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- » Open Access Policy
- » Archiving
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- » Indexation
- » Publishing Ethics
- » Founder
- » Author fees
- » Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
- » Plagiarism detection
- » Preprint and postprint Policy
Aim and Scope
The Journal’s mission consists in support the development of agrarian science by the way of creation of united space of scientific communication for different categories of researchers for decision of priority problems of Agro-Industrial Complex in regional, federal, and international levels on the basis of branch and interdisciplinary knowledge.
Aim of the Journal – publication and distribution of results of fundamental and applied researches conducted by native and foreign scientists for scientific support of agricultural and hunting sectors, with focus on the problems of rational use of natural resources and adaptation of agro-ecosystems of northern territories to changing climatic conditions.
Journal objectives:
- Timely informing about the latest achievements of native and world science in the field of agricultural and hunting sectors;
- Increasing of quality level of the edition (including organization of open scientific polemic; increasing of the lobe of analytical scientific reviews; solicitation for cooperation of leading domestic and foreign scientists as authors and reviewers);
- Involvement of young researchers into professional community;
- Widening of channels for distribution of Journal and scientific knowledge; promoting of brand of single scientist within limits of world scientific space;
- Integration into international scientific space (including indexing in foreign Databases), stage-by-stage creation of new model of Journal meet standard of international periodics (including granting open access to articles, additional publishing of the better articles in English);
- Improving soft supply for issue of web publishing.
Target audience – scientists, university professors, graduate students, postdoctoral, masters, specialists of agro-industrial complex from Russia, countries of CIS and far-abroad countries.
Section Policies
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Publication Frequency
The journal is published six times per year (February, April, June, August, October, December).
Open Access Policy
"Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.
Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.
For more information please read BOAI statement.
Archiving
- Russian State Library (RSL)
- National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)
Peer-Review
The editorial board of the journal “Agricultural Science Euro-North-East” recommends reviewers to get familiar with the methodical guide Reviewer’s Hub (Elsevier)
Order for peer reviewing of manuscripts in the journal “Agricultural Science Euro-North-East”:
1. All manuscripts of review papers, original, discussion and problem scientific articles submitted for publication in the journal should pass obligatory peer reviewing.
2. The responsible secretary directs the registered manuscripts for primary expertise to the member of editorial board responsible for thematic division of the journal for 5 working days period. Tasks of primary expertise: estimation of type of material (review article, problem article, discussion article, experimental work, methodical work); estimation of conformity of manuscript to requirements for informative part of structural elements of article; test for existence of unoriginal text; selection of reviewers on article theme. After primary expertise the manuscript is passed to scientific reviewer(s) or at much number of remarks – returned to author for improving.
3. Scientific peer reviewing is made basically by principle of double anonymous ("blind") reviewing (reviewer does not know author's name, author(s) does not know reviewer's name). The manuscript is sent to 2-3 reviewers. Manuscript passes inner reviewing (by members of Editorial Board and Editorial Council) and/or external reviewing (by leading scientists in the field of work – reviewers of the Journal). Members of the editorial board and leading Russian and international experts in corresponding areas of life sciences, invited as independent readers, perform peer reviews.
4. Invitation to peer reviewing is sent through the system of electronic edition. After the reviewer has read the title and the abstract of the article, he sends rejection or consent for peer reviewing. On receiving the consent from the reviewer, the system opens access to the manuscript and to the peer review form. When the expert assessment is finished, the reviewer uploads the completed peer review form into the electronic edition system. If it is necessary, some additional files can be uploaded as well (for example, the manuscript with reviewer’s notes and confidential information for the editorial board).
5. Reviewer – DSc or PhD – must be a recognized specialist in thematic of reviewing materials and have corresponding publications within last three years. Reviewer should follow ethical norms and has an option to abnegate the assessment should any conflict of interests arise that may affect perception or interpretation of the manuscript.
6. Peer reviewing is defined as getting an expert assessment of the manuscript. The reviewer should give recommendations to the author and editorial board about improving the manuscript. All notes and advice of the reviewer should be objective and critical, aimed at promotion of scientific and methodical level of manuscripts.
7. Requirements to the peer review. In peer review it is necessary to reflect conformity of the content of the manuscript to its title; urgency of work, its scientific novelty and practical importance; validity of conclusions and offers, positive aspects and drawbacks of the manuscript (with indication where and what corrections should be brought by the author). Manuscripts are not allowed to publishing if they: have shortage of information in accordance with common structure of scientific article; lack of statistical processing of experimental data; insufficient reasoning of conclusions; published before; disturbing someone copyright or common norms of scientific ethics. The peer review should be finished by accurate conclusions ("recommend to publication", "must be re-write", "consider publication inexpedient", "needs additional reviewing by another specialist").
8. We aim to limit the review process to 2-4 weeks.
9. Reviewing is carried out on public principles. Articles of active reviewers are published free of charge (not more than twice a year).
10. Manuscripts could be directed for repeated peer reviewing by decision of editor-in-chief (deputy editor-in-chief) at insufficient level of expertise conclusion, discuss character of materials, getting of negative reviews, contradictions between the author and the reviewer, other important reasons.
11. Editorial board obligatorily renders reviews not only to authors of manuscripts, but also by inquiries of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and/or the Higher Certifying Commission at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
12. Original reviews of submitted manuscripts remain deposited for 5 years.
Indexation
Articles in "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" are indexed by several systems:
- Russian Scientific Citation Index (RSCI) – a database, accumulating information on papers by Russian scientists, published in native and foreign titles. The RSCI project is under development since 2005 by “Electronic Scientific Library” foundation (elibrary.ru).
- Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. The Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest scholarly publishers, plus scholarly books and other non-peer reviewed journals.
- Cyberleninka
- WorldCat
- Dimensions
- ВИНИТИ / VINITI RAS
- Base
- Lens
- Research4life
- DOAJ
- СОЦИОНЕТ / SOCIONET
- Agris
Publishing Ethics
The Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement of the journal “Agricultural Science Euro-North-East” are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct guidelines available at www.publicationethics.org, and requirements for peer-reviewed journals, elaborated by the Elsevier Publishing House (in accordance with international ethical rules of scientific publications)
1. Introduction
1.1. The publication in a peer reviewed learned journal, serves many purposes outside of simple communication. It is a building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. For all these reasons and more it is important to lay down standards of expected ethical behaviour by all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society for society-owned or sponsored journal: "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East".
1.2. Publisher has a supporting, investing and nurturing role in the scholarly communication process but is also ultimately responsible for ensuring that best practice is followed in its publications.
1.3. Publisher takes its duties of guardianship over the scholarly record extremely seriously. Our journal programs record «the minutes of science» and we recognize our responsibilities as the keeper of those «minutes» in all our policies not least the ethical guidelines that we have here adopted.
2. Duties of Editors
2.1. Publication decision – The Editor of a learned "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" is solely and independently responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, often working on conjunction with the relevant society (for society-owned or sponsored journals). The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always underwrite such decisions. The Editor may be guided by the policies of the "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers (or society officers) in making this decision.
2.2. Fair play – An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
2.3. Confidentiality – The editor and any editorial staff of "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
2.4. Disclosure and Conflicts of interest
2.4.1. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
2.4.2. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers.
2.5. Vigilance over published record – An editor presented with convincing evidence that the substance or conclusions of a published paper are erroneous should coordinate with the publisher (and/or society) to promote the prompt publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as may be relevant.
2.6. Involvement and cooperation in investigations – An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies.
3. Duties of Reviewers
3.1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions – Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Publisher shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.
3.2. Promptness – Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor of "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" and excuse himself from the review process.
3.3. Confidentiality – Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorised by the editor.
3.4. Standard and objectivity – Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
3.5. Acknowledgement of Sources – Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
3.6. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
3.6.1. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
3.6.2. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
4. Duties of Authors
4.1. Reporting standards
4.1.1. Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
4.1.2. Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial 'opinion’ works should be clearly identified as such.
4.2. Data Access and Retention – Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
4.3. Originality and Plagiarism
4.3.1. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
4.3.2. Plagiarism takes many forms, from ‘passing off’ another’s paper as the author’s own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
4.4. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
4.4.1. An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
4.4.2. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper.
4.4.3. Publication of some kinds of articles (eg, clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication. Further detail on acceptable forms of secondary publication can be found at www.icmje.org.
4.5. Acknowledgement of Sources – Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.
4.6. Authorship of the Paper
4.6.1. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
4.6.2. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
4.7. Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
4.7.1. If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.
4.7.2. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) have approved them. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
4.8. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
4.8.1. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
4.8.2. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
4.9. Fundamental errors in published works – When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the editor of "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" journal and cooperate with Publisher to retract or correct the paper, If the editor or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper.
5. Duties of the Publisher (and if relevant, Society)
5.1. Publisher should adopt policies and procedures that support editors, reviewers and authors of "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" in performing their ethical duties under these ethics guidelines. The publisher should ensure that the potential for advertising or reprint revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
5.2. The publisher should support "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" journal editors in the review of complaints raised concerning ethical issues and help communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors.
5.3. Publisher should develop codes of practice and inculcate industry standards for best practice on ethical matters, errors and retractions.
5.4. Publisher should provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.
Founder
- Federal Agricultural Research Center of the North-East named N.V. Rudnitsky
Author fees
Publication fee is established according to the Procedure of finance supply of the journal “Agricultural Science Euro-North-East” validated by the Founder and according to the annual Order of the Founder.
Submission, correction, peer-reviewing of the articles are free of charge. Income obtained from subscription for the paper copy of the journal and funds from the authors go to the issue of the journal print version, functioning of the journal website and providing an open access to the publications.
Basic cost for publication of original scientific articles for Russian authors is 10,000 rubles (for foreign authors it is 30% higher) for 14-15 pages of the main body of the text formatted according to the journal rules. As the length of the typescript changes (20-30 pages for review papers, discussions, peer-reviews – 4-6 pages, chronicle – 2-4 pages), the publication cost varies proportionally to the basic one.
The cost of original papers, reviews and problem articles includes 20% VAT, DOI assignment service, journal print version and postal expenses for its mailing.
Day-time postgraduates publish their articles free of charge (not more than one article a year per author) if they are single authors and their status is confirmed with the certificate from the Postgraduate Study Department. The original article for free of charge publication should have not more than 14-15 pages, the review article – 20 pages of typed text
(excluding meta-data). The postgraduates pay the costs for DOI assignment.
If postgraduates have co-authors, the article is paid by the co-authors.
Articles by active experts of the journal, members of the editorial board and editorial council are published free of charge (not more than one article a year per author). The same goes for the articles of FARC North-East researchers without co-authors from other institutions as well as for review materials and articles (including those in English) upon the editorial board decision and information provided by the journal Founder and the Editor-in-Chief. Authors of free publications should pay DOI assigning service for original papers, reviews and problem articles.
At authors’ requests the editorial board may include into the cost of publication translation services (according to existing prices) and distribution of additional copies of the journal.
The authors are not paid royalty for the articles published in the journal.
Publication of advertisement materials is done on commercial basis within volumes provided by the Federal Law "On Advertising".
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Plagiarism detection
"Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" 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 "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East", 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 "Agricultural Science Euro-North-East" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.
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