About the Journal

Peer Review Process

Reviewing of article manuscripts (hereinafter referred to as Articles), published in the journal “Bulletin of South Ural State University. Series “Construction and Architecture” should be done in accordance with the following rules:

 A. Document flow in the course of reviewing

 1. Articles, submitted by authors for publication in the “Bulletin of South Ural State University”, arranged in accordance with the requirements are accepted for reviewing. The departure from general requirements is allowed when articles are written at request of the editorial office.

2. The article is submitted to a specialist of the relevant field (hereinafter referred to as Reviewer), who has an academic degree of Doctor of Science. The reviewer is an acknowledged expert in this field, who within 3 last years has publications on the topic of a reviewed article. A member of the editorial board, as well as the author of the paper, cannot act as a reviewer.

3. The duration of reviewing is 2-3 weeks from the date of receipt.

4. The authors of the article receive a copy of a review; however, the identity of a reviewer is concealed from them. The copy of a review is sent to a contact author by post or email.

5. If a reviewer makes a conclusion about the possibility of publishing an article after improvement, the article is sent to the author for revision. After submitting the revised article to the editorial board it’s sent again to the reviewer, who let the editorial board know (over the phone or by email) about the possibility of its publication. If authors ignore the recommendations about revision, the article is not published. The authors can motivate their refusal to improve the article in writing. In this case an explanatory letter from the authors is given to the reviewer, who can agree or disagree with the authors. In case of disagreement the article is not published and the authors are informed by an official letter, where the impossibility (unsuitability) of publishing the article in the present form is stated.

 B. Form and contents of a review

 1. A review consists of more than one page of A4 format printed in 14 type, single line spacing, all page margins – 2 cm.

2. A review has a title: Article review … authors of the article… “Name of the article”.

3. A reviewer briefly mentions in his text:

- what topic the article is dedicated to

- degree of relevance of tasks to be solved, set objectives

- degree of characterization of problem solving techniques, described in the article

- main advantages and disadvantages of the article

- degree of scientific novelty and practical importance

- style and correctness of presented materials

- structure of the article

- spelling and syntax mistakes

4. A reviewer makes a conclusion about:

- possibility (suitability) of publishing an article in the journal

- possibility of publishing an article after revision, correction of mistakes

- impossibility (unsuitability) of publishing an article

5. A signature, a printed full name of a reviewer and information about his academic degree, a rank and a job position follow the text of a review.

C. Financial relations of the editorial board and a reviewer

1. In case of a transfer of an article and a review by post the transfer cost is paid by the editorial board by postal or bank transfer from the funds, received from subscribers on the personal account of SUSU (NRU) or at the expenses of extra-budgetary funds of the Faculty of Architecture and Construction.

2. Payment for reviewer’s work, subject to individual agreement with every reviewer, is made by the editorial board by postal or bank transfer from the funds, received from subscribers on the personal account of SUSU (NRU) or at the expenses of extra-budgetary funds of the Faculty of Architecture and Construction. Payment for reviewer’s work is not an essential prerequisite for reviewing. Reviewers can review articles for free.

Information about the Publication

Publication frequency –4 issues a year.

Subscription index29563 inthe union catalogue «Press of Russia».

Editorial Board

• Dmitry Vladimirovich Ulrikh (editor-in-chief),
• Tatiana Aleksandrovna Kravchenko (executive secretary).

Editorial Council

Baiburin A.Kh., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof.;

Vatin N.I., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof.;

Giyasov A.I., D. Sc. Prof. (Moscow);

Ilyina L.V., D. Sc. Prof. (Novosibirsk);

Murashev A.K., PhD (New Zealand);

Olenkov V.D., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof.;

Panchuk K.L., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof. (Omsk);

Popov E.V., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof. (Nizhny Novgorod);

Potapov A.N., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof;

Rotkov S.I., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof. (Nizhny Novgorod);

Timofeeva S.S., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof. (Irkutsk);

Tolkynbaev T.A., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof. (Republic of Kazakhstan);

Chernykh T.N., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof.
Chupin V.R., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof. (Irkutsk);

Scholz M., PhD (Great Britain, South Africa);

Shukurov I.S., D. Sc. (Engineering), Prof. (Moscow).

Publication ethics of a journal

Publication policy of the journal is based on traditional ethical principles of the Russian scientific periodicals and is built in terms of ethical norms of editors and publishers work stated in Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers, developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In the course of publishing editorial board of the journal is led by international rules for copyright protection, statutory regulations of the Russian Federation as well as international standards of publishing. The editorial board recommends the authors to follow the rules and examples of the documents when submitting articles.

1. The article should be in printed or electronic version in Russian or English languages. The electronic version should be identical to the printed one. The printed version should have the signatures of all the authors.
2. The article submitted to the periodical should present a complete scientific research and include new scientific results.
3. It is forbidden to publish the articles previously published or sent for publication to other periodicals. The author is responsible for the content of the article. The editorial board is entitled to withdraw a published article if there is an evidence of the fact that within publication the rights and general accepted rules of scientific ethics are infringed. The editorial board must inform the author of withdrawal.
4. Printed version is followed by:
   — the act of expert examination about the possibility of publication in public media;
   — non-exclusive license agreement of granting the right to use the article;
   — agreement for processing of personal data.
   The license agreement is to be compiled in 2 copies for the co-authors. The agreement for processing of personal data is to be in one copy. Signing the license agreement the author guarantees the fact that the article is the original version written by the author. He also ensures the granted rights do not infringe the rights of other people or companies.
5. Chief Editor conducts the policy of prevention and control of publishing conflicts.
6. The printed version is to be followed by the information about the author who wrote the article and cooperates with the editorial board in the process of submission the article for publishing, contact telephone and e-mail for feedback.
7. The editorial board is not responsible for artistic, literary or any other types of correction of the articles.
8. The decision on acceptance of the article for publication is made by the editorial board on the basis of the expert review of the same or related field of study. Final date of acceptance of the article for publication is the date of acceptance of the article with necessary corrections in accordance with the comments of a reviewer. If the authors ignore the comments of the reviewer to make necessary error corrections of the article, the article will not be published. The authors can give reasons for refusal to follow recommendations of the reviewer in the written form. In case of disagreement of the reviewer with the authors the article is not published, the authors are notified about it by the official letter with grounds for refusal to publish the article in the present form. Publication ethics provides fair and objective reviewing process free of business interest and market needs.
9. The editorial board has the right not to accept articles that are submitted with deviations from the rules.
10. Articles which are not accepted for publication as well as accompanying documents are returned.
11. Submission of an article to the editor of the periodical "Bulletin of the SUSU" signifies the agreement of the authors to accept the rules and place full a version of the article to the Internet on the Internet on the official web-site of Scientific on-line library eLIBRARY.RU, and in the section of South Ural State University «Bulletin of the SUSU» for free access as well as to use personal data in public media.