About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Scientific periodical journal "Bulletin of the South Ural State University. The Mechanical Engineering series was founded in 2001.

The founder of the journal is the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “South Ural State University” (National Research University).

The journal covers the development of various branches of mechanical engineering, the development, creation, implementation of new equipment, new technologies, new types of materials, including composites, plastics, ceramics and nanomaterials.

The main sections of the journal:

  1. Calculation and design;
  2. Technologies in aerospace engineering;
  3. Designs of cars, trucks and other vehicles;
  4. New structural materials;
  5. Hydraulics, pneumatics, drives;
  6. Technologies of blade and abrasive (destructive) processing;
  7. Laser, electro-physical-chemical and combined technologies;
  8. Additive technologies;
  9. Control and testing;
  10. Computer-aided design systems (CAD);
  11. Numerical modeling methods;
  12. MEMS/NEMS;
  13. Short communications.

The journal is of interest to scientists working in the above areas, as it provides an opportunity to exchange experiences, as well as to graduate students and students of technical specialties of universities.

All articles are peer-reviewed.

The journal is published 4 times a year, articles are accepted year-round, in Russian or English.

The publication fee is 2,300 rubles.

The magazine is registered with the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor), mass media registration certificate: PI No. FS 77-57391.

The publication is registered with the ISSN International Center, ISSN number 1990-8504

The magazine is distributed by subscription.

Catalog "Press of Russia", subscription index 29211,

Online catalog of the Kniga-Service agency, subscription index E29032.

The magazine is included:

1. In the List of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications of the Higher Attestation Commission by specialty:


2.5.2 Mechanical Engineering (Engineering Sciences)

   2.5.9 Methods of Control and Diagnostics of Materials, Products, Substances and the Natural Environment

  2.5.11. Ground Transport and Technological Vehicles and Complexes

   2.5.3. Friction and Wear in Machines

  2.5.5. Technology and Equipment for Mechanical and Physical-Technical Processing

  2.5.6 Mechanical Engineering Technology

 

   2.5.10. Hydraulic machines, vacuum, compressor equipment, hydraulic and pneumatic systems (technical sciences)

2.5.13. Design, construction and production of aircraft

2. In the specialized information system "Russian Science Citation Index" (RSCI).

3. In the Abstract Journal and VINITI Databases.

Information on publications is posted annually in the international reference system for periodicals and continuing publications «Ulricht's Periodicals Directory».

The editorial policy of the journal is based on the traditional ethical principles of Russian scientific periodicals and is built taking into account the ethical standards of the editors and publishers, enshrined in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors) and the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers, developed by the Publication Ethics Committee - Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In its publishing activities, the journal's editorial board is guided by international copyright protection regulations, current Russian legislation, and international publishing standards. The editors request that authors adhere to the rules below and the attached sample supporting documents.

Peer Review Process

Prepublication review of the articles (hereinafter referred to as articles),

submitted for publication by the authors in periodical «Bulletin of SUSU, Series „Mechanical engineering industry“», is done in accordance with the following rules.

Document flow in the process of prepublication review.

  1. 1. The articles submitted in accordance with the requirements are sent for prepublication review to publish them in «Bulletin of SUSU, Series "Mathematical Mechanical engineering industry "».
  2. The article is sent for prepublication review to the specialist in the corresponding sphere (hereinafter referred to as reviewer), who has the degree of Doctor of Science. A member of the editorial board can be a reviewer.
  3. The period for prepublication review is up to one month starting from the moment of submission of the article.
  4. Within 2 weeks from the moment of getting a review the editorial board considers the review and makes a reasoned decision on the necessity to make some correction work of the article or possibility/impossibility to publish the article.
  5. The reasoned decision of the editorial board is given to the author within a week of it being made.

Form and the content of review.

  1. The review is issued as a document of A4 format, font 14, single spaced with the margins of 2 cm.
  2. The review has a title of the following type: Review of the article (the title of the article) by (the name of the author).
  3. The text of the review includes:
    — the relevance of the problems;
    — novelty and value of the given methods of solution;
    — the level of novelty of scientific results;
    — practical relevance of the results;
    — style of presentation and literacy;
    — structure of the article.
  4. The review finishes with a final summary of strengths and weaknesses of the article.
  5. The review makes a conclusion about:
    — the possibility (practicality) to publishing the article in the Bulletin of SUSU, Series „Mechanical engineering industry“;
    — the possibility of publishing the article after error correction;
    — the impossibility (impracticality) to publish the article.
  6. The signature and full name of the reviewer with his degree and position should follow the text of the review.

Information about the Publication

Founder — Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “South Ural State University”.

Series was founded in 2001.

Frequency — 4 times a year.

The cost of publishing one article is 2300 rubles.

Registration Certificate PI No. FS77-57391 issued March 24, 2014 by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media.

The publication is registered with the ISSN International Center, number ISSN 1990-8504.

By decision of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated On February 19, 2010, No. 6/6, the journal was included in the “List of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications in which the main scientific results of dissertations for the degrees of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences should be published.”.

The journal is included in the Abstract Journal and the VINITI Database.

Information on published articles is regularly provided in the established form to the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).

Information on publications is posted annually in the international reference system for periodicals and continuing publications “Ulricht's Periodicals Directory”.

Full version of the journal posted on the Internet on the official website of the Scientific Electronic Library eLIBRARY.RU

Editorial Board


    • Victor Ivanovich Guzeev, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering)(Editor-in-Chief) SPIN-code: 4071-6079, AuthorID: 305460, Scopus ID: 54395466800;
    • Dmitry Valerievich Ardashev, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering)(Deputy Editor-in-Chief) SPIN-code: 1231-7206, AuthorID: 261888, Scopus ID: 36464934000, ORCID 0000-0002-8134-2525, ResearcherID: M-8458-2014;
    • Oleg Vladimirovich Zakharov, Doctor of Sciences (Saratov) SPIN-code: 3056-4710, AuthorID: 325656,
      Scopus ID: 24469524600, ORCID 0000-0001-6186-6375;
    • Yuri Vladimirovich Rozhdestvensky, Doctor of Sciences (Eng.), SUSU (Chelyabinsk) SPIN-code: 5229-5663, AuthorID: 148104, Scopus ID: 55903813300, ORCID 0000-0003-2107-1310;
    • Sergey Borisovich Sapozhnikov,Doctor of Sciences (Eng.), SUSU (Chelyabinsk) SPIN-code: 8491-5050, AuthorID: 16588, WoS L-4313-2013, Scopus ID: 7004097552;
    • Vladimir Olegovich Lomakin, Doctor of Sciences (Moscow) SPIN-code: 3467-7126, AuthorID: 681436, Scopus ID: 56940312100;
    • Kirill Aleksandrovich Trukhanov, Doctor of Sciences(Moscow) AuthorID: 92030, Scopus ID: 6602446821;
    • Vladimir Aleksandrovich Tselischev, Doctor of Sciences (Ufa) SPIN-code: 5487-1826, AuthorID: 17418, Scopus ID: 56462980100, ORCID 0009-0002-1329-0732;
    • Leonid Viktorovich Shipulin., Ph.D. (responsible secretary) SPIN-code: 4248-1730, AuthorID: 664125, Scopus ID: 5538958000

Editorial Council


  • Bazhenov E.E., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Yekaterinburg);

  • Bertrand F., PhD (France);

  • Bobrovsky N.M., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Togliatti);

  • Boldyrev A.V., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Samara);

  • Glazunov V.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Moscow);

  • Grechnikov F.V., Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Academician of the RAS (Samara);

  • Degtyar V.G., Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Academician of the RAS (Chelyabinsk);

  • Zadorozhnaya E.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Chelyabinsk);

  • Zakharov O.V., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Saratov);

  • Kandeva-Ivanova M.K., PhD (Bulgaria);

  • Kirichek A.V., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Bryansk);

  • Kiselev E.S., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Ulyanovsk);

  • Komarov V.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Samara);

  • Kondakov A.I., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Moscow);

  • Korepanov M.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Izhevsk);

  • Kotiev G.O., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Moscow);

  • Kuznetsov N.P., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Izhevsk);

  • Kligerman Yu., PhD (Israel);

  • Kuai C., Dr. Eng. (China);

  • Lazarev E.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Chelyabinsk);

  • Makarov V.S., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Nizhny Novgorod);

  • Malozyomov A.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Chelyabinsk);

  • Mikolajczyk T., PhD (Poland);

  • Movchan I., PhD (France);

  • Modorsky V.D., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Perm);

  • Savin L.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Oryol);

  • Patra K., PhD (India);

  • Rechenko D.S., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Omsk);

  • Taratorkin I.A., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Kurgan);

  • Chernyavsky A.O., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Chelyabinsk);

  • Yusufov N.D., Dr. Sci. (Eng.) (Azerbaijan)

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.