Information For Authors

Submissions to the Journal of Geography and Environmental Management are made using Open Journal System, the online submission and peer review system. 

The author for correspondence is obliged to provide a cover letter for publication in the journal.

MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS:

    • The editorial board accepts previously unpublished articles on scientific areas of the journal. The article is submitted in electronic format (in .doc, .docx, .rtf formats) ONLY by uploading it through the functionality of the journal's website (Open Journal System).
    • Font size - 12 (abstract, keywords, literature - 10, text of tables - 9-11), font - Times New Roman, alignment - to the width of the text, spacing - single, paragraph indentation - 0.8 cm, margins: top and bottom - 2 cm, left and right - 2 cm.
    • Figures, tables, graphs, diagrams, etc. are presented directly in the text, indicating the numbering and title (For example, Fig. 1 - Figure title). The number of figures, tables, graphs, and diagrams should not exceed 20% of the entire article volume (in some cases up to 30%).
    • The volume of the article (excluding the title, information about the authors, annotations, keywords, bibliographic list) should be at least 3,000 words and not exceed 7,000 words for socio-humanitarian areas, and 1,500-7,000 words for natural science and technical areas.
    • Authors should indicate in a cover letter in the Open Journal System or Editorial Manager that the submitted article/manuscript has not been published anywhere before, and that the article does not contain any borrowed text fragments from other works without links to them.

STRUCTURE OF THE ARTICLE (You can use the TEMPLATE for preparing your manuscript):

First page:

The first line - MRNTI (The rubricator is publicly available online http://grnti.ru/ or, authors can also get the MRSTI Code in the library), alignment - left, font - bold.

The title of the article (Title) should reflect the essence and content of the article and attract the attention of the reader. The title should be short, informative, and not contain jargon or abbreviations. The optimal headline length is 5-7 words (in some cases 10-12 words). The title of the article must be submitted in Russian, Kazakh and English. The title of the article is presented in bold type in lowercase letters, alignment - in the center.

The author (s) of the article - indicating the name and surname, academic degree, academic title, a position held, place of work, city, country, contact phone number, email. Authors' information is presented in a regular font in lowercase letters, alignment - in the center.

Abstract of 150-300 words in Russian, Kazakh, and English.

The structure of the annotation includes the following MANDATORY clauses:

Introductory remarks about the research topic.

Purpose, main directions, and ideas of scientific research.

A brief description of the scientific and practical significance of the work.

Brief description of the research methodology.

Main results and analysis, conclusions of the research work.

The value of the research (the contribution of this work to the relevant area of ​​knowledge).

The practical significance of the results of the work.

Keywords/phrases - 3-5 in Russian, Kazakh, and English languages.

The data at the beginning of the article (title, authors, abstract, keywords) are given in the original language. This is followed by the same information (without MRSTI) in English. Then in Kazakh or Russian (depending on the language of the main article).

Subsequent page (new):

  • The introduction consists of the following main elements:
  • Justification for the choice of topic; relevance of the topic or problem. In justifying the choice of the topic based on the description of the experience of predecessors, it is reported that there is a problem situation (the absence of any research, the emergence of a new object, etc.). The relevance of the topic is determined by the general interest in the study of this object, but the lack of comprehensive answers to the existing questions is proved by the theoretical or practical significance of the topic.
  • Determination of the object, subject, goals, objectives, methods, approaches, hypothesis, and value of your work. The purpose of the research is connected with the proof of the thesis, that is, the presentation of the research subject in the aspect chosen by the author.
  • Material and Methods - should consist of a description of the materials and work progress, as well as a complete description of the methods used.

The characterization or description of the research material includes its qualitative and quantitative presentation. The characteristic of the material is one of the factors that determines the reliability of the conclusions and research methods.

This section describes how the problem was investigated: details without repeating previously published established procedures; identification of equipment (software) and description of materials are used, with the obligatory introduction of novelty when using materials and methods.

The scientific methodology should include:

- research question (s);

- put forward hypothesis (thesis);

- research stages;

- research methods;

- research results.

  • The literature review section should cover fundamental and new works on the research topics of foreign authors in English (at least 15 works), analysis of these works in terms of their scientific contribution, as well as research gaps that you supplement in your article.

IMPOSSIBLE the presence of many references that are not related to the work, or inappropriate judgments about your own achievements, references to your previous work.

  • The Results and Discussion section provides an analysis and discussion of your research results. The conclusion on the results obtained in the course of the study is given, the main essence is revealed. And this is one of the most important sections of the article. It needs to analyze the results of their work and discuss the relevant results in comparison with previous work, analyzes, and conclusions.
  • Conclusion, conclusions - generalization and summing up the results of the work at this stage; confirmation of the truth of the statement put forward by the author, and the author's conclusion about the change in scientific knowledge, taking into account the results obtained. Conclusions should not be abstract, they should be used to summarize research results in a particular scientific field, with a description of proposals or opportunities for further work.

The structure of the conclusions should contain the following questions: What are the objectives and methods of research? What are the results? What are the conclusions? What are the prospects and opportunities for implementation, application of development?

  • Bibliography or the Bibliographic list consists of at least 15 titles of literature, and 50% of them are in English. If the list of references contains works presented in Cyrillic, it is necessary to submit the list of references in two versions: the first - in the original, the second - in the romanized alphabet (transliteration).

A romanized bibliography should look as follows: author (s) (transliteration - http://www.translit.ru) → (year in parentheses) → article title in transliterated version [translation of the article title into English in square brackets], name of a Russian-language source (transliteration, or English title - if any), printed output in English.

For example: Gokhberg L., Kuznetsova T. (2011) Strategiya-2020: novye kontury rossiiskoi innovatsionnoi politiki [Strategy 2020: New Outlines of Innovation Policy]. Foresight-Russia, vol. 5, no.4, pp. 8-30. The list of references is presented in alphabetical order and ONLY those works that are cited in the text.

Style of the bibliography in Russian and Kazakh languages ​​according to GOST 7.1-2003 “Bibliographic record. Bibliographic description. General requirements and compilation rules” (the requirement for publications included in the Committee for Control in the Sphere of Education and Science list).

The style of the Romanized bibliography, as well as sources in English (another foreign) language for socio-humanitarian areas - American Psychological Association (http://www.apastyle.org/), for natural sciences and engineering - Chicago Style (www.chicagomanualofstyle.org).

This section should take into account:

  • The main scientific publications, advanced research methods that are used in this field of science, and on which the author's work is based are cited.
  • Avoid over-quoting.
  • Avoid excessive references to publications by authors of the CIS/USSR, use world experience.
  • The bibliographic list should contain fundamental and most relevant works published by well-known foreign authors and researchers on the topic of the article.

References to cited works in the text are given in brackets, indicating the first author of the work, year of publication: number of pages (s). For example, (Zalessky, 1991: 25). If there are several works of the same author published in the same year in the bibliography, the letter "a", "b", etc. is added to the year of publication. For example, (Saduova, 2001a: 15), (Saduova, 2001b, 22).

For bibliographic references, you can also use the Mendeley Reference Manager.

If the article does not meet the requirements, the editorial board has the right to reject it.

* The author (s) of the manuscript approved for publication in the journal are obliged to pay for the publication in accordance with the approved price list for publication in scientific journals of Al-Farabi KazNU. According to the approved price list, payment for the publication of an article is 2000 tenge per page.