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Manuscript Requirements
A paper must be written in text processor
Microsoft Word. Paper size: A4. Margins: 3.0 cm on top and bottom, and 2.5
cm on left and right sides. As a guide, articles should be no more than
5.000 words in length. In case the paper exceeds the normal length, the
Editors' consent for its publication is needed. Articles submitted for
publication in Journal should include the research aim and tasks, with
detailed methodology, presenting literature overview on the research
object, substantiation of the achieved results and findings, conclusions
and a list of references. Manuscripts should be arranged in the following
order of presentation.
First page: Title (no more that 10 words), subtitle (if any),
autobiographical note (the author's full name, academic affiliation,
telephone, fax and e-mail address and full international contact).
Respective affiliations and addresses of co-authors should be clearly
indicated. Please also include approximately 50 words of biographical
information on each author of the submitted paper.
Second page:
 A self-contained
abstract/summary/resume of up to 150 words, describing the research
objective and its conclusions
Up to ten keywords, which
encapsulate the principal subjects covered by the article; and
A self-contained summary of up
to 200 words, describing the article and its conclusions.
Subsequent pages: Main body of the text with headings, footnotes, a
list of references, appendices, tables and illustra-tions. The paragraph
parameters are:
Font: Times New Roman, 10 pt,
regular
Spacing: Before: 0, After: 0
Line Spacing: Single
Alignment: Justified
Indentation: Left: 0, Right: 0,
Special: 0.
Style: Normal (not Title,
Heading1, Heading2,...,Body Text, etc!)
Leave an empty line between paragraphs.
Headings: Headings must be short, clearly defined and numbered,
except for Introduction and Conclusions. Apply at most three levels of
headings. Please, leave two empty lines before headings and one empty line
after. Font: Times New Roman, bold, 16 pt, centered.
Section headings should be in bold with Leading Capitals on
Main Words, Times New Roman, 14pt, bold, centered.
Sub-section headings should be in italics, with Leading Capitals on
Main Words, Times New Roman, 12 pt, bold.
All tables, graphs and diagrams are expected to back your research
findings. They should be clearly referred to and numbered consecutively
in Arabic numerals. They should be placed in the text at the appropriate
paragraph (just after its reference).
Tables should be centered. All tables must have captions. The title
of your table should follow the table number. Tables should not be wider
than the margins of the paper. Skip two lines before and after each table.
Figures should be centered. All figures must have captions. The
title of figures should appear immediately below the figure. The title of
the figure should follow the figure number. Figures should not be wider
than the margins of the paper. Skip two lines before and after each
figure. Figures will not be redrawn by the publisher. Figures should be
high-quality grayscale graphics (please, do not use colors): vector
drawings (with text converted to curves) or 300 dpi bitmaps. Please do not
supply any graphics copied from a website, as the resolution will be too
low. In all figures taken or adapted from other sources, a brief note to
that effect is obligatory, below the figure. One sentence at least
referring to the illustration is obligatory.
Mathematical expressions should be numbered on the right side,
while all variables and parameters must be defined.
References should be done according to APA 6.0 standard. Please
find the reference guide on the following link:
Referencing guide
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