AIMS AND SCOPE

         The online edition of the scientific journal Ecological Engineering and Environment Protection issued by 2011    (e-ISSN 2367-8429) is peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research and applied papers. Each issue also has a print version (ISSN 1311-8668) - 150 copies.

     The journal is the official edition of the National Society of Ecological Engineering and Environment Protection, established in 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

        It is an Open Access Journal type – full-text access to all articles is provided.  Annually two numbers are issued in English language.

         A broad outline of the journal’s scope includes following rubrics: “Man and Biosphere”, “Microorganisms and Environment”, “Environmental Biotechnology”, “Space Technology and Environment Monitoring”, “Technologies for Depollution”, “Radiation Ecology”, “Bioinformatics and Bioautomatics”, “Ecological and Sustainable Agriculture”, “Forest Biology and Forest Engineering”, “National and International Scientific Forums”. Besides the permanent rubrics, in special cases new ones are opened. The rubrics are managed by members of the international editorial board, leading specialists in the areas covered by the journal.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

The Editorial Board of the journal possess the responsibility to determine which of submitted research manuscript should be published in the journal. The publishing decision is based on the evaluation snd suggestion of the journal's reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board are governed by journal policy and are limited by the legal requirements that will then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

The Editor-in-Chief shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred. In the event that the Editor-in-Chief is made aware of any allegation of research misconduct he shall deal with allegations appropriately.

The reviewers are required to evaluate the manuscript based on the submitted content in confidential manner. The reviewers may also provide suggestions to the authors to improve the quality of the research paper by their reviewing comments. Authors should ensure that their submitted research work is original and has not been published elsewhere in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions should be followed by the authors. Any kind of plagiarism constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.The authors need to fill and send by e-mail a relevant  DECLARATION.

Finally the Editor-in-Chief will always publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.

SUBMISSION

The manuscripts have to be prepared according to the Instructions to the authors (http://ecoleng.org/EEEP_Instructions.pdf) and sent by e-mail to ecoleng@abv.bg and journal@ecoleng.org .

The fee is required for manuscript processing and publishing, and the charge is 25 Euro per approved manuscript. After submission of manuscript authors receive confirmative e-mail.

 We remind that all authors need to have real contribution to the research presented in the manuscript. The authors should provide a list of references and acknowledgements for any financial support.

PEER-REVIEW  PROCESS

       The Editor follows a quick evaluation method in order to substantially reduce the time for prepress and publishing. After initial evaluation, the manuscripts are sent to two reviewers which are determined by the Editor or the Еditorial Бoard. If necessary, the number of reviewers can be increased. The reviewers are chosen from a referee board according to their expertise. The submitted papers will be blind reviewed by at least two experts. One of the reviewers is an international expert.
       Reviewers are asked to evaluate the manuscript originality, methodology, contribution to the field, quality of the abstract, results' presentation and conclusions, as well as refereed publications cited in the manuscript. Reviewers might accept the manuscript, reject the manuscript or may require a revision for style and/or content. Reviewers should return the review comments within 30 days after receiving the paper. The final decision for each submission will be made by the Еditorial Бoard once the review reports are received.

       When a revision is required by the reviewer, the author(s) are to consider all criticism and suggestions offered by the reviewers. The authors should sent back the revised version of manuscript within 7 days or requested deadline by the Editor. Revised manuscript returned after one month will be considered as a new submission and peer review process is started from the beginning. A reviewer may request more than one revision of any reviewed manuscript.

COPYRIGHT AND ACCESS

COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT needs to be signed and send by e-mail to ecoleng@abv.bg or journal@ecoleng.org. 

The journal is an Open Access Journal type - full-text access to all papers is provided free of charge. 

ARCHIVING

Electronic archiving and keeping access to the contents of the journal will be provided for 10 years if the Journal is no longer published. All issues of the EEEP journal have been archived in the National Library of Bulgaria.

    The journal Ecological Engineering and Environment Protection (e-ISSN 2367–8429 online, ISSN 1311–8668 print), is abstracted/indexed in some well-known international scientific databases, e.g. DOAJ, EBSCO, Index Copernicus, TIB (Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology acting in the capacity of the German National Library of Science and Technology, Academic Resource Index (ResearchBib), ZDB (ZeitsriftenDatenBank), WorldWideScience, CiteFactor, WorldCat, Directory of Research Journals Indexing (DRJI), etc. 
        The journal has CrosRef DOI and since 2017 every published scientific paper have a unique DOI number and is submitted for indexation in some of international scientific databases.

      REVENUE SOURCES

From 2017 to 2022, inclusive, the journal participated in a competition for funding of scientific journals organized by the National Science Fund at the Ministry of Science and Education in Bulgaria. For each of these years, the journal received the maximum allowable financial support.

      ADVERTISING

Тhe Journal is advertised at national and international scientific forums held in Bulgaria and related to ecological engineering, environmental monitoring and protection, environmental biotechnology, agrarian and forestry sciences, renewable energy sources and biofuels, microbiology, etc. The editorial board members, who are from 10 countries and 3 continents, play a major role in promoting and advertising the journal.

               OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

The ownership of the journal belongs to the National Society of Ecological Engineering and Environment Protection (non-profit organization by the Bulgarian legislation) and the management is carried out by the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board. 

        Editorial address:

        National Society of Ecological Engineering and Environment Protection
        Acad. G. Bonchev Str., bl. 26
        Sofia 1113
        Bulgaria

        Phone: (+359 2) 979 36 14 ; (+359) 889 711 888

        E-mail: ecoleng@abv.bg
                       journal@ecoleng.org

                       
                                                                                                                                           

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