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Manuscript formatting requirements

Taking into account the regulatory requirements and recommendations for formatting printed articles included in the List of Scientific Professional Publications, the “Collection of Research Papers of the National Mining University” accepts manuscripts containing new scientific and practical research findings of the authors that have not been previously published and correspond to the scope of the journal.

The structure of a scientific article should contain the following elements: problem statement; analysis of recent research and publications that address the solution to this problem and on which the author relies; identification of previously unresolved aspects of the general problem to which the article is devoted; formulation of the objectives of the article (task setting); presentation of the main research material with full justification of the obtained scientific results; conclusions of the study; and a list of references.

Recommended Article Structure (Template)

• introduction – a general statement of the problem and its connection with important scientific or practical programs; analysis of recent research and publications that address the problem and on which the author relies, highlighting previously unresolved parts of the general problem to which the article is devoted (up to 40 lines);

• formulation of the article's goals (task statement) (up to 20 lines);

• a presentation of the main research material with full justification of the scientific results obtained (5–8 pages);

• conclusions of the study indicating the novelty, theoretical and practical significance of the obtained scientific results, and prospects for further development in this field (up to 30 lines);

• references – a list of sources, which are typically provided in the introduction when analyzing recent research and publications on which the author relies.

The text of the article (in Ukrainian or English) is no less than 8 pages including the abstract and the list of references, including tables, graphs and figures, is submitted to the Editorial Board by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.The text should be typed in Times New Roman 14 point font in Microsoft Office Word and formatted as follows:

* UDC (Universal Decimal Classification)

* Author’s initials and surname are provided in the language of the article and in English, with an active link to the author’s ORCID profile; below, the affiliations for each author are listed in order (organization, city, country). A recommended link for transliteration of names is provided https://slovnyk.ua/translit.php.

* Title of the article is written in capital letters in the language of the article and in English, bold, centered; hyphens and abbreviations are not allowed.

* Abstract is written in the language of the article (from 1800 to 2000 characters without spaces!) usingfont size Times New Roman – 12 pt, paragraph indentation – 0.7 cm. After the list of references, an extended abstract is provided in English (from 1800 to 2000 characters without spaces!) or in Ukrainian, depending on the main text of the article, which contains the purpose of the work, its methodology, research results, scientific novelty, practical significance, and keywords. The abstractsin Ukrainian and English must be identical.

* The text is formatted with width alignment and line spacing of 1.0. The top margin is 2.5 cm, and the bottom, left, and right margins are 2 cm. Paragraph indentation is 1 cm. Page numbers are not included.

* Formulas in the text must be executed using the built-in application in Microsoft Word (MathType), adhering to the sizes given in the table: regular, superscript, subscript, large character, small character.

* Figures must be clear, in particular, numbers and letters should preferably be made in a size close to the size of the main text, and have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

* The list of references is presented in the order of references in the text, in accordance with the APA (American Psychological Association) 7th edition style (see the formatting example) in 12-point font and must consist of at least 70% of publications containing DOI. The list of references should not contain educational and educational-methodological literature (textbooks, manuals, methodological recommendations, lecture notes, etc.). It is allowed to use no more than 30% self-citations.

Following the abstract in English (Ukrainian) at the end of the manuscript, information about the authors should be included, containing: full name (surname, first name, and patronymic); academic degree, academic title, place of employment (position and full name of the organization), city, country, contact phone numbers, and email address.

Procedure for submitting manuscripts for publication

This procedure outlines the stages of manuscript processing from submission to official publication on the journal’s website, ensuring high-quality scientific content and adherence to processing deadlines.

1. Submission and initial review stage (date of first submission).

Authors submit their article materials to the journal’s official email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The Editorial Board conducts an initial review of the manuscript for compliance with formal requirements (structure, citation formatting, volume, presence of abstracts, UDC, authors’ ORCID, etc.). If the manuscript meets the technical requirements, the article is registered. The date of receipt of the email is considered the date of first submission to the Editorial Board.

2. Stage (independent review).

After successfully verifying that the article meets the formal requirements, the Editorial Board sends the article to two independent reviewers (experts in the relevant field of knowledge). The review is conducted confidentially. Based on the results of the review, the Editorial Board sends the authors information by e-mail regarding:

• acceptance of the article (positive reviews);
• the need to address reviewers' comments;
• rejection of the article (negative reviews).

If the article needs revision, the authors make changes and return the material, which can be sent for re-review if necessary.

3. Decision making and preparation for publication (Publication date following peer review).

Based on positive reviews and the verified, revised text, the Editorial Board makes the final decision on whether to include the article in the next issue. Authors receive an official notification of the Editorial Board's decision to accept/reject the article via e-mail. The publication date after review is set as the day of final approval of the text by the Editorial Board for publication. The period between the date of first submission and the date of publication after review by the Editorial Board is approved by at least one month.

4. Official publication (date of publication on the website).

The final publication of articles on the journal’s website is based on the decision of the Academic Council of the publishing organization (Dnipro University of Technology), taking into account the reviews provided. After this, the full texts of the articles are made available in open access on the journal’s website. The publication date on the website is considered the date when the electronic version of the issue is uploaded. The period between the date of publication after review and the date of publication on the journal’s websiteis at least one month, as approved by the Editorial Board. After uploading the metadata and full-text versions of the manuscripts, the publisher registers a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for the issue and for each PDF version of the articles.

Example of a timeline for manuscript publication process

Date of first submission: January 1^st.

Publication date after review: February 1 (after passing two reviewers and aligning the manuscript with reviewers’ comments).

Date of publication on the website: no earlier than March 1^st (following the approval of the Academic Council and technical upload to the website).

The cost of processing and publishing, including the preparation of the printed version of the issue, is 1000 UAH per article.

Contacts:

Dnipro University of Technology, Department of Surface Mining and Rational Use of Mineral Resources, 19 Dmytra Yavornytskoho Ave., Bldg. 7, Room 408-b

Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine

Mob. tel.: +380666430310

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