Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension

 

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Journal goals: reflection and scientific discussion of the current fundamental and applied problems of cultural studies, art history, design, socio-cultural communication, the achievements in the field of cross-cultural research, use of scientific results in the practice of cultural industries and teaching of cultural disciplines. The journal contributes to the development of fundamental knowledge about culturology, art history, communicantion science and their role and place in society.

 

 

JOURNAL SECTIONS

Socio-cultural communication

World and national culture

Cultural Industries

Reviews

Chronicle, information

Anniversaries

In memory of the scientist

Sections on "Sociocultural Communication", "World and National Culture" and "Cultural Industries" are peer-reviewed.

 

 

PERIODICITY

The journal is published twice a year (February, August).

 

 

FREE ACCESS POLICY

Articles are available for viewing and downloading three months after  being posted on the website.

 

 

ARCHIVING

National Library of Belarus.

Belarusian State University.

 

 

REVIEWING

All articles submitted to the editorial office are double-blind peer-reviewed.

Reviewing procedure

A scientific article received by the journal editorial office is reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief and his deputies for its compliance with the journal profile and design requirements. In case of the compliance with these criteria, the article is sent for  specialists reviewing.

Reviewing is carried out by the members of the journal editorial board, whose scientific specialisation is the closets to the subject of the article. All reviewers are recognised experts on the subject of the reviewed materials and have publications on the subject within the last 3 years. The editorial board has the right to attract external reviewers (doctors or candidates of sciences, including practitioners). Specialists working at the institution where the research is done are not involved in reviewing.

The reviewing process is confidential. The reviewers are informed that the articles sent to them are the private property of the authors and are classified as non-public information. The reviewers as well as the editorial staff have no right to use the knowledge about the content of the article before its publication in their own interests. Reviewers are not allowed to make copies of articles for their own needs. Reviewers are not allowed to give some part of the article for reviewing by another person without the permission of the editors. The breach of confidentiality is possible only in case of claim of inaccuracy or falsification of materials.

 

Reviewing deadlines:

(a) The Editor-in-Chief of the journal reviews the article submitted for publication within 14 working days from the date of its receipt by the editorial office. After that, the author receives a notification about the decision made regarding his/her material;

b) the article is reviewed within 30 working days from the moment of its submission to the specialists.

Content of the review:

a) the review should contain an expert assessment of the article according to the following parameters: compliance of the article content with its title; relevance of the research topic; scientific novelty of the obtained results; feasibility of the article publication taking into account the previously published literature on this issue; presentation of the material (language, style, used categories and phrases, structure);

b) the reviewer has the right to give recommendations to the author and the editorial office on the revision of the article. Comments and wishes of the reviewer should be objective and principled, aimed at improving the scientific and methodological level of the article;

c) the final part of the review should contain one of the following decisions:

- to recommend to accept the article for publishing in the open press;

- to recommend to accept the article for publishing in the open press after marking technical corrections;

- to recommend to accept the article for publishing in the open press after the author has eliminated the reviewer's comments, the article is then sent to the same reviewer for a second review;

- to recommend to refuse the article publication in the open press due to its non-compliance with the requirements to the scientific level of the journal.

d) the review may be filled in on a template-form specially designed for this purpose. Specific editorial comments of reviewers to the texts of articles, stated in the form of comments to the electronic versions of articles, can be especially valuable.

If the reviewer decides to re-review the article, the author should make all the necessary corrections and submit the final version to the editorial office with an accompanying revision note detailing which comments the author accepted and which (and for what reasons) were rejected. (The author mentions all the comments received from the reviewer). In this case, the date of the receipt to the editorial office is the date of the return of the revised article. If the reviewer makes a similar decision (impossibility to accept the article without another revision) after the second review, the article is considered rejected and is no longer subject to consideration by the journal editorial board.

In case of a negative evaluation of the article, the reviewer must convincingly justify his conclusions.

In case the article is accepted for consideration later, the journal editorial office sends the author a review of his/her article in an electronic form without the signature and indication of the reviewer's name, position, place of work.

After reviewing, the articles accepted for publication undergo literary editing and layout. The PDF file of the article is sent to the contact author for approval. The author should agree on the article with the editorial board within 2-3 days. In case of the impossibility to agree on the material (the editorial office and the author have not reached a compromise on controversial issues, or the author does not contact the editorial office), the editorial office has the right to reject the article.

The journal editorial office does not keep manuscripts not accepted for publication.

Manuscripts accepted for publication are not returned. Manuscripts that received a negative evaluation from the reviewer are not published and are not returned to the author.

The original reviews are kept in the journal editorial office for 3 years from the date of their signing by the reviewer.

The editorial office has the right to partially or fully provide the materials of scientific articles to Russian and foreign organisations that provide indexing of scientific publications, as well as to post these materials on the journal's website.

The order of articles publication is established in accordance with the editorial plan of the journal.

 

 

INDEXING

The Journal is indexed in the systems:

Russian Science Citation Index (elibrary.ru);

Google Academy (Google Scholar).

 

 

ETHICS OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

The requirements of observing ethics  publication while  preparing and publishingof the journal «Man in the Sociocultural Dimension» concern all the participants of the editorial and publishing process - authors, editors, reviewers and the publisher who create this journal. The editorial office of the journal monitors the implementation of ethical requirements, relying on the  guidelines prepared by foreign profile organisations, associations and publishing houses, as well as by the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (ASEP). The main documents which the editorial office of the journal «Man in the Sociocultural Dimension» relies on are the elaborations of the Committee on Publication Ethics, of Great Britain, as well as the Declaration «Ethical Principles of Scientific Publications» adopted by ANPRI.

 

Author's responsibility

The author submits a previously unpublished article for consideration.

The author does not send an article to different journals for consideration.

In case of collective authorship, all co-authors must agree to submit the article to the journal.

Only the individuals who have made significant contributions to the research are included in the list of authors. Guest or gift authorship is not allowed.

The individuals who contributed to the research but whose participation was not sufficient to warrant their identification as authors should be named in the Acknowledgements section.

The author should ensure that each person named in the Acknowledgements section consents to the publication of their names, as the editor may request  the confirmation of this information.

In case of collective authorship, it should be determined which of the authors will be in contact with the editorial office (contact author) throughout the whole process of reviewing and publishing the article.

The author should familiarise himself/herself with the journal policies regarding correspondence with external reviewers and the editorial office,  with publication ethics, formatting rules, and embargo policies before submitting the article.

If the author wants to submit a manuscript that is currently under review to another journal, the author must send a formal notification to the editor of the journal where the manuscript is under review, requesting that their paper be withdrawn from consideration. All co-authors must agree to the withdrawal request.

The author must ensure that the manuscript under review is original and does not contain the borrowed content.

The author must avoid republishing that reproduces the exact content of his/her other works.

The author takes the  necessary steps to ensure that the citations and references presented in the article are correct.

The author correctly cites his/her previous works and avoids self-plagiarism in the manuscript and artificial increase in the volume of publications (salami-slicing).

When using figures and tables already published in other publications, the author must obligatory indicate the reference to the source.

The author corresponds correctly with the reviewer through the editor and responds to the comments and remarks, if they arise.

The contact author notifies his/her co-authors about all the  changes and suggestions from the journal editorial board of the journal and does not make any decisions concerning the article without the written consent of the co-authors.

If necessary, the author corrects the data presented in the article or refutes them.

The author should indicate all the sources of funding (state, commercial, etc.).

Authors should keep all the correspondence with one another and with the editorial office in secret.

When sending an article, authors are obliged to notify about the conflict of interest that might arise.

 

Responsibility of the Editors

The editors of the journal are personally and independently responsible for the content of published materials and admit this responsibility. The credibility of the work under consideration and its scientific significance should always underlie the decision to publish it.

Editors make fair and objective decisions irrespective of commercial considerations and ensure a fair and effective process of independent peer reviewing.

Editors evaluate the intellectual content of manuscripts regardless of the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, background, citizenship, or political preferences.

Editors do not work with articles regarding which they have a conflict of interest.

Unpublished data obtained from the articles submitted for reviewing may not be used for personal research without the written consent of the author. The information or ideas obtained during the reviewing process and  related to possible benefits should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.

The journal editors resolve conflicts arising in the course of work and use all available means to resolve them.

The journal editors publish the information about corrections, refutations  and withdrawals of articles when necessary.

The editor who has provided convincing evidence that the assertions or conclusions presented in the publication are incorrect should report this to the publisher (and/or to the relevant scientific society) for prompt notification of changes, the withdrawal of the publication, expressions of concern, and other statements appropriate to the situation.

The journal editors will not publish the final version of the article without its approval by the authors.

The journal editors reserve the right to abridge and edit the materials in the article. Minor corrections of stylistic, nomenclatural or formal nature are made in the article without the author's agreement. The editorial office is responsible for compliance with orthographic and punctuation norms. 

Responsibilities of reviewers

The reviewer evaluates his/her current employment before agreeing to review the manuscript and agrees to review it only if there is sufficient time for quality work.

The reviewer notifies the editorial office of the conflict of interest (if any) before beginning the work on the article.

Reviewers should identify the significant published works that are relevant to the topic and not included in the bibliography to the manuscript. Any statement (observation, conclusion, or argument) that has been previously published should be appropriately referenced in the manuscript bibliography. The reviewer should also draw the editor's attention to the disclosure of significant similarities or coincidences  between the manuscript under review and any other published work within the reviewer's scientific competence.

The reviewer does not make conclusions about the quality of the article based on subjective data: personal attitude to the author, his/her gender, age, religion.

The reviewer does not transfer information about the article and the data it contains to third parties.

The reviewer does not use the information obtained from the article for personal and commercial purposes.

 

Publisher's responsibility

The publisher promotes good research practices and standards accepted in the sphere of publishing guidelines, withdrawal  procedures and error correction.

The publisher not only supports scholarly communication and invests in the process, but is also responsible for ensuring that the published article adheres to all up-to-date recommendations of competent authorities.

The publisher does not influence the editorial policy of the journal.

The publisher provides legal support to the editorial office of the journal if necessary.

The publisher ensures the timeliness of the publication of the journal issues.

The publisher publishes corrections, clarifications and withdraws articles in which the violations of scientific ethics or critical errors have been revealed.

The Publisher is responsible for the journal design in accordance with the requirements of international scientific databases. 

 

 

founder

Belarusian State University.

 

 

PUBLICATION FEE

Publication in the journal is free of charge.

 

 

DISCLOSURE POLICY AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Unpublished data obtained from the  manuscripts submitted for reviewing may not be used in personal research without the written consent of the author.

Information or ideas obtained during the reviewing  process and related to possible benefits should be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.

Reviewers should not participate in reviewing the manuscripts if there is a conflict of interest due to competitive, collaborative and other interactions and relations with any of the authors, companies or other organisations related to the submitted work. 

 

 

BORROWINGS AND PLAGIARISM

The articles accepted by the editorial office are checked using the Anti-Plagiarism system. If multiple borrowings are revealed, the editorial office acts in accordance with the rules of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

 

 

POLICY FOR PREPRINTS AND POSTPRINTS

During the article submission process, the author should confirm that the article has not been published or accepted for publication in another scientific journal.

Articles that have been previously posted by authors on personal or public websites not affiliated with other publishing houses are eligible for consideration.