Editorial Policy of the Journal

Terms of publication

The Journal of Central Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication released quarterly (in March, June, September, and December).

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the Journal of Central Asian Studies should not have been previously published by the author(s) in English or any other language, accepted for publication, or under consideration elsewhere. They should correspond to the thematic areas of the journal and strictly adhere to the requirements of the manuscript format.

The manuscript shall be submitted to the electronic (online) platform OJS by the corresponding author at least two months before the journal's next issue is published. Please review the Submission Preparation Checklist before submitting your manuscript.

Original research articles should not exceed 12,000 words, including references, and should present a comprehensive analysis or empirical study relevant to the scope of the journal. Review articles should critically examine existing literature from a fresh perspective and should be between 5,000 and 12,000 words, including references.

This Journal does not offer a Fast Track service for authors who wish to receive quicker reviews and decisions on their submitted articles. The journal does not prioritize any article to expedite the review process.

 

Common requirements for the consideration, approval, or rejection of manuscripts

Only original manuscripts that have not been previously published in any other editions are eligible for publication. Each manuscript will undergo a double-blind review process as specified by the regulations of the journal. Manuscripts will be considered for publication if they meet the requirements of the journal. Manuscripts that do not conform to these regulations will not be registered and will not undergo further consideration. Authors will be notified accordingly.

Reasons for rejection of a manuscript include but not limited to:

• Inconsistency of the submitted paper with the journal's aim and scope.
• Non-compliance with submission requirements for publication.
• Peer review results.
• Evidence of plagiarism or other forms of unauthorized borrowing.
• Non-compliance by the author with current legislation on copyright and related rights.
• Submission of manuscripts that do not provide new information compared to previously published results or that contain factual, historical, or other errors that cannot be corrected, as well as manuscripts making statements or hypotheses that contradict established scientific facts.
• Content with insults, defamation, or knowingly false information about individuals or legal entities.
• Failure to revise the text in accordance with the reviewer's comments.
  
  

Plagiarism and borrowing checks

When reviewing the manuscript for compliance with formal requirements (manuscript design), the editorial board of the Journal of Central Asian Studies also checks for the presence of borrowed text in the manuscript through a plagiarism check system, which is provided by a subscription on a contractual basis.

Only original manuscripts and/or those manuscripts with more than 75% originality according to the anti-plagiarism system are submitted for further review (https://strikeplagiarism.com/en/). If a manuscript does not meet the design requirements of the journal and is not an original work based on the results of the plagiarism check, the manuscript is returned to the corresponding author for making the appropriate changes and re-submission of the manuscript for review by the editorial board through the electronic platform of the journal.

If the authors, when writing the manuscript, used works, articles, provisions, or quotes and statements of other researchers, they must necessarily refer to the works of those scientists and correctly present the cited text.

In the case of violations of the principles, standards, and norms of scientific ethics adopted by the international community, the editorial board of the journal shall undertake to act in accordance with the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

 

Authorship

The authorship of the manuscript belongs to those researchers who participated directly in the creation of the manuscript, in the formation of the idea, in the writing of the article, in the interpretation of the results, and made a significant contribution to obtaining scientific results.

The authors retain the rights to their manuscripts while allowing everyone to freely download, reuse, reprint, change, distribute, or copy them, with the obligatory acknowledgment of the authorship of this work and a reference to a unique publication in this journal. Permission from the authors or publisher is not required for all these actions when specifying a link to the journal.

The authors reserve the right to distribute their article in other sources (for instance, in the institutional archive, social networks, etc.) with the obligatory reference to its original publication in this journal.