Plagiarism and Improper Borrowing

Russian Journal of Regional Studies maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism and will not publish any work that contains plagiarism in any form, including verbatim text plagiarism, idea plagiarism, or data plagiarism.

Forms of Plagiarism
The Editorial Board considers the following to constitute plagiarism:

– Verbatim copying of any materials in any volume without appropriate citation of the source.

– Use of images, illustrations, photographs, tables, graphs, diagrams, or any other form of graphical representation without citing the original source.

– Use of such graphical materials previously published in scientific or popular sources without obtaining permission from the copyright holder, if required.

– Use of materials whose authors or copyright holders explicitly prohibit their use without prior written consent.

Forms of Improper Borrowing
The Editorial Board considers the following to be forms of improper borrowing:

– Failure to clearly indicate (e.g., through quotation marks or block indentation) verbatim quotations, even if a source is cited.

– Incorrect references (e.g., an incomplete bibliographic description that prevents the source from being identified).

– Citing a secondary source of a borrowed text without explicitly acknowledging the primary source (an error in source attribution).

– Failure to provide in-text citations for sources listed in the bibliography.

Authors' Responsibilities
Authors must submit entirely original works. Any mention of other authors' work, ideas, or research results must be accompanied by appropriate citation to the original source, which must be included in the reference list.

Screening Procedure
All manuscripts submitted to the Journal for publication undergo mandatory screening using the «Antiplagiat» system.

Should the editors have grounds for a more detailed check, additional plagiarism detection tools may be employed.

The detection of idea and/or data plagiarism is conducted during the scientific peer review process and post-publication, should relevant claims be raised by readers. In cases of extensive plagiarism or improper borrowing, the editorial team will act in accordance with the COPE guidelines.