Aim and Scope

The journal “Slavic World in the Third Millennium” aims to publish, after peer-review, articles that make a significant contribution to history, linguistics, literary studies, or cultural history.  Papers at the intersection of humanities and social disciplines and beyond (ethnology, social anthropology, sociology, art history, etc.) are welcomed.

The journal publishes articles on the following topics:

• the history, languages, literature, and culture of the peoples of Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe (both foreign Slavs and their neighbours in the region);
• the languages, literature, and cultures of the peoples of Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe, including the Russian language and culture, outside the historical area (in the Baltic area, North and South America, Asia, etc.);
• the forms of interaction and mutual influence of Russia (USSR) and the peoples of Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe: international relations, migration processes, and dialogue between cultures.

Open Access Policy

When sending materials for consideration by Slavic World in the Third Millennium, the authors agree that the acceptance of these materials for publication ensures their redistribution in accordance with Creative Commons | Attribution-NoDerivatives licence (this allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in its entirety, with attribution). At the same time, copyright remains the authors’ in full.

Indexing

Each article of the Journal is assigned its unique code DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

The Journal is included and indexed in the databases:

• Russian Science Citation Index(RSCI)
• Google Scholar
• EBSCO
• CyberLeninka

Archiving

The hard copy archive of the Journal is available at the Russian State Library.

The digital archive of the Journal is available after its publication in the following national repositories:

• Scholarly Electronic Library in the bibliographic database Russian Science Citation Index: all registered readers have free access to the full-text version;
• the electronic library “CyberLeninka” that is based on the Open Science paradigm: all readers have free access to the full-text version.

Publication Ethics

All parties involved in the preparation of a text for publication in the journal must comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation and with the ethical principles as set out in the Declaration of the Association of Academic Editors and Publishers “Ethical Principles of Academic Publications,” as well as the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The editorial board of the journal does everything necessary to comply with ethical standards adopted by the international scientific community and to prevent violations of these ethical standards both in its own work and in relations with all participants in the scientific publication process: authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, distributors and readers.

Ethical Principles of the Editorial Team

The editorial board and the editorial team guarantee:

• that all submissions will be reviewed irrespective of their authors’ race, gender, ethnicity, citizenship, religion, ideology, or political platform;
• that the double-blind reviewing process will be unbiased and kept free of conflicts of interest;
• the inviolability of submitted texts and their protection against inappropriate amendments;
• that it will seek the author’s approval before making any alterations, if an article needs amendments or revisions. Either party reserves the right to withdraw the article from publication if there is any disagreement over proposed alterations or revisions.

The editorial board and the editorial team are committed to:

• preventing unlawful use of submitted texts by third parties, as well as to protecting the rights of authorship and co-authorship, and the (co)authors’ right to be credited as such;
• ensuring the continuous diversification of the pool of contributors: no author will have their academic articles published in several consecutive issues.

No fee is charged for the publication of a text. Any offer of a financial reward by a potential contributor or other interested party may result in the rejection of the text.

Ethical Guidelines for Contributors

The author/co-authors of submitted texts guarantee that:

• all individuals who have made a significant contribution to the preparation of the text are listed as authors and individuals who have not contributed to the project are not listed as authors;
• any and all co-authors were informed before their text was submitted to the journal for review, their agreement to the submission was secured, and the order in which authors are listed was decided by the team of authors prior to submission;
• the article is an original work that has been submitted only to “Slavic World in the Third Millennium” and that the author/co-authors have not previously had more than 50% of the text published in other print and/or electronic publications, except when released as a preprint;
• the article, in full compliance with any applicable law, duly lists all quoted authors and/or publications (materials), that the author/co-authors have obtained all necessary authorizations to publish findings, facts, and other third-party content, the rights to which belong to other individuals or entities;
• the article does not include content that cannot be published under Russian law or material whose publication and dissemination will result in public disclosure of secret (confidential) information (including state secrets);
• he/she/they will inform the editorial board as soon as possible if he/she/they identify an inaccuracy or a serious error in their published work and will cooperate with the editor to ensure that the article is appropriately amended or withdrawn.

Ethical Guidelines for Reviewers

Reviewers must:

• confirm that they will only review those texts for which they have sufficient expertise to evaluate;
• guarantee that their evaluation is impartial and inform the editorial team in case of a conflict of interest;
• inform the editor and withdraw from the reviewing process if the reviewer cannot produce the requested review by the agreed-upon deadline;
• NOT use their knowledge of the text’s content to their personal advantage prior to its publication.

Submissions under review are confidential documents that may not be passed on to third parties for perusal or evaluation, except with special authorization from the editorial board.

The review should contain an all-encompassing analysis of the reviewed text’s academic and methodological merits and shortcomings.

Plagiarism Detection

All submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism by the Antiplagiat system. The original text which has no matches and similarities with other published sources, including in other languages, should not be less than 50 per cent (except for preprints). If numerous instances of copying from other sources are detected, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Retraction of articles

When considering situations related to violations of publication ethics, the editorial board of the journal acts in accordance with the Guidelines for revoking Articles of the Committee on Publication Ethics COPE Retraction Guidelines and the Rule of retraction of articles from the publication of Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers.

The editorial board of the journal will carefully consider all reasonable appeals regarding violations found in already published materials. The editorial board considers it the responsibility of the author and the reviewer to inform the editorial board as quickly as possible about the missed errors and violations identified by them after the publication of the article.