Terms of Use

• Version 1.0
• Approved on 9 September 2026

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern the relations between the Limited Liability Company “Academic Publishing House” (the “Administration”) and any person using the website econferences.ru (the “User” and the “Website” respectively).

1. General provisions

1.1. Use of the Website constitutes the User’s full and unconditional acceptance of these Terms. A User who does not agree with these Terms must cease using the Website.

1.2. These Terms do not constitute a public offer and do not govern the Parties’ relations concerning services provided for a fee. The terms on which the services of consideration and publication of materials are provided are set out in the Public Offer.

1.3. The Administration may amend these Terms at any time in the manner set out in section 8.

1.4. The Website runs on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, distributed by the Public Knowledge Project under a free licence.

2. Rules for using the Website

2.1. The User is permitted to: review the content of the Website, search published materials, download published materials for personal and professional use, submit materials for consideration and correspond with the Administration.

2.2. The User is prohibited from:

• taking any action aimed at disrupting the operation of the Website, including distributing malicious software and attempting unauthorised access to sections of the Website, to other Users’ accounts or to the server infrastructure;
• carrying out automated data collection (parsing, scraping) to an extent that places an excessive load on the Website, or in circumvention of the technical restrictions established by the Administration. Systematic harvesting of metadata is permitted through the open OAI-PMH interface;
• using the Website to disseminate information prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation, or information that is offensive, defamatory or inaccurate;
• impersonating another person or using the personal data of others or the details of organisations without the appropriate authority;
• copying design elements and software components of the Website in order to create resources that mislead third parties as to their association with the Administration.

2.3. The Administration may restrict a User’s access to the Website where the User breaches these Terms.

3. User accounts

3.1. Certain functions of the Website, including the submission of materials, are available only to registered Users.

3.2. Accounts are registered at the discretion of the editorial office. A registration request submitted by a User is considered by the Administration; the Administration may refuse registration without giving reasons, including where there are indications that the information provided is inaccurate or that the registration is automated.

3.3. The User undertakes to provide accurate information upon registration and to keep it up to date.

3.4. The User is solely responsible for keeping his or her account password secure and is liable for all actions taken using the account. The User must notify the Administration of any unauthorised access immediately at info@econferences.ru.

3.5. The Administration may block or delete an account where the User breaches these Terms, and also at the written request of the User.

4. Requirements for submitted materials

4.1. Plagiarism is prohibited. A submitted material must be the result of the independent creative work of the author and co-authors. The use of texts, data, tables and illustrations created by others is permitted only with proper attribution of the source and within the limits of lawful quotation (Article 1274 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). All materials received undergo automated plagiarism screening.

4.2. Simultaneous submission of a material to other publications is prohibited. A material under consideration by another publication, and a material previously published, will not be accepted for consideration. By submitting a material, the author confirms compliance with this requirement.

4.3. The falsification and fabrication of data, the unjustified division of the results of a single study across several publications, the inclusion among the authors of persons who have made no creative contribution to the material, and the exclusion of persons who have made such a contribution, are not permitted.

4.4. The author must disclose to the Administration any conflict of interest and the sources of funding of the research, where such exist.

4.5. Where breaches of clauses 4.1–4.4 are identified, the Administration may reject the material and, in respect of a material already published, retract it and post a corresponding notice.

5. Use of published materials

5.1. Materials published on the Website are made available in open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) public licence, unless a different licence is expressly stated for a particular material.

5.2. The CC BY 4.0 licence grants any person the right freely to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform and adapt a material and to create derivative works based on it, including for commercial purposes, subject to mandatory compliance with the attribution requirement.

5.3. Proper attribution requires stating: the surname and initials of the author (authors), the title of the material, the title of the proceedings, the year of publication, the DOI and a reference to the CC BY 4.0 licence. A recommended citation format is published on the Copyright page.

5.4. The full text of the licence is available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

6. Intellectual property rights in the Website

6.1. The Website as such, its structure, design, design elements, graphic images, program code (other than components distributed under free licences) and the compilation of the electronic proceedings are objects of the Administration’s intellectual property rights and are protected in accordance with Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, including Articles 1260 and 1334.

6.2. The names of the conferences, logos and other means of individualisation placed on the Website belong to the Administration or are used by it on lawful grounds. Their use without the Administration’s written permission is not allowed.

6.3. The provisions of this section do not restrict the rights of Users in respect of published materials granted by the CC BY 4.0 licence (section 5 of these Terms).

7. Disclaimer

7.1. The Website and its content are provided “as is”. The Administration does not warrant the uninterrupted and error-free operation of the Website and may suspend access to it for technical maintenance.

7.2. The Administration is not liable for the academic content of published materials, the accuracy of the information they contain, or the authors’ conclusions and opinions. The authors’ views may not coincide with the position of the Administration.

7.3. The Website may contain links to third-party resources. The Administration does not control their content and is not liable for it.

7.4. The Administration is not liable for losses incurred by a User as a result of the use of, or the inability to use, the Website, except in the cases expressly provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

7.5. The provisions of this section do not restrict the rights of a User established by Law of the Russian Federation No. 2300-I of 7 February 1992 “On the Protection of Consumer Rights” in cases where the User acts as a consumer of the Administration’s services.

8. Procedure for amending the Terms

8.1. The Administration may amend these Terms unilaterally. A new version is published on the Website at econferences.ru/terms/ and enters into force upon publication.

8.2. Continued use of the Website after a new version has been published constitutes the User’s agreement with the amendments made. Users are advised to review the current version of the Terms periodically.

9. Final provisions

9.1. The relations of the Parties are governed by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

9.2. If an individual provision of these Terms is held invalid, the remaining provisions remain in force.

9.3. Enquiries from Users are to be sent to the e-mail address info@econferences.ru. The Administration’s details are published on the Company Details page.

9.4. These Terms apply together with the following documents published on the Website: Personal Data Processing Policy, Consent to Personal Data Processing, Consent to Dissemination of Personal Data, Public Offer, Copyright.