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Author Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Dear Authors,

When preparing materials for publication in the Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University, Series "Chemistry", please consider the following requirements:

1. The manuscript should be submitted to the Editorial Board in electronic form, as a text file (doc or docx) or a ZIP archive, to the email address: visnyk-khim@uzhnu.edu.ua.
2. The following must be appended to the manuscript:

- Official Letter to the Editor from the institution where the work was performed, confirming that the work was carried out at that institution and has not been submitted to the editorial offices of any other peer-reviewed journals (for authors from other institutions).

- Separate electronic file, in accordance with OJS requirements, providing the following information for each author in both Ukrainian and English: Last name, First name, Patronymic (in Ukrainian and English), academic degree, academic title, position, place of employment and its address, ORCID (if available), email address (mandatory), and phone number. Specify the corresponding author.

 - Privacy Statement. The names and email addresses submitted to the Editorial Board will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

All articles submitted to the Editorial Board are subject to independent peer review and academic integrity check. All materials are checked for plagiarism using the licensed program "StrikePlagiarism". If the originality of the article is less than 80%, the article is rejected and will not be considered further by the Editorial Board.

3. Article Structure:

- Problem statement and its connection to important scientific and practical tasks; analysis of publications and studies that initiated the solution to this problem, its current state; identification of previously unresolved parts of the general problem to which the article is dedicated; formulation of the research task and objective;

- Presentation of the main research materials and substantiation of the obtained results;

- Conclusions and prospects for further research.

The last page:of the article must be filled by no less than 75%.

Margins: Top – 30 mm, Right and Left – 25 mm, Bottom – 30 mm.

Publication Format (Font exclusively "Times New Roman"):

UDC . . . – 11 pt, italics, left alignment.

1 space

Authors' last names, initials, academic degree, position or academic title (abbreviated, 12 pt).     0000-0000-0000-0000.

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TITLE OF THE ARTICLE – IN CAPITAL LETTERS – 14 PT, BOLD

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Name and address of the organization, e-mail: (12 pt, italics)

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Abstract in Ukrainian (at least 1000 characters without spaces), 1 cm indent, 11 pt, single-spaced, justified.

Keywords: in Ukrainian (up to 10 words) separated by a semicolon, 11 pt, 1 cm indent.

1 space

Article text (1 cm indent), 11 pt, single-spaced, justified, in two-column (symmetrical columns) layout with a column spacing of 0.7 cm (without auto-substitutions and automatic hyphenation). Headings should be highlighted in bold with text alignment center (no paragraph indent).

1 space

References

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The list of References is printed in 10 pt in the same two-column mode according to the requirements of clause 4 of these rules (no indent and no automatic numbering). In the text, references to cited sources are indicated by numbers in square brackets in the order of their mention.

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Single-column mode (until the end of the publication)

Article submitted to the Editorial Board: (11 pt)

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TITLE OF THE ARTICLE in English – IN CAPITAL LETTERS – 12 PT, BOLD

1 space

Authors' Last Names, Initials in English, 12 pt, bold

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Name and address of the organization in English, e-mail: (12 pt, italics)

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Abstract text in English (at least 1000 characters without spaces), 11 pt, 1 cm indent.

Текст резюме англійською мовою (не менше 1000 символів без урахування пробілів) 11 pt, відступ 1 см.

Keywords: in English (up to 10 words) separated by a semicolon, 11 pt, 1 cm indent.

1 space

References

The list of references is printed in 10 pt (no indent and no automatic numbering). They should be formatted according to the requirements of clause 4.Sources is printed in 10 pt (no indent and no automatic numbering). They should be formatted according to the requirements of Section 4.

4. The lists of References duplicate each other and are formatted according to the following requirements. It is necessary to indicate all authors of the publication, regardless of their number, the full title of the publication, using generally accepted abbreviations for journal names. If the article has a DOI identification number, it must be included at the end of the reference. The number of self-citations must not exceed 25%.

The list of references of should consist mainly (in exceptional cases, references to older literary sources are allowed if they cannot be replaced by modern ones) of new literature references (from the last 10 years) and must not contain references to Russian publications, nor to Soviet and Russian authors!

Sample formatting of the "References" (for the Ukrainian article text):

Journals and collections of scientific papers:

Bazel Ya., Riabukhina T., Tirpák J. Spectrophotometric determination of ascorbic acid in foods with the use of vortex-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction. Microchem. J. 2018, 143. 160165. Doi: 10.1016/j.microc.2018.08.003.

Repich H.H., Orysyk S.I., Orysyk V.V., Zborovskii Yu.L., Pekhnyo V.I., Vovk M.V. Synthesis, crystal structure and spectral characterization of the first Ag⁺ complex compounds involving O,N,O-coordinated N-acylhydrazones of salicylaldehyde. J. Mol. Struct. 2017, 1144, 225–236. Doi: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2017.05.024.

Monographs:

Гомонай В.І., Мільович С.С. Медична хімія: підручник. Вінниця: Нова книга, 2016. С. 672.

Patents, author certificates:

Патент на винахід № 96373. Спосіб екстракційно-фотометричного визначення хрому(ІІІ). Сухарев С.М., Сухарева О.Ю., Чундак С.Ю., Делеган-Кокайко С.В., Петканич А.М. Опубліковано бюлетень № 20 від 25.10.2011 р.

Dissertation abstracts:

Алемасова А.С. Високотемпературні процеси перетворення комплексоутворювачів та комплексів металів в атомно-абсорбційному аналізі: Автореф. дис. … док. хім. наук: 02.00.02, УДХТУ. Дніпропетровськ, 2000.

Conference materials:

Wilson S.A., Taggart J.E. Development of USGS micro beam reference materials for geochemical analysis. 4th International Conference on the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials. Pont a Mousson, Lorraine, France. 2000, Р. 24.

Regulatory documents (DSTU, etc.):

Water quality. Determination of trace elements using atomic absorption spectrometry with graphite furnace: ISO 15586:2003 (01.10.2003).

ДСТУ ISO 5667-18:2007. Якість води. Відбирання проб. Частина 18. Настанови щодо відбирання проб підземних вод із забруднених місць. Чинний з 01.07.2009.

Sample formatting of "References" (for the English article text):

If the literary source is in English, German, or French, they are cited in the original language, using standard journal title abbreviations and publication data (year of publication, volume (issue), pages). If the literary source is a translation into a foreign language, it is necessary to cite the foreign language version of the article.

If the literary sources are foreign-language and not translated, they are translated into English using transliteration sites (separately for Ukrainian-language and Russian-language sources), indicating the full title of the publication and the publication data (year of publication, volume (issue), pages). The original language is indicated.

Lun`ova O.V. Analiz osnovny`x sposobiv povodzhennya z tverdy`my` pobutovy`my` vidxodamy`. Visti avtomobil`no-dorozhn`ogo insty`tutu. 2010, 2(11), 175–181 (in Ukr).

Gomonaj V.I., Mil`ovy`ch S.S. Medy`chna ximiya: pidruchny`k. Vinny`cya: Nova kny`ga, 2016. S. 672 (in Ukr.).

Burgess R.M., Terletskaya A.V., Milyukin M.V., Povolotsky M.I., Demchenko V.Ya., Bogoslovskaya T.A., Topkin Yu.V., Vorobyova T.V., Petrov A.N., Lyashenko A.V., Ho K.T. Concentration and distribution of hydrophobic organic contaminants and metals in the estuaries of Ukraine. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2009, 58(8), 1103–1115. Doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.04.013.

5. Graphs, Figures, Tables, and their captions are inserted into the text close to the place they are referenced. Illustrations must be embedded objects (in TIFF, GIF, JPG formats). Inserts from any graphics editors (Origin, Excel, etc.) or organic substance formula editors are unacceptable. Illustrations must be clear, ready for reproduction, and maintain the ratio of forms and elements when their sizes are changed. Large tables and figures can be inserted into the text at the beginning or end of the page to the full width of the text area (single-column option, portrait orientation). Figure numbering is consecutive. Captions under illustrations (10 pt) are centered, for example:

Fig. 1. Effect of … on … ..

Table numbering is consecutive. All cells in the table must be filled. Table captions are aligned to the left margin without indent and are formatted as follows:

Table 1. Results of … (11 pt)

Note. ε – … (10 pt)

Decimal numbers should be written with a dot; consistent use of quotation marks is mandatory.

6. The author is responsible for the content and authenticity of the article material. Articles that do not comply with the Guidelines will not be accepted for publication.

Materials are accepted for consideration by the editorial board separately for two issues of the collection of scientific papers by a specific deadline:

No. 1 – by April 30 of the current year;

No. 2 – by October 30 of the current year.

Articles received later than the specified deadlines are not accepted by the editorial board and not returned to the authors. The Editorial Board reserves the right to make some editorial changes, etc.

7. The Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series "Chemistry" publishes only original articles that contain fundamentally new results, review articles that generalize research results, and does not publish serial articles (those that are continued). Non-compliance by authors with the journal's rules when formatting manuscripts is a basis for rejecting the submitted articles.

Please send articles to the address:

88000, Uzhhorod, 46 Pidhirna St., Uzhhorod National University, Educational and Scientific Institute of Chemistry and Ecology, Editorial Board of the Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series "Chemistry".

Editorial e-mail: visnyk-khim@uzhnu.edu.ua