Aim and Scope

Aims and objectives of the journal

The journal aim is to reflect the topical issues of the engineering sphere in agricultural production and discuss the ways to solve them, to contribute to the dissemination of effective innovation developments and advanced experience, to improve technologies and to raise the professional level of engineering personnel.

The main objectives of the journal include:

• Providing new knowledge and reliable information on  the engineering and technical aspects of the agro-industrial sector;
• Informing scientists and professionals about innovative development products in Russia and abroad;
• increasing scientometric indicators of the authors and the journal in the Russian and foreign citation databases;
• enhancing international cooperation between the authors and the readers within the journal's scope.

Section Policies

FARM MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGIES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

TECHNICAL SERVICE IN AGRICULTURE

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

POWER SUPPLY AND AUTOMATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Рецензирование 

Publication Frequency

six issues per year

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.

Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

For more information please read BOAI statement.

Archiving

• Russian State Library (RSL)
• National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)

Peer-Review

1. General provisions.

1 Publication shall review all incoming materials to the editor corresponding to its category, with a view to peer review. All reviewers are acknowledged experts on the subject of peer-reviewed material and have for the last 3 years of the publication of peer-reviewed articles on the subject.
1.2 Further external review is required for articles (materials) submitted by graduate students or applicants of a scientific degree. Such articles (materials) attached recommendation (review, review) the supervisor or lead specialist in the relevant scientific field, signed and stamped.
1.3 The materials of the sections " Other", "Anniversaries" review not require.
1.4 Materials in the "Miscellaneous" and "Anniversaries" sections do not need to be reviewed.

2. The procedure for review

2. 1 For peer-review of manuscripts the articles can be involved as members of the editorial Board of the journal "Agricultural Engineering", and other experts of Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, with professional knowledge and experience in a particular scientific direction, as a rule, Doctors of Sciences, professors.
2.2 Reviews are stored in the editorial office for 5 years.
2.3 The editorial office will send to the authors the copies of the reviews or a reasoned refusal, and shall also send the copies of reviews to the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation upon receipt at the editor’s request.
2.4 The review should contain a clearly expressed position of the reviewer on the content, presentation, and other indicators of article (material) and a recommendation of 3 possible: 
— to recommend for publication;  
— recommend for publication after revision based on the comments;  
— not to recommend for publication. In the latter case, indicate the reasons for such recommendations.
2.5 If in a review on the article there is a reference to the need of correction, then the article is sent back for revision. In this case the date of submission is considered the date of return of the revised manuscript.
2.6 The article sent to the author for revision should be returned corrected within 20 calendar days. Into a revised article, you must attach the letter with authors ' answers to all remarks of the reviewer.
2.7 If the article has undergone substantial revision, it is given to the reviewer who made comments, for repeated reviewing.

3. The decision to publish

3.1 The decision to publish, or to refuse publication is taken at the next meeting of the editorial board on the basis of the results of the review.
3.2 The article (material), received after revision based on the comments, considered in the general order of priority.
3.3 A revised version of the article (material) can be sent for re-review by the editorial Board. In case of a repeated negative review the article (material) subject to no further review.
3.4 The editors reserve the right to reject the articles from the inability or unwillingness of the author to take into account the suggestions of the reviewer.
3.5 If there are two negative reviews of the manuscript from two different reviewers or one review of its revised version the article is rejected without consideration by the editorial Board.

Sample Review Form

Publishing Ethics

Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Agricultural Engineering” coordinates, within its activities, with international ethical rules of scientific publications, including the rules of integrity, confidentiality, supervision of publications, consideration of possible conflicts of interests, etc. In its activity, the Editorial Board follows the recommendations of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), and also draws on some valuable experience of recognized international journals and publishers.

1.2 Data access and storage

Authors may be asked to provide input data for the editorial review. They should be prepared to provide open access to such data, if possible, and in any case should be prepared to preserve the source materials within a year after their publication.

1.3 Originality and plagiarism

Authors should provide only original works. When using text or graphic information obtained from the works of other people, references to the relevant publications or the author's written permission are necessarily required. Any kind of plagiarism is regarded as unethical behavior and is, thus, unacceptable.

The author should not rely entirely on artificial intelligence. He should remember that transmitting any data to a chatbot carries risks associated with the violation of the confidentiality of the received data - both other people's and his own.

1.4 Multiple, repeated and competing publications 

Authors should indicate that their work is published for the first time. If any elements of the manuscript were previously published in another article, the authors are obliged to refer to the earlier work and indicate a significant difference of the new work as compared with the previous one. Literal copying of one’s own works and their paraphrasing are unacceptable, they can be used only as a basis for new conclusions. Simultaneous submitting a manuscript to more than one journal is regarded as unethical behavior and is, thus, unacceptable.

1.5 Confirmation of sources 

Authors are obliged to recognize the contributions of other researchers who have formed a core part of the study. It is necessary to provide bibliographic references to the works used. Information obtained privately through conversation, correspondence or discussion with a third party should not be used without obtaining an open written permission from copyright holder.

1.6 The article authorship  

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the concept, design, implementation or interpretation of the claimed study. All those who have made a significant contribution should be listed as co-authors. Those who participated in some significant aspects of the research project should be listed as the project participants. The Author must ensure that the names of all co-authors and participants of the project are included in the lists of co-authors and participants, and that all co-authors have got acquainted with the final version of the scientific work and approved of it, and also expressed their consent to its publication.

1.7 Disclosure and conflict of interest 

All Authors should disclose in their articles all information about any financial and other significant conflicts of interest that may affect the research results or their interpretation. All sources of the project financial support should be disclosed.

1.8 Significant errors in published works 

If an Author finds a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published article, he/she is obliged to immediately notify the Editor or Publisher of the Journal about this and help them in removing or correcting the error. If the Editor or Publisher learns from a third party that the published article contains significant errors, the Author is obliged to immediately remove or correct them, or provide the Editorial Board with proof of the correctness of the original article. 

2. Duties of the Editorial Board

2.1 Decision to publish an article

Submitting a manuscript for consideration implies that it contains new non-trivial scientific results obtained by the Authors, which have not been published before elsewhere. Each article shall be reviewed. Reviewing takes place according to the "blind" scheme, when Reviewers know the Author, but the Author does not know his/her Reviewer. Experts have every opportunity to freely express their reasoned criticism regarding the level and clarity of the presentation of the submitted material, its relevance to the Journal's profile, novelty and reliability of the results. The recommendations of Reviewers form the basis for a final decision on the publication of the article. The responsibility for the decision to publish shall rest entirely on the Editorial Board of the Journal. The Editorial Board decides on each publication as guided by the Journal policy with account of the current legislation in the field of copyright. The Editors evaluate the manuscripts solely by their scientific content, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, citizenship and political views of the Authors. If accepted for publication, the article is placed in the public domain; copyrights are reserved for Authors.

2.2 Confidentiality 

The Editor and all staff members of the Editorial Board have no right to disclose information about the submitted works to anyone other than the relevant Authors, Reviewers, other editorial consultants and, if necessary, the Publisher. Editor and Editorial Board staff do not have the right to use unpublished materials contained in the submitted manuscript in their own research without a written consent of the Author.

Editors should not upload a submitted manuscript or any part of it into a generative AI tool as this may violate the authors’ confidentiality and proprietary rights  

2.3 Conflict of interest and resolution of ethical conflicts 

In the event of a conflict of interest as a result of competitive relations, cooperation or other relations and links with one of the Authors, companies, or institutions associated with the submitted manuscripts, the Editor submits the manuscript for consideration to another member of the Editorial Board. Editors should ask all the participants involved to disclose the existing competing interests. If competition of interests is revealed after the publication of the article, the Editorial Board shall be obliged to ensure the publication of the amendments. When submitting an ethical complaint regarding a submitted manuscript or a published article, the Editor must take reasonable responses in cooperation with the Publisher (or community). Every report on the fact of unethical behavior shall be considered, even if received years after the publication of the article. If the complaint is supported, appropriate amendments, refutations or apologies shall be published. 

3. Responsibilities of reviewers

3.1 Contribution to editorial decisions 

Expert evaluation helps the Editor in making editorial decisions and through the cooperation of the Editor and the Author can help the Author in improving his/her work.

3.2 Efficiency 

Any reviewer selected to evaluate the works, who believes that his/her qualification is not enough to consider the research presented in the scientific work, or knows that the consideration mode will be too low, shall notify the Editor about this and refuse the review process.

3.3 Confidentiality 

Any manuscript submitted for peer-review must be treated as a confidential document. It is inadmissible to show it to other reviewers or to discuss with other experts without the prior permission of the Editor-in-Chief.

3.4 Standards of objectivity 

Reviews about scientific works should be unbiased. Personal criticism of the Author is inappropriate. Reviewers are required to express their views clearly and reasonably.

3.5 Confirmation of sources 

Reviewers should identify relevant published works in the peer-reviewed material that were not quoted by the Authors. Any statements, conclusions or arguments that have already been used previously in any publications should be appropriately presented as quotations. The Reviewer is also obliged to pay the Editor's attention to substantial or partial similarity to any other work the Reviewer is directly familiar with.

3.6 Disclosure of Information and Conflict of Interest 

Unpublished materials used in the submitted manuscript shall not be used in the Reviewer's own research without a written consent of the Author. Closed information or ideas revealed in the course of the review shall remain confidential and not be used for personal gain. Reviewers shall not participate in peer-reviewing and evaluation of the manuscripts they are personally interested in.

3.7. The use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies 

Generative AI or AI-assisted technologies should not be used by reviewers to assist in the scientific review of a paper as the critical thinking and original assessment needed for peer review is outside of the scope of this technology and there is a risk that the technology will generate incorrect, incomplete or biased conclusions about the manuscript. The reviewer is responsible and accountable for the content of the review report.

Founder

• Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy

Author fees

Publication in “Agricultural Engineering" is free of charge for all the authors.

The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.

The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Plagiarism detection

“Agricultural Engineering" use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Preprint and postprint Policy

Prior to acceptance and publication in “Agricultural Engineering", authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.

As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in “Agricultural Engineering" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.

Glossary (by SHERPA)

Revenue Sources

The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the parent organization, at the expense of the publisher, publication of advertising materials, publication of reprints, article processment charges.