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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit original, scholarly, and unpublished manuscripts that are relevant to the scope and academic objectives of Russkaya starina. The journal welcomes research articles, review articles, theoretical studies, historical and interdisciplinary studies, and other scholarly contributions that make a meaningful contribution to the relevant field of research. Manuscripts should present clear research questions or objectives, demonstrate appropriate engagement with existing scholarship, and provide a coherent and well-supported academic argument.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be prepared in a clear and consistent academic style and submitted in an editable electronic format. The title should be concise and accurately reflect the content of the manuscript. The manuscript should normally include the author's name, institutional affiliation, country, and appropriate contact information. Authors should provide an informative abstract summarising the purpose, methodology or approach, major findings, and conclusions of the study, followed by a suitable set of keywords. The main text should be logically organised into appropriate sections and subsections according to the nature of the research.

Originality and Submission

Submitted manuscripts must be original works and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication in another journal at the same time. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript does not contain substantial duplication of their own previously published work or material belonging to other authors without appropriate acknowledgement. Submission of a manuscript implies that all listed authors have approved the final version and agree with its submission to the journal.

Research Quality and Academic Standards

Authors should ensure that their research is conducted according to accepted academic and professional standards. Research objectives, methodology, sources, analytical procedures, and conclusions should be presented transparently and accurately. Where applicable, manuscripts should clearly describe the study design, data sources, sampling procedures, analytical methods, limitations, and relevant ethical considerations. Conclusions should be supported by the evidence and analysis presented in the manuscript.

References and Citations

All sources used in the preparation of a manuscript must be appropriately cited and included in the reference list. Authors should ensure that every in-text citation corresponds to an entry in the reference list and that all bibliographic information is accurate and complete. The journal encourages authors to use reliable scholarly sources and to maintain consistency in citation and reference formatting throughout the manuscript. Authors should not cite sources that they have not consulted or verified.

Tables, Figures, and Illustrations

Tables, figures, charts, photographs, maps, and other illustrations should be relevant to the manuscript and appropriately numbered and titled. Each table or figure should be referred to in the main text and should be presented clearly. Authors are responsible for ensuring that any material reproduced or adapted from other sources is properly acknowledged and that the necessary permissions have been obtained where required.

Language and Presentation

Manuscripts should be written in clear, precise, and grammatically correct academic language. Authors should carefully check spelling, grammar, terminology, formatting, citations, tables, figures, and references before submission. Where appropriate, specialised terminology should be explained clearly and abbreviations should be defined at their first occurrence. The manuscript should maintain a consistent structure and professional scholarly presentation.

Ethical Considerations

Authors are expected to observe high standards of research and publication ethics. Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, manipulation of data, and misrepresentation of sources are unacceptable. Where research involves human participants, personal data, archival materials subject to restrictions, or other ethical considerations, authors should provide appropriate information regarding ethical approval, consent, confidentiality, and data protection where applicable.

Authorship

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, research, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of the manuscript. All authors should have participated sufficiently in the work to take responsibility for its content. The corresponding author is responsible for communicating with the journal and ensuring that all authors have approved the submitted manuscript and its final version.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Authors may use appropriate artificial intelligence or language-support tools for limited purposes such as language improvement, proofreading, formatting assistance, or other permissible editorial support. AI tools should not replace the author's intellectual contribution, scholarly judgement, research analysis, or responsibility for the manuscript. Any substantive use of generative AI in the preparation of the manuscript should be transparently disclosed where applicable. AI tools should not be listed as authors.

Review and Revision

All submitted manuscripts are subject to editorial assessment and, where considered appropriate, peer review. The editors may evaluate manuscripts for relevance, originality, academic quality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, and conformity with the journal's requirements before sending them for review. Authors may be asked to revise their manuscripts in response to editorial or reviewer comments. Revised manuscripts should address the comments carefully and clearly indicate the changes made where requested.

Final Submission

Before submission, authors should ensure that the manuscript is complete, carefully proofread, appropriately referenced, and formatted according to the journal's requirements. The corresponding author should provide all required submission information and ensure that the manuscript and accompanying materials are complete. Authors should promptly respond to editorial communications and provide clarification or supporting information when requested.

By submitting a manuscript to Russkaya starina, authors confirm that the work is original, that the submission is made in good faith, and that the manuscript complies with applicable standards of academic integrity and responsible scholarly publishing. The editorial team reserves the right to return manuscripts that do not meet the journal's basic requirements or to request necessary corrections before further consideration.

Privacy Statement

Russkaya starina respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and visitors to its website and is committed to protecting personal information provided through the journal's website and editorial processes. This Privacy Statement explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, and protected in connection with the journal and its website, ejournal15.com.

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