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Legal Bulletin · Peer-Reviewed Journal
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Submit Your Manuscript — Glavred@legalbulletin.ru
On This Page:
· Aim and Scope
· About the Journal
· How to Submit
· Plagiarism Check
· After Submission
· Publication Ethics
· Retraction
· Publication Terms
Aim and Scope
Legal Bulletin is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to the study of the current state of Russian and foreign legislation, law enforcement practice, and proposals for improving various branches of law. The journal publishes original research covering methodological, theoretical, and historical aspects of public law, civil law, and criminal law phenomena.
The journal examines legal institutions of Russia and foreign countries, welcomes comparative legal research, and serves as a platform for scholarly discussion on the development of legal systems both in Russia and abroad.
The journal's scope includes:
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current state and development trends of Russian legislation;
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current state and development trends of foreign legislation;
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comparative legal research;
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law enforcement practice in Russia and abroad;
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proposals for improving various branches of law;
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methodological, theoretical, and historical aspects of legal phenomena.
About the Journal
Legal Bulletin is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal publishing original research in legal sciences. The journal is included in the List of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and is included in the Unified State List of Scientific Publications — the "White List" (EGPNI). For more information on the journal's status, see the main page of the website.
How to Submit
Manuscripts should be sent to Glavred@legalbulletin.ru as a single .docx file formatted according to the template. Supplementary materials (plagiarism report, supervisor's letter) should be attached as separate files.
Complete manuscript preparation requirements — length, structure, abstract, keywords, references, author information — are set out on the Rules and Requirements page. Before submitting, please review the submission checklist.
Acknowledgement of Receipt: within 7 business days. If you do not receive a confirmation, please resend your materials.
Supervision. Postgraduate students, doctoral candidates, master's students, and undergraduate students must provide information about their academic supervisor (full name, academic degree, title, affiliation) and confirm that the work was carried out under their supervision. Confirmation is provided in one of two ways, at the author's choice:
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A cover letter or recommendation from the academic supervisor attached to the manuscript.
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The academic supervisor is copied (CC) on the submission email to the editorial office.
Manuscripts without such confirmation will not be considered.
Use of Generative AI. Rules for disclosing the use of AI are set out in the Rules and Requirements → "Use of Generative AI" section and in the Generative AI Policy. In brief: any use of AI must be disclosed in the "Materials and Methods" section; if AI was not used, a brief declaration to that effect must be provided. Manuscripts without a disclosure or declaration will not be considered.
Plagiarism Check
All articles undergo a plagiarism check before publication. The editorial office considers only materials containing the results of independent scholarly research.
Requirements:
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Originality — at least 75%.
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The manuscript must not have been previously published elsewhere.
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A plagiarism report must be attached to the manuscript.
The editorial office reserves the right to reject a manuscript if its originality is insufficient.
After Submission
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Manuscript Registration. The editorial office confirms receipt within 7 business days.
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Plagiarism Check. Originality must be at least 75%.
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Peer Review. The manuscript is sent for peer review to specialists in the relevant field. The decision to publish or reject is made by the Editorial Board in accordance with the peer review regulations.
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Editorial Decision. Based on the peer review results, the manuscript is accepted, returned for revision, or rejected.
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Publication. Accepted articles are published in the next issue of the journal.
Grounds for Rejection:
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Thematic mismatch with the journal's scope
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Originality below 75%
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Non-compliance with formatting requirements
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Absence of an AI disclosure or declaration
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Negative peer review results
Rejected manuscripts are not returned to authors and are not reviewed. The editorial office reserves the right not to enter into correspondence regarding rejection decisions.
Publication Ethics
The editorial office is guided by the principles of scientific integrity, objectivity, professionalism, information support for the most significant legal research, and compliance with publishing ethics standards. The editorial office follows the ethical standards recommended by the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (ANRI) and the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Author Responsibilities. The author bears full responsibility for the content of the submitted material, the accuracy of the information provided, quotations, references, and the bibliography. The manuscript must not contain any signs of extremism, terrorism, or obscene language, nor may it mention or cite persons and organizations designated as foreign agents.
Editorial Responsibilities. The editorial office is not responsible for the accuracy of factual materials or the correctness of citations in authors' articles. The views expressed in published articles do not necessarily reflect the position of the editorial office.
Editorial Rights. The editorial office reserves the right to make editorial changes to submitted materials, to abridge them, and to reject manuscripts that do not match the journal's scope or are improperly formatted, in accordance with editorial ethics rules. Rejected manuscripts are not peer-reviewed and are not returned. Reproduction of materials published in the journal is not permitted without the written permission of the editorial office.
License Agreement. By submitting an article to the editorial office, the author agrees to the terms of the License Agreement and consents to the publication of the article in the electronic scholarly journal "Legal Bulletin," its placement on the journal's website, and the transfer of the article text to third parties (the provision of data to which is mandatory) for the purpose of ensuring the possibility of citing the publication and increasing the citation index of the author and the journal.
Conflict of Interest. Authors must disclose any financial or other relationships that could be perceived as influencing the objectivity of the research.
Retraction
The journal reserves the right to retract a published article if violations of publication ethics are identified: plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, duplicate publication, undisclosed use of generative AI, improper authorship, or other grounds provided for by the journal's policy.
Retraction may be initiated by the author, the editorial office, or third parties. The decision is made by the Editorial Board. A retracted article remains openly accessible with the mark "Retracted," and information about it is transmitted to the Council on Ethics of Scientific Publications and the National Electronic Library eLibrary.ru.
Full rules, the procedure for considering complaints, and requirements for the retraction notice are set out on the Retraction Policy page.
Publication Terms
Article Processing Charge (APC). Full terms and the procedure for calculating the Article Processing Charge (APC) are set out on the separate page.
License Agreement. Submission of a manuscript signifies the author's agreement to the terms of the License Agreement.
Personal Data. Submission of a manuscript signifies the author's consent to the processing of personal data to the extent necessary for the editorial process.
Article Processing Charges