Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

The Journal is dedicated to issues in toxicology and chemical safety and publishes works on the following topics:

  • Safe regulation of the chemical factor in the Russian Federation;
  • Present-day aspects of the scientific development of clinical, medicinal, preventive, military and ecological toxicology in the country and abroad;
  • Action modes of toxic effects posed by medications and chemicals;
  • Scientific validation of new methods for diagnosis and treatment of acute intoxications;
  • Promulgation of accomplishments in home toxicological science;
  • Training of scientific personnel and professionals;
  • New methods for investigation into toxicity and hazard of chemicals;
  • New data on toxicity, hazard and hygiene standards for chemical and biological substances.

The main types of publications in the journal are analytical reviews on topical issues of toxicology, scientific articles based on the results of original research. The journal publishes information about congresses, conferences and meetings dedicated to development issues in chemical safety and toxicology, about activities of the Russian Society of Toxicology and reviews of books, monographs and guide-books on toxicology and related disciplines.

Target audience. The Journal is designed for physicians-toxicologists, pharmacologists, physicians in general hygiene, communal hygiene, occupational health, in sanitary and hygiene laboratory investigation methods, employees at scientific institutions and industrial enterprises, higher-education teaching staff at chairs of medical higher schools.

Aim and Scope

  • to contribute to the formation of the leading world positions of Russia in the field of theory and practice of toxicological medicine, chemical safety and development of toxicology;
  • creation of a widely accessible information field for all experts working in the field of clinical, drug, preventive, military and environmental toxicology;
  • to expand the scope of professional dialogue for Russian researches working in these and related fields of science such as occupational health, ecology, pharmacology, chemical pharmacology, medical chemistry;
  • to involve promising young specialists in scientific work on projects in clinical, drug, preventive, military and environmental toxicology;
  • creation of communication platform for expansion of cooperation between the Russian and foreign professional communities;
  • familiarization of readers with advanced international experience in the implementation of scientific research in these arears of knowledge.

 
 

Peer Review Process

  1. The Editorial Board evaluates suitability of the article for the journal and transmits it for the first reviewing to the Editor-in-Chief, , his(her) Deputy or the Executive Secretary who assess its scientific value and assign reviewers. Members of the Journal Editorial Board and Editorial Council participate in peer review activities as well as external reviewers from among leadings experts who are working in the same scientific directions and had published works related to the topic of the article under reviewing over the last 3 years. Scholarly papers by the Editor-in-Chief are reviewed by external reviewers.
  2. Peer reviewing is conducted in a confidential manner. The editorial board transmits to authors of papers copies of reviews or a motivated rejection and is obliged to send copies of reviews to the RF Ministry of Education and Science on request.
  3. Terms of peer reviewing must not exceed 2 weeks. This term is checked by the editorial board and may be prolonged at the reviewer's request.
  4. In order to obtain a maximum complete and objective review of a paper, the Editorial board designed for reviewers a checklist with questions which the referee must elucidate. Based on this assessment, the referee makes recommendations about the fate of the paper; they are: "publish as is", "publish after correction of deficiencies noted by the referee", "hand over to another referee for additional reviewing", 'reject".
  5. If the reviewer suggests to refine and correct the manuscript, the journal's executive secretary sends the text of the review to the author in order to take it into account when preparing a new version of the paper or to reasonably reject it ( partially or completely).The manuscript revised by the author is sent for repeated reviewing .
  6. If the author and the reviewer meet insoluble contradictions regarding the manuscript, the editorial board is free to send the manuscript to another referee for reviewing. In conflict situations the manuscript can be handed over for consideration to a member of the editorial board or editorial council. In such cases, the final decision is made by the editor-in-chief.
  7. Authors may recommend potential reviewers to review their manuscripts.
  8. The manuscript may be sent for additional reviewing to an expert in medical statistics.
  9. The author is notified of adverse review via e-mail.
  10. The positive review is not a sufficient reason to accept the article for publishing. The final decision on feasibility of publishing an article is made by the editorial board on the grounds of the relevance of the work and its suitability for the journal. In conflict cases the decision is made by the editor-in-chief. Decisions made by the editorial board on every paper are recorded in the minutes of the editorial board meeting.
  11. Authors have right to appeal editorial decisions in respect of acceptance or rejection of manuscripts. To see more about Appeals mechanism below.
  12. Originals of reviews are preserved at the editorial office over 5 years.

 

Appeals

Authors have right to appeal the editorial board's decisions in respect of acceptance or rejection of manuscripts.

Appeals procedure

  1. In case of the author's disagreement with the editorial board 's decision in respect to acceptance or rejection of the article, the author gives a written request to the journal's editorial board, indicating reasons for appeal.
  2. A dispute panel of the journal considers the author's request.
  3. Decisions are revised in respect with the article in the following cases:
    • the author submitted additional factual results which have not been taken into account at the primary reviewing of the article.
    • the author submitted an additional material to the article which has not been taken into account at the primary reviewing of the article.
    • the author provided information about conflict of interests which was not made evident at the primary reviewing of the article.
    • the author expressed concern about a biased review.
  1. If the grounds are sufficient, the dispute panel can recommend to the editorial board to revise the decision made or keep in force the primary decision in respect to publication of the article.
  2. If necessary, the editorial board can invite an additional referee in order to take the final decision.
  3. Decisions on acceptance or retraction of the article are made by the journal's editorial board upon the outcome of the revision of the primary decision.
  4. The decision of the editorial board upon the revision of the primary decision is final and is not subject to repeated appeal.

 

Publication Frequency

6 issues per year.

 

Delayed Open Access

The contents of this journal will be available in an open access format 12 month(s) after an issue is published.

 

Indexation

The journal is indexed in:

 

Publishing Ethics

The Editorial Board and editorial staff of the Journal "Toxicological Review" ("Toxicologicheskiy vestnik") performs their activities under the RF legislation in force, are guided by the code of practice " Publication ethics of scientific publications", developed and approved by the Committee on Publication Ethics" created on the basis of the All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as by 'Ethics standards stated in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers; Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Editors; Responsible research Publication: international standards for authors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

To avoid malpractice in the publishing activities (plagiarism, presentation of unreliable data etc), in order to secure a high quality publications, recognition by the scientific community scientific data accomplished by the author, each member of the editorial board (hereafter-editor) , author, reviewer, publisher, as well as institutions involved in the publishing process are obliged to comply with ethics standards, norms and rules and take all reasonable steps to prevent their violation.

The author should guarantee that publication of the article does not infringe somebody's copyright or property rights, the article contains references to cited authors and/or results or facts obtained by other authors or organizations in compliance with prescribed regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.

The Editorial Board and Editors of the Journal "Toxicological Review" ("Toxicologicheskiy vestnik") do not perform protection of author' copyrights in the frame of intellectual activity. The protection of intellectual rights in relation to a published article is secured by the author him (her)-self.

Ethics code of the Editors

1.The editors should observe the principle of freedom of expression, try to comply with needs of the journal readership and authors, avoid the influence of business or politics on the decision making related to publishing of papers.

2. The editors should make decisions based on principles of fairness, impartiality and ensure transparency of editorial activity at all its stages.

3. The editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively for their scientific content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ,ethnic origin, citizenship or political stance of the authors.

4.The editors should make decisions on the publication of materials on the basis of the following major criteria: relevance of a manuscript to the journal, actuality, scientific significance and novelty of the article submitted; clarity of presentation, integrity of results, completeness of conclusions. The quality of the research conducted and its actuality are the basis for making decision about the publication of a manuscript.

5. The editors should take into account recommendations of reviewers in making a final decision about the publication of a manuscript. The editorial board is fully responsible for the publication decision.

6.The editors should assist authors in improving manuscripts submitted to the journal by their scientific and literature reviewing and contribute in establishing contacts with other journals and publishing houses.

7.The editors should treat authors with respect, conduct talks with them solely in a friendly manner, use the correct language in correspondence.

8. The editors should not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than to the author and reviewers.

9. The information about a critical review should not be disclosed to anyone else except for the author of the paper.

Ethical code of the editor-in-chief

1.The editor-in-chief makes a publication decision on the basis of the expert evaluation by independent reviewers and opinions of the editorial board members. The evaluation of papers should be solely based on the verification of integrity of results, actuality of the topic and its significance to researches and readers.

2. The editor-in-chief should not disclose any information about a submitted paper to anyone other than to the corresponding author and reviewers. Unpublished data from the article submitted cannot be used without a written permission of the author.

3. The confidential information received in the process of reviewing should not be publicized or retained for personal use.

4. The editor-in-chief should reject consideration of a submitted manuscript if there exists a conflict of interest.

5. If an appeal of ethic character is filed against a submitted paper or a published article, the editor-in-chief should take reasonable counter measures. These measures usually include the following: the author concerned must be informed about it, examination of the filed appeal and if necessary, subsequent publication of corrections. Each case of non-observance of the publication ethics should be examined, even it was revealed after publication many years on.

6. The editor-in-chief should not constrain authors to cite the journal. It cannot be a pre-requisite condition for acceptance of a manuscript for publishing. Any recommendation for citing papers should be based on their scientific significance and have a purpose to improve the material submitted.

Ethical code of authors

1 .Authors are those whose contribution to the conception and design of the issue dealt with in the article was significant and who share responsibility for results obtained. The author who submitted the manuscript to the journal takes responsibility to agree with co-authors the choice of a periodical for its publication, for credibility of the contact information.

2. The authorship is limited to those who significantly contributed to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported work. If there is a person who participated in a substantial part of the work, he or she should be included in the list of authors or gratitude should be expressed to him or her.

3. Authors are responsible for originality and credibility of the submitted work. This work should not have been published earlier or submitted for parallel publication to other publishers and should not contain plagiarisms.

4. If the work submitted contains textual or graphical information from papers earlier published by the author himself (herself) or from a work of another author, references should be made to respective publications or a written permission for use of these materials should be received. Borrowing from other sources without referencing to them will be considered as plagiarism by the editorial board.

5. The author should include in the manuscript only accurate facts and data, make available a sufficient set of information for checking and reproducing experiments by other researchers. The author should not use information gained privately without an open written permission, not admit falsification of data.

6. Duplicate publications should be avoided ( the author should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript is published for the first time). If some parts of the manuscript were earlier published, the author should make reference to the earlier published work and state in what the submitted manuscript is distinct from the previous one. The submission of a manuscript to more than one journal is considered unethical.

7. The author should observe ethical rules when voicing criticisms or commenting on researches conducted by the third persons.

8. The author should follow bio-ethical principles in animals testing..

9.The author should immediately notify editorial board or the publisher about a substantial error disclosed in the work published.

10.The author should provide the editorial board or publisher with evidence of the accuracy of the original article or correct substantial errors if the editorial board or the publisher were notified of them by the third persons.

11. The author has a right to appeal against a decision of the editorial board in accordance with the established procedure.

Ethical code of reviewers

1. Reviewers participating in expert evaluation of materials submitted to journal "Toxicological Review" ("Toxicologicheskiy vestnik") for publication are under obligation to make objective and impartial decisions;

2. To observe confidentiality; the reviewer should not discuss the author's work with anybody except those authorized t by the editor-in-chief to work with the manuscript;

3. Reviewers should not use the knowledge gained in the process of reviewing the work to further their own interests;

4. The reviewer should inform the editor-in-chief and reject the reviewing of the manuscript if in his ( her) opinion his (her) qualification is insufficient to evaluate the reported work or if the review cannot be submitted within the time agreed.

5. Reviewers should base their decisions on detailed facts and give evidence of the validity of their positions.

6. Reviewers should call attention of the editor-in-chief on a substantial or fractural likeness of the manuscript under reviewing with another work as well as on the absence of references to conclusions or argumentation earlier published in other works of the same or other authors.

7. Reviewers should help authors to improve the quality of their articles.

8. Reviewers should not use materials from unpublished manuscripts in their own interests.

Conflicts of interests

To avoid violation of the publication ethics, conflicts of interest of all sides participating in the process of publishing a manuscript should be eliminated. The conflict of interests emerges if the author, reviewer or a member of the editorial board have some financial, scientific or personal relations that may influence their actions. Such relations cause ambivalent obligations, competing interests or competing allegiance.

To avoid conflicts of interests and in accordance with the journal's accepted ethical rules, each of the parties is entrusted with the following obligations:

The editor should :

  • to hand over the manuscript for reviewing to another member of the editorial board if the firstly appointed reviewer has a conflict of interests with the author of the manuscript submitted;
  • to conduct an inquiry among all participants of the process of publishing the manuscript about potential conflicts of interests;
  • to make a decision on a possible publication of the information provided in the author's letter and related to a conflict of scientific or financial interests if that information is not confidential and may influence the evaluation of the published work by readers or scientific community.
  • To ensure publication of corrections, if information about the conflict of interests is received after the article was published.

The author should

  • list in the cover letter all known and potential sources of conflicts of interests;
  • indicate his or her place of employment and sources of financing of the work;
  • if no conflicts of interests exists, clearly declare it in the cover letter.

The reviewer should-notify the editor-in-chief of an existing conflict of interest (ambivalent obligations, competing interests) and reject reviewing of the manuscript.

Breaches

When a situation related to the publication ethics breaches emerges on the part of editor, author, reviewer, it is obligatory to conduct an investigation. It applies both to published and unpublished materials from the date of publication of the document .The editorial board should require explanations without engaging in it persons who could be involved in the conflict of interests with one of the side.

If a work containing significant discrepancies was published, it should be immediately corrected in the form accessible to readers and indexation systems.

 

Author fees

Publication in "Toxicological Review" ("Toxicologicheskiy vestnik") is free of charge for all the authors.

The journal doesn't have any Arcticle processing charges.

The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.

 

Plagiarism detection

"Toxicological Review" ("Toxicologicheskiy vestnik") use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

 

Preprint and postprint Policy

Prior to acceptance and publication in "Toxicological Review" ("Toxicologicheskiy vestnik"), authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.

As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in "Toxicological Review" ("Toxicologicheskiy vestnik") we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.

Glossary (by SHERPA)

Preprint - In the context of Open Access, a preprint is a draft of an academic article or other publication before it has been submitted for peer-review or other quality assurance procedure as part of the publication process. Preprints cover initial and successive drafts of articles, working papers or draft conference papers.
 
Postprint - The final version of an academic article or other publication - after it has been peer-reviewed and revised into its final form by the author. As a general term this covers both the author's final version and the version as published, with formatting and copy-editing changes in place.

 

Editorial policy of the journal "Toxicological Review" regarding personal data processing

1. General

1.1. Purpose

This document defines the editorial policy of the journal "Toxicological Review" in relation to personal data processing (hereinafter - the Policy), which is part of the policy of the Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances of Rospotrebnadzor (hereinafter - RPOHB, the Operator - founder of the journal "Toxicological Review").

RPOHB being the Operator performing processing of personal data provides protection of the rights and freedoms of subjects at processing of their personal data and takes measures for ensuring performance of the duties provided by the Federal law of July 27, 2006 № 152-FZ "On personal data" and the regulatory legal acts adopted according to it.

This document is publicly available and should be posted on the official website of the RPOHB.

Local regulations and other documents regulating the personal data processing by RPOHB are developed taking into account the provisions of the Policy.

1.2. Key concepts used in the Policy

This document uses the following concepts:

  • personal data - any information relating directly or indirectly to a particular or identifiable natural person (subject of personal data);
  • subject of personal data - an individual who is directly or indirectly identified or determined by personal data;
  • operator - a state body, a municipal body, a legal entity or an individual, independently or jointly with other persons organizing and (or) carrying out the personal data processing, as well as determining the purposes of personal data processing, the composition of personal data to be processed, actions (operations) performed with personal data;
  • personal data processing - any action (operation) or a set of actions (operations) performed with personal data using automation (or without) including collection, recording, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (update, change), extraction, use, transfer (distribution, provision, access), depersonalization, blocking, deletion, destruction of personal data;
  • automated personal data processing - processing of personal data using computer technology;
  • distribution of personal data - actions aimed at disclosure of personal data to an indefinite number of persons;
  • provision of personal data - actions aimed at disclosure of personal data to a certain person or a certain circle of persons;
  • blocking of personal data - temporary termination of personal data processing (except if processing is necessary to clarify personal data);
  • destruction of personal data - actions as a result of which it becomes impossible to restore the content of personal data in the information system of personal data and (or) as a result of which material carriers of personal data are destroyed;
  • depersonalization of personal data - actions as a result of which it becomes impossible to determine the ownership of personal data to a specific subject of personal data without using additional information;
  • information system of personal data - a set of personal data contained in databases and information technology and technical means ensuring their processing;
  • cross-border transfer of personal data - transfer of personal data to the authority of a foreign state, a foreign individual or a foreign legal entity.

1.3. Basic rights and obligations of the Operator and personal data subjects

1.3.1. Rights and obligations of personal data subjects

The personal data subjects have the right to:

1) free access to their personal data, except for the cases provided by the Federal law of July 27, 2006 N 152-FZ "On personal data";

2) receive information relating to their personal data processing including:

  • confirmation of the processing of personal data by RPOHB;
  • legal grounds and purposes of personal data processing;
  • purpose and the ways of personal data processing used by RPOHB;
  • the name and location of RPOHB, information about persons (except for employees of RPOHB) who have access to personal data or to whom personal data may be disclosed on the basis of an agreement with RPOHB or on the basis of Federal law;
  • processed personal data relating to the relevant subject of personal data, the source of their receipt, unless another procedure for the submission of such data is provided by Federal law;
  • terms of personal data processing including the terms of their storage;
  • the procedure for the implementation by a subject of personal data of rights under the Federal law "On personal data" ;
  • information on the absence of cross-border data transmission;
  • name, surname, patronymic and address of the person processing personal data on behalf of RPOHB if the processing is or will be entrusted to such person;
  • other information provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation;

3) require RPOHB to clarify its personal data, block or destroy them if the personal data are incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, illegally obtained or are not necessary for the stated purpose of processing, as well as to take measures provided by law to protect their rights;

4) appeal against the actions or inaction of RPOHB to the authorized body for the protection of the rights of personal data subjects or in court;

5) protect their rights and legitimate interests including damages and (or) compensation for moral damage in court.

Subjects whose personal data are processed by RPOHB are obliged to:

  • provide reliable information about themselves, as well as documents containing personal data, the composition of which is established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and local regulatory documents of RPOHB in the amount necessary for the purpose of processing;
  • report RPOHB about refining (update, modify) their personal data.

1.3.2. Rights and obligations of employees of RPOHB processing personal data of personal data subjects

Employees of RPOHB processing personal data, depending on the purposes of processing specified in section 2 of this Policy, have the right to:

  • receive documents containing personal data;
  • require the subject of personal data to timely clarify the provided personal data.

Employees of RPOHB processing personal data are obliged to:

  • process personal data received in accordance with the procedure established by the current legislation;
  • consider appeals of the personal data subject (legal representative of the personal data subject, authorized body for protection of the rights of personal data subjects) on the processing of his/her personal data and to give motivated answers within a period not exceeding 7 (seven) working days from the date of receipt of the appeal (request);
  • provide the subject of personal data (legal representative of the subject of personal data) with the possibility of free access to his/her personal data processed by RPOHB;
  • take measures to clarify, destroy personal data of the subject of personal data in connection with his/her (legal representative) treatment of legal and reasonable requirements;
  • organize operational and archival storage of RPOHB documents containing personal data of subjects of personal data in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. Purposes of personal data collection

Processing of personal data by the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" is carried out for the following purposes:

  • ensuring compliance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation;
  • execution of judicial acts, acts of other bodies or officials to be executed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on enforcement proceedings;
  • conducting editorial and publishing activities, carrying out activities within the framework of this activity.

3. Legal basis of personal data processing

Legal grounds of personal data processing are the complex of normative legal acts, pursuant to which and under which RPOHB carries out the processing of personal data including:

  • the Constitution of the Russian Federation;
  • the Civil Code of the Russian Federation;
  • the Labor Code of the Russian Federation;
  • the Tax Code of the Russian Federation;
  • the Federal law of March 30, 1999 N 52-FZ “On sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population”, article 43;
  • the Federal law of July 27, 2006 N 149-FZ "On information, information technologies, and information protection";
  • the Federal law of August 15, 1996 N 114-FZ "On the order of departure from the Russian Federation and entry into the Russian Federation";
  • RPOHB Charter and other local normative acts of RPOHB;
  • other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation and normative documents of authorized bodies of state power;
  • consent of the subjects to the processing of their personal data.

4. Scope and categories of personal data processed, categories of personal data subjects

Depending on the purposes provided for in section 2 of this Policy, the personal data of the following categories of subjects may be processed by RPOHB:

1. Persons involved in the editorial and publishing activities of the journal "Toxicological Review", the founder of which is RPOHB:

  • surname, name, patronymic;
  • address of permanent place of residence;
  • information on employment;
  • education;
  • individual taxpayer number;
  • residential address;
  • photo;
  • phone number;
  • e-mail address;
  • scientific degree;
  • title;
  • bibliometric characteristics (RSCI, Scopus, WoS…);

2. Participants of the events held in connection with the editorial and publishing activities:

  • surname, name, patronymic;
  • date of birth;
  • place of work;
  • position;
  • e-mail address;
  • phone number (home, work);
  • scientific field;
  • degree;
  • knowledge of foreign languages;

3. Subscribers of the journal "Toxicological Review":

  • surname, name, patronymic;
  • passport data;
  • individual taxpayer number (if available);
  • country of residence;
  • postcode;
  • postal address;
  • e-mail address;
  • phone number;

3. Foreign citizens who are members of the Editorial Board and reviewers:

  • surname, first name, second name in Russian and Latin transcriptions;
  • information on citizenship;
  • place of residence (full address);
  • date of birth;
  • passport number, date of issue and validity of the passport;
  • position of an employee in a foreign organization;
  • address of residence in Russia;
  • contact phone number;
  • e-mail address;

4. Persons involved in the performance of work under civil law contracts:

  • surname, name, patronymic;
  • passport data;
  • insurance number of individual personal account (SNILS);
  • individual taxpayer number (if available);

5. Persons included in the mailing list of information and other materials in the areas of editorial and publishing activities of the journal "Toxicological Review":

  • surname, name, patronymic;
  • date of birth;
  • position;
  • e-mail address;
  • information about the place of work;
  • contact phone number.

15. The Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" have the right to create internal reference materials, which with the written consent of the subject of personal data, unless otherwise provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation, may include the following information:

  • surname, name, patronymic;
  • position;
  • the name of the unit;
  • e-mail address;
  • contact phone number;
  • other personal data reported by the subject of personal data for the specified purposes.

Processing of biometric personal data (information that characterizes the physiological and biological characteristics of a person, on the basis of which it is possible to establish his/her identity) is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

The Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" is not carried out the processing of personal data special categories regarding race, national origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, health, sexual life, criminal record.

5. Procedure and conditions for personal data processing

Processing of personal data is carried out with the consent of the subjects of personal data, unless otherwise provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Processing of personal data can be carried out by means of computer technology (automated processing) or with the direct participation of a person without the use of computer technology (manual processing).

The processing of personal data is permitted only to those members of the Editorial Board of RPOHB, whose job duties include the processing of personal data.

These employees have the right to receive only those personal data that are necessary to perform their duties.

Processing of personal data is carried out by:

  • receiving information containing personal data in oral and written form directly from the subjects of personal data;
  • providing by the subjects of personal data of the originals of the necessary documents;
  • receiving certified copies of documents containing personal data or copies of original documents;
  • obtaining personal data when sending requests to public authorities, state extra-budgetary funds, other state bodies, local governments, commercial and non-profit organizations, individuals in cases and in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;
  • obtaining personal data from public sources;
  • fixation (registration) of personal data in journals, books, registers and other accounting forms;
  • inclusion of personal data in information systems of RPOHB;
  • use other means and ways of fixing of personal data obtained under RPOHB activities.

Transfer of personal data to third parties (including cross-border transfer) is allowed with the written consent of the subjects of personal data, except when it is necessary to prevent threats to the life and health of subjects of personal data, as well as in other cases established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

When transferring the personal data to third parties in accordance with the concluded agreements RPOHB ensures mandatory compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation and regulations of RPOHB in the field of personal data.

The transfer of personal data to the authorized bodies of executive power and organizations (the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Federal Tax Service, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation and others) is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

The cross-border transfer of personal data to the territory of foreign states that are parties to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals in the automated processing of personal data, as well as other foreign states that provide adequate protection of the rights of personal data subjects, is carried out in accordance with the Federal law "On personal data" and may be prohibited or restricted in order to protect the foundations of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation, morality, health, rights and legitimate interests of citizens, national defense and state security. The cross-border transfer of personal data to the territory of a foreign state that is not a party to this Convention is carried out in accordance with the legislative acts of the Russian Federation, provided that the applicable law and the applicable personal data security measures comply with the provisions of the Convention.

The Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB has the right to entrust the processing of personal data to another legal entity or individual entrepreneur with the consent of personal data subjects on the basis of the concluded agreement. A legal entity or an individual entrepreneur processing personal data on behalf of RPOHB shall comply with the principles and rules of personal data processing provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of personal data.

In the case when the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB transfers or instructs the processing of personal data to another legal entity or individual entrepreneur on the basis of the contract, an essential condition of the contract should be the obligation to ensure the specified person conditions of confidentiality and security of personal data during their transfer or processing.

The storage of personal data in the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB is carried out in the form that allows identifying the data subject for no longer than required by the purpose of their processing. When achieving the purposes of personal data processing, as well as in the case of a withdrawal by the subject of personal data of consent to their processing, personal data shall be destroyed if:

  • other is not provided by the agreement, the party to which, the beneficiary or the guarantor under which is the subject of personal data, other agreement between RPOHB and the subject of personal data;
  • the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB do not have the right to process personal data without the consent of the subject on the grounds provided for by the Federal law "On personal data" or other Federal laws.

The periods of storage of personal data in the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB are determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and normative acts of RPOHB in the field of document circulation.

6. Answers to requests of subjects for access to personal data. Updating, correction, deletion and destruction of personal data

6.1. The data specified in part 7 of article 14 of the Federal law "On personal data" are provided to the subject of personal data or his/her representative by the Operator at the address or at receipt of request of the subject of personal data or his/her representative.

The information is provided in an accessible form, it does not include personal data relating to other subjects of personal data, except in cases where there are legal grounds for the disclosure of such personal data.

If the appeal (request) of the subject of personal data is not reflected in accordance with the requirements of the Federal law "On personal data" all necessary information or the subject has no access rights to the requested information, a reasoned refusal should be sent.

The request must contain the data of the main document proving the identity of the personal data subject or his/her representative, information confirming the participation of the personal data subject in relations with RPOHB (contract number, date of conclusion of the contract, verbal designation and (or) other information), or information otherwise confirming the processing of personal data by RPOHB, signature (including electronic) of the personal data subject or his/her representative.

The data specified in part 7 of article 14 of the Federal law "On personal data" are provided to the subject of personal data or his/her representative by the Operator at the address or at receipt of request of the subject of personal data or his/her representative. The request must contain the number of the main document proving the identity of the personal data subject or his/her representative, information on the date of issuance of the document and the issuing authority, information confirming the participation of the personal data subject in relations with the Operator (contract number, date of conclusion of the contract, verbal designation and (or) other information), or information otherwise confirming the processing of personal data by the Operator, the signature of the personal data subject or his/her representative. The request can be sent in the form of an electronic document and signed with an electronic signature in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

The right of the personal data subject to access to his / her personal data may be restricted in accordance with part 8 of article 14 of the Federal law "On personal data", if the access of the personal data subject to his / her personal data violates the rights and legitimate interests of third parties.

6.2. Within a period not exceeding 7 (seven) working days from the date of submission by the subject of personal data or his/her representative of information confirming that personal data are incomplete, inaccurate or irrelevant, RPOHB makes the necessary changes to them.

Within a period not exceeding 7 (seven) working days from the date of submission by the subject of personal data or his/her representative of information confirming that such personal data are illegally obtained or are not necessary for the stated purpose of processing, the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB destroys such personal data.

The Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB notifies the subject of personal data or his/her representative of the changes and measures made and takes reasonable measures to notify third parties to whom the personal data of this subject have been transferred.

The Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB is obliged to inform the authorized body for the protection of the rights of personal data subjects upon the request of this body within 30 (thirty) days from the date of receipt of such request.

Forms of requests (appeals) of personal data subjects and their representatives are given in annexes 1-4 to this Policy.

6.3. Consent to the processing of personal data may be withdrawn by the subject of personal data.

In case of withdrawal by the subject of personal data of consent to the processing of his/her personal data, the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB stops their processing or ensures the termination of such processing (if the processing of personal data is carried out by another person acting on behalf of the Operator) and if the storage of personal data is no longer required for the purpose of processing personal data, destroys personal data or ensures their destruction (if the processing of personal data is carried out by another person acting on behalf of the Operator) within a period not exceeding 30 (thirty) days from the date of receipt of the said withdrawal, unless otherwise provided by the agreement to which the beneficiary or guarantor is the subject of personal data, another agreement between the Operator and the subject of personal data or if RPOHB is not entitled to process personal data without the consent of the subject of personal data on the grounds provided for by the Federal law "On personal data" or other Federal laws.

If there is no possibility to destroy personal data within the above mentioned period, the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB blocks such personal data or ensures their blocking (if the processing of personal data is carried out by another person acting on behalf of the Operator) and ensures the destruction of personal data within a period not exceeding 6 (six) months unless otherwise established by Federal laws.

In case of withdrawal by the subject of personal data of consent to the processing of personal data the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB has the right to continue processing of personal data without the consent of the subject of personal data if there are grounds specified in part 2 of article 9 of the Federal law "On personal data".

7. Requirements for personal data protection implemented by the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review"

Ensuring the security of personal data during their processing by RPOHB is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the requirements of the authorized body of state power to protect the rights of subjects of personal data, the federal executive body authorized in the field of security, and the federal executive body authorized in the field of counteraction to technical intelligence and technical protection of information.

The Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB takes the necessary organizational and technical measures to protect personal data from accidental or unauthorized access, destruction, modification, blocking access and other unauthorized actions.

Protection measures implemented by the Editorial Board of the journal "Toxicological Review" represented by RPOHB in the processing of personal data include:

  • adoption of local regulations and other documents in the field of processing and protection of personal data;
  • appointment of officials responsible for ensuring the security of personal data in the units and information systems of RPOHB;
  • organization of training and methodological work with employees engaged in the processing of personal data by RPOHB;
  • creation of necessary conditions for work with material carriers and information systems in which personal data are processed;
  • organization of accounting of material carriers of personal data and information systems in which personal data are processed;
  • storage of material carriers of personal data in compliance with the conditions ensuring the safety of personal data and excluding unauthorized access to them;
  • separation of personal data processed without the use of automation from other information;
  • provision of separate storage of material personal data carriers, which contain personal data of different categories or contain personal data, the processing of which is carried out for different purposes;
  • establishing a ban on the transfer of personal data through open communication channels, computer networks and the Internet without the use of measures established in RPOHB to ensure the security of personal data;
  • ensuring the protection of documents containing personal data on paper and other tangible media when they are transferred to third parties using postal services;
  • internal control over compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and local normative acts of RPOHB in the processing of personal data.

Responsibility for violation of the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation and the regulations of RPOHB in the field of processing and protection of personal data is determined in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.