Submission Guidelines

EDITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICATIONS

I. General Requirements

The Journal welcomes submissions in English, including:

• research articles, analytical studies, and scholarly reports;
• case studies and practical insights in logistics and supply chain management;
• reviews of methodologies, digital tools, and innovative technologies;
• bibliographic and source reviews;
• book reviews and critical evaluations;
• reports on academic, professional, and industry-related events.

All submitted manuscripts must meet the Journal’s standards of academic integrity, clarity, and originality.

Manuscripts should not exceed 2 author’s sheets (approx. 80,000 characters including spaces, punctuation, and numbers).

Accepted types of contributions:

• empirical studies;
• thematic (monographic) studies;
• theoretical papers;
• methodological papers;
• reviews;
• conference and event reports.

Manuscript Structure

Recommended structure for materials submitted for publication:

Line 1. UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) index – placed in the upper left corner of the page on the first line, right-aligned (Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold), spacing before – 0 pt, after – 0 pt.

Line 2. JEL Classification Code (online classifier) (download in Ukrainian)– placed in the upper left corner of the page on the second line, right-aligned (Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold), spacing before – 0 pt, after – 0 pt.

Line 3. Blank.

Line 4. Full list of authors (surname, first name, patronymic in full) – on one line, right-aligned (Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold), spacing before – 0 pt, after – 0 pt.

Information about each author:

• position, place of employment (country);
• e-mail address;
• ORCID unique identifier (to obtain it, registration on the website orcid.org is required);
• ResearcherID (if available);
• Scopus Author ID (if available);
• Each subsequent author and their information should be provided on a new line. Spacing before the block – 0 pt, after – 0 pt.

Line 5. Article title – centered (font: Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold). The title should briefly reflect the content of the article, contain no more than 12 words, and be appealing to an international audience.

Line 6. Abstract in English (one paragraph, 2,000–2,500 characters) – justified alignment. The abstract begins with the list of authors (First Name, Last Name) and the article title, followed by the abstract text. The abstract must not repeat the text of the article itself, its title, references, or abbreviations. Font: Times New Roman, 14 pt. The abstract should be clear and informative (without general phrases), original, substantive (reflecting the main content of the article), and structured (written as a single paragraph while following the logical sequence of the results presented in the article). The abstract must include an introductory sentence, a brief description of the research methods (1–2 sentences), a description of the main results (50–70% of the abstract), and concise conclusions or prospects for further research (1 sentence). The terminology used should correspond to that employed in leading international English-language journals. The abstract should be self-contained and understandable without consulting the main text of the article. The abstract must not contain references or abbreviations.

Line 7. Keywords in English: 4–6 separate words or phrases (none of which repeat words from the article title) – justified alignment, Times New Roman, 14 pt, italics. Before the list, the words Keywords: are indicated in italics; the separator is a comma; no period is used at the end of the list.

Line 8. Abstract in Ukrainian – a translation of the English abstract.

Line 9. Keywords in Ukrainian – a translation of the English keywords.

Line 10. The main text of the article should be typed in Times New Roman, 14 pt, with single line spacing (42–43 lines per page). Margins on all sides of the page should be 2 cm. All figures, charts, and tables must be cited in the text. Emphasis in the text may be made using italics or bold type, not underlining. All hyphenations and repeated spaces should be removed from the text. The file containing the article text must include all information for publication (including figures and tables). Mathematical formulas and equations should be prepared using the built-in equation editor. Use units of the International System of Units (SI).

The main text of the article must include the following sections: Introduction, Research Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References/Literature. A review article may contain a different number of sections with arbitrary titles; however, Introduction, Conclusions, and References/Literature are mandatory.

In the main text of the article, the authors should avoid presenting generally known statements. References must be provided for all sources used in writing the article.

• Requirements for the “Introduction” section.
  The Introduction should contain an overview of the level of research on the problem in both international and domestic scientific literature (the recommended number of references is at least 10). Priority should be given to English-language sources published within the last five years that have a DOI index. The Introduction should conclude with a clear statement of the purpose of the article or the hypotheses formulated prior to the study, as well as the formulation of the research objectives that remain unresolved within the studied field.

• Requirements for the “Research Methods” section.
  This section should provide sufficient detail to allow the entire scope of the study to be replicated in order to verify the data obtained by the author(s). If necessary, it may be divided into subsections. The section should present a coherent understanding that the author is aware of all possible sources of error that may affect the research results. Research methods must be selected in accordance with the specific scientific problem; the use of methods that do not correspond to the chosen problem is not permitted. This section should describe the essence of the methods, units of measurement, as well as the quantitative and qualitative indicators of the studied phenomenon obtained using the selected methods. It is also advisable to specify the organization and stages of the research, as well as the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the samples. If the article is devoted to a theoretical study, the “Methods” section is replaced by the “Theoretical Framework” section.

• Requirements for the “Results and Discussion” section.
  If necessary, this section may be divided into subsections. The requirements for writing this section are standard and correspond to those of international scientific journals. The “Results and Discussion” section may also be separated into individual sections of the article. In the discussion, the results should be generalized. This section must present the main research findings with full justification of the obtained scientific results, as well as an analysis of recent studies and publications that initiated the solution of the problem and on which the author relies. Unresolved issues of the general problem addressed in the article should also be identified. The author should indicate differences between their results and those obtained by other researchers and explain the reasons for such differences. References to the works of other scholars are mandatory. It is desirable to compare the obtained results with 5–10 results from other studies. Simple listing of researchers’ names who have addressed the problem is not permitted. The presentation of quantitative research results (in text, tables, and figures) should complement, not duplicate, one another.

• Requirements for the “Conclusions” section.
  The Conclusions are the most important part of a scientific article, as they present the outcomes of the conducted research, generalizations, and proposals regarding the objectives formulated in the Introduction. The Conclusions must be well substantiated and correspond to the stated aim and objectives of the study. They should be formulated clearly, concisely, and unambiguously, and must follow logically from the research results. The Conclusions should indicate the extent to which the stated research objective has been achieved using the applied methods and methodology. Well-formulated conclusions logically complete the scientific work and ensure its coherence and completeness. The Conclusions are closely related to the Introduction: if the aim and objectives of the research are stated in the Introduction, the Conclusions should indicate whether the stated aim has been achieved through the applied research methods and methodology. The Conclusions should be brief and preferably presented as a single continuous text (5–10 sentences). The publication of data, statements, or claims in the Conclusions that were not addressed in the main text of the article is not permitted.

• Tables and figures must be numbered in accordance with the content of the article. Statistical and other detailed information should be provided in notes below the table. Tables and figures should be placed in the manuscript text immediately after their first mention. All textual elements within images (graphs, charts, diagrams, schemes), where possible, should use the Times New Roman font.

• Figures, diagrams, tables, and formulas should be provided in a format that allows editing. The dimensions of illustrations must not exceed the size of a printed page of the proceedings. Figures, charts, and tables must be numbered and titled. A source must be indicated below each table and figure (Source: …).

  Requirements for formatting figures:

  • The text must contain a reference to the figure before it appears (e.g., Fig. 1). Figures must be provided in JPG format;

  • The title should be presented in the format “Figure 1 – Title of the Figure”;

  • If a figure shows a dependency graph, the caption must include an indication of the variables and measurement units.

  Formulas should be separated from the surrounding text by one line, centered, and numbered in parentheses aligned to the right margin.

  Tables (no more than 4) should have a numbered title and clearly defined columns that are convenient and easy to read. Table data must not duplicate information presented in the text. References to tables in the text are mandatory. All tables must be presented in vertical orientation.

• References.
  The list of references contains bibliographic descriptions of the sources used in preparing the article and must be presented in English and formatted according to APA style. All sources must be relevant. We strongly discourage the use of Russian-language sources published in any country after 2014, as well as works by authors from Belarus and Russia published in any language during the post-Soviet period. An example of REFERENCES formatting is provided.