Publication conditions

The journal accepts articles from Doctors of Science, Candidates of Science, young scientists (postgraduate students, applicants), as well as other persons with higher education and engaged in scientific activities. Authors should submit articles that are exclusively their own original research, in accordance with the rules of citation and reference. Submission of deliberately false information or plagiarism is unacceptable and unethical. In addition, only articles that have not been previously published in other publications will be accepted for publication.

To publish an article in the journal, the following steps are required:

1. Fill in the author information (link).

2. Send the article prepared according to the specified requirements to the e-mail address ebitda@helvetica.ua
Please note! In the subject line of the letter you should specify the code of the journal 2311

3. Send an electronic receipt for payment of the publication fee. Payment for publication will be made after the article is reviewed.

Language of publications: articles in Ukrainian or English are accepted for consideration.

The article should have the following structure: 

- UDC index;
- Full name of the author(s) (in Ukrainian);
- Academic degree, academic title, position, place of work or study (in Ukrainian);
- ORCID and/or researcher ID;
- Surname, name of author(s), place of work or study (in English);
- Article title (in Ukrainian and English);
- Abstract and keywords (in Ukrainian and English);
- The text of the article;
- List of sources used is given at the end of the article in two forms: "Список використаних джерел” and "References".

The text of a scientific article should contain the following mandatory elements:
1. Introduction.
2. Materials and methods.
3. Results.
4. Conclusions.

The list of sources used ("Список джерел") must be listed in alphabetical order (made according to the National Standard of Ukraine DSTU 8302: 2015 "Information and Documentation. Bibliographic reference. General requirements and rules for compilation"). References must be made in the Romance alphabet in APA style (APA Style Reference Citations).
An example of citing bibliographic sources for a list of references ("Список використаних джерел").
An example of citing bibliographic sources for References.

References should be given in the text in square brackets, with the page number of the source indicated: e.g., [3, p. 234] or [2, p. 35; 8, p. 234].

Please note:
- references to sources of statistical data are mandatory;
- references to researchers' publications are obligatory;
- the number of references to textbooks, manuals, and journal articles is limited to two;
- references to your own publications are allowed only in cases of extreme necessity;
- the works of authors whose names are mentioned in the text should be included in the list of references to this article and should be appropriately referenced in the text of the material;
- references to Internet resources should lead directly to the specified document;
- all sources cited in the list of references should be appropriately referenced in the text of the article.

The article should contain abstracts and keywords in Ukrainian and English. The length of each abstract should be at least 1800 characters without spaces. The number of keywords/phrases should be at least 5 positions. If there are any problems with the accuracy of the translation, the editorial staff can help to solve them.
The text of the abstract should be concise, clear, free of secondary information, and give a precise and objective idea of the main essence of the article. It should not contain results that are not presented or substantiated in the main text of the article. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or quotations. The abstract should state the purpose of the article, briefly describe the author's contribution to solving the scientific problem under study, define the scientific novelty and practical significance of the results obtained, and present the main conclusions of the study.

Technical requirements: article length – from 8 to 20 pages, A4 format (297 x 210), margins: 25 mm on the left, 20 mm on the right, top and bottom, typed in Microsoft Word. The entire text of the article, bibliography, abstracts, etc. should be in Times New Roman font, size – 14 pt, line spacing – 1.5 pt.

If the article contains tables, formulas, and/or figures, they should be compact, have a title, be in Times New Roman font, and be 12 pt. The size of tables and figures should not exceed the width of the page. Mathematical formulas should be carefully checked and clearly presented.
Formulas should be typed using the Formula Builder (internal formula editor in Microsoft Word for Windows). The number of tables, formulas, and figures should be minimal and appropriate. Figures and tables on landscape pages will not be accepted.

Download an example of article layout