Authors’ Guidelines

The National Research University Higher School of Economics invites authors to submit articles for consideration for publication in the International Organisations Research Journal (IORJ).

IORJ is open to collaboration with universities and think tanks studying international relations, international institutions, development, innovations and digitalization in national and international contexts. We welcome researchers and experts specializing in global governance and socioeconomic policy. We cooperate with researchers and experts from international organizations and aim to acquaint Russian readers with the latest research. IORJ accepts submissions from postgraduate students from Russian, CIS and foreign universities. Our target audience includes Russian and international academic community, specialists from research organisations, government ministries and agencies.

All manuscripts should be sent by e-mail to  iorj@hse.ru   

We look forward to seeing you among our authors!

For your attention:

IORJ is an open access journal and publishes articles without any charge. Articles should comply with the journal’s themes, be scientifically rigorous and follow the submission requirements. Failure to prepare a manuscript according to these requirements may lead to its rejection. Indicating the reason, the editorial board has the right not to comment on the refusal, and not to enter into a discussion with the authors of rejected articles.

All submissions undergo anonymous peer reviewing. IORJ editorial staff will inform authors of the outcomes of the peer-review process. The author has the right not to take into account the recommendations of the reviewer and not to finalize the article.The editorial board reserves the right not to publish the article based on the opinion of the reviewer. If the editorial board decides to send an article for re-review, then this procedure is applied to such an article no more than once.

If the editorial board decides to send an article for repeted reviewing, then this procedure is applied to such an article no more than once. 
If the reviewers have serious comments about the revised article, it is rejected without the right to further revision. This decision is considered final.The final decision on the publication of the article and the content of the issue is made at a meeting of the editorial board. The editorial board has the right not to comment on the rejection, and not to enter into a discussion with the authors of rejected articles.

If the article is accepted for publication, a license agreement is signed with the authors. It is a condition of publication that authors grant a nonexclusive licence to the National Research University Higher School of Economics.