Rules for Preparation of Manuscripts

Proceedings of National Polytechnic University of Armenia is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes scientific-technical and also analytic –review papers, short communications, as well as materials about the jubilees of prominent scientists, new books, scientific conferences coorganized by the University, letters addressed to the editorial board.

The process of publishing the Proceedings should be organized in accordance with the ethical norms of scientific publications (https://innovative.polytechnic.am/files/announcement/1/1575139334448.pdf ).

 The material should be presented to the editorial staff in accordance with the requirements given below.

1. By electronic version electronic system accepting the articles https://innovative.polytechnic.am/hy/submit/2022/08/29/MM/16) of the manuscript by Microsoft Office Word. The volume of a scientific paper is limited to 12 pages, and to 4 pages for short communications. The text should be printed on A4-sized paper. The text margins should be: Top – 5cm, Bottom – 4.75 cm, Left – 6.2 cm, Right – 1.8 cm, Footer – 4.5 cm, Line-spacing – 1.15 cm, the first line – 1 cm.  Texts in Armenian should  be  printed  by the  GHEA Grapalat,  font  size 10, and the texts in Russian or English  by Times New Roman, in font size 11.
2. On the top left cornerof the first page, the Universal Decimal Classifier is placed (ՀՏԴ, УДК, UDC). In the next line – the digital object identifier – DOI, in the centre of the next line the title of the article in capital letters, bold, font size 10 for texts in Armenian, and 11 for Russian and English should be placed in the centre of the next line. The initials and the surname(s) in small letters and bold, in font size 10, for texts in Armenian, and in font size 11 for the ones in English and Russian, should be lined up in the centre of the next line. In the following line, the workplace of the author (s) should be mentioned, italic, font size 9.
3. The text begins with an abstract in the language it is presented. The abstract should include 200-250 words. It ends with keywords in font size 9 for texts in Armenian, and in font size 10 for the ones in English and Russian. Only the word “Keywords” should be bold, italic. The number of keywords or word combinations - 4-8.
4. The papers should include an introduction briefly introducing the state of the problem area, the critical analysis of the up-to-date literature on the issue, the importance of the subject and the aim of investigation, as well as sections describing the statement of the problem and selection of the methodology, the results of investigation,  conclusion (other sections if necessary) with  subtitles, and it should end with the list of references.
5. The references in the text should be given in square brackets. The formulae should be introduced by the Microsoft  Equation Editor. They are printed from a new line in italic, font size 11 in the center of the line, and if necessary numbered at the end of the line in round brackets..
6. Figures and tables should follow their references given in the text. The words “Fig”, “Table”, the figure inscriptions and the table names should be printed in italic, in font size 9, for texts in Armenian, and in font size 10 for texts in English and Russian.
7. The text is followed by references, which should contain the main works published in recent years, preferably in journals included in international databases, whose analysis should be presented in the section “Introduction”. The references in font size 9 for texts in Armenian and in font size 10 for texts in English and Russian. Only the author’s initials and surname should be bold. The word “References” should be placed in the centre of the line in small letters bold. In the list of references, each source should be enumerated according to its reference number in the text. For the periodicals the references should be introduced in the following style: the author’s surname, initials, bold, title, year, numbers of the volume and issue, page numbers, and for books – the author's name, initials, full title, publication place, publisher, year, total number of pages.
8. The references are followed by the abstracts in the other two languages. If the text is in Armenian, the abstracts should be first in Russian and then in English. The text in Russian should be followed first by Armenian and then by English abstracts, while the texts in English should be followed first by Armenian, then by Russian abstracts. The abstracts in all the three languages should be identical in content and keywords.
9. The edited and proofread version of the manuscript should be agreed upon by the author(s).
10. On a separate page, the author(s) should introduce his/her/their full surname(s), name(s), patronymic(s); the full name(s) of employment place, educational institution; the position occupied, scientific degree, telephone numbers (office, home, mobile), e-mail address.