Guidelines for Author

General Requirements to the Article's Manuscript

  1. Text of the manuscript should be logically bracketed, clearly expressed, and have a corresponding structure. Scientific style is required. Introduction should be brief but characterize the current state of a problem and motivate the relevance of the author's search. Obtained results and investigation methods should be explained and analyzed in the main sections of the manuscript. All numerical data should be presented in conventional units. Conclusions should be sound and contain the comparison of the obtained results with equivalents, recommendations about their applications, etc.
  2. Abstract and conclusions should not duplicate each other.
  3. Manuscript size: а) up to 15 pages for review articles (references up to 40 with DOI index); b) up to 10 pages for problematic articles (references up to 25 with DOI index); b) up to 4-5 pages for research notes (references up to 20 with DOI index); c) up to 3 pages for short communication (10-15 references with DOI index).
  4. Abstract size - 1800 symbols with spaces. If at least one of the authors is published on behalf of a university or a scientific laboratory of Ukraine, please, add the abstract in Ukrainian at the end of the text.
  5. Manuscript should contain in defined field the index(es) by the Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS) that specifies the object of investigation. The full list of PACS numbers is accessible for download in the Journal web site.

Technical requirements for the manuscript text

The manuscript should be typed using the word processor MS Word, the part of the office suite MS Office any version. For the manuscript preparation use the Journal template and follow all the requirements. MS Word template is accessible for download on the Journal web-site (download the template). All the necessary formatting is embedded in the template. Manuscript's text should be typed instead of text, given in the template as an example. Any consultation about the template may be got if send the corresponding inquiry to the Journal e-mail address. For simplification of the Journal issue preparation the submitted manuscripts should be designed using the above-mentioned template only. Figures should be clear, contrasting, high quality (resolution at least 300 dpi). To design formulas preferable to use the equation editor "MathType".

In case of non-compliance of the manuscript with the following requirements, the manuscript is rejected or returned to the authors for revision.