Submission rules

The electronic version of the article should be sent to editor@a-economics.com.ua with the subject line: (Author's surname and initials) Submission to Current Issues of Economic Sciences

Subject line example: Ivanenko I.I. | Article submission to Current Issues of Economic Sciences

The article must be prepared using the journal template | Word template

Full formatting and content requirements are available in the document | Article Requirements

Articles that do not meet the requirements will not be accepted for peer review or publication without prior correction. The publication fee is payable after the article has been approved for publication; payment details are sent to the author separately.

Key Requirements

  1. Maximum number of authors — up to 3 persons.
  2. ORCID — mandatory for all authors, in the format https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000. An author without an ORCID iD cannot be listed on the article. Registration is free at https://orcid.org
  3. Abstract — at least 1800 characters including spaces, in both Ukrainian and English. Machine translation is not acceptable. The recommended structure is: Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions. The abstract must include: the purpose of the study, methods, main results, scientific novelty, and practical significance.
  4. Article structure — the article must be submitted using the journal template only and must contain all required sections in the following order:
    • Article title (in Ukrainian and English)
    • Author details (full name, academic degree, academic title, place of employment, city, country, e-mail, ORCID) — in Ukrainian and English
    • UDC code
    • Abstract and keywords (6–12) — in Ukrainian and English
    • Introduction: relevance of the problem; review of recent research and publications (at least 10 sources from the last 5–7 years); identification of the unresolved aspect of the problem; purpose of the article; scientific novelty; practical significance
    • Methodology: research methods; data sources; analytical tools; limitations of the study
    • Results: factual findings supported by specific data — without interpretation
    • Discussion: interpretation of results; comparison with other studies; scientific novelty and practical significance (in detail)
    • Conclusions: 3–6 conclusions corresponding to the stated purpose; directions for further research; no citation of sources
    • Acknowledgements (if applicable)
    • Список використаних джерел (in the original language, formatted according to DSTU 8302:2015; minimum 15 sources, more than 50% with DOI)
    • References (transliterated with titles translated into English, formatted according to APA 7th edition)
  5. Academic integrity — plagiarism, guest authorship (inclusion of persons who did not directly participate in writing the article) and ghost authorship (exclusion of persons who did directly participate in writing the article) are not permitted. All articles are checked using the StrikePlagiarism system.