Russian Journal of Marine Biology is a journal that covers a wide range of research and some applied aspects of marine biology as a synthetic science related to various fields of study on marine biota and environment. It presents fundamental research on biological processes at molecular, cellular, organismal, and populational levels in marine organisms. Consideration is given to marine objects as models in life sciences.PEER REVIEWRussian Journal of Marine Biology is a peer reviewed journal. We use a double blind peer review format. Our team of reviewers includes over 300 reviewers, both internal and external (97%). The average period from submission to first decision in 2017 was 5 days, and that from first decision to acceptance was 30 days. The rejection rate for submitted manuscripts in 2017 was 35%. The final decision on the acceptance of an article for publication is made by the Editorial Board.Any invited reviewer who feels unqualified or unable to review the manuscript due to the conflict of interests should promptly notify the editors and decline the invitation. Reviewers should formulate their statements clearly in a sound and reasoned way so that authors can use reviewer’s arguments to improve the manuscript. Personal criticism of the authors must be avoided. Reviewers should indicate in a review (i) any relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors, (ii) anything that has been reported in previous publications and not given appropriate reference or citation, (ii) any substantial similarity or overlap with any other manuscript (published or unpublished) of which they have personal knowledge.

《俄羅斯海洋生物學雜志》是一份涵蓋海洋生物學的廣泛研究和一些應用方面的期刊，是一門綜合性科學，涉及海洋生物群落和環境的各個研究領域。它介紹了在分子、細胞、有機體和種群水平上的海洋生物過程的基礎研究。考慮到海洋物體作為生命科學的模型。同行評審《俄羅斯海洋生物學雜志》是一份同行評議的期刊。我們使用雙盲同行評審格式。我們的審稿人團隊包括超過300名審稿人，包括內部審稿人和外部審稿人(97%)。2017年從提交到首次評審的平均周期為5天，從首次評審到驗收的平均周期為30天。2017年投稿退稿率為35%。接受發表文章的最終決定由編輯委員會作出。被邀請的審稿人因利益沖突，認為不符合審稿條件或者不能審稿的，應當及時通知審稿人，并予以拒絕。審稿人應以一種合理合理的方式清晰地闡述自己的觀點，這樣作者才能利用審稿人的觀點來完善稿件。必須避免對作者的個人批評。評論者應該顯示發表的一篇評論(我)任何相關的工作沒有被引用的作者,(2)任何已報道在以前的出版物和沒有適當的參考或引用,(2)任何實質性相似或重疊與其他手稿(發表或未發表)的個人知識。