Authors, the editor-in-chief, members of the editorial board, reviewers and all those participating in the preparation of materials for publication in the scholarly almanac "Traditional Culture" are expected to observe professional ethical standards of publication.

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The following provisions are consistent with the ethical principles adopted by the Publication Ethics Committee (SORE). If the editorial board of the almanac suspects that any of these principles have been violated, it will follow the instructions indicated by COPE.

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​1. Authorship

By submitting an article to the editors of the journal, the author thereby affirms his or her authorship of the submitted materials.

All those who participated in the creation of the publication (in the research for, or writing of, the text of the article) should be listed as co-authors. Collaborators are collectively responsible for the content of the article.

If the study was conducted with financial support, the source of funding should be indicated in the manuscript. In addition, the author should thank those colleagues who made a significant contribution to the creation of the article.

The text should clearly indicate all external sources of information used to write the article (including previously published articles and scholarly materials by the author of the manuscript). They should be given in the form of quotations or footnotes.  Plagiarism in any form is not allowed.

The author should avoid self-plagiarism (re-publication). If the author has other published works or works submitted for consideration elsewhere that repeat material presented in the article submitted for publication she or he should inform the editorial board of the almanac.

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​2. First publication and copyright

Only previously unpublished materials — scholarly articles, discussions, archival material and collections of folkloris texts, reviews, chronicles of scientific life — relevant to the subject of the almanac are accepted for publication in “Traditional Culture.” Submitted manuscripts should not be under review by any other periodical.

By sending the article to the editor, the author automatically agrees to its publication in the almanac “Traditional Culture.” and that her or his personal data (full name, academic degree and title, place of work, position, address and work phone number, email address) will be given to RINTs and other scientometric systems.

If the article reproduces other people's materials (for example, tables or images), the author must obtain permission to use them and indicate the author of these materials and / or the owner of the copyright to them.

By submitting the manuscript to the editorial board of the almanac “Traditional Culture,” the author agrees that if the manuscript and related materials are accepted for publication, the copyright for this manuscript will be transferred to the almanac. The author retains the right to non-commercial use of published articles (fair use, i.e., for educational and scholarly purposes).

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​3. Deception and slander

The author should make every effort to ensure that the material she or he presents does not contain fictitious data, missing footnotes or false statements. If the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the work he or she has published in the journal, she or he is obliged to notify the editor of the journal about this as soon as possible and to cooperate with him in taking the steps he deems necessary.

The author should avoid personal, critical or dismissive remarks and accusations directed against other researchers.

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​4. Reviewing manuscripts

Reviewers should evaluate the intellectual content of the manuscript regardless of the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship or political views.

Editors and editorial staff should not disclose information about the manuscript to anyone except the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, consultants, experts on the editorial board, and the publisher.

There should be no conflict of interest between the reviewer and the work under review, its authors or the organization sponsoring the research.

Peer review must be objective. Personal criticism of the author is not permitted. Reviewers should present reasoned conclusions concerning all material under consideration.

Reviewers should indicate publications on the topic of the submitted manuscript that are not referenced in the article under review. Any statement, whether it is an observation, a conclusion or an argument made in previously published works should be accompanied by a corresponding reference to the source. The reviewer should also draw the editor's attention to any significant similarity or coincidence between the manuscript in question and any other publication known to him or her.

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​5. The Editor’s Responsibilities

The chief editor has the exclusive right to accept the manuscript for publication or to reject it.

Incoming manuscripts must be reviewed, but the manuscript may be rejected at the stage prior to reviewing if there is a good reason for this (for example, in cases where the subject matter does not correspond to that of the journal, the article is obviously of poor quality, or it has already been published elsewhere). The editors accept an article for publication with the understanding that it has complied with the journal’s requirements.

The editors must ensure the high quality of the materials published in the journal and their integrity, as well as publish corrections, explanations, and apologies as the need arises.

In the event of a conflict of interest between members of the editorial board and authors of submitted articles, they will be sent to independent reviewers.

Reviewers’ names are kept confidential and not communicated to authors.

The editors must ensure that published articles and materials comply with international standards of scholarly and editorial ethics.