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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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

REQUIREMENTS FOR LAYOUT AND SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED  IN THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF KHORTYTSIA NATIONAL ACADEMY 

(SERIES: PEDAGOGY. SOCIAL WORK) 

In order to submit an article, please email the following set of documents to 

ScientificJournal.hna@gmail.com: 

  1. Edited article text without page numbering which meets the requirements for scientific articles.  Please specify the author name(s) in the file name. 
  2. Covering letter that comprises: author's surname, first name, full name of the institution they  represent (without abbreviations), position, academic degree and rank, postal address, telephone  number(s), e-mail address. 

Only the articles that have not been published before are accepted for publication. The articles that do  not meet the requirements for their content or layout will not be published. Papers will not be returned to  authors. 

All articles are subject to double blind peer review. After the review authors are informed of the  results (whether their article is accepted, needs revision etc). 

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTICLE LAYOUT AND FORMATTING 

Article length: 12+ А4 pages Font: Times New Roman, 14 pt 

Line spacing: 1.5 lines for the article text; single spacing for other texts (information about the author,  abstract, references) 

Indentation of the first line of the paragraph: 12 mm Alignment: justified 

Margins: top, bottom, left – 20 mm, right –10 mm Line-end hyphenation: no 

Symbols and special characters: 

En dash (–), straight double quotes ("…"), numbering format "1.", non-breaking space (Ctrl + Shift +  Space). 

Languages: English, Ukrainian. 

STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS 

UDC index (first line, on the left, without indentation) 

Author name, patronymic, surname (next line, on the right) 

ORCID ID (personal code; if you do not have an ORCID account, it can be created here:  https://orcid.org/register) 

Information about the author: academic degree and rank, position, institution, town, country, e- mail  address. 

Article title in the same language as the article. 

Abstract text (without the word 'abstract') and key words (5–10 key words introduced by the 'Key  words' phase in italics) in the same language as the article. 

Introduction that presents analysis of recent research and publications, grounds relevance of the  research that covers a general issue aspect that has not been studied yet, provides qualitative analysis of  available papers on the issue (which mustn't be reduced to a mere list of authors who have looked into the  issue under study). 

Aim and objectives of the article. 

Research methods (their content, characteristics and indicators they identify, units of measurement). Article main body (can have up to 3 subheadings for structural elements).

Conclusions and further research areas. 

References. 

Article title, first name and surname of the author, information about the author, summary and key  words in two languages. 

Contribution of every co-author (if there are more than 1 author). For example: 1) author  contribution: Kovalenko О. В. – 50%, Martynuk О. С. – 50%; or 2) author contribution: Hryhorchuk І. P. – 40%, Koval Z. S. – 30%, Pasichnyk М. М. – 30%. 

Article submission date. 

REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF ARTICLES 

Abstract and summaries 

− For articles in English: an abstract in Ukrainian (2000–2200 characters) and summaries in English  

− For articles in Ukrainian: an abstract in English (2000–2200 characters) and summaries in  Ukrainian

Abstract text must be clear, concise, informative (it should not contain general words), properly  structured (according to the logic of the results description). Abstract should comprise a short review of  article content and results obtained. Translation into Ukrainian must comprise with the  standards of these languages. 

Article text must meet the requirements of the Resolution 7-05/1 of the Presidium of the Higher  Attestation Commission of Ukraine of 15.01.03 and comprise the following key elements: − Problem setting (in general) and its connection with important scientific or practical issues − Analysis of recent research and publications on the issue the article deals with and research is  based on 

− Purpose of the article (problem setting) 

− Main body of the article may include the following: research methodology description, analysis of  the results obtained, historical analysis of the problem, analysis of theoretical sources considering their  ways to solve the problem etc. 

− Conclusions and further research areas in line with the study 

In-text citations of sources must be arranged according to the international APA guidelines, indicating author (editor/ compiler) surname(s), year of publication, page range. 

For example: 

True humanism determines primary values of human rehabilitation (Shevtsov, 2009). According to  A. Shevtsov (2009), primary values of rehabilitation are determined by humanism. A. Shevtsov draws our attention to the fact that "true humanism determines primary values of human  rehabilitation" (Shevtsov, 2009, p. 180). 

  1. Yermakov, V. Nechyporenko, D. Puzikov (2011) state: "Personality development depends on the  formation and development of their life competencies and life-creation" (p. 27). 

Each subsequent mention of a source (with multiple authors) is cited like this: 

Personality development depends on the formation and development of life competencies and life creation (I. Yermakov et al., 2011).

With six or more authors, please cite the first author followed by et al. every time: 

Theory and practice of life-long planning for personality development… (V. Nechyporenko et al., 2011,  p. 10). 

Sources without authors are cited like this: 

According to recent research, Ukrainian language holds a special place… (Ukrainian language, 2009,  p. 89). 

Tables and other non-text objects must be numbered and placed in the text, centered. Maximum  size of tables and figures is 104x170 mm. 

Table title is placed above the table, centered, labeled as Table. Minimum font size in tables is 8 pt. For figures and images, please use vector graphics whenever possible. Figure titles are placed under  the figure, centered, labeled as Fig. 

Reference list (must comply with APA style (see https://apastyle.apa.org/). 

All sources from the list must be cited in the text. All citations must be included into the list of  references (with the only exception of unpublished works). 

Cited sources in Latin characters are arranged in alphabetical order by surname of the first author.  When referencing works of Ukrainian , we recommend the following structure of entries: 

  1. Transliterated name(s) of the author(s). 
  2. Year of publication. 
  3. Title of the reference source in English. 
  4. (If the source is a part of a book, periodical or continued publication) 

Title of the publication in English. 

  1. Name of the publisher in English. 
  2. Number of journal issue, volume, series. 
  3. Page range. 
  4. Original language (Ukrainian / Polish: ukr / pol) 

Recommended online services for transliteration: 

Forsources in Ukrainian: Slovnyk UA in passport mode (https://www.slovnyk.ua/ translit.php) 

 

 

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