Formatting Guidelines

Attention!

 

The Editorial Board of the journal *Bulletin of Vinnytsia Politechnic Institute* accepts for consideration scientific articles presenting research findings , scientific and technical developments.

Manuscripts of all articles submitted to the Editorial Board are checked for plagiarism using certified software. If, during the check, borrowings are found without references to the relevant sources in the bibliography, the manuscript is withdrawn from consideration and the author is notified of the plagiarism.

Should any reader identify a breach of academic integrity or publication ethics by the authors in a published article, the journal’s Editorial Board shall consider this matter at its meeting, accompanied by a written explanation from the authors, and shall decide whether to confirm or refute the allegation. If the violation is confirmed, the editorial board shall declare the article retracted and announce this in the next issue of the journal following the decision and on the website.

Manuscripts must be formatted in accordance with the following requirements.

Article structure

  1. The article must be divided into sections with titles that reflect their content.
  2. The article should begin with an introduction written in a style that is accessible to a wide range of specialists in the relevant field of science. The introduction should include:

– a general formulation of the problem and an explanation of its connection to important scientific or practical issues;

– an analysis of studies and publications that have initiated the resolution of this problem and on which the authors’ research is based;

– identification of previously unresolved aspects of the general problem;

– a statement of the article’s objective.

  1. The main body of the article should present and thoroughly explain the findings and results obtained.

The article should not be overloaded with a large number of formulas or by duplicating the same results in tables and graphs.

It is advisable to avoid long titles for tables and figures. Symbols and abbreviations used in the text of the article should be applied. Symbols and little-known terms must be explained.

  1. The conclusion should include an example (where possible) illustrating the effectiveness of the results obtained, and conclusions reflecting the main findings and prospects for further research.

The conclusions must fully correspond to the content of the main text.

Article length:

  • review and summary articles — up to 10 A4 pages;
  • problem-oriented articles — up to 8 A4 pages;
  • articles addressing a specific scientific problem — 5–7 A4 pages;

Manuscripts exceeding the specified lengths will not be accepted for consideration.

RULES FOR FORMATTING AND SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS

Please email the following to the journal’s Editorial Office:

  • an electronic version of the article manuscript;
  • A separate file containing information about the authors in two languages – Ukrainian and English – must be attached to the article.

The following must be specified:

  • irst name, patronymic (if applicable), surname;
  • academic degree and academic title (if applicable);
  • position and full name of the institution;
  • ORCID;
  • contact email address;
  • telephone number of the author designated as the contact person for the editorial board.

The manuscript must be thoroughly checked and signed by all authors. No further corrections or additions are permitted.

Manuscripts must comply with the following requirements:

Article must be written in Ukrainian and formatted on A4 paper. Margins: 3 cm on the left, 1.5 cm on the right, and 2 cm at the top and bottom.

  1. For the preparation of the article, use Microsoft Office Word, employing the Times New Roman font in 11 pt with single line spacing. All pages of the manuscript must be numbered (bottom left, Arial, 10 pt).
  2. Article structure

2.1. The UDC code must be indicated in the top left-hand corner of the manuscript (Times New Roman, 11 pt, left-aligned).

2.2. 

2.2.1. The authors’ initials and surnames (in bold, each on a new line (Times New Roman, 14 pt, right-aligned));

2.2.2. On the next line — the title of the article (in bold capital letters, centered, (Times New Roman, 16 pt));

2.2.3. On a new line, the names of the institutions where the authors work (Times New Roman, 11 pt, centered);

2.2.4. On a new line — the abstract of the article. The text of the abstract must contain no fewer than 1,800 characters (Arial, 9.5 pt, italics, full-width);

2.2.5. On a new line, under the heading (in bold) ‘Keywords:’, list the keywords (Arial, 9.5 pt, justified).

2.3. 

2.3.1. On a new line — Introduction (all subheadings in the article — Times New Roman, 11 pt, bold, centered, with a 10 pt top margin and a 6 pt bottom margin).

2.3.2. This is followed by the main text of the article (research results) (Times New Roman, 11 pt, full-width, with line spacing of ‘at least 12’).

2.3.3. Next — Conclusions.

2.4. On a new line, the REFERENCE LIST is provided, formatted in accordance with the IEEE Citation Style, in the form of a general list arranged in the order of citations in the text (not alphabetically). In the text of the manuscript, references to the literature are placed in square brackets, each separately (e.g., [1], [2]). References to unpublished works are not permitted (Times New Roman, 9 pt, left-aligned, with a line spacing of ‘at least 10’).

The following information is provided:

2.5. Full name of the department (unit) recommending the article for publication (Arial, 8 pt, left-aligned).

2.6. Information about the authors (in Ukrainian): surname, first name, patronymic (without abbreviations, in bold, italics), academic degree, academic title, position, full name of the institution, city, email address of the author responsible for the article, ORCID of the author(s), (Times New Roman, 10 pt, left-aligned).

2.7. Next, provide all the elements of sections 2.2 and 2.6 in English. The text of the abstract in English must contain at least 1800 characters.

  1. The International System of Units (SI) must be used in the article.
  2. Equations must be typeset in an equation editor (Equation 3.0 or MathType) using only Latin and Greek letters. The use of Cyrillic letters is not permitted, particularly in subscripts. Each formula is typeset as a single object (full — 11 pt; subscript — 8 pt; sub-subscript/superscript — 6 pt, symbol — 10 pt).

Do not use the formula editor to denote variables in the text, except where necessary (for example, a variable with both superscript and subscript).

  1. Illustrations must be embedded within the text of the article (without OLE links; each illustration is a single object) following the first reference to it.
  2. Each table must have a heading and be numbered.

  Example of article formatting (.pdf)

Manuscripts that do not comply with the specified requirements and rules will not be accepted for consideration.

Editorial changes may be made to the article without the author’s consent.

No remuneration is paid to authors.

The final decision on the publication of articles is made by the Academic Council of VNTU.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. Abstracts must contain at least 1,800 characters.
  2. The reference list must be formatted in accordance with the IEEE Citation Style.

To provide practical assistance to authors in compiling a reference list according to the new standard, we provide examples of its formatting in doc and pdf formats.

 

For advice on submitting articles, please call  093 920 30 16

or email: visnykvpi@gmail.com