FULL PAPER GUIDELINES

Conference languages:

  • Bulgarian, English
  • English for publications in Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The guidelines for the papers are as follows:

Maximum LengthFull papers should be between 3000 and 5000 words but not more than 10 pages (including abstract and references).
Paper Size and MarginsPaper size must be A4 with margins Left 2,5 cm, Right 1,8 cm, Top 1,8 cm, Bottom 2,5 cm
Paper Layout and HeadingsRecommended Paper layout – under the following headings: Abstract, Introduction (topic relevance), Literature Review, Data and Methods, Research Findings, Discussion, and Conclusions (significance of the researched topic and contribution to its further research), and finally References. All main and secondary headings should be numbered in Arabic numerals and written in Times New Roman 12pt, bold, centered. The abstract and the references are not included in section numbering.

Title,

Author(s) names and affiliations

Paper Title should be in Bulgarian and English, Centered, Capital letters (Times New Roman, 14pt, Bold). Leave one free line after the title.

Format – Times New Roman 12pt, Centred

authors(name, surname, no titles, no abbreviations) in Bulgarian;

institutional affiliation in Bulgarian; e-mail address

Space – Leave one free line

authors(name, surname, no titles, no abbreviations) in English;

institutional affiliation in English; e-mail address

Leave space – two lines

Abstract and Key Words

Abstract and Key Words (up to 5), in Bulgarian, leave one line, then

Abstract and Key Words (up to 5), in English,

Abstract Format: Times New Roman 10pt, single spacing, justified.

Key words Format: Times New Roman 10pt, italic

Leave two lines after the abstract and key words in English

Main text formatting

Times New Roman 12pt, single spacing, justified.

The paragraph indentation should be 0.5 cm. One free line must be left before each heading.

Tables and figures
(diagrams, pictures)

Tables and figures should be black and white, embedded within the text and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. The original files in Excel, TIFF of JPEG format should be sent separately.

All captions should be written in Times New Roman 10pt, bold, centered.  Table captions should be placed above the tables. Figure captions should be placed below the figures.

References

Publications in the text should be cited using the author’s surname and the year of publication (Kluver 2014) or (Myron and Koester, 1993) – when citing a source with two authors, or (Marinov et al., 2014) – when there are three or more authors.

The List of References should be organized by type of sources (normative documents, books, articles and studies, reports, Internet sources), within the type – by language of the publication, and within the corresponding language – in alphabetical order. For more information, please see the example in the attached template. The list should be formatted in Times New Roman, 10 pt.

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