Fundamental and Experimental Biology

About the Journal

The journal "Fundamental and Experimental Biology" is the legal successor of the journal "Bulletin of Karaganda University. ‘Biology Medicine Geography’ Series" (ISSN 2518-7201 (Print); ISSN 2663-5003 (Online)).

Successfully peer-reviewed articles are published in English and distributed in Gold Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) open license. Fundamental and Experimental Biology is open for Authors and Readers worldwide.

Access to articles of the electronic version of the journal is open at: https://feb.buketov.edu.kz/bmg-vestnik

From 2020, all articles will be assigned a digital object identifier DOI.

Publisher: Non-profit limited company  «Karaganda National Research University named after аcademician Ye.A. Buketov» 

Language of publications: English

Periodicity: 1 time per quarter. No. 1 comes out March 30, No. 2 comes out June 30, No. 3 comes out September 30, and No. 4 comes out December 30.

Aim of journal: coverage of a wide range of biological problems in the form of reviews, experimental studies in Kazakhstan, near and far abroad countries, criticism and annotation; publication of the main results of scientific research, grant projects, dissertation works; discussion of a wide range of problems of biology.

Thematic coverage: the results of original research in the form of full-text articles, reviews and reports in the field of biology in the following sections: Botany (flora, plant resources, anatomy, morphology, introduction, medicinal plants); Zoology (fauna of vertebrates and invertebrates); Molecular biology; Microbiology, Biotechnology of plants; Ecology of anthropogenic territories.

Types of papers:

-review (up 12-14 pages);

- original research (up to 10 pages);

-Short communications (5-6 pages);

-Data Paper;

-Memorial articles dedicated to the memory of leading scientists of Kazakhstan.

The journal does not publish:

-materials that do not correspond to the directions of the journal, including articles on the directions of agriculture, industrial biotechnology and food industry are not published;

-Materials previously published by the authors in other editions;

-formatted without meeting the technical requirements of the journal;

-articles in Data Papers format or abstracts of flora and fauna without placing data sets on GBIF platform in the format of check lists / occurrence;

-materials containing repetitions, spelling, mathematical and other errors that cannot be corrected, as well as statements and hypotheses that directly contradict established scientific facts.

The journal publishes scientific papers regardless of the nationality and departmental affiliation of the authors. Articles are selected on the basis of double-blind reviewing.

Address of redaction: Republic of Kazakhstan, 470074, Karaganda city, Universitetskaya street, , 28/3, campus 3 (faculty of biology and geography); е-mail: feb@buketov.edu.kz

Tel.: +7(7212) 356152

Editor-in-Chief: Ishmuratova M.Yu.

Executive secretary: Kovalenko O.L.

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General information

1. Scientific journal "Fundamental and Experimental Biology" is registered in the International Center for Registration of Serial Publications ISSN (UNESCO, Paris, France) ISSN 3080-6836 (Print), ISSN 3080-6844 (Online).

2. Scientific journal "Fundamental and Experimental Biology" is registered in Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Registration certificate № KZ27VPY00114488 from 11.03.2025.

3. The scientific journal is included in the list of publications recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science of MES RK.