Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The manuscript has not been published or submitted to other journals.
• Internet links in the text contain fully working URL addresses.

• The text adheres to style and citation guides as detailed in the Author Guidelines.
  
  

• The text is formatted as follows:

  1. General requirements
  

  Article template

  1. File format: Microsoft Word 97-2016 or compatible (DOC). It is advisable to provide copies of illustrations in one of the common formats (JPG, PNG, GIF).
  2. Paper size: A4 (210×297 mm).
  3. Page margins, mm: top – 20, bottom – 20, left – 20, right – 20.
  4. Font face: Times or Cambria, normal, 11 pt, single spaced.
  5. First line: 1 cm indentation throughout the article.
  6. Only automatic hyphenation is allowed, that follows the rules of the corresponding language. Up to 5 consecutive hyphenations is allowed.
  7. Page numbering: at the bottom of the page, at least 6 mm away from the main text.
  8. A decimal point must be used to separate the integer part from the fractional part of a number (e.g. 1.02, and not 1,02).

  2.   Font styles for various article elements

  	UDC	10 pt, all capitals, bold
  	Author names and initials	11 pt, regular
  	Affiliations	10 pt, italic
  	Article title	12 pt, all capitals, bold
  	Abstract	9 pt, regular, bold
  	Copyright	9 pt, regular
  	Footnotes, references	10 pt, regular
  	Header "References and notes"	12 pt, bold
  	Submission date	9 pt, italic
  	Figure titles and labels	9 pt, bold
  	Table titles	9 pt, bold
  	Table content	9 pt, regular

  3.   Spacing

  • After UDC - single;
  • After affiliations - single;
  • After article title - single;
  • After abstract - single;
  • After main text - single;
  • Between references and submission date - single.

  4.   References

  The references are cited in text as follows: [reference number], or [reference number, p. page number], or [reference number, p. page number; reference number, p. page number], or [reference number – reference number], or [reference number; reference number], or [reference number, pp. page number – page number].

  5.   Typography

  • Do not mix hyphens (-) and n-dashes (–).
  • Add a space between a surname and initials (e.g. R. B. Woodward), and between words and n-dashes.
  • Use square brackets for references (e.g. [5]).

  6 . Tables

  • Tables should be embedded as text, not images.
  • Cell width should be autofit to contents.
  • Tables of similar nature should be stylized identically throughout that paper (fonts, borders, titles, spacing, etc).
  • Table font should be 1-2 pt smaller than the main text, and sometimes down to 6 pt if required.
  • If the table spans over several pages, its parts should start with "Table <no>, continued", followed by table title and/or column numbers.
  • Table titles should be centered and do not contain "hard" line breaks.
  • Side columns should be aligned left; multiple-line cells should have a first-line indentation. Tables should be of rectangular shape and have no "hanging" cells.
  • Numerical data should be decimal-point-aligned, with the largest number being centered. Number ranges should be separated by an n-dash, the largest number being centered and the rest of data aligned to the n-dash. Numerical titles of columns should be aligned with the column content.
  • Landscape-oriented tables should be rotated 90°, so that their title goes along the external margin for the even pages and along the internal margin for the odd pages.
  • Table notes should be given right after the corresponding table in 2 pt smaller font size and referred to with symbols in superscript (e.g. like this^*).

  7.   Illustrations

  • All figures should be inserted in line with text (i.e. without text to the left or right from the image). They can be either placed at the top or the bottom of the page or have at least 3 lines of text above or below.
  • Figure captions should be given just below the corresponging figure as text (not images or objects).
  • Multi-line figure captions should be justified and have the same width as the figure they refer to, with the final line centered. Single-line captions should be centered.
  • Labels inside illustrations should be added using the same text editor as the one used for the rest of manuscript.
  • Raster (non-vector) graphics should have resolution of at least 300 dpi after scaling.
  • Scanned graphics should be of quality comparable to the rest of the manuscript.
• When checking work on plagiarism, part of the original text must be at least 80% (without reference to literary sources).
• When checking a work for plagiarism, a part of the original text should be at least 85% (excluding literary sources)