About This Journal
The publication was founded in 2005.
Founder: National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine.
Publisher’s EDRPOU code: 08571363.
Place of publication: Cherkasy, Ukraine.
ISSN (Print): 2524-0226.
ISSN (Online): 2524-0234.
DOI prefix: 10.52363.
Publication frequency: twice a year.
Languages of publication: Ukrainian, English.
Registered in the Register in the field of media: identifier R30-01743.
Decision of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting No. 1315 dated 09.11.2023 (Minutes No. 26).
Scientific profile:
– cluster: "National Security and Defense";
– specialties: K8 Fire Safety;
K10 Civil Safety.
The purpose of the journal is to disseminate the results of original fundamental and applied scientific research aimed at developing theoretical foundations, methods, models, and practical solutions in the fields of of fire and technogenic safety.
The main objectives of the journal are:
– to publish relevant scientific research results in the specialities
K8 Fire Safety and K10 Civil Safety;
– to highlight modern scientific approaches, methods, and technologies in the fields of fire and technogenic safety;
– to disseminate research findings on the assessment, forecasting, and mitigation of technogenic and environmental risks, environmental monitoring, rational use of natural resources, and waste management;
– to facilitate professional exchange of scientific results and practical experience among researchers, academics, students, and practitioners;
– to uphold high standards of peer review, academic integrity, editorial ethics, and to promote research results of theoretical and practical significance.
The Collection of Scientific Papers "Problems of Emergency Situations" is a peer-reviewed open access periodical whose editorial activity is aimed at fostering a modern scientific environment and advancing professional scholarly communication in the fields of fire and civil safety.
The Collection of Scientific Papers "Problems of Emergency Situations" dheres to the principles and recommendations of COPE, WAME, and DORA, thereby ensuring high standards of publication ethics, transparency of editorial processes, objectivity of peer review, prevention of academic misconduct, and fair evaluation of research results regardless of formal scientometrics indicators.
The editorial board of the journal is guided by the principles of legality, professional responsibility, impartiality, confidentiality, respect for copyright, non-discrimination, prevention of conflicts of interest, and the provision of equal conditions for all authors regardless of their place of work, academic degree, position, citizenship, or other characteristics. Editorial decisions are made solely on the basis of scientific value, relevance, methodological soundness, and the manuscript’s compliance with the journal’s scope, and are not influenced by commercial, personal, or other non-academic factors.
Original scientific articles that correspond to the journal’s scope and thematic focus in the specialties K8 Fire Safety and K10 Civil Safety are considered for publication.
Decisions on the publication of materials are made on the basis of the scientific merit of paper, relevance to the journal’s scope, methodological soundness, the reliability of their results and conclusions, as well as the outcomes of independent peer review.
The journal’s publication ethics are based on the principles of honesty, transparency, responsibility, objectivity, and respect for intellectual property. The journal adheres to the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and considers plagiarism, self-plagiarism without proper disclosure, data fabrication or falsification, manipulative citation, inappropriate authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, duplicate submission, and duplicate publication to be unacceptable. The editorial board, authors, and reviewers are required to comply with ethical standards at all stages of the preparation, review, and publication of scientific materials. If signs of a breach of publication ethics are identified, the editorial board reserves the right to initiate an additional review, request explanations, reject the manuscript, publish a correction or an editorial expression of concern, or retract the article in accordance with the established procedure.
Placement of the journal in the international scientometric databases, repositories and search engines:
- Index Copernicus;
- Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory;
- Academic Research Index;
- I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine;
- Electronic Repository of the National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine (eNUCPUIR);
- Google Scholar;
- Road;
- Title Doi;
- Crossref;
