Formatting Guidelines

To ensure a unified standard for manuscript submission, authors must adhere to the requirements outlined below when preparing their papers. The Editorial Board reserves the right to return manuscripts for revision if they do not meet the established guidelines.

The journal accepts original research articles prepared in accordance with the international IMRAD structure, as well as review and theoretical papers for which an alternative (non-standard) structure is permitted.

Features of the non-standard structure

  • In manuscripts not structured according to IMRAD, the Materials and Methods section is omitted. A concise yet informative description of the research methodology should instead be provided in the final paragraph of the Introduction.
  • Instead of a combined Results and Discussion section, such articles must contain at least two separate content sections, each with a thematic heading consisting of no fewer than five words.
  • The reference list in manuscripts of this type must include a minimum of 45 sources (articles, books, theses).

Technical requirements

Article language English
File format MS Word (*.doc, *.docx)
Page orientation Portrait
Page format А4
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
Indentation Justified
References presented in English (the use of transliteration when translating the used sources into English is unacceptable!)
UDC Index left justification
Article title no more than 12 words; presented in Ukrainian and English; centre justification, uppercase, bold
Author’s data are presented in Ukrainian and English; exception in the center; the first and the last names of the authors are written in full in the appropriate order

The following information about the authors must be indicated:

  • the first and the last name;
  • academic degree and position;
  • structural unit of the institution where the author works;
  • full official name and legal address of authors’ institution;
  • ORCID;
  • contact email address.