Author Guidelines

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The requirements for the structure, content, and technical design of the article meet the requirements of the Journal Article Reporting Standards, or JARS, as set forth, in particular, in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020). In cases where the APA standard does not contain any requirements, we refer to the National Standard of Ukraine DSTU 7152:2020. Edition. Formatting of Publications in Journals and Collections and the EASE (European Association of Scientific Editors) Recommendations for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles in English, but only to the extent that this does not contradict the APA standards. We try to avoid eclecticism of different standards.

The author submits the article to the journal in Ukrainian or English in several files. Accordingly, all elements of the article are formatted in the language of submission, a translation of the element is added if the system requires it. In the case of several authors, one, responsible author still submits. Please note that the published article and the author's (manuscript) article differ in the number of elements. Editors are responsible for the formatting of published articles.

  1. Submission File Requirements
  2. Article Structure and Content Requirements
  3. Article Technical Requirements

1. Submission File Requirements

 Attention! We distinguish between the language of the article and the language of submission. We recommend, although not required, that the language of submission be the same as the language of the article. The language of submission is chosen during the first step of submission. We use two languages ​​– Ukrainian or English.

 The author submits at least 4 files:

  • File about the author(s) in .doc, .docx format. In the file name, indicate the last name of the responsible author followed by AVT through a hyphen.

The structural elements of the file include:

  1. Title of the article (in the language of the article).
  2. Author(s) (in the language of the article).
  3. Institutional affiliation of the author(s) (in the language of the article).
  4. Author Note (in the language of the article).
  5. Abstract (in the language of the article).
  6. Keywords (in the language of the article).
  7. Title of the article (in translation).
  8. Author(s) (in translation).
  9. Institutional affiliation of the author(s) (in translation).
  10. Author Note (in translation).
  11. Abstract (in translation).
  12. Keywords (in translation).
  13. Information about the contribution of the authors (in the language of the article).
  14. Acknowledgements (preferably in the language of the article).
  15. Declaration of possible conflicts of interest (in the language of the submission).
  16. Consent to publish the article in the journal and on electronic resources (in the language of the submission).

 More about the structure and content of the file.

  • File on the use of AI by authors (in .doc, .docx format). In the file name, indicate the last name of the responsible author and, through a hyphen, DECLARATION.

The file content could be as follows:

I, ………….., confirm that no artificial intelligence tools were used to create, write, or edit the text during the preparation of this manuscript. All results are original and obtained without the help of AI.

Declaration on Generative Artificial Intelligence and Technologies Using Artificial Intelligence in the Writing Process.

During the preparation of this article, the authors used ChatGPT4o to search for scientific sources. After using this tool, the authors checked and analyzed the suggested sources. The AI ​​Assistant tool integrated into Adobe Acrobat Online was also used to analyze the content of the sources. Information about this is included in the “Method” section of the article. The authors of the article are fully responsible for the correct use and citation of sources.

  • Dataset file(s) (in .doc, .docx, or any other format in which the data is stored). The file(s) name should include the last name of the responsible author followed by DATASET, hyphenated.

The content of the file can be:

All data is presented in the article.

The data is located at the link [URL, DOI]. In this case, the data should also be included in the references.

Instead of such a file, the data files themselves can be uploaded.

  • Article file (in .doc, .docx format). In the file name, specify the word from the article title followed by ART, hyphenated.

A mandatory requirement for this file is compliance with the file structure, which will be discussed in the section " Article Structure and Content Requirements "

2. Article Structure and Content Requirements

The structural elements of an author's article (manuscript), submitted as a separate file, include:

  1. Title of the article (in the language of the article).
  2. The main text of the article (has its own structure, no more than 40 thousand characters, including spaces, which is equal to 3000 cm² of the area of illustrative material).
  3. References.
  4. Appendices (if necessary, no more than 8 thousand characters, including spaces, or no more than 1200 cm² of the area of illustrative material).
  5. Supplementary materials (if provided; can be submitted in separate files)

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3. Article Technical Requirements

The technical design of the article must meet the requirements for submission in APA style (download all requirements in one pdf file), including:

  1. The text should be submitted as a file in WinWord format (*.doc, *.docx) without using style markup.
  2. Page settings:
  • line spacing — double;
  • paragraph indentation — 1.27 cm;
  • paragraph aligned only on the left edge;
  • format — A4;
  • all margins — 2.54 cm.
  1. Formatting parameters of structural elements:
  • font for all elements Times New Roman 12;
  • bold headings and center;
  • do not start a new page and do not make additional line breaks when a new heading appears; each section of the text should follow the next without a break;
  • mark the list of references as "References", write it in capital letters, bold and center aligned. Double space between all entries in the list of references (including in the reference itself and between references). Use hanging indentation for all references, i.e., the first line of each reference is aligned to the left, and subsequent lines are indented 0.5 inches (12.7 mm);
  • start each appendix on a separate page after any references, footnotes, tables, and figures. Give each appendix a caption and title. If the article has one appendix, label it “Appendix”; if the article has more than one appendix, label each appendix with a capital letter (e.g., “Appendix A,” “Appendix B”) in the order in which it is mentioned in the text. Each appendix should be cited (called out) at least once in the text by its caption (e.g., “see Appendix A”);
  • for footnotes in the footer of the page, notes to tables and figures, and citations that follow in a separate paragraph, use the same font, but 10-point, single-spaced.
  1. Additional requirements for the text of the article:
  • each abbreviation should be entered in the text in parentheses after the first mention of the corresponding full phrase; only then can the entered abbreviation be used;
  • all quotations should be presented in the language of the article (regardless of the original language), necessarily accompanied by references to the source and a specific page;
  • if the quotation is equal to a paragraph or several paragraphs, then it should also be presented as a separate paragraph with a left indent of 1.27 cm without indenting the first line, but the following paragraphs of the quotation should be given with an indent of the first line of another 1.27 cm;
  • all references from the list of sources used should be cited in the text; all references cited in the text should also be included in the list of references;
  • omitted quotations should be indicated by square brackets with three dots: […];
  • formulas in articles should be typed using the formula editor (Microsoft Equation or MathType Equation) and the Microsoft Office formula editor, font size 10 pt;
  • between the numerical value and the abbreviated name of the unit of measurement, put a non-breaking space (Ctrl+Shift+Space);
  • adhere to the following format of graphic symbols: quotes "...", apostrophe ...'..., dash ... – ... (a short [–] dash should be used, not a long [—] or hyphen [-]);
  • to indicate the range (from ... to ...) put a short dash: pp. 95–97, 30s–40s, April–May, Kyiv–Lviv;
  • do not allow the replacement of Latin letters with Cyrillic letters and vice versa (for example, Latin o, a, c, x, p, e, H, T, I, M, B with Cyrillic o, a, c, x, p, e, H, T, I, M, V), especially in the author's last name and first name, article title, annotation, keywords, bibliographic references, as this may cause erroneous indexing of the publication and make it impossible to identify it in search and bibliometric systems.