For Authors

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Edition of the collection of scientific works «Adult Education: Theory, Experience, Prospects» – twice a year.

The Editorial Board accepts for publication articles published by the authors for the first time. Submission can be only in Ukrainian or English. If the article is written in English, its translation (into Ukrainian) must be submitted to the Editorial Board!

No more than 5 persons may be mentioned in the Authors of the article.

The Editorial Board will accept article for publication after plagiarism checking and double-blind reviews by independent experts.

The authors must confirm that the article meets all the established requirements:

  1. The submission was not previously published and was not sent for consideration to the editors of other journals.
  2. The text of the submission meets the requirements of the correct design of the style and bibliography set out below.
  3. The article does not contain information prohibited for publication under current legislation of Ukraine.
  4. The copyright for the article has not been transferred before and will not be transferred to third parties in the future.
  5. There is no conflict between authors if there are several co-authors.
  6. The article does not violate the intellectual property rights of others.

If the article does not meet the established requirements, the materials will be returned to the authors for revision.

Note, that the Editorial Board will not consider submissions if:

  1. The submission do not meet the thematic area and requirements of the Сollection;
  2. The submission have no scientific and practical novelty;
  3. The submission that not edited (contain grammatical and stylistic errors);
  4. The submission violates publishing ethics policy (for example: if the Editorial Board detects plagiarism, data falsification, duplication of publication, etc.).

We emphasize that the authors are responsible for the accuracy of the stated facts, quotations and references.

Postgraduate students submit articles with a review by the scientific supervisor. Authors without scientific degrees - with a review of Dr.Sc. or PhD in the relevant specialty.

DESIGN OF ARTICLE

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.

  1. Scientific papers which are not previously published or submitted for publication in other editions are accepted for publication in the collection of scientific papers «Adult Education: Theory, Experience, Prospects». They should correspond to the subject matter of the publication. Reviews of the new scientific-pedagogical literature, reports on scientific events (conferences, congresses, symposiums, etc.) are published as well.
  2. Manuscripts are requested to be sent via e-mail: zbirnyk_od_17@ukr.net
  3. Manuscripts may be up to 10 - 12 pages.
  4. The manuscript should be typewritten in A4 format, set in one column according to the following parameters: margins- 2 cm, text editor- Word, Times New Roman, font number 14, spaces between lines- 1.5, alignment justified, indention between words – 1 space, no word wrap. Each paragraph should start with a 1.25 cm indention. Document should be saved in the format doc or rtf.
  5. Tables and charts should be created in Word or Excel editors. The elements of the graphics should be grouped. The color of the text and graphics is black and white. Signatures for drawings and tables are typed in New Roman font number 12. Figures and tables are placed in the text of the article with alignment in the center of the page, without wrapping the text.
  6. Pages, tables and pictures should be numbered. Tables and pictures should be in black and white (if this does not interfere with the possibility to perceive the content) with captions. Tables and pictures must be cited in the text, e.g., (see Table 1); Arabic numbering should be used. The size of tables and pictures should not exceed A4 format page.
  7. Figures and tables are presented in the article directly after the text, where they are mentioned for the first time. For each formula, table, graphic, in the text there must be vocations.
  8. Double quotes must be «». If there is a quote in the quote or the quote contains the word in the quotes, then the outer quotes are «» and the inner ones are “”.
  9. Inseparable spaces are used between initials, initials and last name, word and the next dash, in dates, last word and vocation, page and its reference (p. 35).

Requirements for abstracts to the manuscript in Ukrainian:

  • Abstract in Ukrainian - 2/3 page of text (1800 characters), 5-7 keywords;
  • Extended abstract in English - 2/3 page of text (1800 characters), 5-7 keywords (the text of the English-language abstract in Ukrainian is required to be checked by the literary editor of foreign texts). 

Requirements for abstracts to the manuscript in a foreign language:

  • Abstract in the language of the original - 2/3 page of text (1800 characters), 5-7 keywords;
  • Identical abstracts in English and Ukrainian - 2/3 page of text (1800 characters), 5-7 keywords.

Body of the manuscript should include the following components:

  • Introduction.
  • Analysis of recent research and publications.
  • Aim of the Study.
  • Presenting main material.
  • Conclusions and Perspectives

The references in the manuscript and the list of literature (the latter is presented at the end of the paper in the original language) are issued in accordance with the requirements of the APA - American Psychological Association Style (guidelines are added; (online APA converter: http://reffor.us або http://www.citationmachine.net).).

After the abstract in English, the subtitle "References" should be indicated and the list of used literature should be translated into English and transliterated into Latin.

The entire list of literature should be transliterated with the preservation of the ARA style. We recommend using online services to automate the transliteration process. To transliterate the Ukrainian text into Latin, the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated January 27, 2010 No. 55 (http://translit.kh.ua/#passport) should be used; for other languages regional services are used. English-language sources are not transliterated. The titles of papers, conferences, journals, books, etc. are translated into English and are indicated in square brackets.

The following information is added to the manuscript:

    • information about the author: surname, name, patronymic, degree, academic rank, place of work, position, telephone/fax (official, mobile), e-mail;
    • manuscript of graduate students, postgraduate students, applicants (persons who do not have a scientific degree) is necessarily accompanied by a review signed by a doctor or a candidate of sciences (the signature of the reviewer is certified by a stamp in the personal unit).

The Editorial Board will send the message of the article acceptance for publication to the author's e-mail after plagiarism checking and double blind reviews. After receiving the message from Editorial Board, the funds for the publication are sent by the author during next 3 working days.

After the publication in the Сollection, electronic versions of the article will be in open access on the website of the collection of scientific works «Adult Education: Theory, Experience, Prospects».

For additional information, send your questions to the e-mail: zbirnyk_od_17@ukr.net