Author Guidelines

1. In the Journal, the articles with the subject matter in the focal areas of fundamental and applied research in the fields of study of aquatic bioresources and their habitat, aquaculture and reproduction of aquatic bioresources, fisheries and processing of aquatic bioresources, conservation and rehabilitation of aquatic ecosystems, international cooperation and collaboration, and the history of science are published; they should have never been published before.

2. The Editorial Board accepts: 

• theoretical and review articles;
• articles, featuring the results of completed original scientific research; 
• articles, describing new methods and tools of research; 
• articles on the history of science;
• short reports on scientific findings, results of expeditions, etc.;
• announcements of scientific conferences, workshops and meetings, as well as of their proceedings; 
• reviews of monographs and books;
• notifications of the scientists’ anniversaries and other memorable dates.

3. General requirements: A4 size, portrait page orientation (layout), with 25 mm margins on all sides (Times New Roman font, *.doc or *.rtf file extension, without macros, font size 12, line spacing 1.5, paragraph indentation 1.25), in electronic form. 

The length of a manuscript (including references, tables, figures and figure captions): for summarizing works and reviews, it should not exceed 22–23 pages (40,000 characters); for the results of long-term research and experimental works, it should be up to 16 pages (30,000 characters); for methodological works and informational messages, it should be no more than 6 pages (10,000 characters); for critical reviews, historical accounts, reviews, chronicles, individual biographies (personalia), book abstracts, conference announcements and resolutions it should be up to 4 pages (6,000–7,000 characters).

4. The text of your article and its supplemental materials are submitted to the Editorial Board via the e-mail address (journal@azniirkh.ru) in one message and should include the following attached files: 

1) the file with a fully completed article (with tables and figures placed in the text), named after the surname of the first author (for example, Smith_text).

On the last page, the authors’ details should be given: the full name (surname and first names, or surname, first name and patronymic), the author’s addresses with postal indexes (zip-codes), the phone numbers with city codes, the e-mail contacts, ORCID (if available). 

2) the scanned last page of the article with signatures from each author and the date;

3) all figures as individual files (visuals in *.jpg or *.tif format) with resolution no less than 600 dpi, named after the surname of the first author with the number of the figure added (for example, Smith_Fig1); for the captions in the figure, Times New Roman is used;

4) authorization from your organization for open-access publication of the article; 

5) the Agreement to transfer the publication rights for the manuscript, signed by all authors (the template of the Agreement can be found in the Appendices to these Guidelines or on the website https://journal.azniirkh.ru/author_guidelines/);

6) metadata on each author in one document in English and Russian (the template can be found in the Appendices to these Guidelines on or on the website https://journal.azniirkh.ru/author_guidelines/);

Students (postgraduate and doctoral) have to attach the evaluation report from their scientific supervisor.

5. Manuscript formatting and layout (manuscripts that do not adhere to the formatting standards will not be considered): before article, the index according to Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is stated in the left upper corner, and the authors’ initials and surnames, names of institutions, city, postal code and country are given under the title. In the name of institution, its affiliation (or its status, type etc.) is not specified (e.g., it is written Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, not the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “The Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography”). Below, the e-mail of the corresponding author is given; the surname of the corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk. 

A short Abstract (150–250 words according to the plan Background (one or two sentences), Relevance, Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusion with the names of these items stated explicitly in bold italics) and Keywords (no more than 10), both in Russian and in English, are required for the article. The title of article, its authors and their details, abstract (containing Введение, Актуальность, Цель, Методы, Результаты, Выводы) and keywords (Ключевые слова) are translated. There should be no transliterations in the translation, except for names and surnames, designations for equipment and other proper names. Special terminology, appropriate for a respective language, should be used, including names and designations for animals, plants and processes. Names of institutions, organizations, establishments, etc. that do not have an official or adequate translation are given in transliterated form.

Text should be thoroughly edited.

The body of the article of an experimental nature should follow a specific plan: INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS (describing the methodology of your research, you should confine yourself to its original part), RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS in two languages (where you, for example, indicate the grant budgetary support for the research or express gratitude to your colleagues for their help), REFERENCES. Originality (the result of plagiarism check) of the text—no less than 75 % without References—is ensured by the authors.

References to figures and tables are typed with spaces (Fig. 1, Table 2 instead of Fig.1, Table2).

         If there is only one figure, the reference to it in the text is presented as (Figure), and the word “Figure” is absent from the figure caption. 

         If there is only one table, the reference to it in the text is presented as (Table), and the word “Table” is absent from the table caption. 

In the text, tables, graphs and charts, reiteration of the same data is not allowed.

Tables are created using MS Word tools (tab “Insert”—“Insert Table”, font size 10 pt, line spacing 1). Tables typed manually using spaces (without cells) are not acceptable. Table should have a title and a sequential number; the word “Table” should be put on the left side to the title; notes are marked with asterisks. The title should contain all general information, and all specifics should be given in notes, in order to not overstretch the title. 

Tables are numbered with Arabic numerals. Table titles and notes, as well as all text content of the table are given both in English and Russian.

Only the commonly used abbreviations are allowed in the article. All measurement units should be used according to the International System of Units, ISO 3166 (SI-system). 

Equations and formulae should only be typed using math expression input (Insert/Object/ Microsoft Equation 3.0), font size 11 pt. 

The first instance of species being mentioned in the article (species of a plant, an animal, etc.) should be followed by its full Latin name with the authority and the year without abbreviation. Species and genus of organisms are written in italics, and for the authority and year, the upright type is used.

Hyphenation (word division at the end of a line) is allowed only in the “Auto” mode.

In Russian, the following abbreviations are used: г. (город / city); дер. (деревня / village (small)); о. (остров / Island); оз. (озеро / Lake); п-ов (полуостров / Peninsula); пос. (поселок / settlement); р. (река / River); с. (село / village (relatively large)); бух. (бухта / Bay); зал. (залив / Bay, Gulf); хр. (хребет / Ridge); in other cases, the name of the geographic feature is given in full. Measurement of elevation above sea level (meters above sea level) is abbreviated as “m a.s.l.”

          There should be no period mark after: UDC, title of the article, authors’ surnames, names of the institutions, headline, figure captions, table titles, notes and footnotes, measurement units (g — gram, m — meter), as well as in subscripts (Corg).

          Hyphens are used only in composite words and are not separated with spaces. For a dash as a punctuation mark, m-dash is used without spaces before and after it. Between numerical symbols, n-dash is used (1999–2002, 10–14 km). Symbols “<” and “>” are separated with a space before the symbol, and the symbol “±” is not separated. Symbols “°” (degrees), “'” (minutes), “"” (seconds), “‰” (per mille), and “×” (multiplication sign) are taken from the table of symbols. Accent mark should also be copied from the table of symbols.

Measurement units, according to the ISO 3166, are separated from a digit with a space (150 kPa, 10.34 A, 20 °С, 50 %, 44 ‰). The designations represented as a superscript are an exception; they do not require space before them (90°, 45', 30"). Fractional measurement units: 58 J/mol, 50 m/s2.

Decimal fractions are typed using a period in English and comma in Russian.

There should always be a space between a surname and initials: P.J. Peterson (except for the author’s list in the head of the article, where space is also put between initials: P. J. Peterson).

Quotation marks and brackets are not separated from the words enclosed by them with spaces. Between a numero sign or a section sign and a numeral, a space should be put (No. 3, № 65, § 5). Designations with both numerals and letters are input without spaces: Fig. 1d. In the abbreviated names of geographical features in Russian, a space is put after a period: р. Дон (the Don River), о. Сахалин (the Sakhalin Island).

In the case of enumeration, as well as for numerical ranges, measurement units are specified only for the last number (18–20 J/mol), with the exception of angular degrees, which should never be skipped. Celsius degrees: 5–10 °С; angular degrees: 5°–10°, not 5–10°.

For the illustrative purposes, no more than five or six clearly readable black-and-white figures for the printed version are accepted; for the electronic version, they should be black-and-white and/or colored. You can add more illustrations upon agreement with the Editorial Board. You should submit visuals in the *.tif or *.jpg format, with resolution no less than 600 dpi. Each figure should be submitted as an individual file, named after the surname of the first author with the number of the figure added (for example, Smith_Fig1, Peterson_Fig2, etc.). Scanned images should have resolution no less than 600 dpi both for continuous-tone and line (graphs, charts, drafts, tables, etc.) images. Figure caption includes: sequential number of the image, its title/description and explanation for all curves, numerals, letters and other conventional designations. In the text of the article, a reference should be made to each figure. Words and designations in the image itself should be kept to minimum; all explanatory notes (keys) should be restricted to caption, where it is not allowed to reiterate non-numeral and non-alphabetical symbols (squares, circles, etc.) used in the image.

Source references are given in square brackets in the order of reference placement in the text of the article (starting from [1], [2], [3], etc.). References to unpublished works are not allowed. If the article, to which the reference is given, has DOI, it is required to state it in the References (https://doi.org/10...).

In journal articles, you should state surnames and initials of all authors, the title of the article, a full name of a journal in italics, year, period mark, volume (Vol.), comma, issue or number (no.), colon (:), the first and the last pages of the publications. For collected papers and monographies, surnames and initials of all authors (or editor(s), designated by (Ed(s)., in this case, initials are placed before the surname) are mentioned, as well as the title of the book, the place (colon:) and the name of the publishing house (comma) with the year of publishing, the number of the volume or issue, and the total number of pages (p.). For publications in the collected papers or chapters from the monographs, the surnames and initials of all authors should be mentioned, as well as the title of the publication or the chapter (In: Full name of the monograph in italics), initials and surname(s) of editor(s), place of the publishing, publishing house and year, volume and/or issue, the first and the last pages of the publication (chapter) after a colon. For Extended Abstracts of Candidate’s Theses: surname and initials of the author (period), title (period), Extended Abstract of Candidate’s Thesis (Biology) (period), city (colon), institution (comma), year (period), total number of pages (p.). If the publisher is not a separate publishing house or agency but it affiliated with an institution, the full name of the institution with “Publ.” addition is given (University of Haifa Publ.).

Articles from electronic journals and other on-line publications are described similarly to the ones in printed editions, with the addition of their access address (Available at:) and the date when the source was accessed (accessed 05.08.2023). The surnames of the authors are given in their original transcription, both in the reference list and in the text itself.

No less than 50 % of the literature sources quoted in the article should have been published recently (in last 5 years), except for the review articles upon agreement with the Editorial Board.

Orders, Decrees, State Standards, Specifications, Regulations, Guidelines and other sources without ISBN should not be included in the References—they are stated in parentheses within the body of the article.

For the articles written in English, only one set of References is required. 

For the referenced sources written in the language not using the Latin alphabet, the language of the publication is stated: (In Russian), (In Japanese), etc. If the original source is written in the language with Cyrillic alphabet, the title of the work should be transliterated using http://translit.net/ru/bgn/ or https://translit.ru/ru/bgn/ website. Its official English title (or a translation, if the official title is not available—preferable the one already in use) is given in square brackets. The same pertains to the names of journals, monographs, collections of research works, conference proceedings, etc.

The manuscripts that were not executed according to the formatting requirements are returned to the authors without consideration. The Editorial Board reserves the right for necessary edits and abridgments in the text and the title of the article, as well as for subjecting the article to plagiarism check through “Antiplagiat” system (75 % of originality is provided by the author(s)), and suggesting to scale the article down to a short informational message (usually without any visuals).

6. Review process. The manuscript is sent to reviewers for a peer review. The (anonymous) double-blind peer review is used: the authors and reviewers do not know the surnames of each other. The authors should respond to all reviewers’ remarks by making corresponding corrections or providing substantiated explanations for the points they do not agree with. The Editorial Board makes the decision whether to publish the article, or not on the basis of the reviewers’ feedback and the results of the discussion. The decision of the Editorial Board is final.

7. In case the article is returned to the author(s) for reworking according to the reviewers’ remarks, it should be submitted back to the Editorial Board no later than 3–4 weeks after as a corrected and revised version. If the authors lose contact with the Editorial Board for more than 6 months, they will receive the notice of rejection concerning the further consideration of the manuscript. The authors have the right to resubmit the manuscript, but it would be considered as the first-time submission.

After the layout approval and execution of the license agreement, no further edits are allowed.

Manuscripts are published in the order of their submission and completion of the reviewing process; usually, there are about 10 publications in one issue. The manuscripts that have not been accepted for publication are not returned to the authors and cannot be resubmitted. The manuscripts that were returned to the authors for revision and correction are reconsidered by the Editorial Board. 

Revised text should be resubmitted along with its original version where all edits and deleted text are highlighted with color, indicated with strikethrough formatting, or otherwise marked using Track Changes feature. The responses to all reviewer’s comments are attached as a separate file. The submission date (“Received”) is the date when the the manuscript with the full document package is received by the Editorial Board. The revision date (“Revised”) is the date of the final approval of the revised manuscript by the reviewers. The date of acceptance for publication (“Accepted”) is the date of submitting the article for layout creation.

The manuscript with all required supplemental materials should be submitted in one message to the e-mail journal@azniirkh.ru or address: 344002, Rostov-on-Don, Beregovaya St., 21v., the Editorial Board of the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”.

Tel. / fax +7 (863) 262-48-50 (reception) +7(863) 262-05-05 (fax) 

Website of the Journal: https://journal.azniirkh.ru/about_journal/

 Appendix 1

to the Provision on the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”

The Author's Agreement to Transfer the Publication Rights for Their Manuscript to the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”

I, the undersigned,___________________________________________________

                                                                 (full name of the author)

the author of the manuscript___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                              (title of the manuscript)

transfer the nonexclusive right to publish this contribution manuscript (hereinafter — the Contribution) in printed and electronic editions of the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”, as well as to distribute this Contribution through the posting of its electronic copy in the database “Scientific Electronic Library” (“SciEL”), represented as web information resource eLibrary.ru, on the official website of the Journal (http://journal.azniirkh.ru) and other websites, to the Editorial Board of the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment” without charge. The territory, on which the aforementioned rights for the Contribution are in force, is unrestricted. 

I confirm that this Contribution has not been published elsewhere. 

I confirm that this Contribution does not violate any proprietary rights of any other person or entity and claim the absence of conflict of interest.

I consent to the rules of manuscript submission to the Editorial Board of the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”.

                                                                                                 ______________  

name of the                                                        position held                 date             signature                     clarification of

organization                                                                                                                                                          signature      

Appendix 2

to the Provision on the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”

The Authors' Agreement to Transfer the Publication Rights for their Manuscript to the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”

(in case of co-authorship)

We, the undersigned, ________________________________________________

                                                                 (full names of the co-authors)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

the authors of the manuscript__________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                              (title of the manuscript)

transfer the nonexclusive right to publish this contribution manuscript (hereinafter — the Contribution) in printed and electronic editions of the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”, as well as to distribute this Contribution through the posting of its electronic copy in the database “Scientific Electronic Library” (“SciEL”), represented as web information resource eLibrary.ru, on the official website of the Journal (http://journal.azniirkh.ru) and other websites, to the Editorial Board of the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment” without charge. The territory, on which the aforementioned rights for the Contribution are in force, is unrestricted. 

We confirm that this Contribution has not been published elsewhere. 

We confirm that this Contribution does not violate any proprietary rights of any other person or entity and claim the absence of conflict of interest.

We consent to the rules of manuscript submission to the Editorial Board of the Journal “Aquatic Bioresources & Environment”.

name of the                                                        position held                 date             signature             clarification of

organization                                                                                                                                                signature      

name of the                                                       position held                  date             signature               clarification of

organization                                                                                                                                                 signature