Author Guidelines
Discussed, amended and approved
at the Editorial Board meeting of the journal “Neophilology”
on Mar. 6, 2025
The rules for authors are based on the CSE’s White Paper on Promotion Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, 2012 Update and ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, 2025.
The goals of the journal are to broadly cover new directions of the development of philological science, including those of an interdisciplinary nature, new scientific accomplishments of the humanities direction in the modern multipolar world; to assist the preservation and development of the Russian language in domestic and foreign media and on the Internet.
The main headings of the journal are:
- Paradigms of Languages and Modern Linguistics
- Literature Map in Persons, Facts, Events
- Modern Media Text and Internet Discourse
- Intercultural Communication: National Identity
- Ideas of Young Scientists
- Reviews
The most important tasks of the journal are not only to disseminate the results of scientific research in the area of modern humanitarian knowledge but also to create a platform for scientific dialogue and debates that take place around language and cognition, linguistic worldview and the dynamics of its fragments, as well as the development of interest of Russian and foreign scientists to these problems in connection with the practice of applying the results of research in understanding the problems of the relationship between the verbal and non-verbal in language and cognition.
Original articles by Russian and foreign authors in Russian and English are accepted for publication.
The authors are scientists from Russian scientific and educational organizations, as well as from the CIS countries, BRICS countries, near and far abroad.
Preference is given to scientific articles containing new results of theoretical and applied research within the scope of the journal. The Editorial Board welcomes scientific reviews analyzing contemporary Russian and foreign publications, allowing for an assessment of the state of the problem under consideration. Scientific reviews are published.
Articles by post-graduate students, applicants, and other students may only be prepared in collaboration with a supervisor.
No more than three authors are allowed.
One author may submit no more than two articles for consideration during the year.
Reference information: 70% of manuscripts are rejected.
I. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE AUTHOR BEFORE SUBMITTING THE ARTICLE
Submitting an article to the journal “Neophilology” implies that:
– the article has not been previously published in another journal;
– the article is not under review in another journal;
– all co-authors agree with the publication of the current version of the article;
– consent has been obtained – implicit or explicit from the organization in which the study was conducted.
Before submitting an article for review, make sure that the file(s) contains all the necessary information in Russian and English, the sources of information are indicated in the figures and tables, and all citations are correct.
Following information is placed on the title page (in Russian and English):
In the upper left corner, the code of thematic profile of the article according to the tables of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) must be put in.
On the next line, the specialty code according to the nomenclature of scientific specialties of the Higher Attestation Commission must be specified.
i. The name of the author(s)
The authors are people whom the scientific group has identified as the main participants in the presented work and who have agreed to take responsibility for their work. In addition to being responsible for their own part of the work, the author should be able to indicate which of their co-authors is responsible for other parts of the work. The order in which authors are mentioned depends on their contribution to the work performed, or is indicated in alphabetical order if the contribution of the authors is equal.
The journal “Neophilology” accepts the following criteria of authorship:
- Significant contribution to the concept and design of research, data collection, or data analysis and interpretation.
- Preparation of the article or its critical revision in terms of significant intellectual content.
- Final editing of the article for publication.
The list of authors does not include people who are not the authors of the article. The names of people who are not authors but have provided other support are indicated in the “Acknowledgements” section.
In Russian, when specifying the authors of the article, the full surname, first name and patronymic should be indicated (Ivanov Peter Sergeevich, Petrova Maria Nikolaevna).
In English, when specifying the authors of the article, the format “First name, initial patronymic, last name” (Ivan I. Ivanov) is used. Surnames in English must be indicated in accordance with the passport or as it was indicated in previously published articles. If the author does not have a foreign passport and/or publications, the BSI standard must be used to transliterate the surname and first name.
ii. Information about the author(s)
The academic degree, academic title, honorary titles (if any), position, e-mail address of the author, contact phone numbers, ORCID, and other permanent identifiers of the author are listed (mandatory registration in eLibrary, if it is not the author’s first work). The completeness of data is important for identifying authors in international citation systems and abstract databases, and for linking their articles in international databases.
The e-mail address of the Corresponding author are also indicated here.
iii. Affiliation of the author(s)
The affiliation includes the following information: full official name of the organization, full postal address (including ZIP code, city and country). The authors should indicate all the places of work relevant to the research.
If authors from different institutions participated in the preparation of the article, it is necessary to indicate the affiliation of each author to a specific institution using a superscript.
The official English-language name of the institution is required for the information block in English.
iv. Article title
The title of the article in Russian should correspond to the content of the article.
The English-language name must be literate from the point of view of the English language, while fully corresponding in meaning to the Russian-language name.
v. Abstract
The abstract (150-200 words in length) must necessarily include: an introduction (problem statement), the purpose of the study (in the form of confirmation or refutation of a scientific hypothesis), a description of the research methods and methodology, information about the main scientific results, the scope of the results, conclusions about achieving the research goal (for example, Considered ... The purpose of the study… Justified… Proven… Analyzed… Generated… The conclusion is made...).
The abstract should not include newly introduced terms, abbreviations, or references to other works.
The text of the abstract should be concise and clear, free from secondary information, unnecessary introductory words, general and insignificant formulations. The text should be coherent. The text should not be divided into paragraphs, italicized or underlined.
The abstract should be:
- informative and provide an opportunity to establish the main content of the document, its relevance, purpose, significance for science and practice, methodology, etc.;
- substantial (reflecting the main essence of the article and the obtained research results);
- structured (following the logic of the description of the results in the article);
- designed as an English-language version, which is a high-quality English translation of the author’s Russian-language abstract (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion);
- compact and, at the same time, forming a general idea of the research characteristics of the work.
vi. Keywords
Keywords in Russian and English (no more than 10 keywords or phrases reflecting the specifics of the topic, object, research results and serving as a key in the search for relevant information) complement the abstract and the title of the article. The use of abbreviations and quotation marks is undesirable.
vii. Acknowledgments
This section indicates acknowledgments to organizations and people who participated in the work on the article, but are not its authors. Participation in the work on the article implies: recommendations for improving research, providing space and materials for research, data collection, critical analysis of data, technical editing of the text, scientific editing of the text, proofreading.
viii. Funding
Information about grants, funding of scientific research, preparation and publication of the article.
ix. Authors’ contribution
It is necessary to use the taxonomy of scientific roles CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy, http://www.casrai.org/credit.html), to record exactly what contribution a particular scientist has made to the published research. All members of the author group must meet all four criteria of authorship:
- concept and design development or data analysis and interpretation;
- substantiation of the manuscript or verification of critical intellectual content;
- final approval for the publication of the manuscript;
- consent to be responsible for all aspects of the work.
x. Conflict of interest
A conflict of interest is a condition under which people have conflicting or competing interests that can influence editorial decision-making. Conflicts of interest may be potential or perceived, as well as real ones. Objectivity can be influenced by personal, political, financial, scientific, or religious factors. (financial relationships, service or employment in institutions with a financial or political interest in the material published, job responsibilities, personal or religious factors, etc.).
The author is obliged to notify the editor of a real or potential conflict of interest during the submission of the manuscript. The author responsible for the correspondence is obliged to provide a statement on behalf of all authors using one of the standard options:
– “The authors declare the following conflicts of interest: ...”.
– “The authors declare no relevant conflict of interests.”
– “The authors declare that they are bound by confidentiality agreements that do not allow their conflict to be disclosed interests in this work”.
If there is a conflict of interest, the author may ask the Editor-in-Chief to exclude any particular reviewer from consideration of the article sent by him.
xi. The text of the article
The volume of the manuscript is from 0.5 to 1.0 pp (13-40 thousand characters). The publication of smaller or larger volumes of materials should be coordinated with the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
When preparing a manuscript, the author should be guided by the profile and sections of the journal.
The journal uses the IMRAD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion).
The article MUST NECESSARILY be structured, and each section of the article MUST BE NAMED.
- The mandatory Introduction should reflect the general formulation of the problem and its connection with research in the field and publications with mandatory references in the text to the literature used (also, all borrowings in the article should be correctly formatted); analysis of recent publications on which the author relies in solving the stated problem (typically, at least 15 recent works); highlighting previously undeveloped aspects of the problem to which this article is devoted; formulation of the research objectives;
- Materials and Methods describe in detail the methods and sources used to obtain and analyze primary experimental data, or the sources, methods of extraction, and selection of secondary data;
- Results and Discussion: highlighting previously undeveloped aspects of the problem to which this article is devoted; formulation of the research objectives. This is the most extensive part of the article, which may contain tables, figures, and other illustrative forms of presenting material;
- Conclusions about the resolution of the scientific problem, scientific novelty, theoretical or practical significance of the research, as well as prospects for further scientific developments in this area.
xii. Figures
The authors guarantee that the illustrative material does not violate the copyright and intellectual property rights of others.
Figures are executed in the CorelDRAW graphics editor or in any of the MS Office applications in a grouped form. Graphs, drawings, and photographs are inserted into the text after the first mention of them, and they need to be inserted as an object or as a meta file. The figures must be of good quality and suitable for printing (at a resolution of >300 dpi).
All figures must have captions in Russian and English. The picture caption does not need to be grouped with the picture.
The figures are numbered in Arabic numerals according to the order in the text. References to the figures should be made as follows: “Fig. 3 indicates that ...” or “It is indicated that ... (Fig. 3)”.
The caption includes the serial number of the drawing and its name. Aligned in the center: “Fig. 1. Graph of the rhetorical structure of a discursive fragment”. Don’t put a dot after the caption.
The author is responsible for the design of the graphic materials available in the article. They are not edited during the layout of the magazine. All drawings are published only in black and white, full-color illustrations will be available only in the electronic version of the article.
xiii. Tables
The tables are placed after the first mention of them in the text. Tables must be of good quality and printable. Scanned tables or figures are not accepted.
All tables should have headings in Russian and English without a dot at the end. The translation of the table header should be placed after the table header in Russian.
Tables are numbered with Arabic numerals in the order of their sequence in the text. References to the tables are made as follows: “Table 3 indicates that ...” or “It is indicated that ... (Table 3)”. Do not write “in the table above/below” or “in the figure on page 2”, because the position and page number of the table or figure may change during layout.
The table header includes the ordinal number of the table and its name. Centered: “Table 2. Lexical categorization of epithets”.
Do not put a dot after the table header.
The words in the tables should be written completely with hyphenation. There should be no empty graphs. There is no dot at the end of a sentence in a table cell.
xiv. Screenshots and photos
Photographs, screenshots, and other illustrations may be included in the text of the manuscript at the first stage when submitting the publication. If the publication is accepted, images with a resolution of >300 dpi must be provided. The preferred formats are *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.gif (*.doc and *.docx – if additional markings are applied to the image).
Image files must be given a name corresponding to the image number in the text. In the description of the file, a caption should be provided separately, which should correspond to the name of the photo placed in the text.
If material is borrowed, the source must be indicated.
xv. Footnotes
Footnotes are numbered in Arabic numerals and placed page by page. Footnotes may contain: links to anonymous sources on the Internet (indicating the address of the access page and the date of access URL: https://...), links to textbooks, manuals, literary works, articles in newspapers and magazines, abstracts, dissertations (if it is not possible to cite articles published based on the results of dissertation research), author’s comments.
When making references, it is necessary to follow GOST R 7.0.5-2008 Bibliographic reference. General requirements and rules of making, GOST R 7.0.108-2022 Bibliographic references on electronic documents in information and telecommunication networks. General requirements for rules of making and presentation. The journal uses footnotes taken from the text to the bottom of the page (in a footnote). The numbering is solid (for example, from 1st to 32nd). Footnotes are typed in Times New Roman font, font height is 12 points, line spacing is single, paragraph indentation is 0.7. In the text, the footnote sign is placed before the punctuation mark (period, comma, colon, semicolon).
xvi. The list of references
The list of references is a MANDATORY attribute of any scientific article, it is made in accordance with GOST R 7.0.5-2008 Bibliographic reference. General requirements and rules of making.
It is mandatory to include all cited works in the list. It should be sufficiently representative and reflect the most recent and relevant scientific articles on the research topic published in leading peer-reviewed journals in the respective field of knowledge over the past 3–5 years (at least 15 titles). At the same time, the authors of the articles should include both domestic and foreign scientists, which should demonstrate the author’s familiarity with the latest results and achievements of domestic and world science in the study of the chosen research topic. Links to your own works should be no more than 10% of the total number of sources.
The author is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided in their article, citations, and the correctness of the titles of books, articles, and other sources.
The author’s name in the bibliography and footnotes is italicized. The description of each source must include all authors.
Cities are written in full (Moscow, St. Petersburg, London, etc.).
The names of foreign and Russian journals are written in full.
In the final bibliographic list the following elements of description according to GOST are not given: repeated information about the author after the oblique line (/), ISBN at the end of the bibliographic description, separating dashes in the final bibliographic list, the first space before the signs : and ;
The journal uses the Vancouver citation format, which implies referring to the source in square brackets and then mentioning the sources in the list of references in the order of mention. The page is indicated inside brackets, separated by a comma and a space after the source number: [6, с. 8].
The list of references compiled according to the rules should have an English-language version (References), which is designed as follows: the titles of books and articles referenced are translated into English, and the titles of journals and collections of articles referenced are transliterated
The BSI standard https://translit.net/ru/bsi/ should be used for transliteration of authors’ names and journal titles. If the journal has an official English-language title, it is indicated after the transliterated one with the sign “=”.
The article’s publication details are converted with reference to the English vol., no., рр., art.
After describing the source, the language of the work is indicated at the end of the reference: (In Russ.), (In German) and DOI, EDN.
As a sample format for the list of references, we recommend using the lists of references in the journal articles available at the following electronic addresses: https://neophilology.elpub.ru/jour/issue/archive, https://www.elibrary.ru/contents.asp?titleid=64820
References Layout examples
Book (specify the total number of pages):
- Osmukhina O.Yu. Russian Literature through the Prism of Identity. Saransk, Ogarev Mordovia State University Publ., 2009, 288 p. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/qxglwv
Article from the journal (specify the pages of the article):
- Budaev E.V., Chudinov A.P. Contemporary Russian political metaphorology (2011–2020). Filologicheskii klass = Philological Class, 2020, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 103-113. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26170/FK20-02-09, https://elibrary.ru/cstmyx
- Novikova O.N., Kalugina Yu.V. The color metaphor of the С Neofilologiya = Neophilology, 2024, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 8-16. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2024-10-1-8-16, https://elibrary.ru/aklamf
Collections (specify the article placement pages):
- Kalinkin V.M. The amount of poetonimology: philolosophemes of a diletant. 4. In the bowels of onomastics. Materialy 18 Mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii «Onomastika Povolzh’ya»: v 2 t. = Proceedings of the 18th International Scientific Conference “Onomastics of the Volga Region”: in 2 vol. Kostroma, Kostroma State University Publ., 2020, vol. 1, pp. 50-57. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34216/2020-1.onomast.50-57, https://elibrary.ru/avjjmk
- Isaeva M.V. Compromised Imagery in Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho. Sbornik statei spets-seminara «Vizual’noe vo vsem» = Proceedings of Articles from the Special Seminar “Visual in Everything”. Moscow, 2021, issue 2, pp. 93-96. (In Russ.) https://elibrary.ru/rhglmt
II. HOW TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE FOR REVIEW
The Digital Editorial Office of the journal “Neophilology” was created on the Elpub platform.
The manuscript of the article, appendices to the manuscript (if necessary), and complete information about the author(s) should be sent to the editorial office in electronic form via the online form.
The electronic version of the manuscript should include: the text of the article, tables, figures, list of references, translation of the abstract, and metadata.
As part of the manuscript submission process, the authors must agree to all of the following points. The manuscript may be returned to the authors who do not comply with these rules.
- No plagiarism in the text. The article has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted for review and publication in another journal. If the manuscript was previously submitted for review to other publications, but was not accepted for publication, be sure to indicate this in the cover letter, otherwise the Editorial Board may misinterpret the results of checking the text for unauthorized borrowings and reject the manuscript.
- The correct format. The file of the submitted article and a file containing information about the author(s) are presented in the document format *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf. Full Internet addresses (URL) for links are provided where possible.
- The text is typed with one and a half line spacing; a font size of 14 points is used; italics are used instead of underscores for emphasis (except for Internet addresses); all figures and tables are located in the appropriate places in the text, not at the end of the document.
- The text meets the stylistic and bibliographic requirements described in the Author Guidelines posted on the journal’s website.
- If you submit an article to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, then the requirements of the document are met to ensure double-blind review (remove the names of the authors from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the anonymity of the review).
III. INTERACTION BETWEEN THE JOURNAL AND THE AUTHOR
The Editorial Board of the journal conducts correspondence with the responsible (contact) author, however, if the team of authors wishes, letters can be sent to all authors who provided an e-mail address.
All articles submitted to the journal “Neophilology” are pre-screened by the Editor-in-Chief or Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for compliance with formal requirements. At this stage, the article can be returned to the author(s) for revision with a request to correct errors or add missing data. Also, at this stage, the article may be rejected due to its inconsistency with the goals of the journal, lack of originality, and low scientific value. The reason for not accepting an article for consideration may be a significant number of errors (spelling, punctuation, speech).
After checking the design of the article and accompanying documents the Editor-in-Chief submits the article to the reviewer with an indication of the review period. A corresponding notification is sent to the author.
In controversial cases, the Editor-in-Chief may involve several specialists in the review process.
If the reviewer gives a positive report, the article is sent to the editor for preparation for publication.
The Editorial Board reserves the right to abbreviate and edit manuscript materials, to conduct scientific editing, to abbreviate and correct articles, to change the design of graphs, figures and tables to bring them in line with the design of the journal without changing the meaning of the information presented.
When deciding whether the article needs revision, the reviewer’s comments and observations are sent to the author. The author is given 2 months to comply with the comments. If the author has not notified the Editorial Board of the planned actions within this period, the article is removed from the publication queue.
When making a decision to refuse publication of an article, the corresponding editorial decision is sent to the author.
The final version of the layout is sent to the responsible (contact) author of the accepted article for approval of the final layout from all authors. The response is expected from the authors within 2 days. If there is no response from the author(s), the layout of the article is considered approved.
IV. THE PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWING THE DECISIONS OF THE EDITOR /REVIEWER
If the author does not agree with the conclusion of the reviewer and/or the editor or individual comments, they can challenge the decision. To do this, the author must:
- correct the manuscript of the article according to the reasoned comments of the reviewers and editors;
- clearly state your position on the issue under consideration.
The Editor-in-Chief evaluates the validity of the reviewer’s and author’s positions, discusses the acceptability of options for revising the article with the reviewer or a second expert, if necessary, and makes a final decision that is not subject to further discussion or revision. The Editorial Board does not engage in controversy and suggests that authors submit their articles to other publications where they may receive a different assessment.
Editors facilitate the re-submission of manuscripts that could potentially be accepted, but were rejected due to the need to make significant changes or collect additional data, and are ready to explain in detail what needs to be corrected in the manuscript in order for it to be accepted for publication.
V. EDITORIAL ACTIONS IN CASE OF PLAGIARISM, FABRICATION OR FALSIFICATION OF DATA
In case of detection of unfair behavior on the part of the author, detection of plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, the editorial board is guided by the COPE rules.
By “unfair behavior”, the journal “Neophilology” means any actions of a scientist, including improper handling of objects of study or deliberate manipulation of scientific information, in which it ceases to reflect the observed research, as well as the behavior of a scientist that does not meet accepted ethical and scientific standards.
The journal “Neophilology” does not include honest mistakes or honest discrepancies in the design, conduct, interpretation or evaluation of research methods or results, or unfair behavior unrelated to the scientific process.
If plagiarism or self-plagiarism is detected, the article will be excluded from the issue at any stage of preparation.
VI. CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND REVIEW OF THE ARTICLE
If errors are found in the text of the article that affect its perception, but do not distort the stated research results, they can be corrected by replacing the PDF file of the article and indicating the error in the article file itself and on the article page on the journal’s website.
If errors are found in the text of the article that distort the results of the study, or in the case of plagiarism, the discovery of unfair behavior of the author(s) associated with falsification and/or fabrication of data, the article may be withdrawn. The initiator of the article review may be the editorial board, the author, an organization, or an individual.
The withdrawn article is marked with the sign “Article withdrawn”, information about the reason for the withdrawal of the article is posted on the article page. Information about the review of the article is sent to the databases in which the journal is indexed.
