Articles
Articles
General
The article should be structured and formatted. It should contain introduction, main body and conclusion. The main body of the paper can have several internal sections with a formal statement of the problem and the proposed solution method; literature review comparing the proposed formulation of the problem with the existing approaches, the advantage of the developed method, examples confirming the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed solutions. The recommendations on the use of the results can be included in the conclusion.
Formatting instructions
Please submit your paper as *.doc or *.rtf file. First author's name must be included in the file name.Paper title must be placed at the top of the first page in UPPER CASE, bold, followed by full names of all authors, their affiliations, and contact e-mails.All papers must include an abstract (up to 1500 symbols) and keywords (up to 9 words or phrases, alphabetical order). If the paper is not in English, please provide abstract and keywords both in English and in Russian. The paper body must contain an introduction, main sections, a conclusion and a list of references.
All papers must follow the following layout:A4 (210?297 mm) paper sizePortrait OrientationTop margins: 3.0 cmBottom margins: 3.6 cmLeft margins: 2,5 cmRight margins: 3,0 cmIndents - 0,75 cmFont - Times New Roman, size - 11Line spacing - single
Please Do NOT insert page numbers. Please Do NOT add Headers or Footers. Please use automatic word hyphenation. Figures and diagrams must be inserted in *.tif, *.jpeg or *.doc format (grouped, line thickness no less than 0.75 pt). For diagrams created in Excel please submit the original Excel file with your paper. Maximum width of figures and diagrams - 11.5 cm.
References instructions
References are placed at the end of the paper in the order as they appear in the text. Please refer to the reference number and page number, as in [1, p. 25]. References are listed in the language of the original without abbreviations. Last name and initials of all authors, full title, publishing house, place and year of publication, and number of pages must be provided. For journal articles also include number of volume and issue. Please DO NOT include unpublished sources in the list of references.
1. The procedure for submitting scientific articles to the Editorial Board.
1.1. Articles prepared in accordance with the requirements of the journal are sent to the Editorial Board in accordance with this procedure. Articles that do not meet the requirements are rejected.
1.2. When sending a scientific article to the Editorial Board, the author must submit:
- Electronic version of the article in doc, docx format.
- An extract from the meeting of the department or similar department of the organization, with the recommendation of the article for publication, signed by the head of the department / head of the department.
- Plagiarism check of the article.
- Postgraduate certificate, certified by official seal (for graduate students and their supervisors).
- Information about the authors (Template).
1.3. Requirements to submitting a manuscript are in the "Author's guidelines".
1.4. The author is responsible for the compliance of the information contained in the submitted documents.
1.5. Materials are sent to the Editorial Office by e-mail (e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).
2. Procedure for reviewing scientific articles.
2.1. Articles submitted to the Editorial Board that correspond to the subject of the journal and do not violate its publication ethics (see "Publishing Ethics and Journal Policy") are reviewed for the purpose of their peer review. Articles sent to the Editorial Board undergo the procedure of "blind" peer-review. The reviewers are recognized experts on the subject of peer-reviewed materials, doctors of science.
2.2. Reviewers are notified that the manuscripts sent to them are the intellectual property of the authors and are classified as confidential information. Reviewers are not allowed to make copies for their own use. Violation of confidentiality is possible only in the case of a statement about the unreliability or falsification of materials.
2.3. The terms of review are determined by the Editorial Board, taking into account the creation of conditions for the prompt publication of articles.
2.4. The period of storage of reviews in the Editorial Board is 5 years.
2.5. The editorial board sends copies of reviews or a reasoned refusal to the authors, and also undertakes to send copies of reviews to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon receipt of a corresponding request by the editorial office of the publication.
2.6. Informing the authors about the results of the review:
2.6.1. Upon receipt of a positive review, the Editorial Board informs the authors about the admission of the article for publication, indicating the terms of publication.
2.6.2. Upon receipt of a negative review, the Editorial Board sends the author a copy of the review with a proposal to modify the article in accordance with the reviewer's comments or reasonably (partially or completely) refute them, or sends the author a reasoned refusal.
2.7. Articles modified or revised by the authors are re-sent for review.
3. The procedure for publishing scientific articles.
3.1. The decision on the expediency of publication after review is made by the Editorial Board. The editorial office determines in which issue of the journal the article will be published, and the author is informed about it by e-mail.
3.2. Before publishing articles that have received positive reviews, the authors need to make adjustments to the texts of the articles if they are referred to by reviewers.
3.3. The editors reserve the right to make editorial and proofreading changes to the author's texts of articles.
3.4. Payment for the publication of articles, as well as for their editorial and proofreading is not charged.
3.5. Articles that have received positive reviews may be removed from publication in the following cases:
- detection of violations of the rules of publication ethics of the journal;
- the refusal of the authors to implement the constructive comments of the reviewers or their reasoned refutation;
- irrelevance of the article at the time of publication.
3.6. Submission of materials to the editorial department is a conclusive action. The consent of the authors to the publication of the material, as well as to its placement in the electronic versions of the journal, is assumed.
Information about the editor-in-chief
Popov Nikolai Sergeevich - Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation. Graduated from the Tambov Institute of Chemical Engineering in 1969 and postgraduate studies from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering in 1974. He was trained at the universities of Oulu and Turku (Finland) in 1979-80s. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the Moscow Mendeleev Chemical Technology Institute in 1989 (school of academician V.V. Kafarov).
Scope of scientific interests: development of theories and methods of mathematical modeling and management of natural and industrial macrosystems.
Scope of academic knowledge: control theory, systems approach, ecology, mathematical economics, pedagogy, chemical engineering systems, bionics.
Publication activity: over 400 scientific publications and 15 patents for inventions.
Scientometric indicators: Hirsch index - 5.
Editorial Board
Gennady P. Aksyonov - Candidate of Science (Geography), Leading Researcher, Institute of the History of Vavilov Natural Science and Technology of RAS"; tel.: (495) 988-22-80; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sergey T. Antipov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Head of the Department of Machinery and Equipment for Food Production at Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology; tel.: (4732) 553896; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vitaly K. Bityukov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation; Head of the Department of Information and Control Systems at Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology; tel.: (4732) 554 267, 553 521; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vadim A. Babushkin - Doctor of Agriculture, Professor; Rector of Michurinsk State Agrarian University; tel.: (47545) 94501; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sergei A. Beshenkov - Doctor of Education, Chief Researcher, Institute of Education Management of the Russian Academy of Education (IUE RAO); tel.: 8 9104754660; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena A. Gorbashko - Doctor of Economics, Professor; Vice-Rector for Research, Head of the Project Management and Quality Management Department, St. Petersburg State University of Economics; tel.: (812) 310-22-09; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Renzo Di Felice - Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa (Italy); tel.: +390103532924; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Valery A. Jezierski - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Head of the Department of Fundamentals of Construction and Construction Physics at Bialystok University of Technology (Poland); tel.: (4752) 638975, +375 (29) 802-92-05; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Anatoly I. Zavrazhnov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; President (Rector) of the Joint University of Vernadsky Association, Leading Researcher at Michurinsk State Agrarian University; tel.: (47545) 52233; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alexander N. Zazulya - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Technology and Petroleum Products of the Russian Agricultural Academy; Head of the Department of Agroengineering at Tambov State Technical University; tel.: (47545) 440248; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natalya V. Zlobina - Doctor of Economics, Professor; Director of the Institute of Additional Professional Education, TSTU; tel.: (4752) 630734; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tatyana Yu. Ivanova - Doctor of Economics sciences, professor; Head of the Department of Management, Ulyanovsk State University; tel.: +7 (8422) 320697; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jesus V. Iniesta - Doctor of Chemistry, Professor; Department of Physical Chemistry of the University of Alicante (Spain); tel.: +34965909850; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mikhail N. Krasnyansky - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Rector of Tambov State Technical University; tel.: (4752) 631019; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Olga S. Korneeva - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor; Head of the Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics at Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology; Head of the Department of Science and Innovation; tel.: (4732) 555557; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Valery N. Kudeyarov - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor; Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation; Director of the Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science; tel.: (4967) 733634; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Oleg L. Kuznetsov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation; tel.: (499) 7379340; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Valery G. Matveykin - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Deputy General Director of JSC Corporation Roskhimzaschita, Head of the Department of Information Processes and Control at Tambov State Technical University; tel.: (4752) 639187; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natalia V. Molotkova - Doctor of Education, Professor; First Vice Rector at Tambov State Technical University; tel.: (4752) 630649; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Olga V/ Milovanova - Senior Lecturer, Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection, TSTU; executive Secretary; tel.: (4752) 63-03-65; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena S. Mishchenko - Doctor of Economics, Professor; Vice-Rector for International Affairs, TSTU; tel.: (4752) 632002; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sergey V. Mishchenko - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation; Scientific Director of the Department of Quality Control and Certification at Tambov State Technical University; tel.: (4752) 630870; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Andrea Mignone - Professor, Department of Political Science of the University of Genoa (Italy); tel.: + 39010 2099067; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Evelina P. Pecherskaya - Doctor of Education, Candidate of Economics, Professor; Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation, Director of the Institute of Control Systems of Samara State University of Economics; tel.: 8 9272057010; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nikolay S. Popov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor; Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation; Head of the Department of Nature Management and Environment Protection at Tambov State Technical University; Editor-in-Chief; tel.: (4752) 630365; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nikolai P. Puchkov - Doctor of Education, Professor; Head of Department of Higher Mathematics, TambGTU; tel.: (4752) 630438; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Konstantin K. Styazhkin - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor; General Director of JSC "Corporation "Roshimzaschita"; tel.: (4752) 560680; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natalia P. Tarasova - Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of the Institute of Chemistry and Problems of Sustainable Development, Head of the UNESCO Chair of Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development; tel.: (499) 9732419; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Roman R. Tolstyakov - Doctor of Economics, Professor, Director of the Institute of Economics and Quality of Life, TSTU; tel.: (4752) 630453; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dmitry V. Fursaev - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor; Rector of the International University of Nature, Society and Man "Dubna"; tel.: (496) 2166001; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vladimir A. Shuvalov - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of the Institute of Fundamental Problems of Biology; tel.: (4967) 733601; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Journal Policy
The journal "Problems of Contemporary Science and Practice. Vernadsky University" publishes all articles free of charge and is not commercial. The only criterion for publishing a scientific article in a journal is the relevance of the issues considered in it and the compliance of the article with the journal's subject matter. The editors of the journal cannot be persuaded to publish an article that does not carry new knowledge. The journal is open to authors from all over the world, and censorship is carried out only to the extent that it ensures compliance with Russia's national media legislation. The journal is focused on providing the opportunity for the authors to publish their research, subject to their originality and undoubted novelty. In terms of its content, the journal is absolutely independent from government structures, from academic science and other persons, since it is not funded by the above mentioned groups.
Journal Ethics
The founders and publisher of the journal Tambov State Technical University", the board of editors and the editorial team support the policy aimed at observing the principles of publishing ethics accepted by the international community, reflected, in particular, in the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Code ethics of scientific publications), and recognize that monitoring compliance with the principles of publishing (editorial) ethics is one of the main components of peer review and publication.
1. Principles of professional ethics of the publisher.
The publisher is responsible for the publication of copyrighted works, which entails the need to follow the following fundamental principles and procedures:
1.1. Contribute to the fulfillment of ethical responsibilities by the editorial office, the editorial and publishing group, the board of editors, reviewers and authors in accordance with these requirements.
1.2. Provide support to the editors of the journal in addressing claims to the ethical aspects of published materials and help interact with other journals and / or publishers, if this contributes to the performance of the duties of editors.
1.3. Be ready to publish corrections, clarifications, rebuttals and apologies when necessary.
1.4. Provide the editors of the journal with the opportunity to exclude publications containing plagiarism and inaccurate data.
1.5. The publishing house (editor) has the right to reject the manuscript or require the author to improve it if it is framed in violation of the Rules adopted in this journal and agreed with the publishing house.
1.6. The authors have the right to papers published in the journal. No one can use them without prior notice and permission from the author.
1.7. Each manuscript received for publication/review is treated as a confidential document. It is not shown or discussed with anyone except those authorized by the editor.
1.8. Post information about financial support for the study, if the author provides such information for the article.
1.9. Upon detection of substantive, grammatical, stylistic and other errors, the editors undertake to take all measures to eliminate them.
1.10. Coordinate with the author the editorial corrections made to the article.
1.11. Do not delay the release of the journal.
2. The author's guide.
When submitting materials to a scientific journal, the authors (or a team of authors) are aware that they are primarily responsible for the novelty and reliability of the results of a scientific study, which implies compliance with the following principles:
2.1. The authors of the article must provide reliable results of the research. Knowingly erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable.
2.2. Authors must ensure that the results of the study presented in the manuscript are original. In case of borrowing fragments or statements, the authors should provide links to publications that have influenced the content of the described work.
2.3. All persons who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. If any person was involved in any significant part of the project, then he should be acknowledged, or he should be included in the list of co-authors.
2.4. The author must be responsible that this work is published for the first time, and avoid duplication. If fragments of previous studies are mentioned in the work, then it is obligatory to indicate a link to an earlier work, indicating differences from the new one.
2.5. Authors should not submit to a journal a manuscript that has been submitted to another journal and is under consideration, as well as an article that has already been published in another journal.
2.6. Authors must comply with ethical standards when criticizing or commenting on third party research.
2.7. If the author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the published paper, it is their responsibility to promptly notify the editor-in-chief of the journal about this and cooperate with the editor-in-chief in order to publish a retraction or correction of the article.
3. Ethical principles for the reviewers.
Reviewers conduct scientific examination of copyright materials, as a result of which their actions must be unbiased, consisting in the implementation of the following principles:
3.1. The manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document, which cannot be transferred for review or discussion to third parties who do not have permission from the editors.
3.2. The reviewers are obliged to give an objective and reasoned assessment of the presented research results and clearly justified recommendations. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.
3.3. Reviewers' comments and suggestions should be objective and principled, aimed at improving the scientific level of the manuscript.
3.4. Unpublished information disclosed in the submitted article may not be used in any of the reviewers' own work without the written permission of the author. Confidential information or ideas obtained from peer review are kept confidential and are not used for personal gain.
4. Principles of professional ethics for the editor-in-chief.
The editor-in-chief is responsible for the publication of copyrighted works, which imposes the need to follow the following fundamental principles:
4.1. When making a decision on publication, the editor-in-chief of a scientific journal is guided by the reliability of the presentation of data and the scientific significance of the work in question.
4.2. The editor-in-chief must evaluate the intellectual content of manuscripts, regardless of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of the authors.
4.3. Unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts should not be used for personal purposes or transferred to third parties without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas obtained during editing and related to possible benefits must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.
4.4. The editor-in-chief should not allow information to be published if there are sufficient grounds to believe that it is plagiarism.
4.5. The Editor-in-Chief undertakes to:
- constantly improve the journal;
- follow the principle of freedom of opinion;
- strive to meet the needs of readers and authors of the journal;
- exclude the influence of business interests or politics on the decision to publish materials;
- make a decision on the publication of materials, guided by the following main criteria: compliance of the manuscript with the subject of the journal; relevance, novelty and scientific significance of the presented article; clarity of presentation; reliability of results and completeness of conclusions. The quality of the study and its relevance are the basis for the publication decision;
- take all reasonable measures to ensure the high quality of published materials and protect the confidentiality of personal information;
- take into account the recommendations of the reviewers when making the final decision on the publication of the article. Responsibility for the decision to publish lies entirely with the board of editors of the journal;
- justify your decision in case of acceptance or rejection of the article;
- provide the author of the material under review with an opportunity to substantiate his research position;
- when changing the composition of the board of editors, do not cancel the decisions of the previous composition on the publication of the material.
4.6. The editor-in-chief, together with the publisher, should not leave unanswered claims regarding the reviewed manuscripts or published materials, and also, if a conflict situation is identified, take all necessary measures to restore violated rights.
5. Guidelines on publication of articles
5.1. Compliance with the publishing ethics of the board of editors.
5.2. Compliance with guidelines when rejecting articles.
5.3. Maintenance of the integrity of academic writing.
5.4. Prevention of damage to intellectual and ethical standards in the presence of commercial interests.
5.5. Willingness to publish corrections, clarifications, deviations and apologies when necessary.
5.6. Prevention of plagiarism and fraudulent data.