Editorial Policy

Bulletin of the Academy of Justice

The scientific journal «Bulletin of the Academy of Justice» provides direct open access to its content based on the following principle: free open access to research results contributes to an increase in global knowledge exchange. The official website of the journal provides all interested persons and authors with the necessary information about the scientific journal and the conditions of publication of the article.

Review procedure

All scientific articles submitted to the editorial office of the journal undergo mandatory double-blind review (the reviewer does not know the authors of the manuscript; the authors of the manuscript do not know the reviewers). The manuscripts are sent to two reviewers for evaluation.

The review of articles is carried out by members of the editorial board and the editorial board, as well as invited reviewers – leading experts in the relevant industry. The decision on the choice of a reviewer for the examination of the article is made by the editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief, scientific editor, head of the editorial office. The review period is up to 4 weeks, but it can be extended at the request of the reviewer.

Each reviewer has the right to refuse a review if there is a clear conflict of interest affecting the perception and interpretation of the manuscript materials. Based on the results of the review of the manuscript, the reviewer makes recommendations on the further fate of the article (each decision of the reviewer is justified):

  • the article is recommended for publication in this form;
  • the article is recommended for publication after correcting the shortcomings noted by the reviewer;
  • the article needs additional review by another specialist;
  • the article cannot be published in the journal.

If the review contains recommendations for correcting and finalizing the article, the editorial board sends the text of the review to the author with a proposal to take them into account when preparing a new version of the article or to refute them (partially or completely). The revision of the article should not take more than 1 months from the date of sending an e-mail to the authors about the need to make changes. The article modified by the author is re-sent for review.

If the authors refuse to finalize the materials, they must notify the editorial board in writing or orally of their refusal to publish the article. If the authors do not return the revised version after 1 months from the date of sending the review, even if there is no information from the authors with a refusal to finalize the article, the editorial board removes it from the register. In such situations, an appropriate notification is sent to the authors about the withdrawal of the manuscript from registration due to the expiration of the time allotted for revision.

If the author and reviewers have unresolved contradictions regarding the manuscript, the editorial board has the right to send the manuscript for additional review. In conflict situations, the decision is made by the editor-in-chief at a meeting of the editorial board.

The decision to refuse publication of the manuscript is made at a meeting of the editorial board in accordance with the recommendations of the reviewers. An article not recommended for publication by the decision of the editorial board is not accepted for reconsideration. A message about the refusal to publish is sent to the author by e-mail. After the editorial board of the journal makes a decision on the admission of the article for publication, the editorial board informs the author about it and specifies the publication dates.

The presence of a positive review is not a sufficient reason for the publication of the article. The final decision on publication is made by the editorial board. In conflict situations, the decision is made by the editor-in-chief.

The original reviews are kept in the editorial office of the journal for 5 years.

Publication ethics

Editorial Policy and Ethics of Scientific Publication of the journal is guided by the ethical principles of scholarly periodicals set forth in the Guidelines on Principles of Ethical Publication for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics essentially containing the following requirements:

  1. The article should:
  • not be published or under review in another publication at the time of submission;
  • contain the results of original research;
  • include the results of the work of the author(s). It is assumed that all authors agree with the publication in this journal and do not object to the order of authorship in the article;
  • contain in the citation list only those peer-reviewed sources that were actually used in the course of the research, and all sources used are indicated.
  1. For the Authors:

By sending the manuscript to the editorial office, the author(s) guarantee that they do not violate anyone's copyrights and principles of publication ethics. The authors provide the publisher of the journal "Bulletin of Atyrau University named after Kh. Dosmukhamedov" with exclusive rights for an unlimited period of time:

- the right to reproduce (publish, publicize, duplicate, replicate or otherwise reproduce the article) without limiting the number of copies, the right to distribute the article by any means. Each copy of the article must contain the name of the author(s) of the article;

- the right to be included in the composite article; 

- the right to publicize; 

- the right to use the metadata (title, name of the author(s) (right holder), annotations, bibliographic materials, full text of the article, etc.) of the article by means of dissemination and communication to the public, processing and systematization, as well as inclusion in various databases and information systems, including full-text versions of the published article.

The territory where the use of rights to articles is allowed is not limited. The author(s) have no objection to the article being placed on the journal's website in an open access format after the manuscript has been accepted for publication in the journal and the printed issue of the journal with the published article is distributed to libraries and other organizations and/or institutions.

The author(s) also grants the publisher of the journal the right to store and process his/her personal data without time limitation (surname, name, patronymic, education, place of work and position). Personal data are provided for their storage and processing in various databases and information systems, their inclusion in analytical and statistical reports, the creation of reasonable relationships of objects of works of science, literature and art with personal data, etc. 

The author(s) is (are) fully responsible for the unauthorized use of intellectual property objects, copyright objects in the scientific article in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The author(s) give their consent for the manuscript to be checked by the journal publisher for plagiarism and other indications of publication ethics violations.

The author(s) authorize(s) the editorial board to carry out independently scientific and literary editing of the manuscript without changing its key provisions, to review the manuscript and propose to make necessary corrections or changes, and the manuscript will be published only after the author(s) make necessary corrections and changes.

The author(s) recognize(s) the right of the editorial board to refuse to publish the manuscript if its design and content do not meet the requirements of the journal, or in the conditions of the prohibition to publish the information contained in it, established by regulatory legal acts and/or other official state documents, or in connection with the presence in the manuscript of violations of the principles of scientific and/or publication ethics.

The author(s) declare(s) that he/she has/have no conflicts of interest with other scientists or members of the Editorial Board of the journal. (If there is a conflict of interest, it should be indicated which reasons will prevent the author(s) from objectively evaluating the manuscript, and the names of the scientists who, in the opinion of the author(s), will not be able to objectively evaluate the manuscript).

The author(s) declare(s) familiarity with the editorial policy of the journal containing general information about the journal, article review procedure, guidelines for authors, and publication ethics.

  1. For Reviewers:

The journal uses a double-blind review procedure (the reviewer does not know the authors of the manuscript, the authors of the manuscript do not know the reviewers) to ensure the quality of published articles. Manuscripts are sent to two reviewers for evaluation.

Rights:

  • request an abstract of the manuscript intended for review;
  • to refuse the expert evaluation of the article both after familiarization with the abstract and after familiarization with the full anonymized text of the manuscript;
  • to refuse to review the manuscript, notifying the editorial office, if he/she is not a specialist in the subject of the material.

Responsibilities:

  • to consider the manuscript received as a confidential document;
  • to give an objective and reasoned assessment of the received material;
  • keep confidential information or ideas gained during the review process related to possible benefits;
  • not to participate in the review of manuscripts where conflicts of interest exist;
  • not to use in their publications any material contained in the submitted manuscript.

4.The Editor-in-Chief:

Rights:

  • make proposals aimed at improving the work of the editorial office;
  • familiarize himself with the draft decisions of the director of the enterprise and the head of the department of editorial and publishing activities, which relate to his activities;
  • to make decisions to ensure the day-to-day operation of the editorial office - on all matters within its competence;
  • participate in the work of collegial management bodies when considering issues related to the organization of the editorial office.

Responsibilities:

carries out the overall management of the Journal;

carries out works to attract leading scientists and highly qualified specialists to publication in the Journal;

makes recommendations to the Chairperson of the Editorial Board regarding numerical and qualitative composition of the Editorial Board;

organizes the process for accepting articles for publication;

makes decisions on the acceptance or rejection of materials submitted for publication in the Journal;

coordinates the article review process;

ensures timely updating of information about the Journal on the official website.

  1. Members of the editorial board should:
  • participate in the meetings of the editorial board of the journal, express his/her decision to agree/disagree with the reviewers' decisions on the article, make decisions on determining the content of the journal issues;
  • evaluate the content of manuscripts regardless of gender, nationality, religion and other personal qualities of the author/author team;
  • not to use the materials sent for publication in their own work of editors, reviewers and other staff members involved in the work with the manuscript;
  • to refuse to consider materials submitted for publication if there is a conflict of interest, as well as to require the author to provide information on the existence of a conflict of interest.

In case of gross errors (misprints in formulas, in indicators due to technical reasons) in published articles, information about corrections may be placed in subsequent issues.

 Disclosure policy and conflicts of interest

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

Reviewers should not participate in manuscript review if there are conflicts of interest due to competitive, collaborative, or other interactions and relationships with any of the authors, companies, or other organizations related to the submitted work.

All interested parties (authors, reviewers, editors and editorial board members) should, as far as possible, avoid conflicts of interest in any variation at all stages of publication. If any conflict of interest arises, the person who detects the conflict should immediately notify the Editorial Board. The same applies to any other violation of the principles, standards and norms of publication and scientific ethics.

Possible situations of ethical misconduct of authors, editors and reviewers not specified above will be dealt with on the basis of the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics 

Borrowing and plagiarism

All incoming articles to the editorial office of the journal «Bulletin of the Academy of Justice» are checked for independent execution through the license system of automatic plagiarism check "Antiplagiat" https://antiplagiat.ru/.  

If the originality of the text is below 65-70%, the article is sent to the author for revision with appropriate justification.

The authors of the article must ensure that they have submitted a completely original work, in the case of using the work and/or citations of other authors, bibliographic references or excerpts are mandatory. Relevant references to the works of other authors are a mandatory requirement. Authors should refer to publications that have had a decisive influence on the nature of the submitted work.

In case of detection of numerous borrowings, the editorial board acts in accordance with the COPE rules.

Pre-print and Post-print Placement Policy

In the process of submitting an article, the author must confirm that the article has not been published or has not been accepted for publication in another scientific journal. When referring to an article published in the journal «Bulletin of the Academy of Justice» the publishing house asks you to post a link (full URL of the material) to the official website of the journal.

Articles previously published by the authors on personal or public websites that are not related to other publishers are allowed to be considered.