Editorial Ethics and Policy

The editorial policy at the Lomonosov Psychology Journal stems from the ethical behavioral standards and applies without exception to all participants in the editorial and publishing process including the editorial board, authors, reviewers, and the publisher.

1. The Lomonosov Psychology Journal follows the best practices on ethical issues in accordance with international publishing standards. It is guided by the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Principles of Transparency & Best Practice for Scholarly Publication) as outlined according to the Association of Scientific Editors and Publisher’s declaration of Ethical Principles of Scientific Publications , and the Russian Psychological Society’s (RPS) Code of Ethics for Psychologists. The journal also interacts with the RPS Commission on Scientific Publications for purposes of complying with all current ethical recommendations as it pertains to published works.
2. Publications in the journal are free of charge based on the results of: : plagiarism checks, double-blind peer review, signed license agreement with all authors of each published article. Free publication of all materials is held with a Creative Commons:Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). The authors license agreement stipulates the conditions for the use of the manuscript by the author and the publisher before and after publication. Materials that include content prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation or violates the principles of the Code of Ethics of the Russian Psychological Society are prohibited.

Responsibilities of the editorial board

• • The Editorial Board, led by the Editor-in-Chief, evaluates incoming manuscripts and determines their suitability for publication, considering the opinions of reviewers. Publication decisions are made based on the quality and credibility of the work.
• When evaluating submitted manuscripts, the editorial board accounts for their scientific value and intellectual content, as well as relevance and significance, and does not take into account the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious preferences, ethnic origin, citizenship or political views of authors.
• The editorial board of the journal does not disclose information about the submitted manuscriptto anyone otherthan the Editor-in-Chief, responsible author, reviewer, and the publisher.
• The Lomonosov Psychology Journal, represented by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board, undertakes not to use unpublished information in any of its own work without the written permission of the author.
• Confidential information or ideas obtained in the process of working with the manuscript is kept secret by editors, editorial board, reviewers and not used for personal gain
• The Editor-in-Chief, who has received convincing evidence that the statements or conclusions presented in the publication are erroneous, must inform the members of the editorial board so that appropriate actions can be taken, such as making corrections, retracting the publication, issuing a statement, or expressing concern.
• Decisions taken by the editorial board can be reconsidered in accordance with the changes in the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

• Peer review assists the Editor-in-Chief and members of the editorial board in making editorial decisions and helps authors improve submitted articles through the active interaction between the author and editors.
• The reviewer evaluates the possibility to meet deadlines and qualification requirements before agreeing to the examination of the manuscript. In case the level of expertise in the subject proposed is not sufficient or if they do not have the opportunity to complete the work within the specified time, review candidates have to notify the editorial board.
• The reviewer considers deadlines and qualification requirements before agreeing to the review of manuscripts. If the level of expertise in the subject proposed is not sufficient or if they do not have the opportunity to complete the work within the specified time, the reviewer will inform the editorial board.
• Reviews of articles are required to remain objective.
• Unpublished materials described in the submitted manuscript will not be used by the reviewer's independent research activities without the written consent of the author. Priority information or ideas obtained from peer review remain confidential and are not be used for personal purposes. Reviewers will not consider manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists as a result of competitive, collaborative or other associations with any of the authors, companies or organizations associated with the article.
• The reviewer notify the Editorial Board if they discover where significant similarities or coincidences between the manuscript under consideration and any other published work within their field of expertise.
• The reviewer will indicate any significant published works that are relevant to the topic for inclusion in the bibliography of the manuscript. Any reference to previously published observations, conclusions or arguments should be accompanied by an appropriate bibliographic reference.

Author Responsibilities

• By submitting a manuscript to the journal, the authors are responsible for the objectivity and correctness of the information provided. Research data must be presented as accurately as possible in accordance with the requirements for the design of scientific articles. The article should be sufficiently detailed and have bibliographic references. False or obviously erroneous statements are unacceptable and are perceived as unethical behavior.
• Authors are required to have made a significant contribution to the conduct of the study, to the formation of the concept, development, execution and interpretation of the presented study. All those who have made significant contributions to the work should be identified as co-authors. It is also important to ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the work and agreed to submit it for publication. Other individuals who have contributed to the research project may be listed as contributors and receive special thanks.
• Authors should ensure that they submit original work and that all references to works or citations to other authors are formatted appropriately. Both the presentation of someone else's work as one's own, as well as paraphrasing parts of someone else's work (without attribution) constitutes plagerism which is absolutely unacceptable and unethical.
• By submitting a manuscript to the journal, the author confirms with a written statement their consent to check the text originality with the Anti-Plagiarism system. If the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the publication, they must notify the editorial board of the journal in order to either withdraw the publication or correct errors as soon as possible.
• The author correctly cite his previous works and avoids self-citation in the manuscript as well as artificially inflating the number of citations. The author must ensure that the citations presented in the article are correct.
• The author must not submit one article to different journals for consideration. It is considered unacceptable to publish research in more than one journal, even if it is presented in different languages.
• Articles are placed in Open Access with the consent of the authors, confirmed by the signature of the Author's License Agreement. Copyright remains with the authors. The editorial board headed by the Editor-in-Chief, reserves the right to ask the authors for initial data for review and reconsideration. Authors should be prepared to retain this data for a sufficient period of time after publication.
• If the work involves the participation of animals or people as subjects of research, authors must ensure that all stages of the study comply with the laws and regulations of research organizations, and are approved by the relevant research ethics committee/commission.
• The author communicates with the reviewer through the editor and responds to comments and remarks, if any. All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other conflict of interest that may affect the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the implementation of the project must be indicated.
• The journal publishes materials from authors from different countries and regions. Authors are responsible for compliance with the laws of the countries and regions they represent. The editors of the journal act in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Publisher Responsibilities

• The publisher promotes the development of publishing rules and regulations and adheres to the best standards of publishing and scientific ethics.
• The publisher not only supports scientific communication and invests in this process, but also remains responsible for meeting all modern recommendations in the published work.
• The publisher does not influence the editorial policy of the journal.
• The publisher provides legal support to the editors of the journal if necessary.
• The publisher ensures the timely release of journal issues.
• The publisher issues revisions, clarifications and performs retractions of papers that have been identified as scientific ethics violations or scientific ethics or as containing critical errors.