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Author Guidelines

The Editorial Office, Editorial Panel and reviewers of the “Russian Journal of Economics and Law”  Journal request the authors submitting articles for publication to observe the following rules when formatting their articles:

Attention! Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, do not currently satisfy our authorship criteria. Notably an attribution of authorship carries with it accountability for the work, which cannot be effectively applied to LLMs.

Requirements for the document formatting

The article should be submitted electronically by e-mail rusjel@ieml.ru or uploaded through the website . The electronic version is saved in Microsoft Word or RTF.

Recommended article size: 40,000. The minimum article size is at least 30,000 characters with spaces (without annotations and bibliography).

Font TimesNewRoman – 14 pt.

Line spacing – 1.5.

Indentation – 1.25cm.

Margins: bottom, top, left and right – 2 cm.

Pages should be numbered continuously.

All words within a paragraph are divided by one space.

Before a punctuation mark there should be no spacing and after a punctuation mark – one spacing.

The following is NOT ALLOWED: two or more spaces; underlined words; script colors other than black; indentation by spaces; manual hyphenation; automatic numbering (of numbered and marked lists) in chapters and paragraphs. All lists should be hand-set.

Formulas should be typed in a formula processor Microsoft Equation.

Latin letters are typed italicized, Greek and Cyrillic – non-italicized. Numbers are not italicized.

Formatting of tables and figures

Tables. Each table must have a title. The tables are numbered in the order they appear in the text, but if there is only one table in the article, it is not numbered. The word “Table” and its number are placed on the right (without a № sign and a full stop at the end), a thematic title of the table is placed under it (bold, lower case, centered). The text must contain a reference to the table (for example, Table 3), which should appear BEFORE the table. Below the table, its source is indicated (example of formatting).

Hyphenated table titles are not allowed.

Figures. The figures are numbered in the order they appear in the text, but if there is only one figure in the article, it is not numbered. The figure must be linked to the text with a reference, which should appear before the figure (for example, Fig. 2). A figure title consists of a word “Fig.”, its sequence number and a thematic title (bold, lower case, centered). If necessary, place a legend (decryption of symbols) under the figure title; a source must be also indicated (example of formatting).

All figures should be high quality. They can be inserted only via editors reliably compatible with Word. The figures MUST be submitted as separate files with indication of their sequence numbers (rules of formatting figures and tables).

Scanned figures and hyphenated titles are not allowed.

Abbreviations

Only common abbreviations are allowed – names of measures, physical, chemical and mathematical values and terms, etc. All abbreviations must be decoded, except a small number of common ones. The names of organizations are given in full when first mentioned in the text, with abbreviated name in brackets; further the abbreviated name is given. Example: Kazan Innovative university named after V.G. Timiryasov (further – KIU).

Manuscripts should be carefully checked and edited by the authors. The material should be structured, clearly and logically stated.

ARTICLE STRUCTURE

The order and formatting standards of the article elements are stated below:

• Initials and surname of the author(s) (medium type, all capital letters).
• Scientific degree, scientific title (medium type, italics).
• Place of work, city, country (italics).
• Title of the article (medium type, all capital letters).
• Summary (no more than 250 words). It should be structured and include: objective, methods of research, research results, scientific novelty and practical value (example of a summary).
• Key words (not less then 3 and up to 15 words, ordinary script, typed in a line, divided by a comma ","), no full stop in the end).
• The text of the article should contain sections with headings (listed below). The headings should be centered (font size 14, medium type, 1.5 line spacing, full justification, all lowercase letters except the first one). He text is typed in font size 14, 1.5 line spacing, full justification.

Two types of the article structure are acceptable:

1. If the article contains modeling, IMRAD structure is recommended.
2. If there is no modeling, an author’s structure is acceptable, with paragraphs for keeping the line of discourse and obligatory “Introduction” and “Conclusion” sections.

IT IS NOT ALLOWED submitting an article written as a single text without paragraphs, as it complicates information perception.

The IMRAD structure

• Introduction must contain introduction to the theme without a detailed literature review and finish with a problem statement (listing the research questions or hypotheses for checking), objectives and tasks of the research.
• The research must contain a relevant literature review including the works both by foreign and Russian authors, with indications of their specific contributions. One should not merely list the surnames, like “The problem was researched by I.I. Ivanov, S.S. Sidorov, etc.”

It is recommended to indicate the resources where the relevant publications were taken, the criteria for selecting them, and the total number of the publications found. The Journal welcomes vast literature reviews and, realizing the growing volume of scientific-technical information, admits that there may be a lot of relevant sources. Hence, the Journal does not set limitations on the number of reference sources; however, we believe that, at the current level of themes elaboration, the reference list of less than 30 sources poses questions to the fullness of the author’s review and the research novelty (if the author proposes an original idea but has not checked all sources for its presence in the works by other researchers, how can they be sure of its novelty?). Important! Before sending an article to the Editorial Board, check the article and the references for mentioning foreign agents from the list of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation: https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/activity/directions/998/ . Each mention of a foreign agent must be marked as "Recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation".

• The research method should be clearly stated. The author must substantiate why a particular method is used compared to other methods. In the articles with modeling, the basic formula and its modifications should be indicated, as well as the accompanying mathematical manipulations.

In case social research methods are used, the research design must be described, as well as the criteria for forming the sample, the procedure of polling/questioning/interviewing, the questions asked and the statistical tools of analysis.

The data must contain information about the resources (databases, statistical reports, etc.) indicating the accurate address of the location of the information used, as well as the features of preparing data for the research. When using non-standard methods of preparation, it is necessary to indicate the sources where it was used before.

• The research results must be clear for understanding and described in detail. For all the results obtained, a relevant author’s interpretation must be given. The answers to the research questions must be clearly stated.
• The Discussion section must clarify the significance of the results obtained and their correlation with the previously published works. This section provides the position of the present research in the ensemble of previous works, specifying how it complements the previously published works. This section may be a part of the “Discussion of the results” section.
• References conclude the article. References are given in the Russian and English languages. All Russian language sources must be indicated exactly as in the section “For citation in the English language”.

In the list of references, each source must be placed in a new line. All works are listed in the alphabetic order. It is not recommended to refer to non-reviewed sources. In the text of the article the references are given in brackets (APA 7).

• It is acceptable to use appendices for accompanying materials in the article.
• Conflict of interests disclosure information.
• The “Authors’ contributions” section concludes the article formatting.
• The article was submitted to the Editorial Board (the date is indicated by the Journal’s executive Secretary on the day of receiving the materials).

Information about the author(s): surname, name and patronymic in full (font size 14, medium type), scientific degree, scientific title, position, place of work in full without abbreviations in the nominative case. On a new line: address and telephone number of the organization. E-mail, ORCID ID, Researcher ID, Elibrary ID.

Acknowledgments

This section contains gratitude to persons, personnel of organizations and funds, who promoted the research and the article preparation.

Financial support

This section contains sources of scientific research financing, if any.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

2. The manuscript does not disclose information on a state secret (ссылка), information subject to the lists of controlled products and technologies adopted by the decrees of the President of the Russian Federation (ссылка).

3. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

4. I have checked the article for mentions of foreign agents from the list (link) of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. I confirm that all mentions of foreign agents are marked with the phrase "Recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation".

5. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

6. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in Authors Guidelines (link).

7. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

8. Obligatory! A copy of the Statement of consent for personal data processing for each of the authors must be downloaded (form), filled-in, signed, scanned and uploaded to the site as a separate file.

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   STATEMENT OF CONSENT

   of a subject of personal data to processing of the personal data

   I, as the author of an article for the Russian Journal of Economics and Law and as a Subject of personal data, as part of the legal relations emerging between me and the Private Educational Institution of Higher Education “Kazan Innovative University named after V.G. Timiryasov” (hereinafter – University, Operator of personal data), situated in: Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan, city of Kazan, 420111, 42 Moskovskaya Str., INN 1654020511, OGRN 1021602842095, with a view of complying with the requirements of the Russian Federation legislation on personal data, in compliance with clause 1, 5 and 8, part 1 of Article 6, parts 1 and 4 of Article 9 of Federal Law of July 27, 2006 “On personal data” No. 152-FZ, to observe my legal rights and interests during the University interacting with me and third persons, since signing the present Statement, give my consent to the University for executing legal actions to make decisions significant for me, on the following conditions:

   1. The University is obliged to process the personal data of the Subject of personal data only for achieving the following goal – executing professional activity of a journalist and/or legal activity of a mass media outlet.
      The University is obliged to use the personal data of the Subject of personal data solely for the above goal, in compliance with the requirements of the acting legislation of the Russian Federation, in particular, that in the sphere of personal data and mass media.
   2. The list of personal data of the Subject of personal data, submitted to the University for processing:
      surname, first name, patronymic; place of work; position; academic degree; academic title; official telephone number; electronic mail address (e-mail); ORCID; Researcher ID.
   3. Processing of my personal data by the University shall be executed through the following actions (operations):
      collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, detailing (update, change), use, dissemination (including transfer), depersonalization, blocking, destruction of personal data both with and without means of automation of personal data processing.
      The University shall be entitled to transfer information on the Subject’s personal data to third parties solely to fulfill the objective specified in paragraph 1 of this Statement.
      The University shall be entitled to disclose information on the Subject’s personal data to state and law enforcement authorities of the Russian Federation upon official request only in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
   4. This Application shall be deemed accepted for execution by the Operator of personal data and shall come into force from the moment of its signing by the Subject of personal data.
   5. I am notified that I can withdraw this Statement and/or demand the destruction of my personal data by contacting the reception office of the Operator of personal data with a written notice of withdrawal of this Statement or with a demand to destroy my personal data (this provision does not apply to personal data, the destruction of which is impossible in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation).
   6. In case of withdrawal of this Statement, the University, as the Operator of personal data, has the right to continue processing of the above personal data without using this Statement if there are grounds specified in clauses 2-11 of part 1 of Article 6, part 2 of Article 10 and part 2 of Article 11 of the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 “On personal data” No. 152-FZ.
   7. This Statement shall be valid until the objective of the above personal data processing is achieved or until it is no longer necessary to achieve it (according to this Statement), unless otherwise provided for by federal laws.
   8. I AM NOTIFIED with the University’s constituent documents, Policy on personal data processing, and Regulations on the employees’ personal data (electronic versions of these documents are available in the relevant sections of the University’s official website (at https://ieml.ru).

9. Obligatory! A copy of the Statement of consent for personal data dissemination for each of the authors must be downloaded (form), filled-in, signed, scanned and uploaded to the site as a separate file.

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   STATEMENT OF CONSENT

   of a subject of personal data to processing of the personal data permitted by the subject of personal data for dissemination

   I, as the author of an article submitted to the Russian Journal of Economics and Law (hereinafter – Journal) and as a Subject of personal data, as part of the legal relations emerging between me and the Private Educational Institution of Higher Education “Kazan Innovative University named after V.G. Timiryasov” (hereinafter – University, Operator of personal data), situated in: Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan, city of Kazan, 420111, 42 Moskovskaya Str., INN 1654020511, OGRN 1021602842095, with a view of complying with the requirements of the Russian Federation legislation on personal data, in compliance with clause 1, 5 and 8, part 1 of Article 6, parts 1 and 4 of Article 9 of Federal Law of July 27, 2006 “On personal data” No. 152-FZ, to observe my legal rights and interests during the University interacting with me and third persons, since signing the present Statement, give my consent to the University for executing legal actions to make decisions significant for me, on the following conditions:

   1. The University, as Operator of personal data, is entitled to disseminate my personal data and to transfer these data to third persons only for achieving the following goal – executing professional activity of a journalist and/or legal activity of a mass media outlet, in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
      The University is obliged to use the personal data of the Subject of personal data solely for the above goal, in compliance with the requirements of the acting legislation of the Russian Federation, in particular, that in the sphere of personal data and mass media.
   2. The categories of personal data of the Subject of personal data, submitted to the University for dissemination:
      surname, first name, patronymic; place of work; position; academic degree; academic title; electronic mail address (e-mail); ORCID; Researcher ID.
   3. The conditions and means of dissemination of personal data of the Subject of personal data within the framework of this Statement shall be established as follows:
      - formation and publication of partial or full translation of the article into other languages;
      - formation of audio and video accompaniment of the articles, placing them on the website, indexing systems, messengers, or social networks;
      - distribution of the article copies or other alienation of its original or copies, including on paper and/or electronic media as a separate work and/or as part of the Journal, and/or databases of the University and/or other persons, at the discretion of the University (right to distribution);
      - making the article available to the public in such a way that any person can access the article from any place and at any time of their choice (right to public communication);
      - transfer of data across borders for registering the article in international databases;
      - transfer of the published article and its metadata to third parties (Russian and foreign databases) for popularizing the author’s research.
      - potential conclusion of an agreement with sub-licensees, the subject of which may be granting the right to use the article in compliance with the rights and means stipulated by the license agreement, including conclusion of agreements for transferring the article materials with a view of their editorial and publishing processing, reviewing, scientific, literary and artistic-technical editing, producing and/or processing illustrative material.
   4. The University shall be obliged to use the Subject’s personal data solely for the objective specified in paragraph 1 of this Statement, in compliance with the requirements of the acting legislation of the Russian Federation on personal data.
      The University shall be entitled to disclose information on the Subject’s personal data to state and law enforcement authorities of the Russian Federation upon official request only in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
   5. This Application shall be deemed accepted for execution by the Operator of personal data from the moment of its signing by the Subject of personal data.
   6. I am notified that I can withdraw this Statement and/or demand the destruction of my personal data by contacting the reception office of the Operator of personal data with a written notice of withdrawal of this Statement or with a demand to destroy my personal data (this provision does not apply to personal data, the destruction of which is impossible in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation).
   7. In case of withdrawal of this Statement, the University, as the Operator of personal data, has the right to continue processing of the above personal data without using this Statement if there are grounds specified in clauses 2-11 of part 1 of Article 6, part 2 of Article 10 and part 2 of Article 11 of the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 “On personal data” No. 152-FZ.
   8. This Statement shall be valid until the objective of the above personal data processing is achieved or until it is no longer necessary to achieve it (according to this Statement), unless otherwise provided for by federal laws.
   9. I AM NOTIFIED with the University’s constituent documents, Policy on personal data processing, and Regulations on the employees’ personal data (electronic versions of these documents are available in the relevant sections of the University’s official website (at https://ieml.ru).

10. Obligatory! Please download License Agreement form and upload a scanned copy completed and signed by all authors to the website as an additional file.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY-NC) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
4. By submitting an article to the journal, all authors of the article accept the terms of the offer agreement (license agreement).

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