Guidelines for the Authors

1. The original manuscript of an article sent to the editorial office in electronic form and in hard copy should be accompanied by the following:

2. The manuscript of the article should include the title of the article, authors' last names and initials, name and address of the organization, name of the city and country (if not Russia), where the work was done (if more than one author, they should be numbered). All the above data should be presented in both Russian and English.

3. The text of the article should be typed in font #14, with the spacing between the lines being 1.5. The volume of the article, including tables, as a rule, should not exceed 8 A4 pages (for a review article - up to 15 A4 pages).
The number of figures, as a rule, should not exceed four including different figures counted under one number.

4. Only those abbreviations that are generally accepted in the relevant field of study may be used in the text of the article. The International System of Units (SI) should be used for the values of physical quantities.

5. The bibliographic list in Russian should be printed at the end of the article. References in the list should be arranged in the order of appearance in the text and organized, as well as the entire article, in accordance with GOST R 7.0.7-2021.
The article list of references in Roman letters, titled "References", should be presented separately from the bibliographic list, immediately following it. One should not shorten the Russian-language bibliography list by transferring all the English-language references to References It is not permissible to combine the Russian and English components of a single reference, nor is it permissible to abbreviate the English component of a reference. It should be taken into account, that GOST R7.0.5-2008 “Bibliographic reference”, used by authors of the Russian language publications for compiling the bibliographic list, is not applicable to the “References” in Roman letters, since foreign bibliographic standards do not use delimiting characters “//” and “-” provided by GOST R7.0.5-2008.
For transliteration of the Russian text with Roman letters you can use free website http://www.translit.ru. When preparing References, please, use the SCOPUS database current rules.

6. Each table should be printed on a separate page and presented after the bibliography, have a number and a title in Russian and in English. A reference to each table in the text is obligatory.

7. Figures should be prepared in electronic form (without drawing a coordinate grid); abscissa and ordinate axes should be drawn in the text. Coordinate grid, abscissa and ordinate axes should be labeled with Symbols. All figures and curves on them should be numbered. Each figure should be presented on a separate page, with the corresponding number indicated beneath it. All figures should be placed at the end of the article, following the tables. Subdrawing captions with the decoding of all positions in the figure are presented together for all the figures on a separate page after the figures both in Russian and in English. A reference to each figure in the text is mandatory.

8. Author's abstracts in Russian and English should contain Title of the article, authors' last names and initials, the names and addresses of the organizations where the work was performed.
The academic title, degree, and position of the author, as well as the number of the organization (if more than one) in the list of organizations, should be provided in parentheses after each last name.
The abstract should briefly describe the purpose, methods and results of the research, being 150 to 300 words long.

The English-language abstract should be written in accordance with the standards of academic writing.

9. Attention should be paid to the choice of transliteration system for the authors' names. International databases use the following transliteration systems:
- U.S. Department of State (similar to BGN);
- Library of Congress (LC)
- ISO 9-95.

10. The official full name of the organization in English (as in the charter or website) should be used. The minimum information about the organization is its name and address. Abbreviations should be avoided or given in parentheses after the full name.

11. Keyword lists in both Russian and English should contain 5-7 words in each language that are characteristic of the content of the text in terms of subject, branch of science and methods of research.

12. The following information should be provided for all authors: workplaces, positions, academic degrees, and titles. Please indicate which author and email address should be contacted for further information.

13. The paper and electronic versions of the article sent to the Editor should be identical in content, including the text, tables, and figures, captions, annotations and information about the authors. The electronic version should be in Word XP format as a single file and e-mailed as an attachment. If the volume of figures is large, they can be attached as a separate file. Archiving of materials is not desirable.

14. The subject line of the e-mail sent to the Editor should say "article" and the surname of the first author. Additionally, the surname of the first author should be included in the filename of the article.

15. The paper version should be sent by regular mail or delivered directly to the editorial office. The text of the article and the power of attorney must be signed by all authors.

16. Comments and questions from reviewers and editors should be answered promptly. In case of substantial corrections an electronic version of the revised text should be submitted, with the corrections highlighted in color font, clearly indicating them.

17. The Editorial Board reserves the right to shorten the text and to reject articles. Articles submitted not in accordance with these guidelines will not be considered for publication.