On the Development of Publication Experience as a New Direction of Young Researchers’ Education. Review of the Book “The Principles of Publication Activities”

The review analyzes the recently published textbook entitled “The Principles of Publication Activities”. It was written by authors who work at Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University. Today, this subject area is at its initial phase of development in Russia, while all published study guides predominantly focus only on one of many aspects of publication processes. The main features of the analyzed book include (a) a complex review of the problems, and (b) their description from different viewpoints. It is authored by editors, scientometricians and lecturers, as all of them demonstrate a high level of personal engagement in research and publishing activities. The authors observe all actual issues of modern publication processes in a concise manner but give a sufficient number of illustrative examples and instructions to young researchers regarding preparation of manuscripts, their submission to a journal and further promotion into academic information space. Different types of research documents are thoroughly described, the stages of their preparation are characterized, recommendations on communication with journal editors and peer-reviewers are provided, the topical principles of publishing ethics are depicted, as well as features of functioning and assessment of published papers in different information systems are presented. The textbook will be useful for both young researchers and lecturers who teach students and postgraduates the basics of information and publishing activities.

research publications, academic journals, peer review, publishing ethics, information literacy