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1. This provision regulates the procedure of reviewing manuscripts of articles and requirements to reviews, arriving in the editorial office of the periodical "Bulletin of Higher Educational Institutions. Lesnoy Zhurnal".
2. The purpose of reviewing handed articles - improving the quality of published research papers in the periodical and as a consequence, assistance to actual scientific researches with an assessment of articles by highly qualified experts.
3. Articles issued in strict accordance with established Requirements to Scientific Articles are allowed to reviewing, having the recommendation of the department or institution, the conclusion about possibility of publication in the press and the License contract signed by all authors.
4. All materials should be available. Existence of a restrictive signature stamp forms serves as a basis for refusal in the publication in the open press.
5. For an expert assessment of manuscripts there is the Reviewing Institution which consists of leading scientists of Russia, the near and far abroad (academicians, doctors and candidates of science according to scientific specialization and a periodical profile) by the representation of rectors of higher education institutions, directors of institutes, members of the editorial board. The structure of the reviewers, including into the Institute of Reviewing, is approved by the Founder.
6. Each article passes two levels of reviewing: primary internal reviewing which is carried out by the editor-in-chief, his deputies and associate editors, and independent external (unilateral blind). Thus the reviewer knows a name of the author, and the author doesn't know a name of the reviewer. 7. The editor-in-chief or the associate editor supervising this section of the periodical appoints not less than two external reviewers from the list of reviewers (scientific profile higher education institutions, scientific research institutes, the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.) for carrying out external independent reviewing. Specialists of those organizations, where the work has been performed, aren't involved in reviewing. 8. Reviewing of articles is carried out confidentially. Reviewers are notified that they aren't allowed to do the copy of articles for the needs. 9. Reviewing purpose is to give a comprehensive assessment of the manuscript of article. The reviewer estimates:
10. The review is certified according to the regulation established by the Institution where the reviewer works.
11. After article reviewing the editor-in-chief, his deputies or the associate editors supervising appropriate sections of the periodical, or an editorial board as a whole on the basis of expert estimate of external reviewers (taking into account compliance of the presented materials to the periodical subject, their scientific importance and relevance) make the decision on expediency of its publication. By results of reviewing, article can be accepted to publication, can be sent to authors to complete, can be rejected with the obligatory motivated refusal, or handed in additional anonymous reviewing.
12. An article needed to be completing, is handed to authors with remarks of anonymous reviewers. Authors have to make all necessary corrections to a final version of the manuscript and return to edition the corrected text, as well as its electronic option accompanied with an answer letter to reviewers. Thus, the receipt date in edition is considered to be the date of the return of modified article.
13. After having been completed the article passes internally or external reviewing once more.
14. In case of disagreement with opinion of reviewers authors of article have the right to provide the reasoned answer in the editorial office of the periodical. Article is handed on reviewing to other independent experts (the choice of experts remains in competence of the editorial board of the periodical), and then it is discussed at the meeting of the editorial board.
15. The controversial questions connected with reviewing, are solved at editorial board meetings. All doubts in process of reviewing and discussions of works at the meetings of the editorial board are considered to be in favor of authors. 16. All negative reviews are jointly discussed at editorial board meetings, a motivated refusal carried the consent of the reviewers and signed by the editor-in-chief of the periodical, is sent to the author of the article.
17. The articles by the authors who refuse their completing in spite of constructive remarks of reviewers; articles which have received two negative reviews and articles having a restrictive signature stamp for the publication in the open press – are not allowed to be published. Terms of reviewing are defined by the editorial board with regard to the conditions for the rapid publication of articles.
18. Articles containing information and advertisements are published without reviewing.
19. Reviews and other documents, and also author's electronic versions of articles are stored in the editorial office of the periodical within 3 years. The editorial office of the periodical provides reviews of manuscripts of articles on request of authors and to inquiries of Advisory Councils of the Higher Attestation Commission. |
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