Submission

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Submission Requirements

When submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors must confirm that the submission complies with all the requirements listed below. If the submitted manuscript does not meet these requirements, the editorial office will return the materials to the authors for revision.

  • The submission has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration by another journal.
  • All manuscripts submitted to the journal “Proceedings of the Kyiv Aviation Institute. Series: Philosophy. Culturology” undergo mandatory plagiarism screening prior to the peer-review process using the com system.
  • The submission file must be provided in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, or WordPerfect.
  • All Internet references cited in the text must be accompanied by complete and valid URL addresses.
  • Page format: 170 × 260 mm; mirrored margins: top — 2 cm, bottom — 2 cm, inner — 1.7 cm, outer — 1.8 cm. The final page of the manuscript must be filled to at least 75% of the page.

Important: When typing the manuscript, use only one space between words. Punctuation marks (period, comma, colon) must be placed immediately after the word, without a preceding space.

Manuscript Structure

The manuscript must be structured and include the following elements:

  • UDC classification index — aligned to the left, without indentation.
  • Authors’ initials and surnames — aligned to the right, in bold type.
  • Title of the article — centered, in capital letters and bold type.
  • Affiliation (place of work) — centered.
  • Authors’ e-mail addresses, ORCID IDs, ResearcherID — optional.
  • Abstract in the language of the article — 500–800 characters including spaces.
  • Keywords — from 5 to 12.
  • Main text of the article, which must include the following sections:

—Introduction — formulation of the research problem, its relevance, and an overview of recent studies.

—Aim and tasks — statement of the purpose of the research and the specific tasks addressed in the study.

—Research methodology / Research methods — description of the methodological framework and methods used in the study.

—Research results — presentation of the main research findings with justification of the obtained scientific results. The theoretical analysis should not be limited to references to authors who have studied the problem, but should include a synthesis of previously obtained results, indicating the main directions, trends, and approaches to understanding the research problem. A mere mechanical listing of scholars’ names without indicating their contribution is not acceptable.

—Discussion — comparative analysis of the obtained results with those of other researchers who have studied the same issue, including confirmation or refutation of their hypotheses.

—Conclusions — concise presentation of the main findings in accordance with the objectives stated in the study. The conclusions should not duplicate the text of the article.

—Literature — prepared in accordance with DSTU 8302:2015 “Information and documentation. Bibliographic reference. General rules and requirements.”

—References

  • A transliterated list of references must be provided in accordance with the requirements of the Chicago Style citation system (see: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html).
  • The transliterated list (“References”) reproduces the bibliography presented in Ukrainian, regardless of whether it includes foreign sources or not.
  • References in Cyrillic must be transliterated into Latin script; references already published in Latin script must be retained in their original form.
  • The authors’ surnames and the titles of articles must be transliterated, while the English translation of the article title is provided in square brackets.
  • Transliteration must follow the official rules established by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On the Standardization of Transliteration of the Ukrainian Alphabet into Latin Script” (January 27, 2010, No. 55).
  • For transliteration, authors are advised to use online converters (for example: http://ukrlit.org/transliteratsiia).

Example

  1. Parakhonskyi, Borys, and Halyna Yavorska. 2019. Ontolohiia viiny i myru: bezpeka, stratehiia, smysl [Ontology of War and Peace: Security, Strategy, Meaning]. Kyiv: NISD.
  2. Drotianko, Liubov. 2015. “Filosofiia dialohu v kulturi informatsiinoi ery” [“The Philosophy of Dialogue in the Culture of the Information Age”]. Visnyk Natsionalnoho aviatsiinoho universytetu. Seriia: Filosofiia. Kulturolohiia [Proceedings of the National Aviation University. Series: Philosophy. Cultural Studies] 1: 5–11. http://doi.org/10.1086/6455490235

In-Text Citations

In-text citations must be formatted according to the Chicago Style: Author–Date system.

Examples

(Drotianko 2015, 7) — reference to a single source.

(Drotianko 2015; Orokhovska 2018) — reference to multiple sources.

—Extended Abstract

If the article is written in Ukrainian, an extended abstract in English must be provided (1800–2500 characters including spaces).

The English-language abstract must include all structural elements of the article listed above, as well as keywords.

The following information must also be provided in English:

  • Author’s name and surname,
  • title of the article.

Important: The number of authors of a manuscript must not exceed four. The ORCID ID of each author must be provided.

Important: The length of the article must not exceed 30,000 characters, excluding the reference list.

Important: The article must include references to sources published in foreign languages (at least 20% of the total number of references). When citing scholarly publications, the DOI must be provided whenever it is available. References to non-academic or unreliable sources are not permitted, including but not limited to YouTube, Wikipedia, Instagram, and similar platforms.

Important: All figures and tables must be referred to in the text and placed after the relevant reference in the text.

The table number caption must be aligned to the right and formatted in 11-point italic type. The table title must be centered and formatted in 11-point bold type.

Important: In the text, the reference to a figure must precede the figure itself. Figures must be grouped, and their layout in the article must be set to “in line with text.” In grouped figures, word-wrapping rules must be observed so as to avoid word breaks. The colour scheme of figures must be chosen so that their form and content remain clear even in black-and-white reproduction.

Important: Any abbreviation must be spelled out at its first occurrence in the text.

Important: Authors are responsible for the scientific and literary editing of the submitted manuscript, including quotations and references. However, the editorial board reserves the right to edit the article or to reject it if the submitted material does not comply with the stated requirements in terms of form or content.

Manuscripts that do not comply with the stated requirements will not be considered.