Submission Guidelines

Please read the guidelines below before submitting your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.

There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.

Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Manuscript Preparation

1. Formatting

The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. Use a 12-point font, preferably Times New Roman, 1.5 lines spacing. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the word processor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc.

2. Title

Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

3. Author name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), ORCID ID(s)

Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lowercase superscript number immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address and ORCID ID of each author.

4. Abstracts and keywords

A concise and factual abstract is required (at least 1800 characters). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

An abstract and keywords in Ukrainian should be provided. For foreign authors, the Journal is responsible for translation of the abstracts into Ukrainian.

5. Article Structure

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

5.1. Introduction

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

5.2. Materials and Methods

Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.

5.3. Results

The Results section should describe the outcome of the study. Data should be presented as concisely as possible, if appropriate in the form of tables or figures, although very large tables should be avoided.

5.4. Discussion

The Discussion should be an interpretation of the results and their significance with reference to work by other authors. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.

5.5. Conclusions

State only your main conclusions and avoid summarizing information already present in the text or abstract. Highlight the novelty and significance of your research and suggest future studies.

5.6. Acknowledgements

At the end of article, acknowledge those who provided intellectual assistance or technical help.
Mention funding sources or institutions that supported the published work.

6. Figures

Illustrations, pictures and graphs, should be supplied in the highest quality and in an electronic format that helps us to publish your article in the best way possible. Please follow the guidelines below to enable us to prepare your artwork for the printed issue as well as the online version.

• Format: TIFF, JPEG: Common format for pictures (containing no text or graphs).
• EPS: Preferred format for graphs and line art (retains quality when enlarging/zooming in).
• Placement: Figures/charts and tables created in MS Word should be included in the main text rather than at the end of the document.
• Figures and other files created outside Word (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, TIFF and EPS) should be submitted separately. Please add a placeholder note in the running text (i.e. “[insert Figure 1.]")
• Resolution: Rasterized based files (i.e. with .tiff or .jpeg extension) require a resolution of at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). Line art should be supplied with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi.
• Fonts: The lettering used in the artwork should not vary too much in size and type (usually sans serif font as a default).

7. Tables

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.

8. References

Citation

Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:

• Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson 1990).
• This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman (1996).
• This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Barakat et al. 1995a, b; Kelso and Smith 1998; Medvec et al. 1999, 2000).

Reference list

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text.

Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Please alphabetize according to the following rules: 1) For one author, by name of author, then chronologically; 2) For two authors, by name of author, then name of coauthor, then chronologically; 3) For more than two authors, by name of first author, then chronologically.

If available, please always include DOIs as full DOI links in your reference list (e.g. “https://doi.org/abc”)..

The list of references is compiled according to the APA citation style (7th ed.).

Journal article
García-Ruiz, J. M., Beguería, S., Nadal-Romero, E., González-Hidalgo, J. C., Lana-Renault, N., Sanjuán, Y. (2015). A meta-analysis of soil erosion rates across the globe. Geomorphology, 239, 160–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.03.008
Schwörer, C., Gobet, E., van Leeuwen, J. F. N., Bögli, S., Imboden, R., van der Knaap, W. O., Kotova, N., Makhortykh, S., Tinner, W. (2022). Holocene vegetation, fire and land use dynamics at Lake Svityaz, an agriculturally marginal site in northwestern Ukraine. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 31, 155–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-021-00844-z

Authored book
Anderson, D., Goudie, A., Parker, A. (2007). Global Environments through the Quaternary. Oxford University Press.
Anderson, R. S., Anderson, S. P. (2010). Geomorphology: the mechanics and chemistry of landscapes. Cambridge University Press.

Edited book
Lerman, A., Imboden, D. M., Gat, J. R. (Eds.). (1995). Physics and Chemistry of Lakes (2 ed.). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Chapter in an edited book
Perederii, V. I. (2010). Zminy paleoheohrafichnykh umov za danymy mineralohichnoho analizu vidkladiv. In Zh. M. Matviishyna (Ed.), Prostorovo-chasova korelyatsiya paleoheohrafichnykh umov chetvertynnoho periodu na terytorii Ukrainy (pp. 54-64). Naukova dumka.

Dissertation or thesis
Chumak, N. M. (2013). Palaeoenvironments in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains (the Gorgan region) during the Holocene (based on pollen data) [Candidate of Sciences' dissertation, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv].

Conference proceedings
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of paper. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of proceedings (page numbers). Publisher. DOI OR URL if relevant.