About the Journal

  • GENERAL INFORMATION

 

1.1 General information about the journal

 

Journal of science "Shakarim University Bulletin." The Shakarim University of Semey City publishes a periodical known as the Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences series. The journal publishes papers in English, Russian, and Kazakh four times a year in a quarterly print and Internet format. This journal publishes scientific papers on current topics in basic and practical research in the fields of veterinary and agricultural sciences.

 The NJSC "Shakarim University of Semey" is the owner and founder.

The journal's target readership includes scientists, university instructors, PhD candidates, undergraduates, students, and experts from businesses and organizations. It also includes members of the expert community who are interested in current topics related to the journal's scientific subject.The magazine is available online or as a monthly.

The journal has a prepared and approved cover and title page that lists the publisher, issue output data, ISSN, editorial board, editorial policy, publication ethics, and website. It is a periodical or online (electronic) publication.

The Kazakhstan Citation Database (KazBC) of JSC "National Center for State Scientific and Technical Expertise" (NCSTTE) indexes the journal.

Every article has a DOI (hence referred to as DOI), which is assigned by the International DOI Foundation registration agency. A DOI is a digital object identifier that allows for the unique and permanent online identification of journal content and links on the Internet.

In the following fields, scientific articles on current topics in basic and applied research are published:

-Agricultural sciences

Section 1-Animal Husbandry

Section 2-Crop Production

Section 3-Forest Resources and Hunting;

-Veterinary medicine.

The journal publishes articles on cutting-edge technologies in veterinary and agricultural research, practice, and teaching.

The author's submissions for publication must adhere to the standards and specifications established by the scientific journal's editorial board, which include: high scientific significance of the conclusions; originality of the research problem and applied research methods; and relevance of the topic and scientific novelty of the research.

Any author who has contributed previously unpublished content that is not intended for simultaneous publication in other journals can be published in the journal, regardless of their location of residence, nationality, or academic degree.

All content submitted to be considered for publication should be created in compliance with the Guidelines for manuscripts.

After receiving submissions, the accountable issuing editor checks to see if the piece satisfies the journal's profile and design specifications before forwarding it to the editorial board for a preliminary evaluation. Moreover, the piece is sent for review in the event of a favorable verdict.

Accepted submissions must undergo a scientific review process before they may be considered for publication by the editorial board. Our website provides a detailed description of the review process. The most eminent and renowned scientists serve as journal reviewers. The double-blind peer review method is used to conduct peer review; in a double-blind review, neither the reviewer nor the author is aware of each other's identities. The editorial board has three options: reject it, suggest that the author revise the piece, or approve it for publication based on the review.

It is possible to examine submitted documents for plagiarism based on the reviewer's recommendation. Should the outcome of this verification be inadequate, the author might not be published with the proper phrasing.

If an article is accepted for publication, the editorial board and the author(s) sign a copyright transfer agreement, confirming the author(s)' permission to publish the work in the journal, make it available for free online at the journal's website, and store it in the Scientific Electronic Library.

 

1.2 Aims and objectives of the journal

The journal's goals are to raise the standard of specialist training in the fields of agriculture and veterinary medicine, familiarize readers with best practices in the application of scientific discoveries, and give the scientific community a forum for exchanging information on the findings of scientific research.
Assignments:
- the identification of scientific potential for introducing advanced scientific achievements into the university's educational process;

- the organization of open scientific polemics that improve the quality of agricultural science;

- the reflection of research findings, scientific-practical and experimental activities of teaching staff, undergraduates, and doctorate students;

- the formation of the scientific component of the university environment and promotion of the main achievements of agricultural science in the field of the agro-industrial complex

- assuring transparency and openness in the reflection of scientific issues by research teams of departments and scientific divisions of the University, as well as other institutions of science and education in the field of agriculture in Kazakhstan and other countries; - organizing open scientific polemics that contribute to improving the quality of dissertation research and the effectiveness of the examination of scientific papers.

 

1.3 Main terms:

 

Author(s) are an individual or a group of individuals (a team) who have made the greatest contribution to the concept, scientific design, execution, and interpretation of the research work and participated in preparing the scientific article.

Corresponding author is the person who bears primary responsibility for communication with the journal during manuscript submission, peer review, and publication.

Author affiliation is the institutional association, the scientist’s place of work, indicated in scientific works, applications, questionnaires, and other documents for scientific awards, scholarships, and grants.

Reviewer database is a list of reviewers to which the journal’s editorial board refers in order to carry out the peer-review procedure for a manuscript submitted for publication.

Website is the journal’s electronic home page containing information about the journal, the editorial board, requirements, editorial policy and publication ethics, and providing open access to journal issues, indexing processes, etc.

 
Editor-in-Chief is the person who coordinates the work of the journal’s editorial board and makes the final decision regarding publication of the manuscript based on the results of peer review and scientific editing.

DOI is a unique digital identifier of an object (article) used to ensure citation, referencing, and access to electronic documents (assigned via the CrossRef platform).

Duplicate publication is a publication produced on the basis of the author’s already published research with minor changes, a reworking of the title, abstract, partially of the article text, etc., or a translated version of the article into another language, as well as concealment of information about earlier studies when duplicating them; republication without notifying the publisher, the journal editorial office and/or unjustified self-borrowing of a scientific work.

Erratum (misprint) is an error in a printed text, usually as a result of accidents. Basically, a misprint нарушает the order of letters in a word: one letter disappears from a word, an extra letter is added, or one letter is replaced by another.

Publisher is a legal entity that produces (publishes) an academic journal.

Conflict of interest is a situation in which a person’s (group of persons’) personal and/or other interest may influence decision-making and thus harm the interests of a participant (participants) in the publication process, third parties, society and/or organizations, including the employer of that person (group of persons).

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is a non-profit organization that develops international standards on the ethics of scholarly publications for publishers, editors, authors, etc.

Corrigendum (Correction) is the correction of misprints, spelling, grammatical, stylistic, and punctuation errors in the text of a scientific work.

False co-authorship is the inclusion in the authorship of a scientific work (article, report, monograph, etc.) or in an application for an award, scholarship, or grant of persons who did not contribute to the scientific work, research, etc.

International databases are large databases that analyze and track publications and citations of scientific works by authors and journals.

Violation of the principles of scientific ethics is non-compliance with the accepted principles of scientific ethics.

Scientific journal is a periodical in which, on the basis of expert evaluation (peer review), the results of theoretical and applied research are published; it is intended for scientific and teaching staff, students, and a wide readership.

Scientific editor is a member of the editorial board who prepares materials for publication and interacts with authors and readers of scientific publications.

Scientific article is the final or intermediate results of theoretical, experimental, or analytical activity within a scientific study, containing previously unpublished and novel developments, conclusions, and recommendations by the author. It may also be a review article of previously published research.

Scientific ethics are the norms of conduct and ethical rules for scientists engaged in scientific and research activity, established and recognized by the scientific community.

Executive secretary is the responsible person in charge of organizing the timely publication of journal issues, maintaining the journal website, and carrying out the procedures necessary for inclusion of the journal in international and specialized databases, repositories, directories, libraries, etc.

Original text is the initial authentic text that was not borrowed or translated from another language but was created as a result of independent creative and research work.

ORCID is a unique code for identifying authors of scientific articles.

Principal author is the ideological inspirer and creator of a scientific work, idea, project, invention, or technical solution.

Periodical is a serial publication issued at certain intervals, with a constant number of issues per year, not repeating in content, uniformly designed, numbered and/or dated issues having the same title.

Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s borrowed text, ideas, or work as one’s own without indicating the true authorship (without references to sources), or the use of borrowed materials with references in such a form and volume that cast doubt on the independence of the work performed. Falsification of references is also regarded as a form of plagiarism. Plagiarism violates the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and entails legal liability.

Publication process is the process of acceptance, peer review, scientific editing, and preparing a manuscript for publication, and the publication of scientific articles in the current or a subsequent issue of the journal.

Principles of scientific ethics are the principles of scientific integrity in presenting research results, forming the basis of scientific ethics.

Misappropriation of others’ results is deliberate deception committed by a scientist or a group of scientists to obtain undeserved or illegal benefit.

Publication ethics (publishing ethics) is a system of norms of professional conduct for participants in the publication process—authors, reviewers, scientific editor, members of the editorial board, and the publisher—when creating, disseminating, and using scientific works.

Editorial board of the journal is the body that provides scientific leadership of the journal, defines and controls the journal’s editorial policy, and organizes the approval process and publication of regular journal issues.

Journal editorial office is a collective term referring to the scientific editor, executive secretary, and other members of the editorial board.

Editorial policy is the main journal document reflecting the goals declared by the editorial office and the journal’s thematic scope, periodicity, publication conditions, type of peer review, archiving and accessibility, as well as publication ethics. Editorial policy is the practical implementation (mainly of formal) prescriptions underlying the organization of an academic journal, but it may be adjusted by the responsible person (for example, the Editor-in-Chief).

Peer review of a scientific work is the procedure for evaluating scientific works (articles, monographs, grant applications, projects, etc.) by specialist scientists in the same field in order to ensure the quality of the work and the correctness and reliability of the presented results.

Reviewer is a specialist scientist in a particular field of scientific knowledge authorized to conduct expert evaluation of scientific works.

Manuscript is a previously unpublished author’s scientific work submitted to the journal editorial office for publication.

Self-plagiarism is the repeated publication by an author of their own work, partially or fully, without indicating that the work has already been published.

Technical secretary is the responsible person who fills the website and uploads journal issues, and also provides technical support for the journal website.

Translit.ru is a converter and translator of text from Latin to Cyrillic and vice versa.

Falsification (from лат. “to forge”) is a deliberate distortion, forgery, or substitution of the genuine (true) with false.

Expert evaluation of scientific works is the process of obtaining an assessment of a scientific work based on experts’ (reviewers’) opinions for subsequent decision-making and selection.

  • EDITORIAL POLICY OF THE JOURNAL

 

  • Borrowing and plagiarism

 

All incoming articles to the editorial office of the journal "Bulletin of Shakarim University. The "Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences" series is tested for independent implementation through the "Anti-Plagiarism" license system for automatic plagiarism testing, which is available with a subscription from Shakarim University.

If the original text is less than 75%, the article is sent to the author for revision with the appropriate justification.After making revisions, the authors resubmit the manuscript for consideration by the editorial board via the journal’s electronic platform. The share of self-citation in articles must not exceed 15%. A manuscript that does not reach the required originality percentage is returned to the author for revision. The first and second checks are free of charge; the third check costs 2000 tenge. If a negative result is obtained after the third check, the article is not accepted for publication in the journal.

If the manuscript does not meet the requirements for registration in the journal and is not an original work based on the results of a plagiarism check, the manuscript is returned to the author for correspondence to make appropriate changes and re-send the manuscript for consideration by the editorial board through the electronic platform of the journal.

The authors of the article must ensure that they have submitted a completely original work. In case of using the work and/or citations of other authors, bibliographic references or excerpts are mandatory.

Appropriate links to other authors ' works are a mandatory requirement. Authors should refer to publications that have had a decisive influence on the nature of the submitted work.

If the authors used the works, articles, statements, or citations and statements of other researchers when writing the manuscript, then they must necessarily refer to the works of these scientists and correctly formalize the cited text.

If a provable fact (s) of violation of the principles, standards and norms of scientific ethics is found in an article published in the journal, the editorial board undertakes to remove this article from the issue in which it was published and from the official website of the journal (to retract the article) with the obligatory indication of specific violations by the author (- s) of the principles, standards and norms of scientific ethics and place a corresponding announcement in the next issue of the journal.

The author (s) of an article in which a provable violation of the principles, standards and norms of scientific ethics was found are not allowed to submit articles to the journal for the next 3 calendar years from the date of detection of the fact (s) of violation of the principles, standards and norms of scientific ethics.

If multiple borrowings are detected, the editorial board will act in accordance with the COPE rules.

 

  • Review procedure

 

Double-blind review, in which the reviewer is blind to the authors of the manuscript and the authors are blind to the reviewers, is required for all scientific articles submitted to the journal's editorial board. Two reviewers receive manuscripts and evaluate them.

The editorial board members and prominent industry experts who are invited back to review articles also evaluate the articles. The editor-in-chief, the scientific editor, and the executive editor decide who will perform an expert evaluation of an article. The reviewer has the option to request an extension of the 14-day review period.

If there is a blatant conflict of interest that influences how the reviewer perceives and interprets the manuscript materials, they each have the power to reject the review. The reviewer recommends the article's future course based on the findings of the manuscript evaluation (each reviewer's choice is warranted):
     • It is suggested that the piece be published as is; otherwise, it should be published with the corrections the reviewer pointed out.
     • The manuscript cannot be published in the journal; it requires additional review by a different professional.

  • the article cannot be published in the journal.

The editorial board forwards the review text to the author along with a suggestion to either consider the corrections and revisions when creating a revised version of the article or to provide a well-reasoned argument against them, either in part or in full. After notifying the writers via email that revisions are required, the article should be revised within five days. The author sends the article again for approval after revision.

The writers are required to inform the editorial board in writing or verbally of their unwillingness to publish the article if they refuse to finalize the materials. After five days, if the writers have not returned the updated version,

The editorial board reserves the right to forward the manuscript for further evaluation if the author and reviewers find any inconsistencies in the manuscript that cannot be resolved. When there is a disagreement, the editorial board meets and the editor-in-chief makes the call.

The editorial board decides whether or not to publish an article at a meeting based on the reviewers' suggestions.

Reconsideration of an article is not accepted if the editorial board decides against publishing it. The author receives an email notification of the publication's rejection.

The editorial board notifies the author of its decision and provides the publication date after deciding to approve the piece for publication.

 

          2.3 Free Access Policy

          Based on the idea that free and open access to research findings promotes increased international information exchange, the journal offers direct open access to its material. All interested parties and authors can find all the information they need about the scientific magazine and the guidelines for article publishing on its official website.

 

2.4 Copyright

 

Authors who publish their articles in this journal agree to the following: the authors retain the copyright to their work and grant the journal the right of first publication under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits others to distribute this work provided that references to the authors of the original work and to its original publication in this journal are properly maintained.

Authors also retain the right to enter into separate contractual arrangements concerning the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published here (for example, posting it in a university repository or publishing it in a book), with a reference to its original publication in this journal.

Authors have the right to post their work on the Internet (for example, in a university repository or on a personal website) before and during the journal’s review process, as this may lead to productive discussion and to a greater number of citations to the work .

 

2.5 Privacy Policy

 

The journal's "Our Authors" section contains information about the writers. They include the following details: Complete name, association, workplace, role held, degree obtained, and title.

Participants on the Bulletin of Shakarim University Editorial Board. With the exception of appointed reviewers, the Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences Series does not provide third parties with information about an article that has been accepted for review before it is published. Additionally, the editorial board keeps reviewer information private from authors and other individuals.

Regarding the disclosure to reviewers of information about the author(s) of the paper and the author(s) about reviewers, the journal's editorial board upholds confidentiality. Additionally, it doesn't provide third parties access to information about the items it is considering.

 

 

3 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN OF MATERIALS

 

The article should be formatted with the following margins: indentation from the edge of the page — 2.0 cm. Font size — 11 pt, line spacing — 1.0, font family — Arial.

Structure of a Scientific Article

The structure of a scientific article must include the following elements:

MRNTI index (International Rubricator of Scientific and Technical Information) — indicated on the left side of the page. To assign an MRNTI index to the article, use the website www.grnti.ru.

Author information — written one line below, centered:

  • initials and surname of the author(s) (first initials, then surname — e.g., A.K. Kaliev), font — bold;

  • place and address of work of the author(s) — name of the university (organization), city, country;

  • contact information (e-mail) of the corresponding author.

Title of the article (heading) — provided after one blank line, in bold, centered. It must accurately reflect the content, be brief and concise. Abbreviations in the title are not allowed.

Abstract — a brief presentation of the main essence of the research, methods and objects of study, the most important results, their significance, and scientific and practical value. The abstract is placed one line below the title in italics. Abstract length — 150–300 words.

Keywords — intended for searching the article and determining its subject area. Number of keywords — 5–8, formatted in italics.

Main text of the article — after one blank line:

  • Introduction — showing relevance;

  • Research conditions and methods;

  • Research results;

  • Discussion of scientific results;

  • Conclusion;

  • References must contain at least 10 sources; at least 50% of them must be from foreign sources. If the article is submitted in Kazakh or Russian, a transliterated references list must also be provided (use http://translit-online.ru for transliteration).

Funding information (if applicable).

At the end of the article, provide full surname, first name, patronymic (if any), academic degree, title, place of work of the author(s); name of the university (organization), city, country; contact information (e-mail) for each author; the title of the article; abstract; keywords in two languages different from the language of the article (Kazakh/Russian and English).

The volume of materials should generally be not less than 3 pages and not more than 8 pages, including text, figures, and tables.

In one issue of the journal, an author may publish no more than two articles, including co-authored ones.

The number of authors must not exceed 5 people.

     

Using computer technology, illustrations, maps, pictures, tables, and calculations should be created and added to the content when they are mentioned. Arabic numerals are used to represent the drawing sequence numbers, and the drawing's name is displayed in the middle beneath the painting (Figure 1 – the artwork's name).

Tables appear on the following page or after the first link in the article's content. On the left side of the page, the table's number and name are displayed (Table 1 – Table name). The columns are numbered and the table's continuation is noted on the following page if the table is transferred to that page.

 

The literature is registered in the following order:

  • The serial number of the work is provided in square brackets in accordance with the text;
  • The literature is located in the order that it is mentioned in the text which is provided with a link.
  • The Russian Federation's legal framework should be followed while registering literary works specifications of GOST 7.1-2003 Bibliographic documentation. Bibliographic description. General prerequisites and compilation guidelines";
  • When finishing the list of articles, kindly supply the entire list of references. the publication's authors alone.
  • At least ten titles, including at least 50% percent from international sources, must be included in the list of references. You must provide a transliterated list of references if the material is presented in Russian or Kazakh (see the website for http://translit-online.ru).