Reference materials (ISSN: 2077-1177)

Description

“Reference Materials” is a quarterly, reviewed scientific and technical journal that has a thematic focus.
The journal publishes results of basic and applied research of specialists working in the sphere of metrology and interdisciplinary sciences related to the issues of reference materials for composition and properties of substances and materials on the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad.
The journal publishes editorials and original articles, analytical, scientific and research, scientific and methodological materials, as well as materials intended for consultation and information; translations of published articles from foreign journals (with the consent of the right holder for the translation and publication); reviews; commentaries and event reports.
The Journal is on “The list of leading reviewed journals and periodicals in which main scientific results of doctorate and candidate theses must be published” of the Higher Attestation Commission on the following fields of science:
01.04.00 – physics;
05.11.00 –instrument making, metrology and information-measuring instruments and systems;
02.00.00 – chemistry.
on the following topics:
methods of chemical analysis (chemical and physico-chemical methods, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, chromatography, x-ray spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, nuclear-physical methods of analysis, etc.);
analytical instruments;
mathematical support for chemical analysis;
metrological assurance of chemical analysis;
creating new scientific, technical, regulatory and guidance solutions ensuring enhancement of product quality;
conducting basic scientific research into discovery and use of new physical effects in order to create new and perfect existing measurement methods and instruments of the highest accuracy;
perfecting the system of measurement uniformity assurance in the country;
developing and implementing new state measurement standards of measurement units allowing to increase uniformity and accuracy of measurements considerably.
All papers submitted to the editorial staff of the journal undergo a system of review, which includes members of the Editorial Board, leading Russian and foreign scientists in the respective field of scientific knowledge, as well as highly qualified practitioners having a scientific specialty which is the closest to the paper topic.
The target audience of the journal is researchers and practitioners, university lecturers, postgraduates, quality control laboratories, measurement laboratories, business representatives and all interested in the field of reference materials.