For Authors
Lomonosov Psychology Journal accepts for publication articles, reviews, short reports and other types of contributions in the main areas of research and educational work of the Faculty of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The journal is open to publish the results of research by specialists in the field of psychological sciences from other scientific institutions and higher educational settings.
Authors are not paid royalties or other compensation for any services. The author and the journal interact completely free of charge. We recommend that authors get familiarized with the recommendations of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers for preparing scientific articles. The text is available at: https://rassep.ru/academy/biblioteka/106585/
Copyright for any article remains with the author(s).
List of documents required when submitting a manuscript
Before submitting a manuscript to the editorial office of the journal, all authors must first get familiarize with the requirements for the formatting of articles and with the style file (see the link for download at the end of the list of documents). Manuscripts sent to the Editorial Board of Lomonosov Psychology Journal must be accompanied by the following documents: the original text of the article with all tables, figures, and graphs included a list of references and information about authors (in in both Russian and English). Information about authors is to contain the full names of all authors, their academic degrees, titles, places of work or study, city and country, as well as the ORCID numbers (https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000), and E -mail.
Expert opinion on the possibility of open publication.
In accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation of July 21, 1993, No. 5485-1 "On State Secret", each manuscript uploaded to the journal's electronic editorial system or sent to the editors via email or regular mail must be accompanied by an expert opinion on the possibility of open publication of the submitted manuscript, confirming that it does not contain information constituting state or official secret, or materials and/or information subject to export control. The expert opinion is prepared and signed by export control experts affiliated with the authors' organization or another organization relevant to the article's profile, agreed upon (signed) by the authors, and approved by the chairperson for the review of materials intended for open publication or another authorized person. If the manuscript was prepared by authors from different organizations, each author submits an expert opinion from their organization.
Ethics committee opinion for articles containing empirical research.
In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Federal Law No. 152-FZ of July 27, 2006, "On Personal Data", the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948), the World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki "Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects" (1964), international publishing standards, as well as the journal's editorial ethics and policies, articles describing empirical research involving human subjects must be submitted with documentary evidence of passing an ethical review. An official positive conclusion (permission) from your institution's ethics committee, along with the number and date must be provided. The file must be on official letterhead and certified with a signature and/or seal. The document must be sent to the editor along with the manuscript.
The aforementioned list of documents is mandatory. In the absence of the listed materials, the editors reserve the right reject the manuscript.
In addition, a license agreement is concluded with all authors. Sample (sample available in docx format).
It is also necessary to provide a scan of the declaration for no conflict of interest, signed by all authors: DOWNLOAD STATEMENT
For the license agreement, please, indicate the following data is required:
- Full name,
- contact details (e-mail, telephone number),
- passport details: number, by whom and when it was issued,
- address (registration and address for correspondence).
Text of the manuscript
The original text of the manuscript is submitted to the editor electronically in the style file format. The manuscript is to be formatted in accordance with the requirements outlined in the Journal and the style file. The article should contain: title, affiliation, abstract, keywords, introduction, text of the article, references.
All illustrations are to be editable and placed in the text.
Translation of the abstract, keywords, as well as tables and figures into English is provided by the author and is included in the text of the article.
Appendices to the text of the manuscript
Tables, diagrams, graphs, figures are sent by the author upon request to the journal's e-mail address in MS Word and MS Excel formats. The author has to provide the original data file to enable editing of diagrams, graphs and figures.
Figures and diagrams are to be black and white only: black elements on a white background and are to be presented in jpeg or tiff formats with an extension of 300 dpi without compression.
The "Authors' Contribution" section of a scientific article, must reflect the specific roles of all the contributors in accordance with the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) classification system. This is a standard list of author roles in scientific publications. Each author should be listed according to their functions. This approach helps to properly identify contributions to the study and distribute responsibilities for the preparation of the manuscript for publication (see Authors' Contribution file).
The journal accepts for consideration the reviewing articles written in accordance with the Methodological principles for preparing scientific reviews. We kindly ask you to study the document carefully as the submission of reviews not meeting the journal's criteria will result in their rejection at the stage of primary check by the editor. It is essential in providing high scientific quality of the publications.
Upon receipt by the editorial board of the journal, the article is checked for:
- Originality of the text by the “Anti-plagiarism” system
- Consistency with the thematic policy of the journal
- Format according to the Author’s Guide and the Style file
Once these conditions are confirmed, the article is sent for review.
The common rules for reviewing https://msupsyj.ru/en/about/reviewing/ as well as the responsibility of the reviewers https://msupsyj.ru/en/about/editorial-politics/ are described in these respective areas of the website.
