Cybernetics and informatics: where and how to publish an article

Cybernetics and informatics: where and how to publish an article

Technologies based on cybernetics and computer science are at the heart of scientific and technological progress. They are a necessary element of public administration at all levels, in business, in the social sphere, in production, in the creation and use of information and communication technologies, in education and culture. The publication of articles in scientific journals has a great influence on the development of both theoretical and applied knowledge in this field of science.

Peculiarities of publishing scientific articles in the specialty “Cybernetics and Informatics”

The main issue to be resolved is the choice of journal. Here, the young author cannot do without help, a supervisor and a department. But if for some reason this assistance cannot be obtained, then the Russian Science Portal is always at your service, whose specialists will help you not only choose a journal in your specialty, but also place an article in it in accordance with the requirements of its editorial board.

If you still decide to choose a journal yourself, then you should choose from the VAK List those suitable for your specialty. Since all VAK scientific journals are required to publish scientific articles in open access, it is strongly recommended that you carefully read the content of the selected publication in order to understand the editorial policy of the journal.

After that, write a well-thought-out cover letter addressed to the editor-in-chief, in which you must convince him that your article fits well with the subject of the journal and give reasons why it should be published in this publication. This is no less important than writing the article itself, especially when it comes to foreign journals.

Following are some interesting journals, publication in which will be very useful for scientific image:

1. Information Society Magazine ( http://www.infosoc.iis.ru/ ) is one of the few Russian publications that systematically covers topical issues of the formation and development of the information society in Russia and abroad. Since 2010, the journal has been included in the VAK List.
2. International scientific and technical journal “Information Technologies for Modeling and Control” ( http://www.sbook.ru/itmu ) is dedicated to research in the field of application of information technologies in the advanced fields of science, technology and education. The publication is included in the VAK List.
3. Scientific journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Informatics and Its Applications” ( http://www.ipiran.ru/journal/issues/ ) considers a wide range of issues on the theoretical foundations of computer science and information technology. The journal is indexed in Scopus.
4. The scientific journal “Bulletin of Computer and Information Technologies” ( http://www.vkit.ru/ ) is devoted to modern trends in the development of computer and information technologies. Included in the VAK List and in the RSCI database.
5. Journal “Bulletin of Moscow University. Series 15. Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics» http://msupress.com/catalogue/magazines/kibernetika/1457/ deals mainly with applied mathematics and informatics. The publication is included in the VAK List.

Help in the publication of articles from “Ru-Science”

Before you start the hassle of publishing an article, you need to write it. And although journals differ, and sometimes great, in their requirements for manuscripts submitted to the editors, in general they adhere to generally accepted standards that one must get used to from a “young age”. So in scientific collections that offer the publication of articles for students, all these rules should already be spelled out.

The publication of scientific articles in VAK journals imposes its own requirements on them. These requirements are based for the most part on the State Standard and are mandatory for all publications, but each can supplement them with its own. This applies mainly to the design of the article and the rules for writing it.

As for the publication of an article in Scopus, here each journal dictates its own rules, which are posted on its website under the heading “Information for Authors”. It describes in detail the requirements for manuscripts, and I would like to advise young authors to adhere to them and strictly follow those that relate to its design. This is especially true of references and a list of references used in the article. Many editions even provide examples of references and bibliographies.

Since all this requires a lot of experience, which young authors do not yet have, and as a rule, there is not enough time to study in conditions of pre-defense time pressure, it is better not to think of how to turn to the professionals of the Ru-Science publishing house for help. On the publisher’s website (ru-science.com/ru) you will receive comprehensive information on all issues, from how much it costs to publish an article to its design and placement in scientific journals.