About
Aims and tasks of the journal
The aim of issuing the journal is informational support of fundamental and applied research conducted on regional, federal and international level in the sphere of ecologically safe development of industry, preserving the mineral resources and biosphere sustainability, as well as of a well-though way of consumption of natural resources.
The journal sets a very important task – to put together theoretical and applied issues of Ecology and Nature Management, uniting the creative potential of those people and organizations which are interested in preserving the nature and providing ecological safety. The articles published in the journal generalize the most contemporary experience of certain organization and specialists in the sphere of nature management. The journal lets a wide range of readers, scientists, representatives of legislative and executive branches get to know the research results.
One of the main tasks of the editorial board of the journal consists in increasing the quality of the journal and to inform people of the journal with the help of the Map of Science of Russia: through increasing the amount of scientific reviews dealing with the most topical spheres of Ecology, ecological safety, effective nature management, through publishing articles of the authors most ofter referred to, striving to being indexed in international databases in accordance with all the international standards and requirements of the citation indexes Scopus and/or Web of Science, inclusion of the journal in these informational databases and of the basis of agents of other electronic resources.
Social and Scientific Journal
« REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES»
The journal has been published since 1995. Publishes articles in Russian (or English) in all areas of environmental and related sciences: original papers, review articles, and chronicle information, reviews of interest to the scientific community.
The edition is registered by Federal service for supervision in the sphere of mass communications, communication and protection of cultural heritage. Certificate of RF registration ПИ № 77-17084 от 26.12.2003.
Founder of the journal publishing house "Сamerton". The journal is published 6 times a year and is distributed by subscription and through direct mail all over Russia, the CIS, Baltic States and abroad.
The publications are prepared by experts of research institutes, representatives of public organizations for the protection of the environment, representatives of federal bodies of executive and legislative authorities of the Russian Federation, who are in charge of environmental issues.
The journal publishes ecologically oriented advertising, environmental profiles of enterprises, as well as the experience of implementation of environmental policy.
Publications and promotional materials in the journal are of interest to a wider audience: heads of federal and regional authorities, exercising control in the sphere of ecology; representatives of governmental bodies and environmental protection organizations; military and construction departments; universities; staff of industrial enterprises engaged in environmental issues and environmental policies.The journal is included in the new revised list of Higher Attestation Commission by fields of science: 03.02.00 - general biology; 25.00.00 - Earth Sciences.
EDITORIAL BOARD JOURNAL
«REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES»
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Azhgirevich Artem I.
PhD, Russia
DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF:
Gutenev Vladimir V., Doctor of Science in Engineering, Professor, Russia
Kochurov Boris I., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Russia
Lobkovsky Vasily A., PhD, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Russia
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS:
Baklanov Petr Ja,. Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pacific Institute of Geography, Russia
Glazachev Stanislav N., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Centre for Environmental and Teacher Education, Russia
Ivashkina Irina V., PhD, Institute of Moscow city Master Plan, Russia
Imanov Nazim M., Doctor of Economic in Geography, Professor, Azerbaijan
Kamnev Alexander N., Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Kasimov Nikolay S., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Russia
Kirjushin Valery I. , Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor, Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timerjazev, Russia
Kotljakov Vladimir М., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Russia
Kolosov Vladimir A., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Russia
Kuznetcov Оleg L., Doctor of Science in in physics and mathematics, Professor, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Russia
Losev Kim S. , Doctor of Science in Geography , Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, All-Russian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, Russia
Mazirov Mikhail A., Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor, Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy (RSAU – TMAA или RSAU – MAA named after K.A. Timiryazev), Russia
Nascimento Juli, Doctor of Science in Philosophy, Institute for Urban and Regional Planning of Ile-de-France, France
Rahmanin Jury A., Doctor of Science in Medicine, Professor, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Hygiene named after A. I. Sysin, Russia
Rogozhin Konstantin L., Doctor of Science in in physics and mathematics, «Capital small business Academy (Institute)», Vice-Rector, Russia
Stolbovoj Vladimir S., Doctor of Science in Geography, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, V. V. Dokuchaev Soil Institute, Russia
Tikunov Vladimir S., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Russia
Tishkov Arkady A., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Russia
Trifonova Tatijana A., Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Soil, Russia
Fomenko George A., Doctor of Science in Geography, Scientific Research and Design Institute «Cadastr», Russia
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Karavaeva Natalia E.
EDITOR-TRANSLATOR
Pokrovskaya Marina E.
PhD, Lomonosov Moscow State University,
ntral Institute of Bibliography - of informational telegraph agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS)
- Russian State Library
- Russian Central Institute of Bibliography - of informational telegraph agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS)
The Editorial Board of the journal can check the material with the system Antiplagiat. In case of any borrowings the Editorial Board deals with the case in accordance with the rules of The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Publications in journal « REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES » are included into the systems of computation of citation indexes of authors and journals. “Citation index” is a figure that characterizes the importance of the journal and it is calculated on the basis of the postliminary publications referring to this issue.
The journal is indexed in the systems:
- Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).
Google scholar
Responsibilities of the publishing house:
- The publishing house should follow the principles and procedures which contribute to fulfilling all the ethic responsibilities of the scientific editors;
- The publishing house should support the Chief editor and the editorial board of the in dealing with claims as for the ethic aspects of the articles published and help to contact with other journals and/or publishing houses if it could contribute to fulfilling the obligations of the editorial board;
- The publishing house should provide the needed specialized legal services and consulting of the editorial board when necessary.
Responsibilities of the reviewers
- to be qualified enough for considering the paper and have enough time for preparing the conclusion;
- to be able to discover any significant works on the topic of the article which have not been included into the list of literature of the article;
- see any considerable likeness or coincidence, if any, between the paper considered and any other work that has already been published;
- to respect the author's point of view, to clearly express one's opinion and to evaluate the paper objectively, any personal critique is out of the question;
- to share with the editorial board all the necessary information about sending the paper back to the author and about taking a decision of accepting the paper for publishing;
- to comply with confidentiality requirements, not to discuss the paper with anyone who are not authorized by the editor of the journal;
- not to use the unpublished data from the papers under consideration in one's own research without consent of the author, which should be presented in written form;
- not to participate in considering the paper in case of any conflict of interests as a result of competitive, common or any other contacts and relations with any of the authors, as well as with the companies or other organizations which are somehow connected with the paper under consideration.
Responsibilities of the editors and the editorial board:
- to be responsible for taking any decision by the board on publication of an article which suits all the requirements and the remit of the journal;
- to follow the editing policy of the journal;
- to evaluate the paper according to authenticity and reliability of the results and its scientific significance irrespectively of any other factors;
- to shorten and edit the papers when necessary for improving the quality of the article and for the sake of meeting the requirements to the article;
- to follow the objective criteria in case of rejecting the paper;
- to avoid any conflicts between the parties of the process;
- to provide anonymity of the reviewers;
- not to use the unpublished data from the papers under consideration in one's own research without consent of the author, which should be presented in written form;
- to provide refutation or amendments in case any mistakes are found out .
The Chief editor of the journal is personally answerable for taking a decision on publishing every article in the journal and on the whole for each issue of the journal.
Publication frequency
The journal is issued 6 times a year and is spread by subscription and by address mail both in Russia and abroad.
Disclosure policy and conflicts of interests
A licencing agreement to the right to use the scientific work in the journal is enclosed to the article which is signed by all the co-authors, it confirms that the article has not been published before and has not been sent to any other journal at the same time.
Free access policy
In order to add to the image and visualization of the journal there is a free access to its content on the two-language site. The principle is the following free access of the journal contributes to making links and exchange of experience. The electronic archive of the journal is being made with access to whole texts of articles.
To get the channels of distribution of the journal it is planned that the journal that is distributed not only by subscription in the Russian segment and in the CIS countries and in other foreign countries, but it also should be included into the free access databases such as (DOAJ, open resources EBSCO, catalogues of the free libraries, including foreign ones; placing at Russian open service platforms, etc.).
Reviewing procedure
According to the current regulation of, only reviewed articles can be published.
As soon as an article gets to the Editorial Board it is registered by the secretary of the editorial board and an initial expertise is carried out by the secretary and the editor-assistant, the supporting documents are being considered and it is decided if the article suits the profile of the journal, the article submission guidelines, and the requirements of the editorial board, which are offered on the site of the journal. The Editorial Board keeps the right to additionally review the article and to edit it.
If the article suits the journal profile and if it suits all the requirements and rules, the decision is taken by the editorial board of appointing a reviewer and a scientific editor from the list of the leading scientists in the research sphere of the article, in case the article does not suit the requirements it is not accepted, without any further reviewing.
The main task of the reviewer and the scientific editor is to objectively estimate the content of the article and to make recommendations which could help to make the article better, to improve it, to point at its questionable, not well-grounded statements. Besides, the reviewer and scientific editor can make amendments in the text.
The articles which are to be improved are sent back to the authors with the remarks of the reviewer and scientific editor. The authors must take into account all the remarks made during reviewing and editing and to answer to each improvement, and mark the place of the article which has been improved. In case they do not agree with the reviewer and scientific editor the author is to offer a comprehensive and concise grounding of his/her point of view. When an author is asked to work over the article the date of its acceptance is valid during 2 months. After improvement the articles is reviewed and edited again.
The decision of publishing an article is taken by the editorial board of the journal on the basis of the results of reviewing and scientific editing, taking into account the fact of its suiting the profile of the journal, its topicality and scientific interest. Articles with negative reviews of 2 reviewers is not accepted by the board, its author gets a well-motivated refusal in publication signified by the chief editor or his/her deputy. In case of any conflict the article is considered at the enlarged meeting of the editorial board.
Reviews are kept in the editorial board for 5 years.
The content of each issue is confirmed at the editorial meeting of the journal “Regional environmental issues”, the meaning of the reviewers and scientific editors is taken into account, as for including each article under consideration in the issue. The volume of each issue is 12.5 printed sheets. Reviews and edited articles which have not been included into the issue are recommended to be published in the next issues.
The review is offered in case of a special requirement from the author of the article or the expert board of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles of the Ministry of Education and Science of the RF. Review is offered without any signature, surname, name, paternal name, post, and the place of work of the reviewer.
For the purpose of increasing the scientific level of the editorial board a database of external reviewers is being made, it is planned to attract internationally acclaimed experts and foreign scientists with high citation index.
JOURNAL SECTIONS:
- Ecology;
- Physical geography and biogeography, soil geography and landscape geochemistry;
- Economic, social, political and recreational geography;
- Cartography;
- Land use, land planning and landscape planning;
- Geoecology;
- Environmentally sound technologies and innovations;
- Nature use economics;
- Ecological;
-Discussion, opinion;
- Information;
- Reviewers and Bibliography.
Terms of publishing
The Editorial office provides fee payable services to prepare papers for publication, including the design of the articles in accordance with the requirements of the journal, and the professional translation of abstracts, titles, authors’ names, keywords, and references into English. For the information on fee payment please contact the Editorial office.
Founding director
LLC Publishing house «KAMERTON»
MANAGING DIRECTOR - Lobkovskiy Vassiliy A., Candidate of Science in Geography
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF PUBLISHING HOUSE "СAMERTON" - Kochurov Boris I., Doctor of Science in Geography, Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography
+7(499) 346-82-06; E-mail: [email protected]
Publishing Ethics
In their work the editorial board and the publishing house are ruled by the regulation on publishing ethics of the journal. The regulations have been worked out in accordance with the recommendations and standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as well as the experience of the leading journals.
Publication in the journal makes a considerable contribution to development of the chosen research sphere and helps to connect science, industry, and education. Thus it is important for the journal to set the standards of ethics for all the parties of the publication process: authors, scientific editors, reviewers, publishing house, and the scientific community.