Articles should be submitted in Russian or English. Authors should use strict scientific language only.

 

 In the beginning of the first page a title of the article, author name(s) and initials, full name(s) and address of the organization must be given. An abstract (no more than 10 lines) must be included in the article. The body text of the article follows the abstract. It can be divided into several sections (e.g. Introduction, Target setting, Conclusions, References). The list of figures’ captions should be also presented.

The size of the paper should not exceed normally 6 pages, no more than six figures and photos are allowed (including Fig. a, b and so on).

 

For the body text of the article authors should use the following font: Times New Roman, size 11pt, line interval – "Min 11 pt". All other formatting parameters should be equal to zero. Authors are allowed to insert special symbols generated by regular formulae editors.

 

Graphs, scanned figures, drafts and photos with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (tif, bmp, gif, jpg, cdr, wmf formats) should be submitted as separate files. Graphs also can be created with the help of "Excel" and "MS-graf" programs. Font size for figure’s legend must be not less than 9 pt. Authors should point the location of tables and figures if they are situated not in the body text of the paper. Repetition of the same data in the body text, tables, figures or captions is inadmissible.

 

The size of the figure depends on its information richness. Simple figure (with a minimum quantity of information) should have a size of 5x6 cm (±1); complicated figure (with plenty of information) can have a maximum size of 16×18 cm. In this case, a figure and its caption should be situated at the same page.

 

All abbreviations should be defined the first time they are used.

 

Dimensions of all quantities presented in the paper should correspond to International System of Units (SI system). Shortenings (except commonly used) should be avoided.

 

All sources cited in the text must be included in the reference list. It should consist of: for journal publications – author name(s) and initials, title of the paper, journal’s title, volume, year of edition, issue number, pages; for books – author name(s) and initials, title of the book, place and year of edition, publisher, number of pages. Please use the natural ordering, putting initials before names. References are presented in the original transcription and in the order of their mentioning in the body text. References to unpublished papers are not allowed.

 

Authors should also provide the following information: family name, surname and patronymic name, ZIP code, postal address, place of work and work status, telephone number, e-mail address, photo and short biography (optional).

 

Fees are paid for articles of special interest by the decision of the Editorial Board.