Manuscripts should be COMPLETE, CONCISE and CLEAR (see EASE Guidelines, available in many languages). Follow the appropriate reporting guideline, if applicable.
Formatting
1. MS Word
2. Article size – about 40,000 characters
Article body
Please follow the IMRAD structure:
Introduction: explain why it was necessary to conduct the study, indicate the purpose and hypothesis of the study, briefly describe the structure of the article.
Literature review: conduct a brief analysis of publications related to your research problem, while evaluating the scientific contribution of each work.
Methods: describe in detail how the study was conducted (i.e., scope of study, data collection, evaluation criteria, sample size, number of measurements, etc.).
Results: resent the obtained results using illustrative materials (tables, figures). As a rule, this section does not contain the results obtained in previous studies.
Discussion: compare your results with those reported in literature, describe possible limitations of your study, confirm (or reject) formulated hypotheses, etc.
Conclusion: give brief conclusions of the conducted study, revisit your research aims and hypotheses in the context of the results obtained, evaluate the theoretical and practical significance of the study.
Article metadata
• Title;
• Author affiliation (place of work);
• Abstract (250 words);
• Keywords (5–7)
• Information about the author(s);
• Acknowledgements (funding, etc.)
• References
Title (no more than 10 words): accurately reflects the content of the article, the subject matter and the results of the conducted research.
Author affiliation: official name of institution without abbreviations, address of institution (it is necessary to indicate all author workplaces where the research was carried out (permanent address, place of project implementation, etc.)
Abstract: briefly explain why your study is relevant (RELEVANCE), the aim and hypothesis of the study (OBJECTIVES), how the study was conducted (METHODS), what you found (RESULTS), the theoretical and practical significance of the results (CONCLUSIONS). The abstract should accurately reflect the content of the article, the subject matter and the results of the conducted research. Keywords should be used to increase chances that your article is found by an interested reader. In a review article, the abstract may be descriptive, i.e., listing the major topics discussed and conclusions. The text of the abstract should not appear in the body of the article.
Keywords: reflect the main statements, achievements, results and terminology of scientific research. The recommended number of keywords is 5–7.
Information about the author(s)
• Full surname, first name and any second names or patronymics of the authors
• Scientific degree, title, position, ORCID, e-mail, phone, postal address of the organization where the author works
Acknowledgments: mention should be made of people who helped the author to prepare the article and any organisations that provided financial support. Expressing gratitude to anonymous reviewers is considered good form. This section also contains funding information with specific grant numbers, etc.
References
1. References in the reference list are provided in the order of their mention in the text (not alphabetically).
2. All sources provided in the reference list should be mentioned in the articles in square brackets [].
3. References lists in original research articles should consist of about 35–40 sources. In review articles, the number of cited sources may be 70–80. The Editorial Board recommends citing articles from peer-reviewed journals, those indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) and international databases.
4. Electronic resources, in which the author of the material is not indicated, statistical collections, regulatory legal acts are placed in footnotes and are not included in the list of used literature.
5. The rate of self-citation should not exceed 20% of the total number of references
Created / Updated: 2 September 2015 / 30 January 2023
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