Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

«Bulletin of Perm University. Geology» (Vestnik Permskogo universiteta. Geologiya) is the peer-reviewed academic journal publishing the scientific papers covering all fundamental and applied aspects of modern geology, including general geology, geotectonics, petrology, mineralogy, lithology, hydrogeology, geoengineering, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral exploration, oil & gas exploration, and geoecology.

 

The full issues (single files) are available at the University site http://www.psu.ru/nauchnye-zhurnaly/series-geology

 

Publication in this journal is free of charge.

 

Section Policies

Articles

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CHRONICLE

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HYDROGEOLOGY

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GEOPHYSICS, GEOPHYSICAL METHODS OF MINERAL EXPLORATION

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GEOLOGY, MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINERAGENY

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PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY

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GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES

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IN THE BOOK WORLD

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LITHOLOGY

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ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, PERMAFROST AND SOIL CHARACTERIZATION

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PETROLOGY, VOLCANOLOGY

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GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOCHEMICAL METHODS OF MINERAL EXPLORATION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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MINERALOGY, CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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GEOECOLOGY

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GENERAL AND REGIONAL GEOLOGY

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GEOTECTONICS AND GEODYNAMICS

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Peer Review Process

All the submitted articles are considered by the editorial board for publication. Once a manuscript is accepted for publication, it is sent to one or two reviewrs for double-blind referee process. The final decisiion about the article publication is made by Editor-in-Chief.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal uses LOCKSS system for archiving the journals by participating libraries. Details...

 

PUBLICATION ETHICS

We support the generally accepted principles of publication ethics for editors, reviewers, and author’s action including authorship definition, plagiarism, research quality, cheating, and reviewers bias. We practice the ethical standards suggested by the Committee (http://publicationethics.org) on Publication Ethics and regulations of the Perm State University (http://geology-vestnik.psu.ru/papers/Ethics_PSU_en.pdf).

AUTHORS DUTIES
Journal accepts only the papers which previously have not been published or being submitted elsewhere excluding the conference proceedings and other non-systematic publications.
The authors should avoid the fabrication, falsification of data or plagiarism when preparing the manuscript.
The results of study should be approved by authors institution and a relevant letter should be sent to the editorial board.
Only the authors significantly contributing to the submitted work should be included in the authors list.
All the individuals involved in the manuscript preparation, but not participated in the related research must be acknowledged.

EDITORS DUTIES
Editors should provide the fair peer-review process and timely publication decision.
Editors educate the researchers to follow the right publication ethics.
Editors should not disclose the information about the submitted materials and reviewers comments.

REVIEWER DUTIES
Reviewers should provide a critical independent asessment of the work.
Reviewers should work towards the improvement of the quality of publication.
Reviewers must not use the materials, data and any piece of manuscript for their own interests.