Aim and Scope

The purpose of the journal is to highlight the new results of the scientific activities of the Russian and foreign scientific community in the field of modern epic studies and other genres of folklore; promoting the development of theoretical and applied research in the field of socio-humanitarian knowledge; establishing and strengthening scientific ties between scientists from different regions of Russia and other countries in the field of folklore, linguistics - topical issues and various aspects of the epic language; uniting the efforts of scientists in the name of preserving and effectively using the potential of the epic heritage in the interests of science, education and culture, and the international community.

  The "Epic studies" publishes articles on topical issues of modern folklore, aimed at studying the epic of the peoples of the world in linguistic, historical, ethnographic, philosophical and cultural aspects: on the national specifics of epics, on the comparative study of epics, translation of epics into other languages, linguistic the potential of the epic, the current state of epic storytelling etc.

Section Policies

НАУЧНЫЕ СТАТЬИ

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

REVIEW

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

CHRONICLE

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ANNIVERSAR IES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

IN MEMORIAM

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

4 times a year

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.

Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

For more information please read BOAI statement.

Archiving

• Russian State Library (RSL)
• National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)

Peer-Review

1. All manuscripts submitted to the editorial board of the journal "Epic studies" are reviewed by the members of the editorial board/international editorial board of the journal OR by public reviewers of the corresponding scientific field on the recommendation of the editorial board.
2. All reviewers are recognized specialists in the specialized fields of sciences, must have publications in the relevant fields.
3. Manuscripts of scientific articles are sent for review in the process of composition of the next two issues of the journal in order of the date of registration of the article.
4. No more than two weeks are allotted for peer review, starting from the reception of the manuscript by the reviewer.
5. Peer review is conducted anonymously on the principle of the double-blind peer review: the reviewer and author's identities are concealed during the entire process.

Violation of anonymity is possible only if the reviewer claims plagiarism or falsification of the materials presented in the article. Reviews of article manuscripts prepared by members of the editorial board or experts are sent to university representatives and authors at their request by e-mail.

6. If the review contains comments on corrections and revisions of the article, the executive secretary sends the author the text of the review with a proposal to take into account the recommendations when preparing a new version of the article or arguably refute them. The article revised by the author is re-sent for review.
7. In case the article is declined from publication, the author receives a reasoned refusal.
8. An article declined for publication by the reviewer will not be accepted for additional review.
9. The decision to publish the scientific article after the peer review is made by the editor-in-chief, and if necessary, by the editorial board as a whole.
10. After the editorial board accepts the article for publication, the executive secretary informs the authors about it through a general announcement on the UNIR website ("News"). This announcement also provides an approximate date of the issue of the journal.
11. Upon request, reviews are promptly provided to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
12. Reviews of the received materials are kept in the editorial board of the journal for 5 years.

Publishing Ethics

All parties involved in the process of preparation of materials for publication in the journal ”Epic studies”, namely the authors, reviewers, editorial board members, representatives of the publishers – should follow standards of publication ethics as described below.

These provisions correspond to the ethical principles adopted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In the event that any of the following principles are violated, the editorial board will follow the instructions of COPE (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines).

1. Authorship

By submitting the article to the editorial office of the journal, the authors thereby confirm their authorship of the submitted materials. The editorial board does not require all authors of the article to sign a letter of application. The very fact of the application means that all authors indicated in the manuscript agree with the content of the article.

The author should ensure that all those who took part in the creation of the publication (in the study or in the process of writing the text of the article) are listed as co-authors. At the same time, each co-author bears public responsibility for the content of the article.
In the text of the manuscript, the author must indicate all external sources of information significant for this article (including their own previously published articles and scientific materials), formalizing them in the form of quotes or references.

Any controversial issues related to possible plagiarism or falsification of results are carefully considered by the editorial board. If plagiarism or falsification of results is confirmed, the article is unconditionally rejected. Any form of plagiarism is not allowed.

The author should avoid self-plagiarism (re-publication). The author must inform the editorial board of the journal about all their works (as well as all the works of co-authors), which intersect on the subject with the article attached to the application, and which have been submitted for consideration in other publications.    

2. Reviewing process

Editors have the exclusive right to accept or reject a manuscript for publication. Incoming manuscripts must be reviewed, but the manuscript may be rejected at the stage prior to review if there is a good reason for this (for example, in cases where the subject of the article does not correspond to the subject of the online publication, the article is obviously of low scientific quality, the article was previously published in another edition, etc.). Editors accept an article for publication in accordance with their conviction that it meets the requirements of an online publication.

Editors must guarantee the high quality of the materials published in the journal and their content integrity, as well as publish corrections, explanations, apologies in cases where such a need arises.

Editors should not have a conflict of interest with the authors of those articles that they reject or accept for publication.

Editors must ensure that the material they publish complies with international standards of scientific and editorial ethics.

Founder

• M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University

Author fees

Publication in “Epic Studies" is free of charge for all the authors.

The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.

The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Plagiarism detection

“Epic Studies" use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Preprint and postprint Policy

Prior to acceptance and publication in “Epic Studies", authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.

As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in “Epic Studies" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.

Glossary (by SHERPA)

Revenue Sources

The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the parent organization, at the expense of the publisher, publication of advertising materials, publication of reprints, article processment charges.