Rules concerning submission, review and publication of manuscripts
1. The journal publishes articles that have not previously been published and are not intended for simultaneous publication elsewhere. By submitting an article, the author guarantees that the submitted material is original and, if accepted for publication in the journal, will not be transferred for publication to other scientific journals (or third parties).
2. Articles should be sent to the editorial board by email to npj.edt@yandex.ru, indicating the UDC.
3. Each manuscript submitted to the journal's editorial board must comply with the established article formatting requirements. Articles that do not comply with these requirements will not be accepted for consideration or reviewed.
4. Submissions prepared by graduate students must be accompanied by a recommendation from their supervisor, unless the supervisor is a co-author of the manuscript.
5. The editorial board organizes a double-blind peer review of all incoming materials relevant to the journal's scope for the purpose of their expert evaluation.
6. The editors will not discuss the merits or shortcomings of an article or engage in any other correspondence regarding submitted materials (whether accepted for publication or not).
7. In the event of a negative review, the editors may suggest that the author revise the article in accordance with the reviewers' comments. The revised version of the article will undergo a second review.
8. The journal does not charge a fee for publication of materials. Authors are not paid royalties.
Manuscript selection criteria are determined by a commitment to objective assessments and adherence to scientific ethics, as well as to the development, argumentation, and popularization of new ideas in the field of psychological knowledge. The journal accepts articles for publication that meet its requirements and have successfully passed peer review (regardless of academic degree and academic merit). This review is conducted by members of the editorial board in accordance with the specified scientific specialization. External experts are also engaged in cases where editorial board members lack expertise in the article's field. The editors place particular emphasis on the work of graduate students and young scientists engaged in promising psychological research.
Text editor – Microsoft Word.
• The file is named after the author(s) in Russian.
• Margins: top and bottom – 2 cm, left – 3 cm, right – 1 cm. Orientation – portrait, without footnotes.
• Font – Times New Roman (if you require characters not available in Times New Roman, use other standard Microsoft Office fonts. If you use a non-standard font, you must send the font file with the article.)
• Font size – 14.
• Line spacing – 1.5.
• Paragraph indentation – 1.25.
• Page numbers are continuous, in the lower right corner.
• Article length: 20,000 to 40,000 characters, including spaces.
• A space is placed between initials and surnames, and between the number/paragraph sign and the number (it is preferable to use a fixed space – the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+space) (A.A. Ivanov; No. 1; § 3).
• The number sign (№) should be used to indicate a number. Replacing it with the Latin letter N is not permitted.
• A dash (–) is used between numbers when indicating dates, page numbers, etc., without indenting spaces (pp. 20–47, 1941–1945).
• A hyphen (-) and a dash (–) must be graphically distinguished. The hyphen should not be separated from the rest of the word by spaces.
• All quotations and titles are provided in "paired" quotation marks. If quotations contain words or phrases also enclosed in quotation marks, the latter must be distinguished from the outer quotation marks framing the quotation: “…” should be used.
• Foreign-language citations must be accompanied by a Russian translation; the translation may also be provided as a brief comment (for longer passages).
• Abbreviations and acronyms, with the exception of commonly used ones, should be explained when first included in the text.
• References to funding sources (grants, etc.) should be included in the Acknowledgments section.
• Footnotes should be placed at the end of the reference list. In the text, they are designated by superscripts (1, 2, 3). Footnotes are not allowed.
• Acknowledgments, Notes, References, and References should be typed in 12-point font and single-spaced.
• Graphs, tables, and figures are permitted in articles. All images must be captioned and numbered if there is more than one. The editors reserve the right to move images and do not guarantee the accuracy of color reproduction. Please provide separate images when submitting your article. • Figures and photographs must be of good quality, with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
• References to sources, scientific and critical literature are given in the text in square brackets: [2]. If several sources are referenced simultaneously, their numbers are separated by semicolons and/or dashes: [1; 3], [1; 3–5]. Page numbers are indicated as follows: [2, p. 14], [1, p. 33]; [3, pp. 27–28]; [1, p. 23] [7, p. 12].
The article should consist of the following structural elements:
The following information is included in the "header":
• UDC in the upper left corner.
• Title (in bold, capital letters, centered).
• Initials and surname of the author(s) (in bold, right-aligned);
• Information about the author(s) of the article: academic degree, title, position, place of work/study, city, country, email address, ORCID (if available).
• Abstract (150-250 words) should contain the purpose of the article, methods, main results, and conclusions. Separated by a blank line from the author's last name, justified alignment; single spacing; here and in the text, an indentation ("red line"), set using the "paragraph" option, is 1.25 cm. The abstract, keywords, and bibliography are included in the total length of the article.
• Key words/phrases (5-7). The editors reserve the right to change keywords and phrases in accordance with the abstract and title of the article.
• The article should be structured (Introduction and Conclusions); if necessary, the main body of the text can be divided into sections.
• Acknowledgments and Notes are provided after the main text (if necessary, it is better to provide explanations in the text).
• Bibliography (see sample) (article formatting). Sources, scientific and critical studies in the Bibliography are arranged in alphabetical order: first those in Russian, then those in the foreign language; citing two or more works under the same number is not permitted. Bibliographic descriptions of documents are formatted in accordance with the requirements of GOST R 7.0.5–2008. If available, indicate the DOI.
• After the Bibliography comes the References section (see the article formatting sample). For uniform transliteration, please use the service: http://translit-online.ru/
• After References comes the English translation of the article title (in capital letters, bold, centered), abstract and keywords; information about the author(s) after the article title.
• At the very end, information about the author(s) of the article is provided: last name, first name, patronymic (in full), academic degree, title, position, place of work/study (in full, official names without abbreviations, city and country are indicated in brackets, separated by commas), ORCID