For authors

Manuscripts that do not comply with the requirements set out below will not be considered for publication in the journal.

Authors bear full responsibility for the content of the submitted materials.

The electronic file name of the manuscript must include the author’s first and last name.

Requirements for article structure:

problem statement;

analysis of recent studies and publications (a critical analysis, not merely a list) of 10-15 relevant sources that have contributed to addressing the research problem and on which the author relies; published within the last 5 years with obligatory inclusion of publications indexed in scientometric databases: Scopus, WOS, Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI), Ukrainian scientometrics, etc.);

purpose of the article (objective statement);

 research methods (a set of research tools);

presentation of the main research findings;

conclusions and prospects for further research;

Bibliography;

References (transliterated version).

Follow methodological recommendations to ensure accurate transliteration:

http://lib.knukim.edu.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/APA-stil_vs_DSTU-2015.pdf

Article length must be between 15,000–25,000 characters, excluding the abstract and the list of references.

A structured abstract (covering the key elements of the article) of up to 1,800 characters must be provided in both Ukrainian and English.

Presentation requirements:

The manuscript must be prepared in Microsoft Word (version 1998–2003) for WINDOWS;

font – Times New Roman, 14 pt, line spacing – 1.5;

margins: 2 cm on all sides.

The use of scanned or photographed diagrams, drawings, tables, etc. is not permitted. Diagrams, tables, and drawings must be inserted as editable objects with appropriate text wrapping.

Figures must be clear and legible (no larger than 11 × 11 cm). Color printing is permitted where necessary. Diagram elements must be properly grouped.

Formulas must be created using the built-in Microsoft Equation Editor.

Abbreviations and symbols must comply with current international and national standards. All letter designations used in formulas must be explained, with the corresponding units of measurement indicated. Numerical data (except for generally recognized constants) must be accompanied by references to their sources.

Formulas are numbered consecutively (the number placed in parentheses and aligned to the right margin) and separated from the text by blank lines above and below.

Tables and figures are also separated from the main text by blank lines.

Figure captions and table titles are formatted in accordance with DSTU 3008:2015 Documentation. Reports in Science and Technology.

References formatting:

sources are numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text.

in the text, references are indicated in square brackets, for example: “... as reported in [4] ...” or “... as discussed in [4, p. 203] ...”.

the list is provided in the original language in accordance with DSTU 8302:2015 Information and Documentation. Bibliographic References. General Requirements and Compilation Rules.

Article structure:

UDC (on a separate line, aligned to the left).

Next line – article title (IN CAPITAL LETTERS, BOLD, CENTERED).

Next line – abstract in the article’s language (centered, Times New Roman, 10 pt, single line spacing; it should briefly describe the topic, object, purpose, main results, and research novelty).

Next line – keywords.

Next line – main text (Times New Roman font, 12 pt, single line spacing).

Next line – list of references (title – BOLD, CENTERED).

Next line – article title in English (CAPITAL LETTERS, BOLD, CENTERED).

Next line – abstract in English.

Next line – keywords in English.