Submission Requirements

Submission Requirements

When submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors must confirm that the submission complies with all the requirements listed below. If the submitted manuscript does not meet these requirements, the editorial board will return the materials to the authors for revision.

REQUIREMENTS

for submitting articles to the Bulletin of the Precarpathian National University. Series: Physical Culture

  1. The length of an original research article must be 6 or more pages, while short communications should not exceed 3 pages. Review articles should be 15–20 pages and include the analysis of 30–60 scientific sources (both national and international), primarily published within the last 10 years.

  2. Articles must be submitted in Microsoft Word format. The file name (in Latin letters) must correspond to the surname of the first author. The entire manuscript should be contained in one file.

  3. The manuscript text should be formatted with 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman, 14-point font size, margins: top and bottom – 20 mm, left and right – 25 mm.

  4. Tables must be created using the table editor in Microsoft Word. Charts, figures, formulas, and diagrams must be provided in an editable format in Microsoft Word or as separate files in JPG format.

  5. The manuscript should be prepared in accordance with the State Standards of Ukraine and the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Article Structure

Articles should be structured as follows:

  • UDC classification (in the upper left corner of the page);

  • Author(s) (name and surname in bold italics, aligned to the right);

  • Title of the article (capital letters, bold);

  • Abstract and keywords in two languages (Ukrainian and English).
    The English abstract must contain at least 1800 characters, and the Ukrainian abstract at least 800 characters. The structure should include: purpose, materials and methods, results, and conclusions;

  • Problem statement and analysis of recent research, including the connection of the problem with important scientific or practical tasks, highlighting unresolved aspects addressed in the article;

  • Purpose of the study;

  • Methods and organization of the research;

  • Results and discussion;

  • Conclusions with justification for further research in this area;

  • List of references formatted according to the Vancouver citation style, including the Latin transliteration version of references (References).

Additional Requirements

  1. Articles are accepted in Ukrainian, English, and Polish.

  2. At the end of the article, authors must provide:

    • full name of the author(s);

    • academic degree and academic title;

    • position;

    • ORCID number;

    • title of the article in English;

    • contact e-mail and phone number;

    • full name and postal address of the higher education institution.

  3. The journal publishes articles that correspond to the research areas defined by the specialties:

  • A7 Physical Culture and Sports

  • A4 Secondary Education (Physical Education)

  1. Articles should be sent to:
    journal.pu.fc@gmail.com

Postal address:
Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University
Department of Theory and Methods of Physical Culture
57 Shevchenko Street
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76025
Ukraine

Author Guidelines

The editorial board accepts for publication scientific articles that correspond to the research areas defined by the specialties A4.11 Secondary Education (Physical Education) and A7 Physical Culture and Sports, provided that they have not been previously published.

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