Rules for the design of articles submitted to a scientific journal
EDITORIAL RULES OF ARTICLES SUBMITTED TO "ODLAR YURDU UNIVERSITY SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL NEWS" JOURNAL
1. Every newly submitted article is first checked for plagiarism, and then sent to two anonymous reviewers. If positively assessed by both reviewers, the article is then considered by the editorial staff and, in case of full compliance with journal guidelines, the article is accepted for publication.
2. The contents of an article must meet generally accepted international scientific norms. The aim and the purpose of the article as well as its feasibility must be clearly indicated. It should deal with innovative ideas, developments, directions, misdirections, areas which need to be explored, future outlook, prior errors, problems, personnel, funding, or trends in the chosen field.
3. The manuscript with incomplete coverage of the subject will not be accepted.
4. The title of the article must be concise not to exceed 100 characters and be in full conformity with the contents. The article should include keywords and subject index (UDC). Also, an abstract is required consisting of 50-100 words.
5. Overseas authors are expected to submit their articles electronically to [email protected]. Local contributors should submit a hard copy (in A4 format) and electronic version of their articles (in a compact disk) directly to the editorial office (see contact addresses at the bottom of this page) or mail it to [email protected]. 6. References to other sources in the article and preparation of the used literature list should be guided by APA standards (more information).
7. Microsoft Word is the only preferred input program. The font used should be Times New Roman of 12 points. Text must be single spaced with 2.8 cm left/right margins and 3 cm top/bottom margins. Figures must be scanned and captioned in 11-points Times New Roman. Formulas should be input using Word Equation. And tabular data should be input using 11-points Times New Roman.
8. Authors are encouraged to submit articles ranging from 5-15 pages (including appendixes, references, figures and tables). Sanction of editorial board is required for the acceptance of manuscripts exceeding 15 pages. The author should check the text for grammar.
9. Each article should include title, name, patronymic, current affiliation, postal address, e-mail and phone numbers of the author who should also provide a written evidence that the presented manuscript has been never published before. Also, the author must indicate the field of science to which his (her) manuscript belongs.
The articles in the "Scientific and Pedagogical News of Odlar Yurdu University" magazine are grouped into the following 5 sections:
- Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Technical Sciences;
- Department of Economic Sciences;
- Department of Medicine, Biology and Psychology;
- Department of Law, History and Political Sciences;
- Department of Linguistics, Philology and Pedagogical Sciences.
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