1. Any paper to be published in the journal should properly cite relevant sources;

2. It is accepted to use only one type of source reference standard in the paper to be published in the journal; it is not allowed to mix different citation standards in a piece of paperwork;

3. The source should be cited in the form of a footnote using Arabic numerals. A footnote given in the text should be preceded by a closing punctuation (period, exclamation point, question mark). Using a footnote before the punctuation mark is allowed to clarify a single word or term.

4. Citation standards for the English language papers to be published in the journal are generally defined by the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA), fourth edition. Under the decision of the Editorial Board, it is possible to use another standard of source citation in the special issue;

5. The rules for citing the source of the papers presented in the Georgian language to be published in the journal are defined as follows (the rules outlined in this paragraph are essentially defined by the fourth edition of the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) and are only intended to help the authors; examples are provided for clarification, the types of sources are not exhaustive).

The standard of performance, design and presentation of articles in the scientific journal "Historical Verticals".

The purpose of the scientific journal is to promote the achievements of academic/visiting staff, doctor/person with equivalent academic degree, doctoral candidate, master's degree in all fields of humanities, natural sciences, social and engineering sciences.

Prerequisite for accepting the paper :

The author must be a doctor/a person with an academic degree equivalent to it, a doctoral candidate or a master's degree. To print an article in the journal, you must register electronically https://forms.gle/Bi32gqLrhLMsbj3g7. The article should respect the style of verification of used source and the manner of presentation of the article. The editorial board will review the work, which is designed in accordance with the "rules for execution, design and presentation of articles in a scientific journal". The article should be sent electronically to the following address: defenseandscience@eta.edu.ge

 

Requirements for formatting a conference scientific paper

When  typing the article, use only “Times New Roman font”.

Method of presentation of the paper: language of the article - English; sheet size A4; Field: all sides 2.5; number of pages - 8-15;

Article text format:

The title of the paper – should be given in the center, bold, font size -14, should be given in English (required);

Author's name, surname – should be given in the center, bold, font size 12, should be given in English (required);

Author/authors’ name: organization/ educational institution – should be given in the center, font size 12, should be given in English (required);

Author(s): Affiliation/Position/Master's/PhD student - should be given in the center, font size 12, should be given in English (required);

Author/authors: academic rank and scientific degree – should be given in the center, font size 12, should be given in English (required);

Rule for writing an abstract:

Abstract - Should be given in the center, bold, font size - 12, must be written in English;

            Abstract text – Should be justified (justify/ Ctrl+J), font size - 10, line spacing - 1,

paragraph spacing - 0 (Paragraph, After 0). All lines of a paragraph should be spaced

evenly from the right margin.  The first line of each paragraph should be indented (5   spaces). The volume of the abstract should be 200-300 words. Abstract should be given in English (required).

Key words - (at least 5 words/word combinations) – Should be given in English (required).

Text of the conference paper - Should be justified (Justify/Ctrl+J), font size - 12; line spacing – 1,5; paragraph spacing - 0 (Paragraph, After 0). All lines of a paragraph should be spaced evenly from the right margin. The first line of each paragraph should be indented (5 spaces).

References – Should be placed on a new page, centered, font size - 12.

 

The structure of the conference paper should include the following parts:

Introduction - Field and importance of the topic, the relevance of the paper, introducing the issue to the reader, analyzing/reviewing the researches conducted on the mentioned topic and formulating one’s own hypothesis. This chapter should discuss why the paper is valuable to the reader from a scientific point of view.

Main part – Encompasses the research methodology and the results obtained.

Conclusion - Encompasses the findings, possible recommendations and future

prospects.

List of references - The literature listed in the references is neither numbered nor marked. The list should be arranged in alphabetical order according to the authors' last names (in the absence of such) or titles. Bibliographic data is not translated and the source is cited in the original language.

Footnotes:

Footnotes are placed at the end of pages in the text of the article. It is possible to see both the cited and paraphrased sources (literature, normative material, judicial practice) given in the text of the article, which are numbered (font size - 10) and the author’s notes (comments) that are marked an asterisk (*) and therefore, they are not numbered.

The source should be cited in the form of a footnote using Arabic numerals. (Arabic numerals are used to mark citations; in order to add a reference at the end of the sentence after the punctuation mark, go to the References tab and press Insert Footnote).

A footnote given in the text should be preceded by a closing punctuation (period, exclamation point, question mark). Using a footnote before the punctuation mark is allowed to clarify a single word or term.

Tables, diagrams

Tables, diagrams and other visual material presented in the paper should be given in the center in TIFF, PNG, and JPEG formats. The title should be placed below the table/diagram and other images with a font size 8.

Considerations:

1. All papers submitted for publication in the collection of scientific papers will be checked on plagiarism detection software called Turnitin. The paper is evaluated positively if the similarity coefficient does not exceed 10%;
2. All papers submitted for publication in the collection of scientific papers will undergo a two-stage blind review by experts of the field. In case of differences found between the experts' conclusions, the article will be sent to a third reviewer for evaluation. Articles will be published in case of getting a positive review. The author(s) of the article will be responsible for the opinions expressed in the article.