Requirements For Articles

Manuscripts are accepted for consideration by the Editorial Board provided that they correspond to the scientific profile of the publication:

  • Cluster: Human Capital Development, Social Sciences, and Journalism
  • Specialty: A1 Educational Sciences
  • Subject: Digital Technologies in Higher Education

To assist authors in preparing their manuscripts, it is recommended to use additional tools and guidelines that provide advice on the preparation and formatting of scientific publications:

The article must be formatted according to the template and include the following elements:

  • introduction (statement and explanation of the relevance of the problem, analysis of scientific research and publications, formulation of research goals and objectives);
  • research methods (optional section);
  • research results (presentation of the main material with substantiation of the obtained results);
  • conclusions and prospects for further research;
  • acknowledgment (optional section);
  • funding (optional section);
  • authors’ contributions (optional section);
  • competing Interests;
  • declaration on Generative AI;
  • references.

The length of the article (excluding the abstract and references) should range from 0.4 (16,000 characters) to 1 printed sheet (40,000 characters with spaces).

Technical requirements: Font – Times New Roman, 12 pt; line spacing – single (1). All margins – 2.5 cm. Paragraph indentation – 1 cm.

Important! Please note that, in accordance with editorial ethics requirements, the list of authors must include only those individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the research presented in the article. Academic status, position, or any other indicator of seniority should not determine the order of the list; the order of authors must reflect the relative leadership and the extent of each researcher’s contribution to the work.

General guidelines for references:

  • the list of references must include only those sources cited within the text of the submission;
  • we recommend that the reference list contains between 10 and 30 items;
  • self-citation should not exceed 15% of the total number of sources listed;
  • it is recommended that at least 40% of the references consist of publications indexed in Scopus/WoS, as this demonstrates the author(s)' awareness of the chosen topic at an international level;
  • the reference list must not include articles published in Russian journals, journals funded by the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus, or any Russian-language publications.