Author Guidelines
I. Recommendations for an author before submitting the article
Submission of an article to the journal “Bulletin of Maikop State Technological University” implies the following:
- the article has not been previously published in another journal;
- the article is not under consideration in another journal;
- all co-authors agree with the publication of the current version of the article.
Before submitting an article for consideration make sure that the file (files) contains all the necessary information in the Russian language, sources of information are indicated, names of figures and tables are correctly given, all citations are formatted correctly. The article (together with figures) is submitted in MS Word format. Standard size of the article is up to one author's sheet (40,000 typographical units with spaces), including figures. The final volume, number of figures and tables are agreed with the editors. The text is typed at 1.5 intervals. Sheet format is A4 (210 × 297); the font is 14 (Times New Roman), spacing is 1.5; red line is 1.25. Margins on the left are 30 mm, on the right - 15 mm, at the top - 20 mm, on the bottom - 20 mm. The text is typed in width without auto-hyphenation. The tables and diagrams presented in the text must be consecutively numbered. The titles of the tables are printed in normal type in the center above the table, the title of the figure is printed in italics in the center, below the figure.
The title page of the article contains:
i. Author’s (s’) name/names
Authors are people identified by the research team as key contributors to the outlined research who have agreed to take responsibility for their work. In addition to being responsible for his/her own part of the work, the author must be able to indicate which of his co-authors is responsible for other parts of the work.
The journal “Bulletin of Maikop State Technological University” accepts the following authorship criteria:
- Significant contribution to research game and design, data collection, or data analysis and interpretation.
- Preparation of an article or its critical revision in terms of significant intellectual content.
- Final approval of the version of the article for publication.
The list of authors does not include people who are not the authors of the article. The names of people who are not the authors, but have provided other support, are indicated in the Acknowledgments section.
When indicating the authors of the article, the surname should be indicated before the initials of the name and patronymic (Ivanov P.S., Petrov S.I., Sidorov I.P.).
When specifying the authors of the article in the English language, the format “Name, patronymic initial, surname” (Ivan I. Ivanov) is used. Surnames in the English language must be indicated in accordance with the foreign passport or as it has been indicated in previously published articles. If the author does not have a foreign passport and/or publications, the BSI standard must be used to transliterate the surname and name.
ii. Information about the author (authors)
In this section the surname, first name and patronymic (in full) are indicated; the rank, position, and other regalia are listed. The e-mail and full postal address of the contact author are also indicated.
iii. Author’s(s’) affiliation
The affiliation includes the following data: full official name of an organization, full postal address (including a zip code, a city and a country). Authors must indicate all places of work related to the research.
If authors from different institutions take part in the preparation of the article, it is necessary to indicate the belonging of each author to a particular institution using a superscript index.
The official English name of the institution is required for the English information block.
iv. Article title
The title of the article in the Russian language must correspond to the content of the article.
The English version of the title must be competent from the point of view of the English language, while the meaning must fully correspond to the Russian name.
v. Annotation
Recommended length of a structured abstract is 150-200 words. Abstract in the Russian language should be in italics. The text of the abstract should contain the relevance of the research topic, the problem statement, research objectives, research methods, results and key conclusions.
The annotations should not include terms introduced for the first time, abbreviations (with the exception of well-known ones), references to the literature.
vi. Keywords
8-10 words on the topic of the article. The keywords should add up to the abstract and title of the article.
vii. Credits
This section indicates all sources of funding for the research, as well as thanks to people who participated in the work on the article, but are not the authors. Participation in the work on the article includes: recommendations for improving the research, providing space for the research, departmental control, financial support, single types of analysis, providing reagents/patients/animals/other materials for the research.
viii. Conflict of interest
A conflict of interest is a condition in which people have conflicting or competing interests that can influence an editorial decision. Conflicts of interest can be potential or perceived, as well as real ones. Objectivity may be affected by personal, political, financial, scientific or religious factors.
The author is obliged to notify the editor of a real or potential conflict of interest by including information about the conflict of interest in the appropriate section of the article.
If there is no conflict of interest, the author should also disclose this. Here is an example of wording: «The author declares no conflict of interest».
ix. An article text
The sheet format is A4 (210 × 297); the font is 14 (Times New Roman), the spacing is 1.5; the red line is 1.25. The margins on the left are 30 mm, on the right - 15 mm, at the top - 20 mm, on the bottom - 20 mm. The text is typed in width without auto-hyphenation. The tables and diagrams presented in the text must be consecutively numbered. The titles of the tables are printed in normal type in the center above the table, the title of the figure is printed in italics in the center, below the figure.
The text of the article should contain the following sections: The Introduction. The Main part. The Conclusion.
x. Figures
Graphic materials are made in black and white. Graphs are accepted in the MS Excel editor, photos are accepted in jpg format with a resolution of 300 dpi for black and white ones, 450 dpi – for grey ones.
Figures must be of good quality and suitable for printing.
All figures must have captions.
Figures are numbered with Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear in the text. If there is only one figure in the text, then it is not numbered.
References to the figures are made as follows: “Fig. 3 indicates that ... “ or “It is indicated that ... (see Fig. 3)”.
The figure caption includes the number of the figure and its title. It is aligned center: “Fig. 2. Description of vital processes”.
The dot after the caption is not put.
xi. Tables
Tables must be of good quality and must be printable. Editable tables are preferred, not scanned or drawings.
All tables must have headers.
Tables should be are numbered with Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text. If there is only one table in the text, then it is not numbered.
References to tables are made as follows: “Table 3 indicates that ... “ or “It is indicated that ... (see Table 3)”.
The table header includes the table running number and its name.
Aligned center: “Table 2 - Description of vital processes”.
A dot is not put after the table header.
xii. Screenshots and photos
Photos, screenshots and other undrawn illustrations must be uploaded separately as *.jpeg, *.pdf, *.gif files (*.doc and *.docx - if additional marks are applied to the image). Image resolution must be >300 dpi. Image files must be named according to the figure number in the text. In the description of the file, a caption should be given separately, which should correspond to the name of the photograph placed in the text.
xiii. References
In the text references to the cited literature are given in square brackets at the end of the sentence before the dot, indicating the ordinal number of the reference and the page, for example [1, p. 15], [2, p. 46]. [3, p. 68], etc. The bibliography must be formatted in accordance with GOST 7.0.5-2008. At least 20% of foreign sources should be mentioned in the list of references.
iv. Footnotes
References to anonymous sources on the Internet, to textbooks and teaching aids, GOSTs, statistical reports, articles in socio-political newspapers and magazines, abstracts, dissertations (if it is not possible to quote articles published based on the results of a dissertation research), author's comments can be placed in the footnotes. Footnotes are not included in the list of references.
v. References
The Journal uses the Vancouver citation format, which means citing the source in square brackets and then citing the sources in the list of references in the order in which they are mentioned. The page is indicated inside the brackets, separated by a comma and a space after the source number: [6, p. 8]
The list of references includes only peer-reviewed sources (articles from scientific journals and monographs) mentioned in the text of the article. It is not desirable to include abstracts, dissertations, textbooks, manuals, GOSTs, information from websites, statistical reports, articles in socio-political newspapers, websites and blogs in the list of references. If it is necessary to refer to such information, the source information should be placed in a footnote.
When describing a source, its DOI should be indicated (for foreign sources this can be done in 95% of cases).
In references to articles from journals, the year of publication, the volume and number of the journal, and page numbers must be indicated.
All authors must be listed in the description of each source.
References must be verified, the output is checked on the official website of journals and/or publishers.
The number of literary references should be at least 10 with a significant share of foreign sources (preferably in high-ranking journals).
Links to abstracts of dissertations, dissertations for scientific degrees are allowed if their available electronic versions are available.
Links to unpublished works are not allowed.
Self-citation should not exceed 20%.
Article design examples
References to articles from foreign sources:
1 Surname N. P., 2 Surname N. P.. Article title. Name of the journal. The year; Volume (Number): 00-00. DOI: 10.13655/1.6.1234567.
References to monographs in a foreign language:
With 1-3 authors:
1 Surname N. P., 2 Surname N. P.. The book title. The reissue number. The city: the publisher; the year of publishing.
Reference to an editor or a compiler:
1 Surname N. P., 2 Surname N. P., 3 Surname N. P., editors. The title. The reissue number. The city: the publisher; the year of publishing.
Chapter from a monograph or a collection:
1 Surname N.P. 1 The title. 2 Surname N.P., an editor. 2 The title. The reissue number. The city: the publisher; The year of publishing.
The name of the journal and the titles of monographs and collections are in italics, dots are put after the initials. There is no comma between the author's surname and initials.
References to Internet resources:
Note: it is preferable to provide a link to material from the site that is mentioned in the article. The link to the main page is not informative and does not provide an opportunity to verify the information.
The name of the material on the site [website]. The name of the site; 2022 [updated July 19, 2022; cited 30 October 2022]. Available: http://www.example.ru.
II. The way of submitting an article for consideration
A manuscript of an article is sent to the editorial office by e-mail mgtu_konf@mkgtu.ru or via the online form. The file with the article loaded into the system must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (with *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf extensions).
III. Interactions between the Journal and an author
The editors of the Journal hold correspondence with a responsible (contact) author, however, if the team of authors wishes, letters can be sent to all authors for whom an e-mail address is indicated.
All articles submitted to the journal “Bulletin of Maikop State Technological University” undergo a preliminary check by the executive secretary of the Journal for compliance with formal requirements. At this stage the article can be returned to the author (authors) for revision with a request to correct errors or add missing data. Also at this stage, the article may be rejected due to its inconsistency with the goals of the Journal, lack of originality (checking the manuscript in the Anti-Plagiarism system, at least 75% of authorship), and low scientific value.
After the preliminary check, the editor-in-chief sends the article to the reviewer, indicating the deadlines for reviewing. The corresponding notification is sent to the author.
In disputable cases the editor may involve several specialists in the review process, as well as the editor-in-chief.
If the reviewer's opinion is positive, the article is submitted to the editor for publication.
For follow-up revision the reviewer's remarks and comments are transferred to the author. The author is given 1 month to eliminate the faults. If during this period the author does not notify the editors of his/her actions, the article is removed from the publication queue.
When a decision is made to refuse to publish the article, the corresponding editorial decision is sent to the author.
The final version of the layout is sent to the responsible (contact) author of the article accepted for publication, which he/she is obliged to check. The answer is expected from the authors within 2 days. In the absence of a response from the author, the layout of the article is considered approved. The number of rejected articles is 25%.
IV. The procedure for reviewing the decisions of the editor / reviewer
If the author does not agree with the conclusion of the reviewer and / or the editor or individual comments, he/she can challenge the decision. To do this, the author must
- correct the manuscript of the article in accordance with the reasonable comments of reviewers and editors;
- clearly state his/her position on the issue under consideration.
The editors facilitate resubmissions of manuscripts that can potentially be accepted but are rejected due to the need for significant changes or the collection of additional data, and are ready to explain in detail what needs to be corrected in the manuscript in order for it to be accepted for publication.
V. Actions of the editorial board in case of detection of plagiarism, fabrication or data falsification
In case of detection of dishonest behavior on the part of the author, detection of plagiarism, fabrication or data falsification, the editors are guided by the COPE rules.
By “malicious behavior” the journal "Bulletin of the Maikop State Technological University" means any actions of a scientist, including improper handling of objects of study or deliberate manipulation of scientific information, in which it ceases to reflect the observed research, as well as the behavior of a scientist that does not correspond to accepted ethical and scientific standards.
"Misconduct" does not include individual errors or discrepancies in the plan, conduct, interpretation or evaluation of research methods or results, or dishonest behavior not related to the scientific process.
VI. Correction of errors and withdrawal of the article
If errors are found in the text of the article that affect its perception, but do not distort the stated results of the research, they can be corrected by replacing the PDF-file of the article and indicating the error in the article file itself and on the article page on the Journal website.
If errors are found in the text of the article that distort the results of the research, or in the case of plagiarism, the discovery of dishonest behavior of the author (authors) associated with falsification and / or data fabrication, the article may be retracted. The initiator of the retraction of the article may be the editorial board, the author, the organization, an individual.
A retracted article is marked with the “Article retracted” sign, information about the reason for retracting the article is placed on the article page. Information about the retraction of the article is sent to the databases in which the Journal is indexed.
