About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The journal focuses on applied science; peer-reviewed, issued in Russian (4 issues per year); has a subscription index in the Russian Post catalog.

The journal covers fundamental and applied research in philology (linguistics and literary studies), teaching methods of the Russian (including that as a foreign language) and foreign languages, literature, and journalism.

The journal publishes scientific articles, materials of conferences, symposia, round tables, information on scientific events, reviews, research reports, translations of foreign authors’ works, and other research materials.

The edition informs the readers on the current state and prospects of the development of philological science in Russia and abroad. The journal is of interest for researchers, university lecturers, college and secondary school teachers, post-graduate students, candidate and doctoral students. The edition is distributed to the leading scientific and educational institutions of the Russian Federation and abroad, national libraries, scientific funds, and other structures and institutions of the science-and-education scope.

The high quality of studies is provided not only by the researchers of the Southern Federal District but also by leading researchers of universities and scientific organizations in other regions and abroad.

Publishing Ethics

The ethics policy of this journal is based on recommendations from the international committee: Committee on Publication Ethics 

Editorial Responsibilities

The manuscript may be rejected by the editor on the stage prior to peer-review for a solid reason (inappropriate topic for the journal, the material is of obviously low scientific quality, the article was previously published elsewhere, essential contradiction to the ethical principles of the Journal was detected). Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain. Editors should guarantee that the quality of the papers conforms to internationally accepted scientific and publication ethical guidelines. In case of a conflict of interest between an editor and an article author, the article should be reassigned to another editor.

Reporting Standards

Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective. Editorial opinion works should be clearly identified as such.

Advertising Policies

The journal does not publish advertising materials

Originality and Plagiarism

Only original works are acceptable for publication in the journal. The journal does not allow any forms of plagiarism.

Should authors use or refer to works and/or statements by other authors, the said sources should be properly cited or quoted.

The journal is using "ANTIPLAGIAT" software for plagiarism detection in all Russian-language manuscripts. Google Scholar is used for English-language manuscripts.

Papers will be rejected at any stage of the publication process (even if the article was published already) if any plagiarism is detected.

Authorship 

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. If there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The responsible author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final draft of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human Subjects

Authors should include a statement in the manuscript confirming that informed consent was obtained for any experiments on human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.

Statement of Human Rights

When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 and 2008. Should there be doubt whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the debatable aspects of the study.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the editor proving the correctness of the original paper.

Retraction Guidelines

In some cases, the Editorial Board may consider retracting a publication.

The grounds for retraction may be the following:

  • it constitutes plagiarism, including borrowed pictures, tables, diagrams, etc. if plagiarism was detected after publication (see Plagiarism Policy),
  • third parties forward claims concerning copyrights for the article or its parts,
  • the findings have previously been published elsewhere before the date of its publication in the journal.

Privacy Statement

Information about the authors (surname, name, family name, affiliation, e-mail, contact number) provided by them for publication in the journal is becoming available for an indefinite range of persons, for which the authors give their permission by providing their article online on the website of the journal.

The following data is published for the authors’ convenience to provide a full and correct account of publications and their citation by the corresponding bibliography companies and facilitate the contact between the authors and the scientific community.

Personal information provided by the authors in addition to the aforementioned includes additional e-mails and phones. It shall be used only for contacting the authors in the process of publication preparation. The Editorial Board may not transmit this information to the third party, who can use in for some other purposes. 

Peer Review Process

Regulations on the reviewing process of the articles in the journal “Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology”

Articles submitted to the editorial board of the journal “Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology” undergo the process of single-blinded review (the reviewer knows about the author while the author doesn’t know about the editor).

The head of the editorial passes the articles to the editors of the sections (print or electronic version). The editors define the reviewers according to the theme of the article.

The reviewer must examine the article within 3 months and give a review (by e-mail, by post or directly to the editorial's office).

The reviewer can recommend the article for publication; recommend for publication after its modification; not recommend for publication.

The review evaluates the scientific value of the article. Attention is paid to the title, objectives of the article, novelty, sufficient scientific argumentation, summarizing and conclusions, scientific and practical importance.

If the reviewer recommends the article after modification or does not recommend it, the review must state the reasons for the decision.

The head of the editorial demonstrates the review to the author in case of remarks and necessity of its modification or in case of its rejection.

If the article has been modified in accordance with the reviewer's remarks, the article undergoes a second reviewing by the same reviewer. The duration of the second reviewing is 30 days.

If there are any recommendations for correcting the article, the editorial suggests taking them into account when preparing its new version. The correcting should be completed within no more than 1 month from the moment of sending an electronic message to the author(s) stating the necessity to introduce changes. The article corrected by the author is re-sent to the reviewer and section editor. If, after revision, the reviewer or section editor have significant comments, the article is withdrawn from consideration and rejected. In this case, the author receives a notification via e-mail.

In case of a negative review from two different reviewers or one negative review on the modified draft, the article is rejected without further examination by other members of the editorial board.

A second correction of the article is not allowed.

The head of the editorial informs the author of the decision made. The maximum period of reviewing process between the dates of acceptance and final reviewing decision is four months.

There is no further correspondence with the authors of rejected articles.

A positive review is not sufficient for the publication of the article.

The final decision on the publication is made by the editorial board at a special session dedicated to the upcoming issue of the journal.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

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Journal History

This journal of philological scope has been published by the University since 1997 (“Philological proceedings of Rostov State University”, registration certificate Р № 2966). After the establishment of Southern Federal University by merging Rostov State University, Rostov State Pedagogical University, Rostov State Academy of Architecture and Arts, Taganrog State Radiotechnical University (Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation № 1616-р from November 23, 2006) the journal received a new title “Proceedings of SFedU. Philology” and has new registration (registration certificate ПИ №ФС77-28745 from July 5, 2007), the editorial board and council were also updated. Within the 12 years of its existence, the journal has published articles of the leading researchers in the field of philology from Russia and abroad. The journal is on the list of the leading peer-reviewed journals and issues where main research results of dissertations and theses should be published for those competing for a doctoral or candidate’s degree.

Publication Fee

 

Publication in the journal is free for all authors.