The compulsory elements of text appearance include:
- UDC;
- DOI – if there is any;
- Title;
- The full names of the authors, academic degree, academic rank or position, ORCID, e-mail, names and addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with the full postal and email address see the example;
- A structured abstract of 200-250 words (when writing an abstract do not use abbreviation and do not use references). The abstract should describe clearly the aim, major findings and conclusions of the research. see the example of good abstracts;
- Keywords;
- Introduction, subject matter (with a topical heading which discloses a topic of a paper but does not repeat it), conclusion; references.
Designing papers, please, follow strictly our examples taking into account all characteristics: punctuation, space, capital and small letters, italics and Roman type, semi-bold and light type, abbreviations, types of brackets etc.
Texts typing
A volume of an article (text, tables, figures and references) should not exceed the equivalent of 25 pages printed in А4 format, one-sided with 1.5 line space, type Times New Roman 13, paper margins: on the left 3 cm, the rest – less than 2 cm.
Use Times New Roman, 13 pt (for figures font size minimum 8, maximum 10), 1.5 line space, programs texts— Pragmatica BookC or other fonts different from the main one.
Start paragraphs with indents.
While typing symbols keep in mind that symbols in Latin letters are typed in light non-bold italics, in Russian and Greek letters – in Roman type, vectors – in Roman semi-bold type, symbols of differential and derivative, numbers, brackets, etc. – always Roman type.
Never use underlining to highlight the text.
Strictly limit an amount of highlights in the text (italics, semi-bold etc.) totally excluding emotionally motivated highlighting.
All tables should have borders of all four sides.
Abbreviations should be used sparingly: only where they ease the reader's task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
Formulae typing
Type simple formulae and symbols in the text line using Word, if Word applications allow, without using formula processors (Mathtype or Equation); in order to find a necessary symbol choose “Paste”, then “Symbol”, then find a necessary symbol in one of sections (Symbol, Symath, different Euclid), in case Word does not allow typing a formula or a symbol (for example, common fraction, symbols with diacritics etc.), use Word formula processors Mathtype or Equation.
Separate line formulae can be typed in any application.
Always type symbols with diacritics in formula processors Mathtype or Equation.
For formulae which cannot be typed in Word use formula processors Mathtype or Equation:
- Never use the panel Other... to set a font size, use default setting of a processor;
- Typing formulae in a formula processor key in punctuation marks (. , ;) at the end of a formula without a space in formula processors Mathtype or Equation;
- Do not adjust symbol sizes in formulae to a type size in the paper text, do not zoom in and zoom out formulae pasted into the text;
- To type Greek and special symbol use tools panels “Edit – Insert a symbol”;
- Do not separate signs + = - with spaces in formulae;
- Do not use two processors to type one formula (a part of a formula in Word, for example, brackets, and a part in Mathtype or Equation).
Figures processing
Present figures, graphs, diagrams, block schemes as separate source files available for editing using vector programs: Visio (*.vsd, *.vsdx); Adobe Illustrator (*.ai); Coreldraw (*.cdr, version not higher than 15); Excel (*.xls); Word (*.docx); AutoCad, Matlab (export to PDF, EPS, SVG, WMF, EMF); Compass (export to в PDF), web portal DRAW.IO (export to в PDF);
If an image processor you use to create a figure does not allow saving in a vector format use a function of export, for example, into *.ai, *.esp, *.wmf, *.svg only for a source image, processing images already saved in a bitmap (tif , jpg, png, psd) this function does not produce a desired result.
If you use arrows during creation of a figure follow the principle of uniformity.
If there is a text in a figure use the same type as in the main text (Times New Roman), font size maximum 10 pt, minimum 8 pt.
Present photos in the format *.tif, *.png, *.jpg with maximum resolution (minimum 300 pixels/inch or 800 pixels along the shorter side).
Be sure to write figure captions and place them appropriately in the text of an article.
References
The reference lists of articles should primarily consist of references to scientific peer-reviewed (WoS, SCOPUS, VAK List) periodicals for the last 5 years (at least 20 references). Self-citation should not exceed 20%.
Compile the list of references according to the order of references in the article following samples: lit_en.dot.
If a publication has a Digital Object Identifier DOI you must put it at the end of reference with a space: doi:10.1134/S1023193508080077.
In the reference list, if a reference has many authors, list only the first seven authors, followed by 'et al.' Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g. Smith A, 2000, unpublished data).
Compiling references it is necessary to strictly follow our recommendations, taking into account all characteristics: punctuation, space, capital and small letters, italics and Roman type, semi-bold and light type, absence of slash, abbreviations, types of brackets etc.
Please, remember that surname, first name and patronymic are written as following: Surname, space, name, full point, space, patronymic, full point: Burakov V. V.
Do not make arbitrary abbreviations of source names in references. It can lead to loosing links with a source as its abbreviated name cannot be identified.
Funding
The following rules should be followed:
The sentence should begin: ‘This work was supported by …’
The full official funding agency name should be given, i. e. “the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health” or simply “National Institutes of Health” not “NCI” (one of the 27 subinstitutions) or “NCI at NIH”.
Grant numbers should be complete and accurate and provided in brackets as follows: ‘[grant number ABX CDXXXXXX]’
Multiple grant numbers should be separated by a comma as follows: ‘[grant numbers ABX CDXXXXXX, EFX GHXXXXXX]’
Agencies should be separated by a semi-colon (plus ‘and’ before the last funding agency)
Where individuals need to be specified for certain sources of funding the following text should be added after the relevant agency or grant number 'to [author initials]'.