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Author Guidelines

General information

  1. All submitted manuscripts are subject to double-blind peer review. The publication decision is made on the basis of reviewers’ positive reports.
  2. The editorial and peer review process lasts about 3 months.
  3. By submitting their manuscript for consideration for publication in the Informatics and Education journal, the author (co-authors) thereby confirms their authorship. A co-author is a person who has made a significant contribution to the work presented in the submitted manuscript, participated in the preparation and critical discussion of the text and provided consent to the publication of the final version of the manuscript. The co-authors share full responsibility and accountability for the work. The manuscript should be submitted by one of the co-authors, referred to as a corresponding author. This person is responsible for communicating with the Editorial Board during the publication process (submission, reviewing, preparation for publication) and after the article has been published to provide additional information if necessary. The corresponding author handles all the correspondence about the article, ensures the compliance of the text with the Journal requirements, guarantees the correctness of the co-authors’ information and their adherence to the Journal’s publishing ethics.
  4. Publication in the Journal is free of charge.

Submission

1. Manuscripts submitted for publication in the Informatics and education journal should be prepared in accordance with the Journal’s formal requirements and the Journal’s ethical principles for authors.

2. Authors are requested to register on the Journal’s website to make a submission (register).

3. Manuscripts are submitted electronically at Submission.  

4. Along with the manuscript, the author(s) are requested to provide the following information:

  • mailing address (with a postal code);
  • mobile phone;
  • personal e-mail address (e-mail);

This information is used exclusively for communication purposes and is not subject to publication. The Editorial Board ensures that this information remain confidential.

In cases when a manuscript has been written in collaboration, personal information of all the co-authors must be provided.

5. By submitting a manuscript to the Journal, the author(s) thereby confirm that:

  • This article has not been previously published or submitted for publication in another journal.
  • All co-authors (if applicable) have provided their consent to the submission.
  • The text meets the Journal’s formal requirements.

Order of publication

  1. Manuscripts that have received positive reviews and been approved for publication by the Editorial Board are queued for publication.
  2. The publication process, apart from editorial and independent review, can take up to 6 months, depending on the article topic and the publication queue.
  3. Before publication, the author(s) will be requested to review the galley proofs for their article.  In cases when the corresponding author fails to respond to editorial requests concerning the review and approval of the galley proofs, the manuscript is removed from the publication of the current issue and placed at the end of the publication queue. Manuscripts not approved by the authors cannot be published in the Journal.

5. Upon publication, a copy of the Journal issue is sent to the author by post free of charge.

6. The author(s) will be supplied with a PDF file of the Journal issue containing their publication. The PDF file can be requested at any time after the respective issue has been submitted for printing.  

 

Requirements for manuscripts

1.Formatting requirements

  • File format – MS Word
  • Margins — 2 cm
  • Font — Times New Roman
  • Font size — 12
  • Spacing — 1.5 lines
  • Graphic materials – inserted into the text.

The manuscript should be between 4—15 pages. This volume does not include metadata in Russian and English – the author’s information, abstract, keywords and references. Manuscripts exceeding the specified volume can be accepted only after the prior agreement of the Editor.

In cases where the article is accompanied by additional electronic materials (presentations, program listings, Excel books, examples of work, etc.), which will be posted on the website of the journal.

2. Text structure

The sequence presented below should be followed for manuscripts submitted in Russian. For manuscripts submitted in English, the reverse order of the metadata should be used (metadata in English goes first). For convenience, the article template can be used (download the manuscript template).

  • Paper title
  • Author’s full name(s)
  • Affiliation(s) of each co-author: Institution, postal address, city, country
  • Abstract in Russian (for papers in Russian)
  • Keywords in Russian (for papers in Russian)  
  • Information about the authors in Russian for each of the authors:

– surname, first name, patronymic

– scientific degree;

– academic title;

– position;

– affiliation;

–  e-mail.

  • Acknowledgements in Russian
  • Body of the manuscript
  • References in Russian arranged in the order of appearance in the text (not in the alphabetical order)
  • Paper title in English
  • Full Name(s) of the author (s) in English: first name, middle name (initial), surname
  • Affiliation(s)  of all co-authors in English: Institution, postal address, city, country
  • Abstract in English
  • Keywords in English
  • Information about the authors in English, for each of the authors:

– name, middle name (initial), surname;

– scientific degree;

– academic title;

– position;

– affiliation;

–e-mail.

  • Acknowledgements in English
  • References in English.

3. Requirements to manuscripts sections and elements

Mathematical formulas and equations are typed in MS WinWord (version 6.0 and higher) or MathType editors. Linear formulas and variables are typed in plain text.

Illustrations (graphs, diagrams, photos, line drawings) are presented in black and white, without halftones. All figures should be numbered, contain titles and receive interpretation in the manuscript body. Text wrap is not applied.

Illustrations should be presented as separate files (even when they are already included in the manuscript body) in TIFF or JPG format at a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch (dpi).

Tables should be provided with headings and numbered in Arabic numerals in the order of appearance. Text wrap is not applied.

All columns in tables should contain headings.

Affiliation. Affiliations are crucial for correct indexing of the articles in international databases. Affiliations should provide accurate information about the authors’ place of work, including the official name of the organization as given in its legal documents (official translation into English) and its current address with the postal code.   

The abstract should comprehensively describe the conducted research, applied methodology and practical implications. The abstract plays the role of an enhanced title, providing essential information about the article content. The abstract should be concise (100 - 250 words) and informative, clearly conveying the research aims, applied methodology, obtained results, their theoretical or practical value to a particular target audience.

Keywords (up to 10, separated by commas) should reflect the research problem, achieved results and applied terminology. Keywords are one of the most important factors in the discoverability of scientific articles indexed in bibliographic databases.

Empirical articles must conform to the IMRAD format, whereas those having a theoretical character may be constructed following the relevant logic of argumentation. The IMRAD format implies the text to be divided into the Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion and Conclusions sections.

Section headings are printed in a bold lowercase font and separated from the text by one empty line. Subheadings within sections are printed in a bold lowercase font. Headings and subheadings are centred.

References. A manuscript should cite the minimum of 20 literature sources, with the author’s own work not exceeding 10%. All sources provided in the References should be mentioned in the article body. In-text references are given in square brackets.

Manuscripts in Russian should contain two Reference lists – in Russian and in English. The Reference list in Russian is formatted according to GOST R 7.0.5-2008 "Bibliographic reference”: http://www.ipr-ras.ru/gost-2008-references.pdf.

References in English are formatted in accordance with the international rules of registration of the bibliographic list for scientific electronic databases. The general approach to formatting Russian-language sources is the following: authors—transliteration; title of the article - transliteration; translation of the title into English – in square brackets; journal title—transliteration; translation of the journal title into English; journal volume; issue; pages.

In cases when a journal suggests a particular form of citation (For citation), the translation given in this form should be used.

Examples of references in English

Bibliographic description of a journal article:

Zagurenko A. G., Korotovskikh V. A., Kolesnikov A. A., Timonov A. V., Kardymon D. V. Tekhniko-ekonomicheskaya optimizatsiya dizaina gidrorazryva plasta [Techno-economic optimization of the design of hydraulic fracturing]. Neftyanoe khozyaistvo — Oil Industry, 2008, no. 11, p. 54–57. (In Russian.)

Bibliographic description of an electronic journal article:

Kontorovich A. E., Korzhubaev A. G., Eder L. V. Prognoz global'nogo ehnergosnabzheniya: metody, kolichestvennye otsenki i prakticheskie vyvody [Forecast of global energy supply: Techniques, quantitative assessments, and practical conclusions]. Mineral'nye resursy Rossii. Ekonomika i upravlenie, 2006, no. 5. (In Russian.) Available at: http://www.vipstd.ru/gim/content/view/90/278/

Description of an article from a collection of papers:

Astakhov M. V., Tagantsev T. V. Eksperimental'noe issledovanie prochnosti soedinenij “stal'noj kompozit” [Experimental study of the strength of joints "steelcomposite"]. Trudy MGTU “Matematicheskoe modelirovanie slozhnykh tekhnicheskikh sistem» [Proc. of the Bauman MSTU “Mathematical Modeling of Complex Technical Systems”], 2006, no. 593, p. 125–130. (In Russian.)

Description of a conference article:

Usmanov T. S., Gusmanov A. A., Mullagalin I. Z., Muhametshina R. Ju., Chervyakova A. N., Sveshnikov A. V.Osobennosti proektirovaniya razrabotki mestorozhdeniya s ispol'zovaniem GRP [Features of the design of field development with the use of hydraulic fracturing]. Trudy 6 Mezhdunarodnogo Simpoziuma “Novye resursosberegayushchie tekhnologii nedropol'zovaniya i povysheniya neftegazootdachi [Proc. 6th Int. Symp. “New energy saving subsoil technologies and the increasing of the oil and gas impact”]. Moscow, 2007, p. 267–272. (In Russian.)

Description of a book:

Lindorf L. S., Mamikoniants L. G., eds. Ekspluatatsiia turbogeneratorov s neposredstvennym okhlazhdeniem [Operation of turbine generators with direct cooling]. Moscow, Energiia Publ., 1972. 352 p.

Description of an article retrieved from the Internet:

Kondrat'ev V. B. Global'naya farmatsevticheskaya promyshlennost' [The global pharmaceutical industry]. Available at: http://perspektivy.info/rus/ekob/globalnaja_farmacevticheskaja_promyshlennost_2011-07-18.html

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The presented research has not been previously published or is not under consideration by any other journal.
  2. The manuscript is prepared according to the Journal requirements presented in the Author Guidelines.
  3. The text is presented as a MS Word file, Times New Roman, 12 pt, italic emphasis. All figures and tables are placed in the respective parts of the text, rather than at its end.

  4. All co-authors have provided their agreement for this submission.
  5. Internet links are provided as complete URLs and DOI.

  6. A blinded version of the manuscript for peer review is prepared, with the authors’ information having been deleted.

 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

 

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