Rules for authors on the design of manuscripts of articles proposed for publication in journals
By sending the manuscript of an article to the editorial office of the journal, the authors transfer to the editorial board and the publisher of the journal the free, non-exclusive right to publish it in Russian as an article in the printed and electronic versions of the journal on the Internet. At the same time, the authors retain their intellectual rights to the manuscript of the article (including “copyright”). In this regard, and taking into account the Fourth Part (Section VII) of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the authors must submit a letter to the editor in the following form:
License agreement on the transfer of the right to publish (publishing license agreement)
We, the undersigned, are the authors of the manuscript ...........................................................,
provide the editorial board, the founder and publisher of the journal of the FSUE "Scientific and Technical Center of The Defence Complex "Kompas" ………………………………………………………………………………………………
(name of the edition)
a royalty-free simple (non-exclusive) license to publish the manuscript of the article in both printed and electronic versions of the journal.
We confirm that this publication does not infringe the intellectual rights of other persons or organizations.
Signatures of the authors: ……………………………….(full name, academic degree, date)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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The article must be signed by all authors. In the case of several authors, the surname of the author responsible for correspondence with the editors is indicated. The manuscript of the article is sent to the address of the editorial office of the journal: 125424, Moscow, Volokolamskoye sh., 77, FSUE “Scientific and Technical Center of the Defense Complex “Kompas”, Editorial Board of the journal. Additional information can be obtained from the editorial office by calling: 8 (495) 491-4317 or by E-mail: izdanie@ntckompas.ru.
Each article is reviewed in accordance with the decision of the journal's editorial board. Reviewers are selected from among scientists and specialists who are competent in the issues discussed in the article and who have their own publications in this area. The decision on the order of publication of the article is made by the editorial board, taking into account the opinions of reviewers. In case of disagreement among members of the editorial board, the final decision is made by the editor-in-chief. If the manuscript of an article is completely rejected for publication, the editors of the journal send a reasoned refusal to the authors. Due to this fact, the editors do not enter into polemics with the authors.
Compiling an article (review)
The article must be submitted to the editor in the following set:
• covering letter signed by the management of the organization;
• expert opinion on the possibility of publication in the open press and distribution in the Russian Federation and other countries.
If the organization does not have an expert commission, instead of an expert opinion, a corresponding statement may be submitted to the editor-in-chief of the journal on behalf of the management of the organization where the authors work. The expert opinion or statement must necessarily reflect the possibility of open publication and transfer of published materials abroad.
• license agreement according to the given sample;
• manuscript of the article - the volume of the article (without drawings) should not exceed 10 pages in A4 format with 1.5 line spacing, and the volume of a review article should not exceed 20 pages. Recommended typeface: New Times Roman. Font size - 12;
• The article material is submitted to the editor in electronic form with text in Word format via email.
Article format:
• the article begins with the UDC indication;
• the title of the article is typed in lowercase letters (except for the initial capital) in bold font, font size 14, for the rest of the text a simple font size 12 is used, and the recommended font typeface is Times New Roman;
• after the title - a list of authors, the initials of the authors precede their last names;
• then the abstract of the article is presented (10-15 lines disclosing the purpose of the work and its main results);
• the following is a list of keywords for this article (no more than ten);
• pages of the text are numbered without omissions or additions of letter designations (such as 1a, 2b, etc.), and all elements of the article must be included in the continuous numbering;
• at the bottom of the first page of the text there is a separate paragraph (with bold font) containing contact information about the author (or authors) in the following form: last name, first name, patronymic, position, academic degree, postal address of the enterprise, telephone, E-mail;
• the main text of the article should begin with a clear statement of the purpose and objectives of the work, accompanied by arguments in favor of its implementation against the background of the existing state of the problem raised in the article. Further text of the article should also have semantic rubricators (sections and subsections) without their numbering. The article should end with a separate section “Conclusion” listing the main results, the conclusions that follow from them and, if possible, proposals for the development of research and the use of their results.
• after the main text - a list of used sources “Literature” (at least 5 sources); The list of references used must correspond to all links to external sources in the text of the article. Links are presented in square brackets, for example, [1—6], [7, 8]. Internal links, i.e. links to formulas, figures and tables of the article are formatted using parentheses, for example, formula (1), equation (4), (Fig. 3), (Table 2). Any references in captions to figures and in the figures themselves are not recommended;
• further detailed information in English about the article is posted: title of the article, surname and initials of the authors (English transliteration), company, abstract, keywords (Keywords).
Design of drawings:
• pictures and graphs are inserted directly into the desired place in the article and in the desired scale.
• next to the axes of the graphs, the displayed physical quantities are indicated only in symbolic (letter) form, and separated by a comma - the dimension of the quantity in Russian (in straight font). It is recommended that different curves in graphs be numbered, even if they are characterized by a separate color or line type. Graphs are presented only on a white background. Auxiliary grids on the graph area are not allowed;
• captions under the corresponding figures (bold italic) are presented in the required places in the text. Each signature should be as concise as possible, but succinct in content.
Formulation of formulas:
• enter simple formulas into the text in the format of the text editor used, more complex formulas - using the MathType formula editor;
• standard mathematical notations (e.g. max, log, sin, exp, etc.) should be typed straight. The same applies to figures and numbers;
• for symbolic designation of non-vector physical (technical) quantities, use only the Latin and Greek alphabets, while in the text use upright font for Greek letters, and italic font for Latin letters;
• vectors and matrices are denoted in bold bold font;
• for lower and upper indices, use Arabic numerals, Latin or Greek letters. If the index is an abbreviated form of the Russian word - characteristics, then it is permissible to use Russian letters (straight font) in its designation, for example Uin, Iout, vgr, etc.
• the dimension of physical quantities is always indicated only in Russian in straight font.
Table design:
• the contents of the table should not duplicate the data presented in the graphs or in the text;
• columns must have a title without abbreviating individual words.
Figures, formulas and tables must have their own separate continuous numbering. If there are no additional (return) links to a specific formula in the text or it is in the singular, then numbering is not needed. The only table and/or figure is also not numbered.
When published in the journal, each article (in the contact information) is accompanied by a footnote with the copyright symbol © placed in front of the author's last name (authors' last names) and the year of publication.
After the publication of the journal, the authors (or author) of each article have the right to receive from the editor an electronic version of the article in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat editor).
Failure to comply with these requirements may be grounds for refusal to publish.
