FULL PAPER GUIDELINES
Conference languages:
- Bulgarian, English
- English for publications in Cambridge Scholars Publishing
The guidelines for the papers are as follows:
| Maximum Length | Full papers should be between 3000 and 5000 words but not more than 10 pages (including abstract and references). |
| Paper Size and Margins | Paper 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 Headings | Recommended 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. |
