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- » Open Access Policy
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- » Publishing Ethics
- » Founder
- » Author fees
- » Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
- » Plagiarism detection
- » Preprint and postprint Policy
- » Revenue Sources
Aim and Scope
The Geoeconomics of Energetics journal covers the wide variety of issues of world energy markets, cooperation in the field of energetics and major energy-related projects. The publication analyzes the geopolitical factors that influence the promotion of national interests in the world energy markets.
Energy as the basic sector of the Russian economy forms the foreign economic policy of Russia, determines the effectiveness of its national economy and ensures its status and geopolitical competitiveness on the world scene. In this regard, comprehensive studies of the factors affecting the competitiveness of the oil and gas industry in Russia, allow to form a realistic picture of the mechanisms and tools of competition in this segment of the world market.
Section Policies
Open SubmissionsPublication Frequency
4 times per year
Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.
Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.
For more information please read BOAI statement.
Archiving
- Russian State Library (RSL)
- National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)
Peer-Review
The editorial board of the journal "Geoeconomics of Energetics" mainly uses the method of "double-blind" (anonymous) review, that is, the reviewer and the author do not know each other.
The review process takes from 2 to 8 weeks and consists of several stages. The newly received manuscript initially undergoes internal review by editorial specialists, including the editor-in-chief. At this stage, the material is pre-evaluated and may be rejected for the following reasons:
- obviously low quality of the material (ignorance of the main sources and literature on the topic, unsatisfactory evidence base, repetition of conclusions and theses already available and well-known in the scientific literature on the subject, journalistic nature of the text, etc.)
- the manuscript does not fit into the editorial policy and the subject of the journal; at the same time, priority in determining the correspondence of the manuscript to the subject the journal and the areas of publishing activity belong to the editorial office
- the content of the manuscript does not correspond to the stated topic
- when submitting a manuscript, the current design requirements are not taken into account.
The manuscript that has passed the preliminary stage is sent for external scientific review to an authoritative specialist in this subject area.
All reviewers in their work rely on the principles formulated by the Committee on Publication Ethics and comply with the Code of Ethics of Scientific Publications of the Non-Profit Partnership "Committee on Ethics of Scientific Publications".
During the review process, the quality, originality and integrity of the proposed material are evaluated.
The reviewer carries out a scientific examination of the author's materials, as a result of which his actions should be unbiased and his responsibilities include:
- confidentiality (it is unacceptable to transfer or familiarize third parties who do not have the appropriate authority from the editorial board with the text of the review);
- identification of cases of plagiarism and other unethical practices;
- efficiency and objectivity in the work, reasoned evaluation of the research results, personal criticism of the author is unacceptable;
- control of the indication of information sources;
- unconditional identification and exclusion of conflicts of interest, including the absence of official and other relations between the reviewer and the author;
- assistance in making publishing decisions
Unpublished data from the reviewed manuscript cannot be used by the reviewer for personal purposes.
The review contains both a set of formal criteria for evaluating the material (scientific novelty, relevance of the research, the degree of disclosure of the topic, etc.), and (if necessary) recommendations to the author on the revision of the material. If necessary, the reviewer may recommend making the necessary amendments or resubmitting the article after revision. Also, the reviewer may recommend refusal to accept the article for various reasons.
The editorial board of the journal is guided by the opinion of the reviewer when deciding on the acceptance / rejection of the article for publication. The author is obliged to take into account the main comments of the reviewer when finalizing the text.
The text of the review is kept in the editorial office for at least 5 years. If necessary, a copy of the review or a reasoned refusal is sent to the author. Also, upon receipt of a corresponding request, a copy of the review is sent to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Publishing Ethics
The author of a scientific article is a person who participated (to a large extent – if there are several authors) in the creation of the work, primarily in the development of its concept, in scientific design, collection of source materials, their analysis and interpretation of the results obtained. In the case of joint writing of an article, all the listed co-authors must meet these criteria. The consent to the publication of all authors involved in the writing of the work is mandatory.
The authors guarantee that:
- this scientific work is original (has not been published previously in other publications) and reliable (does not contain knowingly false or falsified statements);
- the borrowed fragments or provisions were drawn up properly (indication of the author and the original source is mandatory). Excessive borrowing and any form of plagiarism (unformulated quotations, paraphrasing or attributing to oneself the results of other people's research, self-quoting without specifying the source) is unethical and unacceptable;
- the submitted manuscript is not under consideration in the editorial offices of other publications;
- all possible conflicts related to copyright and the publication of these materials have been resolved;
- the contribution of all participants who influenced the course of the study in one way or another should be reflected accordingly (the paper contains links to studies that were important when writing the article);
- all persons who have made a significant contribution to the creation of the work are listed as co-authors (the article provides links to sources for works that had an impact on the research and the design of the article);
- does not violate any of the existing copyrights; in case of detection of such violations, losses will be reimbursed to the publisher.
If the author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its review or after its publication, he must promptly notify the editorial board of the journal.
Founder
- Institute of CIS Countries
Author fees
Publication in “Geoeconomics of Energetics" is free of charge for all the authors.
The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.
The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Plagiarism detection
“Geoeconomics of Energetics" use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
Preprint and postprint Policy
Prior to acceptance and publication in “Geoeconomics of Energetics", authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.
As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in “Geoeconomics of Energetics" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.
Glossary (by SHERPA)
Revenue Sources
The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the parent organization, at the expense of the publisher, publication of advertising materials, publication of reprints, article processment charges.
