Guidelines for Authors on Preparing Scientific Works
The sequence of submitting copyrighted materials to the editorial office
1. The author (or a team of authors numbering no more than 5 people) forms a scientific article, a scientific review, and a scientific review based on the results of their own research activities, and forms out the prepared material in accordance with the editorial requirements of the online publication “Vestnik Vyatskogo GATU”.
2. Before submitting the text of the article, the author undertakes that the text of the article is the final version, contains reliable information regarding the results of the study, and does not require revision.
3. The author electronically sends the application and the text of the article to the editorial office’s email address: info@v-vgsha.info. The editorial board informs the authors about the receipt of the article and the further stages of its preparation for publication.
4. Upon receipt by the editorial board, the article is checked for the originality of the text and sent for review. Based on the reviewer’s expert opinion, the editorial board decides whether to accept or reject the article.
5. The editorial board informs the author of the review result and the decision regarding the publication of the article by e-mail.
The procedure for submitting copyrighted materials for publication
1. The submission of copyrighted materials to the editorial office of the journal “Vestnik Vyatskogo GATU” can be carried out at any time during the year. If an author intends to publish an article in a particular issue, he must adhere to a set schedule.
2. To consider the possibility of publishing scientific materials, the author should send to the editorial office (info@v-vgsha.info) the following files:
- the text of the article in the format .doc or .docx, in the file name, specify the last name of the author “Article Petrov A.I.”;
- statement of the author/authors with signature /signatures in the format .pdf;
- information about the author/authors and the article in the format .doc or .docx.
3. The author’s materials received by the editorial board are recorded in the journal of registration of received materials. Each application is assigned an individual registration number.
4. Each article is checked for the originality of the text and sent for review within 7 days from the date of receipt. The duration of the review is no more than 14 days.
5. Based on the results of the review, the article can be accepted for publication without corrections, sent to the author for correction of comments, or rejected.
6. Articles accepted for publication without corrections are sent for literary correction and verification of the correctness of the design of the mandatory elements of the article in English. The adjustments proposed by the editors are agreed with the authors.
7. Articles sent to the authors for correction must be returned to the editorial office no later than 7 calendar days after receiving the review result. Returning the article at a later date changes the publication date. Articles finalized by the author are re-sent for review to the same reviewer who made critical comments, or to another one at the discretion of the editorial board.
8. In case of refusal to publish an article, a reasoned refusal is sent to the author by e-mail within 10 calendar days after the editorial board makes such a decision.
9. After the publication of the article, the composition of the authors and their order are not subject to any changes, i.e. adding, deleting and rearranging is impossible.
10. The withdrawal of an already published article is carried out by the editorial board when the facts of fabrication or falsification of data, as well as plagiarism, are revealed. The authors, readers, reviewers or editors can initiate the withdrawal of an article by writing to the editorial board of the journal.
Rules for publishing articles
1. Scientific materials reflecting previously unpublished results of fundamental and applied scientific research, original, review, problematic, experimental and methodological works are accepted for publication in the journal “Vestnik Vyatskogo GATU”.
2. The publication of scientific materials is free of charge.
3. Articles sent to the editorial office must correspond to the subject of the journal and the rules for the design of scientific articles. The editorial Board has the right to reject an article that does not correspond to the subject of the journal or does not meet the requirements for publications.
4. Scientific articles with an original text of at least 70 %, which have received a positive review, are allowed to be published in the Journal.
5. The author’s material should be relevant, contain a statement of a scientific task (problem), and a description of his own research results.
6. The mandatory elements of the article, written in Russian and English, are:
- title of the article;
- information about the authors (full name, name and address of the organization);
- abstract (up to 250 words);
- keywords (3-15 words or phrases);
- sources of financing;
- list of sources.
7. The main text of the article should consist of parts: introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusion.
8. The editorial board is authorized to carry out scientific and literary editing of the received materials, if necessary, to send the article to the authors for revision.
9. In one issue of the journal, it is allowed to publish no more than 2 articles by the same author, individually or in collaboration. No more than 5 authors are allowed in one article.
10. The responsibility for the content of the article lies with the author/authors. If facts of fabrication or falsification of data are revealed, as well as illegal borrowing of scientific texts by other authors, the editorial board has the right to withdraw the published article from the journal. The authors, readers, reviewers or editors can initiate the withdrawal of an article by writing to the editorial board of the journal.