Author Guidelines
Rules for presentation of papers
Scientific reviews, full-text and brief papers are published.
Papers are accepted in Russian and English languages.
A full-text paper should have a well-defined structure, including an abstract, keywords, introduction, several substantive chapters and a conclusion.
An abstract is intended for general public. It is necessary to set forth the scientific content of the paper limited by 250-400 words in the form of a brief abstract: the subject, the purpose of work, the method or methodology of work, a brief description of the experiment, obtained results, recommendations for their application.
Keywords should be connected with the information presented in the paper. The main keyword is given first, the total number of keywords - not less than 5 and not more than 25.
An introduction should contain a meaningful statement of the issue in question, brief analysis of the solutions known from scientific literature (with references to sources), criticism of their shortcomings, scientific novelty and advantages (features) of the proposed approach.
A main body of the paper should represent exact statement of the problem being solved; obtained assertions and conclusions are to be set forth and explained in detail (proved), the results of experimental studies or mathematical modeling should be given to illustrate the statements made. The main text of the paper needs to be split up into meaningful sections.
In conclusion it is necessary to summarize the main results, comment on them and, if possible, to indicate the areas of future research and application.
A list of references is recommended: for a review paper - at least 50 items, for full-text paper - not less than 15, for a brief paper - at least 8 references (at least half of them should be references to the publications, included in the Scopus and Web of Science citation databases ).
The length of a review paper is coordinated with the editors beforehand.
The length of a full-text paper, including illustrations, tables and references, should not exceed 8 pages of typewritten text (figures and tables included), font 12 pt, single-spaced.
The length of a brief paper is up to 3 pages, font 12 pt, single-spaced. The length of an abstract is limited by 50-100 words. No editorial classification is required. A brief paper is intended to bring the new scientific results obtained by the author to the scientific community’s knowledge in short and with a strict deadline.
Papers are accepted in electronic form (e-mail: karmanov@mail.ifmo.ru). Materials are submitted to the editorial staff on request after the procedure of reviewing in a printed form signed by the authors.
ARTICLE SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
A set of documents should include:
Paper layout is performed in the Word editor for Windows (docx format).
The body of the paper is typed in Times New Roman font, size 12 pt regular, single line spacing, top margins are 20 mm, the others are 25 mm. Indention is 10 mm. An abstract (150-250 words in length) is printed in Times New Roman font, size 10 pt regular, single line spacing, justified alignment.
The title of the paper is printed in Times New Roman 12 pt bold, single line spacing.
The section name is printed in Times New Roman 12 pt bold, single line spacing, not separated by blank lines. Formulas are entered in Microsoft Equation Ed. 3.0.
CONTENTS OF THE PAPER
The maximum paper length is 8 pages. Font is Times New Roman, font size is 12 pt, line spacing is 1, top margins are 20 mm, and the others are 25 mm. Indention is 10 mm. The paper includes the title, text, made-up figures, tables and a list of citing references. Length excess is possible only in consultation with the deputy editor-in-chief. Text grammar rules of the text should be based on English (USA).
The arrangement of the paper structural components:
Title
Names of authors
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Text
- Introduction
- Sections of the main body with meaningful names
- Conclusion
- References
The paper title should be as concise as possible and reflect its contents. Abbreviations in the title had better not be present. The title must be written in lowercase letters (except for the first letter of the first word, proper names and abbreviations).
Authors. After the title, the authors are listed in the form: “First name Initial Last name”, as instance, “Adam L. Britten”. If there is no Initial, the full line of names should be present. The sequence of authors is within their discretion. Other information about the authors (affiliation) is formed by the editor in the make-up process.
An abstract is the content of the paper in brief. The length of the abstract is 250-400 words. It should contain: subject, aim, method or methodology of the proceeding, a brief description of the experimental procedure, obtained results (specifically), recommendations for their usage.
It is advisable that the abstract is being internally structured (for example, “Subject of Research”, “Method”, “Main Results”, “Practical Relevance”) but in the English text of the abstract you should not use the names of structured fragments. The abstract needs to be interpreted as a separate text not substituting itself for the introduction.
Abbreviations and acronyms are not desirable to be used in the abstract. But if necessary to be used, they must comply with the requirements of Abbreviations part below.
Keywords are 5-10 words in number. They make it easier to look for the paper. Words and groups of words marked as keywords should be present in the text. All keywords should be written in lowercase letters including the first word (except for proper names and abbreviations).
Acknowledgements. This section contains information about sources of research financing, names of scientific grants (specify issuing authority, the number and grant name); data about persons having contributed to research and paper preparing are given.
Introduction should present a meaningful statement of the issue in question, brief analysis of the solutions known from literature (with references to sources), criticism of their shortcomings and advantages (features) of the proposed approach. A distinct statement of the proceeding purpose is required.
The main (substantial) part of the proceeding should be structured into sections. They should have titles rich in content. The title like “Main part” is not allowed.
Introduction, sections and conclusion are not numbered, the reference in the text to the section numbering is impossible.
In the conclusion, the main resume on the substantial part of the paper is given. One should avoid simple enumeration of the material represented in the paper.
References, footnotes. It is advisable to follow the Harvard referencing style for bibliographic references. With the availability of the printed version for a monograph or paper it is advisable not to make a reference to an online version (see “Sample References”).
Numbering of positions (being mentioned for the first time) is carried out in accordance with the order in the list of references as they appear in the text, like [1] [2] [3] ...., but not chaotic. The text of the paper should contain references to all positions from the list of references. In references, together with (or without) the names of the authors (but without year of publication), put the numbers of references in square brackets, like [7] or Ali et al. [7], not as (Bonanno et al., 2021), or (Iswisi et al., 2021). For multiple references use format: [3, 4] or [7–12].
References to laws, decrees, orders, standards, governing documents, and electronic resources are advisable to be organized in the form of intra-textual footnotes (see “Sample References”).
One should avoid references with more than ten years’ prescription.
References to papers having been published in the foreign serial titles included into Scopus and Web of Sciences databases should make up not less than a half of the total literature list.
Names of the literature sources are given in their original language. With availability of the English version of the journal, it should be referred to.
If DOI is available in the literature source, it should be specified in the reference.
Abbreviations. Only standard abbreviations are allowed. It is advisable not to use abbreviations in the Conclusion and Abstract. Abbreviations introduced by the authors should be defined (explained) once at first mention in the main body of the paper and separately in the Abstract (if still necessary) if the abbreviation will be used later. If not (the term is used only once in the text) – no abbreviation required. When used repeatedly, after first mention (with explanation), later in the text only abbreviation must be used. The multiple explanation of the same abbreviation is not possible. The text (explanation) before abbreviation at first mentioning must be written from upper case letters.
It is not permitted to replace the words with mathematical signs in the text
DESIGN OF VARIABLES AND FORMULAS
All variables (in formulas, in the text, or in the picture) must have decryption (explanation) in the text (at the first mention), immediately after the formula in which they are first introduced, or in figure caption. The writing of variables in text, formulas and figures should be the same.
Font for Latin variables is Times New Roman italic (except sin, cos, tg, ctg, min, max, extr). Font for Greek letters is Symbol regular. For Russian letters, numbers and brackets Times New Roman regular is used. Marking of matrices and vectors is done with bold font, vector sign (arrow) is not assigned. The same writing is applied to the upper and lower indices. If the letter or group of letters is not variable, then Times New Roman regular font may be used.
The size of variables in formulas is used in accordance with the size of the main text in the following proportions (the example is given for the font # 12): if the formula is typed in Eqn3.0, the Size tab settings are: Size 12, 9, 8 , 18, 12; if the formula is typed in MathType, the Size tab settings are: Size 12 , 58 % , 42 %, 150 %. 100 %. Scale for variables and formulas when writing them in the MathType editor is 100%. (pt. 2.2 is convenient to check in print and electronic copies simultaneously).
A decimal marker is a full point (decimal point), “minus” sign - short dash, the multiplication sign - × (not x), the sign of degrees - ° (not O) arrow sign - → (not -> ).
The numbering of formulas within the paper is continuous. Formulas are numbered only in case they are referenced in the text, but not before the formula, always after the formula, for example ... (3). The numbered formulas should be referred to in the text. If there is no reference to the formula, it must not have numeration.
STYLE OPTIONS
Text ─ Times New Roman, regular, 12 pt.
Functions, variables, and numbers: for Latin letters – Times New Roman italic font, for Greek letters – Symbol regular font, for Russian letters, numerals, and brackets – Times New Roman regular font. Notation of functions (sin, cos, tg, ctg, min, max, exp, extr) – Times New Roman regular font. The same rules are applied for writing of superscripts and subscripts: standard ─ 10 pt, large index ─ 12 pt, small index ─ 8 pt, large symbol – 16 pt, small symbol ─ 12 pt. If the letter or group of letters is not variable, then Times New Roman regular font may be used.
Matrices and vectors ─ Times New Roman regular bold font (with no vector sign “arrow”)
Individual variables are allowed to be typed in the text mode to meet requirements specified for the formulas. See “Design of Variables And Formulas”
Separating character for decimals is comma
Decimal marker is a full point (decimal point)
For figures and graphs (caption, text, legend, name of axes in the picture) Times New Roman font is used. Writing style for variables should conform to the main text. See “Graphics”.
Units corresponding to the SI system or given the same status are used only. See “Measurement System”
List of references is formatted in accordance with GOST 7.0.5-2008. Numbering of positions is according to order of references in the text. See “Sample References”
GRAPHICS
Requirements for variables on figures and graphics are specified in “Design of Variables and Formulas”.
Coordinate axes should be marked according to the following pattern: “Variable name, units” (not “Variable name (units)”), for example, “Time, s”, “Size of Dataset, kB”, or “Freq, THz”. Scale should be marked out on the coordinate axes. Graphs are allowed to be viewed on a linear scale, logarithmic and semi-logarithmic scale. At least three points should be shown on the coordinate axis for scale indication. Points corresponding to measurements should be necessarily indicated on experimental charts. The calculated curves are shown, as a rule, without calculated points. In the “legend” or captions it should be explained which curves are obtained experimentally, and which ones - by calculation. Coordinate scale or plotting scale should be shown in the photographs (similar to the scale of the map). If photographs are used as figures, it is necessary to show a scale grid or show a scale bar (similar to the scale of maps).
Figures are usually accepted for publication as black-and-white pictures and grey scale photos. Color figures are allowed exceptionally. Their usage is possible only if the color has certain numerical information (for example, color temperature scale) or shows some image originality.
Figures should have captions. The figure caption must have the following pattern: “Fig. #. Name of figure” (Fig. # in italic, not bold; Name – in regular font). The reference to the figure in the text must look like “… in Fig. 2 …”. Availability (presence) of captions is mandatory, even if the figure is following straight after the mention of it in the text. Captions should not be inserted into the body (object) of the figure. Avoid names like “Current-voltage dependence” instead of “Current-voltage characteristic”. All figures should be referenced in the text at least once. Numbering of figures is continuous through the text of the paper.
If the figure (graph) presents several charts, footnotes should be done on the figure itself (in numerals or letter symbols) and the decryption is given as either “a legend” on the figure or in the caption. Avoid color images; their usage is possible only if the color has certain numerical information. Color is not recommended for “marking” charts.
Sometimes it is reasonable to combine some pictures which follow one another into one figure with numeration “a”, “b”, “с”, etc. since our journal has 2-column layout and layout designer can place drawings side by side.
“Screenshots” are not allowed to be used as graphics. As an exception, screenshots are permitted to illustrate the operation of software products. In this case, the quality of the screenshots should allow size reduction at printing without losses in quality and legibility of images. Algorithms should be represented using graphical editors (like Word or Visio, as a rule).
TABLES
Requirements for variables in the tables are specified in section “Design of Variables and Formulas”.
Names for tables are necessary. Numbering is done through the text of the paper. Availability of table references in the text is mandatory, even if the table is located in the text immediately after the mention of it. The table header has the following pattern: “Table #. Name of the …” (Table # – in italic, not bold; Name – regular (straight) font), reference: “…in Table #…” (Table # – regular (straight) font). All tables should be referenced in the text at least once.
Availability of units is mandatory (for example: V, W). If all the variables in the table are measured in the same units, they may be indicated in the title of the table or in the caption.
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Only basic SI units or multiples are applied for the representation of physical units. Other units can be only tabular (permitted along with the major SI units).
Physical quantities and multiple prefixes are written by Latin letters. If the value is denoted by a fraction, its denominator is put within brackets, for example, W/(m•K).
The temperature may be measured in degrees Celsius (°C), or in Kelvin (K). Only one temperature scale should be used within the paper. Overheating (i.e. “temperature difference”) is measured in Kelvin (K).
Specification of measurement units for variables, if they comply with the SI, for the formulas is not necessary. An exception is the case of substitution of specific values in the formula as an example, or if the formula contains a numerical conversion factor.
PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BRIEF PAPERS
Presentation requirements for brief papers are the same as for full-text ones with the following changes:
- Length is up to 1-3 pages. Font is 12 pt.
- Abstract length is 50-80 words.
- The text should be based on the same principles as the full-text paper (formulation of the issue, problem statement, content part - obtained results, conclusion - the main results) but no subject headings are necessary. The words “Introduction”, “Conclusion”, and section titles are not written.
- The list of literature contains recommended amount not less than 8 items.
The usage of formulas and one or two figures are allowed.
