Russian Language Journal

Russian Language Journal is committed to meeting the highest standards of publication ethics at all stages of the editorial and publication process. All parties involved in the publication process at the RLJ, including editors, external reviewers, and authors must comply with the highest standards of ethical conduct and best practices for scholarly publications.

Authors of papers reporting on original research must provide an accurate description of the research/work performed and an objective discussion of its importance to the field. All evidence and supporting data should be represented accurately.

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be understood to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the research project should also be properly acknowledged.

Each manuscript should include references to published scholarship that allow others the ability to reconstruct the argument. It is unacceptable to intentionally include inaccurate statements or fabricated data and references in the manuscript, which is considered unethical behavior. Authors must guarantee that their submitted work contains no content that may be considered as libelous or as infringing in any way on the copyright of another party. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, it has been appropriately cited or quoted, including authors' own work, to avoid unintentional plagiarism and self-plagiarism.

Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. The journal editor will make every effort to process and evaluate submissions in a timely fashion. Should an author decide to submit the manuscript to another journal, they must request the journal editor to withdraw their manuscript from consideration.