7 reasons why your article is rejected in journals KOKS MNVO RK
Introduction
Publication of articles in journals included in the List of the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KOKS MNVO RK) is a mandatory requirement for defending dissertations, conferring academic titles, and for reporting by scientists. Since there are only about 165 such journals on the list, this creates a significant workload for editorial offices and leads to long queues for review of materials.
In such circumstances, editors are forced to promptly reject articles that have even minor violations of the requirements, so as not to delay the process. Because of this, many authors are rejected even before review, which often causes surprise and indignation. Today, we will briefly consider the main reasons why articles do not pass the selection in the journals of the KOKS MNVO RK, in order to help authors avoid typical mistakes.
Main reasons for refusals in the journals of the KOKS MNVO RK
1. Inconsistency with the subject matter of the journal
If the topic of the article does not correspond to the profile of the publication indicated on the website, the editors immediately reject it without consideration. This is a common mistake among authors who send materials "anywhere" without studying the direction of the journal.
2. The article is not submitted according to the journal template
The most common reason for rejection is the article not conforming to the publication template or the presence of gross errors in the structure: missing sections of the article, incorrect table captions, chaotic formatting of sources, etc. Each journal has its own template in Word format, posted on the website, which must be followed. Failure to comply with this requirement leads to immediate rejection.
3. The author's data is incorrectly indicated
Errors in spelling of names, positions, academic degrees or lack of contact information are all grounds for technical refusal. Journals carefully check the correctness of the information provided.
4. Ignoring the instructions on the journal's website
Each journal has its own requirements for submitting materials. In most cases, the article must be uploaded through a personal account on the journal's website, attaching all accompanying documents: a cover letter, author's agreement, information about the authors - all with signatures and in the correct format. It is also important to properly prepare the files for review, for example, remove personal data from them. If these conditions are not met, the article is returned without a review.
5. High level of plagiarism
If the text contains borrowings without proper citation or exceeds the acceptable threshold of similarity (usually 20–25%), the editors reject the material without the right to resubmit. The minimum level of uniqueness should be 80%.
6. Using texts generated by artificial intelligence
This is a new reason for rejection: more and more journals are identifying and rejecting texts that were written entirely or partially using AI (ChatGPT and similar tools). In such cases, the level of scientific responsibility of the author is reduced.
7. Language and stylistic errors
Poor translation, grammatical errors, incorrect use of scientific terminology - all this significantly reduces the quality of the article and often leads to rejection, even if its scientific content has potential.
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Conclusion
As you can see, most of the rejections in the journals of the KOKS MNVO RK are not related to the scientific idea itself, but to technical errors, non-compliance with requirements or insufficient attention to detail. It is quite possible to avoid these problems - it is enough to know the basic rules and approach publications professionally.
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