Editorial Ethics

General provisions

1. The editorial ethics of the journal is a set of principles and rules that should guide the relationship between the participants in the publication process: authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, distributors and readers.

2. In its work, the Editorial Board is guided by the modern legal requirements of the Russian legislation in respect of copyright, plagiarism and ethical principles supported by the community of leading publishers of scientific periodicals, and is responsible for the publication of copyright works.

3. Editorial policy of the journal “Issues of Theology” follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Publishing Ethics (SOPE).


Ethical principles in the work of the editor

The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board are responsible for making the works of authorship public, which implies that their activities comply with the following fundamental principles:

  • When making a decision on publication, the editor of a scientific journal is guided by the reliability of data presentation and scientific significance of the work under consideration;

  • The editor should evaluate the intellectual content of the manuscripts regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, nationality, social status or political preferences of the authors;

  • Unpublished data presented in the manuscript should not be used for personal purposes or transferred to third parties without the written consent of the author;

  • Information or ideas obtained in the course of editing and related to possible advantages should be kept confidential and should not be used for personal gain;

  • The editor should not allow the information to be published if there are sufficient grounds to believe that it is plagiarism;

  • The editor, together with the publisher, must not leave unanswered any claims concerning the manuscripts or published materials reviewed in the event of a conflict, and must take all necessary measures to restore the violated rights.


Ethical principles in the activities of the reviewer

The impartial activity of the reviewer carrying out scientific expertise of the author's materials should comply with the following principles:

  • A manuscript received for review is considered to be a confidential document, which cannot be passed on to third parties who do not have the appropriate authority to review it;

  • The reviewer is obliged to give an objective and substantiated assessment of the stated results of the research, personal criticism of the author is unacceptable;

  • Unpublished data obtained from the manuscripts submitted for review may not be used for personal purposes;

  • The reviewer, who, in his opinion, is not qualified to evaluate the manuscript or is not able to be objective, for example, in case of a conflict of interests with the author or organization, should inform the editor about it with a request to exclude him from the review process of the given manuscript.


Ethical principles in the author's activity

The author (or team of authors) is aware of the responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research, which implies the following principles:

  • Authors should provide reliable results of the conducted research, knowingly erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable;

  • Authors should ensure that the research results set out in the manuscript are fully original;

  • The borrowed excerpts or statements should be accompanied by an indication of the author and the original source: excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form, including hidden and veiled, unexecuted quotations, paraphrasing or assignment of rights to the results of others' research, are unethical and unacceptable;

  • The contribution of all persons who have influenced the course of the research in any way should be recognized, in particular the manuscript should include references to works that were relevant to the conduct of the research;

  • Authors should not submit to the journal manuscripts sent to another journal and accepted for consideration or published in other editions;

  • All persons who have made a significant contribution to the research should be mentioned as co-authors; it is unacceptable to mention persons who have not participated in the research among co-authors;

  • If the author discovers material errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its consideration or after its publication, he should notify the editorial board of the journal as soon as possible.