research;
• Scientific novelty of the research results reflected in the article;
• Relevance of findings to the goals and objectives of the study;
• Clarity of presentation, lack of terminological and other errors;
• Relevance of the used literature to the research topic;
• Comments and recommendations to the author of the article, if necessary;
• Recommendation on the publication of an article in the Journal, on the possibility of publication after revision, or on rejection of the article.

11. After receiving the review, the Editor sends the author confirmation of acceptance of the article for publication or a reasoned refusal. If the review contains recommendations for finalizing the article, the article may be reviewed by the Editorial Board after the author has finalized it based on the recommendations. The article finalized by the author is re-sent for review.

12. The Editor-in-Chief has the right to decide to accept the article for publication or to refuse to publish or send the article to a third reviewer if the opinions of the reviewers differ.

Indexation

Articles in “Theoretical and Applied Law” are indexed by several systems:

• Russian Index for Science Citation (RISC) – a database, accumulating information on papers by Russian scientists, published in native and foreign titles. The RSCI project is under development since 2005 by “Electronic Scientific Library” foundation (elibrary.ru).
• Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. The Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest scholarly publishers, plus scholarly books and other non-peer reviewed journals.

Publishing Ethics

1. Publisher, Editorial staff not only maintains scientific communications and invests in this process, but is also responsible for observing all modern recommendations in the published work. They rely on the principles and best practices set out in the documents of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Russian Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (RASEP), as well as on the experience of reputable international journals and publishing houses.

The reliability of the work under consideration and its scientific significance must always underlie the decision to publish.

The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board of the journal should not disclose information about the accepted article and the stages of its passage to anyone other than the Authors, reviewers, Publisher.

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations – An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies.

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorised by the editor.

2. Peer Review. Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Publisher shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.

Reviewers should not participate in the review of articles in case of conflict of interest due to competitive, collaborative and other interactions and relationships with any of the authors, companies or other organizations related to the submitted work.

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor of «Theoretical and Applied Law» and excuse himself from the review process

3. Responsibilities of the authors

• Authors of the material on the original study should provide reliable results of the work done as well as an objective discussion of the significance of the study. The data underlying the work must be presented accurately. False or knowingly erroneous statements are perceived as unethical behavior and unacceptable.

• Reviews and scientific Articles should also be accurate and objective, the editorial point of view should be clearly stated.

• Authors must make sure that the original work is submitted and, when using works or other authors' statements, must provide appropriate bibliographic references or citation.

• Plagiarism can exist in many forms, from representing someone else’s work as copyright to copying or paraphrasing significant parts of another’s work (without attribution) and claiming ownership of the results of another’s research. Plagiarism in all forms constitutes unethical acts and is unacceptable.

• In general, an Author should not publish an article, for the most part devoted to the same study, in more than one journal as an original publication. Submission of the same article at the same time in more than one journal is perceived as unethical behavior and unacceptable. The publication of the manuscript in another edition after the submission of the article to the Editorial Board without notice to the Editorial Board and without recalling the article from the Editorial Board is considered unethical actions and is considered unacceptable.

• In general, the Author should not submit for consideration to another journal a previously published article or an article submitted and pending in another publication.

The publication of a certain type of article (for example, translated article) in more than one journal is in some cases ethical subject to certain conditions. Authors and Editors of interested journals must agree to a secondary publication, which necessarily presents the same data and interpretations as in the original published work.

The bibliography of the primary work should be presented in the second publication.

Authors should cite publications that are relevant to the work presented. Data obtained privately, for example, during a conversation, correspondence or in a process of discussion with third parties, should not be used or presented without the clear written permission of the source. Information obtained from confidential sources, such as the evaluation of manuscripts or the provision of grants, should not be used without the express written permission of the authors of the work related to confidential sources.

4. Authorship of a publication

• Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

• The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

5. Disclosure policy and conflicts of interest

• All authors are required to disclose financial or other existing conflicts of interest that may be perceived as having an impact on the results or conclusions presented in the work.

• Examples of potential conflicts of interest that must be disclosed include: employment (including property), counseling, stock ownership, royalties, an expert opinion, patent application or patent registration, grants, and other financial support. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed as early as possible.

• All incoming materials are checked using anti-plagiarism programs. In the event that violations of the publication ethics are detected, as well as in the event that a third-party application for the identification of such violations is received by the Editorial Board, the Editorial Board is obligated to immediately inform the author of such facts with a request to provide explanations and comments on the facts identified, and in case of violation of the publication ethics , carries out activities for the recall (retraction) of the corresponding article.

6. Advertising policy of the journal

• The Journal is not an advertising publication. In accordance with the requirements of the legislation, the Journal has the right to advertise in the volume established by law.

7. Duties of the Publisher

Publisher should adopt policies and procedures that support editors, reviewers and authors of «Theoretical and Applied Law» in performing their ethical duties under these ethics guidelines. The publisher should ensure that the potential for advertising or reprint revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

The publisher should support «Theoretical and Applied Law» journal editors in the review of complaints raised concerning ethical issues and help communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors.

Publisher should develop codes of practice and inculcate industry standards for best practice on ethical matters, errors and retractions.

Publisher should provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.

8. Recall (retraction) of the article

Revocation of text from a publication is a mechanism for correcting published information and notifying readers that a publication contains serious flaws or erroneous data that cannot be trusted. Data inaccuracy may result from a good faith misconception or deliberate breach.

Retraction is also used to warn readers about cases of duplicate publications (when authors present the same data in several publications), plagiarism, and concealment of conflicts of interest that could affect the interpretation of data or recommendations for their use. The main purpose of retraction is to correct published information and ensuring its integrity, rather than punishing authors who have committed violations.

Reasons for recalling the article:

• detection of incorrect borrowings (plagiarism) in the publication;
• duplication of articles in several publications;
• detection of fraud or fabrication in the work (for example, manipulation of experimental data);
• detection of serious errors in the work (for example, incorrect interpretation of the results), which casts doubt on its scientific value;
• incorrect composition of authors (there is no one who is worthy to be an author; persons who do not meet the criteria of authorship are included);
• hidden conflict of interest (and other violations of publication ethics);
• republishing an article without the consent of the author;
• The article did not go through the peer-review process.

Retraction is only based on the results of negotiations between the authors and the editors, aimed at achieving the best results to ensure reliable scientific results and information.

The journal adheres to the rules of COPE (https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.4) and ANRI (https://rasep.ru/sovet-po-etike/pravilo-otzyva-retragirovaniya-stati-ot-publikatsii) regarding recall of publications.

Founder

• Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
  
  

  The journal has been published at the North-West Institute of Management – a branch of the RANEPA in Saint Petersburg since 2019.

Author fees

Publication in “Theoretical and Applied Law” is free of charge for all the authors.
The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.
The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.
No royalties are paid to the authors for the publication of articles and other materials.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

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.

Plagiarism detection

“Theoretical and Applied Jurisprudence” use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Preprint and postprint Policy

Prior to acceptance and publication in “Theoretical and Applied Jurisprudence”, authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.

As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in “Theoretical and Applied Jurisprudence” we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.

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