Author Guidelines
Latest updates: 22.01.2025
Submitting an article to the journal "Informatics" implies that:
- the article has not previously been published in another journal;
- the article is not currently under consideration by another journal;
- all co-authors agree to the publication of the current version of the article.
Before submitting an article for review, please ensure that the file contains all the required information and is formatted according to the guidelines below.
To submit a manuscript, authors must register on the journal's website at https://inf.grid.by, complete the online form, and upload their article in the "Submit Article" section. When submitting, please provide author information: full names of all authors, academic degree, academic rank, position, department name, institution name, email address, and contact phone number. The manuscript text and illustrations are included in a single MS Word file (*.doc, *.docx). Large tables and figures can be downloaded as separate files.
By submitting an article to the peer-reviewed section of the journal, authors agree to a single-blind peer review.
Commissioned articles are not published in the journal "Informatics".
Article Structure and Format
Article Length: Original – no more than 20 pages, Review – no less than 20. Margins – 2.5 cm on all sides, main text font – 12 pt Times New Roman, line spacing – exactly 15, paragraph indent – 1 cm; abstract, keywords, and acknowledgments – 11 pt, citation information, and conflict of interest – 10 pt, single-spaced.
The title page must include:
- UDC.
- The article title in Russian and English, in bold, 20 pt, in lowercase letters without hyphenation.
- Author information:
- initials and last names of all authors in Russian;
- first name, initial, and last name in English;
- email address of the person responsible (the index number is indicated in an envelope next to the last name).
The journal "Informatics" accepts the following criteria for determining authorship:
1) significant contribution to the study design, data collection, or their analysis and interpretation;
2) preparation of the article or its critical revision for significant intellectual content;
3) final approval of the version of the article for publication.
- Official full name of the organization and full postal address.
If authors from different institutions contributed to the article, each author's affiliation with a specific institution must be indicated using a superscript.
For the English-language information block, the official English name of the institution is required.
- Abstract
The abstract should be 150–250 words long. The abstract of the original article should be structured as follows: Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
The abstract should not contain new terms, abbreviations (other than well-known ones), or references.
- Keyword(s) — the most significant words or phrases related to the topic of the work, reflecting the specifics of the topic and the research findings.
Keywords should be 5–10 words and simple phrases. Do not include a period after keywords.
- Acknowledgments
This section lists the sources of funding for the study and acknowledges those who contributed to the article but are not its authors.
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure
The article must disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, the author must state that they have no conflict of interest.
- Article Text
For original articles, it is recommended to adhere to the IMRaD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion).
Sections and subsections in the text are presented on a separate line in bold.
All abbreviations must be expanded upon first use.
All tables and figures in the manuscript must be cited in the text and arranged in the order in which they are cited. It is important to cite the sources of tables and figures. Unless otherwise stated, tables and figures are assumed to have been created by the author.
Figures and Tables
Figures and tables must be of good quality, clearly labeled, and suitable for printing. They must be accompanied by captions (10-point font size) that include the figure (table) number and its title (left-aligned). No period is included at the end of the caption. The English translation of the figure caption (table title) is placed in italics after the Russian version.
If the text contains only one illustration or one table, they are not numbered.
Mathematical and chemical formulas, equations, and symbols.
Mathematical formulas must be fully typed in the MathType frame. Inserting formulas into the text as graphic elements (images) is not permitted. For formulas typed in MathType, use the program's default font, character size, and position settings:
Roman font – numbers, abbreviated mathematical terms (e.g., sin, cos, lg, lim, max), Russian letters (both in the formula itself and in subscripts), subscripts, and chemical element symbols;
Italic – letter designations of quantities (symbols) using Latin letters and Greek letters;
Bold font – vectors.
Simple mathematical and chemical formulas (e.g., a + b = c; H2SO4) and individual variables or symbols can be typeset in standard text mode.
Equations are carried from one line to the next using equal (=), plus (+), minus (-), and multiplication (×) signs, with the sign repeated at the beginning of the next line.
Explanations of the meanings of symbols and numerical coefficients should be provided below the formula (equation). Formulas and equations in an article are numbered sequentially throughout the article using Arabic numerals in parentheses (1) at the far right of the line.
If the text contains a single formula (equation), it is not numbered. When a formula is carried to the next page, its numbering is repeated on the following page. Decimal places in numbers are typed separated by commas, not periods (0,25 instead of 0.25); in English text, the opposite is true (0.25 instead of 0,25). In formulas, only (·) is used as a multiplication sign.
- Author Contributions. This section should indicate the contribution of each author (if there are multiple authors) to the work on the article. Examples of wording include:
- significant contribution to the concept of the work;
- collection, analysis, or presentation of the results of the work;
- writing and editing the text;
- approval of the final version of the article for publication.
Responsibility for attribution lies with the authors of the article, not the editors.
- References and Footnotes
The list of references in Russian is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus (GOST 7.1-2024) – https://vak.gov.by/node/8026.
The cited literature is provided as a general list; references in the text are given with a serial number in square brackets, the page number is indicated within brackets, separated by a comma and a space after the source number [6, p. 8]; references to unpublished works are not allowed. References to articles accepted for publication but not yet published must be marked "in press."
It is recommended that the bibliography include only peer-reviewed sources (articles from scientific journals and monographs) cited in the text. If you need to cite a newspaper article, dissertations, textbooks, state standards, published reports, or website text, please provide the source information as a footnote (use the "Insert Footnote" tool in MS Word).
Footnotes are numbered sequentially, with each footnote having its own unique number. When a source is mentioned repeatedly, it is assigned the next sequential number. In addition to non-indexed sources, footnotes may also include author comments on the text. If the next footnote repeats the previous one, it is permissible to replace the full name of the source in the footnote with "Ibid."
For materials published online and without official publication information, the address of the electronic resource is provided in the text via a URL.
- Author Information
This section contains the authors' full names, academic degree, title, position, organization name, and ORCID in the format http://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000 or other author identifiers in scientometric databases.
If the article is in Russian, the information in this section is duplicated in English.
To submit a manuscript, authors must register on the journal's website at https://inf.grid.by, complete the online form, and upload the article in the "Submit Article" section. When submitting, please provide information about the authors: full names of all authors, academic degree, academic title, position, department name, institution name, email address, and contact phone number.
Journal-Author Communication
The journal's editorial board maintains contact with the corresponding (contact) author, but at the author group's discretion, emails can be sent to all authors whose email addresses are provided.
All manuscripts submitted to the journal "Informatics" undergo a preliminary review for compliance with the requirements specified in the Guidelines for Authors. An article may be returned to the author(s) for revision with a request to correct any deficiencies. At this stage, an article may also be rejected for failure to meet the journal's objectives, lack of originality, or low scientific value.
After reviewing the requirements, the article is sent to a reviewer. Typically, the reviewer will issue a decision on the suitability of the manuscript for publication within two weeks. The author has 14 days to revise the article. If the author fails to submit a revised version of the article to the editors within this time, publication will be postponed. If the author fails to submit a revised version of the article within one month, the editors reserve the right to retract the article from publication, and the author will be notified accordingly.
The final decision to publish or reject a manuscript is made by the journal's editorial board. In controversial cases, the editor may involve several experts in the review process. If the reviewer's opinion is positive, the article is submitted to the editor for preparation for publication.
If the decision is made to reject the article, the editorial board sends the corresponding decision to the author.
The average rejection rate of manuscripts is 10%.
The final version of the article is sent to the corresponding (contact) author for review. A response from the authors is expected within two days. If the author does not respond, the article layout is considered approved.
If the author disagrees with the reviewer's and/or editor's conclusions, they may appeal this decision. In this case, the author should express their position on each specific comment in writing and send a letter to the editor.
Plagiarism, Fabrication, or Falsification of Data
In the event of detection of author misconduct, plagiarism, fabrication, or falsification of data, the editors will follow the COPE guidelines.
Error Correction and Article Retraction
If errors are discovered in the text of an article that affect its interpretation but do not distort the presented research results, they may be corrected by replacing the article's PDF file and noting the error in the article file itself and on the article's page on the journal website.
If errors are discovered in the text of an article that distort the research results, or in cases of plagiarism, or if the author(s) are found to have engaged in misconduct involving falsification and/or fabrication of data, the article may be retracted. The retraction may be initiated by the editors, the author, an organization, or an individual.
A retracted article is marked with the "Article Retracted" symbol, and information about the reason for the retraction is posted on the article page. Information about the retraction is sent to the databases in which the journal is indexed.
