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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines are made on the basis of CSE’s White Paper on Promotion Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, 2012 Update and recommendations of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers “Methodological recommendations on preparing and designing research articles in journals, indexed in international scientometric databases” (2017)

General Information

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.

The journal publishes only original, review, discussion and topical articles, peer reviews, scientific chronicles in Russian and in English which have not been previously published in other publications. When sending a manuscript to the editor, the author automatically accepts the obligation not to publish it fully or partially in any other journal without consent of the publisher.

Articles by various categories of researchers, post-graduates, doctoral students, specialists and experts in a particular area of expertise are accepted for review.

Manuscripts must meet Author Guidelines and Requirements to manuscripts (hereinafter – Requirements) available for authors in Journal website.

All articles are peer-reviewed and go through the "Anti-plagiarism" detection system; the uniqueness of the article should not be less than 85%. When such texts of the same author are found in other printed and electronic publications, the article is removed from the publication. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Headings

• Review articles
• Оriginal scientific articles ( Plant growing, Fodder production, Storage and processing of agricultural production; Agriculture, agrochemistry, land improvement; Zootechny, Fur farming and hunting, Veterinary medicine, Mechanization, electrification, automation, Economy)
• Discussion papers
• Peer-reviews
• Сurrent events (information on scientific events, anniversary celebrations, commemorations of scientists)

Order of submission of manuscripts

1. The manuscript (including figures and tables) is uploaded as a Microsoft Word document (*.doc или *.docx. format) through electronic edition after preliminary registration of the author.s

Figures and large tables are uploaded as additional files through electronic edition only by the editors's request

Cover documents to the manuscript are submitted at e-mail: agronauka-esv@fanc-sv.ru:

• a scanned copy of all authors’ consent for publication in the journal (Соpyright Agreement);

2. All manuscripts submitted to the editorial board are registered through the electronic edition system. The current state of the manuscript is shown in the author’s profile.

3.Non peer-reviewed materials (peer-reviews, scientific chronicles, letters to the editorial board) are submitted at e-mail: agronauka-esv@fanc-sv.ru and are registered by the executive secretary.

Order of interaction between the journal and the author

 1. All correspondence between authors and Editorial Board is co-ordinated and governed by responsible secretary of Editorial Board. Correspondence with authors is carried through contact person indicated in manuscript.

2. Manuscripts must meet Rules of publication and Requirements to manuscripts (hereinafter – Requirements) available for authors in Journal web site. Testing for compliance of incoming materials to Requirements is done by responsible secretary of Editorial Board (in necessity – together with member of Editorial Board, which is responsible for thematic section of Journal).

At least five (5) days after receiving the manuscript a letter is directed to the author with information about further activity:

• Manuscript does not meet Requirements. Author is informed on necessity to modify manuscript according to Requirements. In this case, "reference point" for material processing is data of incoming of manuscript modified according to Requirements.
• Manuscript meets the Requirements. The author is informed on the terms of publication (in accordance with the Regulation on financial support of the journal), the manuscript is directed to the editor of the section and the reviewers. (The order of peer-reviewing).

3. Responsible secretary of editorial board informs manuscript's author about results of peer-reviewing by the way of sending a copy of review text and, if necessary, manuscript for finishing article according to remarks of the reviewer.

4. If author gets review with recommendation to finish manuscript he must move amendments into text within 4 weeks according to reviewer's remarks or refutes them with reasons. In a case of un-returning of manuscripts to editorial board after this term or necessity of more than two completions the initial date of its registration is cancelled and day of reception of a definitive variant of article is considered as receipt date. Articles modified (processed) by the author repeatedly go on peer reviewing to member of Editorial Board responsible for thematic section. Member of Editorial Board has the right to write his own criticism if his opinion will differ from reviewer's opinion and repots it to editorial Board.

5. We politely request that the editor to be notified verbally or in writing should the author decide to refuse from publishing the manuscript. In case the author fails to do so within 2 months since receiving a copy of the initial review, the editorial board takes the manuscript off the register and notifies the author accordingly.

6. At getting of two negative reviews on manuscript responsible secretary of editorial board directs a copy of the reviews to author with the reason refutation signed by editor-in-chief (deputy editor-in-chief). The editorial board reaches final decision to reject a manuscript on the hearing according to reviewers’ recommendations, and duly notifies the authors of their decision via e-mail. The board does not accept previously rejected manuscripts for re-evaluation.

7. At the positive review that recommends manuscript for publishing it is signed by member of Editorial Board responsible for thematic section and is transferred to the editor-in-chief (or the deputy editor). Upon the decision to accept the manuscript for publishing, the editorial staff notifies the authors of the scheduled date of publication.

8. Kindly note that positive review does not guarantee the acceptance, as final decision in all cases lies with the editorial board. By his authority, editor-in-chief rules final solution of every conflict.

Order of publishing of manuscripts

1. The order of the publication is established by date of the manuscript's statement.
The following  articles are published out of turn:
- Articles recognized by editorial board as priority and highly important;
- Articles of official peer reviewers of the Journal on representation of editorial board (no more than two per year);
- Articles demanding the prompt publication for the reasons, infringing on interests of authors and recognized by editorial board as worthy (if process of preparation of the manuscript does not demand essential completion by authors).
2. The manuscript confirmed to the publication goes to the technical editor. The small corrections of stylistic, nomenclature or formal character which are not influencing the maintenance of article are brought by the technical editor without coordination with the author. The final layout of the article is agreed with the author.

3. After signing of manuscript for publishing at commercial base Editorial Board directs necessary forms of payment documents to address of person or legal entity. Manuscript pass to publishing only after invoice payment for services on manuscript's publishing and incoming of copy of payment document (or information on subscription for periodical) to Editorial Board. Articles of postgraduate of full-time education are published free of charge if they have not co-authors.

4. Runner number of the Journal is signed for publishing and release by editor-in-chief.
5. All incoming manuscripts are stored (with peer reviews) in Editorial Archive  on the website of the journal during five years from date of registration. Manuscripts do not come back to authors.

Procedure for reviewing the decisions of the editor / reviewer

If the author does not agree with the opinion of the reviewer and / or individual comments, he or she has the right to challenge the decision. In order to do this, the author must:

- correct the manuscript of the article according to the justified comments of reviewers and editors;

- clearly state his or her position regarding the issue under consideration.

The editors will facilitate the re-submission of manuscripts that could potentially be accepted, but have been rejected due to the need to make significant changes or to collect additional data; the editors are ready to explain in detail what needs to be corrected in the manuscript in order for it to be accepted for publication.

Editorial actions in case of detection of plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data

In case of detection of scientific misconduct, i.e. plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data on the part of the author, the editors are guided by COPE rules.

By “misconduct”, the journal refers to any actions taken by individual scientists, including improper handling of objects of study or intentional manipulation of scientific information whereby it ceases to reflect the observed studies, as well as scientific behaviour that does not correspond to accepted ethical and scientific standards.

However, the journal “Agricultural Science Euro-North-East” does not include under the term “misconduct” honest errors or discrepancies that have arisen during the process of carrying out, interpreting or evaluating research methods or results.

Correction of errors and recalling of articles

If errors are found in the text that affect its perception but do not distort the stated results of the study, they can be corrected by replacing the pdf file of the article and pointing out the error in the article file and on the article page on the journal’s website.

If an error is found in the text that distorts the results of the research, or if plagiarism or misconduct is detected on the part of the author(s) that relates to the falsification and / or fabrication of data, the article can be withdrawn. Initiator of article reviews can include editorial staff, authors, organisations or private individuals.

A withdrawn article will be marked with the sign “Article withdrawn” and the article page will include information on the reason for recalling the article. Information about the recall of the articles will be sent to the databases in which the journal is indexed.

Submission guidelines

Text is made out in Microsoft Word text editor, font Times New Roman, the size of 14 with an one-and-a-half interval (А4 format, 2.5 cm margins).

Please, become familiar with actual examples of designing the articles in the current issue of the journal.

Original articles

The recommended length of the original article is 14-15 pages (exclusive of metadata and references), the number of sources – 15-20.          

• UDC

• Author or authors. Provided in Russian (initials, surname), and in English ( name,  initial letter of the patronymic,  surname).
• Full official name(s) and address(es) [city or town, country] of the institution(s) where the author(s) is (are) employed. It is necessary to specify the name of the organization that is related to the concept of legal entity (subdivisions and branches of the organization should not be mentioned). Form of organization (FSBSI, FPFIS, in Russian ФГБНУ, ФГБУН, etc.) is abbreviated in the Russian variant, in the English variant it is omitted.

• Title should be short (up to 10 meaning words), informative and to reflect article maintenance precisely.
• Abstract containing of 200-250 words is applied on article.

The title of the article should not be repeated. The structure of the abstract briefly reflects the content of the work. The introductory part is minimal. There is no need to substantiate the relevance of the work The place of research is specified to the region (territory). The organization where the work has been carried out should not be mentioned (by default, it coincides with author’s place of employment). Brief information on the methodology of work, sample size and the number of years when the data were collected, is encouraged. The results include specific information (conclusions, novelty of the results, recommendations, etc.). As many as possible numeric data confirming the reliability of the results should be given. When providing percent of difference with the control value, the absolute values of the difference or the control value should also be given for comparison. The use of abbreviations within the abstract is admitted (the term of 2-3 words is replaced by the abbreviation of the corresponding number of letters, for the first time it is given in full, the abbreviation is in parentheses, later only the abbreviation is used). Avoid using introductory words and phrases! Numerals, if they are not the first words, are transmitted in figures.

• Keywords should not repeat the words of the title, they must reflect the basic theme of an article and bear the greatest semantic loading of the contents: object of the research, action, process, a research objective, methods or a technique etc. A list of 5 to 10 words should be included.
• Acknowledgements

In this section it is essential to disclose the sources of financial support (grants, subsidies), to thank those who have helped in carrying out the research and in preparing the article for publication.

• Information about the conflict of interest

The article should include any actual or potential conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, you should write that "the author declares no conflict of interest."

Authors must disclose any conflict of interest that can affect the assessment and interpretation of their manuscript. The presence of a conflict of interest is not an ethical violation, and the disclosure testifies to the responsible approach of the authors to the conduct of the research and to results publication.

It is essential to disclose and declare in the manuscript any sources of    financial support of the research (grants, donations, sponsor commercial support, authors consultancy fees, etc.); non-financial study support (commercial organizations supplying equipment, materials for the research, etc.)

"The author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest" statement indicates that neither the authors nor the institution where the study was carried out were provided with financing from third parties interested in study results, and the research was supported only by the affiliation where the authors were paid salaries.

Undeclared conflict of interest is an ethical violation. If this fact comes to light, the editorial board reserves the right to reject the manuscript for reviewing and publishing, and consider the question of the retraction of an already published article.

 Examples: 

Conflict of interest: the author declares no conflict of interest.

Conflict of interest:  the author declares the existence of a conflict of interest. The author owns a patent on the research object ..., the licensee is RPC (Research and Production Company) "...", during the research the author received from the RPC   "..." fee for consultancy and delivering lectures beyond the topic of the submitted paper.  

• Text. It is advisable to stick IMRaD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion Conclusions)

It is necessary to specify full names of all official documents mentioned in article, the enterprises, the organizations and departments. Names of foreign firms and models of machines are given in a Latin transcription.

The formulas are represented in the Microsoft Equation editor of formulas. Electronic variant of article should not be protected from editing of formulas.

Figures, photos should be executed in electronic form, providing clearness of transfer of all details. Diagrammes, schedules should be executed in Microsoft Word text editor. At construction of the diagramme it is better to use shading.

It is necessary to avoid bulky tables. They should have the name and a serial number. Numbering of tables is through.

The titles of tables, photos, diagrams and graphic materials, their structural elements, remarks and captions should be given in Russian and in English.

• References
  The journal requires the use of the Vancouver citation style (a reference in the text in square brackets, full bibliographic description of the source in the bibliography in the order mentioned in the text of the article). References mainly include research articles indexed in MDB published in the last 3-5 years, identified by DOI of the article or Internet address. List of references does not include State Standards (GOST), regulatory and legal acts, normative and reference materials, educational literature (if necessary, links to them are formatted in the text as footnotes), theses and dissertation abstracts (the links are formatted for publications on the materials of theses). Reasonable self-citation (not more than 10%) is allowed. Citations of the works of foreign authors (English sources) are obligatory. Example.

Transliteration of references is carried out by the editorial board.

Institutional affiliation of authors: Last name, first name, the position and academic title of the author, ORCID ID, e-mail; the name of the institution (information about the authors may include the subdivisions and branches of the organization), the address of the institution, e-mail.

Review articles

The recommended length of a review article is 20-30 pages (exclusive of metadata and references), the number of sources – 50-60, mainly, for the last 3-5 years, self-citation level should not be above 10%. 

The editorial board gives preference to scientific reviews based on systematic search of literature and analysis of world trends.

The structure of a review article is the same as that of an original one. The main text includes the following sections: introduction into the problem, aim of the review, material and methods, structured body of the article with corresponding subtitles, conclusion. In the “Material and methods” section the strategy of scientific sources search is described: the titles of databases, key words, criteria of inclusion and exclusion of references, the geography and depth of search. In the “Conclusion” section new ideas and concepts on solving the problem can be put forward, tasks and key priority areas of scientific research can be defined.

Review articles should pass peer reviewing.

Discussion and problem articles

Published after peer reviewing in the “Discussion” section on the problem raised in advance by the editorial board.

The recommended length should not exceed 14-15 pages (exclusive of metadata and references), the number of sources – 15-20. Discussion and problem articles copy, when possible, the structure of the original scientific papers. The main text of a problem article can have a freer form (introduction, aim of the research, main body of the article, conclusion).

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one and a half line spacing, font Times New Roman, 14 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in  Regulations  located in the Part "About Us." 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Privacy Statement

Specified when registering the names and addresses will be used solely for technical purposes of a contact with the Author or reviewers (editors) when preparing the article for publication. Private data will not be shared with other individuals and organizations.