About the journal «Refrigeration Engineering and Technology»
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The scientific and production journal "Refrigeration Engineering and Technologies" was founded in 1965 and has been included in Category "B" of the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine in which the results of dissertation research for the degrees of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences may be published (in accordance with the Procedure for forming the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine, approved by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated January 15, 2018, No. 32, as amended by Order dated January 19, 2026, No. 56), pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated June 11, 2026, No. 928 "On the Inclusion of Scientific Periodicals in the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine" (Appendix 8 — List of scientific periodicals included in the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine within the cluster "Safe, Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency").
The journal has been included in the List for a period of three years — from June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2029.
We are accepting manuscripts for publication in the cluster of Safe, clean energy and energy efficiency: G3 Electrical engineering, G4 Energy production (by specialization), G11 Mechanical engineering (by specializations).
The journal was founded in 1965 and registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine: Certificate of the state registration of printed mass media, series KB No.25377-15317ПР from 26.12.2022
The founder of the publication Odesa National University of Technology.
Important information! Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine №918 of August 18, 2021 Odesa National Academy of Food Technologies was reorganized into Odesa National University of Technology.
The magazine "Refrigeration Technology and Technology" is registered by the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting. Council Decision No. 1549, Minutes No. 15 dated 09.05.2024 (Media ID: R30-04054)
Since 1965, the journal has been the unique in Ukraine interindustrial edition, which aims to publish high quality articles applying a wide range of theoretical and practical elaborations of the foremost scientists in the fields of power engineering, refrigeration equipment, automated control systems, etc.
The journal regularly provides readers with current scientific and technical information on refrigeration and cryogenic equipment, cold storage and other technologies.
Among the authors of publications are more than 200 Ukrainian and foreign scientists each year.
The Editorial board consists of top-level Ukrainian and foreign specialists and experts in the field of refrigeration engineering and technology, heads of research institutes and enterprises.
The journal cooperates with international scientific indexing and abstracting databases, the list of which is constantly expanding.
Main info
The “Refrigeration engineering and technology” journal is published since 1965. It was first published as Proceedings of the Odesa Institute of Food and Refrigeration industry, and since 1994 - as the Republic journal with a periodicity of 4 issues per year.
Today the “Refrigeration engineering and technology” journal is published by the Institute of refrigeration, cryotechnologies and ecoenergetics named after V.S. Martynovsky Odesa National University of Technology.
The journal is included in the List of scientific publications for publishing the main results of theses since 1999 (Order of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 4 July 2014, № 793, app. № 8). Information about changing the frequency of the journal info
The “Refrigeration engineering and technology” journal is a scientific-engineering publication which publishes papers concerning theoretical, experimental, industrial and applied problems, research and industrial news in refrigeration, air conditioning and associated fields, so it has the following sections: Refrigeration engineering, Power engineering and energy saving, Refrigeration and associated technologies, Automation, computer and telecommunication technologies.
The “Refrigeration engineering and technology” journal is published in format A4, has the scope up to 120 pages in black and white variant, print resolution 300х400 pixels. Placing of color and grayscale-black and white photos with a resolution of 1200x1200 dpi is allowed only in exceptional cases and on a small amount on special conditions.
The “Refrigeration engineering and technology” journal is sent to the VAC of Ukraine, the Book Chamber of Ukraine, the main research libraries and supervisory authorities in accordance with the official seal list, as well as in a number of educational and research institutions, companies, firms, editions in Ukraine, and abroad, is also applied to scientific conferences, symposia, seminars and exhibitions.
There are no charges for pulication.
The business model of “Refrigeration engineering and technology” based on sponsorship supported. One of sponsor organization is "The young scientists club ONTU".
Third-level higher education students (PhD students) studying under state-funded programs do not have to pay any fees for the processing, review, or publication of articles written solely by themselves (without co-authors).
All publications checking on plagirism by Turnitin ( current).
«Refrigeration Engineering and Technology» should be of significant interest to a broad interdisciplinary audience including academics, practitioners, and consultants.
The journal is included in the List of scientific publications for publishing the main results of theses (Order of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 4 July 2014, № 793, app. № 8).
Frequency: 4 times a year.
Publisher: Odesa National University of Technology.
Support: Coordinating Centre of Scientific Journals' Publishing ONАFT.
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