The article should follow the journal’s requirements. Please send the manuscript together with required documents to one of the following email addresses: architecton@usaaa.ru ; mlesnikova@usaaa.ru. The submission should be sent from the corresponding author’s email address provided in the author’s questionnaire and Personal Information Consent form.
By submitting an article for publication in the “Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education” online journal and documents in accordance with these Terms of Publication, the Author enters into an agreement in accordance with the public offer (link to the text of the agreement).
The decision to publish or decline an article is made by the editors of the journal based on an expert review of the scientific work.
Please attach the following to the manuscript:

- author/co-authors questionnaire (link to the form (.docx, 28Кб))
- expert conclusion from your affiliation institution authorizing open publication (if needed according to the legislation on publication in your country);
- consent of the author/co-authors to personal information processing and disclosure, as well as the use of the author/co-authors images (to be completed for each co-author) (link to the text of the agreement (.docx, 28Кб)).
- photo of the author/co-authors as a separate file in good quality (optional).

Deadline for article acceptance: one month before the production of the journal’s next issue.
The corresponding author will be notified of receipt of the manuscript within 7 days from the date of receipt.
There is no fee for article publication.
Materials (articles) submitted must not have been previously published and must not violate third-party copyright. If identical texts by the same author are discovered in other print or online publications, or if the rights of third parties are violated, the article will be withdrawn from publication and the contract will be terminated. Compliance with scientific ethics standards is a mandatory criterion for evaluating an article for publication.

2. Manuscript submission

The text of the article must be signed by the corresponding author, who is responsible for the scientific and theoretical level of the material to be published.
If an article is written by a master/doctoral student in collaboration with a supervisor, it must be signed by the research supervisor.

2.1. Text formatting:

The article must be typed in doc or rtf format.
The article length should not exceed 15 A4 pages, including illustrations. Page numbering is required.
The text should be typed with one and a half spacing in Times New Roman, font size 12, auto (black) color, scale 100%, normal position, no kerning, no animation.
Page margins: left – 3.0 cm, right – min. 1.0 cm, top – 2.0 cm, bottom – 2.0 cm; justified.
Do not use word hyphenation or more than double spacing between words (for larger spacing use Tabs).
The article title should be given in Russian and English, capitalized and centered.
The article should contain the UDC code;

- Scientific specialism code according to the list of the Russian State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles (VAK);

- Abstract of 1000 characters (in Russian) or 200 words (in English).

Keywords (in Russian and English) – no more than 5.
List of references (in Russian and English).
Information about the author (or authors), and research supervisor, if any: academic degree and title, affiliation (during the research), job position, e-mail address should be laid out in the top right-hand corner in lowercase (in Russian and English). List authors who contributed most first.

2.2. Illustrations Guidelines

If the article contains tables, diagrams, figures and formulas, the text must contain references to their numbering in parentheses.
Diagrams and tables must have captions located above the top border, and each figure must have a caption and specify authorship or credit.
All graphic images (drawings, graphs, diagrams, photographs) are referred to as figures and must be numbered continuously. A single figure or table is not numbered.
Drawings, tables, graphs and captions must appear in body text. In addition, figures created in any graphics editor must be submitted as a separate file in one of the graphic formats: GIF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF.
Illustrations for the article must have a resolution of 300 dpi or 2000 x 3000 pixels.
Tables and diagrams must be clearly legible (use a sans-serif font, such as Arial) and presented in raster format. The maximum size of a figure, table, or diagram is 170 × 240 mm. Information contained in tables and figures should not be duplicated in the text.

2.3. References

References numbers in the text should be placed in square brackets. The reference list should be given at the end of the article and formatted according to the Russian standard GOST Р 7.0.100-2018 «Bibliographic record. Bibliographic description».
References in the text to archival data, regulatory documents, orders, oral reports, lectures, resources with non-permanent content (blogs, forums, author's websites, personal pages, etc.), as well as author's factual comments should be designated by a number in uppercase and placed outside the text in the Notes section.

2.4. Article content

These guidelines have been developed based on the recommendations of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) for authors and translators of scientific articles.

Articles submitted for publication must be clearly structured, relevant, possess scientific novelty, contain problem statement, description of the methodology and main research results obtained by the author, as well as conclusions.

An article is written when the research is completed or is at its final stage, when certain conclusions can be drawn.

Title (in Russian and English) should be concise and convey adequately the subject matter of the article and contain key research concepts.

Abstract is a brief summary of an article and research findings presented in it.

The abstract:

enables one to quickly ascertain what an article is about, determine its relevance, and decide whether to access the full text;
is used in information systems, including automated ones, for searching documents and information.

An abstract should be:

informative (not containing generalities, abbreviations, complex grammatical constructions while including keywords to facilitate online search for your article);
original (specifying what new information is reported in the article);
substantive (outlining the main problems addressed in the article and the research findings);
concise (about 1000 characters with spaces in Russian or 200 words in English);

Avoid repeating the article title in the abstract.

Keywords (maximum five) – the most important scientific terms of the article. General terms are admissible only for cross-disciplinary studies.

Sections: Introduction. Methods. Results. Discussion. Conclusion. Biographical and review articles may have a different structure. In shorter academic texts (up to 5 pages), the structure may have three main parts: an introduction, a main body (structured as necessary), and a conclusion.

Introduction should define the purpose of the work, formulate hypotheses, outline the boundaries of the study, and state the questions it aims to address. The scientific context of the study (select literature review) and the current state of the research should be reviewed, its relevance stated, and the focus of the article should be determined.

Methods. The section should contain a description of the actual research material, the ways and methods of obtaining scientific knowledge (compositional, thesaurus, historical-genetic analysis, comparison, modeling, etc.) and specific methods of processing it, which should allow other researchers to replicate or verify the results of the work.

Results presents a precise and concise description of the research findings, the main theoretical and experimental results obtained using the methods described above, actual data, and any discovered relationships and patterns. Focus should be on new findings that refute existing theories, and data of practical significance.

Discussion (optional). In this section you interpret the findings, compare them with previous research, analyze how they agree with the aim of the study and confirm or refute the scientific hypothesis stated at the beginning of the article.

Main body (in shorter articles). If the article contains a main body, this will present the research work in a structured and clearly organized logical sequence (thematic, chronological, or other) using inductive or deductive methods of presentation, with arguments, evidence, and facts supporting any statements made. The main body may be unstructured or structured as needed.

Conclusion answers the questions and objectives posed in the study (point by point), and may be accompanied by recommendations, judgments, proposals, and hypotheses described in the article.

Acknowledgement (optional). This section may appear at the beginning. This section mentions those who contributed to your research but are not considered co-authors (e.g., organizations that funded the study). If you were assisted by an editor, translator, statistician, data collector, or others, they may be mentioned for the sake of transparency.

References. The number of citations should not be excessive. Self citation should be justified. To ensure correct operation of international indexing services, the bibliography must be duplicated in Latin characters. It is advisable to use the Harvard referencing style when formatting bibliographic references. The Ultimate Citation Reference at http://wiht.link/citationsguide provides a clear guidance on all citation styles and on links to additional resources for each style.

Style. Use a concise and clear style of presentation. Avoid using complex terminology unless necessary. Avoid unfounded judgments.

Maintain consistency in geographical names and names of architectural projects, using either Russian or English names. If proper names are difficult to translate, use the original language.

If a long scientific term is to be frequently repeated, provide its abbreviation the first time it appears in the text of the article, and then use this abbreviation throughout. Use abbreviations sparingly, as their frequent use makes the text difficult to read and use by other researchers.

It is important to use English scientific terms correctly, as literal and semantic translations often differ. If a paper contains a large number of foreign scientific terms, it is advisable to include a short glossary.

When writing scientific texts, first-person ("I," "we") may be used in introductions and discussions and third-person/passive voice in methods/results sections.

Ethical responsibilities of authors. Make sure that original data and hypotheses are distinguishable from those of other authors, as well as your own previously published data. Use references. When freely quoting or paraphrasing in your own words, cite the source. When quoting text verbatim, enclose it in quotation marks, otherwise it will be considered plagiarism.

The editors reserve the right to refuse to publish an article if it exceeds the permissible citation threshold (including self-citations) of more than 20% of the total volume of material, as well as if it violates the copyright of other authors (see http://www.sbras.ru/HBC/2002/n04-05/f17.html).

3. Editorial Procedure

The decision to publish an article is made by the journal's editors based on review. To be accepted for consideration, manuscripts and documents should follow the journal’s requirements.
Manuscripts are checked by the Antiplagiat software before being sent for review. The review process is double-blind. Articles are reviewed by reviewers from Russian universities. Article editing (scientific, stylistic, and technical) is performed by the journal's editors in accordance with the requirements of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles of the Russian Federation (VAK) for the publication of scientific literature.
The editors reserve the right to reject an article or return it to the author for revision. If the article does not meet the requirements (in subject matter, scientific level, novelty, depth of research, and formal aspects), the author will receive a reasoned refusal, accompanied by a copy of the review. The reviewer's personal information may be disclosed to the author only with the reviewer's consent.
The result of the review is sent to the author by email along with a copy of the review.
If a manuscript was returned to the author for revision and has been duly corrected, it is forwarded by the author to the reviewer for re-review.
The editors reserve the right to make editorial changes and literary corrections to the text of the article without distorting its meaning.
The views of the author and the editors may differ, in which case a footnote may be made in the article.
Articles are published in the journal in the order they are received by the editors. If an article is to be revised, the date of receipt shall be considered the date the revised article is re-submitted.
No more than one article by one author is published in one issue of the journal.
The original article with the editor's corrections and the proof print are stored in the editorial archive for at least 5 years (as an official document) with the reviews attached, in accordance with the Federal Law "On Mandatory Copy of Documents" dated 29.12.1994 No. 77-FZ.
Copies of reviews will be sent to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon receipt of a corresponding request.
Manuscripts of articles will not be returned to authors.
Correspondence with authors and reviewers is carried out via e-mail.