INSTRUCTIONSFORAUTHORS
ThejournalContributions, SectionofNatural,Mathematical andBiotechnical Sciencesisanofficial publicationofthe MacedonianAcademyofSciencesandArts.Itispublishedtwiceayear.The journalpublishesori- ginalscientificpapers,shortcommunications, reviews,professionalpapersandeducationalpapersfromall fieldsof:
naturalsciences– physics,chemistry,biology,geography,geology;
mathematicalsciences–mathematics,informatics;
biotechnicalsciences–agricultureandfood,forestry.
This journal also publishes, continuously or occasionally, the bibliographies of the members of the MacedonianAcademyofSciencesandArts,bookreviews,reportsonmeetings,information onfuturemeetings, importanteventsanddates,andvariousheadings whichcontributetothedevelopmentof thecorrespondingscientific field.
Theoriginalscientificpapersreportunpublished results ofcompletedoriginalscientificresearch. Experimentaldatashouldbepresentedin awaythat enablesreproductionandverificationofanalysesand deductions on whichtheconclusionsarebased.The manuscriptsshouldnormallynotexceed6000 words.
Theshortcommunications shouldcontaincompleted(butbrieflypresented)resultsoforiginalscientific research.Themanuscriptsshouldnormallynotexceed2000words.
Thereviewsare submittedattheinvitationoftheEditorialBoard.Theyshouldbecriticalsurveysofanareain
whichpreferablytheauthorhimselfisactive.Thereviewscanbelongerthantypicalresearcharticlesbutshould generallybelimitedto 10000wordsincludingreferences,tablesandfigures.
Theprofessionalpapersreportonusefulpracticalresultsthatarenotoriginalbuthelptheresultsofthe
originalscientificresearchtobeadoptedintoscientificandproductionuse.Manuscriptsshouldnormallynotexceed
4000words.
The educationalpapersreportonthe activitiesin the laboratoryand classroomand the needsof the communityofeducatorsinallmentionedfields.Manuscriptsshould normallynotexceed4000words.
Submissionofmanuscripts
Theauthorsbearthesoleresponsibilityforthecontentofthecontributions. Itisassumedthatbysubmitting theirpapertheauthorshavenotviolatedanyinternal rulesorregulationsoftheirinstitutionsrelatedtothecontentof thecontributions.Submission ofapaperimpliesthatithasnotbeenpublishedpreviously, thatitisnotunder consideration forpublicationelsewhere,andthat,ifaccepted,willnotbepublished elsewhereinthesameform,in Englishorinanyotherlanguage,withoutthewrittenconsentofthePublisher.
Acoverlettermustaccompany themanuscriptsubmission.Itshouldcontainfullnamesofallauthorsandtheir affiliation,themanuscripttitleandthenameandcontactinformationforthecorresponding author.Pleaseprovidee-mail addressandphonenumber.
Preparationofmanuscripts
Preparetheentiremanuscriptindouble-spacetyping,on numberedpagesofA4format withmarginsof2.5cm oneachside.Do notuse footnotes.
Thepapersshouldbewrittenintheshortestpossiblewayandwithoutunnecessary repetition.Theoriginal scientificpapers,shortcommunications, professionalpapersandreviewsshouldbewritteninEnglish.AnAbstract andlistofkeywordsinMacedonianmustaccompany eachmanuscript.Forcontributions byauthorswhoarenot speakersofMacedonian,theabovedata willbeprovidedbytheEditorialBoard.
The manuscript should contain: title, authors names and addresses, abstract, key words, introduction,
experimentalortheoreticalbackground,resultsanddiscussion,acknowledgement(ifdesired)andreferences.
Title.Itshouldbebriefandinformativebut shoulddefinethe subjectofthemanuscript.Itshouldincludemost ofthekeywords.
Authorship.Listthefirstandlastnameofeachauthor.Omitprofessionalandofficialtitles.Givethe completemailingaddressofeachauthor.Forthecorrespondingauthorincludeane-mailaddressandaphone number.Thenameofthecorrespondingauthorshouldcarryanasterisk.
Abstract.Eachmanuscriptshouldbeprovidedwithanabstractofabout100–150words.Itshouldgivethe aimoftheresearch,methodsorprocedures,significantresultsandconclusions.Defineanyabbreviationsusedinthe abstract.Thetextoftheabstractshouldcontainas manykeywordsaspossible.
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Keywords.Up to 5keywordsorphrasesshouldbe givenseparatelytofacilitateindexingandon-line searching.
Introduction.The mostimportantpreviousresultsrelatedto theprobleminhandshouldbereviewedavoiding
a detailedliteraturesurveybut clearlypointingto theplaceoftheresearchinhand withinthe generalareaofscientific knowledge.Theaimandimportanceoftheresearchshouldbeclearlystated.
Experimentalsection.Thissectionshouldcontaina descriptionofthematerialsusedandmethodsemployedin formwhichmakestheresultsreproducible,but withoutdetaileddescriptionofalreadyknown methods.
Manuscriptsthatarerelatedtotheoreticalstudies,insteadofexperimentalsectionshouldcontainasub- headingtheoreticalbackgroundwherethe necessarydetailsfor verifyingtheresultsobtainedshouldbe stated.
Resultsand discussion.The authorsshould discusstheir findings,postulateexplanationsfor the data, elucidatemodelsandcomparetheirresultswiththoseofotherworks.Irrelevantcomparisons andspeculations unsupportedbythenewinformationpresentedinthemanuscriptshouldbeavoided.Theconclusionsshouldbenot
givenseparatelybutincludedinthissection.Inspecialcasesaseparatesectioncontainingconclusionscouldbe
included.
Tables.Theyshouldbegivenwithasuitablecaptionandshouldbenumberedconsecutively withArabic numerals.Footnotestotablesshouldbetypedbelowthetableandshouldbereferredtobysuperscriptlowercase letter.Eachtableshouldbetypedonaseparate sheet.Thecorrectposition ofthetablesshouldbemarkedonthe manuscript.
Figures. Figures (photographs,diagrams and schemes) should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numeralsinordertowhichtheymentionedinthetext.Theyshouldaccompany themanuscript butshouldnotbe imbedded inthetext.Eachfigureshouldbeclearlymarkedwiththefigurenumberandthefirstauthor’sname.All figuresshouldhavecaptionsthatshouldbesuppliedonaseparatesheet.Correct position ofthefiguresshouldbe markedonthemanuscript.Thesizeofthesymbolsforthephysicalquantitiesandunitsaswellasthesizeofthe
numbersandlettersusedinthereducedfiguresshouldbecomparablewiththesizeofthelettersinthemaintextof
thepaper.Eachfigureorgroupoffiguresshouldbeplannedtofit,afterappropriatereduction, intotheareaofeither oneortwocolumnsoftext.Themaximumfinishedsizeofaone-column illustrationis8.0cmandthatofatwo- columnillustration is17.0cmwidth.Makesureyouuseuniformletteringandsizingofyouroriginalartwork.All figuresshouldbeprintedonahighquality printerorgraphics plotter.Figuresshouldbealsosentinelectronicformas TIFForJPGfileswithminimum300dpiorhigherresolution.
Colorillustrationsinprintcanbeincludedonlyattheauthor'sexpense.
Units.TheSI(SystemeInternationale d'Unites)forquantitiesandunitsshouldbeusedthroughoutthewhole text.Inmarkingtheaxes,thesymbol,ofthecorresponding quantity(initalics)shouldbedividedbytheunitofthis quantity.Ifnomenclatureisspecialized,nomenclaturesectionshould beincludedattheendofthemanuscript,giving definitionsanddimensionsforallterms.
ThenamesofchemicalsubstancesshouldbeinaccordancewiththeIUPACrecommendations andrulesor
ChemicalAbstractpractice.
Theresultsofelementalanalysesoforganiccompoundsshouldbe giveninthefollowingform: Anal.C12Hl6O(176.26).
Calc'd:C81.77;H 9.15;O 9.08%.
Found:C81.63;H 9.36;O9.01%.
Whenalargenumberofcompoundshavebeenanalyzed,theresultsshouldbe givenintabularform.
Formulasandequations.Chemicalequationsshouldbebalancedandnumberedconsecutively alongwith mathematical equationsorothermathematical expressions.AllofthemshouldbemarkedwithArabicnumeralsin parenthesisintherighthandmargin. Theuse ofequationeditor(Word)fortypesetting theequationsisrecommended. Strokes(/)shouldnotbeusedinsteadofparentheses.
Acknowledgement.Financialsupport,adviceorotherkindsofassistancecanbeincludedinthissection.
References.Literaturereferencesshouldbenumberedandlistedinorderofcitationinthetext.Theyshould beselectiveratherthanextensive with theexemptiontoreviewarticles. Avoidreferencestoworksthathavenot been peered-reviewed.Citationofareferenceas“inpress”impliesthatithas been acceptedforpublication.Abbreviations ofthetitlesmustfollowtheinternationallyacceptedpractice.
Thesurname(notfirstnameand/orinitials)ofoneortwoauthorsmaybegiven inthetext,whereas incase
ofmorethantwoauthorstheyshouldbequotedas,forexample,Julgetal.[1].Inthelistofreferencesthecitation shouldbeas follows:
Journals:
[1]J. Zhang,X.Wang,H.Xie,Phononenergyinversionin grapheneduringtransientthermaltransport,Phys.Lett.A,
377(2013),pp.721–726.
[2]G.Jovanovski,P.Makreski,B.Šoptrajanov,B.Kaitner,B.Boev,MineralsfromMacedonia,Contributions,Sec.
Math.Tech.Sci.,MANU,XXVI,1 (2005),pp.7–84.
Contributions,Sec.Nat.Math.Biotech.Sci.,34(1–2),101–103(2013)
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[3]A.Čarni,M.Kostadinovski,V.Matevski,Speciescompositionandsyntaxonomicconsideration oftwo communitiesoftheDrabo-Cardaminion hirsutaeinthesouthernpartoftheRepublicofMacedonia,ActaBot. Croat.,62 (2003)pp.47–56.
[4]D.Dimovski,A geometricproofthatboundarylinksare homotopicallytrivial,TopologyAppl.,29 (1988),pp.
237–244.
[5]F.C.Oliveira,Á.C.Collado,L.F.C.Leite,Autonomy andsustainability:Anintegratedanalysisofthe developmentofnewapproaches toagrosystemmanagement infamily-basedfarminginCarnaubais Territory, Piauí,Brazil,Agr.Syst.,115(2013),pp.1–9.
Books:
[1]J.A.Roels,EnergeticsandKineticsinBiotechnology,ElsevierBiomedicalPress,Amsterdam,NewYork, Oxford,1983.
[2]H.Chum,M.Baizer,TheElectrochemistry ofBiomassandDerivedMaterials,ACSMonograph183,American
ChemicalSociety,Washington,DC,1985,pp.134–157.
[3]J.W.Finley,G.A.Leveille,Macronutrientsubstitutes,in:PresentKnowledgeinNutrition,E.K.Ziegler,L.J.
FilerJr.(Eds),ILSIPress,WashingtonDC,1996,pp.581–595.
[4] Gj. Filipovski:Characteristicof the Climaticand VegetationalSoilZonesin the Republicof Macedonia,
MacedonianAcademyofSciencesandArts,Skopje,1996.
Scientificmeetings:
[1]M.S.Steel,CreatingwoodlandsforwildlifeandpeopleinScotland,18th CommonwealthForestryConference;
RestoringtheCommonwealth’sForests:TacklingClimateChange,Edinburgh,Scotland,2010,BookofAbstracts,p.3.
Notethatthefulltitlesofthecitedpapersshouldbeincluded.
Forthewebreferences,asaminimumthefullURLshouldbegiven.Anyfurtherinformation,ifavailable
(authornames,dates,referenceto a sourcepublication,etc.)shouldalsobe given.
Editorialprocess
Receiptofmanuscripts.Thereceivedmanuscriptis readandexaminedforconformitytotheseInstructionsto
Authors.Failuretomeetthecriteriaoutlinedwillresultinreturnofthemanuscriptforcorrectionbeforeevaluation.
Peerreview/evaluation. PapersreceivedbytheEditorialBoardaresenttotworeferees(oneinthecaseof professionalandeducationalpapers).Identitiesofthereviewerswillnotbereleasedtotheauthors.Thereview processisexpectedtobecompletewithin3months,butconflictingrecommendationsandotherunpredictableevents maycause somedelay.
ThecommentsandrecommendationsoftherefereesandtheEditorialBoardaresenttotheauthorsforfurther action.Theauthorsareallowed30daystoundertakerevisionsandreturnthecorrectedtexttotheEditorialBoard. The finaldecisiononacceptanceorrejectionismadebythe EditorialBoard.Thisdecision,togetherwithanyrelevant reasons,willbe sendto thecorrespondingauthor.
Publicationprocess.Theacceptedmanuscriptisagaincheckedforconformationto theInstructionsto Authorsandtoensurethatallnecessary paperwork ispresent.Anyareasthatareidentifiedasproblematicwillbe addressedbytheEditorialBoardinconsultationwiththecorresponding author.Thepaperswillbepreparedfor publicationby aprofessionalcopyeditorresponsibleforensuringthatthefinal printed workisconsistentinformand style.
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Reprints.Thecorrespondingauthorwillreceive,freeofcharge,20reprintsofthepaperpublishedinthe
Contributions.Additionallyhewillreceivea complementarycopyofthejournal.
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