The Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press is an internationally recognised publisher of scholarly periodicals, yearbooks, series of article collections, series of monographs, and other printed materials mainly in Estonian and English, but also in Russian and other languages. The spheres of primary importance include folkloristics, cultural history, literary criticism and literary history, ethnomusicology, semiotics, art criticism, linguistics, bibliography, etc. The Scholarly Press consistently publishes expertly compiled and thoroughly commented source materials in the humanities. The Scholarly Press follows Estonian and international publishing ethics.
Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement of scientific publications was prepared according to Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK, for editors) and Ethics in Research and Publication as well as according to COPE Code of Conduct.
1. All authors have to present a significant contribution to the research. The occurrence of authors who contribute substantially but are not explicitly acknowledged, or, on the other hand, authors that are acknowledged but in fact are not involved in the research, is regarded as misconduct.
2. Authors have to declare the source of financial support for the research (if relevant) and their professional affiliation.
4. All forms of plagiarism as well as use of fraudulent data is unacceptable.
5. It is forbidden to publish the same research in more than one journal.
1. Authors are obliged to publish only real and authentic data.
2. Authors are required to respect an ethical approach towards research subjects (it also includes informed consent for participation of human subjects in research and publishing of their personal data); authors publishing in Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore and Mäetagused have to respect the CODE OF ETHICS OF ESTONIAN SCIENTISTS (http://www.akadeemia.ee/_repository/File/ALUSDOKUD/Code-ethics.pdf); and the detailed summary of the rules for ethical research in anthropology and ethnology published on the website of the American Anthropological Association (http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/ethics/).
3. Authors shall guarantee obtained permission for the use of copyrighted materials.
4. All authors shall cooperate in providing retractions or corrections of mistakes.
5. Authors are obliged to participate in the peer-review process as reviewers.
6. For further information concerning the responsibilities of authors see also COPE's Guidelines for authors.
1. All reviewing judgments shall be objective;
2. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate;
3. Reviewed articles shall be treated confidentially;
4. Reviewers shall have no conflict of interest with respect to reviewed articles;
5. Reviewers shall point out relevant published work which is not yet cited;
6. Editors publishing in their own journal must not exploit their position (the process of peer review must be handled independently of the author);
7. Reviewers shall assess the manuscript in a timely manner;
8. For further information concerning the responsibilities of reviewers see the.
1. Editors shall strive to meet the needs of readers and authors; constantly improve the journal; ensure the quality of the material they publish; champion freedom of expression;
2. Editors shall have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article on the basis of objective academic criteria (such as originality, importance, clarity, etc.);
3. Editors shall accept the right of authors to appeal against their decisions;
4. Editors have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject/accept;
5. Editors shall publish submission and acceptance dates for articles, description of the peer review process, and to provide continually actualised guidance to authors on everything that is expected of them (including guidance about authorship criteria);
6. Editors shall be reasonably certain of accepting articles;
7. Decisions of acceptance of the articles cannot be reversed by editors without serious reasons; new editors shall not overturn decisions to publish submissions made by previous editors without serious reasons;
8. Editors promote the publication of corrections or retractions of the text if errors or inaccuracies occur in the text;
9. As regards reviewers and the peer review process, editors are obliged to provide peer-review guidance; require the disclosure of any reviewer’s conflict of interests; preserve the anonymity of reviewers; to ensure that the material submitted to Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore and Mäetagused remains confidential while under review. For further information concerning the responsibilities of editors in relation to reviewers see the
10. As regards members of the editorial board, editors shall provide new editorial board members with guidelines on everything that is expected of them and keep existing members updated on new policies and developments;
11. Editors shall maintain integrity of the academic record; editors are also willing to preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards;
12. Editors are always prepared to monitor and safeguard all issues of publishing ethics and promptly communicate with authors/reviewers/readers in cases of possible errors in publishing of the texts; suspected misconducts (authorship complaints, plagiarism, fabrication of data, research standards violations, research result misappropriations, etc.). This communication will follow (and will be continually updated by) the rules on Elsevier and COPE websites (PERK,);
13. Editors are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.
1. The publisher shall: define the relationship between the publisher, editors, and other parties; respect the privacy (of authors, peer reviewers, and other parties); protect intellectual property and copyright; foster editorial independence;
2. The publisher shall work with journal editors to set journal policies appropriately and aim to follow those policies, particularly with respect to: editorial independence; research ethics (including confidentiality, consent, and special requirements for research in social sciences); authorship; transparency and integrity (conflicts of interest, research funding, reporting standards); peer review (for further information concerning responsibilities in relation to the peer review process (see the.); appeals and complaints;
3. The publisher shall work with journal editors also to: communicate journal policies; review journal policies periodically; maintain the integrity of academic record; publish corrections, clarifications, and retractions; publish content on timely basis.
