Requirements to Manuscripts

1. A manuscript should be printed in Microsoft Word format (*.doc or *.docx file extension). A4 page format, margins: top and bottom - 2cm, left – 3cm, right – 1.5 cm. Font color: black, Times New Roman font, font size 14, line spacing 1.5, indentation 1.25. The total length of a manuscript, including all illustrations (6–8 figures) and tables (1-3) must be between 10 – 30 pages.

2. General outline of the article:

2.1.

- UDC;

- title of article (no more than 10 words) must be related to the journal’s scope;

- surnames and initials of the authors;

- place of work of each author, city, country;

- email of each author

- extended abstract (150–250 words);

- keywords (5–10);

- acknowledgements (grants and other types of support);

- text of the article;

- references.

2.2. Text of the article should correspond to aims and scope of the journal. The article (except reviews) material should be presented in the following sequence (without numbering): Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References.

2.3. List of references (25-40 citations) should contain (if possible) recent publications, with low amount of self-citation. Please include DOI to the references (if available).

References in the text must be written in square brackets. References list should be presented in the order of citing and meet the requirements of GOST P 7.0.5-2008.

3. After list of refences comes the following:

- information about the authors: surname, first name, middle name, academic degree, title, position;

- affiliations: full official name of the organization, mailing address (including zip-code, city and country).

- ORCID ID, Researcher ID, e-mail.

 4. Illustrations (colors – black-and-white, grey, shading) should be done in the form of separate graphic files in formats: TIFF, JРG, PDF, РNG, not less than 300 dpi. For vector graphics format requirements: СDR, EРS, AI, WMF, EMF, Surfer, Grapher.

 Photos are presented in the form of scanned or digital images with resolution not less than 300 dpi. Original images are also acceptable.

All figures and photos should have captions.

 5. Tables should be presented in a book format and have size not more than a page including heading and notes, font size – not less than 9. Scanned tables are not preferable.

6. The designations accepted in the article should be explained in the text.

7. Article should be signed by all authors (on the last page).

8. Manuscripts which does not meet the requirements listed above are not accepted.

9. Each article will have DOI assigned via CrossRef system.