The journal collects and processes personal data only to the extent necessary for the operation of the journal, the editorial and peer-review process, publication of scholarly articles, and communication with authors, reviewers, and other users.
Personal data of authors
For manuscript submission, review, and publication, the journal may collect authors’ names, academic degrees and titles, positions, institutional affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs, and other information necessary for the preparation and publication of an article.
Information directly associated with a published article, including authors’ names, affiliations, academic degrees and titles, and ORCID iDs, may be published in the journal and on the journal website and may be provided to bibliographic, indexing, archiving, and other scholarly information services in which the journal is included.
The journal may request a telephone number and/or postal, home, or work address from the corresponding author for communication related to the editorial and publication process. This information is not published.
Following successful peer review, the journal may request additional information required to enter into and perform a publishing or licence agreement, including authors’ passport details where required. Such information is not published and is used solely for the purposes for which it was requested.
Data provided through the journal website
When registering or using the journal website, users may provide their name, email address, institutional affiliation, and other information required for their role in the editorial and publishing process.
Names, email addresses, and other personal information entered on this journal website are used exclusively for the purposes of the journal and are not used for unrelated purposes or disclosed to third parties except where necessary for the journal’s operation, scholarly publishing and indexing, or where required by applicable law.
Data storage
Personal data submitted through the journal website are stored on a server located in the Russian Federation and are processed in accordance with applicable Russian data protection legislation.
Personal data that are not intended for publication are not sold, rented, or disclosed to third parties for marketing or other unrelated purposes.
Information forming part of published articles and their metadata may be transmitted to and stored by bibliographic databases, indexing and abstracting services, digital archives, libraries, and other scholarly information services. These services may be located in other countries.
Personal data are retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which they were collected and to meet applicable legal, contractual, editorial, and scholarly record-keeping requirements.
Cookies and technical information
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In particular, the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform uses the OJSSID session cookie to maintain a user session while navigating between pages and to support functions that require identification of the current session.
When the website is accessed, certain technical information may also be processed automatically, including the user’s IP address, browser and operating system information, the date and time of access, the requested page, and other technical information necessary for the operation and security of the website.
The website does not use cookies for advertising, profiling, or behavioural tracking and does not use third-party web analytics services.
Users may block or delete cookies through their browser settings. Disabling technically necessary cookies may prevent some functions of the website from working correctly.
Publication of personal information
By submitting information intended for publication as part of a scholarly article, authors acknowledge that published articles and their associated metadata are intended for public dissemination and may be indexed, archived, reproduced, and distributed by third-party scholarly services in accordance with the journal’s publication and licensing terms.