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Copyright

 

The exclusive right to the Article belongs to the Author. The Author grants the Publisher a right to use the Article on the terms of a non-exclusive licence to the extent provided for by this Agreement, while retaining for the Author the right of authorship and other personal non-property rights.

 

Author Agreement (Public Offer) on Publication of an Article in the Journal Scientific Studies of Crime and Punishment

 

The Federal Treasury Institution “Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service” (FTI RI FSIN of Russia), represented by its Head, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Khabarov (hereinafter referred to as the Publisher), on the one hand, offers an indefinite circle of persons (hereinafter referred to as the Author), on the other hand, hereinafter jointly referred to as the Parties, to conclude this agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) on the publication of scholarly materials (hereinafter referred to as the Article) in the journal Scientific Studies of Crime and Punishment (hereinafter referred to as the Journal) on the terms set forth below.

 

General Provisions

 

1.1. This Agreement, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 437 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, constitutes a public offer (hereinafter referred to as the Offer), the full and unconditional acceptance (acceptance) of which, in accordance with Article 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, shall be deemed to be the Author’s submission of his or her materials by uploading them into the online electronic article submission system for consideration, located in the relevant section of the Journal’s website at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/ on the information and telecommunications network “Internet” (hereinafter referred to as the Internet).

 

1.2. The exclusive right to use the published Article in respect of the original design, layout, and compilation into a Journal issue belongs to the Publisher. The Author is granted a non-exclusive licence to use the textual content of the Article for personal, scholarly, and educational purposes.

 

The Author’s placement of an electronic copy of the Article prepared by the Publisher (final layout/PDF) is permitted:

 

1. a) in personal profiles, with a mandatory reference to the Journal;

 

1. b) in the repositories of the Author’s place of employment.

 

Any other use of the final layout of the Article, including its transfer to third parties for inclusion in commercial databases without the Publisher’s written consent, is prohibited.

 

Terms Used in the Agreement

 

Author – a natural person (persons) by whose creative labour the Article has been created.

 

Acceptance of the Offer – full and unconditional acceptance of the Offer on the terms specified in clause 3 of the Agreement (the Author accepts the Offer by sending an application to the Publisher – uploading the Article and accompanying materials into the online electronic article submission system for consideration, located in the relevant section of the Journal’s website at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/ on the Internet, or by sending the article to the e-mail address of the Journal’s Editorial Office).

 

Journal – the journal Scientific Studies of Crime and Punishment.

 

Application – an electronic request by the Author to the Publisher for the placement of the Article in the Journal by uploading the article and accompanying materials into the online electronic article submission system for consideration, located in the relevant section of the Journal’s website at https://scripjournal.ru/ on the Internet or by email to the editorial office scripjournal@ya.ru.

 

Publisher – FTI RI FSIN of Russia, being the founder and publisher of the Journal.

 

Article Metadata – materials in Russian and English intended for inclusion in scholarly citation databases in accordance with the original version of the Article: article title; author details (full surname, given name, and patronymic of the author(s), place of employment of each author with postal address, contact information (e-mail) for each author; abstract; keywords; subject classification: UDC or other library-bibliographic classification and subject indexes; bibliographic list (list of references).

 

Offer – this document (an offer to the Author) for the publication of the Article by placing it on the Journal’s website at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/ on the Internet.

 

Publication – placement of the Article in the Journal.

 

Editorial Office of the Journal – the creative team responsible for preparing the Journal for publication.

 

Editorial Board – an advisory body that determines the editorial policy of the publication.

 

Editorial Collegium – an advisory body of the Journal’s Editorial Office responsible for preparing the Journal for publication.

 

Article – the result of independent fundamental and applied scholarly research in the form of scholarly material, a review scholarly material, a scholarly note, a bibliographic survey on specific topics of scholarly research, or a historical note dedicated to figures of Russian and foreign science, submitted by the Author for publication in the Journal.

 

Parties – the Author and the Publisher.

 

Article Requirements – requirements for materials published in the Journal, posted in the relevant section of the Journal’s website at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/ on the Internet.

 

Service – placement (publication) of the Article in the Journal on the basis of the Author’s Application.

 

Subject Matter of the Agreement (Offer)

 

1. Under this Agreement, the Author provides the Publisher, on a gratuitous basis for the entire duration of the exclusive right to the Article provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, with a non-exclusive licence to use the Article created by the Author for publication in the Journal.

 

3.2. The rights to use the Article transferred under this Agreement include:

 

- publication of the Article in the Journal and its placement in open access on the Journal’s website and in partner databases on the terms of the open licence Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The text of this licence is posted on the Journal’s website;

 

- granting any interested person the right to use the Article on the terms of the above-mentioned CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. In this case, the Publisher does not act as an intermediary in issuing such permissions, as they are granted automatically at the time of publication;

 

- dissemination of the Article’s metadata (bibliographic description) without restriction;

 

- adaptation of the Article, including translation into other languages, with subsequent publication of derivative works also on the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence (or another open licence if required by a partner database).

 

3.3. The territory on which the rights to the Article may be used is not limited.

 

3.4. This Agreement shall take effect from the moment the Article is submitted to the Journal – the uploading of the Article and accompanying materials into the online electronic article submission system for consideration, located in the relevant section of the Journal’s website at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/ on the Internet (hereinafter referred to as the Article Upload).

 

3.5. The rights are transferred by the Author to the Publisher gratuitously, and the publication of the Article in the Journal does not entail any financial remuneration to the Author.

 

3.6. In the event that the Publisher decides to refuse to publish the Article in the Journal, this Agreement shall cease to have effect. The decision to refuse publication shall be sent to the Author at the e-mail address indicated in the Application.

 

3.7. The Publisher undertakes, for the duration of the Agreement, to provide the Author with services related to the publication of the Article on the Journal’s website at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/ on the Internet.

 

General Terms of Service Provision

 

1. The Publisher shall provide services to the Author only subject to the following conditions:

 

- the Author has provided, by means of the Article Upload, all materials corresponding to the requirements of the Offer;

 

- the Author has accepted the Offer.

 

4.2. Services are provided to the Author on a gratuitous basis.

 

4.3. If the materials are provided by the Author in violation of the rules and requirements of this Offer, the Publisher is entitled to refuse to place them.

 

4.4. For the duration of the Agreement, the Publisher shall not be liable for the unauthorised use by third parties of data provided by the Author.

 

Rights and Obligations of the Parties

 

1. The Author warrants that:

 

- he or she is the rightful holder of the exclusive rights to the article; the rights granted to the Publisher under this Agreement have not been transferred previously and will not be transferred to third parties until the Publisher publishes the Article in the Journal;

 

- the Article contains all references to cited authors and/or publications (materials) required by the applicable copyright legislation;

 

- the submitted Article fully complies with the conditions of the “Guide for Authors” published on the Journal’s official website (https://scripjournal.ru/). The Author confirms that he or she is familiar with the formatting rules, text originality requirements, and peer-review procedure in force at the time of submission of the manuscript to the Editorial Office;

 

- all necessary permissions for the results, facts, and other borrowed materials used in the Article, of which the Author is not the right holder, have been obtained by the Author;

 

- the Article does not contain materials not subject to publication in the open press in accordance with the current legislative acts of the Russian Federation, and its publication and dissemination will not result in the disclosure of secret or any other confidential information (including state secrets and information for official use);

 

- the Article is not simultaneously under consideration by other editorial offices of periodicals and has not been published previously in whole or in part (including in the form of conference abstracts exceeding 30 % of the text of the Article) without appropriate revision and expansion of the material. In the event of double publication or self-plagiarism being detected, the Author undertakes to reimburse the Publisher for all expenses incurred at the peer-review and editorial preparation stages;

 

- the Author has familiarised himself or herself with the editorial policy and ethical principles published on the Journal’s website (https://scripjournal.ru/), and with the consequences of violating these principles, has informed the other Co-authors of the terms of this Agreement, and has obtained the consent of all Co-authors to conclude this Agreement on the terms provided for by the Agreement.

 

5.2. The Author undertakes to:

 

- submit the manuscript of the Article in accordance with the Guide for Authors indicated on the Journal’s website at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/;

 

- not use, for commercial purposes or in other publications without the Publisher’s consent, the electronic copy of the Article prepared by the Publisher;

 

- in the process of preparing the Article for publication, the Author undertakes to:

 

1. a) make in the text of the Article corrections indicated by reviewers and accepted by the Journal’s Editorial Office, and/or, if necessary, at the request of the Publisher and the Editorial Office, revise the Article;

 

1. b) read the proof of the Article within the time limits provided for by the Journal’s publication schedule;

 

1. c) make in the proof of the Article only the minimum of corrections related to the need to correct errors made in the original of the Article and/or to introduce factual and circumstantial changes.

 

5.3. The Author is entitled to:

 

- transfer to third parties an electronic copy of the published Article for the purpose of promoting scholarly research or for informational and educational purposes;

 

- place the final version of the Article (Journal PDF) in personal profiles and repositories in accordance with clause 1.2 of this Agreement.

 

5.4. The Publisher undertakes to:

 

- publish the Author’s Article electronically in the Journal in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

 

- at the decision of the Journal’s Editorial Office, if necessary, provide the Author with the layout proof of the Article and incorporate the Author’s substantiated corrections;

 

- observe the rights of the Author provided for by the applicable legislation, as well as to protect them and take all necessary measures to prevent infringement of copyright by third parties.

 

5.5. The Publisher is entitled to:

 

- carry out technical and literary editing of the Article (including its title), without altering the meaning of its main content, without coordination with the author;

 

- conduct expert examination of the Article and propose that the Author make necessary changes, until which the Article will not be placed in the Journal;

 

- upon any subsequent permitted use by the Author (and/or other persons) of the Journal and/or the Article (including any separate part or fragment thereof), require such persons to indicate a reference to the Journal, the Publisher, the Author, or other copyright holders, the title of the Article, the issue number of the Journal, and the year of publication as indicated in the Journal;

 

- place in the mass media and other information sources preliminary and/or promotional information about the forthcoming publication of the Article;

 

- establish the rules (conditions) for the acceptance and publication of materials in the Journal. The Editorial Collegium of the Journal, headed by the Editor-in-Chief, holds the exclusive rights to select and/or reject materials submitted to the Journal’s editorial office for the purpose of their publication. In the event of rejection of the Article, the Editorial Office shall send the Author a reasoned refusal in accordance with the peer-review procedure published on the website;

 

- temporarily suspend the provision of services to the Author under the Agreement for technical, technological, or other reasons preventing the provision of services, for the duration of the elimination of such reasons;

 

- suspend the provision of services under the Agreement unilaterally out of court in the following cases:

 

1. a) if the Article does not correspond to the subject matter of the Journal (or any part thereof), or the submitted material is insufficient for independent publication, or the formatting of the Article does not meet the requirements;

 

1. b) in the event of a violation of ethical principles, including the detection of unlawful borrowings, as well as in the case of a low originality score and large volumes of borrowings not justified by the purposes of the article;

 

1. c) violation by the Author of other obligations assumed under the Offer;

 

- carry out preliminary checking of the Article for borrowings using anti-plagiarism systems. In the event of detection of an unacceptable level of borrowings (in accordance with the Journal’s internal regulations), the Publisher is entitled to reject the Article without sending it for peer review and without returning the materials;

 

- take the final decision on the advisability of publishing the Article, based on its scholarly value, topicality of the subject matter, and conformity to the Journal’s profile;

 

- store the personal data and materials of the Article in the Journal’s archive indefinitely for the purpose of ensuring scholarly continuity and the possibility of retrospective search, even in the event of the Author’s withdrawal of the Article after publication (with replacement of the text by a withdrawal notice);

 

- make amendments to the Offer in the manner established by the Offer.

 

5.6. In all cases not stipulated or provided for in this Agreement, the Parties shall be governed by the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation.

 

Acceptance of the Offer and Conclusion of the Agreement. Term of the Agreement

 

1. This Agreement shall enter into force from the moment of its conclusion and shall remain in effect for the entire duration of the exclusive right to the Article.

 

6.2. The Author’s acceptance of the Offer creates an Agreement concluded in written form (Articles 438 and 1286.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) on the terms of the Offer.

 

6.3. In the event of the transfer (alienation) of the exclusive right to the work by the Author to a third party, the effect of this Agreement shall not terminate.

 

Procedure for Amendment and Termination of the Agreement

 

1. The Publisher is entitled to amend the terms of this Agreement unilaterally, having notified the Author thereof, no less than 10 (ten) calendar days before the corresponding amendments enter into force, by means of publication on the Journal’s website or by sending a notice via e-mail to the Author’s e-mail address indicated in the Author’s Application. The amendments shall enter into force on the date indicated in the corresponding notice.

 

7.2. In the event of the Author’s disagreement with the amendments to the terms of this Agreement, the Author is entitled to send the Publisher a written notice of refusal of this Agreement by uploading the notice into the online electronic article submission system for consideration, located in the relevant section of the Journal’s website (at the URL: https://scripjournal.ru/ on the Internet), or by sending the notice to the e-mail address of the Journal’s Editorial Office indicated on the website of the Journal Scientific Studies of Crime and Punishment on the Internet).

 

7.3. This Agreement may be terminated early:

 

- by agreement of the Parties at any time;

 

- on other grounds provided for by this Agreement.

 

7.4. The Author is entitled to refuse performance of this Agreement unilaterally by sending the Publisher a corresponding notice in written form and to the e-mail address of the Journal’s Editorial Office no less than 60 (sixty) calendar days before the presumed date of publication of the Author’s article in the Journal.

 

7.5. The Publisher has the right to refuse performance of this Agreement unilaterally and to reject the Article at any stage (prior to publication) in the event of detection of unlawful borrowings (plagiarism) or non-conformity of the Article to other requirements set forth in the “Guide for Authors” section on the Journal’s website.

 

7.6. The expiration of the term of this Agreement for any reason does not release the Parties from liability for breaches of the terms of the Agreement that occurred during its term.

 

Liability

 

1. For failure to perform or improper performance of their obligations under the Agreement, the Parties shall be liable in accordance with the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation.

 

8.2. All information provided by the Author must be accurate. The Author is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information transmitted to the Publisher. In the event of the use of inaccurate information received from the Author, the Publisher shall not be liable for negative consequences caused by its actions on the basis of the inaccurate information provided.

 

8.3. The Author independently bears full responsibility for compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on advertising, on the protection of copyright and related rights, on the protection of trademarks and service marks, and on the protection of consumer rights.

 

8.4. The Publisher shall not bear any liability under the Agreement:

 

1. a) for any actions that are a direct or indirect result of the Author’s actions;

 

1. b) for any losses of the Author regardless of whether the Publisher could have foreseen the possibility of such losses or not.

 

8.5. The Publisher shall be released from liability for breach of the terms of the Agreement if such breach is caused by force majeure circumstances, including actions of state authorities (including the adoption of legal acts), fire, flood, earthquake, other natural disasters, lack of electricity and/or computer network failures, strikes, civil unrest, riots, and any other circumstances.

 

Dispute Resolution Procedure

 

1. Disputes and disagreements shall be resolved by the Parties through negotiations, and in the event of failure to reach agreement – in accordance with the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation.

 

9.2. In the event of unresolved disagreements between the Parties, disputes shall be resolved in court at the location of the Publisher in accordance with the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation.

 

Miscellaneous

 

1. Any notices, messages, requests, etc. (except for documents that must be sent as original hard copies in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation) shall be deemed to have been received by the Author if they were transmitted (sent) by the Publisher via the Journal’s website (including by publication), by e-mail indicated in the Application, and by other communication channels. The Parties recognise the legal force of notices, messages, requests, etc. transmitted (sent) by the above-mentioned methods.

 

10.2. In the event of claims being brought against the Publisher related to infringement of the exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights of third parties in the creation of the Article or in connection with the Author’s conclusion of this Agreement, the Author undertakes to:

 

- immediately, upon receipt of the Publisher’s notice, take measures to settle disputes with third parties, and if necessary enter into judicial proceedings on the Publisher’s side and take all actions within his or her power to exclude the Publisher from the number of defendants;

 

- reimburse the Publisher for the judicial costs, expenses and losses caused by the application of interim measures and enforcement of the court decision, and the amounts paid to the third party for infringement of exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights, as well as other losses incurred by the Publisher in connection with the Author’s failure to observe the warranties provided by him or her under this Agreement.

 

10.3. In accordance with Article 6 of Federal Law No. 152-FZ “On Personal Data” of 27 July 2006, from the moment of conclusion of this Agreement until the termination of the Parties’ obligations under this Agreement, the Author consents to the processing by the Publisher of the following personal data of the Author: surname, given name, patronymic; information on citizenship; details of identity documents; e-mail addresses; postal address with postcode; contact telephone numbers; fax numbers; information on places of employment.

 

10.4. The Publisher is entitled to process the above-mentioned personal data for the purpose of performing this Agreement, including providing information and reference services to the Author. Processing of personal data means actions (operations) with personal data, including collection, systematisation, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, modification), use, dissemination (including transfer to third parties), anonymisation, blocking, and destruction of personal data in accordance with the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation.

 

10.5. The Author is entitled to withdraw consent to the processing of the personal data listed in clause 10.3 by sending the Publisher a corresponding notice in cases provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. Upon receipt of such notice, the Publisher is entitled to suspend the provision of services.

 

10.6. The Author voluntarily provides the Journal’s Editorial Office with information about himself or herself (and about each Co-author – subject to prior agreement with them) comprising: surname, given name, patronymic, academic degree, academic title, position, place of employment (name and postal address of the organisation), work telephone number, and e-mail address for the purpose of their open publication in the Journal together with the publication of the article.

 

10.7. In accordance with Federal Law No. 152-FZ of 27.07.2006 “On Personal Data”, the Author provides the Publisher with consent to the dissemination of personal data that have become publicly available as a result of the publication of the Article and its metadata (full name, academic degree, academic title, position, place of employment, e-mail address) for their placement in open access on the Journal’s website, in scholarly citation databases, and in other information systems for the purpose of promoting the results of scholarly research.

 

10.8. The Parties acknowledge that the sending of documents, notices, and materials from the e-mail addresses indicated in the Application (for the Author) and on the Journal’s website (for the Publisher) is deemed to be the use of a simple electronic signature. Such correspondence has legal force and is equated to documents on paper media signed by the Parties’ handwritten signatures.

 

 

 

Legal Address and Details of the Publisher

 

Federal Treasury Institution “Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service” (FTI RI FSIN of Russia).

 

Address: 125130, Moscow, Narvskaya str. 15a, bld. 1.

 

TIN 7703230850; KPP 774301001; OGRN 1037739456380.