Submission Guidelines

STJ  — Scientific-Technical Journal accepts the following types of scholarly contributions:

• original research articles
• review articles providing an up-to-date scientific overview

All submissions must fall within the scientific fields specified in the journal’s Aim and Scope section.

Preparing Your Manuscript

Submitting a manuscript implies that the paper has not been submitted to, nor published in, any other journal in the same or similar form, in English or in any other language.

Manuscripts previously published as part of a workshop, symposium, or conference proceedings may be considered for publication provided that the authors notify the editorial office at the time of submission and that the manuscript has undergone substantial revision and enhancement prior to submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must strictly adhere to the following requirements:

• The manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration by any other journal.
• The submission file must be prepared in Microsoft Word format (according to the journal’s template).
• The manuscript must be written in English only.
• An abstract of 150–300 words must be included, along with full author names and affiliations.
• At least 70% of the references must be recent sources published within the last 5 years.
• All references must be written in English only.
• Each author must provide a valid ORCID ID (https://orcid.org/register)

Rules

Title page

Only a concise and informative title should be included.

Abstract
The abstract should be 100–250 words and structured with a background, main body of the abstract and short conclusion. Please minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract.

Length of a Manuscript

The papers with up to 30 pages (excluding Endnotes and References) is appropriate. In some special cases defined by the Editor in-Chief the number of pages can be increased.

Keywords
4 to 6 keywords should be provided in the article.

Background
The Background section should explain the background to the article, its aims, a summary of a search of the existing literature and the issue under discussion.

Main text

The text should be single-spaced; uses a 12-point font following article Template.

Figures
All figures should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. The preferred formats for figures are PNG and JPEG. All figures should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

Tables
All tables should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. All tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

Conclusions
This should state clearly the main conclusions and include an explanation of their relevance or importance to the field.

List of abbreviations

If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use.

URLs: All web links and URLs, including links to the authors' own websites, should be given a reference number and included in the reference list rather than within the text of the manuscript. They should be provided in full, including both the title of the site and the URL, as well as the date the site was accessed.

References
The references section should be labelled “References” and should appear at the end of the paper. The list of references should be in alphabet order with Arabic numerals and only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. 70% of references should be recent and are within the last 5 years. Typeset references in 12 pt Times Roman.

General formatting information

Manuscripts must be written in concise English. For help on scientific writing, or preparing your manuscript in English, please contact editorial office.

File formats

Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX) file formats are acceptable for the main manuscript document:

Please note: editable files are required for processing in production. If your manuscript contains any non-editable files (such as PDFs) you will be required to re-submit an editable file if your manuscript is accepted.

Style and language

For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you need to ensure the English language is of sufficient quality to be understood. If you need help with writing in English you should consider:

• Getting a fast, free online grammar check.
• Asking a colleague who is proficient in English to review your manuscript for clarity.
• Using a professional language editing service where editors will improve the English to ensure that your meaning is clear and identify problems that require your review.

Corrections and retractions

Submitting their paper the authors undertake an obligation to provide prompt retractions or correction of errors in published works...

Declarations

List of abbreviations

If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use.

Consent for publication

If your manuscript contains any individual person’s data in any form, consent to publish must be obtained...

Competing interests

All financial and non-financial competing interests must be declared...

Funding
All sources of funding for the research reported should be declared.

Acknowledgements
Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the article...