RULES
for authors of scientific articles
1. Editorial board of the journal "Bulletin of Donetsk University. Episode 06. Legal Sciences" accepts for consideration for publication in the journal previously unpublished and not submitted for simultaneous publication in other publications scientific articles on the subject of the journal.
2. Scientific articles in Russian and English are accepted for publication, which have the necessary elements:
- formulation of the problem in general and its connection with the most important scientific and practical tasks;
- an analysis of the latest achievements and publications in which this problem is considered and referred to by the author, highlighting previously unresolved parts of the general problem, which this article is aimed at solving.;
- goal formulation and task setting;
- presentation of the main research material with full justification of the scientific results obtained;
- conclusions from this study and prospects for further research in this area.
3. Mandatory requirements for the design of articles:
- The volume of the article is 5-10 pages of printed text
- Paper size: A4.
- Orientation: bookish.
- Margins: mirrored, top – 30 mm, bottom – 30 mm, inside – 30 mm, outside – 20 mm.
- The position of the header and footer relative to the edge: 2 cm.
- Line spacing: single.
- Paragraph indentation: 1 cm.
- Main text of the article: Times New Roman font, size 12 pt., with width alignment, without automatic hyphenation.
- Abstract, list of sources, information about the authors: Times New Roman font, size 10 pt., with width alignment, without automatic hyphenation.
- Captions, title and table contents: Times New Roman font, size 10 pt., centered, without automatic hyphenation.
4. The text of the article should correspond to the following structural scheme:
- First line: UDC index – left alignment, without paragraph indentation.
- Separated by a line: The TITLE of the article is bold, centered, in capital letters, without hyphenation, without paragraph indentation.
- Separated by a line: copyright © and year – bold, left–aligned, without a dot after the year, separated by 3 spaces initials and last name(s) of the author(s) - bold, italics, left-aligned, without paragraph indentation.
- In two lines: an abstract of up to 100 words, briefly reflecting the subject of the article, the applied research methods and the main results obtained by the authors.
- On the next line: the phrase Keywords: – bold, italics. The following are keywords with up to 10 words separated by a comma. It is recommended to separate the annotation and keywords block from the main text using the Borders tool.
- In two lines: the main text of the article, which contains the introduction, the main part and conclusions. In the introduction, it is recommended to present the problem statement in a general way and the connection with the most important scientific and practical tasks, an analysis of recent studies and publications in which the solution of this problem has been initiated and on which the author relies, highlighting previously unresolved parts of the general problem to which the article is devoted, and the formulation of the objectives of the article. In the main part, it is recommended to present the main research materials with a full justification of the scientific results obtained. It is recommended to structure the main part into sections with titles reflecting their content (for example: problem statement; methods of its solution; analysis of the results obtained). In the conclusions, it is recommended to briefly and clearly summarize the main results obtained by the authors and describe the prospects for further research in this area.
- Separated by a line: the phrase LIST OF SOURCES, 10 pt. in size, bold, left-aligned, in capital letters, without paragraph indentation. Next, through a line with a 0.5 cm paragraph protrusion, a numbered list of sources used is provided in a general list in the order of mention in the text in the original language in accordance with GOST R 7.0.100–2018 "Bibliographic record. Bibliographic description. General requirements and rules of compilation". The link to the source is given in square brackets. It is allowed to refer only to published works. It is necessary to have sources from the last 5-10 years on the issue under study.
- Separated by a line: the inscription "Received by the editorial office xx.xx.20xx, recommended for publication xx.xx.20xx" in size 10 pt., italics, right alignment.
- Separated by a line: the TITLE of the article, surname(s) and initials of the author(s), abstract and keywords (Keywords) in English (translation) are given in 10 pt size.
- Separated by a row: information about authors, 10 pt in size, in a table with the "No borders" parameter, containing two columns (for information in Russian and English):
- Last name, first name, patronymic;
- academic degree, academic title, position, indicating the organization (in accordance with the charter) that the author represents;
- country, city;
- email address.
5. The text of the article should be carefully verified, without spelling errors. Abbreviations of words other than the generally accepted ones are not allowed or their decoding is required.
6. If the article is submitted in English, then its Russian version is attached.
7. Graduate students and applicants submit a review by the supervisor along with the article.
8. The authors of scientific articles are personally responsible for the presence of plagiarism elements in the texts of articles, including for the completeness and reliability of the facts and provisions stated. A report on the verification of scientific work for uniqueness and the search for borrowings is necessarily attached to the article.
9. The manuscript is independently reviewed anonymously by experts for the scientific value of the article, its compliance with the profile and requirements of the journal. On the recommendation of the reviewers, the editorial board decides on the possibility and conditions of publication of the article.
10. The publication of articles in the journal is free of charge.