Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture is a multi-field dedicated peer reviewed scientific journal designed to promote both fundamental and applied regional achievements in medicine, biology, agriculture and related disciplines in the Russian Federation and abroad.

For the purposes of publication, the editorial board of the journal selects reviews, analytical articles and original research papers as well as brief reports and professional reviews on most significant achievements in agronomy and forestry, biochemistry and molecular biology, ecology and nature management, physiology, public health and preventive medicine.

Underlying Philosophy 

The journal has an international and interdisciplinary nature. The journal focuses on publishing studies by Russian scientists concerning the issues of fundamental and applied research. We do not rigidly limit ourselves within the Russian scientific framework and publish papers based on a wide scope of comparative material. The journal works for becoming a platform for publishing new breakthrough research works, carried out using a comparative study of the materials obtained from all around the globe.

Mission 

The mission of the journal is to unite scientists’ research efforts aimed at studying topical issues of agriculture and biomedical science, as well as contribute to discussion and popularization of this field of knowledge by providing open access to published articles. Unlike other periodical scientific periodicals published by academic institutions and medical organizations, the journal focuses primarily on regional topical issues, considered in a wide range from pilot innovative research activities to large-scale implementation of scientific research results into practice.

Objectives:

• to form new views based on modern scientific approaches and academic polemic;
• to publish, present and disseminate scientific works by Russian and foreign authors, latest information and best practices in studying topical issues of medical, agricultural and biological sciences;
• to provide opportunities for professional communication to a wide range of researchers and specialists in various fields of healthcare;
• to support conceptual and empirical discussions on fundamental and applied issues of academic research in the field of medical, biological and agricultural sciences;
• to promote theoretical and practical research in various fields of knowledge;
• to provide an opportunity to learn about relevant scientific research activities to all interested readers from all over the globe;
• to inform the professional community of new relevant publications and research projects;
• to establish and enhance scientific relations between Russian and foreign scientists;
• to encourage young researchers to become a part of the professional community.

Relevance, interest to the public, novelty of the proposed ideas and scientific certainty of the materials presented are the criteria that the submitted manuscripts have to meet to be published. The mission of the editorial board is to provide opportunities for a well-posed and well-founded discussion of the most topical issues that would include presentation of different types of discourse as well as different research approaches. The decision to accept the article for publication is made by the editorial board taking into consideration the opinions of leading scientists, being reviewers and experts, who assess the article according to the above-mentioned criteria.

Readers 

The authors of the journal are major scholars, physicians of various profiles, internationally recognized leading scientists. The journal also provides an opportunity for postgraduate students and young scientists to have their papers published. Such articles are also published provided they conform to the above-mentioned criteria and editorial policies. The journal allows the authors to have the results of their scientific research published, and thereby it contributes to the formation of research teams united around the study of specific issues.