Guide for Journal Authors

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Registration of the manuscript

 

Guide for authors

To submit an article for publication, you must register on the website. All scientific articles are accepted in three languages: Kazakh, Russian and English, not previously published in print and/or electronic form. Articles submitted for publication are subject to double-blind peer review. Reviewers with experience in the subject area evaluate the work within 3-4 weeks. Authors must respond to reviewers' comments within 20 days. Based on the results of the review, the article can be sent to the author for revision. The date of receipt of the article is the date when the editorial office received its final version. The editorial office reserves the right to make editorial changes to the text that do not distort the meaning of the article. Authors from different educational institutions are indicated by the numbers 1, 2. The article should present the results of its own scientific research and contain at least 70% of the original text. All articles are checked for borrowings (plagiarism) on the platform «Turnitin». The author/authors are responsible for the accuracy of the information in the article. The increase in the originality of the text by means of technical and other unfair methods serves as a basis for refusal of publication.

Each article that receives a positive conclusion is assigned a DOI, a digital object identifier for unique and permanent online identification of the journal's content and links on the Internet.

Sending an article to the editorial office means the consent of the author(s) to the right of the Publisher, the Non-profit Joint-Stock Company «Aktobe Regional University named after K.Zhubanov», to publish an article in the journal «Bulletin of Aktobe Regional University».

Articles are accepted in the following areas: «Pedagogics», «Technical Sciences», «Physics and Mathematics», «Natural Sciences», «Metallurgical processes and technologies», «Geography and geoecology», «History», «Social and humanitarian sciences», «Economics and law».

The journal's directions are divided into the following sections:

Physics and Mathematics

Sections: 1. Mathematics. 2. Physics. 3. Computer science and Information technology

Pedagogics

Sections: 1. Theory, methodology and history of pedagogy. 2. Problems, innovations and prospects of education development. 3. Modern technologies of teaching and education. 4. Actual issues of psychology and special pedagogy

Natural Sciences

Sections: 1. Chemistry and chemical technology. 2. Biology.

Technical Sciences

Sections 1. Mining industry. Life safety. 2. Construction and transport. 3. Oil and gas business

Metallurgical processes and technologies

Sections: 1. Metallurgy of cast iron and steel. 2. Metallurgy of ferroalloys. 3. Metallurgy of non-ferrous metals

Geography and geoecology

Sections:1. Physical Geography and Earth Science. 2. Economic, social and political geography. 3. Geoecology and environmental science. 4. Cartography and GIS. 5. Recreational geography and tourism. 6. Geographical and environmental education

History

Sections: 1. Archaeology. 2. Domestic history. 3. World History

Social and humanitarian sciences

Sections 1. Philology. 2. Art, culture and sports. 3. Sociology. 4. Philosophy

Economics and law

Sections: 1. Economy. 2. Law. 3. Jurisprudence

Deadlines for submitting an article:

I quarter until February 10;

II quarter until May 10;

III quarter until August 10;

IV quarter until November 10.

Rules for authors

When preparing articles for publication in the journal "Bulletin of Aktobe Regional University named after K. Zhubanov", it is important to strictly adhere to the structure of the scientific article and follow the rules of article design. The article format is A4, the font «Times New Roman», the font size of the main text is 12, figures, diagrams are 10, line spacing is single; indentation of the first line of the paragraph is 1.0 cm; all margins are 20 mm. The length of the article should not exceed 5-10 pages. Articles exceeding the established volume may be accepted for publication in exceptional situations, when special decisions are made by the editorial board of the journal.

The structure of the scientific article:

IRSTI

UDC

Full name of the author(s) (add a click on the ORCID )

Place of work of the author(s), city, country, e-mail

The title of the article

Annotation

Keywords

Introduction

Materials and methods of research

Results and its discussion

Conclusion

List of literature

Information about the authors

In the personal data of the author(s), an asterisk (*) marks the main author (corresponding author).

The order of registration of articles:

Title. At the beginning of the text of the article, the IRSTI index is indicated (International rubricator of Scientific and technical Information, link: (http://www.grnti.ru ) and UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) – it is necessary to check with the bibliographer of the library or find the UDC Classifier on the website, placed in the upper left part of the article in bold. This is followed by the initials and surname of the author(s), academic degree, academic title, full name of the organization, city, country, e-mail of the author, *e-mail of the author responsible for correspondence with the editorial board), the title of the article. The title of the article is written in the center, in capital letters, bold, straight font, size - 12. The title is written at the end of the article in two other languages, i.e. in Russian, English (if the article is in Kazakh), Kazakh, English (if the article is in Russian), Kazakh and Russian (if the article is in English). The number of authors is no more than 5;

Abstract. The most important research results and their theoretical and practical significance are presented. The volume of the abstract is 150-300 words. The abstract is written at the end of the article after the literature in two other languages, i.e. in Russian, English (if the article is in Kazakh), Kazakh, English (if the article is in Russian), Kazakh and Russian (if the article is in English). (Alignment – width, font – regular, size-10).

Keywords. 5-8 words or phrases that occur in the text of the article and reflect its main content. Keywords are separated from each other with a comma.

Introduction. The introduction raises the question of the state and relevance of the problem, as well as formulates the purpose of the study. The authors should provide readers with information about the problem under study, briefly outline the available knowledge on this topic, mention the work of other researchers, as well as identify possible shortcomings in previous studies in order to justify the need for a new study.

Materials and methods of research. This section highlights the object of the study, as well as describes in detail all the methods used, their essence and the rationale for the choice. The section should be written in such detail that the reader can not only independently assess the methodological pros and cons of this study, but also reproduce it if desired. The section recommends that you provide a clear description of the following aspects (although it is not necessary to separate them into separate subsections): type of research; criteria for the selection of participants; measurement methods; approaches to data processing; ethical standards.

The results and its discussion. This section outlines the main conclusions of the study, summarizes the actual data related to the tasks set. The results are presented in the text, tables and figures in a logical sequence, based on the goals and objectives of the study. The author(s) demonstrate the significance or originality of the research, offer specific recommendations and constructive suggestions. This section examines the correlation of the results obtained with the results of similar studies conducted by other authors. Instead of simply mentioning previous studies, they try to explain why the results obtained may or may not differ from the results obtained by other researchers. The section includes a discussion of potential applications of the results obtained, as well as their possible limitations. It is recommended to identify areas for further research that naturally follow from the results of this study.

Conclusion. At this stage, there is a generalization and summing up of the work, confirmation of the author's conclusions and his conclusion about the impact of the results on scientific knowledge. Conclusions should not be abstract; they are used to summarize the results of research in a specific scientific field, as well as to offer recommendations and possible directions for future work.

References. It is drawn up after the text in accordance with GOST 7.1-2003 «Bibliographic record. Bibliographic description. General requirements and rules of compilation» and includes no more than 5-20 sources. Self-citation of no more than 1-2 sources. Manual numbering is used, automatic numbering of the list of references is not allowed. References to relevant sources are given in the text as they are mentioned, in square brackets [1, p. 73] with end-to-end numbering, indicating the number of the source according to the list of references and the page or article of the normative act referred to by the author. If there are works presented in Cyrillic in the list of references, it is necessary to submit the list of references in two versions: the first – in the original, the second – in romanized alphabet (transliteration is a recommended free site http://translit-online.ru/). Translation from Russian into Latin/Online Converter http://translit-online.ru/. Translation from Kazakh into Latin/Online Converter https://qazlat.kz/ru/.