Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

Principles of ethics

The editorial board of the European and Asian Law Review takes into account the experience of reputable international and Russian publishers and relies on international standards of publication ethics, which apply to all participants in the publication process.

Editor-in-Chief , deputy editor-in-chief, executive secretary,  members of the editorial board, editorial council and the publisher of the journal is guided by the international ethical rules of scientific publications following the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics, the Publishing Ethics Resource Kit of Elsevier publishing and recommendations of the Declarations of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (Russia)"Ethical Principles of Scientific Publications".

The editorial board of the European and Asian Law Review adheres to the principle of complete openness: all information about the requirements for scientific publications, the review process, members of the editorial board and the editorial council is publicly available on the journal's website. The full texts of all issues of the journal are available on the journal's website in the Archives section.

The journal European and Asian Law Review publishes original works that have never been published before and do not contain incorrect borrowings. All works submitted to the editorial board are subject to anonymous internal and external review (Peer-Review Policy).

Financial autonomy

The authors do not pay for provision, handling and publication of works. The journal is distributed free of charge. No royalties are paid to the authors of works. Payment for the accelerated publication of works is not provided.

The plagiarism detection

 Editor-in-Chief, deputy editor-in-chief, members of  the editorial board and the editorial council undertake commitments to help the scientific community in all aspects of the implementation of the policy on observance of publiction ethics, especially in cases of suspected doubling paper submission or plagiarism.

Obligations of the Editor-in-Chief / Deputy Editor-in-Chief

The powers of the Editor-in-Chief and the deputy editor-in-chief are identical in volume and content. After receipt of works the editor-in-chief may authorize the deputy editor-in-chief to conduct a preliminary verification of the presented works for compliance with the journal's theme and formal requirements and then make a decision on the results of review or perform these actions on his own.

If the editor-in-chief finds out a conflict of interest in respect to the submitted work, he mus confide to the deputy editor-in-chief to conduct a preliminary review of the work and subsequently make a decision on the results of the review. If the deputy editor-in-chief finds out a conflict of interest in respect to the work that has been assigned to review and make a decision by the editor-in-chief , the deputy editor-in-chief must refrain from carrying out the relevant assignment and notify the editor-in-chief.

The decision to publish the work: The editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief of the European and Asian Law Review is responsible for making a decision on the publication of works submitted to the editorial board of the journal. This decision should always be made taking into account the opinions of independent reviewers, members of the editorial board and the editorial councilb on the basis of checking the relevance of the work, its scientific significance and reliability for researchers and readers. The decision to publish the work should be made in accordance with the established procedure of anonymous review. The editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief is responsible for ensuring and maintaining the anonymity of reviewers.

The editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief of the European and Asian Law Review is guided by the Peer-Review policy and legal grounds such as absence of libel, copyright infringement, plagiarism.

Non-discrimination:  the editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief of the European and Asian Law Review evaluates the submitted papers in accordance with their intellectual content, regardless of the author's race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, citizenship or political views.

Сonfidentiality: the editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief must not disclose information about the submitted work to anyone else with the exception of the author, reviewers and publisher.

Disclosure of information and conflict of interest: information contained in the submitted work should not be used in any of the editor-in-сhief / deputy editor-in-chief's own works without the written permission of the author. Confidential information or ideas obtained during the review of the work must be kept secret and not used for personal gain.

In case of a conflict of interest arising from competition, cooperation or other relations with any of authors, companies or institutions related to the work, the editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief should refuse to participate in the preliminary review of the work for compliance with the journal's theme, formal requirements and decision-making based on the results of the review.

Editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief shall require all authors to provide information about relevant competing interests and publish corrections if a conflict of interest has been revealed after publication. If it is necessary, more suitable action such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern can be made.

The examination of ethical complaints: the editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief is obliged to take reasonably prompt action when receiving ethical complaints about a submitted or already published work, having interaction with the editorial board, the publisher (or the scientific and pedagogical staff).

Authors ' obligations

Originality and plagiarism. By submitting a work for publication in the European and Asian Law Review authors guarantee that the work is original, i.e. it has not been previously published in other periodicals in their current or similar form, is not under consideration in the editorial boards of other periodicals, and all possible conflicts of interest related to copyright and the paper publication in question are resolved. If authors used the work and / or words of other authors, this should be marked with the reference or indicated in the text in accordance with the technical requirements.

In support of these assurances, the author (s) prepare a cover letter in English and send it to the editorial board through the author's personal account on the journal's website together with the file of the paper.

The editorial board of the European and Asian Law Review takes seriously all cases of deviation from standards of academic ethics, especially plagiarism and data falsification. 

In case of plagiarism detection the editorial board reserves the right to reject the work and make this fact widely public. It is considered to be invalid: verbatim copying another author's work without acknowledgement, references to source and use quotation marks; incorrect paraphrasing of the author's work which has been modified more than one sentence in one paragraph or section of  the text or sentences were arranged in a different order without reference to the source; usage of elements of another author's work without author's attribution such as a drawing, table or paragraph without acknowledgment, reference to the source or usage of quotation marks; self-plagiarism (if elements of the work were previously published in another article, authors must refer to an earlier work and indicate what is the significant difference between the new work and the previous one, and, at the same time, identify its relationship with the research results and conclusions presented in the previous work).

Plagiarism in all its forms is unethical and unacceptable behavior when publishing. The author's submission of the work that has already been published in another journal is unacceptable, and is considered to b a sign of unethical behavior. The work of other researchers should be properly recognized. Authors should provide links to publications that have influenced the content of the work described.

After accepting the work for publication in the European and Asian Law Review the licensing agreement betweenthe author (s) and editorial board is concluded, in accordance with the agreement the author transfers to the publisher of the journal the exclusive right to the work on the basis of a simple (non-exclusive) license, i.e. the author (authors) may issue a license for usage of  the work by other persons. At the same time, the right to be recognized as the author of the work (the right of authorship) cannot be alienated and transferred under any agreement.

Authorship of the work. Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made significant contributions to the concept, planning, execution, or interpretation of the described research. All persons who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. If a person has participated in any significant part of the project, they should be thanked or be included in the list of co-authors. Formal authorship is not allowed, formal authorship is defined as the attribution to the list of authors the name of someone who did not participate in the preparation of the article. All co-authors must be familiar with the final text of the work and agree to its publication.

Disclosure of information and conflict of interest. All authors must disclose in their work any financial or other significant conflict of interest that could be interpreted as affecting the results of the evaluation of their work. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.

Errors in published works. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the facts and data presented in the work, proper names, geographical names and other information. If the author finds out a significant error or inaccuracy in his published work, he is obliged to  notify immediately the executive secretary of the journal and cooperate with him in order to publish a corresponding refutation or correction. If the executive secretary gets to know from a third party that the published work contains a significant error, the author must immediately refute or correct the work or provide the executive secretary with proof of the correctness of the published work.

Reviewers' obligations

The main principles that independent reviewers should adhere to are described in the Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

All works submitted to the editorial board are subject to anonymous internal and external  peer-review.

Independent reviewers who are recognized  as specialists on the themes of the reviewed articles receive editorial list of criteria according to which the paper should be assesed: compliance the content of works with the theme stated in the title; the compliance of works with modern achievements of scientific thought; availability of papers to readers for whom it is intented to, from the point of view of language, style, structure of data, clarity of tables, charts; the expediency of publication of the work by taking into account literature previously published on the this issue .

Reviewers are required to assess the work impartially and without fear or favour.

Participation of the editorial board and the editorial council. Reviewing helps the editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief to decide whether it is necessary to publish the work, and the editorial board's communication with the author can also help the author improve the work. If the author does not agree with the results of the  work review, the work can be sent for repeated anonymous peer-review.

Competence. Each reviewer who doubts  his competence to review the research described in the work should notify the editor-in-сhief / deputy editor-in-сhief and exclude himself from the review process.

Сonfidentiality. Each work received for review should be considered by the reviewer as a confidential document. It should not be shown or discussed with other persons except those authorized by the editor-in-chief / deputy editor-in-chief.

Objectivity. Peer-review should be carried out objectively. Personality attacks on the author are unacceptable. The reviewer should express his point of view clearly and reasonably.

Acknowledgement of sources. If authors have not made a reference to any published work, the reviewer should note this fact. Any statement that any data, conclusion or argument has already been reported in the scientific press must be accompanied by the corresponding reference. The reviewer should also draw the editor-in-chief's / deputy editor-in-chief's of the journal attention if there is any significant similarity or partial overlap between the work in question and any other published and known to him work.

Disclosure of information and conflict of interest. Unpublished information disclosed in the submitted work should not be used in any of the reviewer's own work without the written permission of the author. Confidential information or ideas obtained during the review should be kept secret and not used for personal gain. Reviewers are obliged to inform the editorial board about all cases of a conflict of interest in relation to the research, authors or funding organizations. The reviewer must refuse to participate in the review if there is a conflict of interest arising from competition, cooperation or other relations with any of the authors, companies or institutions related to the work.

Retraction

The work may be withdrawn by its author (s) or the editorial board of the European and Asian Law Review.

The work is withdrawn, if:

the editorial board of the journal has evidence of  inaccuracy of published information which arose either as a result of conscious actions (for example, falsification of data) or due to conscientious errors (for example, errors in calculations or experiments);

conclusions contained in the work were previously published in another publication, and there are no proper references, permissions, and justifications for the need for re-publication (i.e., cases of doubling publication);

incorrect borrowings (plagiarism) are revealed in the work;

the work contains unethical research.

If the author (s) refuse to withdraw the work, the editorial board has the right to withdraw it without the consent of the author (s), since the board is responsible for the content of the journal.

Based on the recommendations of the the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the editorial board of the European and Asian Law Review retracts published works in case of violation of editorial ethics.