Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

Journal of Surface Investigation: X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques publishes original articles on the topical problems of solid-state physics, materials science, experimental techniques, condensed matter, nanostructures, surfaces, thin films and phase boundaries: geometric and energetical structures of surfaces, the methods of computer simulations; physical and chemical properties and their changes upon radiation and other treatments; the methods of studies of films and surface layers of crystals (XRD, XPS, synchrotron radiation, neutron and electron diffraction, electron microscopic, scanning tunneling microscopic, atomic force microscopic studies, and other methods that provide data on the surfaces and thin films). Articles related to the methods and technics of structure studies are the focus of the journal.

The journal accepts manuscripts of regular articles and reviews in English or Russian language from authors of all countries. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed.

 

Sections

Clinical studies

The section publishes:

  • clinical studies;
  • description of new clinical data;
  • new theories or ways to solve any problem.

All data must be processed by appropriate statistical methods.

The author must obtain voluntary informed consent from patients, or their legally acceptable representative to publish their data (and images).
If the study was conducted on a vulnerable population, it is mandatory to provide an opinion of the ethics committee.

Organization of trauma and orthopedic care

The section publishes:

  • research on the organization of trauma and orthopedic care;
  • new ways to solve any problem.

All data must be processed by appropriate statistical methods.

The author must obtain voluntary informed consent from patients, or their legally acceptable representative to publish their data (and images).
If the study was conducted on a vulnerable population, it is mandatory to provide an opinion of the ethics committee.

Clinical cases

The section publishes papers of practical orientation as an assistant for doctors, description, evaluation of clinical cases.

The author must obtain voluntary informed consent from patients, or their legally acceptable representative to publish their data (and images).

If the study was conducted on a vulnerable population, the editorial board may request additional conclusions of the ethics committee.

Scientific reviews

A structured review devoted to a narrow problem, including a new look at a specific scientific problem, generalization and critical analysis of research in biomedical science and clinical medicine with an exhaustive bibliography.

Systematic Review

Meta-Analysis

 

Peer Review Process

Все статьи, поступившие в журнал для публикации, проходят внешнее одностороннее «слепое» рецензирование. Число рецензентов: 1. Доля отклоненных рукописей: 15. Срок публикации: 120 дней. Рецензирование осуществляется: членами редколлегии или внешними экспертами.

Статья, направленная автору на доработку, должна быть возвращена в редакцию в исправленном виде в течение одного месяца. По истечении этого срока она рассматривается как вновь поступившая. К переработанной статье необходимо приложить письмо от автора, описывающее сделанные исправления и содержащее ответы на все замечания рецензента.
После принятия статьи к публикации автор не может вносить существенных изменений и добавлений. После публикации в журнале автор получает копию статьи в формате PDF.
Редакция вправе не вступать в переписку с автором относительно причин (оснований) отказа в публикации статьи.

 

 

Issue Purchase

Readers without a subscription may still purchase individual issues. The following payment options and fees are available.

Access for an Issue: 100.00 (USD)

You can purchase the access for all articles published in one issue. Access to articles will be provide for an unlimited time.

Access to issue allows you to read, download and print full text (PDF and HTML) of all articles, but does not allow to distribute, copy or reproduce articles materials until the end of the embargo period (3 years) since the publication of the article).

 

Article Purchase

Readers without a subscription may still purchase individual articles. The following payment options and fees are available.

Access for an Article: 16.00 (USD)

You can purchase the access for the article to read, download and print its fulltext (PDF, HTML). Access to article will be provide for an unlimited time.

Purchased access does not allow to distribute, copy or reproduce article's materials until the end of the embargo period (3 years) since the publication of the article).

 

Indexing

  • Web of Science
  • Scopus
  • RSCI

 

Periodicity

During the calendar year, 12 planned issues are regularly published.