Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

The journal “Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia” publishes the results of fundamental and applied research, analytical materials of leading experts from Russia and abroad.

The main goals of the journal are:

• information exchange, spreading the scientific results and achievements and other innovations in the field of the level and quality of life research, as well as related areas;
• substantiation, development, and dissemination of the concept of increasing the level and quality of life as an integral idea of ​​the innovative development of society;
• expanding opportunities for indexing scientific papers in key Russian and international citation databases.

The journal, as part of the Russian and international scientific information system, fulfills the following tasks:

• reflection of the research results, both fundamental and applied, presented by specialists, graduate students, and applicants who focus on the issues of the level and quality of life;
• formation of the research component of the university environment and dissemination of the main scientific achievements in the field of the level and quality of life;
• identification of scientific potential to implement the advanced achievements in order to improve the level and quality of life in Russia and internationally;
• organization of open scientific polemics, contributing to the improvement of the quality of dissertation research, the effectiveness of the examination of scientific works;
• ensuring publicity and openness reflecting the main areas of activity of international research teams in the field of the level and quality of life issues.

The journal is included in the list of the Higher Attestation Commission in the following thematic areas:

5.2.3 Regional and sectoral economics (economic sciences)

5.4.2. Economic sociology (sociological sciences)

5.4.3. Demography (sociological sciences)

5.4.3. Demography (economic sciences)

5.4.4. Social structure, social institutions and processes (sociological sciences)

It supports research and discussions on various economic, sociological, and demographic problems of the level and quality of life.

Sections

Articles

Chief editor's column

Economic research

Demographic research

Sociological research

Philosophical research

Personalities

Scientific life

Bookshelf

Article of the issue

Memory about the scientist

Peer Review Process

Main guidelines

1.1. This Regulation defines the procedure for reviewing articles submitted to the Editorial Board of the scientific and practical journal "Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia" (hereinafter – the Journal) for publication, in accordance with Russian and international publishing standards.

1.2. The purpose of reviewing manuscripts is to ensure a high scientific level of the Journal on the basis of original, completed works of researchers and practitioners in the field of the level and quality of life of the population.

1.3. The manuscripts of articles that do not violate the requirements of the Journal for the design of articles and have been successfully checked in the "Antiplagiat" system are subject to review. The requirements for the design of articles are published in the printed and electronic versions of the Journal, and are also available on the publication's website: vcugjournal.ru Materials of reference and informational content are not subject to review.

1.4. Manuscripts are the intellectual property of the authors and relate to information that is not subject to disclosure during reviewing.

Review procedure

2.1. The organization of work on reviewing manuscripts is carried out on the principle of two-way "blind" (anonymous) reviewing: the reviewer is not informed about the authors of the reviewed manuscript, the authors are not informed about the reviewer. The interaction of reviewers and authors is carried out through the editorial office of the Journal.

2.2.Members of the Editorial Board and the Editorial Board of the Journal, as well as third-party experts with sufficient experience in scientific work in the scientific direction stated in the article and having a candidate's or doctor's degree, are involved in reviewing. It is not allowed to involve as a reviewer the author or co-author of the reviewed work, managers and employees of the department in which the author works, co-authors.

2.3. The manuscript is sent to two reviewers in electronic form (in printed form at the request of the reviewer) together with the established review form and a cover letter without specifying any information about the authors and with a notification that the manuscript is the intellectual property of the authors and refers to information that is not subject to disclosure during reviewing.

2.4. The manuscripts are evaluated by the reviewer for compliance with the criteria, the list of which is established by the Editorial Board of the Journal. The duration of the review should not exceed 10 days from the date of receipt of the manuscript to the expert.

2.5. The results of the review serve as the basis for the decision of the editorial board of the Journal to allow the manuscript to be published (with or without revision by the authors) or to refuse publication.

2.6. Information about the results of the review is provided to the authors without specifying any information about the expert. The authors of the manuscripts have the right to provide the editorial board of the Journal with a reasoned disagreement with the results of the review. It is allowed to review the article by a second expert.

2.7. A manuscript in need of revision is sent by the Editorial Board of the Journal to the authors with critical comments of the reviewer. The completion period is 10 days. In case of non-compliance with the deadlines for revision, complete rejection of revision, or failure to take measures on fundamental comments, the Editorial Board reserves the right to refuse publication. The article modified by the authors is re-submitted to the same reviewer or another at the discretion of the Editorial Board of the Journal. The final decision on the revised article is made at a meeting of the Editorial Board of the Journal based on the results of repeated review.

2.8. Reviewers may be asked to review the changes made to the manuscript or to create a new version of the review based on the corrected text of the manuscript. The final decision on the revised article is made at a meeting of the Editorial Board of the Journal based on the results of repeated review.

2.9. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit the text of the manuscript in agreement with the author.

2.10. The review of manuscripts for the Journal is carried out free of charge.

2.11. All reviews are stored in the editorial office in writing for five years.

Requirements for the content of the review

3.1. The review of the manuscript includes:

1. Text presentation of the results of the evaluation of the manuscript according to the established criteria,
2. Evaluation of the manuscript using a point system,
3. Final recommendation.

 3.2. The evaluation of the manuscript is carried out according to the following parameters:
• the relevance of the problem under consideration;
• formulation of the hypothesis;
• scientific novelty of research results;
• methodological and educational usefulness;
• practical application (already held).
In addition, in the conclusion, the reviewer indicates: the conformity of the content to the stated topic, the relevance of the research, the correctness of theoretical and methodological approaches and research tools, the quality of the actual material used: novelty, reliability (confirmation by relevant sources), the validity of the conclusions, their compliance with the objectives of the study, the quality of the annotation: completeness, conciseness, characteristics of the sources used: the use of modern (last 5 years) scientific publications of Russian specialists on the stated topic, the use of foreign sources, scientific/practical significance of the study.

3.3. The text presentation of the results of the evaluation of the manuscript should be concise and understandable, critical comments should be justified and reasoned.

3.4. The evaluation of the manuscript with the use of points of the table in the appendix "Review form".

3.5. A generalizing recommendation is given in the final part of the review. The expert points to one of the three proposed variants of the recommendation that corresponds to the results of the review:

- accept the manuscript for publication (the manuscript fully meets the established criteria);

- accept the manuscript for publication with the condition of completion (the manuscript does not fully meet the established criteria);

- refuse to publish the manuscript (the manuscript does not fully meet the established criteria).

3.6. The review is provided to the Editorial Board of the Journal in a typewritten version, or in electronic form from your personal postal address.

3.7. The review is signed by an expert with a transcript of the surname, first name, and patronymic, indicating the academic degree, academic title, position, and date. The signature must be certified at the place of work.

3.8. The editorial Board undertakes to send copies of reviews to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon receipt of a corresponding request to the editorial office of the publication.

Publication Frequency

Publication frequency: Quarterly.

Open Access Policy

The Journal provides direct open access to its content based on the following principle: free open access to the results of research contributes to the increase of global knowledge exchange. Full-text electronic versions of articles and all other published materials are placed in free access on the official website of the journal in the Internet. Materials published on the Journal's website can be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed, found or attached to the full text of the relevant articles, used for indexing, entered as data into software or used for other lawful purposes in the absence of financial, legal and technical barriers, except those governing access to the Internet proper, but with a mandatory link to the Journal's website. Journal materials are available under the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 CC-BY licence