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- » Authorship and Contributorship
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- » Publishing Ethics
- » Indexation
- » Founder
- » Author Charges and Fee
- » Disclosure of Competing Interests
- » License Agreement
Aim and Scope
Economics of Science publishes results of empirical and theoretical research in both Russian and English reflecting approaches to the management and governance of science at the macro-, meso-, and micro levels. The journal publishes original research by authors from various countries and regions, covering a wide range of disciplines in social sciences. The major topical areas include: (1) the impact of scientific and technological progress on economic growth; (2) the organization and management of science; (3) quantitative studies of science. The journal sections are available here.
The editorial team of the journal aims to:
- Free dissemination of scientific research without financial barriers. We adhere to the policy of diamond open access, which means that publication is free for both authors and readers.
- Ensuring a high-quality transparent review process. For more information on our review policy, please refer here.
- Inclusion of all authors, regardless of their nationality, gender, age, religion, or social or academic background.
The journal accepts original research articles of up to 40,000 characters (with spaces), review articles of up to 50,000 characters, and research notes of up to 30,000 characters in the “Discussion” section. For more details on manuscript formatting, please refer to the Author Guidelines.
Section Policies
The issues of organizing and reforming science both as a sphere and individual organizations, as well as managing scientific organizations and departments in higher education.
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The issues of financing scientific organizations and science as an industry, providing laboratory and experimental bases through funds, as well as training highly qualified personnel, researchers. An analysis of changes in the mentioned aspects of science functioning.
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The issues of scientific and technological development, types of technological progress, general conceptual positions related to the development of science and technology in the modern world, scientific and technological progress in various industries and sectors, its impact on the growth of both industries and the economy as a whole. Models and their imitations are also considered.
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The issues of setting and conducting fundamental and applied research, their practical significance, implementing them into technology, and the development of technological systems and the theory of systems.
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Research on the dynamics of knowledge-based economy, with emphasis on the processes of knowledge creation, dissemination, and application in various organizations, industries, and regions.
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The institutionalization of scientific and technological development and the impact of policies (modeling). This section also publishes research related to the development of strategies and identification of priorities for scientific and technological development.
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This section aims, firstly, to promote the improvement of the quality and level of research in the field of the history of domestic and global science, in particular the history of economic science, and secondly, to unite the efforts of scientists and historians to recreate the holistic image of our cultural past.
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In this section, they publish short articles (up to 30,000 characters) on the most relevant and controversial issues within the main thematic sections of the journal.
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The rubric presents the the analysis of the economic aspects of higher education. Topics covered include (but not limited to) university funding models, tuition fees, and the impact of education policy on universities, students, and society.
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Open Access Policy
The Economics of Science journal supports the diamond open access model. All articles published in the journal will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy, and distribute. Articles are published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY). The CC BY license allows for unlimited use, distribution, and reproduction on any medium, provided that the original work is cited. Journal authors who receive research grants from Coalition S sponsors and supporters comply with Plan S requirements. However, we recommend checking which open access options are supported by your grant provider and university policy using the Journal Checker Tool.
Peer Review
1. All submitted manuscripts undergo anti-plagiarism checking.
2. After submission, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief conducts initial screening to ensure compliance with the journal's scope and author guidelines. If a manuscript is found to be non-compliant with the requirements or the journal's standards, it will be rejected without further consideration.
3. The Economics of Science journal conducts a double-blind peer review of all manuscripts submitted for publication. Each article is evaluated by at least 2 peer reviewers. All reviewers are experts in their respective fields of science.
4. The Deputy Editor-in-Chief, in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief, will send the manuscript for review to members of the journal's Editorial Board who are responsible for the relevant field of science, or to external experts. If there is no member of the Editorial Board available, or if the article comes from its member, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief will send it for review to external reviewers who are researchers and specialists in the field.
4.1. The Deputy Editor-in-Chief communicates with authors and reviewers via e-mail.
4.2. Reviewers work with articles as confidential material, strictly respecting the author's right to privacy until publication. They are not permitted to use manuscripts for personal gain without the author's written consent.
4.3. Researchers who work at the same institutions as the authors of the paper are not involved in reviewing it. Besides, each reviewer has the right to refuse to review if there is an obvious conflict of interest that could affect their perception and interpretation of the manuscript.
4.4. Reviewers are required to follow the accepted editorial policy of the journal Economics of Science on compliance with ethical standards when reviewing articles, based on the international guideline of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Russian Association of Science Editors and Publishers (RASEP).
4.5. A review should include a qualified analysis of the manuscript, a fair and objective assessment, well-reasoned recommendations, and a conclusion. Reviewers should evaluate the relevance of the manuscript, its interest for the journal, and its suitability for publication based on the scope of the journal, the content of the manuscript, and its scientific level. The review may include recommendations for necessary and desirable changes, as well as suggestions for the reference list, if needed. In the final section of the review, the reviewer should draw conclusions about the material as a whole and provide recommendations regarding its publication:
- Accept the manuscript for publication.
- Accept the manuscript with minor revisions.
- Provisionally accept the manuscript with major revisions.
- Reject the article.
4.6. If the reviewer recommends revision, or does not recommend publication, the review should state the reasons for this decision.
5. The decision on the publication of an article is made by the Editor-in-Chief, taking into account the reviews received. If the reviews differ, the decision is made unanimously by the Editor-in-Chief, Chair of the Editorial Board, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief. In case there are doubts about the publication, the Editorial Board may involve an additional expert to review the article.
6. The Deputy Editor-in-Chief notifies the author of the decision. The editorial decision is final.
7. Peer review is conducted confidentially for the authors of articles. The reviewer's identity is not typically disclosed to the author, although it can be shared with the reviewer's permission. With the mutual agreement of the author and reviewer, reviews may be published alongside the article.
8. The Deputy Editor-in-Chief maintains a record of all manuscripts submitted to the editorial team and presents the proposed content for the next issue to the Editor-in-Chief for approval.
9. The editorial team does not guarantee that manuscripts submitted will be published within the specified timeframe. On average, it takes approximately 42 days from submission to the editorial decision (3-7 days for initial evaluation of the manuscript, 7-10 days for securing reviewers, and 14-30 days for the actual review process).
10. Reviews are stored electronically for 5 years after the date of publication.
Authorship and Contributorship
The authors of the publication should be those who have made a significant contribution to the idea, development, execution, or interpretation of the research presented. All those who have contributed significantly should be listed as co-authors. If there are research participants who have made significant contributions in a specific area of the project, they should also be mentioned as persons who contributed to this study in a significant way.
If an article has more than one author, the contribution of each research participant must be explicitly stated in the 'Contributions' section immediately following the main text of the article. Contributions are described using the 14 standard roles from the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy):
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Funding Acquisition
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Resources
- Software Development
- Supervision
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Original Draft
- Writing – Review & Editing
The contributions of each author should be listed as a bullet-point list or table, with roles separated by commas. Example:
- Ivanov A.A.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – Original Draft.
- Petrova B.S.: Formal Analysis, Visualization.
The list of research participants (e.g., technicians, consultants, lab assistants) may exceed the number of article authors if their contributions do not meet authorship criteria (e.g., lack of intellectual participation or approval of the final work). However, the number of authors cannot exceed the number of participants who directly contributed to the research. Authorship requires significant intellectual engagement and accountability for the article’s content.
If an article has a single author, specifying contributor roles in the research is not mandatory but is encouraged.
All authors must disclose any financial or other potential conflicts of interest - see Disclosure of Competing Interests section.
See also License Agreement.
Policy Regarding the Publication of Preprints and Postprints
Economics of Science encourages the publication of preprints by authors prior to submission. We also encourage the publication of postprints, or accepted manuscripts, in institutional and interdisciplinary repositories such as SSRN and SocArxiv without an embargo on publication.
We would like to bring to your attention the Russian multidisciplinary platform PREPRINTS.RU, which provides a space for the publication of preprints before submission to journals. All materials submitted to PREPRINTS.RU are moderated including plagiarism check, and a DOI is assigned to each preprint. Users of the platform can comment on preprints and these comments are also moderated. The content is published under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, which allows authors to retain all rights to their work while allowing others to use it legally, conditioned they provide a reference to the original source.
Publishing Ethics
The editorial board of Economics of Science operates in accordance with the Declaration of the Russian Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (RASEP) “Ethical Principles of Scientific Publications” adopted at the General Meeting of RASEP members on May 20, 2016. We also follow the guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and and other international organizations of editors and publishers.
When submitting a manuscript, the author confirms that the study has not been previously published and is not currently under review by any other journal. All submitted materials are checked for plagiarism using an automated anti-plagiarism system. We take serious measures to ensure the integrity of our publication process.
Falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the authors’ own work without proper citation, and misappropriation of the work are all unacceptable practices.
In case of the discovery of significant errors or violation of publication ethics after the publication of the text, the article will be retracted. The retraction will be carried out in accordance with the Rules for Articles Retraction adopted by RASEP).
Indexation
Articles published in Economics of Science are indexed in the following systems:
- Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC) – a database that accumulates information on publications by Russian scientists in domestic and foreign publications.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – the largest platform for indexing open access journals.
- Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) – a key national project in China's information infrastructure.
- EconPapers (RePEc) -a global initiative to disseminate research results in economics and related fields.
- Google Scholar – a platform that indexes full-text scientific works in various formats and disciplines. Google Scholar indexes numerous electronic scientific journals, as well as scientific books and non-peer-reviewed publications.
- CyberLeninka – a scientific electronic library built on the paradigm of Open Science.
- Lan' – an electronic library.
Founder
Economics of Science is funded by the founder, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Author Charges and Fee
Publication in the journal is free of charge for all the authors.
The author's fee is not accrued or paid.
Disclosure of Competing Interests
Disclosure of competing interests is an essential concept in the field of scientific publishing. It refers to the process of revealing potential conflicts of interest that could arise during the research and publication process. These conflicts may involve financial relationships with outside organizations or personal biases and positions that could influence the research.
It is crucial for researchers to disclose these potential conflicts so that readers can assess the reliability of the research. Competing interests arise when individuals or organizations with an interest in a particular research topic attempt to influence the results or dissemination of the research, such as when businesses fund scientific research or when individuals have a particular ideological or political stance.
To ensure the integrity of scientific research, it is essential to disclose information about any potential conflicts of interest that may arise during the research process and in the communication of research findings.
