Journal of Russian Studies

The Journal of Russian Studies (RUSAD) is an international, open-access, and peer-reviewed academic journal. RUSAD was first published in 2019 under the name Turkish Journal of Russian Studies (TRAD) and has been published as RUSAD since 2021. RUSAD publishes twice annually and adheres to conventional academic formatting and citation guidelines. The journal aims to bridge the gap between the scientific world and academic studies focused on Russia within the humanities. Enriching academic knowledge of Russia and evaluating and treating Russia within a scientific framework are primary objectives of this journal. Within the framework of these goals, Journal of Russian Studies (RUSAD) advocates for open access to enable direct utilization of its study results by the scientific community. Therefore, RUSAD does not charge authors for publishing their articles or readers for accessing publications. This approach ensures that research findings are widely disseminated, benefitting academia and society as a whole.

In the light of the above objectives, the Journal of Russian Studies (RUSAD) has adopted the principle of publishing academic articles, and book reviews about Russia written in the field of humanities such as history, international relations, political science, public administration, economics, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, ethnic studies, philosophy, and literature. The Journal of Russian Studies (RUSAD) accepts academic articles written in Turkish, Russian, or English for publication. The articles submitted to the journal should be original texts that have not been published before and should not be in the evaluation process of another journal at the same time. All responsibility in this regard belongs to the author(s) of the article. The extended version of the studies presented as a paper in any conference or symposium can be published by specifying the name, place and date of the conference or symposium. After the manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated by the editors of the journal, considering the scientific competence, publication policy and scope of the journal, the manuscripts accepted for publication are read by a “double blind referee” in accordance with the rules of scientific ethics, so that the identities of both the author and the referees are concealed from each other during the evaluation process.

AUTHOR GUİDELİNES

1) Journal of Russian Studies has adopted the principle of conveying, to its readers, academic articles and book reviews written at the national and international level in Turkish, Russian, and English in the field of social sciences such as international relations, political science, economics, strategy, geopolitics about Russia.

2) Articles to be submitted to the journal should include a "title" and "abstract" in Turkish and English.

3) If the articles are in Russian, the “titles” and “abstracts” should be written in Turkish, Russian, and English.

4) Article abstracts should consist of at least 250 words.

5) At the end of the article abstracts, there should be appropriate "keywords" in Turkish and foreign languages that define the subject. Keywords should contain words and phrases that suggest what the topic is about and also include words and phrases that are closely related to your topic.

6) In order to register in the citation index, at least 5 keywords must be added to the abstracts in both languages.

7) Papers should be written in a considerable level of academic Turkish, Russian or English.

8) Please note that if the language (Turkish, Russian, English) in which the manuscripts are written is not the native language of the author, before submitting it to the Journal of Russian Studies the manuscripts should be read or edited by a language editor or at least by someone whose native language is the language of the mentioned manuscripts.

9) The references used in the manuscript should be given both in footnotes and in the bibliography.

10) Authors' names and information about the organization they affiliate with should be clearly and accurately stated in the article.

11) Articles to be sent should be original studies and should not have been published before or in any ongoing publication process.

12) Before the final approval of the editorial board, the manuscripts are pre-reviewed by the editorial board and send to two referees, and a third referee if deemed necessary. The double-blind referee system is used.

13) The Journal of Russian Studies strives to ensure that neither referee knows the author(s) or the other referee, and vice versa. In any case, under no circumstances will the identity of the referees be disclosed to the author(s) or to any other third party.

14) If deemed appropriate by the editor and the editorial board, a list of the referees of that year is published in the year-end issue of the journal.

15) The Journal of Russian Studies has an evaluation criterion based on the detailed and scientific referee reporting of the Dergi Park’s system.

16) The authors must ensure that their work complies with The Journal of Russian Studies's rules. Otherwise, the articles will be rejected.

17) Please note that the necessary corrections to the manuscripts are not the responsibilities of the editorial board or referees but authors!

18) If the correction is required in the light of the reviewer's and also the editorial board's recommendations, the authors are expected to submit the edited articles within 2 weeks.

19) The editorial board may independently decide to accept or reject non-research manuscripts (such as symposiums and congress news, book presentations, etc.) without following a reviewing process.

20) The opinions in the published articles belong only to the author(s). It does not bind the journal owner, the publisher, or the editors.

21) Articles submitted are subjected to editorial review first. In this phase, firstly, the compliance of the study with the journal rules is examined. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal rules are returned to their authors.

PAGE LAYOUT

1) The references and the bibliography should conform with The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition.

2) The article font should be set to "Palatino Linotype".

3) The font size should be 10 points.

4) Footnotes should be written in font size 8 points. 

5) Paragraph settings, "justified", "hanging/value: 0.5".

6) Line spacing should be set to "Single".

* Copyright Transfer Form

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ОФОРМЛЕНИЕ РУКОПИСИ НАУЧНОЙ СТАТЬИ

1) Формат – Word (.doc, .docx) (Скачивайте "Шаблон статьи - Word").

2) Объем – от 4.000 до 10.000 слов.

3) Структура – введение, подразделы и заключение.

4) Размера шрифта текста – 10 пт (punto), сносок – 8 пт (punto).

5) Шрифт – Cambria.

6) Интервал – Одинарный.

7) Список источников и литературы должен быть оформлен в строгом соответствии с правилами «The Chicago Manual of Style 16. Edition»

8) Название русскоязычной статьи, аннотация и ключевые слова дублируются на английском и турецком языках, англоязычной – на турецком (редакция оказывает помощь в переводе на турецкий язык). Минимальный объём аннотации – 250 слов. Аннотация включает в себя информацию о цели, методологии, результатах исследования. Ключевые слова (3–5 слов) отделяются друг от друга запятой.

9) Список источников и литературы дублируется на латинице (для транслитерации можно пользоваться сайтом: https://translit.net/ru/lc/).

10) Заполните Copyright Transfer Form

Publication Ethics & Malpractice

The ethics statement of the RUSAD is based on the “Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors–2011” and “Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers” of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Accordingly, the ethical responsibilities of editors, authors, and publishers are as follows:

Duties of Editors

Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts exclusively based on their academic merit (importance, originality, study’s validity, clarity) and their relevance to the journal’s scope, without regard to the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious belief, political philosophy or institutional affiliation. Decisions to edit and publish are not determined by the policies of governments or any other agencies outside of the journal itself. The Editor-in-Chief has full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content.

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Accordingly, the Publisher undertakes to provide open access to the journal; therefore, it is deemed to have accepted the task of making all parts of the published content permanently and freely accessible to academic circles around the world. The publisher does not charge any material or moral fees for the processing and printing of the articles in the application process. The publisher undertakes to make the content of the magazine available continuously and free of charge.

The publisher is archiving and protecting the online content using Lockss through Dergipark.

Editor and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Editor and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their research purposes without the author’s explicit written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained by editors as a result of handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used for their advantage. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

The editor ensures that all submitted manuscripts being considered for publication undergo peer review by at least two reviewers who are experts in the field. The editor is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the validation of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers’ comments, and such legal requirements as are currently in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other Editorial boards or reviewers in making this decision.

The editor (in conjunction with the publisher and/or society) will take responsive measures when ethical concerns are raised about a submitted manuscript or published paper. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior will be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication. Editors follow the COPE Flowcharts when dealing with cases of suspected misconduct. If on the investigation, the ethical concern is well-founded, a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note as may be relevant, will be published in the journal.

Duties of Reviewers

Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, may assist authors in improving their manuscripts. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication and lies at the heart of the scientific endeavor.

Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editors and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Any manuscripts received for review are confidential documents and must be treated as such; they must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the Editor-in-Chief (who would only do so under exceptional and specific circumstances). This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

Reviews should be conducted objectively and observations formulated clearly with supporting arguments so that authors can use them for improving the manuscript. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that is an observation, derivation, or argument that has been reported in previous publications should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also notify the editors of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other manuscript (published or unpublished) of which they have personal knowledge.

Any invited referee who has conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscript and the work described therein should immediately notify the editors to declare their conflicts of interest and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Unpublished material disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s research without the express written consent of the authors. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for the reviewer’s advantage. This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

Duties of Authors

Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and the results, followed by an objective discussion of the significance of the work. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Review articles should be accurate, objective, and comprehensive, while editorial 'opinion' or perspective pieces should be identified as such. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review. They should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least 10 years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data center), provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.

Authors should ensure that they have written and submitted only entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported in the manuscript should also be cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, from “passing off” another’s paper as the author’s own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Multiple, duplicate, redundant, or concurrent submission/publication

Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal or primary publication. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript that has already been published in another journal. Submission of a manuscript concurrently to more than one journal is unethical publishing behavior and unacceptable.

The publication of some kinds of articles (such as clinical guidelines, and translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided that certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Authorship of the manuscript

Only persons who meet these authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the manuscript as they must be able to take public responsibility for the content: (a) made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the study; and (b) drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content, and (c) have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication.

All persons who made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript (such as technical help, writing and editing assistance, and general support) but who do not meet the criteria for authorship must not be listed as an author, but should be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" section after their written permission to be named as been obtained. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate coauthors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list and verify that all coauthors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

Authors should—at the earliest stage possible (generally by submitting a disclosure form at the time of submission and including a statement in the manuscript)—disclose any conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include financial ones such as honoraria, educational grants or other funding, participation in speakers’ bureaus, membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest, and paid expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements, as well as non-financial ones such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the work should be disclosed (including the grant number or other reference number if any).

Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from the conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained in the course of providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animals or human participants, the authors should ensure that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them; the manuscript should contain a statement to this effect. Authors should also include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human participants. The privacy rights of human participants must always be observed.

Peer review

Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process and cooperate fully by responding promptly to editors’ requests for raw data, clarifications, proof of ethics approval, patient consent, and copyright permissions. In the case of a first decision of "revisions necessary", authors should respond to the reviewers’ comments systematically, point by point, and promptly, revising and re-submitting their manuscript to the journal by the deadline given.

Fundamental errors in published works

When authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their published work, they must promptly notify the journal’s editors or publisher and cooperate with them to correct the paper in the form of an erratum or to retract the paper. If the editors or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, then it is the author’s obligation to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the journal editors of the correctness of the article. 

RUSAD is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

RUSAD supports open access publications in order to reach a wider audience and does not charge any fee for publishing articles from the authors or accessing publications from the readers.