Author Guidelines

  1. Rules of registration of scientific articles
  2. License Agreement regarding the procedure for publishing in the “Metal and Casting of Ukraine” journal 
  3. Translation of degrees, titles and positions into English

The Scientific and Technical journal “Metal and Casting of Ukraine” publishes articles that widely cover the results of both fundamental and applied research in metallurgy and related fields, as well as reports on conferences, specialized and specialized exhibitions. The journal accepts scientific articles in Ukrainian and English for publication.

The manuscripts submitted to the journal must have scientific and practical value; they must be arranged in keeping with the requirements set out below, recommended by reviewers and approved for printing by Editorial Board. The author can submit to the journal issue only one article not printed before.

The scientific articles and information materials published in the journal shall be assigned DOI.

The Scientific and Technical Journal “Metal and Casting of Ukraine” does not charge for processing and submitting articles. The articles are published in Ukrainian or English with corresponding summaries in both languages for each article. If the article is submitted in English, a translation of the article into Ukrainian should be attached to the manuscript.

The manuscripts (articles) submitted to the editorial office, shall be subject to scrutiny for plagiarism and to the procedure of double “blind review”.

Once the Editorial Board has approved an article for publication, a License Agreement (download) is signed with the authors. All co-authors must sign the License Agreement; by signing it, they acknowledge that they have read and agree to the terms of the agreement. The signed agreement is sent by mail (to the editorial office) or by e-mail (as a scanned copy).

These Guidelines must be followed in preparing the articles for publishing in “Metal and Casting of Ukraine” journal. The articles arranged not in compliance with the below set requirements shall not be accepted for consideration.

Submitting a manuscript

Send your manuscript as a single file to the following e-mail addresses: mlu@ptima.kiev.ua, steelcastjournal@gmail.com (with a copy to nastya270439@gmail.com, stalevoz@i.ua, slava.vgn@gmail.com) or use the submission tools of this site, having previously registered and logged in to the site as a user. The article should include information about each author: surname, name and patronymic, e-mail address, academic degree, academic title, position, organization. Send the paper version of the article signed by all authors to the editorial office (Editorial office: Ukraine, 03142, Kyiv, 34/1 Akad. Vernadskyi Blvd., PTIMA of the NAS of Ukraine, room 206, editorial office of the journal “Metal and Casting of Ukraine”).

You can use these guidelines as a template for preparing your submission file. This will speed up the publication of your data. For more detailed rules of formatting, see the file “Rules for formatting scientific articles”.

Name of the author(s)

Affiliations and addresses of the author(s)

Title of the article

The abstract (in Ukrainian and English) should have 1800-2000 characters with spaces. The abstract should be informative and rich. Please do not use any undefined abbreviations or unlisted references. The abstract should be understandable without reading the article. The abstract should follow the IMRaD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). The abstract should contain the following elements with/without their separation in the text: relevance and problem statement, research objective, most significant results and their interpretation. It is also necessary to emphasize the scientific novelty and practical significance of the work.

Keywords: 4-6 words or phrases (no more than 8 words).

The length of the manuscript should not exceed 20 pages. Please use MS Word (A4 page). Font — Arial, size — 12, interval — 1.5, maximum number of illustrations — 6, references in square brackets in the order of mentioning the source in the text.

Use internationally accepted signs and symbols (SI units).

The title should contain information about the content of the article in a concise form. The title should not exceed 12 words. The full document should contain the following components:

  • UDC index
  • Surname and initials of all authors, academic degree, academic title, position
  • E-mails of the authors
  • Author identifiers ORCID and/or ResearcherID
  • Full names of institutions where the authors work, with country and city in parentheses
  • Title of the article
  • Abstract in Ukrainian of 1800-2000 characters with spaces
  • Keywords (up to 8 words)
  • The text of the article (with figures, tables). Sections of the article: Introduction, Statement of the problem (task), Purpose of the work, Object and methodology of the study, Results of the study, Discussion of the results, Conclusions and prospects of the study
  • List of bibliographic references in the original language (references are provided in accordance with the sequence of references in the text) in accordance with DSTU 8302:2015
  • References (in English, in accordance with the requirements of APA 7 (American Psychological Association (APA) Style)
  • Metadata in English: full information about the authors, full names of institutions (country, city), title of the article, abstract (1800-2000 characters with spaces), keywords (up to 8 words)

Tables

Please use the table function rather than spreadsheets to design tables. Tables should be easy to understand. Tables should be placed in the text immediately after the first reference. They should be numbered consecutively (for example, Table 1). Enter an informational title at the top of the table. Notes should be printed directly below the tables.

Each column should contain a brief heading. Tables will be reproduced in the journal as presented in the final submission. Please do not insert huge tables that cannot be placed within the page.

Figures

Photos and drawings should be prepared in black and white in TIF, JPG format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch). The caption under the figure should be short and clear. Illustrations should contain captions and explanations if necessary. Figures should be of good quality.

Formulas

Simple formulas should be typed as text using the commands “superscript,” “subscript,” and “insert character.” For complex formulas and mathematical symbols, please, use the Math Type equation editor. Physical quantities should be given in SI units apart from commonly used exceptions. Scientific terminology must meet modern requirements.

Formulas should be centered on the page and numbered in the order of their appearance in the text. The formula number is indicated on the right in parentheses. If these are simple formulas without fractions, roots, and double superscript + subscript, then type them in plain text (not necessarily in a formula editor). The values in the textual explanation of the formula are also in plain text, not in a formula editor.

Lists of references

References in the text and references in the bibliography should be formatted according to the DSTU 8302:2015 standard, and for References — according to the international standard APA 7 (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples). Lists of cited literature (in the original language) and References (in English) are compiled in the order of reference in the text. The description of the article published in the journal should include the assigned digital object identifier (doi).

The list of references should contain only published or accepted works that are cited in the text. Unpublished works should be mentioned only in the text. The bibliographic description of sources is given in the original language in accordance with the standard DSTU 8302:2015. The list of references is arranged in the order of mention in the text.

References to the source in the text should be made in square brackets:

[7] — reference to one source;

[7, p. 237] — reference to the source page (required for verbatim citation);

[7; 9; 14] — simultaneous reference to several sources.

References

Bibliographic references are given in the Roman alphabet in accordance with APA 7: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

APA guidelines for citing works not published in English: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/citing-works-written-another-language

The transliteration of authors' names, article titles, and journal titles (if the journal does not have an official English title) should be done in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 55 “On the Regulation of Transliteration of the Ukrainian Alphabet into Latin” of January 27, 2010: https://www.grafiati.com/uk/transliteration/

It is strictly forbidden to use Cyrillic and special characters!

Submitted articles will be subject to double-blind peer review.

Please prepare the manuscript carefully to minimize corrections. Registration of the article in the editorial office is carried out only if the rules for authors are followed.

The authors of the manuscript are responsible for the actual content of the materials, the accuracy of bibliographic references, citations, figures (tables, formulas, etc.), spelling of place names and proper names, and ORCID.

The paper version of the article with the signatures of all authors should be sent to the editorial office within the next three days. The editorial board reserves the right to reject the work with unsatisfactory quality of the submitted material.