Author's Guide

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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