In this section, the editorial staff of the online publication "Russia in the Global World" reviewed the most popular mistakes and frequently asked questions when working with electronic editorial staff. Over time, this section will be updated as new questions become available.
Registration in the system
To register in the system, you need to go to the website of the electronic editorial office. After clicking the "Register" button, be sure to fill in all the necessary fields. Please note that the initials of the first name and patronymic (if any) must be entered in the "Initials in English" field.
The ORCID must be specified. The indication is highly welcome Scopus ID and SPIN code assigned in the RSCI. They serve to uniquely identify the author and his publications and help avoid the appearance of multiple profiles of the same author. If there are several profiles in a particular database, publications, citations and indicators (for example, the Hirsch index) of the author may be incorrectly displayed and calculated.
We ask you to use up-to-date contact information to simplify communication with the editorial office and update them as they change.
We also recommend adding a photo to your profile. Allowed photo formats: .jpg, .png, .gif. The size of the uploaded photo should not exceed 3 MB.
In order to change the personal data you provided during registration, open the "Personal Account" page and click the "Change profile" button at the bottom of the page. A profile editing form will appear on the screen. Make the necessary changes and click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.
Writing a review
1. After evaluating the article for compliance with the requirements of the online publication, the editor appoints two or more scientific reviewers. An invitation to review will be sent to your email.
2. We ask you to confirm your consent to write a review by replying to the editor at the email address indicated in the letter. If there is no response, the editorial board believes that you agree to review the article sent to you.
3. You can access the reviewed article by clicking on the link provided in the letter or in your personal account in the "My Reviews" menu.
4. To create a review, go to the article page and click the "Add review" button, which is located in the "Reviewer's Action Panel" block. A form for adding a review will appear on the screen. It consists of a mandatory questionnaire and fields: a note, a note for the editorial board and a document. After filling out the form, click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page. Please be sure to leave comments on the article in the form of notes or a text document. For convenience, you can use the template for writing a review.
5. After creation, you can edit the review by clicking on the top link "Current review (edit)" in the table of versions and reviews. In this state, the review is not available to the author.
6. After finishing editing, select the conclusion from the drop-down list in the "Reviewer's Action Panel" block and click the "Submit review" button. After that, the new version of the article will be available for editing to the author.
7. The editorial board of the online publication can return the review for revision. In this case, make changes to the existing review in accordance with the comment from the editorial board and resend the review.
8. If the article has been sent for revision, if the author corrects the comments, the article will be submitted for re-review, notification of which will be sent by e-mail.
9. After the acceptance or rejection of the article, the work on it is completed.
Anonymity of reviewers
When you are appointed as a reviewer, you will be assigned a serial number. For authors, submitted messages and reviewers will be marked as "Reviewer #No."
When working on an article, we ask you to follow the following rules to preserve your anonymity:
do not use your name in the signature in the "Discussion" field;
do not indicate your name in the title of the review document;
do not include your name in the text of the review.