Author Guidelines

The journal accepts articles on various aspects of genetics, breeding, biotechnology, and medical genetics in Ukrainian or English. The journal publishes original articles, short original articles, review papers, methodological methodological materials, discussions, and information.

Experimental articles should not exceed 12 pages, and review articles should not exceed 26 pages of typewritten text written in the Word text editor with 1.5 line spacing and a 12-pt Times New Roman font.

The text of the article must be accompanied by an official referral from the institution where the author(s) works and where the work was performed. This referral must be sent by email as a PDF file with a scanned image or submitted personally to the editorial office. The author(s) must also provide their UTGiS membership card number.

When writing an experimental article, adhere to the following plan:

• Indicate the UDC index, the title of the article, the authors' names, and their ORCIDs. Also include the affiliation institution(s)'s full name and postal address, including the country, index, city, and street. If several institutions are involved, superscripts are indicated next to the authors' names.
• Provide a brief summary of the publication (abstract) and indicate keywords. The abstract should be structured (“Aim”, "Methods”, "Results”, and "Conclusions") and contain identical text in two languages: Ukrainian and English. The abstract should be between 1,500 and 2,000 characters, including spaces, punctuation, the title of the article, the initials and surnames of all authors, and keywords (no more than five). The abstract in the language of the article is given at the beginning and the other is given after the References.
• The introduction should briefly present the state of the problem and the relevance of the work.
• In the "Materials and Methods" section, provide sufficient information on the research methods to reproduce the conducted research.
• The "Results and Discussion" section should be brief. The conclusion should be at the end of the section.
• Conclusions should be concise and substantiated.
• When citing bibliographic references in the text, include the author’s (authors’) last name and the year of publication in parentheses. If there are more than two authors, only the first author's last name is given, followed by "et al.," for example, (Petrenko, 1999; Ivanchenko & Sydorenko, 2000; Johnson et al., 2018). If an author has multiple publications in one year, they should be indicated with lowercase Latin letters (e.g., 2000a, 2000b).
• Please note! The References list is compiled in alphabetical order according to the first author's last name in Latin and in chronological order for a series of articles by one author. bibliographic references are formatted according to DSTU 8302:2015 and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine's Order No. 40, dated January 12, 2017. For references to Ukrainian sources, submit the authors' last names and the publication's title according to the English version of the summary or table of contents of the original publication. If English-language bibliographic data is unavailable, the authors' last names and the publication's title should be submitted in transliterated Latin letters according to the US Library of Congress Standard, and the work's title should be submitted in English. You can use the Internet service at http://utgis.org.ua/translit for transliteration. In the case of references to Ukrainian-language sources, indicate the language of the original in square brackets after the reference in Latin (e.g., [in Ukrainian]), and provide an additional reference in the original language via a slash (see the formatting examples below). For publications with a digital DOI identifier, indicate it at the end of the reference.

Figures and tables are presented in the text after their first mention. The numbers of the positions in the illustrations are arranged in a clockwise fashion. Each position must be explained in the caption under the figure. All designations must comply with current standards. Illustrations must not exceed the dimensions of the printed journal page. Figures may be up to 80 mm wide (one column of text) or up to 170 mm wide (two columns of text); the height may not exceed 234 mm including the caption text. Legends for diagrams should be included in the figure caption.

Send the manuscript of the article by email to kunakh@imbg.org.ua and olenabublyk@hotmail.com, as well as submit one hard copy. Illustrations must be submitted as digital files in one of the standard formats (.tif, .jpg, or .gif).

All authors must sign the article and provide their home address, phone numbers, and the full name and location of their institution.

To properly implement the norms of the Ukrainian laws "On Education" and "On Higher Education" regarding compliance with the basic principles of academic integrity, all submitted materials will be checked for text borrowings using StrikePlagiarism software, in accordance with the recommendations on preventing and detecting academic plagiarism in scientific works (https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/rada/show/v8681729-18#Text).

Payment is made after the manuscript is approved by the editorial board. The publication fee is 80 UAH per page of the manuscript if all co-authors are UTGiS members; otherwise, it is 100 UAH per page. Payments can be transferred to the VUTGiS account: Kyiv, JSC "Raiffeisen Bank," MFO 300335, EDRPOU 21676925, IBAN UA113003350000000026001247064, or paid the society's treasurer.

Manuscripts that do not comply with the specified requirements will not be considered by the editorial office.

Examples of bibliographic references

Articles:

• Gamelin F.X., Baquet G., Berthoin S., Thevenet D., Nourry C., Nottin S., Bosquet L. Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. J. Appl. Physiol. 2009. Vol. 105. P. 731–738. doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8.
• Tsymbalyuk Z.M., Bezusko L.G., Nitsenko L.M. Pollen morphology of species of the genus Knautia (Dipsacaceae) in Ukraine: an assessment for taxonomy and spore-pollen analysis. Bot. J. 2018. Vol. 75(3). P. 248–259. [in Ukrainian] / Цимбалюк З.М., Безусько Л.Г., Ниценко Л.М. Паліноморфологічні особливості видів роду Knautia (Dipsacaceae) флори України: оцінка для цілей систематики та спорово-пилкового аналізу. Укр. бот. журн. 2018. Т. 75(3). С. 248–259. doi: 10.15407/ukrbotj75.03.248

Books and study guides:

• Lersten N.R. Flowering plant embryology. Ames (USA): Blackwell Publishing, 2004. 212 p.
• Mel’nychuk M.D., Novak T.V., Kunakh V.A. Plant biotechnology. Kyiv: Polihraf Konsaltyng, 2003. 520 p. [in Ukrainian] / Мельничук М.Д., Новак Т.В., Кунах В.А. Біотехнологія рослин. К.: Поліграф Консалтинг, 2003. 520 с.

Conference abstracts:

• Morgun B.V., Bannikova M.O., Fedorenko T.V., Markovskiy O.V., Vlasova O.M., Kuchuk M.V. Worldwide spreading and identification of transgenic mays in Ukraine. Modern Aspects of Plant Genetic Engineering: abstract of International Scientific Conference (Kiev, May 30 – June 1, 2011). Kiev, 2011. P. 48.
• Mosula M.Z., Konvaliuk I.I., Mel′nyk V.N., Drobyk N.M., Kunakh V.A. ISSR analysis of some populations of Gentiana lutea from the Ukrainian Carpathians. Molekuliarno-genetichni pidkhody v taksonomii ta ekologii: tezy dopovidei nauk. konf. (Ternopil, 25–29 bereznia 2013 r.). Ternopil: Pershodruk, 2013. P. 62. [in Ukrainian] / Мосула М.З., Конвалюк І.І., Мельник В.М., Дробик Н.М., Кунах В.А. ISSR-аналіз деяких популяцій Gentiana lutea L. Українських Карпат. Молекулярно-генетичні підходи в таксономії та екології: тези доповідей наук. конф. (Тернопіль, 25–29 березня 2013 р.). Тернопіль: Першодрук, 2013. С. 62.

Electronic sources:

• Guerra F.P., Wegrzyn J.L., Sykes R., Davis F., Stanton B.J., Neale D.B. Association genetics of chemical wood properties in black poplar (Populus nigra). New Phytol. 2013 Vol. 197(1). P. 162–176. doi: 10.1111/nph.12003. URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23157484 (last accessed: 17.12.2017).

Patents:

• Drobyk N.M., Melnyk V.M, Hrytsak L.R., Leskova O.M., Kunakh V.A. Method of microclonal multiplication of Gentiana lutea L. and Gentiana acaulis L.: Patent for utility model 21499 Ukraine. No u200610671; applied on 09.10.2006, published on 15.03.2007, bulletin № 3. [in Ukrainian]

Dissertation abstracts:

• Novosad I.Y. Technological procurement for manufacture of sections of working attachments of screw conveyors: dissertation abstract of Candidate of Technological Sciences. Ternopil, 2007. 20 p. [in Ukrainian]

Additional examples of bibliographic references in Ukrainian can be found at the following link: http://utgis.org.ua/images/pdf/examples.pdf

Example of abstract