An official journal templates for article preparation using LaTeX is now available for download. Using LaTeX document preparation system is preferred.
It is still possible to use Microsoft Word for preparing manuscripts for submission. However, we encourage all prospective authors to use LaTeX, which is a world-wide standard in scientific publishing. You can freely download the TeX typesetting system for various platforms from the web page of the TeX Users Group.
Instructions for authors using LaTeX
Download the ZIP file containing the LaTeX class file, which contains all needed for preparing your submission in LaTeX. Unzip it, read the manual and use the templates provided for the regular journal issues and for the special ones.
You can read the manual to the actamont.cls class; this manual is included in the download.
Instructions for authors using Microsoft Word
General
Prepare your article in using Microsoft Word 97/2000/2002/2003. if you use a newer version of Microsoft Word, please save/export your file to Microsoft Word 97/2000. Do NOT submit files in DOCX format!. The total length of an article, including illustrations and tables to be inserted in the text, should not exceed 10 pages of A4 format. The editorial board reserves the right of publishing more extensive articles. The journal language is English. The author's declaration should include the name and surname, academic degrees, and the organisation address(es) of the author(s). For a general visual appearance of the article,take a look at the recent issues of the journal.
Text
Type the text with the single-line spacing. The typeface should be Times New Roman, size 10 points. The article should usually contain an introduction, analysis (state) of the problems, methods, results, discussion, conclusion and references. First-level headings should be centred and second-level headings should start from the left margin. Use at most four levels of headings. The position of illustrations and tables in the text should be marked with a pencil at the left margin of the manuscript.
Illustrations
Save your original figures, photographs, maps, large schemes to separate graphics files (PNG graphics format is preferred; JPG is also is also acceptable). Illustrations must be of high quality. Black-and-white photographs should be sharp and contrast, and their reduction minimally to one half of original size can be desirable. A reference to each illustration shold be made in the text. Each illustration should be identified by its number and the name(s) of author(s). Captions of the illustrations should be written using font Arial, size 8 points, in italics. Color illustrations are acceptable, since the journal provides online access to articles. However, try printing your article in grayscale to verify that the readers will not miss the information from your illustrations if they have only monochrome printers.
Tables
Tables should be given on a separate sheet or incorporated in the text. Titles and possibly an explanatory description of the separate tables should be written on a separate page or should accompany the tables in the text. For captions use Arial, size 8 points, italics.
References
Both author-date system (Harvard style) and numbered references styles are acceptable. References should be listed alphabetically. In the reference list, names of all authors should be given. Do NOT use "et al." in the list of references!
If you decide to use the author-date style, then do not number the references in the reference list, and in the text refer to the author's name (without initials), followed by the year of publication ( both in parenthesis), e.g. "... the previous study (Michalko 1993)..." or "...Michalko (1993) considered...". If a reference is made in the text to a publication written by more that two authors, the name of the first author should be used, followed by et al.
If you decide to use numbered references, please number references in the list; the numbers must be in square brackets, e.g. [1]. In the text, use the same, for example: " ... Michalko [1] considered..." or "...in the work [1]..."
Abstract
The abstract should contain a concise description of the contents and main results of the article. It should not be longer than 80 words, including the title. The abstract should be placed between the title of the article and the name(s) of author(s). The font is Times New Roman, size 8 points.
Keywords
A list of up to five keywords or key expressions should be provided.
Submitting your article
Prepare your main file with the article, and all your graphics illustrations as separate PNG or JPG files, and submit them online.