Aims and Scope

Journal of International Analytics publishes three research material types: longer research articles, shorter research essays, and reviews of recent publications on world politics. The editors also conduct interviews with prominent representatives of the professional international relations community and organize round tables on current international relations issues and theories.

Journal of International Analytics is an international venue devoted to the interdisciplinary aspects of the global, regional, and national dimensions of foreign policy. These aspects are shaped by a wide range of issues, be it trends of international political development; the issues of war and peace; theories and methods of international studies.

The focus of the journal, as the title suggests, is on “international” aspects of policy conducts, meaning that substantial attention is given to foreign policy analysis in a vide regional scope. No matter what the subject lies at the center of the authors’ inquiry, be it the impact of global epidemics or the analysis of narrow theoretical issues, it is always approached from a country- or region-specific standpoint. In this respect, Journal of International Analytics follows on from its predecessor, the Institute for International Studies Yearbook, once an exemplary publication in terms of applying the latest regional studies expertise to the foreign policy analysis.

The mission of the journal is to enhance communication within the Russian school of international studies as well as developing a fruitful expert dialogue with specialists from other countries. Moreover, the journal aims to merge its expert analytics with educational activity since the articles published there are relevant for a wide audience, including experts, decision-makers, and International Relations students.

Many of the journal’s contributors and members of its editorial board are employed at leading universities in the USA, Turkey, Iran, China, Japan, and EU countries. This allows us to cover a wide range of issues in the journal and thus provide a platform for the multitude of opinions and national conceptual approaches that exist. This, in turn, gives the reader a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of the issues and helps them form a holistic picture of the processes currently taking place in the world. The editorial board is particularly interested in papers that present an original approach to international political problems and analyze national foreign policies refuting established views on specific problems. Many of the articles are published in English, making the journal international in the truest sense of the word. 

The journal’s goals include:

• allowing scholars to publish innovative papers on international relations;
• promoting the idea of respectful scientific dialogue both domestically and internationally; 
• bringing in leading Russian and foreign researchers to work with us, and to work towards establishing a productive dialogue between them;
• creating platforms for discussing the most pressing issues in global politics.

You can subscribe to the Journal of International Analytics: in the post office through the catalog "The Press of Russia", subscription index 38777; through the Internet-catalog of LLC "Kniga-Service Agency", as well as through the catalogs of the CIS countries www.akc.ru

Section Policies

EDITORIAL NOTE

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ROUND TABLE

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

RESEARCH ESSAY

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

INTERVIEW

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

REVIEW

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

IN MEMORIAM

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

CONVERSATION

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

REVIEW

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

The Journal is published quarterly.

Open Access Policy

Journal of International Analytics  is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.

Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

For more information please read BOAI statement.

Archiving

• Russian state library (RSL)
• National electronic-information consortium (NEICON)
• Internet Archive

Peer-Review

Research articles and essays submitted to the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Analytics undergo a double blind peer review process. 

1. Each manuscript submitted to the Journal's website or editorial office mail is evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and (or) Deputy Editor, Executive Secretary and members of the Editorial Board whose expert profile corresponds to the subject of the article. Should the manuscript be of interest to the Journal, it is sent for double-blind peer review. If the manuscript is lacking such interest, the Editorial team decides to reject the article. An article is generally rejected for the following reasons:
   
   A. The manuscript does not fit the Journal's aims and scope.
   B. The manuscript does not contain a research question and, thus, will not survive peer-reviews.
   C. The manuscript is not a full-fledge research paper but a short opinion piece.
   D. The manuscript is not an original research paper.
   
   
2. The rejection rate of manuscripts in the Journal corresponds to approximately 25% of the incoming papers.
3. The manuscripts are reviewed by the experts in the relevant field who have had publications on the subject of the reviewed article in the last 5 years. The Editor-in-Chief and the executive secretary are those who responsible for selecting a reviewer to carry out the review of the article. The review period is to be agreed with the reviewer, but cannot exceed one month. 
4. Normally, a peer review is carried out by two reviewers. Yet, the Editor-in-Chief is entitled to call upon more experts in order to obtain a professional opinion on a submitted manuscript. 
5. Each reviewer has the right to withdraw from the review if there is a clear conflict of interest affecting the perception and interpretation of the manuscript material.
6. After reviewing the manuscript, the expert gives a substantiated recommendation in accordance with the following scale: the article is recommended for publication as it stands; the article is recommended for publication after correcting the shortcomings noted by the reviewer; the article needs further reviewing by another expert; the article requires major revision; the article cannot be published in the Journal.
7. Should the review contain recommendations on corrections and revision of the article, the Editorial Board may send these recommendations to the author with the proposal to take them into account when preparing a new version of the paper. Revision of the article should not take more than 5 weeks from the moment of sending an e-mail to the author about the need to make changes. If this period exceeds the manuscript is treated as a new submission. In case of significant revision, the article is sent for re-reviewing.
8. A positive review is not a sufficient ground for publication of a paper. The final decision on publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief and members of the Editorial Board, whose expert profile corresponds to the subject matter of the manuscript. Once the Editorial Board has made the decision to proceed to publication, the Editorial Board informs the author of this and indicates the approximate publication date.
9. The average manuscript turnaround time of the serial publication usually comprises 2 months. 
10. The original reviews are archived in the Journal's editorial office for 5 years.

Indexation

The Journal is included in the unified electronic catalog of the Russian State Library, included in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), indexed in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Directory of Open Access scholarly Resources (ROAD), Crossref. The Editorial Board is continuing to advance the Journal in international databases.

Publishing Ethics

This section is based on the guidelines of Elsevier, a publishing company that specializes in scientific and medical content, and those of the international Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Publication in peer-reviewed journals is an effective way of academic communication, which advances academic knowledge. Violation of publication ethics (plagiarism, submitting previously published materials, data rigging, etc.) is both academically unacceptable and hinders scientific development. The Editorial Board of the Journal of International Analytics believes that authors, publishers, editors, reviewers and readers should unite in counteracting such practices. To this end, the editorial board is guided by the following principles.

Obligations of the editorial board

The publisher is responsible for enforcing all the current recommendations in the published work and undertakes to strictly supervise academic materials.

1. The final decision on whether or not to publish a paper lies with the editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Analytics. The decision is based on the originality of the work, its academic significance, the trustworthiness of the data, the credibility of the arguments put forward, and compliance with the academic discourse standards. In making the decision to publish an article, the editor-in-chief is also guided by the editorial board’s policy, while at the same time being constrained by the current legal requirements concerning copyright, legality and plagiarism. In making publication decisions, the editor takes into account the opinions of reviewers and members of the editorial board.

2. The editor assesses the intellectual content of the manuscript, regardless of the race, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origins, nationality or political views of the author(s).

3. The editorial board complies with the confidentiality principle that extends to reviewing and publishing submissions.

4. Unpublished data, information or ideas that persons involved in the publication process obtain from manuscripts submitted for consideration are kept confidential and may not be used for these persons’ own research purposes without the author’s written consent.

5. The editorial board ensures a transparent publication policy and manuscript requirements. The editorial board also strives to select reviewers in such as manner as to minimize the possibility of a conflict of interests and to prevent biased treatment of submitted manuscripts. Editors and reviewers, on their part, must recuse themselves from reviewing manuscripts if there is a conflict of interest stemming from competitive, joint or other interactions and relations with authors, companies, and possibly other organizations connected with the manuscript.

6. If the editorial board or a reviewer uncover convincing proof that the conclusions, statements or facts presented in a publication are unsound or erroneous, the editorial board shall immediately notify the editor-in-chief with a view to rapidly amending or withdraw the publication.

7. In the event that there are ethical complaints concerning submitted manuscripts or published materials, the Editor-in-Chief shall take appropriate steps, including communication with the author(s) and, if necessary, the relevant organizations and research centres.

8. If it is suspected that the data underlying the research has been manipulated or falsified, the editor-in-chief shall contact the author or, if the author is unavailable, the author’s supervisor or other authors in order to clarify the situation and, if necessary, immediately amend or withdraw the manuscript.

Obligations of reviewers

Reviewing is a necessary stage in official academic communications that helps the editor-in-chief and the editorial board make decisions on publication and, through appropriate communication with the author, contributes to improving publication quality.

1. A reviewer who realizes that they are insufficiently qualified to review a particular manuscript or who does not have enough time to provide a review by the deadline, shall notify the editorial board accordingly.

2. A manuscript submitted for review shall be treated as a confidential document. It may not be discussed with any persons not authorized by the editorial board to do so.

3. Unpublished data obtained from manuscripts under consideration may only be used for personal research with the written consent of the manuscript’s author. Information and ideas obtained as a result of reviewing a manuscript must remain confidential and may not be used for personal gain or borrowed by reviewers for their own purposes and research.

4. Reviewers provide objective and substantiated assessments without personal criticisms of authors.

5. Reviewers shall strive to identify significant published works on the subject of a manuscript under consideration that are not listed in the bibliography. Any previously published claim (observation, conclusion or argument) must be accompanied with the appropriate bibliographical reference. A reviewer shall draw the editor-in-chief’s attention to significant similarities or coincidences between a manuscript under consideration and any other published work that falls within the academic scope of the reviewer.

6. If a reviewer has a conflict of interest with the author of a manuscript under review or with any other parties involved in writing the manuscript, the reviewer must not take part in the consideration of the manuscript.

7. If a reviewer discovers an undisclosed conflict of interest, the reviewer should immediately notify the editor-in-chief.

Obligations of authors

1. Manuscript requirements

1.1. Manuscripts should meet the formal criteria listed above.

1.2 Authors must submit reliable results and an objective discussion of their significance.

1.3. The data that the research is based on must be presented without errors. Presenting knowingly false or erroneous information is perceived as unethical and unacceptable conduct.

2. Data access

Editors and reviewers have the right to request that the author provide access to data related to the manuscript. If this is possible, the author is obliged to provide such information. The author must also keep the data for a certain amount of time following the manuscript’s publication.

3. Originality and plagiarism

3.1 The author must ensure that the work submitted by them is completely original, and if works or statements of other authors are used, the author must provide appropriate bibliographical references or excerpts.

3.2 Plagiarism in all its forms (from paraphrasing a major part of another person’s work to claiming another person’s work or the results of another person’s work and to direct borrowing and copying) constitutes unethical actions and is unacceptable.

4. Multiple, excessive or simultaneous publications

4.1. In general, an author must not publish a manuscript on the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is considered unethical and unacceptable conduct.

4.2. It is also unethical and unacceptable to submit a previously published article to be considered by another journal. 

4.3. In certain instances, publication of certain articles is ethical provided the authors and editors of the journals concerned consent to a secondary publication that should present the same data as the primary publication. The secondary publication should also contain the full bibliography of the primary publication.

5. Citations and acknowledging original sources

5.1 Contributions of other persons must always be acknowledged. Authors should cite publications that are relevant for preparing the submitted work.

5.2 Data obtained privately, for instance, in a conversation, correspondence, or during discussions with third parties, should not be used or presented without the express written consent of the original source.

5.3 Confidential information may not be used in a work without the express consent of persons who are directly connected with this information.

5.4 Authors should not use excessive citations in order to increase their own number of citations, or the number of citations of another author or journal.

6. Authorship

6.1. Only the persons who made a significant contribution to shaping the ideas of a given work, its development, execution or interpretation of the research submitted for consideration may be listed as authors. All those who made a significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. In cases where the research participants made a significant contribution in a particular area of the research project, they should be listed as persons who made a significant contribution to the given research.

6.2. Authors must ensure that all participants who made a significant contribution are listed, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

6.3 The list of authors, co-authors or persons who made a significant contribution to the given research may not include persons who did not contribute to the given work.

7. Disclosing conflicts of interest

Authors must disclose any existing conflicts of interest (financial or otherwise) in their manuscripts that could to some degree be perceived as having influenced the course of research or the results reflected in the work. Such conflicts of interest include work for hire, work for a fee, ownership of stock, etc.

8. Errors in a work

8.1 Should the author find significant mistakes or deficiencies in a publication, he or she must immediately notify the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Analytics and communicate with the editor-in-chief in order to correct the errors as quickly as possible.

8.2 Should a third party find significant errors or deficiencies in a work, its author must withdraw the work or correct the errors as quickly as possible.

9. Contact with the editor

Authors must stay in contact with the journal’s editor-in-chief from the time the work is submitted for publication until the actual publication. If for some reason the author cannot be contacted (does not answer phone calls, emails, etc.), the manuscript shall not be published owing to the editor-in-chief being unable to obtain the author’s approval of the publication of the final version of the text.

Obligations of the publisher

1. The publisher shall comply with principles and procedures that promote the compliance of editors, reviewers and authors of the Journal of International Analytics with the ethical obligations stipulated in the present requirements. The publisher proceeds from the principle that potential revenues from advertising or producing reprints has not affected the editors’ decisions.

2. The publisher promotes best practices in research and advances improvements in ethical recommendations, withdrawal and error correction procedures.

3. The publisher helps editors of the Journal of International Analytics review complaints made concerning the ethical aspects of published materials and aids them in their interaction with other journals and/or publishers.

4. The publisher provides specialized legal assistance when needed.

Founder

• Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation» 

Author fees

Publication in Journal of International Analytics is free of charge for all the authors.

The journal doesn't have any Arcticle processing charges.

The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Plagiarism detection

Journal of International Analytics use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. Editorial team also use Citation Machine and Turnitin software to check manuscripts written in English.  If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Preprint and postprint Policy

Prior to acceptance and publication in Journal of International Analytics, authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.

As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in Journal of International Analytics we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.

Glossary (by SHERPA)

Data Sharing Policy

Authors are encouraged to make the research data that support their publications available but are not required to do so. The decision to publish will not be affected by whether or not authors share their research data.

Definition of research data

This policy applies to the research data that would be required to verify the results of research reported in articles published in the Journal of International Analytics. Research data include data produced by the authors (“primary data”) and data from other sources that are analysed by authors in their study (“secondary data”). Research data includes any recorded factual material that are used to produce the results in digital and non-digital form. This includes tabular data, code, images, audio, documents, video, maps, raw and/or processed data.

Definition of exceptions

The data that is not a subject to public disclosure may be delivered as follows: deposited in science data repositories with limited access or preliminary anonymised. An author can also publicly deliver metadata only and/or description of the method of access to the data under requests from other scholars.

Data repositories

The preferred mechanism for sharing research data is via data repositories. Please see or https://repositoryfinder.datacite.org/ for help finding research data repositories.

Data citation

The Editorial Board of the Journal of International Analytics welcomes access to data under Creative Commons Licenses. Editorial Board of the Journal of International Analytics does not insist on the obligatory use of Creative Commons in case when the data is deposited in the repositories of the third party. The Publisher of the Journal of International Analytics does not assert any copyrights for the data submitted by the author together with the article.  

Questions regarding the observation of that policy shall be sent to the executive secretary of the Journal of International Analytics.

Conflict of Interest

1. Obligations of authors, reviewers, and conflict of interest:

1. 1. All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other significant conflict of interest that could be construed to affect the outcome of the evaluation of their manuscript. Examples of possible conflicts of interest that are subject to mandatory disclosure include employment, consulting service delivery, share ownership, fees, paid expertise, patenting, grants, and other funding. All sources of the project’s financial support must be disclosed.
   2. If there are conflicts of interest with the author of the manuscript or any other parties involved in its writing, the reviewer must not participate in the review of the manuscript. If the reviewer discovers an undisclosed conflict of interest, they should immediately inform the Editor-in-Chief about it.

1. Obligations of the Editor-in-chief and conflict of interest:

1. 1. Unpublished material contained in a submission may not be used in the Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board, reviewers and other staff members involved in the work on the submission without the written consent of the author.
   2. Confidential information obtained through peer review shall not be disclosed or used for personal advantage.
   3. In the case of a conflict of interest arising from competition, cooperation, or other relationships with authors and organizations related to the work, the Editor-in-Chief shall decline to consider the submitted work (the function of Editor-in-Chief may be assumed by an Associate Editor or other member of the Editorial Board).
   4. The Editor-in-Chief shall require all authors to provide information about conflicts of interest and publish corrections, if any are discovered after publication. If necessary, other appropriate action, such as publishing a rebuttal or expressing concern, may be taken.
   5. The Editor-in-Chief is committed to ensuring that the procedures for reviewing articles are appropriate; the articles are admitted for publication solely on the basis of their academic value and not for commercial reasons.
   6. The editorial note, interview, round table materials, and reviews are not subject to double blind peer-review.

In case of a conflict of interest, the editorial board relies on the COPE’s definitions and guidelines: https://publicationethics.org/competinginterests