Our journal aims to promote scientific advances made by lecturers, research fellows, doctoral, master’s and undergraduate students, and provide a platform for sharing research results among colleagues. We welcome papers on both theoretical and experimental research in various fields of physics: from metals and insulators to nanosized objects and cosmology.
Modern research is international in nature and impossible without quick and easy access to information, both throughout Russia and in the global scientific community. The expertise of our Russian and foreign Editorial Board members guarantees a high level of publications.
The basic principles of the editorial policy are:
— All received papers have to be original and submitted for publication for the first time ever. We never accept papers already published elsewhere except for reprinting materials which have relevant scientific value but which were published in periodicals that have already become bibliographic rarities. We allow to publish translations of own articles previously published in another language if the translation rights do not belong to another publisher.
— All papers submitted to the editors are necessarily checked for improper borrowings. If plagiarism, unreliable or falsified scientific data are found in an article it is also rejected.
— A published article may be retracted if it detects serious violations of scientific and / or publication ethics.
— By submitting articles for publication, the authors agree to a public offer posted on the journal’s website. The published materials are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License 4.0.
— All authors to a paper should always make a substantial contribution to the research. All co-authors should be familiar with the final text of the article and agree to the publication.
— Authors should ensure: a) that all data used in the paper have been obtained as the result of an objective scientific investigation, b) had academic novelty of the study, c) its methodological substantiation and d) trueness-to-fact.
— A peer-reviewer’s inferences and opinions have to be well-grounded; no value judgments are allowed without reliance upon facts or logic. The experts have to opine professionally and with tolerance on any scientifically proven conclusions of an author even if the entire latter’s study or any of its parts and sections may seem to be in disagreement with the reviewer’s ethical principles.
— The only relevant criterion for accepting an article for publication is its scientific, and not any other value. At the same time, it should demonstrate a clear and explicit statement of its subject-matter, along with good literary style.
— The editors do not make substantive changes in the text without the consent of the author.
— The editors ensure respect for the copyright and the authors’ right to a name.
— If any mistakes or fallacies are revealed, the editors should be always willing to publish corrections or retractions.
Condensed Matter Physics
Theoretical Physics
Physics of Semiconductors
