Submissions

Author Guidelines

One-time publication. The author (or the corresponding author) guarantees that the manuscript submitted to the editorial board has not been submitted for consideration in other publications. Submitting a manuscript to several journals and publications at the same time is unacceptable and is a gross violation of the principles, standards and norms of publication ethics. Examples of such violations include: submitting the same manuscript to two or more publications at the same time, publishing previously published material without notifying the editorial board, and using translated versions of the article without specifying the original source.

The authorship of the manuscript. The person who has made the greatest intellectual contribution to the preparation of the manuscript (with two or more co-authors) is indicated first in the list of authors. For each manuscript, an author should be appointed for correspondence, who is responsible for preparing the final version of the manuscript, communicating with the editorial board, ensuring that all research participants (if there is more than one author) who have made sufficient contributions to it are included in the list of authors, and also receiving approval of the final version of the manuscript from all authors for submission to the editorial office for publication. All the authors mentioned in the manuscript are responsible for the content of the work.

The principle of originality. The author (or the corresponding author) guarantees that the research results presented in the manuscript are original independent work and do not contain incorrect borrowings and plagiarism, which can be identified during the review of the manuscript through the plagiarism verification system.

• The author (or corresponding author) is responsible for publishing manuscripts with signs of unethical behavior, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, self-citation, falsification, fabrication, data distortion, false authorship, duplication, conflict of interest and deception.

The principle of confirming sources. The author (or the corresponding author) undertakes to correctly indicate the scientific and other sources that he (she) used during the research. If any parts of other people's works are used and/or the statements of another author(s) are borrowed, the manuscript should contain bibliographic references indicating the author(s) of the original source. In case of using sources from closed databases or archives, the authors are required to indicate their full name, date of access and available details (record number, archive number, etc.). If it is impossible to provide open access to these sources, it is recommended to attach copies of the materials for reviewers. Bibliographic references should be designed according to the established requirements, and information from questionable sources is excluded.

• If the reviewers, the technical editor or a member(s) of the editorial board of the journal have doubts about the authenticity and reliability of the research results, the author (or the corresponding author) is obliged to provide additional materials to confirm the results or facts given in the manuscript.

Correcting errors during the publishing process. In case of errors and inaccuracies in the work at any stage of the publication process, the author (or the corresponding author) undertakes to promptly inform the technical editor about this and provide assistance in correcting or correcting errors for publication on the journal's website of the appropriate correction with comments. In case of detection of gross errors that cannot be corrected, the author (or the corresponding author) must withdraw the manuscript.

The principle of compliance with publication ethics. The author (or corresponding author) is required to comply with ethical standards related to criticism or comments regarding research, as well as with regard to interaction with the editorial board regarding peer review and publication. Failure to comply with ethical principles by the authors is regarded as a gross violation of publication ethics and provides grounds for revocation/withdrawal (retraction) of the manuscript from review and/or publication.

THE PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING THE MANUSCRIPT

The publication of materials in the scientific journal "Journal of Central Asian History, Culture and Politics" is carried out using a platform, an online submission system and an expert assessment. Registration and access to the platform are carried out in the "Make a submission" section. A mandatory requirement for registration of an article is to fill in metadata in three languages (Kazakh, Russian and English), including the title of the article, abstract, keywords, full name of the authors, place of work and email addresses. In addition, a separate page should contain complete information about the authors in the same three languages, which is a prerequisite for obtaining a DOI number. The manuscript should be designed in accordance with the requirements described below. If you have difficulties accessing the submission platform, it is recommended to contact the technical editor of the journal by e-mail indicated on the website.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE MANUSCRIPT

The IRSTI code – (Interstate rubricator for scientific and technical information) is placed in the upper left corner of the first page

The title of the manuscript corresponds to the content and research topic.

Information about the authors should contain the first name and surname of the author(s), place of work or study, city, country, as well as email and ORCID iD (https://orcid.org /). The corresponding author is marked with a "*".

Abstract – the abstract summarizes the essence of the manuscript, the research methods used, the most important results and their significance. The volume of the abstract is 100-150 words.

Keywords are text labels that can be used to identify the subject area of a manuscript. The number of words  from 3 to 7.

The title, abstract and keywords are written in three languages (English, Kazakh, Russian).

Introduction – the relevance and novelty of the topic should be substantiated, along with a brief presentation of the goals and objectives of the study. It is important to provide an overview of the main works by domestic and foreign authors who have conducted similar or related research on the topic over the past decade. The purpose of the study should be clearly formulated.

Research methods – the report should include a detailed presentation of the research materials, the procedures used for collecting and analyzing data, as well as the ethical considerations observed during the study. A clear description and justification of the data analysis methods must be provided. It is also necessary to specify which research methods were employed in the process of writing the article.

The results of the study are a presentation of the results obtained, structured in a logical order.

Discussion of the results – interpretation and critical analysis of the obtained research results.

Conclusions (conclusion) – summarizing the results of the work, recommendations for the application of the results obtained, vectors of further research.

Research funding source – departments, foundations, individuals, etc. should be placed before the reference. The names of funding organizations must be written in full.

The list of references –  should be submitted in Kazakh (Russian) and English transliteration. This can be accomplished using the program provided on the website http://translit.ru/.  The list of references and citations are formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style (author/date). It means:

• In-text, citations are indicated in round brackets (), indicating the author's last name and the year of publication, and, if necessary, the pages.
• Alphabetical list of cited sources without numbering provided at the end of the article.

 Detailed instructions are available on the magazine's website.

• The originality of the text of a scientific manuscript is at least 80 % (the editorial board verifies the uniqueness of the text using special programs).
• It is forbidden to use methods to circumvent anti-plagiarism: formula words, replacing Kazakh and Russian letters with Latin letters, etc. These violations are detected using software, and the manuscript is returned for revision.

THE VOLUME OF THE MANUSCRIPT

The Journal publishes manuscripts that meet the following requirements:

• The volume of a scientific manuscript ranges from 3,000 to 6,000 words (excluding the title, information about the authors, annotations, keywords, bibliographic list), including figures and tables;
• The volume of the review manuscript and the review is from 500 to 800 words;

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The manuscript should be designed in accordance with the requirements described below:

The manuscript is submitted in electronic format (.doc, .docx, .rtf) only by uploading it to the platform of journal. Font size – 14 (abstract, keywords, literature, table text – 12), font – Times New Roman, text width alignment, single spacing, paragraph indentation - 1.25 cm, margins: top and bottom – 2 cm, left and right – 2 cm.

Figures, tables, graphs, diagrams, etc. are presented directly in the text, indicating the numbering and title (for example, Fig. 1 – The name of the figure, tab. 1 - the name of the table). The number of figures, tables, graphs and diagrams should not exceed 20% of the total volume of the article (in some cases, 30% is allowed).

Figures (graphs, drawings, etc.) are made in black and white or high-quality color. Figures should have short titles that accurately describe the depiction in the figures. Illustrations should not contain the titles of figures. Regardless of the graphics type, figures must be of high resolution, not lower than 600 dpi. The maximum size of figures is 120 × 210 mm. Do not use in the article scanned graphic materials or taken from the Internet. Tables, figures, formulas should not contain discrepancies in the designation of symbols, signs. Figures and tables should be referenced.