CURRENT STUDIES IN HERPETOLOGY

ISSN (print): 1814-6090, ISSN (online): 2542-1964

Founders: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov State University

Editor-in-Chief: Ananyeva Natalia Borisovna, Doctor of Biology. sciences

Frequency / Access: 2 issues per year / Open

Included in: White List (4th level), RISC

The journal is indexed in RISC.

The five-year RISC impact factor of the journal (2019) is 0.753.

The journal publishes original papers resulting from scientific studies in the fiend of theoretical and applied herpetology, brief communications and reviews as well as chronicle and current information. 

The journal is intended for scientists, university professors, undergraduate and graduate students.

The main objective of the journal is to present the results of Russian and foreign researchers, to consolidate scientists’ efforts in addressing topical zoological scientific issues, as well as to promote research and educational activities in the field of herpetology.

The main language of publications is Russian, but English-language papers can be published in consultation with the Editorial Board.

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Rules for authors.

All manuscripts submitted and corresponding to the journal’s profile are reviewed (see. Procedure of manuscript reviewing), and then the Editorial Board makes a decision on their publication in the journal. 

Editorial Board does not consider manuscripts:

• previously published;

• accepted for publication in other journals.

In order to respect the rights and responsibilities of authors and Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky involved in the publication of scientific articles in the journal “Current Studies in Herpetology” the authors and the publisher of the journal make a duty to enter into “The license agreement for the right to use scientific work". Sample Agreement is attached.