Aim and Scope

The Sociology of Power  is a quarterly double-blind peer-reviewed open-access academic journal published by the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) which covers a wide scale of interdisciplinary topics.

The journal publishes original articles, book reviews, translations, interviews in both Russian and English.

Target readership

The journal is intended for specialists in social sciences and the humanities, as well as anyone with an interest in these fields of science.

Published since 1989.
Publication languages: Russian, English.

Section Policies

ARTICLES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

TRANSLATIONS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

REVIEW & BOOK REVIEW

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR’S FOREWORD

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

MATERIAL SEMIOTICS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

INTERTWINED SEMIOSIS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

BIOSEMANTICS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ARTICLES. UNCERTAINTY IN/OF SOCIOLOGY

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ARTICLES. THEORY & INVESTIGATIONS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

The journal is published quarterly: in March, July, October, and December.

Open Access Policy

Archiving

• Russian State Library (rsl.ru)
• Scientific Electronic Library (elibrary.ru)
• Cyberleninka (cyberleninka.ru)

Indexing: Finnish Journal White List (JUFO), DOAJ, Erih Plus, PhilPapers, Jisc Open policy finder (former - Sherpa Romeo), Hungarian Scientific Bibliography Database, CIRC (Spain), DHET Accredited Journal List (South Africa),  Algerian White List of Scientific Journals, UlrichWeb Global Serials Directory, Scilit, OpenAlex, Wikidata, Scholia, Fatcat, Journal Observatory, DNB 1 / DNB 2, ROAD, Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Russian Journal Rank Core.

The  Self-archiving policy please see  in the section.

Peer-Review

Articles submitted to the editors are subject to mandatory peer review.

An article is accepted for consideration only if it meets the design requirements posted on the journal's website.

There is no fee for publication and review of articles.

All scientific articles submitted to the editors of the journal "Sociology of Power" undergo mandatory double "blind" peer review (the reviewer does not know the authors of the manuscript, the authors of the manuscript do not know the identity of the reviewers). All articles submitted to the editors are reviewed by at least two independent experts in the relevant field. If the opinions of two reviewers differ significantly, a third expert is involved in the evaluation of the article.

When choosing a reviewer, the editor is guided by the availability of qualifications to perform an examination at a high level and the absence of professional relationships between the author and the reviewer. The decision on choosing a particular reviewer to conduct an examination of the article is made by the editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief, science editor. The review period in each individual case is determined by the editor-in-chief, taking into account the creation of conditions for the fastest possible publication of the article, and is usually up to 3 months.

Each reviewer has the right to refuse of being reviewed in the event of an obvious conflict of interest that affects the perception and interpretation of the manuscript materials. Based on the results of reviewing the manuscript, the reviewer makes recommendations on the future fate of the article (each reviewer's decision should be substantiated): the article is recommended for publication in its current form; the article is recommended for publication after correcting the deficiencies noted by the reviewer; the article requires additional review by another specialist; the article cannot be published in the journal.

The review covers the following issues:

a) whether the content of the article corresponds to the topic stated in the title;;
b) the extent to which the article corresponds to the current achievements of scientific thought;
c) whether the article is accessible to its intended readers in terms of language, style, layout of material, clarity of tables, diagrams, figures and formulas;
d) whether it is appropriate to publish the article considering previous literature on the issue;
e) what exactly are the positive aspects and shortcomings of the article, what corrections and additions should be made by the author;
f) the article is recommended (taking into account the correction of the shortcomings noted by the reviewer) or not recommended for publication in the journal.

If the review contains recommendations for correcting and revising the article, the editors of the journal send the author the text of the review with a offer to take them into account when preparing a new version of the article or to refute them in a reasoned manner (partially or completely). The article revised by the author is re-submitted for review.

The process of reviewing is confidential and double-blind. The author of the article under review can familiarize himself with the text of the review. A breach of confidentiality is allowed only in the event of a reviewer's statement about the unreliability or falsification of the materials presented in the article.

In the event of the authors' refusal to revise the materials, they must notify the editors in writing or orally of their refusal to publish the article. If the authors do not return the revised version within 3 months from the date of sending the review, even in the absence of information from the authors refusing to revise the article, the editors will remove it from the register. In such situations, the authors are notified of the withdrawal of the manuscript from registration due to the expiration of the deadline for revision.

If the author and reviewers have irreconcilable disagreements regarding the manuscript, the editorial board has the right to send the manuscript for additional review. In conflict situations, the decision is made by the editor-in-chief at a meeting of the editorial board.

The final decision on the possibility of publishing the article is made by the editor-in-chief of the journal, guided by the opinion of the reviewers and members of the editorial board.

The decision to refuse publication of the manuscript is made at a meeting of the editorial board in accordance with the recommendations of the reviewers. An article not recommended for publication by the decision of the editorial board will not be accepted for re-examination. A message about the refusal to publish is sent to the author by e-mail. After the editorial board of the journal decides to admit the article for publication, the editorial board informs the author about it and indicates the terms of publication.

The presence of a positive review is not a sufficient basis for publishing the article. The final decision on publication is made by the editorial board considering the topics of the forthcoming issues. In conflict situations, the decision is made by the editor-in-chief.

The author, when submitting an article for consideration, may indicate a list of those with whom a conflict of interest due to competition or collaboration has occurred or is likely to occur. The editors will take this information into account when selecting reviewers. 

Publishing Ethics

Introduction

The editorial board of the journal "Sociology of Power" takes a responsible approach to the task of maintaining scientific reputation and is responsible for their compliance with the highest standards. The editorial board of the journal relies, in particular, on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), the Russian Association of Science Editors and Publishers (RASEP), as well as on the experience of reputable international journals and publishing houses. The ethical standards of our journal concern all parties involved in the publication (authors, journal editors, reviewers, publishing house and scientific society).

Privacy Statement

The Editorial Board of Sociology of Power warrants that the authors’ personal data will be used solely for correspondence with the authors and publication details and will not be shared with third parties.

Best Practice Guidelines for Authors

The author submitting a manuscript for consideration to the journal "Sociology of Power" confirms that it is original, i.e. has not been previously published in other periodicals and is not under consideration in another journal. If the work is based on material previously published as a report, preprint, or working paper, this must be notified to the editors.

Requirements for publication of research results

If the article contains the results of original research, the author should provide a detailed report on the work performed, as well as objective arguments in favor of its relevance. The article must provide accurate data confirming the results obtained. The article must contain details and references necessary to repeat the work performed. Submission of knowingly false facts is considered a violation of the ethical code and is unacceptable.

Reviews and articles must be objective and contain verified information.

During the review of the manuscript, authors may be asked to provide raw data related to the manuscript for review. Authors should be prepared to make such information publicly available where feasible and in any event be prepared to retain such data for an adequate period of time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors should ensure that their work is entirely original, and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged.

Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

An author should not submit for consideration to a journal an article that has already been published.

If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a published article, the author should inform the “Sociology of Power” journal editor and cooperate with s/he in order to retract the article or correct it. If the editor or publisher receives information from a third party that a published article contains significant errors, the author should promptly retract the article or correct it.

The editors of the journal are committed to assisting the scholarly community in all aspects of the journal's publication ethics policy, especially in cases of suspected duplicate submission or plagiarism.

The manuscript of the work can be checked by the systems of automatic determination of the originality of the text Antiplagiat, "iThenticate". In case of detection of numerous borrowings, the editors act in accordance with the rules of COPE.

Authorship

The editors of the journal "Sociology of Power" adhere to the following criteria for authorship:

1. Substantial contribution to the conception or design of the scientific work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of the work;

2. Drafting the manuscript or revising it critically, adding valuable intellectual content;

3. Final approval of the published version of the manuscript;

4. Agreement to accept accountability for all aspects of the work and ensuring that any questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work can be adequately investigated and resolved.

In addition to responsibility for those parts of the work for which the author has performed, s/he should be aware of which co-authors are responsible for other specific components of the work. In addition, authors should be confident in the integrity of their co-authors' contributions. All persons listed as authors must meet all four criteria for being an author, and all persons who meet these four criteria must be identified as authors.

Persons who do not meet all four criteria should be mentioned in the Acknowledgments section.

Contributions of Authors and Non-Authors

The Acknowledgments section may include people who contributed to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria, such as: those who supported the research, acted as mentors, assisted in collecting data, coordinated the research, etc.

To correctly identify contributions, journal authors may use one of the schemes recommended by COPE:

General Guidelines for Authorship Contributions 
CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy
If accepted for publication, the article is placed in open access. Copyright remains with the authors.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other significant conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the outcome of the evaluation of their manuscript. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that must be disclosed include employment, consulting services, honoraria, paid expertise, patents, grants, and other funding. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When the author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the Journal Editor and cooperate with Publisher to retract or correct the paper. If the Editor or the Publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the Author to promptly retract or correct the paper.

Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editor

These guidelines are consistent with the journal's policies and the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE Guide to Best Practice for Journal Editors).

Decision on the publication of an article

The editor-in-chief / guest editor responsible for the journal, guided by the opinion of the editorial board and reviewers, makes a decision on the possibility of publishing an article in the journal.
This decision is always based on the verification of the reliability of the work and its importance for researchers and readers.
The editors of the journal do not publish the final version of the article without its approval by the authors.
The editor ensures the formation of issues based on materials accepted for publication in the general queue, taking into account the priorities for the formation of thematic sections and issues. The editors have the right to adjust the order of publications in accordance with the topics of the issues being prepared.
The editors do not have the right to impose on authors citations of articles previously published in the journal "Sociology of Power" for the purpose of artificially improving scientometric indicators.
The editor has the right not to enter into correspondence with the authors after presenting them with the results of the final examination.

Fairness

The editors evaluate submitted works on their intellectual content, regardless of the author's race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship or political views.

Confidentiality

The editor-in-chief of the journal and the editorial board staff must not disclose information about the submitted manuscript to anyone other than the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial board consultants, and the publisher.

Disclosure of information and conflicts of interest

• Unpublished materials contained in the submitted work cannot be used in the work of the editor-in-chief, members of the editorial board, reviewers, and other staff involved in working on the material sent for consideration, without the written consent of the author.
• Confidential information obtained during the review process is not subject to disclosure or use for personal gain.
• The editor-in-chief undertakes to refuse to consider the submitted work if there is a conflict of interest arising from competition, cooperation, or other relationships with the authors and organizations associated with this work (the functions of the editor-in-chief can be assumed by an assistant editor or another member of the editorial board).
• The Editor-in-Chief is obliged to require all authors to disclose any conflicts of interest and to publish corrections if any are discovered after publication. If necessary, other appropriate action may be taken, such as publishing a retraction or expression of concern.
• The Editor-in-Chief is obliged to ensure that the peer-review procedures for articles submitted to the journal "Sociology of Power" are followed. Works are accepted for publication in supplements solely on the basis of their academic value, and not for commercial reasons.
• Book reviews and translations are not peer-reviewed; decisions on their publication may be made by the editorial board of the journal without involving external experts.

Citation of the journal which published the submitted article

The editor-in-chief or an authorized member of the Editorial Board of the journal should under no circumstances force authors to cite one of the scientific journals published by RANEPA, the editor-in-chief's own publications, and/or members of the Editorial Board as a prerequisite for acceptance of an article manuscript for publication. Any recommendations to cite papers should be based on their scientific significance and aim to improve the material presented.

Ethical complaints review

An editor who has received convincing evidence that a published article has violated ethical standards, made erroneous statements or conclusions must respond as soon as possible - by notifying about changes, retracting the publication and other actions appropriate to the situation. Each ethical complaint is subject to consideration, even if received several years after publication.

The editor's work on considering ethical issues usually includes notifying the author and considering the complaint, as well as, if necessary, further communication with the relevant institutions and research organizations. If the complaint is confirmed to be valid, a correction, retraction or other appropriate statement is published. Every ethical complaint is subject to review, even if it is received several years after publication.

If authors disagree with decisions regarding the expression of doubts on certain articles or have complaints about violations of editorial processes, a corresponding letter should be sent to soc.of.power@gmail.com, it will be considered in the usual manner. The person who sent the complaint receives information about the decision made, as well as about the measures that will be taken and the time frame for their implementation.

When considering complaints, the editors rely on the COPE guidelines in each of the following cases:

• Handling of postpublication Critique
• Post-publication discussions and corrections
• Peer review manipulation suspected after publication 
• Inappropriate image manipulation in a published article 
• Fabricated data in a published article

Post-publication discussions, corrections and retraction policies

Changes to an article accepted for publication that has passed all stages of peer review and pre-print preparation fall into one of the following categories:

1. Addendum,
2. Publisher's correction (erratum),
3. Author's correction (corrigendum).

The decision to publish corrections is made by the journal editors on the recommendation of reviewers, members of the editorial board, or at the written request of the authors of the article. Publication of corrections includes consultation with the authors of the article, but the final decision is made by the editors / editorial board of the journal.

1. Addendum. Addition of new material to the article, supplementing its original content (addendum), requires mandatory peer review. The additional material is additionally sent to the editors as a new manuscript with a link to the original article.

A replacement of part of the original text in a published article may be represented by the publication of a publisher's correction (erratum) or an author's correction (corrigendum).

2. A publisher's correction (erratum) is published in the event of an error (typo, missed change) made by the journal in the process of preparing the article for publication, which is significant and affects the reader's understanding of the article. Corrections are not published for simple, obvious typos.

3. Author's correction (corrigendum). If the authors consider it necessary to make corrections after the publication of the article (corrigendum), they must send a written (by email) request with justification to the editors of the journal. The final decision on the publication of a correction (corrigendum) is made by the editors of the journal and members of the Editorial Board after assessing the impact of the change on the scientific accuracy and significance of the published article. In some cases, the identification of serious errors and inconsistencies in a published article may require retraction of the article.

Rules for retracting an article from publication

When considering situations related to the retraction of articles, the editorial board and publisher of the journal "Sociology of Power" are guided by the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE Retraction Guidelines) and the Ethics Council of the Russia.

Grounds for retracting an article:

• duplication of publication in several publications;

• detection of incorrect borrowings (plagiarism) in the publication;

• detection of serious errors or falsification of data in the article, which casts doubt on its scientific value.

An article may be retracted upon an official request from the authors, who have reasonably explained the reason for their decision, as well as on the initiative of the editorial board of the journal or the publisher based on their own expertise. In the latter case, the author (or the lead author in the group of authors) is sent an official letter with information about the reasons for the retraction of the article.

After retraction, the article remains on the journal's website as part of the corresponding issue and retains the DOI identifier, but is marked as retracted. The same mark is made in the issue's table of contents. The PDF version of the article is replaced with an identical version with a watermark indicating on each page that the article has been retracted.

The editors publish a statement about the retraction of the article, indicating the reasons and date of retraction, on the official website of the journal.

Information about the retraction of the article and its PDF version with the corresponding mark are sent to the Scientific Electronic Library (elibrary.ru) and other bibliographic databases in which the journal is included. The information is also sent to the Scientific Publication Ethics Council of the ASRI for inclusion in the Unified Database of Retracted Articles.

Best Practice Guidelines for Reviewers

Each article is reviewed by at least two experts who have every opportunity to freely express motivated critical comments regarding the level and clarity of presentation of the presented material, its compliance with the profile of the journal, novelty and reliability of the results. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.

Participation in the decision to publish

The review procedure helps the editor-in-chief in making a decision on publication, and the editor-in-chief can also communicate with the author of the work. Reviewing is an integral part of scientific communication and the basis of the scientific method used in the editorial office of the journal. The editorial board and the board of the journal share the opinion of representatives of the scientific community that the work of researchers wishing to publish their articles on the pages of the journal must undergo the review procedure.

Confidentiality

Any work accepted for review is considered a confidential document. Works are not subject to demonstration or discussion with other persons, with the exception of persons authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews must be objective. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Reviewers are required to express their opinions clearly and support them with appropriate arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources

It is the reviewer's responsibility to recognize fragments of published works cited without appropriate citation. Any statement that a certain observation, conclusion, or argument has been made previously should be accompanied by an appropriate citation. The reviewer is also required to draw the editor's attention to any similarities between the submitted article and any other published work known to the reviewer.

Disclosure of Information and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials contained in the submitted work may not be used in the reviewer's research without the written consent of the author. Confidential information obtained during the review process is not subject to disclosure or use for personal gain.

The reviewer undertakes to decline to consider the submitted work if there is a conflict of interest arising from competition, cooperation, or other relationships with the authors and organizations associated with this work.

In case of a conflict of interest, the reviewer must inform the editor about it with a request to exclude him from the review process of this manuscript. For example, the scientific supervisor (scientific consultant) of any of the authors - applicants for an academic degree cannot act as a reviewer.

The reviewer also undertakes to refuse to consider the manuscript and inform the editor-in-chief of his decision if, in his opinion, he does not have sufficient qualifications to evaluate the manuscript.

The decision to publish (or reject) the article is made by the editor-in-chief of the journal, based on the results of the review and recommendations of the editorial board.

Best Practice Guidelines for Publisher

The publisher should not influence the editorial policy of the journal.

The publisher should provide organisational, financial, intellectual, and legal support to the editorial board of the journal.

The publisher should ensure the timely publication of the issues of the journal.

Founder

• Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Author fees

Publication in “Sociology of Power" is free of charge for all the authors.

The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

All participants in the peer review and publication process should acknowledge and disclose any relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of conflict of interest. This includes financial relationships (such as employment, consulting, equity ownership, royalties, patents, or compensated peer review), personal relationships and rivalries, academic competition, and intellectual beliefs.

Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board of the Sociology of Power implements a strict zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism. All submitted articles undergo thorough plagiarism checks (Antiplagiat, “iThenticate”). In case of detection of numerous borrowings, the editorial team acts in accordance with COPE rules.

Preprint and postprint Policy

The editors of the Sociology of Power permit authors to post their manuscripts as preprints prior to submission for consideration by the journal. Authors are also allowed to independently archive their articles in subject-specific and institutional repositories  such as SSRN and SocArxiv without an embargo on publication.

Preprints

The editors of the Sociology of Power encourage the posting of preprints on preprint servers. A preprint is defined by COPE as a manuscript that authors post on an open platform (usually before or in parallel with the journal's peer review process).
The publication of a preprint is not considered a duplicate publication and does not influence the editor’s decision about publication in the Sociology of Power.
The author should notify the editors of the Sociology of Power about the posted preprint at the time of submitting the manuscript for consideration and provide a link to the preprint indicating the DOI identifier and conditions for distributing the preprint.
The author is responsible for updating the preprint record with a link to the published article. The citation must include the DOI and URL of the published version available on the journal's website.
The original text of the preprint must not be altered in response to reviewer and editor comments, and the text of the preprint should not be replaced with that of the published article.
The preprint text should not be deleted.

Manuscripts accepted for publication

The editors of the Sociology of Power permit authors to independently archive manuscripts that have undergone peer review and have been accepted for publication. Authors may use the following options for sharing this version of the manuscript

• personal website or blog;
• institutional repository;
• subject repository;
• direct contact with faculty or students by sharing thе manuscript for personal use.

In the text of the manuscript, the author should clarify its status and provide information about the planned publication.
For example: The article "Title of the Article" has undergone peer review, has been accepted for publication, and will appear in Issue 3 of the Sociology of Power in 2021.
Following the publication of the final version of the manuscript, the author is responsible for updating the publication record with a link to the published article. No changes should be made to the text based on reviewer and editor comments. The text of the archived version of the manuscript should not be replaced or deleted.

Final versions of manuscripts

The Editorial Board of the Sociology of Power permits the self-archiving of manuscripts that have completed the peer review process, been accepted for publication, and undergone editorial and production processing (including proofreading and collation).
To post this version of the manuscript, authors can use:

• personal website or blog;
• institutional repository;
• subject repository;
• direct contact with faculty or students by sharing this version of the article for personal use.

Once the final version of the manuscript is published, the author is responsible for updating the publication record with a link to the published article. No changes to the posted text should be made in response to reviewer or editor comments. The posted version of the manuscript must neither be replaced nor deleted.

For the Self-archiving policy, see.

Revenue Sources

The publication of the journal is financed by the publisher.

Publication in “Sociology of Power" 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.

Data Sharing Policy

The Sociology of Power supports and encourages authors to make available the data that underlie the results presented in their articles by archiving it in an appropriate public repository or by making it available upon reasonable request through the corresponding author. Authors are required to complete a data availability statement that will be published alongside their article; this statement must include a reference to the original data provided in their reference list.

Authors are encouraged to use the indexing services of re3data.org and FAIRsharing.org. Alternatively, their affiliated university may provide a repository for its researchers.

Generative AI usage Policy

Generative artificial intelligence and AI-based technologies may be used in academic writing to enhance the language of the manuscript, including grammar, syntax and spelling. In this case, no statements regarding the use of AI are required from the author(s).

In all other cases, authors must declare the use of generative AI technologies in the “Additional Information” section. This statement may read: “When preparing this article, we used [name of tool/service] for [reason]. After using this tool/service, we reviewed and edited the content as necessary and take full responsibility for the content of the published article”. This indicates that the use of AI technologies should be accompanied by human oversight and control. Authors should carefully check and edit the results obtained, as AI-generated text can often be erroneous, incomplete or biased. Authors bear full responsibility for the content of their work.

If the manuscript includes images created or altered using generative AI or AI-supported tools, authors must disclose this in the “Additional Information” section, providing a detailed description of when and how these tools were used. Additionally, authors must confirm that they have obtained all necessary rights to use such materials.

Authorship of the manuscript may be assigned solely to a human being. AI and AI-supported technologies cannot be listed as author(s) or co-author(s) due to their inability to meet authorship criteria: they cannot take responsibility for the work, consent to publication, manage copyright or address issues related to conflicts of interest.

Copyright Policy

The copyright for articles published in the journal belongs to the authors.
When using materials by other authors (such as texts, tables, or images) in the articles, the authors and/or copyright owners of these materials must be properly credited. The author grants the Sociology of Power the right to publish the article and to be identified as the original publisher. All articles are published in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) license. The CC BY license permits the author to retain copyright while allowing for extensive reuse, as long as proper citation of the original article is provided.
The journal also welcomes the “green route” of open access, i.e., the authors' placement of preprints and postprints of articles in institutional repositories and other platforms. Special attention should be paid to resources such as Preprints, SocArXiv, and SSRN. The placement of data sets used in the article (with appropriate links) on Figshare and Mendeley Data is also welcomed.

Repository Policy

The journal “Sociology of Power” adheres to the Platinum Open Access policy, including allowing and even recommending that authors place their articles accepted for publication on their own personal websites or in other repositories (ResearchGate, institutional and interdisciplinary repositories such as SSRN and SocArxiv without an embargo on publication) both before and after the publication of the article, indicating in the bibliographic description a link to the publication of the final version of the article in this journal and DOI. The journal adheres to the Free Self-Archiving policy.

What and when can be self-archived by authors

• preprint and review version— at any time;
• version of the article accepted for publication— after official notification from the journal's editors about the acceptance of the article for publication;
• final version— after the article is published as part of the issue on the journal's website.

Creative Commons and other licenses

Authors may publish (self-archive) preprints and peer-reviewed versions of manuscripts under any license they choose. We recommend Creative Commons CC-BY or any other Creative Commons family license.

Accepted versions of articles may be published under the terms of the open Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license or its equivalent, but not a more permissive version. We do not permit accepted versions of articles to be published under such permissive terms as, for example, the Creative Commons CC-BY license.

Third Party Materials

Before publishing online (self-archiving), authors should ensure that they have all necessary rights and permissions to publish all components of the article. When publishing (self-archiving) an article under the terms of a Creative Commons license, the author must have the rights to place all borrowed elements in the published article under the corresponding license. The copyright holders of the borrowed elements of the published article must always be clearly indicated, as well as information that the use of these elements of the article without separate permission from the copyright holders is impossible.

Closed Repositories and Embargo Period

Articles can be placed in closed repositories both before and after official publication on the journal's website. A closed repository is one in which only the administrators of the repository's website have access to the content.

Article descriptions (titles, abstracts, author information, and links) can be made available both before and after the article is published as part of an issue on the journal's website. Full texts of final versions of articles can be made available on third-party websites with the obligatory indication of a link to the publication on the journal's website (including via DOI).

Placing Content in Repositories

The editors of the journal "Sociology of Power" allow and even recommend that authors post versions of articles accepted for publication (preprints) on their pages on the Internet, on the websites of their organizations and public repositories (such as ResearchGate, SSRN, RePEc, etc.). After the article is published, the editors require that authors provide a link to the final version of the article on the journal's website.

We require that when posting articles in third-party repositories, the following information be provided:

• if the article has not yet been published — a clear statement that the manuscript has been accepted for publication or submitted for review, with a link to the journal's website;
• for all published articles — a link to the final version of the article on the journal's website (including via DOI);
• a clear statement of the terms of the license under which the published version of the article is posted.

Citing Articles in Repositories

When citing an accepted version of an article or an earlier version, we ask readers and authors to provide a link to the final version of the article and use the DOI.

Special Issue Policy

Sociology of Power publishes special issues to create a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special issues are led by guest editors who are experts in the topic. All submissions for special issues follow the standard Sociology of Power Editorial policy and Publishing Ethics .

The Editor-in-Chief  and Editorial Team of the journal oversees the appointment of guest editors and special issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the high quality of published material in an issue of the journal.

All submitted papers undergo double-blind peer review with the participation of at least 2 authoritative “external” experts.