Guidelines for Authors

I. STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE ARTICLE

The requirements for the structure and content of the article comply with the Recommendations of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) for authors and translators of scientific articles in English (APA 7th Ed. style https://www.grafiati.com/uk/info/apa-7/) and the provisions of the National Standard of Ukraine DSTU 7152:2020. Publications. Design of publications in journals and collections.

Elements of the Article Formatting:

  1. UDC Index.
  2. Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
  3. JEL Classification Code (for economic sciences).
  4. Information about the author(s).
  5. Title of the article.
  6. Abstract.
  7. Keywords.
  8. Main text of the article.
  9. Information about the authors' contributions.
  10. Acknowledgments, funding sources.
  11. List of references.
  12. Dates of submission to the journal, review, and approval for publication.
  13. Translation of information about the author(s), article title, abstract, and keywords.

 

  1. UDC INDEX. The UDC index is placed in the upper left corner of the page.
  2. DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI). The DOI is placed on a separate line below the UDC index.
  3. JEL CLASSIFICATION CODE (for economic sciences). The Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) thematic classification is a globally recognized coding system for identifying the topics of economic publications. The code for an article can be determined using the classifier available on the website of the American Economic Association. Authors can also make use of the translated version of the classifier in Ukrainian.
  4. AUTHOR INFORMATION. The order of authors must be determined prior to submitting the manuscript (see "Authorship and Co-authorship" in the editorial policy). Any changes made after the manuscript submission must be approved by all authors. The author information must include the following elements:
  • First name, last name;
  • Academic degree, academic title;
  • Unique research author identifier ORCID ID;
  • Corporate email address of the author(s);
  • Main place of work or study at the time of the research (name of the institution or organization), city, country.

Authors should indicate their affiliation with a specific institution as presented on its official website. In correspondence with the journal's editorial team, please use the official corporate email. Abbreviations for academic degrees, titles, and positions in both Ukrainian and English should be provided according to Table 1.

  1. TITLE OF THE ARTICLE. The title of the article must be unambiguous, understandable to specialists in other fields, informative, and specific: 5–9 words that correspond to the content of the article, without phrases such as "A study of the issue...", "Some issues...", "Problems...", etc. For original research articles, it is advisable to add a descriptor of the research to the title, for example, "cross-sectional study," "practical study," "survey results" (see more detailed requirements for the title in the EANR (European Association of Scientific Editors) guidelines for authors and translators of scientific articles in English).
  2. ABSTRACT

The abstract should reflect the content of the article, as it will serve as the primary source of information about the research for most readers (many databases contain only the title and the abstract).

The abstract of an original research article should be structured and informative, containing the following sections:

  • Background (Prerequisites, relevance, and purpose of the research)
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Сonclusions

See the example of annotation formatting in Appendix 1 and the requirements for annotations in the Guidelines of the EASE (European Association of Science Editors) and in Allan Gaw's textbook "Writing an Effective Abstract" (extended abstract). The abstract of a review article can be unstructured and indicative, highlighting the main points of the review. The length of the abstract must be at least 1800 characters and no more than 2500 characters (including spaces).

NOTE: Authors should submit two versions of the article: with author information (file Authors.Title of the article) and without author information (file For review.Title of the article). This is necessary for double-blind peer review.

 

                 Table 1. Abbreviations of Academic Degrees, Titles, and Positions

                                                Академічні звання / Academic Titles

in Ukrainian

in English

акад. НАН України

Active Member of the National Academy
of Sciences of Ukraine

чл.-кор. НАН України

Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

                                                       Наукові ступені / Academic degrees

д-р (…) наук

DSc (…)

д-р геол.-мінерал. наук

DSc (Geol. & Mineral.)

д-р геол. наук

DSc (Geol.)

д-р геогр. наук

DSc (Geogr.)

д-р техн. наук

DSc (Engin.)

д-р біол. наук

DSc (Biol.)

д-р фіз.-мат. наук

DSc (Phys. & Math.)

канд. (…) наук

PhD (…)

канд. геол.-мінерал. наук

PhD (Geol. & Mineral.)

канд. геол. наук

PhD (Geol.)

канд. геогр. наук

PhD (Geogr.)

канд. техн. наук

PhD (Engin.)

канд. біол. наук

PhD (Biol.)

канд. фіз.-мат. наук

PhD (Phys. & Math.)

д-р філософії

PhD

                                                            Вчені звання / Academic titles

проф.

Prof.

доц.

Assoc. Prof.

докторант

Doctoral Student

асист.

Assist.

ст. наук. співроб.

Senior Researcher

ст. дослідник

Senior Researcher

мол. наук. співроб.

Junior Researcher

наук. співроб.

Researcher

асп.

PhD Student

ад'юнкт

PhD Student

студ.

Student

бакалавр

Bachelor

магістр (який/а вчиться)

Master's Student

магістр (який/а захистив/ла диплом)

Master of Arts

ст. викл.

Senior Lecturer

викл.

Lecturer

провід. наук. співроб.

Leading Researcher

голов. наук. співроб.

Principal Researcher

провід. інж.

Leading Engineer

інж.

Engineer

 

  1. KEYWORDS: for original research articles — 4–8 keywords; for review articles – 3–6 keywords. Keywords should not repeat the title of the article.
  2. MAIN TEXT OF THE ARTICLE: The length of the main text: Original research articles should be between 3000 and 8000 words (up to 50000 characters), while review articles should be between 2000 and 5000 words (30000 characters). Article Structure: Original research articles must be prepared using the IMRAD structure and include the following key elements:
  • Background (background, relevance, aim, research objectives).
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion and conclusions.

Detailed requirements for each of the specified structural elements of the article are provided in the Guidelines of the EASE (European Association of Science Editors) for authors and translators of scientific papers.

The review article should also be prepared using the IMRAD structure without a "Methods" section.

Illustrations, Tables. All figures (diagrams, charts, graphs, etc.) and tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals and placed directly in the text where they are contextually relevant (not at the end of the document). Figures should have explanatory captions (below the figure, in a separate paragraph), while tables should have thematic titles (above the table, in a separate paragraph). Captions and titles should reflect the content of the images and tables, being concise and informative. Each figure or table must be referenced in the main text of the article by its ordinal number, for example: (table 1), (fig. 1).

 Example: 

Table 1. Ecological characteristics of the dominant species of blood-sucking mosquitoes in the Pyriatyn district.

Mosquito species

By the type of habitat development

By the location of the attack

According to the characteristics of sexual behavior

For the inhabitants

eurytopic

stenotopic

exophilic

endophilic

eurygamous

stenogamous

А

М

Н

Ae. cinereus

+

–

+

–

+

–

–

+

++

Cx.  modestus

+

–

++

–

+

–

–

+

++

Ae. vexans

+

–

++

+

+

–

–

+

++

Note: А – birds; М – mammals; Н – human; – – no; ++ – mostly, yes; + – usually, yes.

                                           

Figure 1. Eigenfunctions of the boundary
value problem with homogeneous boundary
conditions of the second kind.

Figure 2. Integral curves of the equation.

If the article is accepted, the authors should upload separate files for all high-resolution figures in .tif or .jpg formats. The file names for the graphics should be clear and correspond to the labels in the text (e.g., Fig. 1, Fig. 2). The resolution of the images should be: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale, and 300 dpi for color images.

  1. INFORMATION ON AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS (do not specify if author 1). Authors should provide information about their contributions to the preparation of the article according to CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy):

- Conceptualization. Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.

- Formal Analysis. Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal methods to analyze or synthesize empirical data.

- Software. Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms; testing code components.

- Methodology. Development or design of methodology; creation of models.

- Data Validation. Verification of the reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outcomes.

- Writing (Original Draft). Writing the initial draft (manuscript) of the article.

- Writing (Review & Editing). Making significant changes, additions to the article.

For example:

Authors' contribution: Name, Surname – conceptualization, methodology; Name, Surname – software, formal analysis; Name, Surname – data validation, writing (original draft); Name, Surname – writing (review and editing).

  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, SOURCES OF FUNDING. Mention all individuals who contributed significantly to the research but are not co-authors: those who coordinated the research activities and provided resources (research materials, reagents, laboratory samples, animals, instruments, computing resources, or other analytical tools). Please specify all funding sources. Recommended format: “This work was supported by the Medical Research Council (grant number xxxx).”

ATTENTION! If there was no funding, there is no need to write anything.

  1. LIST OF REFERENCES

Bibliographic entries in the list of references are presented according to the APA citation style (7th Ed., https://www.grafiati.com/uk/). Sources in the list of used references are not numbered and are arranged alphabetically. For each source, the DOI (if available) should be provided.

In the article written in ENGLISH, there is ONE list of used sources — References — in which the bibliographic description of sources not in Roman script, such as Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, etc., is provided in English translation. At the end of each bibliographic entry, the language of the source should be indicated in square brackets in English – [in Ukrainian], [in Chinese], etc. – and the bibliographic entry in the original language should be added in square brackets. For example:

Zhenchenko, M. (2019). Digital transformation publishing industry. Zhnets [in Ukrainian]. [Женченко, М. (2019). Цифрові трансформації видавничої галузі. Жнець]. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2

In the article written in UKRAINIAN, there are TWO lists of used sources:

  1. The list of sources in the original language (bibliographic entries are provided according to the APA style reference).
  2. References in ENGLISH (bibliographic entries are provided according to the APA style reference).

In the References, the bibliographic description of sources not in Roman script (Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, etc.) is presented in English translation, and the language of the source should be indicated at the end of each bibliographic entry in square brackets in English: [in Ukrainian], [in Chinese], etc. Sources written in Latin script, such as Polish, German, Spanish, etc., remain WITHOUT TRANSLATION!!! [in Polish] is not needed since that is already in Latin letters!

For example:

Zhenchenko, M. (2019). Digital transformation publishing industry. Zhnets [in Ukrainian]. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2

Bartmiński, J. (2006). Językowe podstawy obrazu świata. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2

FORMAT FOR CITING SOURCES IN TEXT – In-text citations are presented in parentheses indicating:

the author's surname (if there is one author) or the first words of the title of the work (for publications without authors), followed by a comma and the year of publication, and, if necessary, followed by a comma and the page numbers after the abbreviation "с." (in Ukrainian) or "p." (in English). The title of the work can be abbreviated, and omitted words should be denoted by the symbol "three dots":

(Freeberg, 2019), (Freeberg, 2019, p. 147), (Freeberg, 2019, pp. 56–57), (Наукова спадщина…, 2017, с. 45), (Проблеми типологічної … лексикології, 2018, с. 184–185);

  • Surnames of all co-authors (if there are no more than three), year of publication:

(Cornell, & Harlow, 2003), (Cornell, & Harlow, 2003, р. 200), (Dormus, Brown, & Bloom, 2013);

  • Surnames of only the first co-author (if there are more than three authors), the abbreviation "et al." or "and others," year of publication):

(Grady et al., 2019), (Назаренко та ін., 2022);

  • Surnames and initials of the authors, year of publication (if the article cites works by authors with the same surname published in the same year):

(Reinberg, Т., 2005);

  • Surnames of the authors, year of publication of the first work, year of publication of the subsequent work (if the article cites works by the same author published in different years, the author's surname is not repeated):

(Gibson, 2007, p. 115; 2010, pp. 73–75);

  • surnames of the author, year of publication, lowercase Latin letter after the year of publication (if the article cites works by the same author published in the same year): (Gibson, 2005a; 2005b; 2005c);
  • Indicate the number or title (if there is no number) of the part of the electronic source (volume, part, section, etc.) following a comma after the year of publication, if the pages are unnumbered: (Brown, 2017, vol. 2). References to multiple sources at once should be presented in alphabetical order by the first letter of the surname of each source's author or the title of the work for publications without an author, separated by semicolons. For example, researchers studied a particular issue:

(Freeberg, 2019; Grady et al., 2019).

The main part of the citations in the publication should be based on authoritative sources from the last 5–7 years. The bibliography should contain at least 30% of articles published in reputable journals indexed in the scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science. Self-citations should not exceed 15% of the total number of cited sources.

 

EXAMPLES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS IN APA STYLE REFERENCES (7th Ed.)

Book edition

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of the book. Publisher.

Covey, S. R. (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change. Simon & Schuster.

For e-books or books that have electronic versions, the URL is indicated at the end of the bibliographic description, for example:

Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag. https://thebigpicture-academicwriting.digi.hansreitzel.dk/

Brück, M. (2009). Women in early British and Irish astronomy: Stars and satellites. Springer Nature. https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2

Женченко, М. (2019). Цифрові трансформації видавничої галузі. 2-ге вид., переробл. і доповн. Жнець. https://www.zhnets.com.ua/zhenchenko-maryna-tsyfrovi-transformatsiyi-vydavnychoyi-galuzi-kyyiv-zhnets-2019-2-ge-vyd-zmin-409-s/

Article in a scientific journal

Author, A.A. (Year of publication). Title of the article. Title of the journal, volume number (issue number), pages. URL   

Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185

Presentation at the conference

Author, A. A. (Year, Month, Date of the conference). Title of the presentation [Conference presentation]. Title of the conference, Location of the conference. URL

Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video

Conference materials published in the conference proceedings.

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the publication. In Editor(s) Last Name(s) (Eds.), Title of the conference: Number. Title (pages). Publisher. URL

Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization (pp. 225–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21

Батрак, А. К. (2015). До питання про мораторій на відчуження земельних ділянок. У Д. В. Санніков, І. В. Ігнатенко, А. П. Гетьман, М. В. Шульга (Ред.), Перші кроки в науці земельного, аграрного та екологічного права (с. 42–45). Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого. http://nauka.nlu.edu.ua/download/ zemelnoe2015.pdf

Dissertation

Published

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the thesis [Type of work, University]. Database. URL

Корхова, М. М. (2015). Продуктивність сортів пшениці м'якої озимої залежно від строків сівби та норм висіву в умовах Південного Степу України [Дис. канд. с.-г. наук, Миколаївський національний аграрний університет]. Інституційний репозитарій Миколаївського національного аграрного університету. http://dspace.mnau.edu.ua /jspui/handle/123456789/2677

Moss, C. L. (2015). Expanded internet art and the informational milieu (Publication No. 3740855) [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. PQDT Open. https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1753118023.html?FMT=AI

Unpublished

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the thesis [Unpublished type of work]. Name of the university where the thesis was defended.

Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.

Лісовський, С. А. (2004). Економіко-географічні засади збалансованого розвитку України [Неопубл. дис. д-ра геогр. наук]. Інститут географії Національної академії наук України.

Abstract

Заїнчківська, І. П. (2020). Етнорелігійні виміри творчої спадщини І. Огієнка [Автореф. дис. канд. філос. наук, Національний педагогічний університет імені М. П. Драгоманова]. ENPUIR. http://enpuir.npu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/28228

Regulatory legal acts, standards.

Верховна Рада України. (2019). Про забезпечення функціонування української мови як державної (закон України від 25.04.19. № 2704-VIII). https://zakon.rada.gov.ua /laws/show/2704-19

International Organization for Standardization. (2018). Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use (ISO Standard № 45001:2018). https://www.iso.org/standard/63787.html

 

Detailed requirements and examples for formatting bibliographic descriptions can also be found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th Edition, as well as in the Examples of Formatting References in APA (7th ed.) in the list of used sources (https://www.grafiati.com/uk/info/apa-7/examples/). Specialized programs can be used for correctly creating bibliographic descriptions in the list of used sources, for example: https://www.grafiati.com/uk/.

 

  1. INFORMATION ON THE DATES OF SUBMISSION AND EDITORIAL-PUBLICATION PROCESSING OF THE ARTICLE

At the end of the article, the information is provided in the following format:

                                                                                                                        Отримано редакцією журналу / Received: 20.09.24

                                                                                                                        Прорецензовано / Revised: 10.10.24

                                                                                                                        Схвалено до друку / Accepted: 17.10.24

  1. TRANSLATION OF AUTHOR (AUTHORS) INFORMATION, ARTICLE TITLE, ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS

The information regarding the article title, author(s) details, abstract (minimum of 1800 characters), and keywords of the article should be provided in English translation for Ukrainian-language articles or in Ukrainian for English-language articles at the end of the article, following the list of references and the submission date of the article to the journal's editorial office. At the end of each article, after the translations of the article title, author(s) details, abstract, and keywords in English for Ukrainian-language articles or in Ukrainian for English-language articles, the following text must be added:

At the very end of the article:

FOR A SINGLE AUTHOR 

Автор заявляє про відсутність конфлікту інтересів. Спонсори не брали участі в розробленні дослідження; у зборі, аналізі чи інтерпретації даних; у написанні рукопису; в рішенні про публікацію результатів.

The author declares no conflicts of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; in the decision to publish the results.

FOR TWO OR MORE AUTHORS

Автори заявляють про відсутність конфлікту інтересів. Спонсори не брали участі в розробленні дослідження; у зборі, аналізі чи інтерпретації даних; у написанні рукопису; в рішенні про публікацію результатів.

The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; in the decision to publish the results.

 

II. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TECHNICAL DESIGN OF THE ARTICLE

The technical design of the article must comply with the requirements of the Publishing and Printing Center of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, in particular:

  1. The text must be submitted as a file in WinWord format (*.doc, *.docx) without any use of stylistic formatting.
  2. Page settings:
  • Line spacing — single;
  • Paragraph indent — 0.5 cm;
  • Format — A4;
  • Margins:

upper

2,5

lower

2,5

left

1,8

right

1,8

from the edge to the header

1,7

from the edge to the footer

1,7
  1. Formatting parameters for structural elements:
  • - UDC index — Arial, 8 pt, bold;
  • - DOI index — Arial, 8 pt, bold;
  • - Author(s) information — Arial, 8 pt, bold;
  • - Article title — Arial Black, 10 pt, bold, all capital letters;
  • - Abstract (in Ukrainian and English) — Arial, 8 pt, italic;
  • - Items in the structured abstract ("Introduction", "Methods", etc.) — Arial, 8 pt, bold, spaced 2 pt;
  • - Main text of the article — Arial, 9 pt, regular;
  • - Tables (titles and table data) and figures (labels and captions) — Arial, 8 pt;
  • - Authors' contributions — Arial, 8 pt, regular;
  • - Acknowledgments, sources of funding — Arial, 8 pt, regular;
  • - List of references — Arial, 7 pt, regular;
  • - Information about submission and processing dates — Arial, 7 pt, bold, spaced 1 pt;
  1. Additional requirements for the text of the article:

- Each abbreviation should be introduced in the text in parentheses after the first mention of the corresponding full phrase; only then can the abbreviation be used.

- All quotes must be presented in the language of the article (regardless of the original language), accompanied by references to the source and the specific page.

- All references from the list of used sources must be cited in the text; all citations mentioned in the text must also be included in the bibliography.

- Omitted parts of quotes should be indicated with square brackets containing three dots: […].

- Formulas in articles should be created using a formula editor (Microsoft Equation or MathType Equation) and Microsoft Office's formula editor.

- A non-breaking space (Ctrl+Shift+Space) should be placed between the numerical value and the abbreviation of the unit of measurement.

- The following format for graphical symbols should be adhered to: quotes "…", apostrophes …'…, dashes [–], and hyphens [-].

- To indicate a range (from … to …), a dash should be used: e.g., p. 95–97, 30–40s, April–May, Kyiv–Lviv.

- The substitution of Latin letters with Cyrillic ones and vice versa is not allowed (for example, the Latin letters o, a, c, x, p, e, H, T, I, M, B with Cyrillic о, а, с, х, р, е, Н, Т, І, М, В), especially in the surname and name of the author, the title of the article, abstract, keywords, and bibliographic references, as this may cause incorrect indexing of the publication and hinder its identification in search and bibliometric systems.

 

Appendix 1

An example of article design