The form of the license agreement with the author(s) of the scientific journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (available for download).

The form of the license agreement with the author(s), posted on the official resources of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is the only one approved by the Russian Academy of Sciences for use.

In accordance with the license agreement, the author grants the Russian Academy of Sciences an exclusive license to use a previously unpublished article in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

No fee is charged to authors.

Online submission of manuscripts is carried out through the editorial and publishing system of scientific journals of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the national platform of periodical scientific publications of the Russian Center for Scientific Research (Click to follow).

To use the system, the user must register and log in in accordance with the rules for using the platform.

Rules for Authors

The journal "Доклады Российской академии наук. Химия, науки о материалах / Doklady Chemistry" publishes original, previously unpublished reports and brief reviews in the field of chemistry, chemical technology or physical chemistry, which are authored by full members (academicians), corresponding members and foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Journal also publishes works of other authors submitted by full members and foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the relevant specialty. Such submission can be obtained by the author independently before sending the article to the editorial office or with the help of the Editorial Board of the Journal after its receipt. In the latter case, a paper that meets the requirements of the Journal may be recommended for publication by an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences – a member of the Editorial Board, or submitted by another academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences – a specialist in the relevant field, to whom the Editorial Board will request to give an opinion on the article.

The purpose of Journal is primarily to publish reports on major scientific research that has a priority character. The proposed report, after stating the problem statement, should contain a brief statement summarizing the main result of the work, which, in the opinion of the authors, satisfies the specified condition and determines the feasibility of publication in the Journal.

By submitting a manuscript to the Journal, the author guarantees that the relevant material (in the original or in translation into other languages or from other languages) has not previously been published anywhere and is not under consideration for publication in other publishers.

The Journal does not publish works that are polemical, classified, or highly specialized; contain solutions to standard problems; descriptive and methodological articles (if the method is not fundamentally new); articles that present generalizations and assumptions that do not directly follow from the published original factual material; serial articles that set out individual stages of research that contain material that is explicitly divided into several consecutive publications; articles on ordinary research that are not of interest to the international scientific community.

Manuscripts submitted to the editorial office are reviewed by the Editorial Board members and then sent for external review.

Articles are published as they are received. The only reason for an extraordinary publication is the exceptional importance of the message or priority considerations.

Returning the manuscript to the author for revision does not mean that it is accepted for publication. After receiving the revised text, the manuscript is reviewed again by the Editorial Board. The revised text is submitted to the editor along with a response to all comments and a description of the changes made.

All texts must be checked for borrowing. Works that have not passed the credit check are not considered by the Editorial Board.

By the decision of the Editorial Board, a manuscript may be rejected without peer review if it does not meet the requirements of the Journal.

Manuscripts rejected by the Editorial Board are not reviewed again.

GENERAL RULES

The editorial office of the Journal asks authors to follow the rules given below, which significantly reduces the time spent working with the manuscript and speeds up its publication.

Works completed without following these rules will be returned without consideration.

1. The manuscript and accompanying documents are uploaded in electronic form on the Russian Center for Science Information Platform or by e-mail to the editorial office: danchem@pran.ru Materials in printed form should not be submitted to the editorial office.

If necessary, the editorial office may request original documents.

2. Works may be accompanied with a presentation by a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, obtained by the author independently. In case of its absence, the Editorial Board considers the possibility of applying for a presentation to an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a specialist in the relevant field, of their choice.
3. Authors need to define the section in which the message should be placed (Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Physical Chemistry), and give an index according to the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC).
4. At the end of the manuscript, the author should indicate the full name and address of the institution in accordance with the Charter of the organization where the research was performed, the surnames, first names and patronymics of all co-authors, the contact phone number and email address of each co-author.

The author should also specify the person with whom the editorial offie will conduct correspondence and negotiations.

5. Short reviews are accepted at the invitation of the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal.

Authors can submit a preliminary request for writing a review to the editorial office by e-mail (danchem@pran.ru), which includes:

• section of the Magazine.
• name of the review.
• names of authors.
• list of organizations.
• abstract.
• table of contents with a short comment.
• estimated number of links.
• approximate deadline for submitting the material.

The Editorial Board strongly recommends that you start preparing the review only after receiving information that the application has been approved and the material can be submitted for review.

Approval of the application does not mean that the review is accepted for publication. All reviews are sent for peer-review.

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

1. A file with the text of the manuscript containing all information (including images, tables, etc.) intended for publication, in the following formats:

*.doc or *.docx.

2. A file with the text of the manuscript containing all information (including images, tables, etc.) intended for publication, in the format

*.pdf.

3. Image files with a resolution of at least 600dpi in *.tiff, *.png,

*.jpg; vector images should be sent in *.eps format.

4. Submission of a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences with his / her signature, if required (see above).
5. Scanned referral from the organization.
6. A scanned expert opinion that contains the opinion of the commission of your scientific institution on open publication of the manuscript possibility (i.e., on the absence of information containing state secrets). If information about the absence of information containing state secrets in the manuscript is included in the cover letter, then the presence of an expert opinion on a separate form is not mandatory.
7. A license agreement signed by all authors.
8. For accepted reviews: permission to reproduce graphic material previously published in international publications.
9. List of submitted documents.

RULES FOR WRITING A MANUSCRIPT

The journal accepts submissions of no more than 20,000 characters; reviews of no more than 80,000 characters. The abstract should not exceed 1000 characters. The number of characters should include spaces, punctuation marks, and numbers.

The number of keywords is from 2 to 10.

2. Structure of the manuscript file:
   • section of the journal (Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Physical Chemistry)
   • UDC
   • title of the article
   • authors (Full Name) separated by commas; an asterisk ( * ) indicates the author with whom the correspondence will be conducted
   • name of the organization
   • e-mail address of the author with whom the correspondence will be conducted
   • abstract
   • keywords
   • the text of the publication
   • acknowledgements (if any)
   • sources of funding (if any)
   • list of references (only one source is indicated in one link)
   • title of the article, full name of the authors, name of the organization, abstract, keywords in English
   • list of references in English
   • captions to drawings
   • full name of the institution where the study was performed
   • information about authors: surnames, first names and patronymics of all authors, emergency contact phone number and email address of each co-author

3. The text is printed in Times New Roman font (font size 14 pt.) at one and a half intervals; pages should be numbered.
4. The graphic material must be clearly rendered (with a resolution of at least 600dpi), in a format that ensures clear transmission of all details. Each drawing, diagram, or table must be numbered and with captions, regardless of whether the text contains a description of it.

The editorial office draws the authors ' attention to the fact that the electronic version of the journal is published in color. The Editorial Board recommends that the authors make the material as visual as possible.

5. The Editorial Board recommends to attach a list of English terms that the author considers necessary to use and other explanations for the translator to the original manuscript. Authors can also attach their own version of the English translation of the article.
6. When describing the research methodology, you should limit yourself to the original part of it. When mentioning the names and brands of devices, the country of origin is indicated in parentheses.

When choosing units of measurement, it is recommended to adhere to the international SI system of units.

7. When mentioning foreign surnames in the text, their original spelling is given in parentheses (with the exception of well-known names found in the encyclopedia and names referenced in the list of references).

When mentioning foreign educational institutions, companies, branded products, etc. in the Russian transliteration, their original spelling should be given in parentheses.

8. Link design.

When compiling a list of references, you should provide a balanced description and avoid excessiveself-citation (approximately the number of references to your work should not exceed 30% of the total number of references). References in the text to the cited literature are given in square brackets, for example, [1].

When preparing an English-language list of references, when writing references to Russian-language sources (and in other languages that do not use the Latin alphabet), depending on the situation, you should either transliterate (write the original non-English words in Latin letters), or indicate the official English translation of information about the original sources.

Links to unpublished works are not allowed. 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FORMAT

All background information for the article should be presented in the following sections:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

General information about any assistance in carrying out the work and preparing the article:

• messages about useful discussions and discussions, thanks to colleagues and reviewers (in special cases)
• notifications about the provision of materials, scientific data, computer equipment, devices for temporary use
• information about conducting research in shared use centers
• assistance in technical preparation of the text
• anything else that is evaluated as useful help, but is not sufficient to be considered a contribution to the authorship of the work

SOURCES OF FUNDING

Information about grants and any other financial support for research. Please do not use abbreviated names of institutes and sponsoring organizations in this section.

COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICAL STANDARDS

To formalize the necessary information related to compliance with ethical standards in an article, you must:

• specify the sources of funding
• specify information about conflicts of interest
• provide information about compliance with animal welfare standards
• specify information about studies that use people as objects

PUBLICATION ETHICS

Not allowed:

1. Data fabrication and falsification

Data fabrication means that the researcher did not actually conduct research, but rather forged the data. Data falsification means that the researcher conducted an experiment, but then changed some of the data.

2. Plagiarism

It is unfair to take the ideas and work of other scientists without identifying their authorship or giving them due credit. Copying at least one sentence from someone else's or even your own previously published manuscript, without proper citation, is considered plagiarism. Copying figures and tables without proper permission is also considered plagiarism.

3. Multiple submission of a manuscript

It is unethical to submit the same manuscript to several journals at the same time. This leads to a waste of editors 'and reviewers' time and can damage the reputation of authors and journals, as later publications will have to be withdrawn.

4. Redundant publications

This means publishing many very similar manuscripts based on the same experiments.

5. Inappropriate attribution of authorship

All authors mentioned in the manuscript must make a significant scientific contribution to the research described in the manuscript and approve the content of the manuscript.