- » Aim and Scope
- » Section Policies
- » Publication Frequency
- » Delayed Open Access
- » Archiving
- » Peer-Review
- » Indexation
- » Publishing Ethics
- » Policy of the Journal on the use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Services
- » Founder
- » Publication fee
- » Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
- » Plagiarism detection
- » Preprint and postprint Policy
- » Measuring characteristics of the journal
Aim and Scope
The purpose of the journal is to promptly inform scientists and practitioners of agricultural production about the latest achievements of agricultural science.
The key headings of the journal reflect guidelines of fundamental and priority applied investigations in the following areas: general agriculture and crop production; plant breeding, seed production and biotechnology; agricultural chemistry, soil science, plant protection and quarantine; fodder production; infectious diseases and animal immunology; private zootechnics, feeding, technology of feed preparation and production of livestock products; breeding, selection, genetics, and animal biotechnology; technologies, machinery and equipment for the agro-industrial complex; scientific support of the agro-industrial complex development.
The main objectives of the journal are:
- increasing the level of information exchange between the Russian scientists of agricultural science working in scientific institutions of different departments;
- strengthening the integration of fundamental science, oriented fundamental research and applied development in the field of agricultural science within the areas of research of the journal;
- enhancing the process of integration of the Russian scientists into the international scientific community.
The authors’ team of the journal is represented by research workers of scientific-research establishments, scientists and lecturers of higher educational institutions, specialists in the field of agricultural production and processing.
The Editorial Board is composed of the leading Russian scientists, as well as the scientists from foreign countries according to the principle of maximum representation of various areas of agricultural science.
Both domestic and foreign scientists are invited to publish in the journal.
Section Policies
Peer Reviewed Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Publication Frequency
12 issues per year
Publication schedule of the journal in 2024
- № 1 - 20.02.2024
- № 2 - 20.03.2024
- № 3 - 22.04.2024
- № 4 - 22.05.2024
- № 5 - 20.06.2024
- № 6 - 22.07.2024
- № 7 - 21.08.2024
- № 8 - 20.09.2024
- № 9 - 21.10.2024
- № 10 - 20.11.2024
- № 11 - 13.12.2024
- № 12 - 25.12.2024
Publication schedule of the journal in 2025
- № 1 - 14.02.2025
- № 2 - 14.03.2025
- № 3 - 15.04.2025
- № 4 - 15.05.2025
- № 5 - 16.06.2025
- № 6 - 15.07.2025
- № 7 - 15.08.2025
- № 8 - 15.09.2025
- № 9 - 15.10.2025
- № 10 - 17.11.2025
- № 11 - 08.12.2025
- № 12 - 19.12.2025
Delayed Open Access
The contents of this journal will be available in an open access format 24 month(s) after an issue is published.
Archiving
- Russian State Library (RSL)
- National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)
Peer-Review
- All scientific articles submitted to the editorial board of the journal "Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science" undergo a mandatory double-blind review (double-blind meaning the author and the reviewer do not know about each other). Manuscripts are sent for review to the members of the editorial board, as well as to invited reviewers (leading experts on the subject of the reviewed materials), according to the profile of scientific research. Each article is sent to two reviewers. Review sample.
- The decision to choose one or another reviewer for the review of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief. The reviewing period is 4-6 weeks.
- The Editorial Board has the right to give additional recommendations concerning the structure and design of the manuscript. Each reviewer has the right to refuse the review in case of an obvious conflict of interest.
- Based on the results of the manuscript examination, the reviewer gives recommendations on the further progress of the article:
- a paper can be published in the journal;
- a paper can be published after corrections and improvements;
- a paper needs to be additionally reviewed by the other peer;
- a paper is not recommended for publication.
- In cases where the reviewers have requested amendments, the manuscript is sent to the authors for improvement. If there is disagreement with the reviewer's opinion, the author of the article has the right to provide a reasoned response to the Editorial Board of the journal. The article can be sent for a second review or for approval by the Editorial Board. In case of conflict, the decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief at the meeting of the Editorial Board.
- The process of finalizing a paper should not take more than 2 months after the editors have sent the electronic manuscript with remarks to an author. The paper revised by the author is sent for a second review. The date of return of the revised paper shall be the date of entry to the editorial office. If the authors do not return the finalized version within the specified time frame, the Editorial Board withdraws it from consideration.
- The decision to refuse to publish a manuscript is made at the meeting of the Editorial Board in accordance with the reviewers’ recommendations. The notification of paper rejection is sent to an author by e-mail. The paper not recommended for publication by the Editorial Board is not repeatedly considered.
- After acceptance of the manuscript by the Editorial Board, the editors inform the author about this fact and state the expected publication dates.
- The original peer reviews are kept at the editorial office during 5 years.
Indexation
Publications in the journal "Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science" are included in the calculation systems of citing indexes of authors and journals. “Citation Index” is a numerical indicator characterizing the significance of this article and calculated on the basis of subsequent publications that refer to this work.
The Journal is indexed in the systems:
- Russian Scientific Citation Index (RSCI) of Web of Science – 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.
- VINITI RAS
- Agris
Publishing Ethics
The Editorial Board of the Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science follows the conventional ethical principles for scientific periodicals and guidelines of the Publication Ethics Code developed and approved by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and demands that all those involved in publishing operation should obey these principles.
Professional conduct of the editor and publisher
The publisher and Editorial Board are responsible for the disclosure of copyrighted materials. Therefore, basic ethical rules should be obeyed.
The Editor makes an unbiased conclusion as to the publication on the base of reliability of provided data and academic significance of a work under consideration.
In making the decision of publication, the Editor may consult other editors or experts.
The editor should evaluate the intellectual content of the manuscripts regardless of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, origin, nationality, social status, or political preferences of the authors.
Business or political interests should not influence the decision to publish materials.
Unpublished data obtained from the manuscripts submitted for review should not be used for personal purposes or passed on to third parties without the written consent of the author (s). Information obtained in the course of editing should remain confidential.
The Editor should not accept a manuscript for publication where there are sufficient grounds to suspect plagiarism.
The Editor and Publisher should not disregard claims concerning reviewed manuscripts or published materials. In case of conflicts, they should make reasonable best efforts for restoration of violated rights.
Reviewers' ethics
Peer reviewers make an expert review of a manuscript, and their conduct should be impartial, according to the following principles.
The manuscript received for reviewing should be considered confidential. It may not be given for information or discussion to third persons not authorized by the Editorial Board.
Reviewers must provide an unbiased and substantiated estimation of results presented in the manuscript. Personal criticism of the author(s) is not allowed.
Unpublished data obtained from the manuscripts submitted for review should not be used by the reviewers for personal purposes.
A reviewer who does not, in his or her own opinion, have sufficient competence to evaluate a manuscript or who cannot be objective, for example, in the case of a conflict of interest with an author or organization, should inform the editor and ask to be excluded from the manuscript review process.
Authors' conduct
Authors (author) are aware that they bear primary responsibility for the novelty and validity of research results and for the abidance by biological and medical ethical standards in doing experiments presented in the manuscript.
Authors should provide reliable data of their study. Misleading or falsified statements are unacceptable.
Authors should ensure that the research results presented in their manuscript are fully original. Borrowed quotations or statements should be accompanied by references to their authors and sources. Overquoting and plagiarism of any kind are unethical and unacceptable.
The contributions of all persons involved in the study to any extent should be acknowledged. In particular, all publications significant for the study should be referred to.
The author should not allow duplication of publications (the cover letter should indicate that the work is published for the first time). If some elements of the manuscript have already been published, the author must refer to an earlier work and indicate the differences between the new work and the previous one.
It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal at a time.
All persons who made significant contributions to the work should be included to the list of authors. It is unacceptable to indicate persons not participating in the study as co-authors.
All co-authors should confirm the consent to the publication by signing either the license to publish or the manuscript itself.
The Editorial Board is not liable to responsibility before third persons for the breach of warranties provided by authors.
If an author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the manuscript in the course of its reviewing or after publication, he/she should immediately notify the Editorial Board.
Conflict of interests
To avoid publication misconduct, conflicts of interests of all participants of the editorial process should be eliminated. A conflict of interests may arise if an author, reviewer, or member of the Editorial Board is involved in financial, scientific, or personal relationships that may affect their actions. Authors are obliged to settle all claims on their own account and at their own expense.
In cases of suspected publication misconduct by any participant of the editorial process, public investigation and public disclosure of conflict of interests must be pursued.
If the paper containing significant inaccuracies has been published, it should be revised so that the revisions should be accessible for readers and indexing systems.
Policy of the Journal on the use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Services
The editorial staff of the journal "Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science" recognize that the use of generative and traditional types of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as various technologies based on them, in the process of preparing, writing and reviewing scientific articles helps researchers to summarize a large volume of scientific and specialized literature, compile a review on a specific topic or issue, identify gaps in research, generate ideas and provide targeted support in such tasks as organizing content, improving language and increasing readability. Nevertheless, the editors consider it necessary to draw the attention of the authors and reviewers to the following provisions of the journal's policy regarding the use of AI-based services:
- Authors may use AI tools in the manuscript preparation process. However, these tools should never replace human critical thinking, experience, and judgment. Authors are responsible for the content of their work. They must guarantee that the final text is original and reflects the results of their research. In addition, authors must ensure that all AI-generated results have been carefully checked for accuracy, completeness, and impartiality during the preparation of the article (including checking sources, as AI-generated references may be incorrect or fabricated).
- The use of any AI-based tool in writing an article does not entitle it to be listed as a co-author or contributor to the manuscript. AI-based programs do not meet the criteria for authorship, as they are not responsible for the content of the work, cannot declare conflicts of interest, or manage copyrights.
- The use of any tools or sources, including those based on AI, must be understandable and transparent to readers. Therefore, when submitting a manuscript to a journal, authors are required to indicate the name and version of the generative AI tool they used at the end of the article in the form of a statement, indicating the purpose of its use (e.g. text editing, data analysis, creating diagrams of the processes described in the work, compiling questionnaires and check lists, summaries, etc.), as well as the criteria for queries directed to generative AI. Basic checks of grammar, spelling, and punctuation do not require a statement.
- AI may be used to generate the images (diagrams) illustrating processes, concepts, and mechanisms of action. It is prohibited to use AI to generate actual research results or modify the images obtained during research.
- Authors and reviewers must ensure that the AI tools they use comply with privacy and data protection requirements, do not infringe on the rights of third parties, including intellectual property and data privacy, and do not appropriate content created by others or use it to train AI models without the user's consent.
In its work, the editorial board of the journal "Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science" uses the module of the "Antiplagiat" system to identify the texts generated by AI. If, as a result of the check, signs of illegal use of AI are found in the manuscript, the article may be rejected or sent for revision.
Founder
- Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Siberian Federal Scientific Centre of Agro-BioTechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SFSCA RAS) (Publisher)
- Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science “Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (SB RAS)
Publication fee
Publications for authors in the journal are handled in two ways:
1. Publication in the order of arrival is free. The Editorial Board does not charge authors for preparation, posting and publishing of the materials.
2. Publication within accelerated deadlines (2-4 months) is at a charge for priority. The Editorial Board charges authors for accelerated reviewing and accelerated preparation of the materials for publication.
The cost depends on the volume of the manuscript. One page (1800 symbols according to the Word statistics) costs 1140 rubles. Payment documents (contract and invoice) are billed to the author or to the organization where the author works.
Fees will only be charged in the event of a favorable review.
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
The editorial board of the journal "Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science" may check the material using the Antiplagiat (plagiarism detection software system) when reviewing the article. In the case of multiple borrowings, the editorial board acts in accordance with the COPE rules.
Preprint and postprint Policy
As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted in another scientific journal. When referring to an article published in the journal "Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science" the publisher requests to place a link (full URL of the material) to the official website of the journal.
Articles previously posted by authors on personal or public sites not affiliated with other publishers are eligible for consideration.
Measuring characteristics of the journal
As of 08/01/24:
- 17% - average percentage of the rejected articles
- >90%- scientific articles and reviews
- <27%- articles of the authors of the main founding organization
- 28%- foreign members in the Editorial Board
- 31%- scientists from the main founding organization in the Editorial Board of the journal
