Requirements for articles

Technical requirements for articles:

An article is presented in the *.doc, *.docx format (MS Word): Times New Roman, 14 fs, line spacing 1,5. Margins: left, top, bottom – 2.5, right – 2 cm. Paragraph indention – 1.25 cm.

Language: Ukrainian, English.

According to the requirements of the MSE of Ukraine, articles published in professional journals should contain UDC, Ukrainian and English abstracts, and keywords.

The UDC index is placed above the article’s title on a separate line in the upper left corner.

The next line provides information about the author: on the right (right-aligned text, bold, italics) – the author’s name and surname; line below, in italics – academic degree and rank, position and affiliation, ORCID number (http://orcid.org/); line below, in italics – city, country.

The article’s title is in two languages (Ukrainian and English) without indents and paragraphs. The title is center-aligned and should correspond to the research content and comprise no more than 12 words.

Abstracts are written in two languages (Ukrainian and English). They are placed after the article title, font size – 14, line spacing – 1.5. Abstract volume: 1800 characters each. They are presented in one paragraph without subsections. Each abstract contains the article synopsis and keywords and does not include references. Keywords (6-8 words) are semi-bold, meet content, are separated by a comma, and do not duplicate the title.

At the end of the article, in one line, a list of references (BIBLIOGRAPHY) to which the author refers is presented in alphabetical order. In making up a list of references, please, adhere to the requirements of the Vancouver Style. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the facts, quotations, and references. Articles are rejected if their design does not meet the above requirements. 

The article should contain the following structural elements in bold:

1) Introduction, which contains problem statement of and its relation to important scientific or practical tasks, analysis of recent research and publications, which have initiated problem solution and on which the author relies, specification of previously unsolved parts of the general problem the article is devoted to; goal setting (task setting);

2) Methodology/Methods;

3) Results and Discussion – presentation of original research material with a full substantiation of findings;

4) Conclusions and prospects for further research. 

Within the text, references are put in square brackets, which indicate the position number in the list of references and page: [8, p. 56-57]. If reference is made to several sources at the same time, their numbers are separated by a semicolon: [1; 3]. Quotes from scientific articles, monographs, etc. are given in “paired” quotation marks. Notes (at the bottom of the page or at the end of the main text) are not allowed. Illustrations and tables within the article are numbered and accompanied by a title under the figure (table) in the center. Examples of illustrative material are highlighted in italics.