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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text is typed in 11-point font with single line spacing;
    the author's emphasis is italicized, not underlined (everywhere except for URL addresses); all
    illustrations, graphs, and tables are placed directly in the text, where they should be according to the content (and not at the end of the document).

Author Guidelines

AUTHORS RESPONSIBILITIES

Authors must:

  • ensure that they have written truly original works;
  • have significant contribution to the research (if a paper has several authors);
  • guarantee obtained permission for use of copyrighted materials;
  • certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere;
  • identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript;
  • disclose in their manuscript any substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the assessment of their manuscript.

Information obtained by authors privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. By submitting an article to the editorial board, the authors agree that (in the case of publication in the paper version of the Journal) their text will be automatically published in the online version of the Journal (under open access).

See also: "Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Authors"

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 The authors are responsible for the publication content and declare that this is their own work and the results have not been published before.

Papers should a) contain an unquestionable scientific novelty; b) take into account the leading contemporary publications on the relevant philosophical problems and the history of their consideration; c) correspond to the scientific priorities of the journal.

Articles are published in Ukrainian and English.

The fact of submitting the manuscript to the "Problems of engineering pedagogic education" confirms that the author agrees with the editorial policy in our journal, the ethical principles of reviewing and editing manuscripts, the open access policy, the provisions on copyright and confidentiality.

Articles are checked for plagiarism.

The decision on the acception the paper for publication is carried out based on the results of a "double-blind" review.

Manuscripts can be any length. There are no restrictions on word count, number of figures, or amount of supporting information.

Articles can be sent by e-mail to collection.education@karazin.ua, or to the email address of the executive secretary nataliaruban@karazin.ua, or sent via the journal website.

The average time for reviewing an article for compliance and checking for plagiarism is 20 days.

The average time for consideration is 60 days.

The average time for publication is 90 days.

The deadline for submitting articles: April 30 and October 30, respectively

Articles are rejected if they do not meet the journal profile or the design does not meet the requirements.

AUTHORSHIP AND AI TOOLS

Authors should not list AI-assisted technologies, such as LLMs, chatbots, or image creators, as authors or co-authors. AI tools used in research or manuscript preparation must be transparently disclosed in the cover letter, acknowledgments, and methods section. Authors are responsible for accuracy, avoiding plagiarism, and guarding against AI-induced bias. Editors may reject manuscripts for inappropriate AI use, and reviewers must refrain from AI-generated reviews to maintain confidentiality.  

See also: COPE position statement about authorship and AI tools

AI-generated images and other multimedia are not allowed in our journal without explicit permission from the editors.  Exceptions may be considered for content in manuscript directly related to AI or machine learning, subject to evaluation on an individual basis.

STYLE AND FORMAT

Basic Requirements for Manuscript Text

  1. Font should be Times New Roman.
  2. Kegl (font size) should be 11 pt, 1.0-spacing. Do not format text in multiple columns.
  3. The fields should be symmetrical (2,5-2,5-2,5-2,5 cm).
  4. Manuscripts should be submitted without page numbering.
  5. Tables and figures are numbered (only one table/figure is not numbered). The word Table is aligned to the right.
    In the next line, the Table Title is aligned to the center, all 10 pt, spacing 1.0. The names of tables/figures and the text in them are also provided in English.

    MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE

    The UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) index – without indentation, left alignment, in capital letters, low-fat font.

    Name and surname of the author (authors) – center alignment, bold font, capital, 11pt, academic degree and title (pt11).
    position at work
    e-mail  and ORCID of the author (authors) – 10pt,  centered alignment
    The full name of the institution  – 10pt, Italic, centered alignment
    The institution address – 10pt,  centered alignment
    Title of the manuscript – in capital letters, center alignment, bold font.

    Abstract 

    • The Abstract should contain not less 1800 characters (with spaces), that is about 300 words. The font should be 12pt, 1.0-spacing.
    • Also you should add keywords (from 4 to 6 ones).
    • The Abstract should be structured for experimental articles,  where you must specify the words: Purpose.  Methods. Results. Conclusions.  The abstract should be constructed both in abstract journals and reflect the essence of the experiments, the main results and their interpretation.
    • In the Abstract it's not desirable to duplicate the text of the paper. The Abstract should not include manuscript title, citations, references and abbreviations.

    Main text

    • The main text should be placed in one blank line after the Abstract. The main text also should be justified and the indent should be 1.0 cm.
    • The text of the article should include the following sections: «Introduction», «Methods» («Objects and Methods»), «Results of Research», «Discussion» (it is possible to have a joint section «Results and Discussion»), «Conclusions», «References».
    • Section «Introduction» should include the following: the description of the problem and its relationship with important scientific or practical tasks; a brief analysis of recent research and publications; the identification of specific issues as well as the objective and tasks of the research.
    • Chapter «Methods» should contain information about the object (objects) of research, experimental conditions, analytical methods, devices and reagents.
    • In the section «Results of Research» the author should provide results and should reflect patterns arising from the data. The information should be compared with the available literature data and the author should show its novelty.
    • In the section «Results of Research» the author should provide results and should reflect patterns arising from the data. The information should be compared with the available literature data and the author should show its novelty.
    • In the «Conclusions» the author should provide a synthesis and interpretation of results, the analysis of causality between the identified effects, and the answer to the questions identified in the introduction should be given 

      In-Text References

      In-text references should be submitted in square brackets in the order of the references in the text
       
      CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT.The authors declare financial or any other conflict of interest at the end of the article. They must indicate all sources of finance (grants, programs, etc). If there is no conflict of interest, the authors should state: “The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.”

      References

      "Problems of engineering pedagogic education" uses the APA (American Psychological Association) reference style.

      References must contain sources of at least 15, including: the share of references to work of the last 5 years is not less than 50%; the share of references to Scopus and  WOS publications not less than 15%; the share of references to the publications of the author and co-authors is not more than 10% - size 10, line spacing 1.0. References are given in square brackets with the number in the order of reference in the text. In scientific articles, educational literature is not used as the literature used: textbooks, study guides, methodological recommendations, etc. The list of references should be presented in alphabetical order (first Ukrainian publications, then English ones).

      ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES (APC) POLICY

      Our journal does not charge any fees to authors for submitting, reviewing, processing, or publishing articles. Publication is completely free for authors.

      COPYRIGHT NOTICE

      Authors reserve the right of attribution for the submitted manuscript, while transferring to the Journal the right to publish the article under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
      This license allows free distribution of the published work under the condition of proper attribution of the original authors and the initial publication source (i.e. the Journal)
      Authors have the right to enter into separate agreements for additional non-exclusive distribution of the work in the form it was published in the Journal (such as publishing the article on the institutional website
      or as a part of a monograph), provided the original publication in this Journal is properly referenced.The Journal allows and encourages online publication of the manuscripts (such as on personal web pages),
      even when such a manuscript is still under editorial consideration, since it allows for a productive scientific discussion and better citation dynamics (see The Effect of Open Access).

       

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