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Author Guidelines
Full rules for article formatting can be found at the link
An example of a manuscript that meets the requirements at the link
The main requirements for the submitted materials are listed below:
1. The journal publishes applied articles on the problems of corrosion and anti-corrosion protection, energy saving, and environmental safety.
2. The manuscript, printed in Arial font, 11 pt, 1.5 line spacing, with 2 cm margins on each side, in doc or rtf format, is submitted to the editors with illustrations, graphs, and formulas in electronic form. All pages of the manuscript with embedded tables and figures must be numbered.
3. Abstract, keywords, article title, full name and affiliation of the authors - in Russian and English. The abstract in Russian and English should be 150-250 words long (for each language). Indicate the position and academic title of the authors in Russian and English. 4. Illustrations should be submitted as separate files: for raster images - in TIFF or JPG format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi, for vector images - in EPS, CDR format. If Excel is used to create graphs - in XLSX or XLS formats. The caption and the content of the figure (names of axes, positions and other notes) must be translated into Russian before the slash (/). The electronic version of the article should include: a file containing the text of the article, and a file(s) containing illustrations. For convenience, it is advisable to attach all illustrations as a common archive, and indicate the figure number in the names of each file. 5. When preparing a figure, it is necessary to take into account in advance its final size when placing it on a page of the journal. Illustrations are usually placed either across the entire width of the text box, which is 160 mm, or in one column, the width of which is 80 mm. The thickness of the axes on the dependency graphs should be 0.5 ... 0.75 pt; curves - 1.0 ... 1.5 pt. Axis captions are typed in Arial 9 pt, curve notations are in bold Arial 9 pt. It is unacceptable to place captions on the inside of the axes, use grids and background fills. An example of the design is given below.
6. References to literary sources are given in the text of the article in square brackets. The list of references and sources at the end of the article is formatted in accordance with GOST in Russian, and is also duplicated in English in APA style. To facilitate the formatting of the list in APA style, you can use any online service or the built-in function of any Reference Manager (for example, http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-journal/manual). The names of Russian publishers and publishers of the CIS countries are transliterated.
7. It is necessary to indicate the contact information of the person with whom correspondence will be conducted (place of work, position, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone).
8. When formatting an article, the title of the article comes first, then the authors, name of the organization, e-mail.
9. It is advisable to type complex multi-level formulas using the built-in MS Word formula editor. Simple formulas (for example, a+bx=y) are typed in plain text, without using the formula editor.
10. It is not necessary to provide tables as separate files. The title and content of the table before the slash (/) must be translated into Russian.
Submission Preparation Checklist
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.
The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.
Internet links are provided as a complete URL.
Text should be typed with an interval of one and a half line spacing, font Times New Roman, 14 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text (and not at the end of the document).
Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in Regulations located in the Part "About Us."
Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the anonymity of reviewing.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
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