to improve its bibliometric indicators
and increase the impact factor
– Articles submitted to the journal “Superhard Materials” must cover current issues of international issues of the development of materials science in the field of superhard materials, confirm the high level of theoretical and practical significance of their research for the international scientific community;
– Submit high-quality publications in accordance with international standards, indicate all the necessary attributes of the article in accordance with the requirements of the journal;
– The article must be structured in the following order of presentation:
a) relevance of the problem;
b) state of the issue;
c) purpose of the study;
d) justification of the application and description of the methodology chosen by the author;
e) presentation and discussion of the results;
g) conclusions;
e) literature.
– The title of the scientific article, abstract and keywords must be informative and meaningful;
– The abstract should clearly indicate the scientific novelty of the work;
– The content of the articles should correspond to the topic of the journal, the object of research of which is superhard materials – materials whose hardness is equal to or exceeds the hardness of corundum (20 GPa).
– Formulate the conclusions clearly and specifically: indicate new effects and scientific results discovered and achieved during the research;
– The list of references should be drawn up taking into account that this is the only open source that allows the international audience to form an impression of the level of scientific work of its author: cite scientific publications included in international scientometric databases and scientists with a high Hirsch index;
– Submit your articles for publication in other international periodicals with a reference to your own works in the journal “Superhard Materials”;
– Involve scientists from well-known international scientific centers in co-authorship;
– Increase international communication, participate in conferences, forums, maintain scientific blogs, expand scientific ties and dialogues, inform their international colleagues about their publications;
– Create personal pages in social and scientific networks that reflect the professional activities of the scientist.