Journal Policies

Frequency: 4 issues per year (March, July, October, December)
Indexing: CrossRef, Jisc Open Policy Finder (formerly Sherpa Romeo), Ulrichs Web Global Serials Directory, Russian State Library (RSL), Google Scholar, Mendeley, Lens, OpenAIRE, Wikidata, Internet Archive Scholar, Infra-M, ISTINA, CyberLeninka, IPRBooks, LitRes, RUDN University, VAK (K2).

Archiving:

  • Russian State Library (rsl.ru)
  • Scientific Electronic Library (elibrary.ru)
  • CyberLeninka (cyberleninka.ru)

Founder: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Funding: The journal is funded by the Founder.
Publication Fees: Publication is free of charge for authors. The editorial board does not charge fees for preparation, placement, or printing of materials.

Open Access Policy

The "Journal of Public and Municipal Administration" adheres to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and is a fully open-access journal (diamond/platinum OA). All articles are freely available to readers (from the first issue) immediately upon publication under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Until December 2024 (inclusive), the journal used the CC BY-NC-SA license.

Copyright

Copyright for any article remains with the author(s).
Under the CC BY-NC license, the following uses are permitted:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.
    With the following conditions:
  • Attribution — Appropriate credit must be given, along with a link to the license and indication of changes.
  • NonCommercial — The material may not be used for commercial purposes.

Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board may screen submissions using the Antiplagiat system. If significant plagiarism is detected, the board follows guidelines from COPE and the Russian Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (RASEP).

Policies & Ethics

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All participants in the peer review and publication process must disclose any relationships that could be perceived as potential conflicts of interest (e.g., employment, consulting, equity ownership, fees, patents, paid expert testimony, personal relationships, academic rivalry, or intellectual beliefs).

Policy on Transferring Reviews to eLIBRARY.RU

Since September 2019, the editorial board transfers reviewer information and review texts (hidden from RSCI users but visible to RSCI experts) to the Scientific Electronic Library (eLIBRARY.RU) for storage and analysis alongside article texts. Reviewers may consent or refuse to transfer their reviews/personal data using designated forms. Signed consent/refusal forms must be submitted with new reviews.
Authors submitting manuscripts confirm adherence to authorship ethics and agree to participate in authorship dispute investigations.

Complaints and Appeals

The editorial board commits to investigating complaints regarding:

  • Breaches of confidentiality;
  • Undisclosed conflicts of interest;
  • Misuse of confidential information obtained during peer review.
    Authors may appeal editorial decisions or report procedural violations. Complaints should be emailed to the editorial office and will be addressed within ≤14 days. Complainants will be notified of decisions and corrective actions, guided by COPE.

Preprint & Postprint Policy

The journal follows Platinum OA, permitting and encouraging authors to deposit accepted manuscripts in personal websites, repositories (ResearchGate, institutional repositories, SSRN, SocArXiv, etc.) before or after publication without embargo. The final published version must be cited, including DOI. Authors must declare prior deposition upon submission.

Author Self-Archiving:

  • Preprint/review version: Anytime.
  • Accepted manuscript: After official editorial acceptance.
  • Final version: After publication in an issue on the journal’s website.

Licensing:

  • Preprints/review versions: Any license (CC BY recommended).
  • Accepted manuscripts: CC BY-NC-ND or equivalent (not more permissive, e.g., CC BY is not allowed).
  • Third-party materials: Authors must secure rights/permissions for all components. Copyright holders must be acknowledged.

Closed Repositories & Embargo:

Articles may be deposited in closed repositories (accessible only to administrators) before/after publication. Metadata (titles, abstracts, author info, links) may be shared anytime. Final versions on third-party sites must link to the journal’s publication (via DOI).

Repository Requirements:

  • For unpublished manuscripts: State submission/acceptance status + link to the journal.
  • For published articles: Link to the final version on the journal’s site (with DOI).
  • Clearly state the license terms for the deposited version.

Citation:

Cite the final published version (using DOI) when referencing accepted/preprint manuscripts.