Submission Guidelines For Authors

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

  • Author can’t edit the manuscript once it is submitted, thus we encourage you to send the final version of the paper.
  • The editorial staff does not return the submitted materials and reserves the right to make formal changes and add the necessary abbreviations.
  • The article should present the author’s considerations regarding a particular topic.
  • The article should include ideas which are characterized by a high level of generalization and scientific novelty.
  • Papers: 15.000–40.000 characters with spaces (also including abstracts, references, bibliography, tables, diagrams, and footnotes).
  • Language: English, French, German, Italian and other EU languages.

SECTIONS

  • LANGUAGE, CULTURE, COMMUNICATION (Linguistics and Language, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Communication, Education)
  • INNOVATION, WORK, SOCIETY (Sociology and Political Science, Public Administration, Social Work, Law, International Relations, Safety Research)
  • HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT (Health, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Planning and Development)
  • TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVITY, IMPLEMENTATION (Human Factors and Ergonomics, Transportation, Urban Studies)
  • MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

ТЕCHNICAL ARRANGEMENT

1. Papers: 15.000–40.000 characters with spaces (also including abstracts, references, bibliography, tables, diagrams, and footnotes).

2. Fields – 2 cm (bottom) x 2 cm (top), 3 cm (left) x 1,5 cm (right); indention – 1,25 cm; line spacing – 1,5 cm.

3. The font – Times New Roman; skittles – 14. 

4. If the article has tables and (or) graphics, they should be compact, entitled: Times New Roman, 12 ps. The size of the tables and graphics shouldn’t exceed a page width.

5.  You should clearly differentiate the dash (–) and the hyphen (-).

6. It is forbidden to expand or to condense the intervals between letters.

7. It is forbidden to make the paragraphs by tabulations or by multiple spaces.

8. The only one space is used between words (it is forbidden to expand the words by several spaces).

9. The quotation marks of the format « » can be used only.

10. The non-breaking space (Ctrl + Shift + Space) is used between the initial letters and the last name.

11. In addition to the text, the full JPEG and JPG images elements are allowed only.

12. The graphic elements, made in graphic editors with high-quality details, are allowed to use.

13. It is forbidden to use scanned drawings/drafts made with a pencil or pen by hand.

14. The excessive use of tables is forbidden, a small volume of tables are allowed only.

15. The file format for sending to the editors can be .DOC or .DOCX only.

SEQUENCE OF PLACEMENT OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

At the front of the article, you should indicate:

title;
surname, name of author (-s) of the article (no more than two persons);
job position, place of employment/study, academic degree, rank (if any), e-mail;
ORCID ID. If an author is not logged in ORCID, it is necessary to create an account at the link http://orcid.org/;
summary and key words. Summary volume: minimum 150 words, maximum 250 words. After the summary it is necessary to add 5-10 key words or phrases, none of which duplicates the title of the article.

The title of the article should briefly inform its content and contain no more than 13 words.

Text of the article:

Introduction is an obligatory part of the research, where the author indicates topicality of the subject and actuality of scientific decisions. Goal of research should be clearly indicated along with the research tasks. It is necessary to specify the methodology of research, the logic of presentation of the investigated material.

The main text should be divided into content-rich sections with separate headings (up to 4-6 words).

The article should contain conclusions from the study, which present detailed findings from the study and the prospects for further research in this direction.

The references to sources used should be mentioned in parentheses, where the author’s name, the year of publication, the page to which you refer in the text should be mentioned. For example: Jones S. stated, “Students often had difficulty using APA style” (Jones, 1998, p. 199).

References. The references should be placed at the end of the paper in alphabetic order. It is composed according to standards APA (APA Style Reference Citations). There is an author (transliteration), title of the article (in square brackets, English translation), source name (transliteration), source data (city with the English mark), publishing house (transliteration). For example:

Dikhtiievskyi, P. V., Lahniuk, O. M. (2015). Kadrove zabezpechennia sudiv zahalnoi yurysdyktsii: administratyvno-pravovyi aspekt [Staff assistance of of courts of general jurisdiction: administrative and legal aspect]. Kherson: Helevetyka. [in Ukrainian]

To ensure the quality of scientific citations, the DOI of each source (if available) must be provided in the list of references.

Transliteration of names and surnames is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Normalization of Transliteration of the Ukrainian Alphabet by Means of the Latin Alphabet” dated January 27, 2010, No. 55.