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- » Open Access Policy
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- » Publishing Ethics
- » Founder
- » Author fees
- » Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
- » Plagiarism detection
- » Preprint and postprint Policy
- » Revenue Sources
Aim and Scope
The journal's most important task is to create a platform to discuss certain issues that concern not only representatives of the humanities and the human sciences, but also to a wide range of readers. A declaration of interdisciplinarity as the basis of founding a research project or journal has long been an obligatory part of academic ritual and a bromide embedded in the rhetoric of scientific communication. Here the vacuity of such statements is filled with an appeal to the model of liberal education. This serves to resolve the issue of interdisciplinarity by endowing it with the pragmatics of educating a citizen in free and critical thought. This model of the production of knowledge acts as an important assembly point for our understanding of how to put together our journal. Disciplinary breadth makes it possible to both compensate for the shortcomings of narrow specialisation and call forth representatives of different sciences, schools, and research traditions to a conversation on a common subject.
Section Policies
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Publication Frequency
6 issues per year
Open Access Policy
This 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
The following regulations shall apply to review of any manuscript submitted for publishing in Versus (hereinafter referred to as Journal):
- General Guidelines
All manuscripts submitted to Journal are subjected to double-blind peer reviewing (any information about Reviewer is confidential to Author and vice versa).
Only highly professional specialists recognized for their competence and scholarly background within the framework of the reviewed manuscript can act as Reviewers. Author/Co-author of the manuscript cannot take the responsibility of Reviewer.
- Reviewing Arrangements
The secretary of Journal within 10 days notifies Authors of the manuscript receipt.
Once the manuscript has been received, the review process is limited to 2-4 months. However, the editorial board retains the right to set deadlines for reviewing on a case-by-case basis.
The process of reviewing is carried out in several stages: a) At the first stage, Reviewer evaluates the manuscript from the point of its compliance with the journal profile, scientificity, and formatting; b) At the second stage, the content of the manuscript is analyzed in relation to its compliance with the declared title, clear formulation of the objectives and methods used to achieve them, novelty and relevance of the obtained results, personal contribution of Author to solution of the research problem, correct interpretation of the obtained data and their relevance, sufficient validity of the presented conclusions. Furthermore, Reviewer notes all inaccuracies, errors, and technical mistakes, as well as thoroughly studies the abstract quality, completeness of the list of references and its compliance with the studied problem.
The results of reviewing are being described in a justified conclusion:
- Recommended for publishing unaltered.
- Recommended for publishing after correction of the deficiencies noted by Reviewer.
- Recommended for publishing after correction of the deficiencies and repeated reviewing.
- Not recommended for publishing.
- Recommended for publishing in another journal.
The decision to publish the manuscript rests ultimately with the executive editor on the basis of the feedback provided by Reviewer. When stumbling upon the negative review, the manuscript is not published or returned to The decision to publish the manuscript rests ultimately with the executive editor on the basis of the feedback provided by Reviewer. When stumbling upon the negative review, the manuscript is not published or returned to Author. In case of the positive review, the final decision to publish the manuscript is made by the editorial board of Journal. The secretary is obligated to inform Author about the decision of Editor and provides them with a copy of the review. Author. In case of the positive review, the final decision to publish the manuscript is made by the editorial board of Journal. The secretary is obligated to inform Author about the decision of Editor and provides them with a copy of the review.
- Review Format
The review is written in free format or by filling in the form recommended by the editorial board. The review shall be signed by the person who performed it.
- Storage and Handling of Reviews
The original versions of all reviews should be stored in the editorial office for 5 years from the date of publication of the manuscript. Their copies can be sent at request to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Publishing Ethics
Versus journal is committed to the highest ethical standards and takes all possible measures to make sure these standards are upheld in our publication practices. We expect the same from prospective authors and reserve the right to reject any submissions found to be in violation of the standards laid out below.
Submission Expectations and Copyright
Articles submitted to the journal should not have been published before in either their current form or a substantially similar form, and they should not be under consideration for publication with another journal. All authors submitting their works acknowledge that they have disclosed any and all actual or potential conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication of the work and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed.
Permission
Prior to article submission, authors should secure permission to use any content that has not been created by them. Failure to do so may lead to lengthy delays in publication. The editors of Versus are unable to publish any article which has permission pending. The rights we require are:
- Non-exclusive rights to reproduce the material in the article or book chapter.
- Print and electronic rights.
- The right to use the material for the life of the work (i.e. there should be no time restrictions on the re-use of material, e.g. a one-year license).
When reproducing tables, figures or excerpts (of more than 400 words) from another source, it is expected that:
- Authors obtain the necessary written permission in advance from any third party owners of copyright for the use in print and electronic formats of any of their text, illustrations, graphics, or other material, in their manuscript. Permission must also be secured for any minor adaptations of any work not created by them.
- If an author adapts significantly any material, the author must inform the copyright holder of the original work.
- Authors must obtain any necessary proof of consent statements.
- Authors must always acknowledge the source in figure captions and refer to the source in the reference list.
- Authors should not assume that any content which is freely available on the web is free to use. Authors should check the website for details of the copyright holder to seek permission for re-use.
The following improper practices will result in automatic rejection and may have professional and/or legal repercussions:
- Verbatim copying
- Verbatim copying of another person's work without acknowledgement, references or the use of quotation marks.
Paraphrasing
Improper paraphrasing of another person's work is wh ere more than one sentence within a paragraph or section of text has been changed or sentences have been rearranged without appropriate attribution. Significant improper paraphrasing (more than 10 percent of a work) without appropriate attribution is treated as seriously as verbatim copying.
Reusing parts of a work without attribution
Reuse of elements of another person's work, for example a figure, table or paragraph without acknowledgement, references or the use of quotation marks. It is incumbent on the author to obtain the necessary permission to reuse elements of another person's work from the copyright holder.
Self plagiarism
Our requirement is that all authors sign a copyright form that clearly states that their submitted work has not been published before. If elements of a work have been previously published in another publication, including an earlier publication in Versus, the author is required to acknowledge the earlier work and indicate how the subsequent work differs and builds upon the research and conclusions contained in the previous work. Verbatim copying of an author's own work and improper paraphrasing are not acceptable, and we recommend that previous research should only be mentioned to support new conclusions.
We recommend that authors acknowledge all previous stages of presentation of their ideas that have culminated in the final work, including conference papers, workshop presentations and listserv communications.
Handling allegations of plagiarism
The editors of Versus seek to uphold academic integrity and to protect authors' moral rights. We take all cases of plagiarism very seriously, being aware of the potential impact an allegation of plagiarism can have on a researcher's career. Therefore, we have procedures in place to deal with alleged cases of plagiarism.
In order for us to take an unbiased approach, we investigate each case thoroughly, seeking clarification from all affected parties.
If we are approached by a third party with an allegation of plagiarism, we will always seek a response from the original author(s) or copyright holder(s) before we decide on a course of action. We will not be influenced by other parties and will form our decisions in an unbiased and objective manner.
The editors are not obliged to discuss individual cases of alleged plagiarism with third parties. We reserve the right not to proceed with a case if the complainant presents a false name or affiliation or acts in an inappropriate or threatening manner toward the editorial staff.
Founder
- Ilia Kalinin
- Danila Raskov
Author fees
Publication in "Versus" 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.
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
"Versus" 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 "Versus", 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 "Versus" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.
Glossary (by SHERPA)
Revenue Sources
The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the parent organization, at the expense of the publisher, publication of advertising materials, publication of reprints, article processment charges.
