The procedure of peer review of manuscripts is regulated by the Regulation on the peer reviewing of scientific articles submitted to the journal “Vestnik Permskogo Universiteta. Seriya “Ekonomika” =“Perm University Herald. Economy” for publication and ethical standartds for reviewers.

Peer reviewing being an expert evaluation of scientific articles is performed by highly qualified specialists in a particular subject area and research field with the purpose of selecting the most significant and relevant (having good prospects) scientific works, providing high scientific level of the Journal on the whole.

A review should contain competent analysis of the article, its impartial and well-reasoned evaluation and well-grounded recommendations.

The following points are covered in the review:

• whether the article fits the Journal’s specialization;
• correspondence between the title and content of the article;
• relevance of the materials presented;
• assessment of the content and structure of the article, scientific novelty of a research (new theoretical, methodological approaches, new facts, hypotheses, new research results);
• to what extent practical issues are covered and their current significance;
• theoretical and practical significance of the research;
• to what extent the author’s claims and conclusions correspond to current scientific concepts in the given field;
• reliability of the information presented;
• correctness and accuracy of the definitions and wordings used (introduced) by the author;
• validity of the conclusions drawn;
• the way the article is written (the language and style of the article; the text should be logically coherent), the list of references contain sufficient number of sources and formatted in a proper way;
• the article should correspond the rules of formatting.

A review should provide well-reasoned presentation of strengths and weaknesses of the work and state what improvements and modifications should be made by the author in the text of the article.

Based on the results of peer reviewing, a reviewer presents one of the following decisions for consideration of the editorial board:

• an article is recommended for publication (without improvement);
• an article is recommended for publication providing that it is revised and improved (without additional peer reviewing);
• an article requires improving and additional peer reviewing;
• an article is not recommended for publication.

The editors of the Journal recommend to use a standard form of peer review (download a review form), that should be filled in a personal account on the website of the Journal. The original of the review in a doc. format should be uploaded in the personal account at the electronic edition of the Journal. In agreement with the editorial board of the Journal a reviewer may email the review file. 

Peer reviewing is confidential (double “blind” peer reviewing). A scientific article is sent to a reviewer without identifying the author’s name and surname. In its turn, a review is sent to the author without identifying the reviewer’s surname and the given points.

Deviations from the confidentiality are allowed if the reviewer considers to suggest particular improvements for the article personally to the author and the author of the article does not object.

A reviewer can make notes for the author in the text of the peer reviewed article in printed or electronic form. The editorial staff of the Journal will send these notes to the author together with the review. In this case, at the stage of peer reviewing in the system of electronic edition in the personal account it is necessary to download the file of the article with the reviewer’s notes or sent it to the editorial office by email.

The term of peer reviewing is set not more than 10 working days of the moment a reviewer is sent the request about the peer reviewing and the article. The term of peer reviewing of the revised article is not more than 5 working days. In particular cases by a reviewer’s request the term can be prolonged but not more than 5 working days.

A reviewer, notifying the editorial staff in the 3-day period, may refuse to peer review an article in the following cases:

• an article content is highly specific and does not correspond to the scientific interests of the reviewer;
• by force majeure or personal circumstances.

Attention! A review is certified at the place of employment and its original is posted to the editorial office of the Journal. The address is 15, Bukireva street, Perm, 614068, Russia. The faculty of Economics of Perm State University. The editorial office of the scientific journal “Vestnik Permskogo Universiteta. Seriya “Ekonomika” = “Perm University Herald. Economy”.

In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Education originals of peer reviews are kept in the editorial office of the Journal for 5 years. If requested by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Education, they are obligatorily furnished to the Highest Attestation Commission and/or Ministry of Education and Science.

Dear colleague!

Currently, to ensure the high quality of peer reviewing of scientific articles submitted to the Journal the editorial board extends the list of reviewers.

The editorial staff will appreciate your agreement to be included in the list of reviewers of the scientific journal as well as your feedback and suggestions concerning the peer reviewing procedure. The agreement, feedback and suggestions may be sent to the e-mail: vestnik.psu.economy@gmail.com

The editorial staff of the Journal appreciates you for the cooperation and reliable approach to the peer reviewing of scientific articles.

Download the Agreement to be included in the list of reviewers