These Regulations on the review of manuscripts define the order and procedure for reviewing original author manuscripts submitted to the editorial board of the scientific journal “SOCIAL SCIENCES & DIGITAL HUMANITIES” (hereinafter referred to as the journal).
Review of manuscripts is organized by the editorial board of the journal and is carried out in order to ensure and maintain a high scientific and theoretical level of the publication and the selection of the most valuable and relevant (promising) scientific works. Review is carried out by a team of reviewers, including members of the editorial board of the publication.
All manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal are subject to peer review.
The requirements of this Regulation are mandatory for all persons participating in the review procedure.
2. Normative Documents
Order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 12 January 2016 № 20 “On approval of requirements for scientific publications for their inclusion in the list of publications recommended for publication of the results of scientific activity”.
ISO 9000:2015 Quality management systems. Basic provisions and vocabulary.
ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systems. Requirements.
ISO 37001:2016 Anti-corruption management systems. Requirements and guidelines for application.
Internal normative documents of NJSC “D. Serikbayev EKTU”.
3. Terms and Definitions. Abbreviations
An author / group of authors – A person or group involved in the creation of a manuscript based on the results of a scientific study.
The corresponding author – One of the authors who assumes responsibility for communicating with the publication during the manuscript submission, review, and publication process, as well as acting as a guarantor for fulfilling all administrative requirements. The corresponding author must be available throughout the submission, review, and revision period of the manuscript.
Editor-in-Chief – The person who heads the editorial board and makes the final decisions regarding the production of the journal.
Double-blind reviewing – A review procedure in which neither the author/author team nor the reviewer is aware of each other's identity.
Publisher – An individual (entrepreneur) or a legal entity (organisation) responsible for the preparation, production and release of publications or mass media products ordered by an author / collective of authors, an intermediary or on its own initiative.
Moderator – An employee of the university who performs the role of organiser of communications between all participants of the process and carries out the work on technical verification of the manuscript for compliance with the requirements of the journal.
Plagiarism – The submission for publication of another person's work under one's own name or the borrowing of fragments without indicating the source. If the official creator deliberately fails to mention that the work had co-authors and declares himself/herself the sole author, this is also considered plagiarism.
The Editorial Board – A management body that carries out the whole range of work on the formation and publication of the journal.
Reviewer – An expert acting on behalf of a scientific journal, who conducts scientific expertise of author's materials to determine the possibility of their publication. All reviewers are recognised experts on the subject of the reviewed materials. Reviews are stored and attached to the journal portal.
Reviewing – A procedure of reviewing and expert evaluation by reviewers of a manuscript proposed for publication in order to determine the expediency of its publication, to identify its advantages and disadvantages, which is important for the improvement of the manuscript by the author/collective of authors and the editorial office.
Manuscript – A printed or word-processed document submitted by a researcher to a publisher.
ISO – International Organization for Standardization.
IMS – Integrated Management System.
MSHE RK – Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
NJSC “D. Serikbayev EKTU” – Non-Profit Joint Stock Company “D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan technical university”.
4. General Provisions
Only original manuscripts, not previously published in other printed publications, prepared in strict accordance with the criteria set out in the Rules for Authors in the scientific journal “SOCIAL SCIENCES & DIGITAL HUMANITIES” are allowed for review.
Manuscript materials must be open in nature. The presence of a restrictive classification serves as grounds for rejecting the material from publication.
If the manuscript complies with the profile of the journal and all the requirements for the design are met, the editorial board accepts the manuscript for consideration. The editor-in-chief sends it for review.
Reviewers receive the manuscript automatically with notification by email.
5. Organization of Review
The reviewers are scientists of recognized authority and working in the field of knowledge to which the manuscript content relates. The reviewer must have the academic degree of Doctor of Science / Candidate of Sciences / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / Habilitated Doctor. Employees of external scientific organizations may be involved in the review.
Reviewers are required to follow the Publication Ethics of the scientific journal “SOCIAL SCIENCES & DIGITAL HUMANITIES”.
6. Requirements for Reviews
The editors recommend using a standard form for evaluating a manuscript when reviewing (Annex 1).
The review should objectively evaluate the manuscript and contain a comprehensive analysis of its scientific and methodological strengths and weaknesses. The review should include a reasoned assessment of: the scientific (theoretical, methodological and conceptual) level of the manuscript; the relevance of the problem posed in the manuscript, the scientific novelty of the material, originality; the scientific and practical significance of the research; the degree of contribution to the development of scientific ideas in the relevant field of knowledge; the reliability of the information provided by the author; the correctness and accuracy of the definitions and formulations used (introduced) by the author / group of authors; the validity of the conclusions made; the representativeness of the practical material involved in the analysis; the degree of illustrativeness of the tables and figures provided by the author / group of authors.
7. Final Provisions
The original of this regulation is kept in the Department of Scientific Research Activities, which ensures that this regulation is communicated to all interested parties and that its proper implementation is monitored.