About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The journal "Research in Mathematics and Mechanics", founded by Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University  (Certificate of State Registration of KB No 21400-11200PR), aims to inform readers about new scientific researches in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and mechanics and adjacencies. The journal publishes articles that provide original results of theoretical studies, reviews of current issues by topic of the publication, as well as reports on anniversaries, significant dates and events and more.

The journal is a continuation of the mechanical-mathematical series "Odesa National University Herald", the first issue of which was published in January 1997. The archive of publications can be viewed on the University's Scientific Library website.

Peer Review Process

All submitted articles are subject to anonymous, double-blind peer-review.

The editorial board reserves the right to reject manuscripts if they contain plagiarism or do not meet the requirements of the journal.

Open Access Policy

The Journal supports open access policy based on the principle of free distribution of scientific information and global knowledge exchange for common social progress.

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Ethical standards

The editorial board accepts for publication in the collection of articles containing theoretically significant and reliable results of their own scientific researches, which were performed at a high professional level with the involvement of the latest achievements of domestic and foreign science.

All articles are tested for plagiarism by special programs.

The editorial board of the Collection is guided by the following ethical principles:

Edition of a journal is a set of ethical standards that must be followed by persons (editors, authors and reviewers), taking part in publishing the results of research work satisfying the journal specificity. Editorial board, working out on these rules, followed recommendations of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and Ethical Code of Ukrainian Scientist. An experience of home and foreign scientific organizations and editorial boards of other editions have been also taken into account.

Ethical standards for editorial board

  1. Editorial board bears responsibility for every publication in Journal, that necessitates it to follow the rules:
  • every submitted material for publication passes careful selection as well as external and internal reviewing;
  • editorial board has a right to reject to publish an article or return it for correction;
  • editor can’t permit publication of information if there are enough causes to consider it as a plagiarism;
  • editor of Journal when making decision follows reliability of representation of facts and scientific value of work.
  1. Editorial board must decide fair and unprejudiced, be independent of commercial or other interests and guarantee honesty of the process of reviewing; must rate intellectual content of manuscriptes without reference to race, sex, sexual orientation, religious views, origin, citizenship, social status or political preferences of authors.
  2. In case of any violation of rights or common standards of scientific ethics editorial board has a right to withdraw even published article. Editorial board reports about withdrawing of article to an author and to organization, where the work had been done.
  3. According to international law in the part of compliance of author right to informational sources, materials of journal can`t be reproduced completely or partially in any form (electronic or printed) without preliminary written consent of authors and editorial board. The using of published materials in the context of other documents it is possible under the condition of referring to original work.
  4. Unpublished data received from manuscripts submitted for editing can’t be used for personal purposes or passed to the third parties without written consent of an author. Information and ideas received in the course of editing and concerned with possible benefits must be kept confidentially and can`t be used with the purpose of personal gain.
  5. Editorial board can’t ignore claims concerning viewed manuscripts or published materials. In case of conflict situation it takes all necessary measures to restore violated rights.

Ethical standards for reviewers

  1. Reviewer must evaluate presenting results of researches objectively and well-reasoned. Personal critics of author are unacceptable. Reviewer must be impartial.
  2. Reviewer must immediately return a manuscript submitted to him without reviewing, if:
  • a chosen reviewer is not sure, that his qualification satisfies the level of research, represented in manuscript;
  • a manuscript is closely related to current or published work of reviewer taking into account the possibility of conflict of interests.
  1. Reviewer must consider manuscript submitted for review as a confidential document, which shouldn’t be given for examination or discussed with the third parties who have no authority from editorial board.
  2. He can’t show the manuscript to the third parties or discuss it with colleagues with the exception of special cases, when reviewer needs someone’s professional consultation. 
  3. Unpublished data received from submitted for reviewing manuscripts shouldn’t be used by reviewer in private purposes.
  4. Reviewers must explain and argue their opinion appropriately in order to editors and authors could understand the base of their criticism. Any assertion that an observation, conclusion or argument has been already published must be accompanied with conforming reference.
  5. Reviewer must notice any cases of insufficient citation by authors of the works other scientists, concerned to reviewing work, but it must be taken into consideration that remarks about insufficient citation look as prejudiced. Reviewer must make editor to pay attention to the similarity between reviewing work and any other manuscript, contemporaneously submitted to another journal.

Ethical standards for authors

  1. Authors bear responsibility for content of their articles and for the fact of their publishing, for novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research. Knowingly false or falsified assertions are unacceptable.
  2. Authors must follow requirements of editorial board about format of publications.
  3. Presentation of plagiarism as an original work and presentation for publishing of previously published article are unacceptable.
  4. Authors must indicate clearly the sources of all cited and presented information and set out references on literary sources in the proper way. (see Information for authors).
  5. If author finds substantial errors or inaccuracies in the article at the stage of its reviewing or after its publishing, he must inform the editorial board immediately.