The legal basis for publication ethics are legal acts: Guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus; the Civil Code of the Republic of Belarus; the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On Copyright and Related Rights"; Universal Copyright Convention, signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952, the Code of Ethics of scientific publications, formulated on the Ethics of Scientific Publications Committee (Moscow, Russia); Code of conduct and best practice guidelines for the editor (Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors), developed by the Committee of Publication Ethics (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)).
Editors of the Journal "Mechanics of machines, mechanisms and materials" guarantee adherence of:
- scientific paper publication ethics;
- scientific paper authorship ethics;
- scientific paper review ethics;
- scientific paper editorial ethics.
Editor-in-chief
- Poddubko Sergei Nikolaevich, Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Associate Professor, Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the NAS of Belarus
Vice-editors-in-chief
- Ishin Nikolai Nikolaevich, Doctor of technical sciences, Associate Professor, Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the NAS of Belarus
- Mariev Pavel Lukyanovich, Doctor of technical sciences
- Pleskachevsky Yuri Mikhailovic, Corresponding member of the NAS of Belarus, Doctor of technical sciences, Professor, Belarusian National Technical University
Executive secretary
- Kovalenko Aleksander Vladimirovich, Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Associate Professor, Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the NAS of Belarus
GOALS
- оperative informing of scientific community about the achievements of domestic mechanics and mechanical engineering;
- to cover the results of scientific research and developments of academic, university, industry and branded science;
- to provide information about the state and progress of scientific research and development in the field of mechanics, mechanical engineering for creation a new highly effective and competitive technics and advanced technological processes.
MAIN GOALS
- to inform scientists about new developments in the field of mechanical engineering in the country and abroad, development and implementation on practice of scientific ideas;
- to maintain domestic scientists and specialists through publication of their achievements;
- to provide opportunities for:
scientific community discussion;
preparation of joint innovation projects;
applicants of scientific degree (titles) to publish their works for recognition of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus; - to inform about:
the achievements of Belarusian scientists and engineers;
the latest materials, equipment, technologies.
MAIN PRINCIPLES
- to ensure Journal authority by means of inclusion international editorial board of the Belarusian and foreign leading scientists in the Editorial Board;
- to consolidate with representatives of different scientific schools, public associations, scientific organizations, higher education institutions and enterprises;
- to comply the Code of Ethics of scientific publications by all parties involved in the process of publication of scientific papers;
- to ensure the high quality and reliability of published materials; thoroughness, originality, clarity, completeness of publications; adherence to editors’ independence and integrity.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
The journal “Mechanics of Machines, Mechanisms and Materials” is an open access journal based on the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, in which the copyright holder of a scientific work grants rights of use to others using an open license that allows immediate free access to the work and allows any user to read, download, copy, print, search or link to the full texts of articles.
The journal uses the CreativeCommonsLicense CC-BY-NC-ND. The license allows users to copy, distribute and transmit the article free of charge with the appropriate credit, a link to the license and provided that the article is not used for commercial purposes, the paper is not changed or adapted in any way. If the material is remixed, transformed, or other material is build upon it, the user may not distribute the modified material.
All authors published in the journal accept the terms of publication.
The copyright for the content of all articles and reviews remains with the designated author of the article or review.
The copyright Agreement for cession of the rights to publish the manuscript must be submitted to the editorial office together with the manuscript of the article.
The journal presents all articles that have their own Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for CrossRef.
- Avetisyan Ara Sergeevich (Republic of Armenia) — Corresponding member of the NAS of the Republic of Armenia, Doctor of physico-mathematical sciences, Professor, Institute of Mechanics of the National of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
- Basaran Cemal (USA) — Ph. D., Professor of Mechanics, State University of New York at Buffalo.
- Bakhmutov Sergei Vasilievich (Russia) — Doctor of technical sciences, Professor, FSUE «Central Scientific Research Automobile and Engine Institute» of the Russian Federation.
- Voytsekhovsky Kzhistof (Poland) — Doctor of physico-mathematical sciences, Professor, Institute of Molecular Physics.
- Davitashvili Nodar Sumbatovich (Georgia) — Doctor of technical sciences, Professor, Georgian Technical University.
