The number of authors per article should not exceed five. The language of the publication is English. 

The manuscript should be prepared in accordance with the General requirements for manuscripts.

The language of the publication is English.

1. Translation into English should be professional, without the use of online translators.
2. The total volume of the article is 5000 - 6000
3. Technical requirements:

- font - Times New Roman;

- size - 12;

- interval - 1;

- margins on all sides - 20 mm;

- alignment to the width of the page.

1. Section titles are bolded.
2. Information about the author:

- Full name (in full);

- academic degree, title, position, place of work or study with the obligatory indication of the structural unit, full official name and legal address of the institution;

- contact e-mail address of each author;

- ORCID.

Submitted in Ukrainian and English.

 

1. Title of the article.

Center alignment, capital letters, single line spacing.

The title should be informative and contain no more than 12 words.

1. Abstract.

The volume of the abstract is 1800 characters with spaces (or up to 250 words).

The abstract should be informative (do not contain general words), meaningful, logical and structured according to the following scheme: relevance, purpose, methods of analysis, results, prospects for further research.

The abstract should not contain abbreviations, footnotes, or references.

1. Keywords.

3-6 words or phrases that should be informative, reflect the subject of the study and not repeat the title of the article.

1. Introduction.

The introduction should reflect general information about the research problem, justify the purpose and objectives of the study, briefly analyze this problem in other studies or by other authors with references to scientific publications for the last 3-5 years. References to the literature should be given in square brackets, indicating the serial number of the cited work from the list of references.

It is not allowed to cite more than 3 sources in one reference.

The "Introduction" section is mandatory in the structure of a research paper.

The recommended length is 500 words or more.

1. Literature review.

It should contain the results of research by scientists who have analyzed certain aspects of the topic under study. Each researcher's name must be accompanied by a corresponding reference from the list of references.

A literature review is optional and can be added at the author's request.

The recommended length is 400 words or more.

1. Materials and methods.

This section describes the main stages of scientific work and justifies the choice of methods, techniques, approaches or actions aimed at obtaining new scientific results in the study. The strategies and criteria for sampling (if the article contains an empirical part) are explained, and the experimental basis of the study is indicated.

The Materials and Methods section is mandatory in the structure of a scientific paper.

The recommended length is 500 words or more.

1. Results and discussion.

This section should present the main research material with full justification of the scientific results obtained. Tabular or graphical materials must be provided with the results of statistical data processing. Sources should be placed under tables and figures. Avoid value judgments, elements of methodology description, and direct repetition of data presented in tables and graphic material in the text. Digital results should be rounded in accordance with the established rules, taking into account the average error of the experiment, confidence interval or distribution of values. Research results must be sufficiently substantiated, methodologically correct, and have novelty and practical value.

The discussion should be based on the interpretation of the research results. The most important scientific facts established, taking into account preliminary data and analysis, in accordance with the literature on the current state of the problem with references to the works of a similar field of research conducted in other countries, are involved in the consideration.

The section "Research Results and Discussion" is mandatory in the structure of a research paper. It should be the largest in size - from 2500 words.

1. Conclusions.

The conclusions should fully and specifically reflect the results of the research, correspond to the purpose and title of the article, and verbatim duplication in the abstract is unacceptable.

The Conclusions section is mandatory in the structure of a scientific paper.

The recommended length is 150-250 words.

1. Recommendations.

This section provides information about the scientific value of the article.

1. Acknowledgements.

This section is optional. It expresses gratitude to individuals or organizations whose financial (material) support made the research possible.

REQUIREMENTS FOR CITING REFERENCES

1. When writing an article, the author must provide references to sources, materials or individual results used in the text. The list of references should represent new sources (for the last 3 years) and consist of 30% of scientific papers included in journals included in the Scopus or Web of Science databases.
2. References in the text to sources must be indicated in accordance with APA Reference Style. It is not allowed to mention more than 3 sources in one citation.
3. Ignoring the rules of borrowed text (lack of quotation marks in direct citation, references to sources, etc.) may cause some fragments of the article to be considered plagiarism, and therefore the work with the study will be suspended and the publication will be denied.
4. The editors recommend avoiding references to works that are 10 years old or more.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LIST OF REFERENCES

List of references (References):

• The list of references should be in English.
• The sources used are numbered sequentially, according to the order of mention in the text.
• Each source is assigned a serial number in square brackets.
• The paper must contain references to scientific publications that are indexed in journals included in the Scopus and Web of Science databases (at least 30% of the total list of references).
• References to your own scientific works should be avoided (no more than 10% self-citation is allowed).
• It is not advisable to use online publications, except for scientific publications (sources should be available), abstracts, reports, abstracts and dissertations.
• The list of references should consist of at least 15 sources.
• The English-language list of references should be formatted in accordance with APA Reference Style - 6th edition 2010.
• The section "List of References" is mandatory in the structure of a research paper

 

Examples of the list of literature:

Book reference:

Author, A.A. (year of publication). Title of the work. (Editorial office - optional). City: Editorial office.

Book section:

Author, A.A. and Author, B.B. (Year of publication). Title of the section. In: Editor & B. Editor (ed.), Book title (pages of chapters). City: Editorial Office.

Links to court decisions and rulings:

Issuing entity. (Year). Law number. Official Gazette or creation number. City: Editorial Office.

Issuing entity. (Year). Law number. Website link.

Journal:

Author, A.A. and Author, B.B. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal title, Volume (number), article pages pp - pp.

 

The editorial office reserves the right to edit the manuscript.

 

Each article undergoes three stages of control: initial control for compliance with general requirements for articles; check for plagiarism and quality of citation; external scientific review. In accordance with the Review process, the article is returned for revision in case of violation of the requirements for design.

The editorial office categorically condemns the manifestation of plagiarism in articles and considers it a violation of copyright and scientific ethics. If more than 20% of the borrowed text is found in the article without appropriate references and the use of quotation marks, the article is qualified as containing plagiarism. More information about this is available in the Publication ethics

Based on the results of external review, the editorial board makes the final decision on the possibility of publishing the article.

Authors can send their manuscripts, formatted in accordance with the journal's requirements, directly through the journal's Submissions

In case of any questions, please contact the production editor.