About the Journal

Aims and Scope

The Bulletin is a refereed journal that contains results of new research in various fields of mathematics, computer science, mechanics,  and physics. For researchers, teachers, postgraduates, engineers and students.

Peer Review Process

1. The author submits to the editorial board an article that meets the requirements for publication in the Bulletin.

2. The Editor in Chief or Deputy Editor in Chief will analyse the manuscript for compliance with a specific field of science and journal requirements for the content. In the case of a positive opinion, appoint a responsible editor from among the members of the editorial board to organize the process of reviewing the manuscript.

3. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; two reviewers are highly qualified specialists from outside and one editor from the editorial board of the journal involved in reviewing a submission.

4. The review is carried out in the form of a single-blind review – "single-blind review" (the reviewer knows the author, but the author does not know the reviewer). All submitted manuscripts are considered as confidential documents. We expect our editors and reviewers to treat manuscripts as confidential materials

5. Reviewers prepare a conclusion within a month about the possibility of publishing an article.

6. We ask all reviewers to disclose any potential competing interests before agreeing to review a submission. The reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. Peer review assists editors in making decisions and to comment authors in order to improve their manuscripts. Referees advice to the editor could be ''accept'', ''minor revision'', ''major revision'' or ''reject''. Any statement should have the relevant citation. A reviewer should also notify the editors of any essential similarity between the manuscript and other published data.

7. If the reviewer indicates the necessity of making certain corrections to the article, the article is sent to the author with the suggestion to take into account the comments in the preparation of the updated version of the article or justify their reputation. The author of the revised article adds a letter that answers all the comments and explains all the changes that have been made in the article. The revised version is re-submitted to the reviewer to make a decision and to prepare a reasoned opinion about the possibility of publication.

8. The interaction between the author and the reviewers takes place through a responsible editor.

9. For more information, see COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

10. The final decision on the possibility and expediency of publication shall be made by the Editor in Chief or Deputy Editor in Chief, and, if necessary, by the meeting of the editorial board.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles to supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. See The Effect of Open Access.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Bulletin is committed to ensuring ethics in publication and quality of articles. The following duties outlined for editors, authors, and reviewers are based on the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors. Editors, authors, and reviewers will also adhere to the submission guideline policies.

Duties of Editor

  • Publication Decisions: Based on the review report of the editorial review board, the editor can accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript.
  • Review of Manuscripts: Each editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality, making use of appropriate software to do so. Following desk review, the manuscript is forwarded blind peer review to the editorial review board who will make a recommendation to accept, reject, or modify the manuscript.
  • Fair Review: The editor must ensure that each manuscript received by the Bulletin is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors.
  • Confidentiality: The editor must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: The editor of the Bulletin will not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript for his/her own research without written consent of the author.

Duties of Authors

  • Reporting Standards: Authors should present an accurate account of their original research as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Manuscripts will follow the submission guidelines of the journal. (See submission guideline policies)
  • Originality: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work.
  • Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publications: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. It is also expected that the author will not publish redundant manuscripts or manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources: Authors should acknowledge all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that have been influential in the research work.
  • Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. Authors also ensure that all the authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript and their inclusion of names as co-authors.
  • Data Access and Retention: Authors should provide raw data related to their manuscript for editorial review and must retain such data.
  • Fundamental Errors in Published Works: If at any point of time, the author(s) discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in submitted manuscript, then the error or inaccuracy must be reported to the editor.

Duties of Reviewers

  • Confidentiality: Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources: Manuscript reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Any kind of similarity or overlap between the manuscripts under consideration or with any other published paper of which reviewer has personal knowledge must be immediately brought to the editor's notice.
  • Standards of Objectivity: Review of submitted manuscripts must be done objectively and the reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  • Promptness: In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.

 

Fees

Once the article is accepted for publication, the authors will need to transfer Fee payment for journal publication of the article to offset costs of publication.

Fee amount: (number of pages in the article + 1) x 100 UAH.

Frequency of publication

Published quarterly.