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  1. Articles must be written in good English.
  2. The article should clearly indicate the relevance, scientific significance, research results and conclusions.
  3. The article must be submitted as an MS Doc(x) file.
  4. The submitted material must be original (at least 90%), not previously published in other publications, written in a scientific style and contain novelty. For the review article a little less than 90 percent originality is allowed. Citations and a list of sources are excluded from the originality check.
  5. The entire article (except for the first page) should be in Times New Roman font: 10 pt, 1.5 spacing. Each paragraph should be indented 1 cm from the left margin. All margins are 2.54.
  6. The title of the article – no more than 12 words without abbreviations.
  7. There can be no more than 4 co-authors in total. One person can participate as an author or co-author, as a rule, in no more than 3 (three) articles.
  8. Structure of the article (must be obligatory):

(a) The first page should include the title of the article, authors’ names, full address for each author, and e-mail address for correspondence.

When the authors of an article are listed, the author’s first name comes first, followed by the last name. This is followed by letters (a, b, etc.), which indicate the authors’ affiliation. Affiliation is indicated as follows: organization, city, country, actual contacts (e-mail address, phone number). The author may have several affiliations, in which case they should be indicated separated by commas. The author’s name for the affiliation (corresponding author) is marked.

(b) Abstract 150-250 words – a summary of the article that shows its distinctive features and merits

(c) Key words (phrases) are listed with a comma with a small letter – 3 to 5 words (phrases).

(d) The article must contain the following sections;

Required:

  1. Introduction – contains information about what the research is about (up to 15% of the total length of the article)
  2. Problem Statement
  3. Research Questions (Research Questions)
  4. Purpose of the Study
  5. Research Methods – contains information about how the results of the study were obtained (up to 50% of the total volume of the article)
  6. Findings – contains facts, specific research results and their interpretation in the context of the study (up to 20% of the total volume of the article)
  7. Conclusion – contains the main findings of the study (up to 15% of the total volume of the article)

References

Optional: Acknowledgments – to express gratitude to participants of research or indication of financial support of conducted research and Appendix.

(e) At least 5 pages – 5,000 words maximum, including appendices (5,000 does not include abstracts, references, figures or tables)

(f) Each table and figure must be embedded in the text of the article, have a signature, formatted according to the template format) and mentioned sequentially in the text. Figures and graphs are accepted only in high quality (at least 300 pixels). Make sure that tables and figures are properly explained and referenced in the text of the article. Tables and figures should not extend beyond the margins of the text.

(g) Footnotes should be represented by superscript numbers and listed at the end of the page.

The reference list should be in alphabetical order

The reference list should ideally include 15 sources (but at least 5 sources):

  • Most sources should be included in one of the leading citation indices: Web of Science, Scopus.
  • Unrepresentative sources are considered: Internet resources that do not contain scientific information, textbooks, educational and methodological manuals;
  • The composition of the sources must be relevant and contain at least two-thirds of the articles not older than 5 years;
  • Among the sources should not be more than 10% of the sources, the author or co-author of which is the author of the article