Editorial policy

License agreement

The legal basis for ensuring publication ethics in Mineralogy is provided by international standards including the provisions adopted by the 2nd World Conference on Integrity in Scientific Research (Singapore, 22–24 July 2010) and the regulations developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and norms of Chapter 70 “Copyright” of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Materials in Mineralogy are available under license Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 CC-BY, which allows unlimited use of the work subject to attribution. All users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link the full text of the papers published in Mineralogy and guarantee the original authors the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.

Open-access statement

Mineralogy is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link the full texts of the papers or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

Author’s rights

Using the latest version of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 CC-BY license means that authors are granted by the most extensive unrestricted rights: authors retain copyright of their work and full publishing rights and can re-use their work without restriction. Authors grant the publisher (Mineralogy) the right of first publication and non-exclusive rights to publish and distribute the paper. Publisher (Mineralogy) cannot license rights to third parties. All papers published in Mineralogy including data, graphics and supplements can be linked from external sources, scanned by search engines and re-used by text mining applications or websites, blogs, etc. free of charge under the sole condition of proper accreditation of the source and original publisher.

Mineralogy provides Open Access that allows sharing (exchanging): copying and distributing materials (papers) in any medium or format; and adapting (generating derivatives): transforming fully or partly and then using the materials for educational, scientific or other purposes including commercial ones. The licensor is not entitled to cancel these conditions as long as the license terms are complied with. However, this applies subject to the following conditions. Each non-original publication of research materials must contain the name of its creator and the title of the journal, a copyright notice, a license notice and a link to the original article (Attribution). These data can be indicated in any adequate way without the licensor direct approval. None of the users can apply measures that restrict others from doing anything the license permits, for example, prevent access to the journal’s website, charge for articles, etc. (no additional restrictions).

Confidentiality policy

All manuscripts submitted to Mineralogy are confidential prior to their publication. The editors and reviewers are not allowed to share or discuss any details of the manuscripts under consideration with third parties outside of the editorial or review process. Confidential data or ideas obtained through editorial or peer-review process cannot be distributed in any format or used for personal advantage.

Plagiarism policy

Mineralogy publishes only original articles. Submitting the manuscript, the authors should ensure that it has not been published before, has not been submitted to other journal and all data taken from other works (of both the author of the submitted manuscript and other authors) have been appropriately cited or quoted. The submitted manuscripts in Russian are checked for plagiarism using an Antiplagiat system (https://antiplagiat.ru/about/). The manuscripts submitted in English are checked using Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.ru/scholar?start=10&q=2313-545X&hl=ru&as_sdt=0,5).

Author fees and funding

Submission, peer-review process, editing and publication of papers in Mineralogy are free of charge for all authors. Publishing of Mineralogy is supported by the publisher’s funds. No rewards are envisaged for the authors.

Data retention and archiving policy

Information about all papers published in Mineralogy including their PDF versions  and full issues of the Journal can be found on its official websites at  https://journal.mineralogy.ru, Scientific Electronic Library (eLibrary.ru) at https://www.elibrary.ru/title_about_new.asp?id=54749 and Scientific Open Access Library CyberLeninka at https://cyberleninka.ru/search?q=2313-545X&page=1. According to the Federal Law № 2124-1 of December 27, 1991 (in the version of 14.07.2022) “About Mass Media”, the mandatory copies of new issues of Mineralogy are downloaded within seven days after the publication to web-sites of The Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS) at https://online.bookchamber.ru/ and The Russian State Library at https://oek.rsl.ru/. Authors can store their papers published in Mineralogy on personal web-sites or publish them in any suitable databases indicating the title and the issue of Mineralogy, where the paper was initially published. Authors are encouraged to use the publisher’s PDF version of the paper or provide a link from the deposited version to the URL/DOI of the published paper on the official website of Mineralogy.

Privacy policy

Personal information about authors (first name, surname, affiliated organization and its address, e-mail), which is included in published articles, become available to everybody. Authors provide consent to the processing of the aforementioned types of personal data, when they submit their manuscripts and related materials for publication. Personal data are published for correct accounting and citation of the published papers and in order to ensure proper interactions between the journal’s authors and the other members of scientific community. Additional personal information (e.g., phone numbers and additional e-mails) received from authors is only used to keep contact between the author and the editorial board during the preparation of the manuscript to publishing. The editorial board does not share this personal information with third parties outside of the editorial process.

Policy of Artificial Intelligence Use

Mineralogy discourages, but allows the use of generative artificial intelligence (hereinafter, AI). In this case, when submitting an article, authors are required to declare the use of generative AI during the manuscript preparation indicating use of the generative AI tool (a chatbot, e.g., ChatGPT, YandexGPT, etc.), its version, the date of use, and the specific actions taken using generative AI. These tools should never be used to substitute the authors’ critical thinking, expert knowledge, and judgment and should always be used under their supervision.
Information about the use of generative AI will be published in the article’s metadata in both Russian and English. Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, because they do not meet the authorship requirements, are not responsible for the submitted manuscript, cannot declare conflicts of interest, or manage copyrights. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their work including 1) carefully checking and confirming the accuracy, completeness, and impartiality of all results produced by generative AI, as well as checking sources, since AI-generated references may be false; 2) editing and adapting all materials carefully to ensure the manuscript reflects the author’s genuine and original contribution and their own analysis, interpretation, ideas, and conclusions; and 3) ensuring clarity and transparency in the use of any generative AI-based tools or sources.
Mineralogy does not permit any use of generative AI by reviewers and editors in the review and editing process, because this violates publication ethics, the rights of authors, and the confidentiality of their research.
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