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Jounral «Scientific Herald of Chernivtsy University. Biology (Biological Systems)» publishes the results of the studies on actual problems of biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular genetics, ecology, botany, soil science, biota and bioresources preservation.

Unpublished previously and completed experimental works drawn up as articles, reviews, short communications, materials from congresses and conferences are published.

The total volume for the entire paper (including tables, references, figures and their legends, abstracts in three languages, and key words) of an experimental article should not exceed 6 pages, review – 12 pages, short communication – two pages. The papers of a larger size are submitted to the journal after previous agreement with the editorial board.

The papers are published in Ukrainian, English and Russian (in some cases it is possible to be published in German, Polish, Romanian and Slovakian).

One author is allowed to have only one single-author publication in a particular issue.

Materials for publishing (text, references, figure legends etc.) are submitted in paper (2 copies) and identical electronic version, typed:

• in Microsoft Word format;
• single line spacing, without hyphenation;
• page format А4;
• font – Times New Roman 14 (references, text in tables and abstracts – 10);
• all margins 2 сm.

Each manuscript must have:

1. Titlepage, where to provide in Ukrainian and English:

• title;
• UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) code;
• authors’ surnames and initials;
• institution, where the study was performed (including department or faculty);
• full postal address, telephone and е-mail, indicating corresponding author;
• abstract (no less than 300 words), which has to describe briefly performed studies, including aim, methods, results and main conclusions;
• key words (no more than 10).

1. Experimental part (for experimental studies), structured into chapters:

• introduction, where the urgency and novelty of the performed studies are indicated;
• materials and methods, where the reproducible description of used methods is provided;
• results and discussion;
• conclusions.

1. Tables, which have to be numbered according to their citation in the text, each one – on a separate sheet; brief description of each table is provided on the top (in Ukrainian and English), statistical or other details are provided at the bottom in the notices; text font in the tables is Times New Roman 10.
2. Illustrations, numbered according to their discussion in the text and typed on a separate sheet (legends in Ukrainian and English); all illustrations have to be qualitative and readable after their scaling in 50 %; on the top of illustration underside the author and article title are provided.

The repeat of table content with illustrations is inadmissible; illustrations (figures) are primary under equal circumstances.

Illustrations must have two electronic copies in Tiff- 4.0/5.0 (*.tif) or Paint (*.bmp) formats; formulas and equations have to be provided by made in special equation editors and saved as separate files (Windows metafile, *.wmf); final quality of the illustrations after their scaling has to be no less than 200-300 pixels per inch.

1. References, which is provided with single line spacing, Times New Roman 10; works of the recent years should prevail in references with digital object identifier (doi) provided; references in the list are numbered in an alphabetical order, and in the text author and year are provided in round brackets (if the number of authors is one or two, all of them are indicated in references, if there are three or more authors, only one name is given with following et al.).

Examples of references:

1. Sambrook J., Fritsch E., Maniatis T. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual, 2nd ed. – Cold Spring Harbor, NY: ColdSpringHarbor Laboratory Press, 1989 – Vol. I. - 682 p.
2. Taub R. Liver Regeneration: from Myth to Mechanism // Nature Reviews. – 2004. – Vol. 5. – P. 836 – 847.
3. Kopylchuk H.P., Shmarakov I.O., Marchenko M.M. A possible mechanism of antitumor activity of 5-(5’,6’- benzocoumaroyl-3’)-methyl-aminouracil in vivo // Exp.Oncol. – 2007. – Vol. 29, No. 4. – P. 123 – 125.

All the designations and denominations of physical and chemical units of measurement should be given in SI system.

Official assignment from the institution where the studies were performed is required. The manuscript has to be signed by all authors on the last page. Single-author papers of post-graduate students (aspirants) must be accompanied with the scientific advisor sanction.

The articles are reviewed by the independent experts, who are selected by the editorial board, and then a copy of the manuscript with reviewer’s remarks is sent to an author. If the paper is returned for the completion, the author gives a reasonable answer, reprint and send all the required materials to the editorial board of the journal no longer than in 2 weeks.

If the manuscript is rejected by the reviewers, a written notice is sent to the author.

Editorial board is allowed to edit the text of the articles, figures and their legends, coordinating the edited version with the author, and also reject manuscripts, if they don’t meet the requirements of the journal «Scientific Herald of Chernivtsy University. Biology (Biological Systems)».

The authors are responsible for the contents of their articles.

Materials are not returnable.

e-mail: vb@chnu.edu.ua

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