About the Journal

The reviewed journal Synopsis: Text, Context, Media publishes relevant research in the field of literary studies and linguistics.

Journal publications cover the following issues: literary text theory, history of Ukrainian literature, Ukrainian literature of the period of populism, history of world literature, text stylistics, linguistic analysis of literary and journalistic texts, reading process, aspects of text translation, and media text. This list is not exhaustive and may be expanded by various studies of the text, including interdisciplinary studies. 

An important section of the journal consists of new translations into Ukrainian of outstanding scientific and literary works, accompanied by scientific commentaries.

 

The electronic journal “Synopsis: Text, Context, Media” applies a double-blind review procedure (in which the author does not know the name or affiliation of the expert, and vice versa). The interaction of authors and reviewers is provided by the Editor-In-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Executive Editor. Authors and reviewers do not interact directly.

An objective, independent review provides an assessment of the article's content, its relevance, compliance with the journal's profile, the adequacy of the review of the scientific literature, and a comprehensive analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the study covered.

The stages of reviewing are:

1. Automated verification of compliance with academic integrity in the article (including checking for plagiarism using Unicheck and other technical means).
2. Preliminary assessment of the article scope, content, and format relevance by the members of the editorial board (up to 2 weeks, excluding vacation and next issue preparation time).
3. Remarks from the editorial board or rejection of the submission (frontdesk acceptance and further review or frontdesk rejection).
4. Selection of independent experts in the field relevant to the submission and their appointment as the reviewers.
5. Reviewing the article for 1 month.
6. Transfer the reviewer's comments and recommendations to the author. Finalisation of the article by the author.
7. Approval of the revised article.
8. If necessary, repeat the fourth — seventh stages or appoint an additional reviewer.

For review, the editorial board invites experienced scholars in scope-specific academic fields.

 

The editorial board of the journal “Synopsys: Text, Context, Media” and Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, as its publisher, adhere to publication ethics and make efforts to prevent violations. Our guidelines are the principles developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The task of the journal is to provide an academic discussion of topics, regardless of their nature (religious, gender, environmental, ethical, political, or other topics related to potentially controversial subjects).

1 Ethical expectations

1.1 Editors' responsibilities

○ To act in a balanced, objective and fair way while carrying out their expected duties, without discrimination on grounds of religious or political beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.

○ Adhere to established procedures in the event of a conflict of interest or complaints of non-compliance with ethical standards. To provide authors the opportunity to respond reasonably to any complaints and comments.

1.2 Reviewers' responsibilities

○ To assist in improving the quality of the published papers, and to contribute to the decision-making process.

○ Not to keep and not to copy a manuscript. To keep and maintain the confidentiality of any information supplied by an editor or an author.

○ To be aware of any potential conflicts of interest and to alert the chief editor to these.

1.3 Authors' responsibilities

○ To submit the most accurate data in the accompanying documents to the manuscript.

○ To ensure that the submitted manuscript is not considered or has not been accepted for publication elsewhere. 

○ To ensure that all research in the submitted manuscript is original and to provide references to all material given in the manuscript from other sources.

○ To declare any potential conflicts of interest

○ To cooperate with the editor and publisher for the fastest possible changes, additions, and clarifications.

1.4 Authorship and AI

○ Large Language Models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, do not meet our authorship requirements. The attribution of authorship carries a responsibility for the paper that cannot be adequately applied to LLMs.

○ The use of an LLM in research should be appropriately documented in the Methods section of the manuscript, or in a suitable alternative part if a Methods section is not available.

2 Procedures for dealing with unethical behaviour

2.1 Identification of unethical behaviour

○ Unethical behaviour may be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time, by anyone. The informer must provide accurate information and reasonable evidence to initiate an investigation.

2.2 Investigation

○ The necessary evidence should be collected without public coverage.

○ The editorial board must decide on each application.

2.3 Outcomes (in increasing order of severity; may be applied separately or in conjunction)

○ Informing the author or reviewer about the facts and circumstances of a misunderstanding, abuse or misuse of ethical standards.

○ Publication of a formal notice detailing the misconduct.

○ Formal retraction or withdrawal of a publication from the journal, in conjunction with informing the head of the author's or reviewer's department, Abstracting & Indexing services and the readership of the publication.

○ Imposition of a formal embargo on contributions from an individual for a defined period.

○ Consideration of the case and outcome to external official and judicial instances.