Formatting Guidelines

General Requirements for Manuscript Preparation

 1. General Provisions

The journal “Land Management, Cadastre and Land Monitoring” considers original scholarly and scientific-and-professional articles that correspond to the journal’s scope, present the results of independent research, and have not been published previously.
The author(s) bear responsibility for the reliability of the data, the accuracy of citations, proper attribution of borrowed material, and compliance with the principles of academic integrity.

 2. Manuscript Length and Technical Format

  • Article length: 8–20 pages.
  • Page format: A4, portrait orientation.
  • Margins: 20 mm on all sides.
  • Font: Times New Roman, 14 pt.
  • Line spacing: 1.5.
  • First-line indent: 1 cm (for the main text only).
  • Not permitted: automatic hyphenation, macros, condensed/expanded font.

 3. Manuscript Structure (Mandatory Order)

The manuscript must include the following elements:

1.    UDC (left-aligned, bold).

2.    Title of the article (IN CAPITAL LETTERS, centred, bold).

3.    Author(s): initials and surname, academic degree, academic title, affiliation (each author on a new line, centred).

4.    E-mail of the author(s).

5.    Abstract (no fewer than 150 words, italics, line spacing 1).

6.    Keywords (italics, 5–8 words/phrases).

7.    Main text, which must be structured and include:

o   relevance of the study;

o   analysis of recent research and publications;

o   research aim and objectives;

o   materials and methods;

o   results and discussion;

o   conclusions and prospects for further research.

8.    List of References (Ukrainian section: “Список використаних джерел”).

9.    References (in English).

 4. Abstracts and Keywords

The abstract must be informative, logically structured, and reflect:

  • relevance of the research;
  • aim and methods;
  • key results;
  • scientific novelty and practical significance.

Abstracts and keywords are provided in Ukrainian and English. The editorial office checks the quality of the English version to prevent the use of machine translation.

 5. Tables, Figures, and Equations

  • Tables and figures must be numbered and have titles.
  • The table title is placed above the table; the figure caption is placed below the figure.
  • Font in tables: Times New Roman, 12 pt, line spacing 1.
  • Figures must be clear, not scanned, and placed directly in the text at the appropriate locations.
  • Equations must be prepared in Microsoft Equation with continuous numbering.

 

6. Citations and References

  • In-text citations are provided in square brackets, for example: [1, p. 45].
  • The Ukrainian-language reference list (“Список використаних джерел”) is formatted according to DSTU 8302:2015.
  • The English-language References section is formatted according to the international APA standard.
  • Transliteration of Ukrainian and Russian sources is carried out in accordance with current regulatory requirements.
  • Recommended number of sources: 15 and more.

 Advisory Note on Citing Sources from the Russian Federation and the Soviet Period

The journal “Land Management, Cadastre and Land Monitoring” adheres to the principles of academic integrity and responsible scholarly communication. Accordingly, the editorial office does not endorse the use of references to publications issued in the Russian Federation, as well as to works from the Soviet period, unless such references are critically necessary for the scientific argumentation.

Author(s) should:

  • give priority to contemporary international and Ukrainian sources, as well as primary sources and normative documents;
  • avoid citing sources from the Russian Federation and Soviet-era authors as “background” literature or as support for key claims;
  • in exceptional cases where recourse to such sources is unavoidable (for example, historiographical analysis, work with primary archival materials, critical examination of concepts), clearly justify the scientific necessity of such references and present them in an appropriate context.

The editorial office reserves the right to recommend replacing such references with relevant contemporary sources or to request a substantiated justification for their use during editorial assessment and peer review.

 7. Languages of Publication

Articles are accepted in English or Ukrainian, with mandatory submission of English-language abstracts and the References section.

 8. Grounds for Desk Rejection (Without Peer Review)

A manuscript is not considered if it:

  • does not correspond to the journal’s scope;
  • is submitted in violation of formatting requirements;
  • contains indications of plagiarism or other breaches of academic integrity;
  • lacks an appropriate scientific structure and/or convincing novelty.