Requirements for drafting articles
Requirements for materials:
Materials that meet the profile of the journal and have scientific and practical value are accepted for publication. The author has the right to present only one scientific material in one issue that has not been published before. The author is responsible for the originality of the text, the accuracy of the given facts, quotations, statistical data, proper names, geographical names and other information, as well as for the fact that the materials do not contain data that are not subject to open publication. The editors are not responsible for the information contained in the material. The final decision on publication is made by the editors, who also reserve the right to additional review, editing and rejection of materials.
Volume requirements:
- review and methodological article (including abstract, keywords, illustrations, tables, graphs, list of used sources) is no more than 24 pages;
- an experimental and discussion article (including an abstract, keywords, illustrations, tables, graphs, a list of used sources) is no more than 16 pages;
- short message (including abstract, keywords, illustrations, tables, graphs, list of used sources) is no more than 4 pages;
- notes are no more than 1 page.
Technical requirements:
- the article, short message, note are submitted in Ukrainian or English;
- drawn up in the text editor Word for Windows (font Times New Roman 14, line spacing - 1.5).
- margin from each edge - 2 cm;
- paragraph indentation - 1.25 cm (it is not allowed to create a paragraph indentation using the Tab key and space characters);
- the text is aligned in width.
Literature consists of two blocks (regardless of the language):
List of used sources. These are sources in the original language, designed in accordance with the national standard of bibliographic description DSTU 8302:2015. If available, the DOI is indicated.
Example:
- Демченко В.О., Смірнов А.І. Зміни іхтіорізноманіття лиманів Сасик, Тилігульський, Молочний та Утлюцький. Біологія та валеологія. 2009. № 11. С. 16–23.
References. These are the same sources, but in English, designed according to the international standard of bibliographic description APA. The names of Ukrainian-language sources are presented in transliteration*, and the translation is given in parentheses.
Example:
- Demchenko, V.O., Smirnov, A.I. (2009). Zminy ikhtioriznomanittia lymaniv Sasyk, Tylihulskyi, Molochnyi ta Utliutskyi [Changes in ichthyodiversity of Sasyk, Tiligul, Molochny and Utlyutsky estuaries]. Biolohiia ta valeolohiia, no. 11, pp. 16–23.
*Transliteration site: Ukrainian.
Structure of the article:
The article should have the following structural elements:
- UDC index (in the upper left corner of the page);
- title of the article;
- surname and initials of the author(s), scientific degree, academic title, position, name of the institution;
- abstract and keywords in Ukrainian (English) (at least 1800 characters including key words);
- main part:
- introduction that should contain:
- statement of the problem in a general form and its connection with important scientific or practical tasks;
- analysis of the latest research and publications, in which the solution to this problem was initiated, on which the author relies;
- selection of previously unsolved parts of the general problem, to which the specified article is devoted;
- goal formulation (task setting);
- main text;
- conclusions;
- list of used sources;
- references;
- surname and initials of the author(s), scientific degree, academic title, position, name of the institution, title of the article, abstract and keywords in English (Ukrainian) (annotation length is at least 1800 characters, including keywords).
Structure of a short message:
A short message should contain structural elements:
- UDC index (in the upper left corner of the page);
- title of the article;
- surname and initials of the author(s), scientific degree, academic title, position, name of the institution;
- abstract and keywords in Ukrainian (English) (up to 300 characters including key words);
- main part:
- introduction;
- research methods;
- main text;
- conclusions;
- list of used sources;
- references;
- surname and initials of the author(s), scientific degree, academic rank, position, name of the institution, title of the article, abstract and keywords in English (Ukrainian) (up to 300 characters including key words).
Note structure:
The note should have the following structural elements:
- name (in Ukrainian and English);
- surname and initials of the author(s), scientific degree, academic rank, position, name of the institution (in Ukrainian and English);
- main text;
- list of used sources;
- references.
