Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Scientific publication

ISSN	2071-8284 (print) · 2949-1150 (online)
Language of publication	Russian, English
Indexing and databases	РИНЦ ВАК К1

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Manuscript guidelines

Format requirements for scientific articles:

– Volume – 15-30 pages of typewritten text (the standard page is 1800 symbols with spaces, including tables, pictures and references).

– The text editor Word and font Times New Roman should be used when typing an article (Type size – 14; Line spacing – 1.5 cm; Indentation – 1.25 cm; Margins: left ‒ 2.5 cm, right ‒ 1.5 cm, top and bottom ‒ 2.0 cm). If additional fonts were used when typing, the author must provide them to the editorial department;

– Alignment – portrait;

– Page numbering (except first page) – left bottom;

It is not allowed to use manual hyphenation and spaces.

In the Russian language text «French quotations symbols» are used for quotations and in the text in foreign languages – “curly quotes”.

Illustrations (pictures, tables, graphs, charts, etc.) are submitted separately (as separate files fragment and on separate pages in printed form). The recommended width of the drawing should not exceed 14 cm, the height should not exceed 18 cm. The recommended format is *jpg. Illustrative materials should have a minimum resolution of 300 pixels/inch. It is not allowed to submit them through the official Microsoft Office programs, imported into Word.

The name of the units of various sizes cuts such as “y.” (year) must be preceded by a non-breaking space (see. “Insert” – “Symbols”), indicating the prohibition on their separation from the numbers or words they define. The same is with the initials and surnames. The file (electronic version) of the article should be completely identical to the printed original.

The material should be presented in electronic and printed form (on one side of a standard A4 sheet).

Standard Design of the Paper (template)

Requirements for article’s elements

Category	Requirements	Recommendations of the Editorial Board
Information about the authors	A surname, a name, a patronymic	The authors are listed in the order which they determine themselves by mutual agreement, more often it depends on their contribution to the work performed. Experts do not recommend to indicate more than 2 authors in the articles of humanitarian profile and also of small volume articles. Scientists and practitioners who assisted in the preparation and conduction of the research described in the article should be indicated in the final part of the article (the “Acknowledgments” section). In the transliteration of the author’s surname and initials it is important to comply with the following sequence: full name, initial letter of patronymic, surname (Anna V. Ivanova). It is important to indicate the initial letter of the patronymic when creating authors' profiles in the international scientific databases, it allows to identify the author accurately and to avoid making mistakes when adding articles to existing profiles.
	Affiliation (the place of the author’s employment)	It is necessary to indicate the place of employment of each author or the name of the organization that carried out the research, the city, the country. The name of the organization (Russian / English) should coincide with the name in the Charter.
The volume of the article	15-30 pages	Standard A4 page –1800 symbols with spaces, including tables, pictures and references list.
The title	The title of the article should not exceed 75 symbols (10-12 words)	The title of the article should: be informative and concise, correspond to the scientific style of the text, contain the main keywords that characterize the topic (subject) of the research and the content of the work. The title should be easily perceived by the readers and search engines. When translating the title of the article into English do not use transliteration from Russian into Latin, except for untranslated proper names; do not use jargon known only to Russian-speaking specialists. It is not recommended to use abbreviations and formulas.
Abstract	150-250 words	Abstract includes: the relevance of the research topic, the statement of the problem, the aim and the methods of the study, the results and key conclusions.
Keywords	5-7 words, not exceeding 10 words	You can use words or set phrases using which it will be possible to find the article. The number of words inside the key phrase should not exceed 3.
The structure of the article	There should be at least 3 sections (Introduction, Description of the study (methods, materials, results), Conclusion)	The Introduction includes: the relevance of the research topic, the review of the literature on the topic, the statement of the problem, the formulation of the aim and objectives of the study. The Description of the study includes: description of methods and schemes of observations / experiments in order to allow other scientists to reproduce the results, using only the text of the article; description of materials, instruments, equipment, sampling and conditions for observations/ experiments; actual results of the study (text, tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs, drawings) and interpretation of the results (the compliance of the results with the hypothesis of the study, limitations of research and generalization of its results, proposals for practical application, proposals for the direction of future research). The Conclusion contains brief summaries of the sections of the article without repeating the formulations.
Number of pictures and tables	Not exceeding 8 pictures and tables	They should be described, analyzed in the text of the article.
Acknowledgements	They are put at the end of the article	The author expresses: appreciation to colleagues for their help; gratitude for the financial support of the study (in the case of a grant).
The list of references (bibliography)	At least 10 scientific sources	Do not include in the list of references anonymous sources and regulatory documents (regulations, laws, instructions, etc.) that will never be indexed in citation databases; it is preferable to quote them directly in the text or in text footnotes; it is not recommended to use hard-to-reach, unpublished, small-circulation, as well as local, popular and educational sources in the bibliography: abstracts of dissertations and dissertations, newspapers, unpublished reports, manuals and textbooks.

The numbers for the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC, https://teacode.com/online/udc/) have to be indicated at the beginning of an article.

This is followed by the title of the article, the initials and surnames of the authors, ORCID (in the absence, you must register at https://orcid.org/), the name of the institution (s) in which an article was performed.

The article should be provided:

– the full information about the author (authors), including a surname, a name, a patronymic, a scientific and academic degree, position, place of work or study (full name), e-mail, post address, phone. For the authors who do not have a scientific degree, the surname, the first name and the patronymic of the supervisor, his position, place of employment and specialty (name and number according to the classification of Higher Attestation Commission) are additionally indicated;

– English version of the name and initials of the author(s);

– title of an article in Russian and English;

– the name of the institution (or institutions) in which an article was performed in Russian and English;

– the abstract of the article in Russian (150-250 words) and in English (150-250 words). The main idea should be clearly determined in the abstract (it should contain the relevance of the topic, the aim and object of the study, it should reveal its theoretical basis, the obtained results and their practical value);

– key words or phrases (5-7 words), required for indexing articles, in Russian and in English languages;

– the text of the article in Russian language signed by all authors. If the author doesn’t have a scientific degree, the article should also be signed by his supervisor;

– the section “Bibliography” and the section “References” containing the list of references, in which all sources are given in Latin, i.e. transliterated (http://translit.net/ru/), and are listed at the end of the article. The number of the source in the list of references and after comma – the page number (e.g. [3, p. 25]) is indicated in the text of the article in brackets. Sources should follow the order mentioned in the text. Be sure to specify the following data: for books – surname and initials of the author (editor), book title, place of publication (city), year of publication, total number of pages; for journal articles – surname and initials of the author, article title, journal title, year of publication, number, issue, pages (first and last one);

For sources published in foreign periodicals the DOI should be indicated (see, for example, the website: http://www.crossref.org).

The authors of the article are responsible for the correct list of references

Articles in which bibliographic references generated by neural network algorithms (including non-existent or incorrect ones) are identified shall be unconditionally rejected without the possibility of revision or reconsideration.

All the quotes in the article should be correlated with the list of references. In case of direct quoting indicate page numbers.

Indicate the full output of the original text in translations.

Use superscript Arabic numerals to cite material in the text.

The factual material should reflect the latest data, it should be carefully checked and confirmed by references to sources.

Tables and other digital data should be checked carefully up and supplied by references to sources. Tables are given in the text, number and the name are specified above the table.

All abbreviations should be disclosed at the first reference.

The materials submitted to the Editorial Board must be carefully verified.

Special attention should be paid to the quality of translation of the abstract and keywords into English. The editors reserve the right to reject the article in case of a poor translation into English.

The translation of all metadata (information about the authors, article title, abstract, keywords) must be certified by a specialist of the Department of Foreign Languages, translation bureau, etc. (for example, «The translation corresponds to the original in Russian», the signature of the specialist, certified by the stamp of the organization in which he works).

At the time of submission of the article, it is necessary to specify whether artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-based technology was used in the preparation of the manuscript or part thereof. In a separate section of the manuscript (which may be a section of the methods), authors should clearly describe how AI was used in the research and/or preparation of the manuscript. This may include using LLM chat bots (such as ChatGPT) and image creators. Artificial intelligence or technology using AI is not considered authors and should not be listed as authors or co-authors in the manuscript. Nor should they be cited as authors or co-authors of references.

In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, any reference in the article, article metadata or other documents attached to the article must be accompanied by an appropriate note. It concerns:

Public and religious associations and other organizations in regard to which there is a court decision on liquidation or prohibition of activity on the basis of the Federal Law "On Combating Extremist Activity" dated 25.07.2002 No. 114;

The list https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/documents/7822/

Organisations, including foreign and international organisations, classified as being terrorist in accordance with the Federal Law "On Combating Terrorism" dated 06.03.2006 No. 35;

The list http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/npd/terror.htm

Foreign and international non-governmental organisations whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Federal Law "On enforcement measures against persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation" dated 28.12.2012 No. 272;

The list https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/documents/7756/

Foreign agents considered as such in accordance with the Federal Law "On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence" dated 14.07.2022 No. 255;

The Register https://minjust.gov.ru/uploaded/files/reestr-inostrannyih-agentov-26012024.pdf

The author (in the case of co-authorship – the author responsible for publication), presenting the article to the editorial office, guarantees that the text is original (has not been previously published anywhere else and has not been accepted for publication in other editorial offices), confirms his consent (in the case of co-authorship – the consent of all authors) with the rules of the journal and gives the editorial staff the rights for publishing the article, using the electronic version (posting on the journal's website, etc.). The author also informs about the presence or absence of a conflict of interest related to the publication of the article.

At the end of the article, the author(s) must make a note of the following content:

"The presented material has not been previously published anywhere else and is not currently being reviewed for publication in other editions. I declare that there is no conflict of interest associated with the publication of this article in the journal "Vestnik of St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia". I authorise the publication of the full-text version of the article, and its parts in open access on the Internet, as well as on the official pages of the journal in social networks. Artificial intelligence capabilities were used (not used) in the creation of the article (the part of the article). There are no (if there are, specify where) references to:

public and religious associations and other organisations in regard to which there is a court decision on liquidation or prohibition of activity on the basis of the Federal Law "On Combating Extremist Activity" dated 25.07.2002 No. 114;
organisations, including foreign and international organisations, classified as being terrorist in accordance with the Federal Law "On Combating Terrorism" dated 06.03.2006 No. 35;
foreign and international non-governmental organisations whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Federal Law "On enforcement measures against persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation" dated 28.12.2012 No. 272;
foreign agents considered as such in accordance with the Federal Law "On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence" dated 14.07.2022 No. 255".

If there are several authors, it is necessary to specify their contribution to the creation of the article (for example, "The authors contributed equally to the paper" or specify the personal contribution of each author).

Date, signature of the author(s)."

Articles of an applicable nature should be considered by the expert committee on the regime of secrecy with the provision of relevant information.

The author must attach to the set of documents consent to the processing of personal data

The articles of applicants and postgraduate are supervised by the scientific supervisor.

Signatures are certified by the stamp of the personnel department of the organization in which the author works.

Articles drawn up without taking into account the above requirements are not considered.

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