Aim and Scope

The Journal aims to objectively represent frontier research results in chemical, biological and engineering sciences obtained on the basis of state-of-the-art achievements of Russian and foreign researchers in chemistry and biotechnology.

We are committed to the:

• advancement of research in the fields of chemistry and biotechnology by means of timely publication of the most significant results;
• promotion of scientific publications by means of their indexing in reputable Russian and international citation databases;
• stimulation of collaboration between Russian and foreign researchers working in the field of chemistry and biotechnology.

Section Policies

CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

PHYSICOCHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

BRIEF COMMUNICATION

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

4 issues per year

Open Access Policy

"Proceedings of Universities. Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology" 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

1. All submitted manuscripts receive a registration number and first undergo mandatory testing for plagiarism. Manuscripts submitted in Russian are scanned for plagiarism using the Antiplagiat.VUZ software. Manuscripts submitted in English are currently being checked using the Google Scholar tools. Afterwards, the manuscripts are forwarded for independent peer review.

2. Provided the manuscript conforms to the Journal's thematic and formal requirements, the Editor then selects independent reviewers. Reviewers should have an academic (Candidate or Doctor) degree in a field related to the subject of the manuscript. The reviewers assess the overall quality of the manuscript according to the Publication Ethics guidelines accepted in the Journal.

3. The Editorial staff implements a single-blind approach to peer review, which means that the reviewers are aware of the author(s)' identities, while the author(s) are not notified about the reviewers' identities.

4. Manuscripts are reviewed within the period of no longer than one month.

5. During the review, the reviewer should be guided by the following considerations:

• Compliance of the text with the Journal's scope;
• Novelty and originality of the results;
• Accuracy of citations;
• Conformity of the article contents with the article title;
• Appropriateness of the article length (whether it should be reduced/increased, etc.)
• Validity of drawn conclusions (how well they are supported by the data);
• Quality of illustrative material (tables and figures);
• Scientific strengths and weaknesses of the article;
• The reviewer's conclusion should contain one of the following recommendations: accept the manuscript in its current version; return the manuscript for revision (either major or minor); eject the manuscript without possibility of correction (reasons are to be provided in the review).

6. The scan of the review is signed by the reviewer and forwarded to the Editorial board.

7. The final decision on the possibility of accepting a paper without revision, returning it for revision or rejecting outright lies solely with the Editorial board.

8. Any article sent to the author(s) for revision should be returned in corrected form, containing responses to all the comments and explaining all the changes made to the manuscript. In cases when the author(s) disagree with the reviewer(s)' comments, they should provide a reasonably argued reply.

9. The revised article is sent for an additional review.

10. An article rejected by the reviewer cannot be revised and re-sent for review. Reasons for rejection should be clearly formulated and provided to the author.

11. Following a decision to accept a manuscript for publication, the Editorial Office shall inform the author(s) and indicate the terms of publication. The reviews are sent to the author(s) via e-mail.

12. Reviews are archived in the Editorial office for five years.

13. Reviews can be provided to the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education upon official request.

Indexation

Articles in "Proceedings of Universities. Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology" are indexed by several systems:

• Russian Index for Science Citation (RISC) – 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.

Publishing Ethics

1.General principles

1.1. General principles of the Publishing ethics of Izvestiya Vuzov. Prikladnaya Khimiya i Biotekhnologiya presented herein have been developed on the basis of the RF Copyright Law (Chapter 70), recommendations and standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), recommendations of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (ASEP, Russia), materials of the 2nd International Conference on Research Integrity (Singapore, 22-24 July 2010), as well as the experience of reputable international research journals and publishing houses.

1.2. Adherence to the ethical principles established herein is mandatory for all parties involved in the process of preparing, evaluating, reviewing, editing and publishing research articles in the Journal: authors, reviewers, the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial board members.

1.3. Adherence to the ethical principles is essential for ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights, promotion of the Journal's standing in the international academic community and prevention of illegal use of author(s)' materials.

1.4. The specified principles have laid the foundation for the development of the Journal's policy guiding the entire processes of peer review and publication.

2. Ethical Principles for Authors

Authors bear personal responsibility for the content of their manuscripts and should follow the following ethical guidelines:

2.1. Authors should present accurate account of their research work. Knowingly submitting false or fraudulent results is considered to be a case of malpractice.

2.2. Authors should warrant that their manuscript is their own original work. When citing works by other authors, authors should provide references to the original sources.

2.3. Authors bear full responsibility for the novelty and validity of the research results presented in their paper.

2.4. Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal, which is considered to be unethical publishing behavior and is, therefore, unacceptable.

2.5. All persons who have made significant contribution to the work should be named as co-authors. In the cases, where there are other persons who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research work, they should be properly acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have read and approved the final version of the paper, thus agreeing to being named as co-authors.

2.6. If authors discover any errors or inaccuracies in their work, at any stage of the publication process, they must immediately notify the Editorial Board.

2.7. Authors are expected to work in close cooperation with the Editorial board at all stages of preparing their manuscript for publication. Authors should address the reviewer's comments promptly and within the suggested period (of no longer than 2 months). In case of disagreement with the reviewers, author(s) should provide a reasonably argued reply to the Editor-in-Chief or notify the-Editor-in-Chief of their refusal to revise their manuscripts.

2.8. Authors must disclose any potential conflict of interest - be it financial or professional - that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. Authors should identify all sources of financial support received for conducting their research, particularly if these sources may either affect the research results, their interpretation or the reviewers' opinion, or provoke conflicts of interest.

2.9. Authors should provide initial research data upon the request of the Journal, which is in accordance with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases. It should be noted, that such information can be requested even after the paper has been published.

3. Ethical Principles for Reviewers

Reviewers provide the scientific expertise of manuscripts submitted for consideration for publication in the Journal, therefore, they are requested to adhere to the following ethical guidelines:

3.1. The manuscript is a confidential document, therefore it cannot be forwarded to third parties without the Editor-in-Chief's prior consent.

3.2. Reviewers should provide unbiased and objective assessment of the paper under review. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Reviewers should state their opinion clearly and comprehensively.

3.3. Reviewers must keep the peer review process confidential.

3.4. Reviewers are requested to check the accuracy of references to cited works and their relevance to the subject of the paper under review. Reviewers should notify the Editor if they discover any coincidence of the work under review with any other publications.

3.5. Reviewers should not use information contained in the paper under review for their own purposes.

3.6. Reviewers should inform the Editorial board if they feel unqualified to review the proposed paper. In this case, the Editor-in-Chief should select another reviewer.

3.7. Persons that are professionally related to the author(s) of the paper under review (co-authors, scientific supervisors, etc.) cannot act as its reviewers.

3.8. Reviewers should declare any potential conflicts of interest arising from competitive, collaborative and other relations with one of the authors or their institutions.

4. Ethical Principles for the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board

When evaluating and publishing manuscripts submitted to the Journal, the Editor-in-Chief and Journal editors should make every reasonable effort to adhere to the following principles:

4.1. Journal editors should give unbiased consideration to each manuscript submitted for consideration, accepting or rejecting it solely based on the validity and scientific quality of the work.

4.2. Journal editors should evaluate the content of the manuscript regardless of the author (s)' race, sex, religion, nationality, citizenship, social background or political beliefs.

4.3. Journal editors should keep all information about the submitted manuscripts confidential. Journal editors should never use unpublished data for their benefit or disclose to anyone without the author(s)' witten preliminary permission.

4.4. Journal editors should notify the Editor-in-Chief in the cases where plagiarism is suspected.

4.5. Journal editors should reply to the claims concerning manuscripts submitted to the Journal or papers published in the Journal, and do their best to redress for violated rights.

4.6. Journal editors should make every reasonable effort to ensure the confidentiality of reviewers' identity. Journal editors should be aware of the non-commercial nature of the Journal.

4.7. In the case author(s) or third parties discover errors or inaccuracies in papers published in the Journal, the Editor-in-Chief must ensure the publication of respective revisions and formal apologies.

4.8. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for taking the final decision on whether to publish or reject the manuscript that has undergone peer review. In taking this decision, he/she is guided by the present Publishing Ethics principles, thus making any reasonable attempt to prevent violation of the rights of all parties to the scientific communication process and to maintain high ethical standards. The Editor-in-Chief can consult the Editorial board members or reviewers in taking his/her decisions.

Founder

• Irkutsk National Research Technical University

Author fees

Publication in "Proceedings of Universities. Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology" 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

"Proceedings of Universities. Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology" 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 "Proceedings of Universities. Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology", 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 "Proceedings of Universities. Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology" 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)