Author Guidelines
Articles containing the results of dissertations are published out of the order. No publication fees are charged. No royalties are paid. The author is responsible for the scientific and theoretical level of the published material.
It is not allowed to submit published articles or manuscripts sent for publication to other journals. Submission to the editorial office of already published articles or articles sent for publication to other journals is not allowed. In the event of simultaneous submission of a manuscript to different journals, the published article will be retracted (withdrawn from print). Monitoring of unauthorized citation is implemented using Antiplagiat system. In case of multiple borrowings, the Editors act in accordance with the COPE rules.
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, the author guarantees the following:
- relevance, novelty of the objectives (problems), accurate description of the research results, reliability of the conclusions;
- compliance with the design requirements established in the journal “Measurement Standards. Reference Material.”
The text should be carefully proofread and signed by the author.
Manuscript preparation procedure
Using the electronic edition system on the website of the publication or by email taraeva@uniim.ru, the author provides a set of files including: 1) the text of the article; 2) additional materials (figures, tables).
- Manuscripts in Russian and English are accepted for consideration.
- Format: font - Times New Roman, size - 12 pt., single line spacing, width-based centering; all margins - 20 mm.
- Volume – up to 20 A4 pages (articles exceeding the specified volume are published by the editors in parts).
- Page numbering is required.
- Figures, graphs and tables are presented within the relevant places in the text and not at the end of the document.
- References to the list of references in Russian are formatted in accordance with Vancouver style.
Manuscript structure
The volume should not exceed 45 thousand characters with spaces, including the abstract, text, titles and contents of tables, figure captions, bibliography.
The volume should not exceed 60 thousand characters with spaces, including the abstract, text, titles and contents of tables, figure captions, bibliography.
The title of the article should briefly (no more than 10 words) and accurately reflects the content of the article, the scope and the results of the research. It should contain information content and the uniqueness of the author's scientific work.
Name of the author(-s) The order of mentioning the authors directly depends on their contribution to the work performed. The author who has made the largest contribution is listed first. It is necessary to comply with the ethical standards of co-authorship developed by COPE when forming the list of authors.
Name of the organization, City, Country, email.
The abstract performs the function of the expanded title of the article and describes its content. It should clearly define:
1) the scientific problem and purpose of the article;
2) the materials and methods, information about the object and the sequence of the research;
3) the specific author's research results;
4) the practical significance and prospects of the research.
The recommended length of the abstract is 200 to 300 words.
Keywords are a search image of a scientific article. All bibliographic databases allow searching articles by keywords. In this regard, they should reflect the main statements, achievements, results, terminology of scientific research. The recommended number of keywords is from 5 to 10.
Abbreviations used: All abbreviations and acronyms must be expanded upon first use in the text of the article (it is permissible to place the abbreviation in a separate list).
The main text is to be provided in Russian or English in a specific sequence.
Introduction (1–2 pages) must contain the formulation of a scientific problem, its relevance, connection with the most important tasks that need to be solved, and the importance for the development of a particular branch of science or practice. The introduction should contain information that will allow understanding and evaluating the results of the research presented in the article. The author must first of all declare the general research topic; identify problems that have not been solved in previous studies, which this article is intended to solve. In addition, it expresses the main idea of the publication, which differs significantly from modern ideas about the problem, complements or deepens the already known approaches to it; attention is drawn to the introduction of new facts, conclusions, recommendations, and patterns into scientific circulation. The purpose of the article follows from the formulation of a scientific problem.
Materials and Methods (1–2 pages). This section describes the process of organizing the experiment, the methods applied, the equipment used; provides detailed information about the object of study; indicates the sequence of research and justifies the choice of methods used (observation, survey, testing, experiment, laboratory experience, analysis, modeling, etc.).
Results and Discussion. In this part of the article, systematized analytical and statistical material should be presented. The results of the study should be described with sufficient degree of completeness so that the reader could trace its stages and assess the validity of the conclusions made by the author. This is the main section, the purpose of which is to prove the working hypothesis (hypotheses). The results, if necessary, are confirmed by illustrations (tables, graphs, drawings) that represent the source material or evidence in a collapsed form. It is important that the visual information does not duplicate the information already given in the text. The results presented in the article should be compared with previous works in this area both by the author and other researchers. Such a comparison will additionally reveal the novelty of the work carried out and will give it objectivity. The results of the study should be summarized, but at the same time contain enough information to assess the findings. It must also be justified why these data were selected for analysis.
Conclusion. The final section contains a brief formulation of the research results. It summarizes the main thoughts of the main part of the work. Repetitions of the presented material are better arranged in new phrases that differ from those expressed in the main part of the article. In this section it is necessary to compare the results obtained with the purpose indicated at the beginning of the work. In the conclusion, the results of the understanding of the topic are summarized, conclusions, generalizations and recommendations arising from the work are made, their practical significance is emphasized, and main directions for further research in this area are determined. It is desirable to include in the final part of the article attempts to forecast the development of the issues considered.
Acknowledgments. In this section, mention should be made of people who helped the author to prepare this article and organizations that provided financial support. It is advisable to express gratitude to anonymous reviewers.
Contribution of the co-authors. At the end of the manuscript, authors must include notes explaining the actual contribution of each co-author to the researcg. The order of indicating the authors and co-authors of the article is agreed upon by them independently.
Conflict of interest. This section should indicate any actual or potential conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, the phrase "the author declares no conflict of interest" is used.
Funding. This section mentions the source of research funding, otherwise it is indicated that the research was performed without funding.
List of references. The bibliographic description of the documents is prepared in accordance with the requirements of Vancouver Style. The Vancouver Citation Style is adopted in the Journal (reference in brackets in the text, full bibliographic description of the source in the list of references in the order of mention in the text of the article). It is necessary to refer first of all to the original sources from scientific journals included in the global citation indices. It is advisable to use 10–60 sources published mainly in the last 5-7 years. Of these, several references to articles on the topic in leading journals, preferably indexed in Scopus or WOS, and several references (no more than 30%) to the author’s own work. It is necessary to correctly reference to the source: indicate the names of the authors, journal, year of publication, volume (edition), number, pages, DOI or URL. A reader should be able to find the specified literary as soon as possible.
References to articles accepted for publication but not yet published should be marked with the words "in press"; authors must obtain written permission to reference such documents and confirmation that they have been accepted for publication. Information from unpublished sources should be marked with the words "unpublished data / documents"; authors should also receive written confirmation for the use of such materials.
The list of references includes only peer-reviewed sources (articles from scientific journals, books, conference materials, dissertations, patents) used in the text of the article.
Affiliation of the authors. First name, patronymic (if any), last name, academic title, position, organization(-s), address of the organization(-s) (it is necessary to indicate all places of work of the author where the research was carried out (permanent place, location of the project, etc.)), ORCID, email, telephone, postal address for sending the author's copy.
Accompanying documents:
1) Author's statement;
2) Consent to personal data processing in the scientific periodical “Measurement Standards. Reference Materials”;
3) License Agreement granting the right to use the Work.
Rules for reviewing articles: The journal "Measurement Standards. Reference Material" uses double "blind" review of articles (the reviewer and the author do not know each other's names). The reviewer decides:
- To accept the paper in its present state;
- Article is recommended for publication after correction of the deficiencies noted by the reviewer;
- The article is recommended for publication after correction of the deficiencies noted by the reviewer and a second review;
- That final decision be reached following further reviewing by another specialist;
- To reject the manuscript outright.
The final decision on refusing or publication of the article is made by the editor-in-chief taking into account the opinions of the reviewers and the editorial board.
Editorial Policy: The Journal’s editorial policy is based upon traditional ethical principles of Russian academic periodicals. It supports the Academic Periodicals Ethical Codex, stated by the Council for the Ethics of Scientific Publications of Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers (ANRI) (Russia) and is informed by ethical standards of editing and publishing confirmed by the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers developed by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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