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Author Guidelines

Voprosy Literatury covers issues of modern Russian literature, the history of Russian and foreign literature, and literary theory. The complete list of topics is here for your reference. The journal does not publish poetry, fiction, or social and political features. An exception can be made for commented works from writers’ archives.

Voprosy Literatury does not reprint any materials previously published in other journals or uploaded online. If the author fails to notify that the offered material has already been published, the editorial board ceases cooperation with her/him altogether.

Co-authorship can be extended only to the persons who made a significant input in the article. Neither consultants, nor academic supervisors can be named as co-authors.

The editorial office does not accept publication fees from the authors. A royalty is paid only when the paper was specifically solicited by the editors.

Submissions must be made electronically to voplit@mail.ru. Submissions are processed for two months. The editorial board always informs the authors about its decision. Submissions are reviewed by the in-house editorial panel and editors, as well as peer reviewers (more about the review and revision process can be found in section II. Review and Revision of Submissions).

The key criteria for publication of a paper include originality of the research, its relevance to the problems of contemporary literary studies, in other words, to the topical issues of literature. The main flaws of rejected papers are descriptiveness, derivativeness, lack of novelty, poor language, and a style inundated with clichés or gratuitous terminology.

The editorial board may approach the author with a proposal to revise, reduce, or expand the article. If the draft is accepted for publication, an editor may ask the author to make semantic and stylistic changes to the draft; editors may also make the changes on their own once such alterations are agreed with the author.

The author is responsible for the accuracy of facts and quotations. Should the editorial office discover that a draft contains deliberately unmarked quotes (plagiarism), collaboration with the author is ceased altogether. If factual inaccuracies or copyright infringements are revealed after the publication, the author must put in a refuting or corrective statement in the journal.

A scholarly article must be accompanied by bibliographic references. Where necessary, information about grants should be included.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one and a half line spacing, font Times New Roman, 14 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in  Regulations  located in the Part "About Us." 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.

2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Privacy Statement

Submitted during registration, names and addresses will be used solely for technical purposes in order to contact the author or reviewers (editors) during preparation of the paper for publication. Personal data will not be shared with other individuals and organizations.