Author Guidelines
Proceedings of Higher Educational Institutions. Sociology. Economics. Politics is an academic journal that focuses the attention on the theory and methodology of research of social, socio-economic, socio-political and socio-cultural processes. It covers the latest research, concepts and theories, fresh practical ideas and initiatives and results, summarizes foreign experience in solving socio-economic, political, legal, ethno-cultural, historical, demographic and other aspects of the society.
The following types of articles are accepted for consideration:
- editorial materials which include the opening speech of the editor-in-chief or other members of the editorial board;
- research articles : the most common type of a journal manuscript used for publishing full reports on research results. This format is suitable for lots of different fields and types of research. It includes the whole sections, namely, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions;
- survey articles / literature reviews: they provide a comprehensive summary of research on a particular topic as well as an overview of the current situation of the industry and its development. Survey articles usually cite more than 50 primary scientific articles;
- book/monograph reviews: they include the author's evaluation of the book/monograph read.
Gratitude/congratulations / comments can be included in the journal, but indexing of such materials is not carried out.
The articles in Russian (or Russian and English) are accepted for consideration. From the second edition of 2019, after passing the external peer review, the article should be translated by the authors into English.
The articles submitted to the editorial board of Proceedings of Higher Educational Institutions. Sociology. Economics. Politics Journal should be prepared strictly in accordance with all the requirements of the journal.
The editorial board accepts articles continuously during the year. Articles should have scientific novelty, rationale of the problem statement, clarity of presentation and be of interest to a wide range of readers. Before an article's submission, an author should aquaint himself with the standards of editorial ethics adopted in Proceedings of Higher Educational Institutions. Sociology. Economics. Politics Journal. Additional information about the articles (requirements for formatting, date of a publication's issue and other information) can be obtained from the journal's editorial board.
Anarticle, formatted in accordance with all the requirements of the journal, should be sent via author's personal profile
Requirements for an article structure:
Article's title (14 font size, semibold, full justification). The recommended volume is no more than 10 words.
Information about the authors, when submitting an article for consideration to the journal, should be specified separately on the title page in order to preserve the process of double-blind peer review process;
The Abstract (from 100 to 300 words; 11 font size, full justification, no paragraph indention) should reveal the actuality of the research problem; brief objectives that were set when writing an article; and include a leading method that allows to reveal the problem. Also, one should briefly list the main results and practical significance of the work.
Keywords (no more than 6) should not duplicate the article's title.
The main text of the article (12 font size, single line spacing, paragraph indentation is 0.8 cm, full justification) should correspond to the IMRAD structure.
According to the IMRAD structure, the text of the article should be divided into the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Literature review (optional);
- Materials and methods;
- Results and discussion;
- Conclusions;
- Recommendations (optional);
- References.
REFERENCES
At least 20 sources for scientific and at least 50 sources for review articles.
The references should include domestic and foreign scientific articles (primarily peer-reviewed), monographs, accessible to a wide range of foreign readers.
These should be recent works from the past five years that have DOI (web links allowed). The references should not include conference proceedings, unpublished works, dissertations, textbooks, study guides, lecture notes, other educational literature, conference materials, or any other sources with limited accessibility for readers. If necessary, citations to such sources should be included in the text and formatted as footnotes. Regulatory documents (GOST, etc.), unsigned materials, web URLs, and articles in non-scientific publication are excluded from the bibliography but may appear within the main body of the article. Citations for these items must be formatted as footnotes.
An author's own previous works should not exceed 20 % of the total number of references. When individual authors’ surnames are mentioned in the text, their initials should be preceded surnames. References [1, 2 should be numbered in the order they appear in the text. Avoid references to many sources at a once (for example, 1-7).
The bibliographic description includes:
1) Author’s last name and initials. . For works with up to six authors, all authors are listed (follow the surname and are separated by a period). For works with more than six authors, include the names of the first six contributors, then append "et al."
2) If the publication is edited, place (eds.) after the editor(s)' names.
3) Title of the publication.
4) Title of the journal, if the source is published in a periodicals, volume, number, and pagination.
5) For monographs, include the place of publication, publisher, year, volume number, issue number, and page range.
If the publication is not the first edition, indicate the edition number after the title using the abbreviation "ed.": 2nd ed., 3rd ed., 4th ed., etc.
6) DOI (if available). If there is no DOI, the URL must be written (for example, a link to the source on the journal’s website).
Examples of source descriptions
Articles
Skifskaya A. L., Gyurdzhinyan A. S. The organization's social environment. Proceedings of Higher Educational Institutions. Sociology. Economics. Politics, (2025);18(4):102–120. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31660/1993-1824-2025-4-102-120
Clarke A., Gatineau M., Grimaud O., Royer-Devaux S., Wyn-Roberts N., Bis, I.L., Lewison G. A bibliometric overview of public health research in Europe. The European Journal of Public Health. 2007:17(Suppl. 1):43–49. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckm063
Gravellea T. B., Reiflerb J., Scottoc T. J. Personality traits and foreign policy attitudes: A cross-national exploratory study. Personality and Individual Differences. 2020;(153):109607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109607
Monographs
Toshchenko Zh. T. Society of Trauma: Between Evolution and Revolution (An Attempt at Theoretical and Empirical Analysis). Moscow: RSUH; 2021. (In Russ.)
Monographs/collections/catalogues without authors, but with indication of editors/compilers
Sollund H., Vedeld K. A semi-analytical model for free vibrations of free spanning offshore pipelines. Research Report in Mechanics. No. 2. Oslo: University of Oslo; 2012. URL: https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/34444/2012-2. pdf?sequence=1
Fjaer E., Holt R. M, Horsrud P., Raaen A. M., Risnes R. (eds.) Petroleum ralated rock mechanics. 2nd edition. Netherland: Elsvier; 2008. URL: https://litbit.ru/edition/e-fjaer-rm-holt-p-horsrud-am-raaen-and-r-risnes-eds/petroleum-relatedrock-mechanics-2nd-edition.
Chapter from monograph or collection
Partridge H., Hallam G. Evidence-based practice and information literacy. In: Lipu S., Williamson K., Lloyd A. (eds.) Exploring methods in information literacy research. London: Thomas Telford Publishing; 2007. P. 149–170.
