Russian Journal of Deviant Behavior

Scientific publication

ISSN	2713-0622 (online)
Language of publication	Russian, English
Indexing and databases	РИНЦ ВАК К3 White list, level 2

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Manuscript guidelines

Instructions for authors

Before preparing and forwarding the article for publication, editorial office of the journal recommends the authors to familiarize themselves with the contents of the Code of Ethics for Scientific Publications (see the section “Ethics of Scientific Publications”), which is adhered to by the editorial office.

Content of the instruction for authors:

1. Open access policy.

2. Conditions of publication of the article.

3. Provision of the article to the editorial office.

4. Rules for the design of articles.

Open access policy

Russian Journal of Deviant Behavior – open access publication. All articles are freely available to readers immediately after the public.

Our open access policy is in line with the Budapest Open Access Initiative - it means that articles are posted on the Internet, while any user is allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, link to the full texts of these articles, Index them, transfer them as data for use in the software, or use them for any other legitimate purpose without financial, legal or technical obstacles other than those that may arise in accessing the Internet.

For more information, please refer to BOAI.

The journal provides direct public access to its content, based on the following principle: Free and open access to research findings enhances global knowledge sharing.

Terms of publication

– The journal shall include free and unpaid acts, original, objective and substantiated scientific materials, the first sent for publication. The journal does not contain journalistic, popular and educational texts, advertisements and other non-core materials.

– The manuscript must comply with the Rules of Articles Design.

– Articles are accepted in Russian and/or English. Materials for publication in English are submitted by foreign authors without writing in any part in Russian.

Submitting an article to the editorial office

The materials are provided to the editorial office through the official site of the journal Russian Journal of Deviant Behavior at: https://russiandeviantjournalbehavior.ru. To submit the material, the author must register.

After registration in your account click on the button «Send Manual Writing». Choose «Create» -> «Journal Article».

Enter the title of the article. The window of creation of the article will be opened. Fill in the information in the sections «Metadata» and «Authors».

Download in «Files» section (click «Download»):

- article in the format . docx;

- article with signatures of authors on the last sheet in the format . pdf;

- illustrations (drawings, tables, graphs, charts, etc.) in the format . jpg (if available);

- review of the scientific supervisor in the format . pdf (in cases established by the re-daction);

- consent to processing of personal data in the format . pdf;

- a photo of each author.

Sections «Text», «References» and «Topics» need not be filled at this stage.

Click on the green button «Send manuscript». Choose «Application for Public». In the list of editions enter Russian Journal of Deviant Behavior, in the list of headers select the current heading from the proposed list and click «Send application».

When an article was submitted to the Editorial Board, it underwent a formal initial review, including a pre-qualification test.

If it is necessary to revise the article for it the status of «Who-before for completion» is established. After the author has made all necessary changes to the text of the article, the original version of the article is deleted, and the corrected version is uploaded to the «Files» section on the application edit page. Therefore, the author should click on the green button «Send manuscript». Select the mark «Publication is finished».

Rules for the design of articles

1. Technical requirements for the article.

Length of the article: 40-45 thousand characters of the typewritten text (standard country - 1800 characters with spaces, taking into account all elements of the article).

The MS Word text editor uses the Times New Roman font (pin - 14, line spacing - 1.5 cm, paragraph indentation - 1.25, margin left - 2.5 cm, right - 1.5, top and bottom - 2.0 cm). If additional fonts were used for typing, the author should provide them in writing. The text is aligned by width, the pages are numbered (except the first) at the bottom right. Do not use manual hyphens or additional spaces. In the Russian text quotes of «Christmas tree» are used, while selections within the quotation and in the text in foreign languages - "paws".

Illustrations (black and white drawings, tables, graphs, charts, etc.) are provided separately (separate files are fragmented). Recommended width of drawing not more than 14 cm, height - not more than 18 cm. The recommended format is.jpg. Scanned materials must have a resolution of at least 300 pixels/inch. It is not allowed to submit them using Microsoft Office service programs imported into Word.

Requirements for the author’s photo:

- photo format (jpg, png, pdf);

- the photo should be colored and clear when increasing to 100%;

- the size of the photo file should be at least 100 KB;

- resolution - at least 300 dpi;

- Size - at least 400 by 500 pixels (pixels);

- the solid background of the photo is preferred.

2. Structure and content of the article.

Subject of the article:

- OFC code (Universal Decimal Classification) according to the classification in the OFC Handbook;

- the entry of the journal to which the article belongs. The list of entries is indicated on the site of the magazine in the section «Categories»;

- correspondence of the subject of the article of the scientific specialty of the nomenclature, approved by the order of the Ministry of Science of Russia dated February 24, 2021 118 (https://vak.minobrnauki.gov.ru/) - only for Russian authors.

The title of the article (no more than 75 characters, 10-12 words) in Russian and English.

The title should be informative, concise, correspond to the scientific style of the text, contain the main keywords characterizing the topic (subject) of the study and the content of the work. The title should be easily read by readers and search engines. When translating the title of the article into English, it is inadmissible to use transliteration from Russian into Latin, except for the untranslatable names of proper names, devices and other objects; nor does it use jargon known only to Russian spetsialists. Abbreviations and formulas should be missing in the title. Recommended to avoid in the title clichés «To the problem (question) ...» «About some problems (questions)...» , «Actual problems ...».

Information about the author(s) in Russian and English:

- Name, patronymic (if any), surname of author(s), academic degree, academic title.

– Affiliation (the author’s main job). The place of work and the position of each author is indicated: the name of the organization and the address of the location with the postal code. The name of the organization should coincide with the official name in the Constitution of the organization.

– Contact information: e-mail address, mobile phone number. E-mail address is indicated in the journal when publishing an article. The mobile phone number is specified only for communication with the editor and is removed from the article before publication.

- Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). If you do not have an ORCID identifier, you must register on the https://orcid.org/.

The Russian author must be registered in the Russian Scientific Citation Index (RISC) in the status of author, have his own personal profile and SPIN-code. Registration instructions https://elibrary.ru/projects/science_index/authorial.asp.

Authors themselves decided on the order of authors' names by mutual agreement, more often depending on their contribution to the work done. In articles of a humanitarian profile, as well as minor experts do not recommend to specify more than 2 authors. Scholars and practitioners who have assisted in the preparation and conduct of the study described in the article should be indicated in the final part of the article (section «Gratitude»).

For the English-language version of information about the authors it is important to follow the option of writing in the following sequence: full name, initial patronymic, fa-mile (Anna V. Ivanova). Specifying the initials of the patronymic is especially important when creating author profiles in international scientific databases, this allows for the accurate identification of the author and avoids errors when attaching articles to existing profiles.

Absract to the article (150-250 words, in Russian and English).

Absract should be built on the structure of IMRAD and contain sections:

- introduction, including relevance of the research topic, presentation of problems;

- research methods;

- results that include key findings.

The sections are marked in the annotation with appropriate words: «introduction», «methods», «results».

Abstract is a source of information independent from the article, a brief description of the work. It reflected what was new in that article, as compared to other related topics and purposes. Includes: research topic, problem setting, research objectives and methods, results and key findings.

Abstract should clearly state the main idea of the article (it should contain the characteristic of the main topic of the study, the problem of the object, the purpose of the work and its results, reveal the relevance, the degree of development, the theoretical, methodological and practical significance of the topic).

When writing an abstract, you must follow the following requirements:

- do not repeat the text of the article itself, the information contained in its title;

- do not cite figures, tables, in-text footnotes, abbreviations, abbreviations, abbreviations, material not found in the article itself;

- describe the method or methodology of work if they are novel or of interest to the slave in question;

Present the results as accurately and informatively as possible; Outline the main theoretical and experimental results, actual data, relationships and patterns identified;

- to use syntactic constructions inherent in the language of scientific and technical documents, to avoid complex grammatical constructions, introductory words, general formulations.

Requirements for writing an English-language abstract to the article:

- should not be a verbatim translation of the Russian-language annotation;

- informativeness of the absract (without superfluous, not carrying a semantic load of words);

- the content of the annotation (promotes the disclosure of the content of the work, indicates its significance, uniqueness, emphasizes the analysis of foreign authors' research);

- structuring (problem setting, solutions, results and conclusions).

Keywords (5-7 words, but not more than 10).

Words or strong word combinations (consisting of not more than three words) can be used and will be used to search for the article. Should reflect the main content of the material. Abbreviations and formulas should not be used as keywords.

Article structure

The editorial board recommends to follow the structure of the article IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion) or to use 3 private structure (Input, Description of research (methods, materials, results), Conclusion). Sections are indicated in the text of the article by appropriate words: «introduction», «methods», «results», «discussion», «conclusion».

The «Introduction» section includes the relevance and justification of the novelty of the topic of investigation, review of the literature on the topic, problem formulation, formulation of the purpose and objectives of the study.

The section «Methods» contains a description of the methods and methods by which the study was carried out; description of the schemes of observations / experiments, ma-therials, instruments, equipment; samples and conditions of observation / experiments.

The «Results» section is the core of the scientific article and includes the actual research results (text, tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs, drawings).

The «Discussion» section includes interpretation of the obtained results (co-response of the obtained results to the research hypothesis), limitation of research and generalization of its results.

The section «Conclusion» includes the summary results of the study without repeating the formulations given in the sections of the article; proposals for the direction of future research.

Figures and tables

Should be analyzed in the text of the article. Each table and picture is provided with a number and title in Russian and English. Inserted into the text after the paragraph with the first link to it. Drawings should be good and attached to the article separate files. A maximum of 8 figures and tables are allowed.

Acknowledgments

Placed at the end of the article. In them, the author expresses his gratitude for the help or thanks for the financial support of the research (in the case of a grant).

References

The journal adopts the bibliographic style of the APA for the design of bibliography and citation references (https://apastyle.apa.org/) References should include at least 20 scientific sources, of which: 25% foreign precision art, of which 10% should be articles from journals, indexed in international scientometric databases.

References should include references to the scientific sources of information mentioned in the text of the article. The literature used in writing the article should reflect the current state of the matter, including publications in both domestic and foreign journals and publications.

Anonymous sources and regulatory documents (regulations, laws, instructions, etc.) that will never be indexed in citation databases may not be included, preferably quoted directly in the text or in footnotes; It is undesirable to use hard-to-reach, unpublished, small-circulation, local, popular and educational sources in the literature lists: autofers and dissertations, newspapers, unpublished reports, teaching aids and textbooks.

Self-citation of the journal is prohibited, but can be used in case of scientific discussion with authors of previously published materials in «Russian deviant journal». Self-citation of the author is allowed only if absolutely necessary and not more than 20% of the number of sources.

The section «List of Literature» and the section «References», containing the list of literature, in which all sources are given in the Latin alphabet, t. e. transiterated (http://translit.net/ru/bsi/), is given at the end of the article. The sources follow the order of the text. The following data must be indicated: for books - the name and initials of the author (editor), title of the book, place of publication (city), year of publication, total number of pages; for journal articles - name and initials of the author, title of the article, year of publication, issue, youstart, pages (first and last).

For sources having DOI (see, for example, http://ww.crossref.org), follow-point it to indicate it as mandatory.

No less valuable are the sources from journals of psychological-pedagogical, sociological, legal orientation, included in the Russian Science Citation Index https://www.elibrary.ru/projects/rsci/rsci.pdf. (Quotes from these journals do not fall within the 40% citation barrier area of journals indexed to MNDB).

The empirical studies considered should be relevant (for example, the cited publications should not be older than 5 years).

The authors of the article are responsible for the correctness of the data listed in the list.

Articles in which bibliographic references generated by neural network algorithms (including non-existent or incorrect ones) are identified shall be unconditionally rejected without the possibility of revision or reconsideration.

Rules for making references to the sources used

All sources in the bibliographic list must be referenced in the text of the article. In direct citation it is necessary to specify page numbers.

Example source indication in text and literature list:

Article text: A. A. Reaan and colleagues, analyzing the world experience of destructive behavior, clearly defined the problem: «The task of identifying and monitoring risk factors of adolescent and youth deviance is one of the key conditions for the possibility of implementing the prevention of various types of asocial behavior» (Rean et al., 2021, p. 7)...

List of literature: ... Rean, A. A. (ed.), Konovalov, I. A., Novikova, M. A., Molchanova, D. V. (2021). Prevention of aggression and destructive behaviour of youth: analysis of world experience: monograph. Saint-Petersburg: Publisher-sko-printing company «COSTA». Selected chapters from the monograph up to-step for free download at the link: memorize21st century.rf/ library

Translations should be accompanied by full output of the original.

References to the notes are indicated in the text in Arabic numerals in the upper index.

The actual material should reflect the latest data, be carefully checked and be corroborated by references to sources.

All abbreviations must be disclosed at the first mention.

The materials submitted to the editorial office must be carefully checked.

Authors should pay particular attention to the quality of the English translation. The editorial office reserves the right to retract the article in case of poor quality translation into English.

At the time of submission of the article, it is necessary to specify whether artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-based technology was used in the preparation of the manuscript or part thereof. In a separate section of the manuscript (which may be a section of the methods), authors should clearly describe how AI was used in the research and/or preparation of the manuscript. This may include using LLM chat bots (such as ChatGPT) and image creators. Artificial intelligence or technology using AI is not considered authors and should not be listed as authors or co-authors in the manuscript. Nor should they be cited as authors or co-authors of references.

In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, any reference in the article, article metadata or other documents attached to the article must be accompanied by an appropriate note. It concerns:

Public and religious associations and other organizations in regard to which there is a court decision on liquidation or prohibition of activity on the basis of the Federal Law "On Combating Extremist Activity" dated 25.07.2002 No. 114;

The list http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/npd/terror.htm

Organisations, including foreign and international organisations, classified as being terrorist in accordance with the Federal Law "On Combating Terrorism" dated 06.03.2006 No. 35;

The list http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/npd/terror.htm

Foreign and international non-governmental organisations whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Federal Law "On enforcement measures against persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation" dated 28.12.2012 No. 272;

The list https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/documents/7756/

Foreign agents considered as such in accordance with the Federal Law "On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence" dated 14.07.2022 No. 255;

The Register https://minjust.gov.ru/uploaded/files/reestr-inostrannyih-agentov-26012024.pdf

The author (in the case of co-authorship – the author responsible for publication), presenting the article to the editorial office, guarantees that the text is original (has not been previously published anywhere else and has not been accepted for publication in other editorial offices), confirms his consent (in the case of co-authorship – the consent of all authors) with the rules of the journal and gives the editorial staff the rights for publishing the article, using the electronic version (posting on the journal's website, etc.). The author also informs about the presence or absence of a conflict of interest related to the publication of the article.

At the end of the article, the author(s) must make a note of the following content:

"The presented material has not been previously published anywhere else and is not currently being reviewed for publication in other editions. I declare that there is no conflict of interest associated with the publication of this article in the "Russian Journal of Deviant Behavior". I authorise the publication of the full-text version of the article, and its parts in open access on the Internet, as well as on the official pages of the journal in social networks. Artificial intelligence capabilities were used (not used) in the creation of the article (the part of the article). There are no (if there are, specify where) references to:

public and religious associations and other organisations in regard to which there is a court decision on liquidation or prohibition of activity on the basis of the Federal Law "On Combating Extremist Activity" dated 25.07.2002 No. 114;
organisations, including foreign and international organisations, classified as being terrorist in accordance with the Federal Law "On Combating Terrorism" dated 06.03.2006 No. 35;
foreign and international non-governmental organisations whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Federal Law "On enforcement measures against persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation" dated 28.12.2012 No. 272;
foreign agents considered as such in accordance with the Federal Law "On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence" dated 14.07.2022 No. 255".

If there are several authors, it is necessary to specify their contribution to the creation of the article (for example, "The authors contributed equally to the paper" or specify the personal contribution of each author).

Date, signature of the author(s).

Articles that do not meet these requirements are not considered.

The editorial office does not correspond with the authors on the method of writing scientific articles and does not work on the completion of articles to the necessary scientific and methodical level.

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The personal data of the authors provided to the editorial office of the journal will be used only for the purposes indicated by the journal and will not be used for any other purpose or provided to other persons and organizations without the permission of the authors.

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