- » Aim and Scope
- » Section Policies
- » Publication Frequency
- » Open Access Policy
- » Archiving
- » Peer-Review
- » Publishing Ethics
- » Founder
- » Author fees
- » Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
- » Plagiarism detection
- » Preprint and postprint Policy
- » Revenue Sources
Aim and Scope
The main objectives of the Journal are: generalization of scientific and practical achievements in the field of forestry, forestry, forest protection, forest engineering, mechanical and chemical processing of wood.
The Journal “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii” is intended for forestry workers, teachers, graduate students, students and graduates of forestry, agricultural and general biological universities, and employees of forest research institutes. The collection has a thematic focus in the field of forestry and has several goals:
- provides scientists with the opportunity to publish the results of their research,
- draws attention to the most relevant promising and interesting areas,
- provides a public platform for the exchange of views between researchers from different regions and countries.
Section Policies
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Publication Frequency
5 issues per year
Open Access Policy
This 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
Reviewing is carried out in order to ensure the high quality of scientific materials submitted for publication in the Journal “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii” and an objective assessment of their scientific content.
An article received by the editor is registered and assigned an individual number.
The manuscript of a scientific article received by the editors of the Journal “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii” is reviewed by the editor-in-chief or executive secretary to determine whether the manuscript of the scientific article complies with the profile of the collection, the design requirements, and is sent for review to a specialist.
Reviewing is carried out by doctors or candidates of science who have published publications on the subject of the article over the past 5 years. To publish an article, you must have at least two reviews.
All reviews of articles are stored by the editorial office for 5 years. The editors send copies of reviews to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation upon receipt of a corresponding request by the editors.
Reviewers are notified that the manuscripts sent to them are the intellectual property of the authors and are classified as non-disclosure information. They must not use knowledge of the contents of the work prior to its publication for their own benefit. The period for submitting a review should not exceed one month from the date of receipt of consent to review the materials from the reviewer.
The review must objectively evaluate a scientific article and contain a comprehensive analysis of its scientific and methodological advantages and disadvantages. The review form is sent to the reviewer by the editors of the collection along with the text of the article being reviewed.
If the manuscript does not meet one or more criteria in the review form, the reviewer indicates the need to refine the article and gives recommendations to the author on improving the manuscript (indicating the inaccuracies and errors made by the author). The editors inform the author of the results of the review. Articles revised by the author are re-sent for review to the same reviewer who made critical comments, or to another at the discretion of the editors. If the author disagrees with the reviewer’s comments, he may apply for re-review or retract the article.
Reviewing articles is anonymous. Reviewer information is not disclosed to the author(s). The name of the reviewer can be communicated to the author(s) of the article only at the request of the reviewer and only with his written consent.
Based on the results of the review, the article may be rejected, sent to the author for revision, or accepted for publication.
In case of refusal to publish an article, the editors send a reasoned refusal to the author within 10 days. Articles that are not prepared in accordance with the requirements of the editors and whose authors refuse to technically refine the articles are not allowed for publication; articles whose authors do not comply with the reviewer’s constructive comments or do not refute them with reason.
An article accepted for publication, but in need of revision, is sent to the authors with comments from the reviewer and editor. The authors must make all necessary corrections to the final version of the manuscript and return the corrected text to the editor.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are not returned. The final decision on accepting the author’s article and placing it in one of the issues of the collection is made at a meeting of the editorial board. The editors inform the author about the decision made.
If the opinions of reviewers regarding the manuscript under review are inconsistent (for example, if one of the reviewers recommends rejecting the article, and the second allows publication of the article after revision), then the editors send the manuscript for review to a member of the editorial board responsible for the quality of the corresponding section of the collection. A review by a member of the editorial board is the basis for accepting an article for publication (subject to its revision) or rejecting it.
In order to facilitate the high-quality formation of an editorial portfolio in the profile of the Journal “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii”, to ensure a high level of scientific and practical significance of the materials presented by the authors, as well as to increase the thematic diversity of the Journal issues, the editorial board has the right to reject publication of an article in one issue same topic, in cases of partial or complete coincidence of the group of authors.
Publishing Ethics
The publication ethics of the Journal “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii” is based on the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (part four) and on the provisions developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
When submitting materials to the Journal “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii”, the authors (or a team of authors) understand that they bear primary responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research.
Manuscripts will be accepted for review if the article and its key findings have not been submitted to other publishers for publication, have not been published, and will not appear in print or online before appearing in the journal.
The editors should assist authors in improving the manuscripts submitted to the editor through scientific review and literary editing of articles, and also, if necessary, assist in establishing contacts with other journals and publishing houses.
Editorial staff are obliged to treat authors with respect, conduct conversations with them exclusively in a favorable tone, and use correct phrases in correspondence.
Editorial staff should not disclose information about the submitted manuscript to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and members of the editorial board.
It is not allowed to inform anyone other than the author himself and the editorial board about the content of a negative review of the author's work.
Confidential information obtained in the process of correspondence with the author and/or reviewers is not subject to disclosure.
When filing an ethical complaint or identifying a conflict situation regarding a submitted manuscript or published article, the editors make every effort to resolve the controversial issue in the manner prescribed by law.
Information or ideas obtained through editing and reviewing that may provide benefits must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.
If material containing significant inaccuracies has been published, it should be promptly corrected in a form accessible to readers and indexing systems, with an editorial notice indicating the change or retraction of the article.
Founder
- St. Petersburg State Forestry University named after. CM. Kirov
Author fees
Publication in “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii" is free of charge for all the authors.
The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.
The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.
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
“Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii" 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 “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii", 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 “Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.
Glossary (by SHERPA)
Revenue Sources
The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the parent organization, at the expense of the publisher, publication of advertising materials, publication of reprints, article processment charges.
