Instructions for authors

It is the authors’ responsibility and obligation to submit original, proofread and spell-checked papers. Please ensure that the language used within the manuscript is appropriate for an academic publication. As it is important to us that the work of our authors maintains its originality, the submitted materials will be proofread in terms of spelling, grammar and punctuation alongside ensuring that adequate referencing has been employed. Authors are responsible for the proper use of terminology.

All materials submitted for publication MUST meet the following requirements. Please note that manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s requirements will NOT be considered for publication:

Manuscript Format: MS Word

Maximum length: articles – 15 standard pages; reviews – 3 standard pages

Margins (top, bottom, right and left): 2.54 centimetres

Alignment: Justified

Paragraph indentation: 1.25 centimetres

Font type and size: Times New Roman, 11 pt

Line spacing: Single

Manuscript structure and content

1. Title of the paper: Font size: 12 pt; All Caps; Bold.
2. Author’s (authors’) name(s) and surname(s): Font size: 11 pt; All Caps (for surname/s) Ital.
3. Institutional affiliation, ORCID ID and e-mail address: Font size: 11 pt; Italics.
4. Title of the paper in English: Alignment: Left; All Caps; Font size: 10 pt; Bold.
5. Author’s (authors’) name(s) and surname(s) in English: Alignment: Left; All Caps; Font size: 10 pt. 
6. Abstract in English (no abstract is required for reviews): Alignment: Justified; Font size: 9 pt; Length: 200 - 250 words.
7. Keywords in English: 5 - 10 keywords (not more than 10); Font size: 10 pt.

The academic text must contain the following basic parts: introduction, body and conclusion. Technical requirements: Font type and size: Times New Roman 11 pt; Line spacing: Single; Alignment:  Justified.

1. Footnotes: Font type and size: Times New Roman 10 pt; Line spacing: Single; Alignment: Justified.
2. In-text citations:

• Direct citations must contain the author’s (authors’) surname, the year of publication and page number in the language of the quoted source.

(Stachurska, 2023, p. 62)

(Димитров, 2024, с. 92)

• Indirect citations must be referenced as follows:

Example:  According to Ivanova (2003, p. 106)...

Citation of multiple publications by the same author in the same year: after the year of publication, with small letters (Cyrillic or Latin), no interval.

Example: Petrova (2009b, p. 4) states...

3. References: Font type and size: Times New Roman 10 pt; Alignment: Justified.

References must appear in alphabetical order of the authors’ surnames (beginning with the authors in Cyrillic). In case the same author is quoted more than once, the references must follow chronological order from the earliest to the latest publication. References should be put in a table as the one below.

Bibliographical units in script different from the Latin must be transliterated in Latin script according to the rules of the specific language. The transliterated titles must be put in brackets after the title in the original language.

The table below provides a model of the arrangement of the different types of bibliographical units (book, chapter, article, internet source), as well as their transliteration.

Images: Photos should be in black and white, resolution: 300 DPI, the source of the photos must be mentioned. Copyright is responsibility of the author.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools do not meet the authorship criteria since they bear no accountability for the content of the submitted text. The use of any AI tool in the research process should be appropriately described in the manuscript. The authors can read more about the guidelines for the ethical use of AI here.

Orbis Linguarum uses Turnitin`s product iThenticate to screen and check plagiarism. Read more at https://www.turnitin.com/products/ithenticate. Each manuscript undergoes screening with this product before being sent for peer review.

All submitted materials are reviewed independently by two anonymous reviewers.

Тhe acceptance of the manuscripts submitted for publication depends on the reviewers’ recommendations.

The final decision concerning the publication of the submitted manuscripts is taken by the editorial board and the еditor-in-chief.

The publication of submitted materials does not entail that the editors support or advocate the views and opinions expressed by the authors. The editors reserve the right to edit manuscripts when necessary.

Submission

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically to the editors at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

REVIEW AND PUBLICATION PROCESS

The processing timeline of the publication is generally as follows: 1-2 weeks to receive a reply from the Editorial Office; 2-4 weeks for an internal review by the Editors to see if it meets the basic requirements specified in this section; 2-3 months for the external double-blind reviews.

The process of full double-blind peer-reviewing involves the following steps:

• The paper is sent to two reviewers.
• The reviewers decide whether or not: to recommend the paper for publication; or to accept it after resubmission with the necessary changes (minor or major).
• For papers which require major revisions, the same reviewers are consulted about the quality of the revised paper.
• Any minor revisions are evaluated by the editors.
• A letter of confirmation is sent to the author(s).
• The author receives a page proof.
• The final version is ready to be published in the next issue(s).

COPYRIGHT

Copyrights for articles published in Orbis Linguarum (Ezikov Svyat) are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the texts.

The manuscripts published in Ezikov Svyat / Orbis Linguarum by South-West University Publishing House are licensed under CC BY 4.0