Submissions

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 "Man and Environment.  Issue of Neoecology" 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.

Manuscripts can be sent by e-mail either to ecology.journal@karazin.ua, or to the e-mail box of the Executive Secretary lvbaskaukr@gmail.com, or sent through the journal's website.

The average period for reviewing the article for compliance and checking for plagiarism is 20 days.

The average review period is 60 days.

The average term of publication is 90 days.

Deadline for submission of articles: April 30 and October 30, respectively

STYLE AND FORMAT

Basic Requirements  for Manuscript Text

• Font should be Times New Roman.
• Kegl (font size) should be 11 pt, 1.0-spacing. Do not format text in multiple columns.
• The fields should be symmetrical (2,5-2,5-2,5-2,5 cm).
• Manuscripts should be submitted without page numbering.
• Tables are numbered (if only one table is not numbered). The word Table is aligned to the right. On the next line The table name is centered, all 10 pt, 1.0 interval.
• Figures are numbered and placed in the text with a reference to the figure. Legend is placed before the figure title. Fig. 1 – Title (all centered, 10 pt, 1.0 spacing).

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).

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

  "Man and Environment. Issues of Neoecology" uses the APA (American Psychological Association) reference style.

  References must contain sources of at least 17, 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.

  If necessary, you can see the full text of the "Publication manual of the American Psychological Association"

  You can also refer to the "APA Style Guide to Electronic References".

  APA 6^th format rules and the relevant examples can be found here, here and here.

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).