1. Content requirements:

1.1. The editorial board strongly recommends that authors base their choice of article topic on the main areas of legal scholarship, current trends in the development of legal science, and pressing issues in legal practice.

1.2. The main body of the article consists of the following structural elements:

- A general formulation of the problem and its connection to important scientific and practical tasks;

- An analysis of recent studies and publications that have initiated the resolution of this problem and on which the author relies, highlighting previously unresolved aspects of the general problem to which the article is devoted;

- The aim of the research (formulation of the article’s objectives and the task; it is necessary to express the main idea of the publication, which differs significantly from current views on the problem);

- Presentation of the main research material with a full justification of the scientific results obtained (it is necessary to state: the main provisions and results of the scientific research, personal ideas and opinions, scientific facts obtained, identified patterns, connections and trends, analysis of factual material, and the author’s personal contribution to the achievement and implementation of the conclusions);

- Research findings (which demonstrate scientific originality and/or are of significant theoretical and/or practical importance).

1.3. The scientific novelty of the research findings should be characterised by the following features: rationality, soundness, reliability, logical consistency, and conformity with the fundamental principles of science.

2. Length requirements:

2.1. The total length of the research article (including author details, title, abstract in Ukrainian, keywords in Ukrainian, main text, and list of references) should be between 8 and 16 pages.

2.2. Abstracts in Ukrainian and English (must contain 1,800 characters); keywords – up to 10 words or phrases.

2.3. The total length of a review must not exceed 5 pages. 

3. Submission guidelines:

3.1. In order to improve our authors’ citation indices, the journal’s editorial board recommends submitting articles written in English or Ukrainian.

3.2. Articles by postgraduate students, assistant professors and PhD candidates must be accompanied by a review from a candidate of sciences or doctor of sciences in the relevant speciality, or an extract from the minutes of a meeting of the relevant department (division) recommending the article for publication.

3.3. The article must include:

- UDC. The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) code must be aligned to the right (abridged UDC tables in Ukrainian are available on the UDC website);

- section title;

- the author’s surname and initials, ORCID ID (if the author is not registered with ORCID, they must create an account), academic degree, and position;

- the title of the article in Ukrainian;

- if the article is submitted in English, the title must be duplicated in Ukrainian;

- an extended abstract in Ukrainian and English.

- keywords;

- the main body of the article;

- a list of references. To ensure the quality of academic citations, the DOI of the source (where available) must be included in the reference list.

It is prohibited to cite in the text or include in bibliographies any sources published in Russian in any country, as well as sources in other languages if they are published within the territory of Russia and Belarus.

3.4. Please indicate the section in which you would like the article to be published before the title.

3.5. The text of the research article must be typed in MS Word (in rtf or doc format); margins on all sides – 20 mm, font: Times New Roman; font size 14, line spacing – 1.5; paragraph spacing – 1.2. The text must not contain hyphenation or macros.

3.6. References to sources should be made in the text within square brackets, indicating the page numbers of the relevant source, whilst the titles of the sources themselves should be listed at the end of the article in the order in which they are cited. Each source should start on a new line.

3.7. The title of the article should be presented in bold, capital letters, centred, without abbreviations, including letter abbreviations. The title of the article should reflect the content of the research and correspond to its purpose, scientific results and conclusions.

3.8. The text of the article must be presented in accordance with the requirements for content.

3.9. The text of the article must comply with the general rules for citation and referencing of sources used, as well as the requirements of the Ukrainian National Standard DSTU 8302:2015 ‘Information and documentation. Bibliographic references. General provisions and rules for compilation’.

Academic integrity: The Editorial Board conducts internal anonymous peer review and checks for plagiarism.

4. Submission requirements:

4.1. To submit a research article that has not previously been published (or posted) in other print or electronic publications, please email an electronic version to [email protected] (the file name must consist of the surname (surnames) of the author(s) and the date of submission to the editorial office, marked ‘article’); in the subject line, please state ‘Article for “DICTUM FACTUM”’, and include the author(s)’ details: Questionnaire.

4.2. The author(s) must submit a high-quality colour photograph (or photographs) in electronic form in jpg or pdf format (the file name(s) must consist of the author’s (authors’) surname(s) and the date of submission to the editorial office, with the note ‘photo’).

 

The author(s) is (are) responsible for the accuracy of the material presented, its originality, and the quality of the translation of quotations from foreign-language sources.

The editorial board reserves the right to review, edit, abridge and reject articles. Failure to comply with the established requirements regarding the format and content of the article is grounds for its rejection.

 

Information on article processing and publication fees

The publication fee for an article of up to 16 pages is 1000 UAH. The publication fee covers expenses related to peer review, proofreading and editing of manuscripts, layout preparation of the journal issue, and the placement of it’s electronic version.

The Editorial Board accepts for free publication single-authored articles submitted by applicants of the third (educational and scientific) level of higher education, provided that the manuscripts comply with the established requirements and the principles of academic integrity.

Along with the manuscript, applicants of the third (educational and scientific) level of higher education (PhD candidates) must submit a certificate issued by the postgraduate studies department confirming their enrollment. The certificate must be duly certified by the signature of the Head of the postgraduate department and the official seal of the department.

           The electronic version of the journal is published in a timely manner and made available in open access on the journal’s website.

At the author’s request, a printed copy of the journal may be ordered. The cost of a printed copy is 600 UAH, which must be paid in addition to the publication fee.

The publication fee is payable only after the author has received confirmation from the Editorial Board that the article has been accepted for publication (payment details are provided in the reply letter).

The Editorial Board accepts articles submitted by higher education students only if they are co-authored with a scientific supervisor (or another researcher holding a Candidate of Sciences or Doctor of Sciences degree).