Instructions to Authors
1.Papers must be written in English. Submit a paper to the editor by e-mail: alex_kostyuk@virtusinterpress.org. The paper must be submitted in a form of MS word file. The secretary of the Editorial board undertakes to make papers submitted meet the style requirements after the papers are received.
2.Upon acceptance of a paper, authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the publisher.
3.The cover page of manuscript should contain (i) the title and (ii) name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s). At the bottom of this page, provide the name, address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author. Include an abstract of not more than 120 words on the first page after the title and the name of the author.
4.Where there is a methodology, it should be clearly described under a separate heading. Headings must be short, clearly defined and numbered. Notes or Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the article.
5.Figures should be of clear quality, in black and white and numbered consecutively with arabic numerals.
6.Tables should be typed and included as part of the manuscript. They should not be submitted a graphic elements. Supply succinct and clear captions for all tables, figures and plates. Ensure that tables and figures are complete with necessary superscripts shown, both next to the relevant items and with the corresponding explanations or levels of significance shown as footnotes in the tables and figures.
7.References to other publications must be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. This is very important in an electronic environment because it enables your
readers to exploit the Reference Linking facility on the database and link back to the works you have cited through CrossRef. You should include all author names and initials and give any journal title in full.
You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author’s name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, or (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more
authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:
For books: surname, initials, (year), title of book, publisher, place of publication, e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
For book chapters: surname, initials, (year), “chapter title”, editor’s surname, initials, title of book, publisher, place of publication, pages, e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), “The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum”, in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.
For journals: surname, initials, (year), “title of article”, journal name, volume, number, pages, e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), “Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century”, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.
For electronic sources: if available online the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference.
8.The preferred file format is Word.
