Author guidelines
REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTICLES
By the preparation of the journal "Mining bulletin of Uzbekistan" for the foreign analytical database SCOPUS, in order to successful register publications in any of the internationally recognized databases; it is required correctly format the articles that are subject to publication. SCOPUS (international analytical system) has requirements that must be met by the authors of the articles. The quality of the presented material should be at the highest level; this applies not only to the semantic load, but also to its presentation.
Articles submitted to the journal “Mining bulletin of Uzbekistan” must satisfy the following requirements:
A scientific article must have the following mandatory elements:
– statement of a problem or task in general;
– analysis of achievements and publications that propose a solution to a given problem or task on which the author relies;
– highlighting scientific novelty;
– research part;
– justification of the results obtained;
– conclusions on this study and prospects for further development of this area.
A review (expert conclusion) about possibility of publishing material in the open press must be attached to the article.
Standard article size: 3-6 pages of text + 3-4 figures. The text prints with 1 interval in Times New Roman font size 10. Formulas must be entered using the formula editor (formulas must not be scanned). You must send the articles by e-mail to the address of one of the authors of the article (for sending the article if you have some questions).
The material should be presented briefly, without repeating the data of tables and figures in the text; references, tables and figures should be given in the text (by serial number). Figures and tables should have a title.
An article should have no more than 4 authors (the rest participating in the work can be indicated in a footnote). For each of the authors, detailed information must be attached (place of work, position, academic degree, academic title, mailing address, phone, e-mail).
It is mandatory to attach a photo of the authors of the article (in official form on a white background, good quality)
The article must necessarily have an annotation, keywords (in Russian and Uzbek (latin)) and bibliography.
Articles written in Uzbek are typed strictly in Latin script.
The annotation for the article (in accordance with the requirements of international databases) should fully disclose its content and have an average volume of at least 5-10 lines (or from 100 to 150 words).
Keywords should contain an average of at least 12-20 words.
The list of references should correspond to the requirements of GOST 7.1-2003 (and its later version of 2008) and have an average of 7-10 sources (of which no more than 25% are for own works), with the obligatory inclusion of sources later than 2000, and contain the following information:
– when referring to a journal article - the name and initials of the author, the full name of the journal, year of publication, volume, number, page of the beginning and end of the article;
– the name and initials of the author, the name of the work, place of publication, publishing house (for a foreign source, it is enough to indicate the city), year of publication, total number of pages in the book;
– when referring to an article in the collection - the name of the collection, number of issue (or volume), place of publication, publishing house (or publishing organization), pages of the beginning and end of the article;
– for Internet links - the name of the resource and publication, access mode.
The reference number is given in square brackets in the appropriate place in the text.
When sending an article by e-mail, the text part of the article must be written into a file in the format of the Word text editor for Windows. The file with the article must be named Full Name. authors of the article. Images must be submitted as separate graphic files in JPEG, TIF, EPS or PSD format with sufficient resolution (at least 300 dpi at 1:1 scale).
The tables in the article should have a name and numbered, the link to the table is indicated in brackets in the appropriate place in the text.
Figures for the article should be clear, suitable for computer reproduction. You should not overload them with secondary data that are not directly related to the text of the article.
Non-compliance of the materials of the article with the above requirements may serve as a reason for refusal to publish.
MAKING THE TEXT OF THE ARTICLE:
Headline style:
Font set "Arial", 18 pt, with capital letters, left, no hyphenation, bold;
Above the title of the article (with 1 interval), in the left corner – the surname and initials of the authors, size 9, normal; UDC index – in the left corner;
Under the title of the article – photograph, surname and initials of the authors – in bold; place of work, position, scientific title, name of organization, size 8, full-time.
Annotation style:
Above the title of the article (after 1 interval); Location under the author information (1 spaced).
Keyword style:
Font set "Arial", size 8 pt, italic;
The word "Keywords" is bold.
Location below annotation.
Main text style:
– font set "Arial Narrov", size 9 pt, regular;
–line space – single;
–indention – 0,5 cm;
–hanging line not allowed;
Page margins: left, – 3 cm: top, bottom, right – 2 cm.
Table style:
Table number – font set "Arial Narrov", size 8 pt, bold font, on the right side.
The name of the table is the font set "Arial Narrov", size 8 pt, bold, in the center.
Text set in table font "Arial Narrov", size 8 pt, regular. The inscriptions are centered.
Formula style:
Writing formulas and special characters exclusively in the editor "Microsoft Equation-3". Formulas are centered.
Units of physical quantities and data for formulas are entered into WORD using symbols and indices.
Illustrations:
Illustrations should be clear, ready for printing, inserted into the text and attached in separate files of GIF, BMP, JPEG format; If possible, drawings should be black and white.
Set the names of the drawings in the font "Arial Narrov", 8 pt, bold, italic, on the left edge.
Authors' contact information, email address and telephone number are required at the beginning of the article.
References (bibliography):
Links in the text are indicated strictly by serial number! List style – font set "Arial Narrov", size 8, italic. Literature published no later than 5 years ago.
Suplementary requirements: in English - the title of the article. Full name .. place of work and position of authors, abstract, list of used literature.
The abstract includes the following aspects of the content of the article: - subject, topic, purpose of the work; - method or methodology of the work; - results of work (200-300 words).