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Author Guidelines

1. Article materials should correspond to the journal profile and be clearly written.
2. An article should be submitted in Russian or English and will be published in its original language.
3. Articles received by the Editorial Board will be reviewed by 2 specialists. The main criteria of acceptance are theme actuality, information value, and scientific novelty.
4. All materials should be submitted in two hard copies together with electronic file in the Word for Windows format (97/2000/2003). The paper should not exceed 14 pages of the typewritten text (Times New Roman, 12 points, 1.5-space).
5. The article should contain UDC number, Title (printed in capitals), Authors’ names (the corresponding author name should be marked with asterisk), full Address of organization(s) in which the author(s) work, Abstract (200–250 words), Keywords (not more than 5 words), Introduction, the Text of the paper with tables, diagrams and figures (if there are any), Conclusion with clearly stated inferences, List of References, List of Symbols and Abbreviations (if it is necessary). Title, Authors’ names and affiliation(s), Abstract, Keywords should be presented both in English and Russian languages.
6. The abstract should be informative (contain «squeeze» from all sections of the article – the introduction stating the purpose of the work, methods, main part and conclusion).
7. Figures recommended be presented in color, represented in graphical formats jpg, tif; attached with Excel or MS Graph and added with captions. All symbols in figures should be deciphered.
8. Tables should be placed directly in the article body. Diagrams and tables should not contain the same information. Each table should have the title. All tables, diagrams and figures should be referenced in the text.
9. Symbols and abbreviations which are used in articles should be deciphered directly in the text and also (if necessary) taken out on a separate page.
10. Dimensions of all quantities used in the article should correspond to International System of Units.
11. Formulas should be taped in MathType.
12. List of References is to be placed at the end of the article with full bibliographic information. Order of references should correspond to the order of their occurrence in the text. It is not recommended to refer to conference proceedings, papers from electronic journals without DOI number, textbooks, internet resources. References on unpublished works are prohibited. It is recommended to refer to not less than 10 references, self-citations – not more than 20 %/
13. The following information about every co-author should be presented: family name, first name, patronymic (or second) name (if there are any), scientific degree and title, organization and position, full address with the postal code for correspondence, office or mobile phone numbers, fax, e-mail.
14. Articles containing investigation results obtained in organizations should have a corresponding permission for publication.
15. Names of Foundations or Programs financially granted the research may be acknowledged in the end of the text.
16. Authors are responsible for submitting articles previously published or accepted by other publisher.
17. Articles not meeting the requirements of the Editorial Board would not be accepted and may be returned to the authors. The date of receipt is considered to be the day when the Editorial Board receives the author's original paper.
18. Authors conducting postgraduate (graduate studies, doctoral studies) have a priority in publishing their articles out of queue in the year of completion. Authors do not pay for publishing scientific articles. The Editorial Board can shorten and/or change the text if it does not strain the meaning of the article.

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.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one line spacing, font Times New Roman, 12 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in  Regulations  located in the Part "About Us." 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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