Scope of the journal

The Scientific bulletin of natural sciences is published at least twice a year. Articles are accepted in Ukrainian and English. The collection covers the results of scientific research in the field of biological sciences.

Publication policy

Scientific bulletin of natural sciences - Open Access Journal - All published articles are freely available.

Preparation of the article

Articles that do not conform to the template will not be considered for publication.

Types of articles for publication:

Original full and short articles, as well as reviews, discussion articles, reviews of articles and new editions, scientific chronicle.

Style and format

The article should be formatted as follows:

- margins of 2 cm on both sides, top and bottom;

- The interval between the lines is 1.0,

- Times New Roman font

- font size 12,

- paragraph indent 1 cm (set with the help of the menu "Paragraph")

- headings are in bold type.

Title page

The title-part must contain (in order):

- UDC number in the upper left-hand corner (can be reversed by reference: http://www.udcsummary.info/php/index.php?lang=uk&pr=Y )

- the names and initials of the authors of the article on the right side one paragraph lower,

- the full title of the article in large letters in bold 14 font, aligned in the center,

- name of the establishment, city and country, actual electronic addresses - centered.

The abstract and keywords

The abstract must contain a strict overview of the author's entire article, up to 1800 characters including spaces.  The abstract and keywords are written in italics. Key words must not coincide with the words of the title of the article.

Introduction

In the introduction it is recommended to analyze the results of research of other authors on this topic for the past years. This part of the article should contain information about the subject of the research. If there is a shortening, it is also appropriate to introduce it in this part of the article. The introduction specifies the research method.

Material and research methods

This part provides a detailed description of research methods, equipment, characteristics of the surveyed groups. If medications were used in the study, they should be called by their common name. The procedure of the experiment must be described in such a way that it can be verified in another laboratory. It is always necessary to specify what statistical criteria were used to confirm the validity of differences. It is also necessary to mention compliance with ethical principles of the European Convention for the Protection of Endangered Animals, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the informed consent of the researchers. In the text it is necessary to use middle dash "-" (do not use long dash «—» and hyphen «‑»).

 Results of the study and their discussion

For convenience, this section can be divided into "Research results" and "Discussion of obtained results". In this part, the total number of figures (drawings) should not exceed 8 units. Figures should be given at a high level of resolution. The data given in the diagrams or in the tables should not be repeated.

Conclusions

Must be formulated clearly and concisely and reflect the results of the achieved research objective. The conclusions indicate the prospects for further research.

Symbols, units and currencies

If such symbols as “×, μ, η” or “ν” are used, they should be added through the menu of symbols. In the menu of symbols the symbols of degrees (°) are to be used, but not the letter “o” or the number “0”. It is necessary to use the multiplication symbol (×), but not the letter “x”. Gaps must be inserted between numbers and units (e.g., 3 kg) and between numbers and mathematical symbols (+, -, ×, =, <, >), but not between numbers and weight symbols (e.g., 45%). Please use CI units. All abbreviations should be entered when first mentioned. Any Latin terms such as in vitro or in situ should be italicized.

 Tables and Figures

All illustrations (photographs, drawings, graphs, etc.), with the exception of tables, must be labeled "Figure" and must be submitted both in the article and as separate files.

All tables and figures must have a caption and / or a legend and be numbered (e.g., table 1, figure 2), if there is only one table or figure in the article, in this case it must be labeled "Table" or "Figure" without numbering. The font used for the figures must be TimesNewRoman, size 12.

All tables and figures must be numbered sequentially, according to the order оf their appearance in the text. The tables and figures proper must be listed only after the references, not in the middle of the text.

The resolution of the images should not be less than 118 pixels/cm. The images must be in jpeg format. Graphs and diagrams must be drawn with a line from 0.5 to 1 point. Scanned or copied graphs and diagrams will not be accepted.

Figures  must be submitted in the format so that they can be edited (i.e. so that the technical staff are able to change them). So, if the program with which the figure is drawn has "save as" option, it is necessary to save it as *.ai or *.pdf. If "save as" does not include these extensions, the figure must be copied and inserted into an empty Microsoft Word document as an edited object. It must not be inserted as a picture file (tiff, jpeg or eps), unless it is a photograph.

Tables and figures must not exceed 16 × 20 cm and must be at least 8 cm in width. For all tables, use the "Create table" function in Word. Please do not duplicate information which is already shown in the figures.

 Literature

Formatted according to the Vancouver standard. The list is placed at the end of the work. Sources are listed in alphabetical order. References in the text are indicated by numbers in square brackets.

The greater number of sources must not be older than 10 years at the time of publication of the article (with the exception of classical methods of research, which are described in the section "Materials and methods").

Self-citation is allowed not more than 1 (if 10 sources), 2 self-citations (if 15 or more sources). In the case of excessive self-citation the editorial board reserves the right to remove the references without notifying the author.

If the publication has DOI, then it must be indicated, as in the example: Hallal AH, Amortegui JD, Jeroukhimov IM, Casillas J, Schulman CI, Manning RJ. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;200(6): 869-75. DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000223900.67024.15

In the case of using Ukrainian sources, the transliteration of the titles should be indicated at the end of the article and the source language in brackets.

Transliteration of names and surnames in the Ukrainian language is made in accordance with the requirements of the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On the order of transliteration of the Ukrainian alphabet in Latin characters" of June 27, 2010 № 55.

For transliteration in Ukrainian, you can use the service http://ukrlit.org/transliteratsiia, and in Russian - http://ru.translit.net/?account=mvd.

After the source, in square brackets, the source language is indicated (for Ukrainian and Russian sources): [in Ukrainian], [in Russian].

If you have any questions about the design or submission of data, we recommend that you read the previous editions of the journal.

The certificate of the ethics committee should be attached together with the article file.