PUBLIC OFFER for the provision of services for the editorial and production preparation and publication of a work

Current version dated August 31, 2026

Universum LLC, hereinafter referred to as the "Contractor," represented by its General Director, E.Yu. Butakova, acting in accordance with the Charter, hereby enters into this agreement with any person, hereinafter referred to as the "Customer," on the other hand. This agreement is for the provision of services for the editorial and production preparation and publication of the Work and the granting of non-exclusive rights to use the Work. It is concluded by accepting a public offer in the manner prescribed by this agreement and regulates the procedure for the provision of the said services and the obligations arising between the Contractor and the Customer. The text of this agreement is available online at: https://7universum.com/en/oferta

1. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS USED IN THE AGREEMENT

1.1. Work – text material (article, review, etc.) sent by the Customer (Customers if there are several authors (copyright holders)) to the Contractor for publication.

1.2. Publication of the Work – placement of the Work in the Publication, as well as on the elibrary.ru platform.

1.3. Publication - scientific electronic journals, the article metadata of which is posted on the elibrary.ru platform:

1.3.1. "Universum: Medicine and Pharmacology" (ISSN 2311-6129);

1.3.2. "Universum: Social Sciences" (ISSN 2311-5327);

1.3.3. "Universum: Psychology and Education" (ISSN 2311-6099);

1.3.4. "Universum: Technical Sciences" (ISSN 2311-5122);

1.3.5. "Universum: Philology and Art Criticism" (ISSN 2311-2859);

1.3.6. "Universum: Chemistry and Biology" (ISSN 2311-5459);

1.3.7. "Universum: Economics and Jurisprudence" (ISSN 2311-4282).

1.4. Offer – a formal proposal by the Contractor to enter into this agreement, specifying all the necessary conditions for this.

1.5. Acceptance of the Offer means full and unconditional acceptance of the Offer by performing the actions specified in the Agreement. Acceptance of this Offer signifies the Customer's agreement to all terms and conditions of the services provided. Acceptance is equivalent to the conclusion of a contract in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

1.6. Application – an electronic request from the Customer(s) to the Contractor for the publication of the Work by sending the Work and the personal data of the Customer(s) in the "Application for publication" section on the Contractor's website to one of the following addresses:

- for the journal "Universum: Medicine and Pharmacology" — https://7universum.com/en/med/add

- for the journal "Universum: Social Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/social/add

- for the journal "Universum: Psychology and Education" — https://7universum.com/en/psy/add

- for the journal "Universum: Technical Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/tech/add

- for the journal "Universum: Philology and Art Criticism" — https://7universum.com/en/philology/add

- for the journal "Universum: Chemistry and Biology" — https://7universum.com/en/nature/add

- for the journal "Universum: Economics and Jurisprudence" — https://7universum.com/en/economy/add,

or by sending the Work and personal data of the Customer(s) to the email addresses specified below:

- for the journal "Universum: Medicine and Pharmacology" — med@7universum.com

- for the journal "Universum: Social Sciences" — social@7universum.com

- for the journal "Universum: Psychology and Education" — psy@7universum.com

- for the journal "Universum: Technical Sciences" — tech@7universum.com

- for the journal "Universum: Philology and Art Criticism" — philology@7universum.com

- for the journal "Universum: Chemistry and Biology" — nature@7universum.com

- for the journal "Universum: Economics and Jurisprudence" — economy@7universum.com.

1.7. Reprint - A work published as a separate brochure on coated paper in A4 format, published with a color cover and with the imprint data of the article.

1.8. The printed journal is an A4 brochure, published with a color cover and contains Works accepted for publication in this issue.

1.9. The deadlines for accepting applications and works for publication, the deadlines for publishing the issue on the website, as well as the deadlines for sending the printed journal and reprints of articles are reflected at the following addresses:

- for the journal "Universum: Medicine and Pharmacology" — https://7universum.com/en/med/archive/now

- for the journal "Universum: Social Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/social/archive/now

- for the journal "Universum: Psychology and Education" — https://7universum.com/en/psy/archive/now

- for the journal "Universum: Technical Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/tech/archive/now

- for the journal "Universum: Philology and Art Criticism" — https://7universum.com/en/philology/archive/now

- for the journal "Universum: Chemistry and Biology" — https://7universum.com/en/nature/archive/now

- for the journal "Universum: Economics and Jurisprudence" — https://7universum.com/en/economy/archive/now

1.10. The review procedure is reflected in the following sections:

- for the journal "Universum: Medicine and Pharmacology" — https://7universum.com/en/med/poryadok-retsenzirovaniya

- for the journal "Universum: Social Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/social/poryadok-retsenzirovaniya

- for the journal "Universum: Psychology and Education" — https://7universum.com/en/psy/poryadok-retsenzirovaniya

- for the journal "Universum: Technical Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/tech/poryadok-retsenzirovaniya

- for the journal "Universum: Philology and Art Criticism" — https://7universum.com/en/philology/poryadok-retsenzirovaniya

- for the journal "Universum: Chemistry and Biology" — https://7universum.com/en/nature/poryadok-retsenzirovaniya

- for the journal "Universum: Economics and Jurisprudence" — https://7universum.com/en/economy/poryadok-retsenzirovaniya

1.11. Requirements for the Work are reflected at the following addresses:

- for the journal "Universum: Medicine and Pharmacology" — https://7universum.com/en/med/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Social Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/social/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Psychology and Education" — https://7universum.com/en/psy/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Technical Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/tech/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Philology and Art Criticism" — https://7universum.com/en/philology/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Chemistry and Biology" — https://7universum.com/en/nature/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Economics and Jurisprudence" — https://7universum.com/en/economy/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

1.12. Author — an individual whose creative work created the Work and who is named in the Application as an author (co-author) of the Work.

1.13. Contact Person — the Author who submitted the Application and is named in it as the contact person.

2. SUBJECT OF THE OFFER

2.1. The Contractor undertakes to provide the Customer with services for the editorial and production preparation of the Work and its publication in the Publication, subject to the acceptance of the Work for publication based on the results of independent peer review, and the Customer undertakes to pay for the services rendered in the manner and under the terms and conditions stipulated by this Agreement.

2.2. The Customer assures the Contractor (Article 431.2 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) that:

2.2.1. he is the actual copyright holder of the Work, the Work is original, does not violate the copyright or other intellectual rights of third parties, does not contain information that discredits the honor, dignity and business reputation;

2.2.2. The content of the Work complies with the legislation of the Russian Federation. In particular, the Work:

a) does not contain references, quotations, content statements, and/or hyperlinks to resources of foreign and international non-governmental organizations whose activities are considered undesirable in the Russian Federation. Such Works will not be accepted for publication; marking them does not "legalize" them;

b) does not contain materials included in the federal list of extremist materials, as well as quotes from such materials, statements of their content and hyperlinks to them;

c) does not contain public calls for the implementation of extremist and (or) terrorist activities or public justification of such activities;

d) does not contain information constituting a state secret, as well as other information prohibited from dissemination on the territory of the Russian Federation by virtue of law, a court decision that has entered into legal force, or a decision of an authorized state body;

e) if the Work contains references to organizations recognized in the Russian Federation as terrorist or extremist and (or) whose activities are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as individuals and organizations included in the register of foreign agents, it is accompanied by an indication (marking) of the corresponding status of such organizations and individuals in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2.2.3. before submitting the Application, it has familiarised itself with the requirements for the Work (clause 1.11 of the Offer) and with the cost of services of the relevant Publication.

2.3. The Customer grants the Contractor non-exclusive rights to use the Work.

2.4. The Parties have agreed to publish the Work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

2.5. The territory in which the use of rights to the Work is permitted is not limited.

2.6. The cost of services depends on the volume of the Work. If the Customer has submitted a Work that does not comply with the formatting requirements (clause 1.11 of the Offer), the payment made earlier is deemed to be a prepayment. After the Work is brought into compliance with the requirements, the Contractor determines the final volume and, where it increases, sends the Customer an invoice for the difference to the email address specified by the Customer. The Customer is obliged to pay the additional amount before publication of the Work. The Work is placed in an issue after the additional payment is received — in the nearest issue for which the acceptance of materials has not yet closed. Bringing the Work into compliance with the formatting requirements is the obligation of the Customer. Receipt of payment does not affect the results of peer review or the decision of the editorial board to accept the Work for publication.

2.7. The information published on the Publication's website (deadlines for accepting materials, the review procedure, the requirements for the Work and the cost of services) forms part of the Agreement. Where such information differs from the text of this Offer, this Offer prevails.

2.8. Independence of the editorial decision.

2.8.1. The decision to accept the Work for publication is made by the editorial board of the Publication solely on the basis of independent double-blind peer review, according to the scientific level, validity, relevance and novelty of the Work.

2.8.2. The conclusion of this Agreement, as well as the amount and the fact of payment of the article processing charge, do not affect the results of peer review or the decision of the editorial board.

2.8.3. The article processing charge covers the Contractor's costs of editorial and production preparation, technical editing and hosting of the Work and does not constitute payment for the publication decision.

2.8.4. In the event of a negative decision based on the results of peer review, the Work is not published and the article processing charge paid by the Customer is refunded in full within 10 (ten) business days from the date the Customer is notified of such decision.

2.9. Scope of published information about the Authors. When the Work is published, the following information about each Author is published as part of the imprint (publication details) of the Work, in Russian and in transliteration: last name, first name, patronymic; academic degree and academic title; position; name of the organisation (place of work or study); country and city; email address for scholarly correspondence. This scope of information is determined by the format of the scholarly publication and by the requirements of the scientific citation databases in which the Publication is indexed, and is necessary for the provision of services under this Agreement. Publication of the Work without this information is impossible.

3. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES

3.1. The Contractor is obliged to:

3.1.1. Arrange peer review of the Work provided by the Customer in accordance with the procedure published on the website in the relevant section specified in paragraph 1.10 of the Offer, and provide the Customer with an electronic review within a period not exceeding 30 (thirty) business days from the date the Work is received by the reviewer.

3.1.2. In the event of a positive review, publish the Work: in the electronic version of the Publication within 10 days from the end of the deadline for accepting materials specified in paragraph 1.9 of the Offer; in the printed version of the Publication within 20 days from the end of the deadline for accepting materials; on the elibrary.ru platform within 60 days of the end of the submission period. If the Publication is not released for reasons beyond the control of the Contractor, the Work will be published in the next available issue of the Publication. Article metadata will be added to the eLIBRARY.RU database in accordance with eLIBRARY.RU requirements. If the data in the article has been provided incorrectly by the Customer, it may be deleted or modified by the operator of eLIBRARY.RU in accordance with its requirements. The timing and the fact of placement of the metadata on eLIBRARY.RU are determined by the operator of eLIBRARY.RU and do not depend on the Contractor; the Contractor's obligation is deemed performed from the moment the metadata is transferred to the operator.

3.1.3. At the Customer's request, send the Reprint and/or Printed Journal by mail within 20 days of the deadline for accepting materials specified in paragraph 1.9 of the Offer. If the Publication is not published due to reasons beyond the Contractor's control, mailing will take place within 20 days of the deadline for accepting materials in the next available issue of the Publication;

3.1.4. Comply with the rights of the Customer (author) provided for by current legislation, as well as protect them and take all necessary measures to prevent copyright infringement by third parties.

3.2. The Contractor has the right to:

3.2.1. If current Russian legislation changes and the Contractor faces the risk of liability, the Contractor reserves the right to unilaterally remove the publication without reimbursement to the Client. This condition applies to articles previously published prior to the inclusion of the above provision in the offer.

3.2.2. Reproduce the Work (publish, make public, duplicate, distribute, and also carry out any other reproduction of the Work) without limiting the circulation of copies, while each copy of the Work must contain the name of the author of the Work.

3.2.3. Use the metadata of the Work by distributing and making it available to the public, processing and systematizing it, as well as including it in various databases and information systems.

3.2.4. Assign, on contractual terms, partially or fully the rights received under this agreement to third parties without paying remuneration to the Customer.

3.2.5. Send letters to the Customer to the e-mail address specified in the Application, and also send SMS messages to the Customer's mobile phone number specified in the Application with information regarding their order and/or containing information about events held by the Contractor. Messages of an advertising nature are sent subject to clause 7.6 of the Agreement.

3.2.6. The Contractor has the right, but is not obligated, to protect the rights to the Work in the event of their violation by third parties (including distortion of text, plagiarism, illegal commercial use).

3.3. The Customer is obliged to:

3.3.1. Provide the Contractor with the Work, designed in accordance with the requirements listed on the Publication's website in the relevant section specified in clause 1.11 of the Offer, in electronic form in an MS Word file before the deadline for accepting materials specified on the Publication's website in the relevant section in accordance with clause 1.9 of the Offer.

3.3.2. Pay the article processing charge for the editorial and production preparation and publication of the Work in the Publication and for the delivery of the print(s) in accordance with the prices on the website in the section:

- for the journal "Universum: Medicine and Pharmacology" — https://7universum.com/en/med/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Social Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/social/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Psychology and Education" — https://7universum.com/en/psy/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Technical Sciences" — https://7universum.com/en/tech/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Philology and Art Criticism" — https://7universum.com/en/philology/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Chemistry and Biology" — https://7universum.com/en/nature/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

- for the journal "Universum: Economics and Jurisprudence" — https://7universum.com/en/economy/trebovaniya-k-oformleniyu-stati

Based on the invoice issued, the transfer fee is debited from the Customer's account. Payment is due before the materials acceptance deadline specified on the website (see Section 1.9 of the Offer). Payment of the article processing charge does not predetermine the decision of the editorial board; the procedure for refunding the charge in the event of a negative decision based on the results of peer review is established by clause 2.8.4 of the Offer.

4. ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFER AND CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT

4.1. The Customer accepts the Offer by checking the box "I agree with the terms of the public offer" and clicking the "Submit Request" button on the Publication's website to the addresses specified in paragraph 1.6 of the Offer, or by sending the Work and the personal data of the Customer(s) to the email addresses specified in paragraph 1.6 of the Offer.

4.2. The Application is submitted by the Contact Person. By accepting the Offer, the Contact Person acts on his own behalf and on behalf of the other Authors named in the Application, by virtue of the authority granted by them (Article 182 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

4.3. From the moment of Acceptance of the Offer, all Authors named in the Application are Customers under the Agreement. The obligation to pay the article processing charge rests with the Contact Person; the other Authors are released from the payment obligation. Refunds of the article processing charge in the cases provided for by the Agreement are made to the Contact Person. In all other respects, the rights and obligations of the Customer belong to each Author.

4.4. The Contact Person represents and warrants to the Contractor (Article 431.2 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) that he has been authorised by each of the Authors named in the Application to submit the Application, to accept the Offer on their behalf and to provide the Contractor with their personal data. If this representation proves untrue, the Contact Person shall compensate the Contractor for property losses in accordance with clause 9.4 of the Agreement.

5. VALIDITY AND CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER

5.1. The Offer shall enter into force from the moment of publication of this Agreement on the Internet at the address: https://7universum.com/en/oferta and shall remain valid until the Offer is revoked by the Contractor.

5.2. The current version of the Offer is published on the Contractor's website with the date from which it applies. Amendments to the Offer have no retroactive effect and do not worsen the position of the Customer in respect of services paid for earlier. This provision does not affect the cases for which retroactive effect is expressly provided by the Agreement.

6. VALIDITY AND CHANGES OF THE AGREEMENT

6.1. The Agreement shall enter into force from the moment of Acceptance of the Offer by the Customer (author) and shall remain valid until the Parties fulfill their obligations;

6.2. The Contractor agrees and acknowledges that amendments to the Offer entail the introduction of these amendments to the Agreement concluded and in force between the Contractor and the Customer (author), and these amendments to the Agreement shall enter into force simultaneously with such amendments to the Offer.

6.3. In the event of withdrawal of the Offer by the Contractor during the term of the Agreement, the Agreement shall be deemed terminated from the moment of withdrawal.

7. CONFIDENTIALITY AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA

7.1. The Customer agrees that the Contractor, after receiving the Customer's consent on the Website, has the right to send informational messages to the registered address/actual residential address, email address, or telephone numbers, including mobile phone numbers and fax numbers, specified by the Contractor in the Application or in other documents executed under the Agreement.

7.2. The Customer has been informed of the Contractor's personal data processing procedure in accordance with the Personal Data Processing Policy posted on the website at https://7universum.com/en/policy.

7.3. The Contact Person, by accepting this Offer, confirms that he is authorised to provide the Contractor with the personal data of the other Authors and of any other third parties named in the Application or in the Work, and that such data have been duly obtained by him.

7.4. The Contractor shall not be liable for information provided by the Customer on the Contractor's website in a publicly accessible form.

7.5. Withdrawal by the Customer of consent to the processing of personal data is carried out in the manner provided for by the Contractor's Personal Data Processing Policy. Withdrawal of consent does not terminate the processing of personal data carried out for the performance of this Agreement or for other purposes provided for by law, and does not entail deletion of the imprint (metadata) of a previously published Work distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

7.6. Messages of an advertising nature (including about events held by the Contractor) are sent only where there is separate consent of the Customer expressed when submitting the Application. The Customer is entitled at any time to opt out of receiving advertising messages. Messages related to the performance of the concluded Agreement are sent regardless of such consent.

7.7. The Contractor records telephone conversations with the Customer (incoming and outgoing) and retains correspondence with the Customer by email and in the messengers specified on the Contractor’s website. The purposes of such recording are: confirmation of the agreed terms of the services, performance of this Agreement, handling of enquiries and claims, and quality control of customer service. The Customer is hereby informed of such recording. The retention periods for recordings and correspondence are established by the Contractor’s Personal Data Processing Policy.

7.8. The Customer is hereby informed that when a digital object identifier (DOI) is assigned to the Work, the metadata of the Work, including the surnames and initials of the Authors, are transferred to an international registry of digital identifiers of scholarly publications whose operator is located outside the Russian Federation. This transfer constitutes a cross-border transfer of personal data and is carried out on the basis of clause 2, part 4, article 12 of Federal Law No. 152-FZ of 27 July 2006, as a transfer necessary for the performance of this Agreement, to which the Customer is a party.

8. TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT

8.1. The Agreement may be terminated early:

8.1.1. By agreement of the Parties at any time.

8.1.2. On other grounds provided for by this Offer.

8.2. Termination of the Agreement for any reason does not relieve the Parties from liability for violations of the terms of the Agreement that arose during its term.

9. LIABILITY OF THE PARTIES

9.1. The Customer and the Contractor shall bear, in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation, property and other legal liability for failure to fulfill or improper fulfillment of their obligations under this Agreement.

9.2. A Party that has improperly performed or failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall be obligated to compensate for damages caused to the other Party, including lost profits.

9.3. In the event that the Contractor is presented with demands, claims, or lawsuits from third parties related to the violation of their copyrights, rights to protect honor and dignity, or other rights in connection with the publication of the Customer's Work, the Customer undertakes to independently and at its own expense settle such claims.

9.4. In accordance with Article 406.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the Customer undertakes to compensate the Contractor for any property losses incurred by the Contractor in connection with claims, demands, or fines brought against it by third parties or government agencies arising from the content of the Work or the Customer's breach of the warranties specified in paragraph 2.2 of the Agreement. Compensation shall be made within 10 (ten) days from the date of the Contractor's request.

9.5. The Contractor has the right, but is not obligated, to verify the Work's compliance with the Customer's warranties stipulated in Section 2.2 of the Agreement at any stage of service provision, as well as after its publication, including by using official registers, lists, and lists of authorized state bodies of the Russian Federation. If the Work is found to contain information whose distribution is prohibited or restricted by Russian Federation law, or if the Work fails to comply with the warranties stipulated in Section 2.2 of the Agreement, the Contractor has the right, at its sole discretion and without the Customer's consent:

a) refuse to publish the Work in whole or in part or suspend the provision of services until the violation is corrected;

b) require the Customer to revise the Work, as well as independently make changes to the Work that are necessary to comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation, including indicating (marking) the status of the relevant organizations and persons, removing or deactivating hyperlinks to the resources of foreign agents and undesirable organizations, and excluding information prohibited from distribution;

c) unilaterally and without prior notice to the Customer, remove the Work from publication (delete, revoke), including previously published Work, from the Contractor's website, exclude it from the Contractor's printed and electronic Publications, and also initiate its retraction on the eLIBRARY.RU platform and exclusion from other databases and information systems.

9.6. The Contractor's actions stipulated by paragraph 9.5 of the Agreement are performed in compliance with Russian Federation law and to prevent the risk of liability for the Contractor. They do not constitute a breach of the Contractor's obligations under the Agreement and do not entail the Customer's right to demand a refund of funds paid, reimbursement of expenses, or compensation for damages. Funds paid by the Customer are non-refundable.

9.7. The provisions of paragraphs 9.5 and 9.6 of the Agreement shall apply regardless of the Customer's fault and shall also extend to Works published prior to the introduction of these paragraphs into the Offer.

9.8. The Contractor is not liable for the actions (inaction) of the operator of eLIBRARY.RU (the Scientific Electronic Library), including the timing of the placement of metadata, the indexing, and the removal or amendment of data; the Contractor is not the operator of eLIBRARY.RU. The Contractor's obligation to transfer the metadata of the Work to eLIBRARY.RU is deemed performed from the moment such metadata is transferred to the operator of eLIBRARY.RU.

9.9. The Work is not published until the additional payment provided for in clause 2.6 of the Agreement has been received; the provision of services may be suspended. If the Customer declines to pay the additional amount, the service is terminated at the Customer's initiative, and the payment made is refunded less the expenses actually incurred by the Contractor, including the costs of reviewing, editing, layout and bringing the Work into compliance with the formatting requirements. A refusal to make the additional payment is not regarded as improper provision of services and does not entitle the Customer to a full refund. This clause does not apply in the event of a negative decision based on the results of peer review; in such case clause 2.8.4 of the Offer applies.

10. FINAL PROVISIONS

10.1. The pre-trial dispute resolution procedure provided for in this Agreement is binding on the Parties.

10.2. The Parties shall communicate by mail, email, and telephone. The Client shall provide this information when completing the Application on the Contractor's website.

10.3. Claim letters are sent to the Contractor by electronic mail to mail@7universum.com, and to the Customer by electronic mail to the address specified in the application.

10.4. The period for consideration of a claim letter is 10 working days from the date of its receipt by the addressee.

10.5. Disputes arising from the Agreement shall be resolved in court in accordance with the law.

10.6. This agreement shall enter into force upon acceptance of the offer on the Contractor's website.

10.7. In all matters not provided for in this agreement, the Parties shall be guided by the norms of the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

11. DETAILS OF THE CONTRACTOR

Universum Limited Liability Company (Universum LLC)

OGRN: 1185476048691 · INN: 5410074608 · KPP: 541001001

Email: mail@7universum.com · Website: https://7universum.com/

General Director: E.Yu. Butakova