About the Journal

• Goals and objectives
• Indexing
• Reviewing procedure
• Ethics of scientific publications
• Conflict of Interests
• History of the journal

 

Goals and objectives

The journal “Kauchuk i Rezina” is one of the oldest scientific and technical publications in Russia, being the primary source of scientific and technical information for enterprises and research institutes, engaged in elastomer science and technology, as well as for universities training personnel for the industry.

The journal's current mission is to maintain and increase the level of information on the industry's scientific and technological achievements.
All the above motivates the editorial board to attract a diverse range of experts, both as the authors and as the editorial board members and reviewers.

The "Kauchuk i Rezina" publishing house regularly participates in major industry exhibitions and conferences, as well as a number of other events organized by the consumers of elastomeric materials and products.

The theoretical and applied science magazine “Kauchuk i Rezina” being a part of the Russian and international scientific and industrial information systems addresses the following tasks:

• To reflect and promote the activity of domestic and
  international science and industry in elastomers development and production;
• To serve as a formative vehicle of the industry science and to promote its principal achievements;
• To facilitate open scientific polemics, which improves
  the quality of research and efficiency of reviewing
  of scientific works;
• To reflect the results of theoretical, experimental and applied research activities of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of elastomeric materials development and production;
• To publish reviews on industry's current issues;
• To publish proceedings of scientific conferences and symposia;
• To publish reviews on scientific editions and information about Russian and foreign publications and scientific schools;

The journal publishes materials addressing contemporary issues pertinent to the elastomeric industry, including those of theoretical or applied value, as well as those aimed at the implementation of the scientific research results in the industry.

Submissions to the journal are limited to original articles that have not been previously published.

The edition is included in the list of journals recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission for the publication of dissertation materials.

The journal is included in the list of publications indexed by

Russian Science Citation Index

Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform

CrossRef

 

Review procedure

It is the prerogative of the Editorial Board to decide on the compliance/non-compliance of the articles received by the Editorial Board with the profile and subject of the journal.
In case of rejection, the editorial board will not engage in further discussions with the authors.

The selection of articles for publication takes place in three stages.

At the first stage, the received manuscript is registered and undergoes the process of Initial evaluation for compliance with formal and qualitative requirements: profile, concept and subject relevance, clarity and logic of presentation in the literate Russian language, etc. in case of non-compliance with these requirements the article may not be accepted for consideration, of which the editorial board will notify the author.

At the second stage, the article accepted is anonymously reviewed by the experts in the field of the reviewed material.

The experts may include both editorial board members and external experts who evaluate the manuscript in accordance with the following criteria:

• The problem setting being relevant to current scientific issues and practical application.
• The originality, independence, scientific interest and/or discussion potential.
• The reliability and validity of the data and arguments presented
• The level of literary editing of the text.

Based on the above, the article may be accepted for publication, returned to the author for potential revisions and amendments, or rejected.
The author is notified about the results of reviewing by e-mail. The decision on acceptance for publication, as a rule, is made within 3-4 months from the date of manuscript registration in the editorial office.

At the final stage the article is prepared for publication.
This process involves the participation of the editorial staff, who are responsible for overseeing if comments and suggestions of the reviewers for improvement have been duly met; then the text is edited to align with the editorial standards and requirements of the journal.
It is essential that the editorial revisions are agreed with the authors. The final decision regarding the date of publication of the article is made by the editorial staff as part of the routine work of planning the structure and content of forthcoming issues, including the current one.

 

Ethics of scientific publications

These rules are based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Declaration of the Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (ASEP) “Ethical Principles for Scientific Publications”.

1. These rules provide general principles of publication ethics, which should guide the interactions of those involved in the scholarly publishing process: authors, reviewers and editors.

2. The ethics of scientific publishing is a system of norms of professional behavior in the interaction between authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers in the process of creating, disseminating, and using scientific publications.

3. The editor is responsible for the publication of authors' works, which implies the necessity of observing the following basic principles:

• When making a decision on publication, the editor of a scientific journal is guided by the principles of scientific value, objectivity, professionalism, and impartiality.
• The editor should evaluate the intellectual content of manuscripts regardless of the gender, views, nationality, social status, and preferences of the authors.
• Unpublished data from manuscripts submitted for publication should not be used for personal purposes or disclosed to third parties without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas obtained during the editorial process that may be
  of potential benefit should be treated as confidential and should not be used for personal gain.
• The editor should not allow information to be published if there is sufficient reason to believe that it is plagiarized.

4. Plagiarism is the willful attribution of authorship of another's work of science, ideas or inventions. Plagiarism may be a violation of copyright and patent legislation and, as such, may involve legal liability.

5. The editor shall not leave claims concerning submitted
manuscripts or published materials unanswered. and when a conflict situation is identified, the editor shall not leave unanswered claims concerning the manuscript or published material. In the event of a conflict situation, the editor shall take all necessary steps for the restoration of infringed rights.

6. The reviewer performs scientific examination of the author's materials, therefore, his/her actions should be unbiased which implies adherence to the following principles:

• The reviewed manuscript should be treated
  as confidential, and not be made available to third parties for review or discussion.
• The reviewer is required to provide an objective and sound evaluation of the research results. Personal criticism of the author by the reviewer is unacceptable.
• Unpublished data from the reviewed manuscripts should not be used by the reviewer for any personal purposes.

7. The author (or the team of authors) bears the primary responsibility for the novelty and reliability of the research results, which implies the following:

• The authors are responsible for providing reliable results of the research. Plausibly erroneous or falsified statements are unacceptable.
• The authors guarantee that the material presented in the manuscript is entirely original. Borrowed fragments or statements should be properly referred to their author and original source. Excessive borrowing, as well as plagiarism in any form, including unformatted quotations, paraphrasing or appropriation of the rights to
  the results of others research is unethical and unacceptable.
• The contributions of all individuals who have influenced or were otherwise involved in the research should be acknowledged. In particular, the article should include references to papers that were instrumental in the research process. The authors should not submit a manuscript if it has already been submitted for publication or published by another journal.
• Co-authors of the article should include all individuals who have made a significant contribution to the conduct of the study and to the interpretation of its results. Co-authors should not include persons who did not participate in the study and/or preparation of the paper.
• If the author discovers significant errors or inaccuracies in the article at the review stage or after its publication, he/she should notify the editorial board as soon as possible.

 

Conflict of Interests

Unpublished materials disclosed in the submitted
manuscript may not be used by the editorial staff for their own research without the written consent of the authors.
Editors and reviewers must decline to review the manuscript if they have a competitive relationship with the author or organization related to the research, or if there is any other conflict of interests.

All authors are required to disclose (in the appropriate section of the manuscript) any financial or other actual or potential conflicts of interest that could be perceived as having influenced their results or conclusions. Any apparent or potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed as early as possible.

Information on the existence of conflicts of interest provided by the authors will not be made available to reviewers. It is available only to the Editorial Board when the decision to publish the paper is made.
Additionally, information on conflicts of interest is published as part of the full text of the article

 

History of the Journal

In November 1927, the State Technical Publishing House of the USSR published the first issue of the journal under the title “Journal of the Rubber Industry”. Its pages reflected the works of several generations of Soviet and Russian scientists and engineers, presenting the key results of research and development in the field of domestic rubber industry, elastomer science and technology for over 90 years.

The first editor of the journal was M.G. Roshal, one of the prominent organizers of Soviet industry, a distinguished politician and a Chairman of the Board of "Rezinotrest" (the Rubber Trust).

In 1937, after merging with "Syntetichesky Kauchuk" ("Synthetic Rubber"), the united journal received the now familiar name "Kauchuk i Rezina"

The publications of the journal through years reflect and trace the main directions and results of implementation of the state scientific and technical policy, highlight the stages of development of enterprises and organizations in the field of rubbers and elastomeric materials production, technology and application. The journal “Kauchuk i Rezina” is, therefore, an informational and structural component of the industry for 94 years.

Today it is on the list of journals recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission for publication of dissertation materials. All articles of the journal are in eLIBRARY and indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index. The journal "Kauchuk i Rezina" is included in the Russian Science Citation Index database on the Web of Science platform.

DOI index is assigned to all articles published in the journal.