The Order of reviewing manuscripts
established the editorial Board of the scientific-methodical journal
"Bulletin of the Vladimir State University named after
Alexander Grigorovich and Nikolai Grigorovich Stoletovs.
Series: Pedagogical and psychological sciences"
("Bulletin Of The University. Series: Pedagogical and psychological sciences")
1. Every manuscript submitted to the Journal undergoes an additional review
procedure.
2. At the discretion of the authors, when submitting an article to the editorial
Board of the Journal it can be submitted to external review, which, however, does
not exclude the ordinary review procedure. The review is signed by the specialist
with details of name, family name and patronymic, assignment dates, indicating an
academic degree, academic title and position of the reviewer post; the signature
must be verified. The article sent to the editor, may be accompanied by a letter
from the sending organization signed by its head (Deputy).
3. Manuscript articles submitted to the Journal, are discussed by the editor
for appropriateness of a manuscript to the Journal profile, design requirements and
is reviewed by a specialist.
4. Reviewing is performed by one of the members of the editorial Board of
the Journal, which has the closest scientific specialization to the topic. The
editorial Board has the right to engage external reviewers (doctors or candidates of
sciences, including practitioners with a recognized status and working in the field
of knowledge to which the content of the manuscript belongs).
5. The review is confidential. Information about the reviewer are anonymous
to the authors and are intended only for editorial and Commission WAC.
6. The review should objectively evaluate scientific articles and contain a
comprehensive analysis of its scientific and methodological advantages and
disadvantages. The review is composed according to the pattern or in free form,
with the mandatory use of a number of criteria, including: the contents of the
article profile and scientific standards of the journal; the clarity of the wording of
the article title; the relevance of the topic of the present article; scientific novelty of
the problem and the productivity of its permissions; interest in the topic of
specialists and a wide range of readers; the importance to the practice of education
ideas, regulations, data, conclusions and recommendations presented in the article;
reliance on authoritative sources, scientific literature; the correct use of empirical
research (including the author himself); availability of volume of manuscript in
whole and its separate elements (text, tables, illustrations, references);
appropriateness of placement of tables, illustrations and their correspondence to the
chosen topic; the quality of the article – style, terminology, wording.
7. The final part of the review should contain valid conclusions about the
manuscript and a clear recommendation about whether its publication in the
journal, or the need for its revision. In case of a negative evaluation of the
manuscript as a whole (recommendation on the advisability of the publication) the
reviewer should justify their conclusions.
8. In case of discrepancy of the manuscript to one or more criteria, the
reviewer indicates the need for revision of the article and gives recommendations
for improvement of the manuscript (indicating inaccuracies and errors made by the
author ).
9. According to the results of the reviewing the article can be:
a) accepted for publication
b) sent to the author for revision
The article, accepted for publication, but needs work, will be sent to the authors
with the reviewers ' comments. Authors must make all necessary corrections in the
final version of the manuscript and return to the editor the correct text, identical to
the electronic version together with the original version and a cover letter-response
to the reviewer. After the revision the article is re-reviewed, and the editorial Board
decides to publish it. The articles sent to the authors for corrections must be
returned to the editorial office not later than in 7 calendar days after receipt. The
return of the article at a later date changes the date of publication.
b) rejected
The manuscripts not prepared in accordance with the requirements of the editorial
board or those ones the authors of which refuse to make technical revision; the
articles, the authors of which do not react to the reviewer’s constructive comments
or do not refute them with good argumentation are not permitted for publication
10. In case of disagreement with the reviewer's comments, one may apply
for the second review or to withdraw the article, as recorded in the log.
11. The decision to publish the article after review is made by the chief
editor, and, if necessary, by the editorial Board on the new issue of the magazine.
12. The editorial Board does not store the manuscripts not accepted for
publication. The manuscripts accepted for publication are not returned.
Manuscripts that received a negative result from the reviewer, are not published
and not returned to the author.
13. On request of the author extracts from the opinions of reviewers can be
provided by email.
14. The average processing time for articles is 2-3 months. About the
acceptance or rejection of the work the author shall be informed, on request, by email.
15. Editors do not report information on the manuscript (including
information about the receipt, content, review process, critical comments of
reviewers and the final decision), to anyone except the authors and reviewers.
16. Not subject to review:
– articles of members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and Russian
Academy of Education (RAO), if a member of the Academy is the only or the first
author of the publication;
– scientific reports given at the congresses, conferences, etc., and resolution
(solution) forums, recommended for publication by members of the editorial Board
and designed in the form of articles;
– Interviews and reports from Round tables, Conferences, etc.;
– Information, news and advertising, image articles, messages and ads.