Author Guidelines
How to work with a manuscript
Manuscript processing consists of the following steps:
• at the initial stage: checking for compliance with the design requirements, checking in the Anti-plagiarism system; articles that are not formatted according to the requirements and / or have an originality level of the text below 75% are returned to the authors for revision;
• at the main stage:
1) reviewing (reviewing is carried out by members of the editorial board or involved specialists; reviewers receive the text of the article without indicating the author; the reviewer's task is to determine the relevance, novelty and originality of the author's approach, the correspondence of the article to the scientific specialty); articles that have received negative reviews are returned to the authors for revision;
2) editing (if necessary, technical and / or literary editing of the text is carried out, verification of reference lists) - if necessary, the editors contact the authors;
• at the final stage: final editing in the publishing house and publication.
General requirements
1. Previously unpublished articles are accepted for publication, presenting the results of relevant, new, theoretically / practically significant scientific research. Essays, reviews, reports on scientific events, interviews are not published.
2. Originality of the text - not less than 75%. Subject to references to own research (self-citation) - 70%.
3. The recommended length of the article is 8–10 pages. Main text: Times New Roman font, size 14, single spacing, margins 2 cm on each side, paragraph indent 1 cm, justified alignment.
4. Each article must be provided with:
• UDC index (see, for example: https://www.teacode.com/online/udc);
• translation of the title and name of the author(s) into English;
• information about the author(s) in Russian and English; perhaps no more than 3-5 authors of the article;
• annotation in Russian and English (about 100 words; Times New Roman, size 12, single spacing);
• keywords (5–8) in Russian and English (Times New Roman, size 12, single spacing);
• bibliographic list, including (if possible) at least 3-5 sources published in the last 5 years, including modern foreign publications, and a list of References.
5. Articles of postgraduate students should be accompanied by a review of the supervisor, which determines the relevance of theoretical / practical research and characterizes the elements of scientific novelty.
6. For articles containing fragments of text in foreign languages, as well as diagrams, formulas, complex characters, etc., it is mandatory to have a second (along with the main file in Microsoft Word format) version of the article saved in pdf format (you must send two of the same name files of various formats).
7. For articles containing fragments of text in foreign languages, it is also obligatory to have a translation of all text fragments of any volume with an indication of the translator (for example: hereinafter - our translation).
Requirements for the structure of the main text of the article
Each article should be structured and include the following main and optional elements (each element in the text of the article should be titled in Russian and English):
Introduction (Introduction) - a brief description of the relevance, purpose, hypothesis, research prospects, the author's position on the stated topic. Mandatory section
Methods (Methods) - a description of the theoretical approaches and principles on which the study is based, methods, techniques that were used by the author. Mandatory section
Literature Review (Literature Review) - a reference to the main works of the predecessors that formed the basis of the study, a demonstration of the inclusion of the study in the modern scientific context, the detection of insufficient knowledge of the issue under study. In the absence of the need to give a detailed literary review, an indication of the primary sources that influenced the author of the work, etc. may be included in the Introduction or Methods sections. The editors reserve the right to recommend the author to make the section independent.
Results and Discussion (Results and Discussion) - presentation and argumentation of the author's concept / approach to traditional problems of science / new concept, etc., commented analysis of primary sources and other texts in order to derive new humanitarian knowledge, analysis of empirical material / experiments, description of the research progress, qualitative and quantitative interpretation of observations. Mandatory section
Conclusion (Conclusion) - the formulation of the main conclusions of the study, the definition of its prospects, theoretical and practical significance. Mandatory section
Acknowledgеments (Acknowledgеments) - an indication of scientific foundations and other organizations with the support of which the study was carried out, the names of projects and grants. Optional section
Bibliographic list - a list of sources to which the author refers in the article. Mandatory section
Requirements for the design of a bibliographic list
References to the literature are made out as follows: [1, p. 238], where the first digit is the number of the source in the bibliographic list. The bibliographic list is drawn up in accordance with GOST R 7.0.5 2008: Times New Roman font, size 12, single spacing; sources are NOT placed alphabetically, but IN THE ORDER OF LINKS IN THE TEXT; a bibliographic list is required. The description of the source must indicate the publisher; the total number of pages, if there is a link to a book, or an indication of the page range, if the author refers to an article published in a collection, journal, encyclopedia, etc. If the cited publication has a DOI index, it must be indicated (to check the DOI, you can use the following resource: https://search.crossref.org).
In accordance with the principles of international scientific databases, references to modern (published within the last 3–5 years) publications, including publications in foreign languages in foreign journals, are highly desirable.
