Our Journal–2020: What and How We Publish

Abstract This is a brief review of the latest changes in the editorial policy and content of the Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 16: Biologiya journal with special emphasis on the situation with its English-language version Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin . The current strategy of the editorial board for evaluation of submitted manuscripts, their rejection, peer reviewing and editing, and the distribution of papers among new sections of the journal are described. The article discusses the requirements for the language of articles, compilation of reference lists, and statistical analysis of the data obtained by the authors. Information is provided on the growth of scientometric indicators of the journal in recent years as well as a list of databases in which the periodical is currently indexed. Differences in interest in published articles between foreign and domestic readers are noted. Data on the number of downloads of the most popular articles from the Springer Nature website are provided. The article analyzes the topics of articles published in the journal in 2017–2019. The authors emphasize the priority for the editorial board of reviews affecting both fundamental and applied aspects of research in the field of biology, biomedicine, and biotechnology.