| Faculty / Science / «Journal of the administrative proceedings» / The manuscript submitting, review and editorial decision-making process Kinds of  submissions considered for publications are articles, short “squibs” and book  reviews in the topics covered by the Journal. The manuscript should be prepared  in accordance with requirements accessible at the site of the Journal. The submissions are  subject to a well-established, fair, unbiased peer review and – if accepted –  refereeing procedure. The reviewers  selected in accordance with the editor’s portfolio by the Editorial Board are  experts in the subject matter the manuscript focuses on and have publications  in the field of research within the past three years. The review checks  if the manuscript matches the scope and meets the basic requirements of the  Journal. The manuscripts are considered on the basis of their significance,  novelty, validity of results, ethics of reference to the results of other  authors, the quality of the content and layout. The review  outcomes will possibly be as follows: accept in its present form; accept with  minor or major revisions given that the author is requested to revise the text  following reviewer’s comments and recommendations; reject because the paper is  found unworthy of publication. The review process  may take approximately one month to be completed. The final decision  on the manuscript is the prerogative of the editorial board. An article review  with reviewer comments and recommendations or a substantiated rejection is  provided to the authors of all submitted manuscripts. The names of the  reviewers are hidden from the author. All reviews are to  be stored in the editor’s portfolio for five years. The editor is to provide a  copy of the manuscript review should the Ministry of Education and Science of  the Russian Federation make an enquiry. The revised  version of the manuscript in duplicate along with the original paper and a  point-by-point response to the reviewer comments should be submitted as soon as  possible. Should the author fail to submit the revised version of the  manuscript within three months, it is considered as a new submission. The final draft of  the manuscript revised and edited by the author should be returned to the  editors within one week. All the revised manuscripts head for printing. Those  that fail to be returned in time are processed without securing approval of  their authors. |