Formatting Guidelines
The journal publishes original scientific articles according to the international IMRAD structure, as well as review and theoretical articles using a non-standard structure.
Structural elements |
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| Research article | A review or theoretical article | |
| Author’s data | Required | Required |
| Title | Required | Required |
| Abstract | Required | Required |
| Keywords | Required | Required |
| Introduction | Required | Required |
| Literature Review | Optional | Optional |
| Materials and Methods | Required | None |
| Results and Discussion | Required | Structured by thematic sections |
| Conclusions | Required | Required |
| Acknowledgements, Funding and Conflict of Interest | Required | Required |
| References | Required | Required |
The peculiarity of using a non-standard structure of the article is that there is no Materials and Methods section. Instead, a brief and at the same time detailed research methodology is described in the last paragraph of the Introduction section. Another difference is that instead of the Results and Discussion section, this type of article should have at least two separate sections with appropriate subject titles (titles should be at least 5 words long!). The last feature of writing an article with a non-standard structure is the list of references. It should consist of at least 50 literature references (articles, books, dissertations).
Technical requirements |
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| Article language | English |
| File format | MS Word (*.doc, *.docx) |
| Page orientation | Portrait |
| Page format | А4 |
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Length of a scientific article / Length of a review or theoretical article |
from 4000 words/from 4500 words |
| Font | Times New Roman |
| Margins | 2 cm on all sides |
| Line spacing | 1.0 |
| Font size | 12 pt |
| Indentation | 1.0 |
| Alignment | Justified |
| References | presented in English (the use of transliteration when translating the used sources into English is unacceptable!) |
Tables, figures, graphs, equations
- Tables, figures, graphs, and formulas should be numbered and placed after their mention in the text (notes are placed directly below the table/figure/graph). All abbreviations must be spelled out at the first mention in the text.
- Equations must be created in Equation Editor, variable mathematical values in the text according to the formulas are typed in italics.
- Figures and graphs should be centred, text wrapping around the figure is prohibited.
- All dimensions of physical quantities should be submitted in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). There is a space between units of measurement, symbols, and numbers to which they refer.