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Aims and Scope
The most important objectives of the journal are: generalization of scientific and practical achievements in the field of selection, seed production of vegetables, vegetable growing, physiology and biochemistry of plants, plant protection, agricultural economics, improving the scientific and practical qualifications of scientists, breeders, agronomists - vegetable growers.
The scientific concept of the journal involves the publication of modern achievements, the results of scientific national and international research in the field of vegetable growing, breeding and seed growing of vegetable crops, physiology and biochemistry of plants, plant protection, agricultural economics and related disciplines: biology, biotechnology, introduction, etc.
The journal accepts materials from graduate students, domestic and foreign scientists, breeders, agronomists, other specialists and experts working in the field of agriculture, as well as other related specialties in this field.
The journal accepts for publication original articles, including the results of fundamental research aimed at studying general biological processes in order to improve existing and develop new breeding technologies, seed production of vegetable crops, lectures and literature reviews on a wide range of issues, as well as the results of scientific experimental and practical research. The journal can publish reliable, substantiated materials of scientific and practical importance, differing in relevance and novelty, contributing to an increase in the efficiency of science and production.
Section Policies
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Publication Frequency
6 times per year
Open Access Policy
This 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
A double-blind peer review method is mandatory for processing of all scientific manuscripts submitted to the editorial stuff of "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii"). This implies that neither the reviewer is aware of the authorship of the manuscript, nor the author maintains any contact with the reviewer. Each manuscript is forwarded to 2 reviewers.
- Leading Russian and international experts in corresponding areas of agricultural sciences, invited as independent readers, perform peer reviews. Editor-in-chief, deputy editor-in-chief or science editor choose readers for peer review. We aim to limit the review process to 4-8 weeks, though in some cases the schedule may be adjusted at the reviewer’s request.
- Reviewer has an option to abnegate the assessment should any conflict of interests arise that may affect perception or interpretation of the manuscript. Upon the scrutiny, the reviewer is expected to present the editorial board with one of the following recommendations:
- to accept the paper in its present state;
- to invited the author to revise their manuscript to address specific concerns before final decision is reached;
- that final decision be reached following further reviewing by another specialist;
- to reject the manuscript outright. - If the reviewer has recommended any refinements, the editorial staff would suggest the author either to implement the corrections, or to dispute them reasonably. Authors are kindly required to limit their revision to 2 months and resubmit the adapted manuscript within this period for final evaluation.
- We politely request that the editor be notified verbally or in writing should the author decide to refuse from publishing the manuscript. In case the author fails to do so within 3 months since receiving a copy of the initial review, the editorial board takes the manuscript off the register and notifies the author accordingly.
- If author and reviewers meet insoluble contradictions regarding revision of the manuscript, the editor-in-chief resolves the conflict by his own authority.
- The editorial board reaches final decision to reject a manuscript on the hearing according to reviewers’ recommendations, and duly notifies the authors of their decision via e-mail. The board does not accept previously rejected manuscripts for re-evaluation.
- Upon the decision to accept the manuscript for publishing, the editorial staff notifies the authors of the scheduled date of publication.
- Kindly note that positive review does not guarantee the acceptance, as final decision in all cases lies with the editorial board. By his authority, editor-in-chief rules final solution of every conflict.
- Original reviews of submitted manuscripts remain deposited for 3 years.
Indexation
Articles in "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") are indexed by several systems:
- Russian Scientific Citation Index (RSCI) – 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.
- Dimensions
- DOAJ
- Base
- SOCIONET
- VINITI RAS
Publishing Ethics
The Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement of the journal "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct guidelines available at www.publicationethics.org, and requirements for peer-reviewed journals, elaborated by the "Elsevier" Publishing House (in accordance with international ethical rules of scientific publications)
1. Introduction
1.1. The publication in a peer reviewed learned journal, serves many purposes outside of simple communication. It is a building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. For all these reasons and more it is important to lay down standards of expected ethical behaviour by all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society for society-owned or sponsored journal: "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii")
1.2.Publisher has a supporting, investing and nurturing role in the scholarly communication process but is also ultimately responsible for ensuring that best practice is followed in its publications.
1.3. Publisher takes its duties of guardianship over the scholarly record extremely seriously. Our journal programmes record «the minutes of science» and we recognise our responsibilities as the keeper of those «minutes» in all our policies not least the ethical guidelines that we have here adopted.
2. Duties of Editors
2.1.Publication decision – The Editor of a learned "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") is solely and independently responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, often working on conjunction with the relevant society (for society-owned or sponsored journals). The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always underwrite such decisions. The Editor may be guided by the policies of the "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers (or society officers) in making this decision.
2.2.Fair play – An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
2.3.Confidentiality – The editor and any editorial staff of "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
2.4.Disclosure and Conflicts of interest
2.4.1. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’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.
2.4.2. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers.
2.5.Vigilance over published record – An editor presented with convincing evidence that the substance or conclusions of a published paper are erroneous should coordinate with the publisher (and/or society) to promote the prompt publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as may be relevant.
2.6.Involvement and cooperation in investigations – An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies.
3. Duties of Reviewers
3.1.Contribution to Editorial Decisions – Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Publisher shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.
3.2.Promptness – Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor of "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") and excuse himself from the review process.
3.3.Confidentiality – Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorised by the editor.
3.4.Standard and objectivity – Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
3.5.Acknowledgement of Sources – Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
3.6.Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
3.6.1.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.
3.6.2. 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.
4. Duties of Authors
4.1.Reporting standards
4.1.1. Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
4.1.2. Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial 'opinion’ works should be clearly identified as such.
4.2.Data Access and Retention – Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
4.3.Originality and Plagiarism
4.3.1. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
4.3.2. Plagiarism takes many forms, from ‘passing off’ another’s paper as the author’s own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
4.4.Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
4.4.1. An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
4.4.2. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper.
4.4.3. Publication of some kinds of articles (eg, clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication. Further detail on acceptable forms of secondary publication can be found at www.icmje.org.
4.5.Acknowledgement of Sources – Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.
4.6.Authorship of the Paper
4.6.1. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
4.6.2. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
4.7.Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
4.7.1. If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.
4.7.2. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) have approved them. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
4.8. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
4.8.1. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
4.8.2. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
4.9. Fundamental errors in published works – When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the editor of "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") journal and cooperate with Publisher to retract or correct the paper, If the editor or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper.
5. Duties of the Publisher (and if relevant, Society)
5.1. Publisher should adopt policies and procedures that support editors, reviewers and authors of "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") in performing their ethical duties under these ethics guidelines. The publisher should ensure that the potential for advertising or reprint revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
5.2. The publisher should support "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") journal editors in the review of complaints raised concerning ethical issues and help communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors.
5.3. Publisher should develop codes of practice and inculcate industry standards for best practice on ethical matters, errors and retractions.
5.4. Publisher should provide specialised legal review and counsel if necessary.
The section is prepared according to the files of Elsevier publisher (https://www.elsevier.com/) and files (http://publicationethics.org/resources) from Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE - http://publicationethics.org/).
Founder
Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Federal Scientific Vegetable Center"
Author fees
Publication in "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") is free of charge for all the authors.
The journal doesn't have any Arcticle 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
"Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") 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 "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii"), 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 "Vegetable crops of Russia" ("Ovoshchi Rossii") 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)
Data sharing policy
Authors are encouraged to make the research data that support their publications available but are not required to do so. The decision to publish will not be affected by whether or not authors share their research data.
Definition of research data
This policy applies to the research data that would be required to verify the results of research reported in articles published in the journal “Vegetable crops of Russia”. Research data include data produced by the authors (“primary data”) and data from other sources that are analysed by authors in their study (“secondary data”). Research data includes any recorded factual material that are used to produce the results in digital and non-digital form. This includes tabular data, code, images, audio, documents, video, maps, raw and/or processed data.
Definition of exceptions
The data that is not a subject to public disclosure may be delivered as follows: deposited in science data repositories with limited access or preliminary anonymised. An author can also publicly deliver metadata only and/or description of the method of access to the data under requests from other scholars.
Data repositories
The preferred mechanism for sharing research data is via data repositories. Please see or https://repositoryfinder.datacite.org/ for help finding research data repositories.
Data citation
The Editorial Board of the Journal “Vegetable crops of Russia” welcomes access to data under Creative Commons Licenses. Editorial Board of the Journal “Vegetable crops of Russia” does not insist on the obligatory use of Creative Commons in case when the data is deposited in the repositories of the third party. The Publisher of the Journal “Vegetable crops of Russia” does not assert any copyrights for the data submitted by the author together with the article.
Questions regarding the observation of that policy shall be sent to the executive secretary of the Journal “Vegetable crops of Russia” (vegetables.of.russia@yandex.ru).
Advertising Policy
“Vegetable crops of Russia” journal is a supporter of the open access policy in science, therefore one of the sources of income for the Editorial office is advertising or permission of reprints, which almost always involves a potential conflict of interest. The Editorial office of the journal has developed an advertising policy, which defines the basic principles that the Editorial office adheres to when placing advertising and information materials.
1. The Editorial office may decline or delete any materials any time.
2. Advertisers bear full responsibility for all information contained in promotional and information materials published in the journal.
3. All promotional and information materials provided to the Editorial Office shall correspond to the laws of the Russian Federation and Federal Law “On Advertising” of March 13, 2006 No. 38-FZ as amended.
4. The Editorial office of the journal does not participate in the arrangement of promotional and exhibition activity, does not influence publishing promotional and information materials and has no conflicts of interests.
5. Advertisers do not influence editorial and advertising policy of the Editorial office.
6. The Editorial office does not publish promotional and information materials on the product together with articles about this product. Promotional and information materials may be published next to the article only accidentally in accordance with making-up technology, as publishing promotional and information materials and articles in the journals takes place independently.
7. Promotional and information materials received by the Editorial office are separated from the materials for the editorial board, but the decision to publish them is taken collectively and does not depend on the cost of advertising.
8. Publishing advertisements on pages of the journals is not promotion or approval of the advertised product, company or service on the part of the Editorial office or the editorial board.
9. The advertised products should be focused on the agro-industrial complex: agro-technologies, including means of protection, selection achievements, mechanization, scientific support (techniques, equipment, etc.), as well as the provision of educational or consulting services in this area.
10. The volume of advertising in the journal may not exceed 10% of the total volume of the issue.
11. Advertising banners on the journal's website are placed without reference to a specific material on the website. The appearance of advertisements in conjunction with certain content can only be accidental.
12. Advertisers do not influence the results of inquiries made by the users on the journal web site.
13. All promotional and information materials are accepted and published by the editorial office under the responsibility of the advertiser authorized to publish all the presented materials for advertising.
14. The advertiser agrees to compensate any expenses which the Publishing House may bear due to publishing advertising information including those due to issues or claims for defamation, breach of confidentiality, copyright or literary piracy.
15. The editors of the journal are not responsible for cases of non-placement of any ad accepted for placement, however, the editors must make efforts to place this advertisement in the vacated space.
16. Any advertising material must be accompanied by information about the advertiser indicating the trademark or signature and comply with the legislation of theRussian Federation.
17. Any mention of the publisher in any advertising materials can only be made with the written consent of the publisher.
18. The editorial board of the journal cannot guarantee a specific location for advertising materials, if this is not specified in the contract for the placement of advertising and information materials.
19. The editors of the journal are not responsible for errors in the display of advertising materials and for the losses of the advertiser.
20. The editorial board of the journal may at any time change the conditions set forth in this provision. These changes do not apply to advertising materials already accepted for publication.
21. The editors of the journal are under no obligation to comply with any conditions that conflict with those set forth in this advertising policy statement of the publisher.
22. Incase of non-payment by the advertiser of funds, the Editorial office of the journal has the right to bring the advertiser to justice and collect these funds.
23. Any attachment of links to the site of the journal can be carried out only with the permission of the editorial office of the journal.
24. The editorial office of the journal does not endorse any products or organizations, links to which are available on the pages of journals on the Internet or information about which is published in journals.
25. Advertising may not contain discriminatory statements, offensive expressions of a religious or racial nature, and it must comply with the legislation of theRussian Federation.
26. Advertising of pesticides and agrochemicals must comply with the Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated July 19, 1997 No. 109-FZ "On the safe handling of pesticides and agrochemicals" with all amendments and additions, and the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On Advertising". All advertised pesticides and agrochemicals must have state registration and be included in the "State catalog of pesticides and agrochemicals permitted for use in theRussian Federation."
27. Sponsored links to other sites should not create difficulties for the return of the user to the site of the journal.
28. Reprints should be published only in the form in which they were originally published in the journal (including subsequent corrections), therefore, they should not contain additions or changes.
29. If it is necessary to issue special additional issues, they are regulated only by decisions of the editorial council and the editorial board, sponsors or advertisers do not affect the content of such an issue.
30. The Publishing House does not provide advertisers with personal information on users of the web site of the Publishing House and subscribers of the journal.
CrossMark Policy
CrossMark is a multi-publisher initiative from Crossref, provides a standard way for readers to locate the authoritative version of an article or other published content. By applying the CrossMark logo, journal “Vegetable crops of Russia” is committing to maintaining the content it publishes and to alerting readers to changes if and when they occur.
Clicking the CrossMark logo on a document will tell you its current status and may also give you additional publication-record information about the document.
