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Founders:
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Moscow State
University Russia
- KMK Scientific Press Ltd
Editor-in-chief:
- Vladimir V. Malakhov
(Moscow State University,
Russia)
Vice-editor-in-chief
-
Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko
(Moscow, Russia)
Editorial Board:
- Andrei V. Adrianov (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Vladimir V. Aleshin (Moscow, Russia)
- N.M. Biserova (Moscow, Russia)
- Ekaterina V. Bogomolova
(Moscow, Russia)
- Temir A. Britayev (Moscow, Russia)
- Alexei V. Chernyshev (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Alexander V. Ereskovsky (St.-Petersburg, Russia)
- Frank D. Ferrari (Washington DC, USA)
- Andrey V. Gebruk (Moscow, Russia)
- Andrei I. Granovich (St.-Petersburg, Russia)
- Igor A. Jirkov (Moscow, Russia)
- Alexey A Kotov (Moscow, Russia)
-
Daniel Martin (Blanes, Spain)
- Kirill G. Mikhailov (Moscow, Russia)
- Maria J. Schreider (Newcastle, Australia)
- Artem Y. Sinev (Moscow, Russia)
- Elena N. Temereva, secretary (Moscow, Russia)
- Alexander L. Vereshchaka (Moscow, Russia)
- Vladimir V. Yushin (Vladivostok, Russia)
Statement
on Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice
The following statement spells
out ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing articles
for this journal (the Chief Editors, the
Editorial Board, the Authors, and
the Reviewers).
Duties for Chief Editors
1. Based on the review report,
Chief Editor has the right to accept or reject the manuscript, or can send the
same for the modification.
2. Chief Editor must ensure that
each manuscript is initially evaluate, who examine the manuscript’s
originality. After passing this test, manuscript is then forwarded to two
reviewers for blind peer-review. Each of them will make a recommendation to
accept/reject or modify the reviewed manuscript.
3. Chief Editor must ensure that
each manuscript is reviewed for its intellectual content.
4. Chief Editor must ensure that
information regarding the manuscript is kept confidential.
Editorial Board Responsibilities
1. The Editorial Board must keep
information pertaining to submitted manuscripts confidential.
2. The Editorial Board must disclose any conflicts of interest.
3. The Editorial Board must evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual
content.
4. The Editorial Board is responsible for making publication decisions for
submitted manuscripts.
Duties for
Authors
1. Authors must guarantee that
the manuscript has not been published elsewhere.
2. Authors must guarantee that the manuscript is not
being considered for publication elsewhere.
3. Authors must guarantee that the manuscript has been
submitted with the full knowledge and approval of Institution given as the
affiliation of the authors.
4. Authors must guarantee that they have written
entirely original work.
5. Authors should, also, provide all data related with
their manuscript.
Duties for Reviewers
1.
Reviewers must notify the Chief Editor of any
conflicts of interest.
2. Reviewer should be kept
confidential all information regarding to reviewed manuscript.
3. Reviewer must ensure that authors have acknowledged
all sources of date used in the research. Any kind of similarity between the
manuscript and other published papers, must be immediately brought in to notice
to the Chief Editor.
4. Reviewer should express their views clearly with the
supporting arguments.
5. In case, the reviewer feels that it is not possible
to complete the review process, must inform the Chief Editor immediately, so the
manuscript could be send to any other reviewer.
Editorial Board Responsibilities
1. The Editorial Board must keep
information pertaining to submitted manuscripts confidential.
2. The Editorial Board must disclose any conflicts of interest.
3. The Editorial Board must evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual
content.
4. The Editorial Board is responsible for making publication decisions for
submitted manuscripts.
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