⚙️ GUIDANCE ON FORMATION AND PUBLICATION
The overall guidance for the formation and publication of the peer-reviewed scientific journal is carried out by the University.
The Editorial Board regulates the conditions for publishing scientific articles in the journal and establishes the rules for submitting materials for publication.
The Editorial Board consists of recognized scholars from Kazakhstan and at least five foreign countries (e.g., Germany, Turkey, Poland, China, Russia, etc.), who possess significant experience in scientific publishing and have indexed publications in international databases with a Hirsch index of at least 5 (five) in the thematic area of the journal in the Web of Science or Scopus international databases. The composition of the Editorial Board is permanently available on the journal's website.
The Scientific Journal reflects the results of fundamental scientific research, applied scientific research, and experimental developments by master's students, doctoral students, the faculty of the university, and other educational and research institutions, state bodies, and agencies in the scientific field of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other countries.
The Editorial Council forms a list of reviewers for the analysis and evaluation of articles for compliance with the stated scientific focus, the requirements for scientific journal articles, and their formatting. The Editorial Council may reject the submitted materials if they do not comply with the established requirements and rules for material submission to the editorial office.
The Editorial Council addresses issues concerning the release of issues and works with authors.
The Editorial Council includes University staff (including those working part-time) working in structural units and conducting scientific and educational activities relevant to the journal's profile. If deemed appropriate, the Editorial Council may include employees of other scientific and educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other countries.
The composition of the Editorial Board and the Editorial Council is approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
The interaction between authors, the Editorial Board, the Editorial Council, and reviewers is carried out based on the principles of editorial ethics adopted by COPE. All participants in the publication process are obliged to adhere to the norms of academic integrity, the inadmissibility of plagiarism, conflict of interest, and unreliable data. In case of violations, the editorial office reserves the right to reject or retract the article.
RULES FOR SUBMITTING MATERIALS
Scientific articles are accepted for publication only if they are prepared in strict accordance with the established rules for submitting materials for publication.
Materials and proofs sent by authors are not returned.
The Scientific Journal publishes articles in the following scientific areas: technical and technological sciences, agronomy, veterinary medicine, plant and animal biology, agricultural sciences, water resources, economic and environmental problems of agriculture.
The decision on publication is made by the journal's editorial board based on the expert evaluations of the reviewers.
Each issue publishes articles by domestic and foreign authors, with scientific articles by authors not affiliated with the publisher constituting at least 50% (fifty percent) of the total number of publications in the journal issue.
Preference is given to articles prepared in English with complete trilingual (English, Kazakh, Russian) metadata (abstract, keywords, references, authors' information). At the same time, each issue publishes at least one article in Kazakh and at least one article in Russian.
In the selection of articles, preference is given to works by foreign authors who have significant experience in scientific publishing, including publications in the international databases Scopus or Web of Science, with a H-index ≥ 5. For such authors, who are not affiliated with Kazakhstani organizations, publication is provided free of charge and is considered on a priority basis.
The article submitted to the editorial office must comply with the journal's profile and thematic focus, the rules for manuscript submission by authors, and be of an open nature. The presence of a restrictive classification stamp (security clearance) serves as grounds for rejecting the material from open publication.
Submission of an article for publication in the scientific journal is carried out exclusively in electronic form on the journal's website (https://journal.kaznaru.edu.kz/index.php/research) after registration in the author's personal account for correspondence, specifying all data of the article and its authors.
During the stages of working with the manuscript, communication between the editorial office, the corresponding author, and the reviewers is carried out via the online platform on the journal's website, or in exceptional cases, via email at kaznau_statya@kaznaru.edu.kz.
The editorial office of the scientific journal, when considering the manuscript for compliance with formal requirements (manuscript formatting), also checks the manuscript for the presence of borrowed text using a plagiarism checking system.
Only original articles whose originality, according to the results of the anti-plagiarism system check, is 70% or more, are sent for further peer review. If the manuscript does not comply with the journal's formatting requirements and is not an original work based on the plagiarism check results, it is returned to the author for making appropriate changes and resubmitting it for consideration by the editorial board via the journal's electronic platform.