Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• File format: Articles must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx).

• Length: The recommended length is 4,000–6,000 words (excluding abstracts, illustrations, tables, and references). Articles exceeding this volume must be pre-approved by the editorial board.

• Language: Ukrainian or English.

• Author information: Must be provided in both Ukrainian and English and should include:

  • first and last name;

  • academic degree or title;

  • position, affiliation (full name of institution);

  • postal address, phone number, e-mail, and ORCID.
    For articles with two or more authors, one must be designated as the corresponding author.

• Abstract: The recommended length is 1,800–2,500 characters in both languages.

• Keywords: 5–10 keywords or phrases in both languages.

• Article structure: The article must follow international academic standards and be clearly structured with the following required sections:

  • Introduction: statement of the research problem and its relevance to scientific and/or practical tasks.

  • Theoretical Background:

    • review of the latest research and publications related to the topic;

    • identification of gaps in current knowledge;

    • formulation of the article’s objective;

    • description of the applied research methods.

  • Results and Discussion: presentation and substantiation of the core findings of the study.

  • Conclusions: key takeaways and perspectives for future research.

• In-text citations and referencing:

  • In-text references should follow this format: (Surname, year, page).

  • When citing multiple sources, they should be listed in alphabetical order, separated by semicolons:
    (Petrenko, 2024; Yakovets, 2020; Miller, 2019).

  • For direct quotes, use quotation marks «...», and provide an exact page number. Quotes must match the language of the article and reflect the original source precisely.

• References:

  • Must be formatted according to APA style (7th edition) in alphabetical order.

  • DOI numbers (if available) must be included and active (clickable).

  • Access dates are required only for standard hyperlinks (not for sources with DOI).

  • To ensure correct formatting, use reference management tools such as Grafiati, Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.

• Illustrations and appendices:

  • Visual materials (figures, charts, tables, diagrams, etc.) used in the article should also be submitted as separate files in the format in which they were created.

• Funding sources:

  • For example:
    _This research was carried out within the framework of the research project “TOPIC”, registration number ______, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
    _Or: This work was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through a National Cancer Institute grant (NO. __).

• Acknowledgements: (optional)