About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The journal aims to illuminate the urgent problems of scientific support of the transport, rolling stock, transport infrastructure, information and intellectual systems on the transport and the disclosure of the fundamental and applied researches results, advanced scientific approaches to the technology development, analysis of management, economic and ecological aspects of transport enterprises operation and transport construction.
The journal is included in the List of specialized scientific editions of Ukraine in which the results of thesis works for the degree of Doctor of Science, Candidate of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in the following specialties can be published:
122 Computer Sciences and Information Technology
132 Material Science
133 Industrial Engineering
141 Electric power, electrical engineering and electromechanics
144 Heat power engineering
183 Environmental technologies
192 Construction and civil engineering
273 Railway Transport
274 Automobile Transport
275 Transport technologies (by types)
Peer Review Process
The journal uses blind peer review. The manuscripts are sent to the external reviewers with knowledge of the subject area but who do not have a conflict of interest. A final decision on publication is made by the Editorial Board. Members of the " Science and Transport Progress" Editorial Board will evaluate the materials in terms of quality, relevance for the conference, theme, clarity, originality and timeliness.
Publication Policy
The journal adheres to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing developed by international organizations – COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, which define mandatory elements of transparency, such as clear requirements for authors, description of the review process, policy on author contributions, and compliance with ethical standards in publications. These principles emphasize the importance of truthful information on the journal's website, a clear description policy, and open and non-discriminatory conditions for authors of all nationalities and scientific communities.
Open Science Policy
The editorial policy of the collection of scientific works “Science and Transport Progress” is based on the principles of open science and complies with international initiatives and declarations aimed at ensuring transparency, accessibility, and reuse of scientific information, as well as the integration of Ukrainian research into the European and global research space.
The collection adheres to the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and provides:
- immediate open access to the full texts of all published materials without financial, legal, or technical barriers;
- no fees for readers to access the content;
- distribution of materials under open licenses that allow reading, downloading, copying, distribution, printing, and linking, provided that the source is properly cited;
- preservation of copyrights for authors, with the publication being granted the right of first publication.
The collection supports the principles of the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) and implements a policy of openness of bibliographic information by:
- publishing complete lists of bibliographic references in machine-readable format;
- transferring citation data to international open citation infrastructures;
- encouraging authors to use verified and relevant sources, ensuring the accuracy and transparency of citations;
- preventing practices of citation manipulation and artificial inflation of scientometric indicators.
In accordance with the principles of the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA), the collection provides:
- open access to abstracts of all publications without restrictions;
- dissemination of abstracts together with complete metadata for indexing in open scientific information systems;
- use of structured, high-quality abstracts that reflect the purpose, methodology, and main results of the research;
- support for multilingual abstracts in order to increase the international visibility of research.
The collection “Science and Transport Progress” shares the principles of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and:
- supports open, transparent, and reproducible research metadata;
- uses open standards for describing scientific information;
- contributes to reducing dependence on closed commercial scientometric systems;
- encourages the use of open identifiers (ORCID, DOI) for authors and publications;
- supports the responsible use of research information in the evaluation of scientific activity.
General principles for implementing open science policy
The editorial board of the collection:
- adheres to the principles of transparency in editorial processes, academic integrity, and publication ethics;
- supports integration with open repositories and scientific information platforms;
- encourages authors to disseminate research results and accompanying materials in open access;
- ensures that the publication's policies comply with current European standards of open science.
Policy of compliance with the principles of DORA
(San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment)
The editorial policy of the collection of scientific works "Science and Transport Progress" is based on the principles of the DORA Declaration and is aimed at responsible, transparent, and high-quality evaluation of scientific results.
The editorial board of the collection:
- does not use journal indicators (Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore, SJR, etc.) as a criterion for evaluating the quality of individual articles, authors, or research results;
- provides expert evaluation of manuscripts based solely on scientific content, originality, methodological soundness, well-reasoned conclusions, and contribution to the development of philosophical knowledge;
- applies double-blind peer review with clearly defined evaluation criteria;
- encourages authors to present the qualitative characteristics of their research, in particular the scientific novelty and social and humanitarian significance of the results;
- ensures transparency of editorial decisions and the absence of discrimination based on institutional affiliation, scientific status, or country of origin of the author.
FAIR Policy
(Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)
The collection “Science and Transport Progress” supports the FAIR principles with the aim of increasing the openness, reproducibility, and long-term value of research information.
Within the framework of this policy, the editorial board ensures:
Findable
- assigning permanent identifiers (DOI) to each publication;
- complete and standardized metadata (authorship, affiliation, ORCID, abstracts, keywords, bibliographic references);
- indexing of materials in international and national scientometric and bibliographic systems.
Accessible
- open access to full texts of articles without financial or technical restrictions;
- preservation of materials on the official website of the publication with long-term access;
- use of open licenses (Creative Commons) that define the conditions for reuse.
Interoperable
- application of international standards for metadata and bibliographic descriptions;
- support for machine-readable formats and structured links;
- integration with external scientific information systems and repositories.
Reusable
- clear licensing of materials for correct reuse with mandatory reference to the source;
- ensuring high-quality editorial preparation, which contributes to the correct citation and interpretation of results.
Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics
Manuscripts review order
Within the editorial policy a scientific journal " Science and Transport Progress" stick consecutively to publishing standards of COPE Code of Conduct publications, approved by COP (Committee on Publication Ethics).
Materials are reviewed by members of the journal editorial board and by the external independent experts on the basis of objectivity and from the standpoint of the higher international academic quality standards, and edited.
Editorial board reserves the right for stylistic alteration of the typescript.
Corrections are coordinated with the author which, in the opinion of the editorial board, can change the meaning of the text.
The editorial board of the scientific publication reserves the right to reject articles that do not meet requirements and topics of the journal.
Opinions and proposals expressed in articles do not necessarily coincide with the Editorial Board views. Reliability of the information in the articles, the accuracy of the names, statistics, surnames and citations are under the author′s responsibility.
The editors reserve the right for minor literary wording of texts and abridgements with the author's style retention.
Provided materials are not returned and can not be published in other scientific journals.
To identify duplicate submissions in other publications and possible plagiarism, all submitted manuscripts are checked by online plagiarism search service "Turnitin".
Digital Archiving Policy
Science and Transport Progress have electronic backup and preservation of access to the content of its journals via PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN).
Science and Transport Progress also have electronic backup and preservation of access to the content of its journal via Zenodo.
Fee for publication and purchasing the journal
The journal does not charge authors an article processing charge (APC).
Indexing
Ukrainian list of journals indexed (ULJI) - it is a system of scientometric monitoring of scientific activity subjects in Ukraine.
Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI) (Link)
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory - subscription catalog of American publishing Bowker, is the largest database that describes the global flow of periodicals in all subject areas. ( Link )
Index Copernicus (Poland) - International scientometric base (Link). This website includes indexing, ranking and abstracting journals, and is a platform for scientific collaboration and joint research projects.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - is website that lists open access journals and is maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA). The project defines open access journals as scientific and scholarly journals that meet high quality standards by exercising peer review or editorial quality control and "use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access." (Link)
WorldCat - the world's largest bibliographic database, with over 240 million records of all kinds of products for 470 languages. Base is created by joint efforts of more than 72 thousand libraries in 170 countries across the organization Online Computer Library Center. ( Link )
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) - search engine (Germany), which is one of the most powerful suppliers of actual data on the scientific publications of European scientists. More detailed information on publications can be found here ( Link )
Google Scholar is free access search system that provides full text search of scientific publications in all formats and disciplines ( Link )
“Ukrainika naukova” - nationwide abstract database
The placing of journal in the libraries of the world
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Reviewers
REVIEWERS
The order of manuscripts review
REVIEWS STRUCTURE ON ARTICLE
(author, title)
1. General description of the content:
• The relevance of the topic
• Originality
• Methodological originality of the approach
• The purity of the experiment and the reproducibility of the results (for applied research)
• The clarity and unambiguity of the findings, their limitations in the text, the adequacy of the substantive provisions of article
2. The quality of the article construction.
• Equipment of scientific apparatus (summary / abstract, bibliography, reference system and the like.)
• The readability of tables and figures, according to the physical meanings of the described regularities and phenomena
• Knowledge of the author (s) state of issue in the study area (link to a new periodical literature, etc.).
3. Comments on the presentation and design of the manuscript.
4. Reasoned conclusion.
Compliance of articles issues to the problematics of the journal section.
5. Recommendations:
- Publication of the article as submitted;
- Revising the article based on the comments (general or specific);
- Irrationality (the impossibility) the publication of the submitted article.
6. Surname, initials, position, academic degree, academic rank of the reviewer.
7. Date signed reviews.
Journal History
Edition is being published since 1936:
1936-1993 –"Proceedings of the Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers";
1993-2002 – "Proceedings of the Dnipropetrovsk State Technical University of Railway Transport" (in series);
2003-2012 – "Bulletin of the Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan";
2013–2022 – "Science and Transport Progress. Bulletin of the Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan";
since 2023 – "Science and Transport Progress"
