Editorial policy
Terms of publication of the manuscript
The journal «Combustion and Plasma Chemistry» is published quarterly. Issues are released according to the following schedule: Issue 1 – by March 30, Issue 2 – by June 30, Issue 3 – by September 30, Issue 4 – by December 25.
Only previously unpublished manuscripts in Kazakh, Russian, or English that correspond to the journal’s thematic focus and meet its requirements are accepted for publication. All materials must be prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines and the Article Template.
Manuscripts and accompanying materials must be submitted electronically through the journal platform, with all article metadata completed and full author information provided, including e-mail addresses.
All stages of manuscript handling, including interactions between the editorial office, the corresponding author, and reviewers, are conducted via the electronic platform, and, if necessary, via e-mail.
Borrowing and plagiarism
The Editorial Office checks manuscripts for compliance with formal requirements and for plagiarism using Crossref: Similarity Check Powered by iThenticate and the ANTIPLAGIAT system.
Manuscripts must contain novel results of experimental or theoretical research. The permissible extent of borrowing from a single source should not exceed 15% for research articles and 25% for review articles. The proportion of self-citations should not exceed 20%.
In cases of ethical violations, the Editorial Board acts in accordance with the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
If confirmed violations are identified in published articles, a retraction is issued: the article is removed from the issue and from the journal website with a statement of specific reasons. A retraction notice is published in the following issue of the journal.
Author(s) serving as corresponding authors for a manuscript in which a confirmed violation of scientific ethical principles, standards, or norms has been established are barred from submitting articles to the journal for a period of three years from the date the violation was confirmed.
Review process
All manuscripts submitted to the journal and complying with the Author Guidelines are subject to mandatory peer review.
The journal uses a single-blind peer-review system, in which the identities of the reviewers are not disclosed to the authors. Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two independent experts holding the degree of Candidate of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences, or PhD, whose research expertise corresponds to the subject of the manuscript.
Based on the reviewers’ assessments, a manuscript may be recommended for publication, revision, or rejection. In cases where the reviewers’ opinions differ, the manuscript may be sent for additional review to an independent expert. The final publication decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief.
The standard peer-review period is 4–5 weeks. Authors may submit their manuscript to another journal only after receiving an official rejection from Combustion and Plasma Chemistry.
Copyright and licensing
The authors of the articles of the journal Combustion and Plasma Chemistry reserve the right of the author to scientific work and transfer the work with the right of its first publication to the journal along with the work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).
Whenever the author (co-authors) and/or other persons use the article (including any of its separate parts, or fragments), it is necessary to make a reference to the journal, specifying the name of the author (co-authors), the title of the article, volume, number, pages of the journal and the year of issue, specified in the log.
Privacy Terms
Author information (names, affiliation, contact details, position, academic degree, identifiers in international databases) is published in the Author Information section.
Members of the Editorial Board do not disclose information about manuscripts under consideration to third parties prior to publication, except to the assigned reviewers. Information about reviewers is not disclosed to authors or any other parties.
