Requirements for articles

1. Content requirements

- The article should have a high impact

- The article should comprise the following elements:

a) problem statement and its connection with important scientific or practical tasks;

b) analysis of the latest research and publications that initiated the solution of the relevant problem and the author relies on;

c) statement of previously unresolved parts of the general problem the article is devoted to;

d) formulation of research objectives (task statement);

e) presentation of the main research material with full justification of findings;

f) conclusions and prospects for further research

2. Formatting requirements

- The article is formatted in Microsoft Word, file extension – .doc or .rtf.

- Times New Roman, size – 14, line spacing – 1.5, all margins – 2 cm.

- The upper right corner – UDC.

- The next line – after 1 paragraph– the author’s initials and surname (right-alignment, bold, italics).

- The next line – the author’s academic degree, academic title, and position (right-alignment, normal font, italics).

- The next line, in brackets – affiliation (right-alignment, normal font, italics).

- Further, if necessary, after 1 paragraph, information about co-authors is given following the above scheme.

- The next line – after 1 paragraph – article title (all capital letters, center alignment, bold).

- The next line – after 1 paragraph – main text.

- In-text citations are marked with numbers in square brackets with the number of the source in the references list and the page number (separated by commas, with the letter p.).

- Main text is followed by the References after 1 paragraph.

- The next line after References – in 1 paragraph – the abstract (incl. the author’s name, initials, article title) and keywords (3 – 10 terms) in Ukrainian and English. The abstract in English should comprise 1000–2000 characters (including spaces) and render the main conclusions in brief.

- The text should not contain footers, word hyphenation, or hyperlinks. Paragraph indentation shall not be set with spaces or tabs.