Abstract

This is a brief review of the latest changes in the editorial policy and content of the Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 16: Biologiya journal with special emphasis on the situation with its English-language version Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. The current strategy of the editorial board for evaluation of submitted manuscripts, their rejection, peer reviewing and editing, and the distribution of papers among new sections of the journal are described. The article discusses the requirements for the language of articles, compilation of reference lists, and statistical analysis of the data obtained by the authors. Information is provided on the growth of scientometric indicators of the journal in recent years as well as a list of databases in which the periodical is currently indexed. Differences in interest in published articles between foreign and domestic readers are noted. Data on the number of downloads of the most popular articles from the Springer Nature website are provided. The article analyzes the topics of articles published in the journal in 2017–2019. The authors emphasize the priority for the editorial board of reviews affecting both fundamental and applied aspects of research in the field of biology, biomedicine, and biotechnology.

中文翻译：

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我们的期刊– 2020：我们出版的内容和方式

摘要

这是对Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta，Seriya 16：Biologiya杂志的编辑政策和内容的最新变化的简要回顾，其英语版本特别强调了这种情况莫斯科大学生物科学公告。描述了编辑委员会目前对已投稿的评价，稿件的拒绝，同行评审和编辑以及论文在新期刊中的分配情况的策略。本文讨论了对文章语言的要求，参考文献列表的编制以及作者获得的数据的统计分析。提供了有关近年来期刊科学计量指标增长的信息，以及目前在其中索引期刊的数据库列表。注意到国内外读者对已发表文章的兴趣差异。提供了有关从Springer Nature网站下载最受欢迎文章的数量的数据。本文分析了2017-2019年该期刊上发表的文章的主题。