Author Guidelines
The text of the article can be sent by e-mail:
- to the editor-in-chief (korolyova@bsuedu.ru);
- to the technical support representative (dubskaya@bsuedu.ru).
- A manuscript must be created in a Microsoft Word format (doc, docx), using Times New Roman 14-point font, single-spaced.
- The maximum length of a paper is 20,000-40,000 characters (including spaces), or 10-20 A4 pages (including tables, graphs, and references).
- The volume of the Abstract is not less than 200 words in English. We ask the authors to pay special attention to this section of the article, observing the obligatory structure of the description of the scientific work in it: relevance, problem, results, conclusions.
- References to sources are given in the main text in parentheses in the following form: author (s), year of publication: number of the page cited. Examples: (Habermas, 2008: 14), (Garfinkel, 2002: 156-157), (Heath, Hindmarsh, Luff, 2010).
- References (at least 10 entries) must be placed at the end of your paper in the alphabetical order. Throughout the paper, the references (author’s last name, the year of publication and the page number separated by comma) are to be given in square brackets at the exact point in your document where you refer to someone else’s work.
- Self-citing must not exceed 20% of the references.
- You can see a paper layout in Appendix 2.
- An example of the structure of the article is presented in Appendix 3.
- Do not use footnotes for reference, except for documents or web sites with no author.
- No bulky labels are allowed in figures, instead use letters or numbers to designate parts of the figure and explain them in the legend to the figure.
- When referring to a grant throughout the paper, please include relevant funding information such as funding agencies, the grant title and its number in «Acknowledgements».
APPENDIX 1
Information about the author
Surname
First name (in full)
Organization
Department Post
Academic degree, /Academic rank
Mailing address with the postal code
Telephone (to specify a city code) Work Home mobile
E-mail skype ORCID ID
The basic directions
Title of the article
APPENDIX 2
Books:
- Abbott, A. (1988), System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
- McCarthy, P. and Hatcher, C. (1996), Speaking persuasively: Making the most of your presentations, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, NSW.
Journals and Proceedings:
Bessant, J. and Webber, R. (2001), “Policy and the youth sector: youth peaks and why we need them”, Youth Studies Australia, 20 (1), 43–47.
Dissertation
Gibbs, A. (2004), "MBA Quality – An investigation into stakeholders’ perspectives", Ph.D. Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Dissertation abstract
Gibbs, A. (2004), "MBA Quality – An investigation into stakeholders’ perspectives", Abstract of Ph.D. dissertation, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Electronic sources
Young, C. (2001), English Heritage position statement on the Valletta Convention [Online], available at: http://www.archaeol.freeuk.com/EHPostionStatement.htm (Accessed 4 August 2011).
APPENDIX 3
A PAPER LAYOUT
TITLE
Full name
Full name of an affiliation (in the nominative case), business address: house number, street name, city, zip code, country
e-mail
Abstract
At least 1,500 characters (including spaces)
Relevance
Scientific problem
Methods
Research results
Conclusions
Key words: maximum 8 words separated by a semi-colon
The text of the paper should be logically structured:
INTRODUCTION
Methodology and methods
Research Results and Discussion
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Information about the author/s:
Full name, job title, academic degree and academic rank
