Author Guidelines
1. Submission Guidelines
1.1. Articles are published as and when they are received and as and when ready.
1.2. Authors of articles and Editorial Board bear responsibility for the content of articles and for the fact of their publication.
1.3. No fees are paid to authors.
1.4. To be accepted for publication, an article shall undergo the procedure of double ‘blind’ reviewing. Articles accepted for publication undergo the editing providing preprinting preparation of the article for placement in the future issue of the journal.
1.5. Return of the manuscript for completion does not mean that article is accepted for publication. After obtaining the modified text the manuscript is considered again by the Editorial Board or reviewers depending on the volume of the remarks stated by reviewers.
1.6. Articles rejected by the Editorial Board are not considered again.
1.7. In their work, the Editorial Board of the Mongolian Studies scientific journal rely on the international ethical rules of scientific publications including decency, confidentiality, supervision of publications, accounting of the possible conflicts of interests, etc. In its activities, the Editorial Board follows the recommendations of the Committee on Ethics of Scientific Publications (Committee on Publication Ethics) and the Guideline for Ethics of Scientific Publications (Publishing Ethics Resource Kit) of Elsevier Publishing House. See https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/about/editorialPolicies#sectionPolicies
2. Guidelines for the Submision and Preparation of Manuscripts of Articles
2.1. The author prepares the text of the manuscript of a scientific article in strict accordance with the requirements stated in item 2.5. (see below), also sends it to the Editorial Office of the journal in electronic form in a personal account (cabinet) on the journal website.
2.2. Article submitted for the publication has to be original, earlier not published elsewhere and not sent for consideration anywhere (according to check in the Anti-Plagiarism system the originality has to be not less than 75%). If there any copyright images, the text of the article must be supplemented with permissions for their use.
2.3. The manuscript of research article has to have the size of 0.5-1.5 quire. Size of review article — 1–2 quire. Size of review — 0.2-0.5 quire.
2.4. The author is to register on the website https://mongoloved.elpub.ru.
2.5. The author submits the manuscript of the article through a personal account (cabinet) on the website https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour.
Sending article consists of 5 steps:
1. Start
2. Upload the article
3. Enter metadata
4. Upload additional files
5. Confirmation
Step 1. Start
The author specifies the section of the journal and language of the article.
Step 2. Upload the article
Mmanuscripts of articles submitted to the Mongolian Studies journal are subject to external double ‘blind’ peer review, i.e., in the course of peer review the identities of reviewers and authors are concealed from each other.
At Step 2, the author uploads the manuscript of an article for ‘blind’ peer review, and the author needs to prepare the manuscript of the article for ‘blind’ review according to the rules specified in the section ‘Peer Review’, item 2.3 (subparagraph ‘Depersonalized Manuscript’): https:// mongoloved.elpub.ru/jour/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0.
Attention: the file which you upload at this stage consists only of the title of the article and the article itself (without affiliation, summary and keywords in Russian and English, lists of references, sources, abbreviations). The article is uploaded in the RTF, WORD format.
Step 3. Insert metadata (Form language; Full name; E-mail; URL (if any personal website available); Institutions; Country; Author’s Biographical Statement; Google Analytics Account Number; Identifier ORCID; Title; Summary; Index Linking; List of References).
Step 4. Upload additional files
The author uploads:
1) the full manuscript of the article prepared according to the requirements which are provided below (in the RTF, WORD format).
USE THE TEMPLATE (http://kigiran.com/sites/default/files/sample_ mongoloved_studies.docx).
Key formatting (registration) parameters of pages:
Fields: top, below ― 2 cm, on the left ― 3 cm, on the right ― 1.5 cm.
Font size for the whole article ― TimesNewRoman 12 pt.
Font size in tables and in drawings ― 11 pt.
Line-spacing ― 1,5
Paragraph space ― 1.25 cm.
Interval between paragraphs: 0 pt (it is not necessary to increase an interval or to leave empty lines between paragraphs ).
Alignment on page width (full justification).
Pages not numbered.
Special formatting, division of words in the text not allowed.
Underlining in the text not applied. To display, italics (preferable) or bold type (minimally) be used.
Enumerated lists are created automatically by means of Word tools (no manual insertion of figures allowed). If after the number there is "." in the enumerated list, then paragraphs of the list should begin Capital letters, each position to be followed by a full stop. If the sign ")" or nothing is used, then it is admissible that the text positions of the list begin with lowercase letters, in this case at the end of the each position a comma or a semicolon is put. At the end of the list a full stop is put.
The marked lists are not used, for allocation of elements of the list the paragraph space of 1.25 cm is used. As a rule, in this case ":" precedes the list, each element in the list begins with a lowercase letter, at the end "," or ";" be inserted, and so on.
The text of an article has to include:
- UDC index in Russian;
- title of the article in Russian,
For each author to be specified:
- personal, patronymic and family names in Russian,
- affiliation of the author (authors) in Russian:
name of the organization, its address (full address with the zip code to be inserted according to the international standard: building, street, city with zip code, country)
academic degree, academic title, position held
ORCID (unique identifier of the researcher). E-mail.
Example:
Иван Иванович Иванов1
1 Калмыцкий научный центр РАН (д. 8, ул. И. К. Илишкина, 358000 Элиста, Российская Федерация)
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (8, Ilishkin St., Elista 358000, Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation)
кандидат филологических наук, научный сотрудник
Cand.Sc. (Philology), Research Associate
ORCID: 000000. E-mail: kigiran@mail.ru
- Russian-language abstract (recommended size: 200–300 words). The summary is to be accurately structured and contain the following IMRAD components: Introduction, Goals and Objectives, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions. The summary should not mention the text of the article and its title. There should be no tables, graphic materials, references to literature. The summary should not contain materials or conclusions which are absent in the article. The summary is made out without paragraphs, in one single block;
- keywords (7–15 words) in Russian;
- Acknowledgments in Russian, including the mention of project funding sources (if there are any); data on funding (if there was any). The author (authors) express gratitude (at will) to consultants addressed to during preparation of the manuscript. Also here one should mention the organization funding the reported study – its name, name of the project, project number, number of state registration (РосРИД)
- block For Citation in Russian: Surname, Abbreviated Personal and Patronymic Names. Title of article. Монголоведение. year; (issue no. of journal). DOI: 10.22162/2500-1523;
- UDC index (UDC) in English;
- title of the article in English,
For each author to be specified:
- personal name, first letter of patronymic with a full stop, family name in English,
- affiliation of the author (authors) in English:
name of the organization, its address in English,
academic degree, academic title, position held
ORCID (unique identifier of the researcher). E-mail.
Example:
Ivan I. Ivanov1
1 Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin St., Elista 358000, Russian Federation)
Cand.Sc. (Philology), Research Associate
ORCID: 000000. E-mail: kigiran@mail.ru
- summary (Abstract) in English containing 300 to 500 words (should not be a word-for-word translation of the Russian-language summary!). The summary be formatted out without paragraphs, in one single block, according to IMRAD structure (see above).
- Keywords (7–15 words) in English;
- Acknowledgments in English;
- section For Citation: Family Name and Initials of Personal and Patronymic Names. Insert Your Title Here: Insert Subtitle Here. Mongolian Studies. year; (issue no. of journal). DOI: 10.22162/2619-0990
- article. The text of the article in English has to be verified by ф native speaker;
The main text of the article is to be well structured, divided into sections and subsections, supplied with headings of different levels.
Heading of the first level (bold-face type) ― for the main sections (For example, Introduction, Methods, Results, etc.)
Heading of the second level (semi-bold italics)
Heading of the third level (italics)
For articles describing results of research works it is recommended to follow the IMRAD structure (Introduction. Materials and Methods. Results. Discussion):
- Introduction. A short description of the scholarly topic and justification of need undertake the reported study. Research goals and objectives.
- Materials and Methods. General scientific methods are not specified, only materials and specific methods employed are to be described.
- Results. Review of literature. Description of results. Proof of hypotheses. Discussion. Restrictions of the research.
- Conclusions. The section to contain a generalized enumeration of the received results and their importance for science.
All abbreviations, contractions and conventional values to be interpreted in the text. For example: Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (further ― KalmSC RAS). One can add List of Abbreviations to be placed before References.
References
The author shall specify sources of all quotations in the article, figures and other information. References in the text to be given in brackets with the indication of year of the edition and pages: [Ivanov 1957: 89] or [Ivanov 1957: 2–20].
In case of a reference to drawings or tables, a full name of the author of the publication and year of the edition to be followed by a colon and their number be specified: [Ivanov 1957: fig. 2]
In case of a part or volume in the edition, reference shall be as follows: [Biryukov, 1 1911: 61–65].
For citing a source in a foreign language, the original spelling of family name be used [Kollmar-Paulenz, by Mununchimeg 2015: 626]. If there are more than three authors ― [Kollmar-Paulenz et al. 2015], [Pavlov, etc. 2015] ― if there are three or fewer: [Abilev, Malyarchuk, Derenko 2012]. If one author has several works, then years are separated by semicolons [Ivanova 2000; 2001; 2002].
All works mentioned in the text to be included in the References section, a complete Russian-language bibliographic description (the instruction of publishing house and range of pages or total number of pages is obligatory) is to be preceded by how the source or the publication is mentioned in the text of article (for example, КРС 1977 — Калмыцко-русский словарь. М.: Русский язык, 1977. 768 с.).
Direct quotes to be placed in quotation marks, in-text reference to contain numbers of pages cited [Nebolsin 1852: 66–67]. It is admissible to do as follows: ‘As M.M. Batmaev noted [2002]" (more preferable to write: ‘as M.M. Batmayev noted, … [Batmaev 2002: 77]). If a passage is quoted not from the primary source directly, then it is specified with the indication of the source: [Ivanov 1834: 33, cit. ex: Sidorov 2005: 67]. In case of reference to several sources, those to be separated by semicolons [Ivanov 1957; Sidorov 1960; Petrov 2000].
Tables
Tables have to have consecutive numbering in the Arab figures and have the headings briefly disclosing their content. The heading is placed over the table, is leveled on width, without indentation. Subtitles of columns have to be the shortest and informative. Units of measure are specified after a comma. Additional information for explanation of contents of the table is located under it as the note. In the text links to the table are given in brackets [table 1].
Grafics and Illustrations
Graphic materials are provided in the form of separate files of high quality in the JPG, TIFF, BMP, XLS, PNG formats (permission not less than 300 dpi). Each illustration has to have separate numbering and the caption. In the text links to them are given consecutively. Names of files have to allow to identify an illustration (Figure 1, Figure 2.6) unambiguously. Names of files are given in the place of estimated arrangement of the drawing in square brackets [Figure 1]. Captions to drawings are provided in the end of the manuscript, after tables, alignment on the center, the full stop is put at the end.
Tables, diagrams, illustrations are to be followed by the their names and legends translated into English.
At the end of the article can be mentioned:
- Field Data in Russian;
- Field Data in English;
- Sources (In Russian). The section to include both published and unpublished sources of the research in alphabetical order, and without enumeration, Russian-language sources come first, followed by ones in foreign languages;
- sources (Sources) according to References guidelines;
- References (In Russian). The section includes only published works in alphabetical order, without enumeration, Russian-language references come first, followed by ones in foreign languages. A work is to contain: - not less than 15 references for research article; - not less than 35 references for analytical review; - not less than 35% of the references be published during the last 5 years prior to consideration of the publication; - not more than 20% of references to the same author, self-citings.
References according to rules of their registration:
References Guidelines
Article in a journal
Байыр-оол 2010 ― Байыр-оол М. С. Была ли революция в Туве? // Новые исследования Тувы. 2010. № 2. С. 157–170.
Baiyr-ool M. S. Was there a revolution in Tuva? The New Research of Tuva. 2010. No. 2. Pp. 157–170. (In Russ.)
*** Names of articles in English: to be given according to the official publication or, in case of its absence, to be translated into English independently with the indication of the language of the article. NO transliteration of the article name be given.
**** The title of the journal in English: if the journal uses no official English-language name (see the periodical’s website), NO independent translation of the journal title be made, and only a transliteration in BSI or BGN format be provided.
Book with names of authors
Батсайхан 2011 ― Батсайхан О. Монголын сүүлчийн эзэн хаан VIII Богд Жавзандамба. Улаанбаатар: Адмон, 2011. 708 с.
Белов 1999 ― Белов Е. А. Россия и Монголия (1911–1919 гг.). М.: Вост. лит., 1999. 239 с.
Batsaykhan O. [8th Jebtsundamba (Khutuktu): the Last Khan of Mongolia]. Ulaanbaatar: Admon, 2011. 708 p. (In Mong.)
Belov E. A. [Russia and Mongolia (1911–1919)]. Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, 1999. 239 p. (In Russ.)
***** Titles of books: To be translated into English without transliteration with the indication of language of the publication (In Russ.), translated book titles be placed in square brackets and all meaningful words to begin with Capital Letters.
Book entitled
История буддизма 2011 — История буддизма в СССР и Российской Федерации в 1985–1999 гг. Элиста: Мин-во образования, культуры и науки РК, 2011. 392 с.
Монголия в документах 2012 ― Монголия в документах Коминтерна (1919–1934). Ч. 1 (1919–1929) / науч. ред. Б. В. Базаров. Улан-Удэ: Изд-во БНЦ СО РАН, 2012. 527 с.
[A History of Buddhism in the USSR and the Russian Federation: 1985–1999]. Elista: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Republic of Kalmykia, 2011, 392 p. (In Russ.)
[Mongolia in Documents of the Comintern (1919–1934)]. Part 1: ‘1919–1929’. B. V. Bazarov (ed.). Ulan-Ude: Buryat Scientific Center (Sib. Branch) of RAS, 2012. 527 p. (In Russ.)
Book available online
Монгуш 2001 ― Монгуш М. В. История буддизма в Туве (вторая половина VI – конец ХХ в.). [электронный ресурс] // Новосибирск: Наука, 2001. 200 с. URL: http:// libed.ru/knigi-nauka/560343-1-mvmongushistoriya-buddizma-tuve-vtoraya-polovinakonec-v-novosibirsk-nauka-2001-200-anonsmonografiya-posvyasch.php (дата обращения: 23.03.2018).
Mongush M. V. [History of Buddhism in Tuva: mid-to-late 6th –late 20th cc.)]. Novosibirsk: Nauka. 2001. 200 p. An Internet resource: http://libed.ru/ knigi-nauka/560343-1-mvmongush-istoriyabuddizma-tuve-vtoraya-polovina-konec-vnovosibirsk-nauka-2001-200-anons-monografiya-posvyasch.php (accessed: March 23, 2018). (In Russ.)
2) drawings, photos; charts, etc.;
3) permission for their use;
Step 5. Confirmation. The author, pressing the Complete button, confirms that the manuscript of the article was not published earlier anywhere, does not violate copyright of other individuals, and agrees to processing of personal data (https:// mongoloved.elpub.ru/jour/about/editorialPolicies#custom-8).
The article is published only in case of full compliance with ‘Requirements for Article Submission and Publication in the Mongolian Studies Journal’.
