Formatting Guidelines

The journal publishes only original materials that have not been previously published. Software is used to check for plagiarism. Plagiarism in scientific works is a serious violation of ethical norms governing the interaction between authors, reviewers, editors, publishers, and readers, and contradicts the principles of publication ethics.

The editorial board carefully checks all cases of plagiarism and reserves the right not to accept manuscripts for review if violations are found. Each article is evaluated for its level of originality.

The percentage of plagiarism is calculated using special software that checks manuscripts both in a local database and on the Internet. After that, the report is carefully analyzed by the editorial board.

If plagiarism is detected after publication, the editorial board conducts an additional investigation and contacts the author to report the incident. If the ethical violation is confirmed, the article will be retracted.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORMATTING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

1. Scientific articles of 6-12 pages of text are accepted for consideration, paper format – A4, orientation – portrait, margins on all sides – 20 mm, line spacing – 1.5, font size – 14, font – Times New Roman, paragraph – 1 cm (only for the main text of abstracts and articles).

2. Structure of a scientific article:

line 1 – UDC (aligned to the left margin, font – bold). You can find the UDC code at the following link: https://udcsummary.info/php/index.php?lang=uk&pr=Y

line 2 – title of the scientific article (centered, bold, capital letters);

line 3 – initials and surname of the author (co-authors, font – bold italics); academic degree and academic title, place of work (full name of the structural unit, font – bold italics), each co-author on a new line, centered;

line 4 – authors' email addresses;

 

line 5 – abstract (font size – 14, italics, line spacing – 1). The abstract should be at least 1800 characters long. Manuscripts with the most detailed abstracts are accepted for publication. The abstract should contain the main conclusions and results of the work. The abstract can be structured according to the IMRAD principle (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion):

-Relevance – the relevance of the research.

-Research objective – the purpose and objectives of the research. -

-Research methods – information about when, where, and how the research was conducted; what information and methods were used; who was included in the study group. -

Research results and prospects – main conclusions (specifics), research results, information about how the results obtained correlate with the conclusions of other scientists, research prospects, directions for further work, difficulties.

Line 6 – keywords (font size – 14, italics, line spacing – 1; phrases are used to search for articles in electronic databases), they should be concise and reflect the content and specificity of the manuscript.

The abstract and keywords are subject to verification for the purpose of

line 7 – the text of the scientific article with the following elements:

Relevance, highlighting the importance of the research, existing problems, and directions for their solution in the context of the scientific tasks set; unresolved parts of the problem are indicated.

Analysis of recent studies and publications, which provides a brief analysis of the results of research by scientists on the topic of the scientific article. The purpose of the study, which indicates the purpose and objectives of the scientific research.

 

Materials and methods of research, which highlights the main methods and techniques used in the scientific article.

Research results and their discussion, highlighting the main results of the research presented in the scientific article.

Conclusions and prospects, presenting specific conclusions based on the research results and prospects for further development. At the end of the scientific article,

The list of references is provided at the end of the scientific article (at least 10 sources) in the order of mention or in alphabetical order (font size – 14, line spacing – 1). The list of references is formatted according to the interstate standard DSTU 8302:2015. References to literary sources in the text of the scientific article should be given in parentheses (Author (authors), year (given in the original language)). This is followed by a list of references in English (References), which is formatted according to the international APA standard (to be used when placing manuscripts in foreign databases). This standard is used in the US as the standard for formatting articles (including bibliographies), adopted by the APA (American Psychological Association) and is INTERNATIONAL. To facilitate the creation of bibliographies, we suggest using the Grafiati reference generator, a free service for automatically formatting references and creating lists of sources used in accordance with Ukrainian and international standards: DSTU 8302: 2015, APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, etc.

3. Tables and graphs may only be in book format, and their number should be appropriate. Tables should be numbered sequentially, with the number indicated on the left before the table title. The table title is placed above the table (font size – 14, bold, line spacing – 1.5, justified). The table text is presented in Times New Roman font (font size – 12, line spacing – 1).

 

1. Table title

 

Sowing date    Sprouting    Flowering    Yield, c/ha

    Affected

plants    Development

of disease    Affected

plants    Development

of disease

First ten days of

April    45    14.8    89    40.3    27.2

The figure should be a single graphic object and grouped; it should have a number and title indicated outside the object (font size – 14, bold, line spacing – 1, justified). The figure should be located in the text. Figures should be contrasting, black and white or color. Graphic materials should not be scanned.

Fig. 1. Figure title

4. Formulas (with standard numbering) are created in Microsoft Equation.

5. Automatic word breaks and macros are not allowed in scientific articles. Paragraphs should be marked only with the “Enter” key; do not use spaces or tabs (the “Tab” key). The use of condensed or condensed fonts is not allowed!

Lines 8-16 – topic, author's initials and surname, abstract and keywords, provided in English.

Appendix

SAMPLE FORMAT OF A SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

UDC 123

TITLE OF THE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

P. I. Ivanenko, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Botany Uzhhorod National University

E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract. Text text text ... .

Keywords: text text text ...

Relevance (Introduction). Text text text text text text text ... Analysis of recent research and publications (Analysis of recent researches and publications). Text text text text text text text ...

Purpose of the study. Text text text text text text text ... Materials and methods of research. Text text text text text Results of research and their discussion. Text text text text text text text ...

Conclusions and prospects (Discussion). Text text text text text text

List of references

1. Text text text… .

1. Text text text … .

References

TITLE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

P. Ivanenko

Abstract. Text text text … .

Key words: Text text text … .