Editorial Board of the journal “Ukrainian Society” invites scientists, lecturers, post-graduates, specialists in the fields of sociology, economy, social psychology, management and political science to cooperation and admission of the scientifically original and valuable materials appropriate to the journal’s profile and to the thematic focus of the standing heads “Archetypes of social institutions”, “Social transfomations: interdisciplinary aspect”, “Sociology”, “Economics”, “Politics”, “Regional Accents”, “Young scholar”, “Social policy”, “Public opinion monitoring”, “Youth opinion: U-Report data”, “Sociologist’s view”, “Scientific life: events, facts, comments”.
Journal’s profile:
The study of the development of human capital, social institutions and social structure; a comprehensive analysis of the transformation processes in all spheres of social life; the scientific study of interaction and mutual influence of social, economic and political processes; the role of values (including economic, work, democracy); the study of international relations, the market economy development and competition; consideration of the topical aspects of innovative development; the spatial organisation of society, monitoring of the population’s perception of the socio-economic processes, the level of trust in public institutions together with social and economic activity.
All manuscripts received by the editorial office are checked by the Editor-in-Chief for compliance with the aims, scope, and editorial policy of the journal. Manuscripts that do not correspond to the journal’s scope, editorial policy, or formatting standards are rejected without peer review.
All materials except reviews and information messages are character to blind external review (double-blind), which is carried out by the minimum of 3 experts in the field. The review contains the following issues: whether the content of the article corresponds to the title; whether the article contains sufficient material for publication; or whether it needs to be reduced, refined (text, figures, tables) or whether there is a satisfactory compliance with the requirements of presentation, design of graphic material. The reasons for the negative reviews may be the following: lack of novelty, lack of evidence, the inability to conclude (or unjustified conclusion) and outline future, incorrect use of terminology and methodological apparatus etc. In the case of negative review, inconsistencies with the the journal’s profile or existence of substantial deficiencies, article can be rejected (author will be informed about it) or returned to the author for revision.
The new, revised article is reviewed again. After efficient revision and positive review the article is considered during the meeting of the editorial board, which ultimately approves it by an open vote. After acceptance of the article, every author should sign License Agreement allowing to use the paper. Editors reserve the right to edit, shorten materials accepted for publication (without distortion of the author’s position). The responsibility for the accuracy of the facts, proper names, place names, quotes, numbers and other information is put on the authors. Editorial board condemns any plagiarism. Following the publication of articles in the journal, they will be placed at the appropriate electronic resources.
Ethical principles of the author
- The authors are personally responsible for submitted to the journal manuscript.
- Authors should provide reliable results of the conducted research. False or fraudulent.
- Ensure that research results contained in the manuscript, are an independent and original work. When using fragments of others’ work and/or borrowing statements of other authors, the article should have appropriate references with the obligatory indication of the author and the source. Excessive borrowing and plagiarism in any form, including incomplete references, paraphrasing or appropriation of rights to the results of others’ research is unethical and unacceptable.
- Authors should not allow self-citation, except when the given material is a continuation of the cycle of articles.
- Authors should recognize the contribution of all persons who influenced in any way the course of the study or determined the nature of the presented scientific research. In particular, the article should have references to publications that had some significance for the study.
- Authors should present in the journal only the original manuscript. Do not submit to the journal articles that have been sent to another journal and are now pending review, as well as articles published previously in another journal. Failure to observe this principle is regarded as gross misconduct of publication ethics and gives reason for removing the article from the review. If elements of the manuscript were previously published in another article, the authors are obliged to refer to their earlier work and specify how the new work is significantly different from the previous one. Verbatim copying of own work and its paraphrasing is unacceptable, it can only be used as a basis for new conclusions.
- Authors should ensure the correct composition of the list of co-authors. The co-authors of the article should include all the persons who have made a significant intellectual contribution to its concept, structure and in the conduct or interpretation of results of the presented work. Other persons (or organizations) who participated in some aspect of the work must be expressed gratitude. The author must also ensure that all co-authors are familiar with the final version of the article, approve it and agree to its submission for publication. All of the authors of the article have to bear public responsibility for the content of the article. If the article is a multidisciplinary work, co-authors are responsible each for their own contribution, leaving a collective responsibility for the overall result. It is unacceptable to include persons in co-authors who were not involved in the research. Each author (co-author) signs a License Agreement for the use of the work.
- The authors should clearly indicate the sources of all quoted or submitted information and duly draw reference to the literary sources used in the work, according to the requirements of DSTU 8302: 2015 and for references – APA-2010. Authors are required to cite sources that have significantly influenced their research and manuscript properly. Information received in private conversation or correspondence with third parties during the examination of project applications, manuscripts, and similar materials is not to be used without the written consent of the source of the information.
- In case of revealing of material errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its consideration or after publication, the author must immediately inform the editorial staff of the magazine and make a joint decision on recognition and/or correction of the error as soon as possible. If the editorial staff of the magazine becomes aware that the published work contains material errors, the author is obliged to immediately prepare for the publication in the journal of the relevant corrections or provide proof of correctness of the information provided.
- Authors should specify in their manuscripts all sources of financial support for the project, information about the employer, patent applications/registrations, grants and other types of funding.
- Disclose in their works about any information about significant conflicts of interest that could affect the results of the study or their interpretation. All potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.
- Authors should provide updated and true personal data (last name, name in Ukrainian, Russian and English, place of work, position, if available – reference to the scientific profile, in particular ORCID, Scopus Author ID, Web of Science ResearcherID, contact information, etc.), and in case of their change (from the moment of submission articles before its publication) to inform the editorial office.
- If artificial intelligence, in particular ChatGPT, was used at any stage of the research (e.g., for text editing, etc.), the authors must indicate how they used AI, when submitting the article for review. In particular, if ChatGPT was used to generate research results or convert text clues into tables, figures, this should be reflected both in the text (directly below the tables, figures) and in the Abstract. A manuscript in which AI-generated content is detected without an appropriate indication of this in the author’s manuscript will be rejected.. In particular, if ChatGPT was used to generate research results or convert text clues into tables, figures, this should be reflected both in the text (directly below the tables, figures) and in the Abstract. A manuscript in which AI-generated content is detected without an appropriate indication of this in the author’s manuscript will be rejected.
- Self-archiving policy. Authors themselves can deposit the publishing version (final pdf) of their article in the institutional repository, thematic repository, or general-purpose repository, on a personal web page (in particular, on social networks such as Research Gate, Academia.edu, etc.), and/or the web resource of the institution, where the author works, at any time after publication.In this case, one needs to provide full bibliographic information about the original publication (authors, article title, journal title, volume, issue, pages) and a link to the article’s DOI and its license.
AI Usage Policy
The Editorial board shares the position of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Ethics for Reviewers on the Use of AI in Research, and adheres to Elsevier’s Policy on the Use of Generative AI.
If artificial intelligence was used at any stage of the research (e.g., for text editing, etc.), the authors must indicate how they used AI when submitting the article for review. In particular, if ChatGPT was used to convert text clues into tables, figures, this should be reflected both in the text (directly below the tables, figures) and in the Abstract. A manuscript in which AI-generated content is detected without an appropriate indication of this in the author’s manuscript will be rejected.
Regardless of the use of AI technologies, the authors bear full responsibility for the scientific integrity, reliability, originality and quality of the submitted materials.
In turn, reviewers and editors have no right to involve ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence in conducting scientific examination of manuscripts of the articles submitted for review. Chatbots store the prompts given to them, including the manuscript’s content, so providing the material to a chatbot violates the confidentiality of the submitted manuscript.
The use of AI technologies must not violate copyright, privacy principles, or cause distortion or manipulation of data. Concealing the fact of using AI or misleading readers about the source of the text or research results is unacceptable.
Editorial board condemns any plagiarism. When reviewing an article, the reveiwers determine its level of uniqueness. They may use software for this purpose. If a plagiarism is detected, the article is rejected (or sent for a follow-up revision if the source or quotation is not formatted according to the requirements).
The amount of borrowed text in the article should not exceed 25%.
If plagiarism is detected in an already published article, it will be retracted by the Editorial Board of the journal following the procedure for retraction of already published articles. The electronic version of the notice of retraction is published on the page of the corresponding article and in the next printed issue of the journal after the fact of violation of academic integrity is discovered. The notice must contain the reason for the retraction and the name of the person who initiated it. The article on the web resource is preserved unchanged, except for a “retracted” watermark on each page in the pdf file. Manuscripts of authors whose articles contain signs of plagiarism will not be accepted for consideration by the journal for at least two years.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, an author must immediately notify the editor-in-chief (deputy editor-in-chief) about it and be ready to cooperate to retract or correct the article.
Ethical Oversight Policy
The Journal adheres to strict ethical standards for research involving human subjects, animals, or sensitive data
Human and Animal Subjects: for all research involving humans, animals, or biological materials, authors must obtain mandatory approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or a local Ethics Committee.
Personal and Confidential Data: research involving personal data must strictly comply with the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Personal Data” and relevant international standards (e.g., GDPR). Authors must confirm that informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Documentation: the Editorial Board reserves the right to request copies of ethical approvals and consent forms. The manuscript must specify the name of the approving ethical body and the protocol reference number.
Submission of the material to the journal
Articles are submitted to the editorial office:
- by e-mail (redactor@ukr-socium.org.ua).
Journal accepts materials prepared in Ukrainian and English.
The article should have:
1. Author’s note:
- Last name, first name, patronymic of the author (authors) in Ukrainian and English.
- Academic credentials.
- Academic status.
- Position (full name of the department or other structural subdivision).
- Full official name of the organization (in Ukrainian and English).
- Legal address of the organization (in Ukrainian and English).
- Contact phone number.
- Emаіl to be printed in the journal.
- ORCID.
- Scopus Author ID and/or Web of Science ResearcherID.
- Postal address: we will send you a printed copy of the journal (for the authors from other cities).
2. The License agreement for the use of the work, filled and signed by each author separately (the form of the contract can be obtained in the editorial office or on the website of the magazine – License Agreement) after the admission of the article for print. The signing of the License Agreement by the author(s) means that they are aware of terms and conditions of the agreement.
Deadline for submission of articles to the journal:
- to number 1 – 25 of February (journal submission for publication in April of the current year);
- to number 2 – 25 of May (journal submission for publication in July of current year);
- to number 3 – 25 of August (journal submission for publication in October of current year);
- to number 4 – 25 of November (journal submission for publication in January of the next year).
The author receives 1 copy of the magazine free of charge.
The author is exempted from paying anything for processing and publication of the article (publication of articles, review, editing and publication on the website of the journal and databases, which include the journal, are free of charge for authors), in particular, exempt from any payment (fees) for processing, reviewing and/or publishing articles submitted by third-level higher education students enrolled in state-funded programmes, written by them individually (without co-authors).
Access to all articles and issues of the scientific journal “Ukrainian Socium” is open – free of charge for both authors and users (“diamond”).
Submitted article that do not meet editorial requirements will not be accepted for consideration.
The average number of days from the moment the author sends the article to its publication is 60.
The authors of the publication are responsible for the authenticity of information, facts and other information, references to normative acts, citation and writing their own names.
The materials published in the magazine reflect the views of the authors, which may not always coincide with the position of the editorial board.