Submissions

Author Guidelines

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RESEARCH PAPERS

 MANUSCRIPT MUST BE SUBMITTED:

• in English
• in electronic versions
• in Microsoft Office Word
• page size - A4
• font face - Times New Roman
• footnotes should be given at the bottom of the page, references - at the end of the article
• font size for the text of the article - 12, for the footnotes - 10
• line spacing for the text of the article - 1.5, for the footnotes – 1

ARTICLE LENGTH: maximum 7000 words.

 ARTICLE TITLE:

• should outline the general scope of the article and not exceed ten words
• uppercase
• font size-14 

 AUTHORS’ DATA:

• first name(s), last name(s)
• full name and postal address of each author’s workplace, organization
• position, rank, academic degree
• e-mail and phone number
• the surnames and the first letter in names of authors should be full and in uppercase

 ABSTRACT:

• should not exceed 300 words
• should be informative and not contain general words and phrases
• the abstract should describe the purpose, problem statement, indication of methodology
• main results of the research, principal conclusion
• the abstract should provide a good perspec­tive on the final message of the article

 KEYWORDS: should be minimum five and maximum ten.

 INTRODUCTION should:

• outline purposes, specify the research objectives and/or research questions
• review items of previous research
• reflect the current concerns in the area
• announce principal findings
• indicate structure of the article

LITERATURE REVIEW

• Must show a critical account of what has been published on a topic by accredited researchers.
• Clearly show the research problem

METHODOLOGY

• Should describe participants/sampling
• Should describe the process of data collection
• Should describe techniques and data analysis

 DISCUSSION

• Must review findings, discuss outcomes
• Must analyze the literature, offer explanations, state implications
• Must make recommendations

 CONCLUSIONS must include limitations of the study and should be clearly formulated and presented.

 REFERENCES

• The manuscript should be constructed according to the APA citation System. For instance: (Karapetyan, 2001, p. 10) (Toulmin, 1958, pp. 56-57) (Hilbert & Bernays, 1934) or (Rogerson 2018), (Pollatajko 2015).

The Latin transliteration of all the non-Latin references should be included as well. For instance:

• Брутян, Г. А. (1992).Очерк теории аргу­­мента­ции. Ереван: Изд-во АН Армении. 

Brutian, G. A. (1992). Ocherk teorii argumenta­tsii (Outline of Argumentation Theory, in Russian). Yerevan: NAS RA Publication.

For a book by a single author:

Elo, A.E. (1986). The rating of chessplayers, past and present (2^nd ed.). New York: Arco.

For a book by two authors:

Gobet, F., de Voogt, A., & Retschitzki, J. (2004). Moves in mind: The psychology of board games. Hove, UK: Psychology Press

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington: American Psychological Association.

For a book by an editor:

Frey, P.W. (Ed.). (1984). Chess skill in man and machine: Springer

For an article in a journal:

Goldin, S.E. (1979). Recognition memory for chess positions. American Journal of Psychology, 92, 19-31

Beal, D.F. (1984). Mating sequences in the quiescence search. ICCA Journal, 7(3), 133-137. 

For a book section:

Charness, N. (1977). Human chess skill. In P.W. Frey (Ed.), Chess skill in man and machine, (pp.34-53), New York: Springer

In case of citing various works of the same author published in the same year, it is necessary to apply to a letter differentiation method i.e. a, b etc.

(Hovhannisyan, 2006^a; Hovhannisyan, 2006^b; Hovhannisyan, 2006^c).

 For a website publication:

Texts of the articles submitted in a website usually vary from their printed versions, that is why in case of citing the latter website ver­sions, it is necessary to indicate the approp­riate electronic address, moreover, the cita­tion of the printed version is not accepted:

Simon, H.A. & Chase, W.G. (1973). Skill in Chess. American Scientist 61(4), pp. 394-403 July-August, 1973 from

https://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=44582

Chabris, F.C. & Hearst, E.S. (2003). Visualization, pattern recognition, and forward search: effects of playing speed and sight of the position on grandmaster chess errors. Cognitive Science 27(4), 637-648 doi.org/10.1016/S0364-0213(03)00032-6

 GRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS

If the manuscript contains non alphabetic cha­racters (e.g. logical formulae, diagrams) than:

• the PDF version of the text should be attached for verification if needed
• all the images (diagrams, line drawings and photographic images) should be numbered sequen­tially with Arabic numerals and submit­ted in electronic form
• photo images should be of high quality
• all the images should be attached as separate files,
• diagrams, line drawings, charts should be sub­mitted in EXCEL or EPS format

 Essays of various symposiums and scientific events:

• Information about the symposium organizers, place and time should be included in the essay.
• The symposium members’ name, surname, workplace and city (in brackets) should be mentioned, and in case of international sym­posiums, the name of the city is also included.

THEORETICAL, ANALYTICAL PAPER

 MANUSCRIPT MUST BE SUBMITTED:

• in English
• in electronic versions
• in Microsoft Office Word
• page size - A4
• font face - Times New Roman
• footnotes should be given at the bottom of the page, references - at the end of the article
• font size for the text of the article - 12, for the footnotes - 10
• line spacing for the text of the article - 1.5, for the footnotes – 1

 ARTICLE LENGTH: maximum 5000 words.

 ARTICLE TITLE:

• should outline the general scope of the article and not exceed ten words
• uppercase
• font size-14 

 AUTHORS’ DATA:

• first name(s), last name(s)
• full name and postal address of each author’s workplace, organization
• position, rank, academic degree
• e-mail and phone number
• the surnames and the first letter in names of authors should be full and in uppercase

 ABSTRACT:

• should not exceed 200 words
• should be informative and not contain general words and phrases
• the abstract should describe the purpose, problem statement, indication of methodology
• main results of the research, principal conclusion
• the abstract should provide a good perspec­tive on the final message of the article

 KEYWORDS: minimum five and maximum ten.

 INTRODUCTION should have:

• statement of the problem or issue (interesting question)
• WHAT is the objective of the paper or what question is being addressed, and why is it important
• WHY question should refer to the broader issues of economic and social concern which are relevant to current debate and policy formation
• reflection on the current concerns in the area

THE BODY must show:

• a logical organization of the evidence used to answer the question
• a critical account of what has been published on a topic by accredited researchers
• thorough, accurate analysis which sheds light on the underlying factors of the phenomenon being studied
• a natural, logical flow to the discussion

 ANSWER/CONCLUSION/SUMMARY

• refers to the specific issue(s) and the broader context discussed at the beginning
• emphasizes the ideas that emerge from the analysis.

REFERENCES

• The manuscript should be constructed according to the APA citation System. For instance: (Karapetyan, 2001, p. 10) (Toulmin, 1958, pp. 56-57) (Hilbert & Bernays, 1934) or (Rogerson 2018), (Pollatajko 2015).

The Latin transliteration of all the non-Latin references should be included as well. For instance:

• Брутян, Г. А. (1992).Очерк теории аргу­­мента­ции. Ереван: Изд-во АН Армении.
• Brutian, G. A. (1992). Ocherk teorii argumenta­tsii (Outline of Argumentation Theory, in Russian). Yerevan: NAS RA Publication.

 For a book by a single author:

Elo, A.E. (1986). The rating of chessplayers, past and present (2^nd ed.). New York: Arco.

For a book by two authors:

Gobet, F., de Voogt, A., & Retschitzki, J. (2004). Moves in mind: The psychology of board games. Hove, UK: Psychology Press

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington: American Psychological Association.

For a book by an editor:

Frey, P.W. (Ed.). (1984). Chess skill in man and machine: Springer

For an article in a journal:

Goldin, S.E. (1979). Recognition memory for chess positions. American Journal of Psychology, 92, 19-31

Beal, D.F. (1984). Mating sequences in the quiescence search. ICCA Journal, 7(3), 133-137. 

For a book section:

Charness, N. (1977). Human chess skill. In P.W. Frey (Ed.), Chess skill in man and machine, (pp.34-53), New York: Springer

In case of citing various works of the same author published in the same year, it is necessary to apply to a letter differentiation method i.e. a, b etc.

(Hovhannisyan, 2006^a; Hovhannisyan, 2006^b; Hovhannisyan, 2006^c).

For a website publication:

Texts of the articles submitted in a website usually vary from their printed versions, that is why in case of citing the latter website ver­sions, it is necessary to indicate the approp­riate electronic address, moreover, the cita­tion of the printed version is not accepted:

Simon, H.A. & Chase, W.G. (1973). Skill in Chess. American Scientist 61(4), pp. 394-403 July-August, 1973

from https://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=44582

Chabris, F.C. & Hearst, E.S. (2003). Visualization, pattern recognition, and forward search: effects of playing speed and sight of the position on grandmaster chess errors. Cognitive Science 27(4), 637-648 doi.org/10.1016/S0364-0213(03)00032-6