Editorial Ethics

General guidelines

Publishing ethics policy of the Journal is the code of conduct and guidelines which should be followed by all participants of the academic publication process, including authors, peer reviewers, editors, publishers, distributors, and readers.

The Editorial Board abides by the copyright law and anti-plagiarism regulations of the Russian Federation as well as the set of the ethical principles shared by the community of academic publishers; Editorial Board is responsible for publishing and disseminating manuscripts.

Publishing ethics policy of Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts follows the guidelines designed by the international Committee on Publication Ethics (СОРЕ).


Ethical guidelines for Editorial Board and Publisher

The editorial board (Chief Editor) should comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation regarding copyright, plagiarism, and ethical principles, maintained by leading publishers of scientific periodicals. The board is responsible for publishing authors’ works in accordance with fundamental principles of:

  • urgency and originality of research;

  • authenticity of results and scientific importance of the work performed;

  • recognition of contribution of other researchers to investigations in the field of study and the mandatory presentation of appropriate references to the publications used;

  • inclusion of all participants that contributed substantially to the research performed among the list of co-authors and approval by all co-authors of the work submitted for publication;

  • correcting in a timely fashion errors and inaccuracies detected by the author or noticed by the editorial staff.

Unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts must not be used or transferred to any third parties without the written consent of the author(s). Information or ideas obtained in the course of editing must remain confidential.

The Chief Editor must not allow publication of material if there is a reason to believe that it has been plagiarized or contains materials banned from publication.

Both the Chief Editor and the publisher are responsible for answering complaints concerning manuscripts under consideration or other unpublished materials. If a conflict is found, they must take all necessary measures to restore any rights that were violated.


Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers

A reviewer performs a peer review of an author's materials. His or her activities must be of an unbiased nature and in compliance with the following principles:

  • a manuscript received for reviewing must be accepted as a confidential document and should not be passed to third parties for examination or discussion without consent of the editorial staff;

  • a reviewer should evaluate the research results impartially and with sound reasoning. To criticize the author personally is inadmissible;

  • unpublished data obtained from the submitted manuscripts must not be used by the reviewer for private advantage;

  • if a reviewer thinks that his qualifications are insufficient for evaluating a manuscript, or that he cannot be impartial (e.g., in the case of conflict of interests), he should inform the Chief Editor, with a request to exclude him from the process of reviewing that manuscript.


Ethical guidelines for authors

An author (or a group of authors) is personally liable for originality and accuracy of research results and must adhere to the following principles:

  • the authors of the paper should present reliable results of conducted research. Deliberately erroneous or false statements are inadmissible;

  • the authors should guarantee the originality of research results set forth in the submitted manuscript. Borrowed fragments or statements must be include indication of the original author and source. Excessive adaptations, as well as plagiarism in any form, including improper citations, paraphrasing or violation of copyright, of the results of the research of others are unethical and therefore unacceptable;

  • references to publications that were important in conducting the research should be noted;

  • the authors should not submit a manuscript that has been sent to another journal simultaneously or that is also under consideration, or a paper already published elsewhere;

  • all individuals who contributed to the research should be indicated as co-authors. Persons who took no part in the research are not allowed to be included as co-authors;

  • if significant errors or inaccuracies are found in the paper by the author at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, the author must inform the editorial staff of the journal as soon as possible.