Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

The scientific and theoretical journal "Proceedings of Gorsky State Agrarian University" aims to communicate the results of original research in various fields of agricultural science to the scientific community and practitioners, and to assist graduate students and young scientists in publishing their research results while preparing their dissertations.

Currently the journal is included in the "List of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications in which the main results of dissertations for the degrees of Doctor of Science and Candidate of Sciences should be published" recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) in the following areas:

1.5.20. Biological Resources (Biological Sciences);

4.1.1. General Agriculture and Crop Production (Agricultural Sciences);

4.1.3. Agrochemistry, Agro-Soil Science, Plant Protection and Quarantine (Agricultural Sciences);

4.2.1. Animal pathology, morphology, physiology, pharmacology, and toxicology (veterinary sciences);

4.2.4. Specialized animal science, nutrition, feed preparation technologies, and livestock production (agricultural sciences).

     The authors' areas of interest in materials published in the journal include agronomy, animal science, veterinary science and biological resources. The journal is intended for scientists, practitioners and specialists in the agro-industrial complex, graduate students, and applicants for advanced degrees, as well as a general readership interested in the issues of advanced development of the agro-industrial complex and food security in the Russian Federation. The journal is distributed among Russian agricultural universities, industry research institutes, the Central Scientific Agricultural Library, the Russian State Library and by subscription.

Sections

Agricultural sciences (Agronomy)

Agricultural sciences (Zooengineering)

Veterinary

Biological resources

Peer Review Process

Each article undergoes a two-stage peer review. During the first stage the article is checked for formal criteria and using the Antiplagiat system.

     The article must have a minimum originality level of 70 %. The use of materials from defended dissertations is permitted, but the overall originality of the article must also be no less than 70 %. If the author of the article is the supervisor of a graduate student (applicant), the dissertation data used in the article must be accompanied by a citation to the student's (applicant's) article. The article's originality level must also be no less than 70 %. If the article meets the formal requirements and has the required originality percentage, it is sent for review, along with a report from the Antiplagiat system, to a relevant scholar from the editorial board.

     The article is submitted for review by an expert after a technical analysis and verification of the originality of the author's text. The publication reviews all materials submitted to the editorial board that are relevant to its subject matter for expert evaluation. The article is reviewed by independent experts within no more than 30 days of receiving a manuscript that meets the journal's requirements. All reviewers are recognized experts in the subject matter of the reviewed materials and have published on the topic of the article within the last three years. If there are significant comments, the manuscript is returned to the authors with a written list of the comments that need to be addressed.

The journal uses blind reviewing.

Publication Frequency

Подача рукописей в очередной номер журнала осуществляется в соответствии с графиком выхода, размещаемого на его официальной странице https://media.gorskigau.ru/2024/11/grafik-vyhoda-zhurnala-izvestiya-ggau-v-2025-godu.pdf

Приём статей в очередной номер завершается за 2 месяца до ориентировочной даты выхода выпуска, т.е. для подачи материала в первый номер календарного года, авторы должны выслать рукопись до 25 января этого года (при ориентировочной дате выхода журнала в свет – 25 марта).

При условии наличия положительной рецензии и выполнения требований, предъявляемых к публикациям, статья может быть включена решением редколлегии в текущий номер, но не позже 1 месяца до предполагаемой даты выхода журнала в свет (для первой части – не позже 20 февраля, 2-ой – до 20 мая, 3-ей – 20 августа и 4-ой части – не позже 20 ноября текущего года).

Периодичность выхода журнала – 4 выпуска в год

Open Access Policy

Статьи этого журнала доступны всем желающим с момента публикации, что обеспечивает свободный открытый доступ к результатам исследований, что способствует практической реализации научных и агропромышленных решений в области повышения эффективности использования сельскохозяйственных ресурсов.

Archiving

The journal stores archival copies in the Russian State Library (RSL) and on the NEB eLibrary.ru website.

Publication fee

Articles for all categories of authors are published free of charge

The Journal's Code of Ethics

The founder, publisher, editorial board, reviewers, and authors of the scientific Journal are responsible for ensuring compliance with ethical standards in the preparation, publication, and dissemination of scientific research results.

1. The legal basis for ensuring publication ethics is formed by international standards: provisions developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), international associations of editors (EASE, ICMJE, etc.) and publishers, the Declaration of the Council on Scientific Publication Ethics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2nd edition, May 2025); and the provisions of the "Copyright" section of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The editorial board of the scientific Journal guarantees the review of all materials submitted for publication, adherence to editorial independence, and integrity in making objective decisions without bias against authors based on their nationality, religious affiliation, or official position; regardless of commercial interests and relations with the Publisher of scientific collections; Basing its policy on respect for the personal rights of the author and intellectual property rights;
2. To comply with the standards of publication ethics, the editorial board of the journal:

2.1. Implements a policy to ensure and improve the quality of published materials, making a significant contribution to the development of domestic science (field of knowledge); takes measures to intensify efforts to improve the quality of published material; strives to meet the needs of readers and authors;

2.2. Relies on the principles of relevance, importance, clarity, reliability, and validity of published research material;

2.3. The following are among the key principles of high-quality published scientific research materials:

- thoroughness: published research results must be of high quality and meticulously conducted in accordance with ethical and legal standards; authors bear collective responsibility for their work and the content of the publication;

- integrity: authors must present results honestly, without fabrication, falsification, or unfair manipulation of data;

- unambiguity: the publication must provide sufficient information to enable other researchers to repeat the experiments;

- completeness of the presented materials: the review and conclusions from existing research must be complete, balanced, and must include information regardless of whether they support the hypotheses and interpretations of the publication author;

- balancedness: the results of new research must be presented in the context of the results of previous research;

- originality: authors guarantee that the work proposed for publication is original and has not been previously published anywhere in any language; The work cannot be submitted to multiple publications simultaneously and is not currently under consideration by another publication;

- transparency: the publication must disclose all sources of research funding, including direct and indirect financial support, provision of equipment or materials, and other types of support (including assistance from statistical specialists or technical writers);

2.4. Ensures compliance measures are taken with published materials and checks publications for image manipulation, plagiarism, and duplicate or redundant publications using appropriate software;

2.5. Makes a decision on whether to accept or reject an article (materials) for publication based on all comments from independent reviewers as a whole. The final editorial decision and the reasons for it are communicated to the authors.

2.6. The editorial board does not permit the publication of unfair works containing plagiarism, falsification, or fabrication of data. It uses appropriate software products (e.g., Antiplagiat) to check incoming manuscripts, and conducts post-publication checks to identify instances of fan-out and/or multiple publication.

3. To comply with publication ethics, authors of publications:

3.1. Must ensure that the list of authors includes only individuals who meet the authorship criteria (individuals who have made a significant contribution to the work), and that deserving researchers are not excluded from the author list;

3.2. Must consent to being added to the list of authors and must approve the version of the work submitted for publication; any changes to the list of authors must be approved by all authors, including those removed from the list;

3.3. Must be thoroughly familiar with the work submitted for publication and guarantee that it meets the above requirements;

3.4. Must collaborate with editors or publishers to promptly correct their work if errors or omissions are discovered after publication;

3.5. Must promptly notify the editors if they discover an error in any work submitted for publication, accepted for publication, or already published;

3.6. Must not copy references to works they have not personally reviewed from other publications; citations and references to other works must be accurate and formatted in accordance with applicable requirements;

3.7. Must cite relevant previous work by both other researchers and the authors themselves as accurately and precisely as possible, referring primarily to the original source; verbatim reproduction of one's own work or its paraphrasing is unacceptable; it may only be used as a basis for new conclusions;

3.8. Authors are responsible for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the preparation of scientific articles. All text fragments generated using AI must be accompanied by appropriate citations.

3.9. Data, text, figures, and ideas obtained from other sources must be attributed to the author; they must not be presented as belonging to the author of the publication. Direct quotes from the works of other researchers must be separated by quotation marks and an appropriate citation. Manipulation of citations in any form is not permitted.

3.10. Reuse of previously published works by authors must include a citation, and previously published ideas must not be presented as new material. Significant overlaps may lead to rejection of the manuscript if it contains insufficient new material. Publication in conference proceedings is considered prior publication.

3.11. In cases where authors request changes to the author list, the journal's editorial board will determine the reason why the author was not included in the original list or why they should be added after the initial submission of the article. In such cases, written consent from all authors (including the excluded author) to change the original author list must be provided to the editorial board. Changes should be made only for clear and well-reasoned reasons and with the consent of all authors. Authors must independently agree among themselves on the order of authors, as well as the importance of each author's contribution.

3.12. The journal's editorial board reserves the right to prohibit retraction of an article after review, editing, and publication readiness. Authors should take into account the work performed.

4. To ensure ethical standards for peer review, the journal's editorial board:

4.1. Ensures independent peer review of materials in a manner (blind peer review) that ensures honesty and objectivity regarding the scientific value of the article proposed for publication;

4.2. Establishes the procedure for reviewing materials submitted for publication;

4.3. Ensures a fair and proper independent peer review process;

4.4. Reserves the right to reject a material without independent peer review if it is deemed of low quality or unsuitable for readers of the scientific collection. This decision is made fairly and impartially, taking into account the publisher's editorial policy;

4.5. Uses the services of independent reviewers for materials considered for publication, selecting individuals with sufficient experience and no conflicts of interest;

4.6. The editorial board encourages authors to disclose the presence or absence of conflicts of interest when submitting an article to the journal;

4.7. If reviewers raise questions regarding the reliability of the data or the appropriateness of publishing the scientific work, the editorial board provides the author with an opportunity to respond to these questions;

4.8. When submitting manuscripts for review, ensures the confidentiality of authors' materials and informs reviewers of the need to maintain such confidentiality. The Editorial Board does not disclose the status of materials in the collection to anyone other than the authors;

4.9. Maintains the confidentiality of reviewers' personal information.

4.10. The Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal fully ensure the correct citation of primary sources, including by organizing bibliographic verification of the reference list in incoming and upcoming manuscripts.

4.11. Ignoring ethical violations is considered bad faith behavior on the part of the publisher, editors, or authors, which disrupts the publication process and impedes the quality assurance of the scientific Journal.