On authorial professionalism and professional culture in geographical scientific publications

Abstract

In recent years the decreasing of scientific level in geographic publications in noted. The geographers' interests in field studies, in applying cartographic method have descended. Not near every author acting in press follows strictly scientific incentives, subjects of studies as often as not have an excruciating nature. A great harm to the quality of publications is inflicted by possibility to publish without proper approbation, without recension and editing. Among the negative tendencies in professional culture of geographers is ignorance of geographic ideas development history, disregard of predecessors' works, arbitrary use of established scientific terms, etc. Negotiation of concerned tendencies will mostly depend on through improvement of scientific manpower training. With that, the responsibility of editors and editorial boards of scientific publications, that must, not bating demands on quality of manuscripts, closely go with apprentice authors and render them an effective assistance.