Author Guidelines
I. The journal “Litasfera” publishes original (previously unpublished) articles that correspond to the topics of the journal. The following documents must be attached to the article sent to the editorial office:
- printed text of the article, signed by the author/authors, and its equivalent electronic copy;
- permission to publish submitted materials in the public domain;
- review (if available);
- cover letter from the organization.
II. The article is submitted to the editorial office in one copy in Belarusian, Russian or English;font – Times New Roman, size – 12 (including in formulas);line spacing – 1.15;paragraph – 1.25 cm;margins: left – 2.5 cm, bottom – 2 cm, right and top – 1.5 cm;the page number is placed at the bottom center.Numbered formulas are placed on a separate line.
III. The article should have the following structure:
- Universal Decimal Classification index (UDC);
- title of the article (capital letters, bold type, center alignment);
- initials and surnames of authors (bold type, center alignment);
- full name of the institutions with the postal address, postal code, city, country for each author, the corresponding author’s e-mail address (regular font, center alignment, no punctuation marks at the end of the line);
- abstract in the language of the article (100–200 words in italics without paragraph indent, justified alignment);
- keywords in the language of the article (5–10 words, plain text without paragraph indent, justified alignment);
- main text of the article;
- list of references;
- abstracts (at least 100 words) and keywords (5–10 words) in two other official languages of the journal.
The abstract (author's summary) should briefly present the results of the work and be informative, structured, understandable in isolation from the main text of the article.
Key words are a list of words that reflect the content of the text in terms of the object, scientific field and research methods.
The main text of the article should be no more than two author's sheets (2 auth. sheets are about 80 thousand characters or 32 pages). The volume of research briefs, reviews and chronicles is up to 0.5 author’s sheet (20 thousand characters or 8 pages). The volume of the article also includes tables and figures, the number of which should not exceed 15. The material presented must be clearly structured and contain sections: introduction, goals and objectives, methods, results, conclusions. Section titles are printed in capital letters, bold, with paragraph indent, centered.
The list of references (up to 40 links recommended) is drawn up in accordance with the requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus (GOST 7.1-2003). The cited literature is listed in alphabetical order, references in the text are given by number in square brackets (e. g., [1]), the separator is a semicolon; references to unpublished works are not allowed. In case of listing multiple sources in one link, they are separated by a semicolon (e. g., [1; 2; 3; 4, etc.]).
At the end of the article, two abstracts are given in the following order: in Russian-language articles the first one is in Belarusian, the second one is in English; in English – in Belarusian, then in Russian; in Belarusian – in Russian, then in English. After the text of the abstract, the key words in the corresponding language are given (5–10 words, regular font, without paragraph indent, justified).
IV. The electronic version of the article is provided on electronic media or sent by e-mail to the editorial office of the journal – litasfera@geologiya.by.The text must be typed in a format supported by Microsoft Word (*.doc, *.docx formats are recommended), formulas – in the MathType editor.Inserting characters are done through the “Insert / Symbol” menu, superscripts and subscripts (С2, С4) – through the menu “Font / Superscript”, “Font / Subscript”. Bold or italics are used to highlight text fragments. A comma is used to separate decimals (in articles in English – a period).
V. Black-and-white and color drawings are inserted into the text of the article after the first mention, and are also provided as separate files in high resolution (at least 300 dpi). It is also desirable to provide them in the original format (Corel, diagrams in Excel, Origin Pro, etc.). The text in the figures is typed in the main typeface, and the style of the characters (Greek, Latin) must correspond to their style in the text. The font size is commensurate with the size of the picture. Photos are provided as files (tif, jpg, png, eps) and printed.
VI. The article received by the editorial office is sent for review.The main criterion for the expediency of publication is the novelty and information content of the article.Articles not related to the profile of the journal are returned to the authors after the conclusion of the editorial board.Articles that do not follow the rules of the journal are not accepted by the editors.
Materials for publication should be sent to: 7 Akademika Kuprevicha St, room 377, editorial office of the scientific journal “Litasfera”, 220084, Minsk, Republic of Belarus, tel. for inquiries: +375 17 395 99 78; or by e-mail: litasfera@geologiya.by.
The journal is published twice a year, one issue per six months, articles are accepted for publication year-round.
