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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The manuscript has not been previously published in a peer-reviewed journal and is not under consideration elsewhere
  • If the manuscript has been posted as a preprint, this has been disclosed to the editorial office
  • All authors have approved the submission and agree to its publication under the journal’s licensing terms (CC BY 4.0)
  • The manuscript complies with the journal’s Focus and Scope
  • The manuscript file is submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx)
  • The text adheres to the formatting and bibliographic requirements specified in the Author Guidelines
  • All figures, tables, and illustrations are properly integrated into the manuscript and cited in the text
  • Where available, DOIs or URLs are provided for references
  • A Conflict of Interest statement is included
  • Funding information is clearly stated (if applicable)
  • A Data Availability Statement is included (where applicable)
  • Any use of artificial intelligence tools in the preparation of the manuscript has been properly disclosed
  • The manuscript has been checked for language quality and clarity

Author Guidelines

  1. General Information

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically via the journal’s online submission system:

https://journals.pnu.edu.ua/index.php/pcss/about/submissions

The journal publishes original research articles and review papers in condensed matter physics, solid-state chemistry, and materials science.

The journal accepts manuscripts in English. Ukrainian-language submissions are also accepted with a corresponding English version.

  1. Manuscript Structure (IMRaD)

The manuscript must follow the standard scientific structure:

  • Title
  • Authors (full names) and affiliations
  • Abstract (up to 200 words)
  • Keywords (up to 10)
  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods / Theoretical Framework
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements (if applicable)
  • Funding information
  • Conflict of Interest statement
  • Data Availability Statement (where applicable)
  • References

The title should be concise and reflect the scientific content.

The recommended length is:

  • up to 8–10 pages for research articles;
  • up to 25 pages for review papers.
  1. Formatting Requirements

No specific formatting template is required at the submission stage.

The editorial office performs professional typesetting after acceptance.

Authors are requested to:

  • use clear scientific language;
  • use SI units;
  • ensure equations are editable (MS Equation Editor);
  • submit manuscripts in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
  1. Figures and Tables

Figures must be of high quality:

  • minimum 300 dpi for photographs;
  • 500–1000 dpi for line drawings;
  • accepted formats: TIFF or JPG.

All figures and tables must be clearly cited in the text.

Figures must be readable and must not contain excessively small fonts.

  1. References

References must be numbered in the order of citation in the text.

All references must be written in English.

Where available, DOIs must be provided.

Examples:

Book:
B.K. Ridley, Quantum Processes in Semiconductors (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1999).

Journal article:
Yu. O. Seti et al., Theory of Dynamic Conductivity..., Physics and Chemistry of Solid State, 16(1), 7 (2015); https://doi.org/xxxxx

Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of references.

  1. Ethical and Editorial Requirements

By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that:

  • the manuscript has not been previously published in a peer-reviewed journal;
  • it is not under consideration elsewhere;
  • all authors meet authorship criteria and have approved the submission;
  • conflicts of interest are disclosed;
  • funding sources are declared;
  • a Data Availability Statement is included (where applicable);
  • any use of artificial intelligence tools is transparently disclosed;
  • if the manuscript has been posted as a preprint, this has been declared.

The journal follows COPE Core Practices in handling ethical issues.

  1. Suggested Reviewers

Authors may suggest up to two potential reviewers, including their affiliation and institutional email address. The final selection of reviewers remains at the discretion of the editorial board.

Copyright Notice

All articles published in Physics and Chemistry of Solid State are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, others are permitted to share, copy, distribute, and adapt the material in any medium or format for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the journal.

Author Rights

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright of their work.
  • Authors grant the journal the right of first publication.
  • The published article is simultaneously licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Authors may enter into separate, non-exclusive agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., institutional repositories, academic networks, inclusion in books), provided that the original publication in this journal is properly acknowledged.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (preprints) before and during the submission process.

For the full legal text of the license, please refer to:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Preprint Policy

The journal allows and encourages the submission of manuscripts that have previously been posted as preprints on recognized non-commercial preprint servers (e.g., arXiv, institutional repositories).

Posting a manuscript as a preprint is not considered prior publication and does not preclude consideration for publication in the journal.

The journal does not permit submission of manuscripts that have been formally published in peer-reviewed journals.

Authors are requested to:

  • inform the editorial office upon submission if the manuscript is available as a preprint;
  • update the preprint record after publication by adding a citation and DOI link to the final published version.

The final published version in the journal is considered the version of record.

Privacy Statement

The journal Physics and Chemistry of Solid State respects the privacy of its authors, reviewers, and readers.

Personal information (including names, affiliations, and email addresses) entered on the journal website is used exclusively for editorial and publication purposes.

Such information will not be shared with third parties or used for commercial purposes.

The journal processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection regulations and ensures appropriate technical and organizational safeguards.

Information contained in submitted manuscripts is treated as confidential and is disclosed only to those involved in the editorial and peer-review process.

Unpublished materials may not be used for personal research or advantage without explicit written consent of the authors.