Submission Guidelines for Articles

AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES – GANJA BRANCH
“PROCEEDINGS” JOURNAL (SERIES OF SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN SCIENCES)

Dear Colleagues,

The following requirements apply to articles submitted for publication in the journal:

1. The journal publishes completed research in the fields of social and humanitarian sciences. Manuscripts that have been previously published or submitted to another journal for publication are not accepted. Each article published in the journal is assigned a DOI prefix.
2. Manuscripts should consist of three main sections: Introduction, Main Body, and Conclusion. At the end of the manuscript, the scientific novelty of the work should be clearly presented in accordance with the research field and content. The title should be concise, informative, and reflective of the article’s content. The manuscript length should be 5–10 pages.
3. The original manuscript, carefully edited, should be submitted in two hard copies (and an electronic version on disk if available), along with a peer review from a specialist in the research field, an author’s CV, approval from the relevant department of the institution, and a plagiarism report. The second hard copy must be signed by the author(s), including their institutional addresses, phone numbers, and the date of submission to the editorial office. Manuscripts may also be submitted electronically to the journal email (ghumanitar@mail.ru).
4. Keywords should be provided in three languages (Azerbaijani, Russian, and English) in italics.
5. Manuscripts must be prepared in Microsoft Word on A4 paper, in Times New Roman 12 pt font, black, single-spaced, with margins of 2.5 cm (left), 1.5 cm (right), 3.0 cm (top), and 2.5 cm (bottom), and paragraph indents of 1.15 cm.
6. On the header of each page, the UDC number corresponding to the article’s content should be placed on the left, and the author(s) full name, academic degree, position, institution name and address, email, and contact number on the right. The article title should be centered below the header in 12 pt font, uppercase, and bold. Subheadings should be numbered (1, 2, …) with only the first letter capitalized and in bold. A blank line should be left before and after all headings, subheadings, tables, and figures. Pages should be numbered consecutively in the lower right corner.
7. Abstracts of articles in Azerbaijani should be provided in Russian and English; abstracts in Russian should be in Azerbaijani and English; abstracts in English should be in Azerbaijani and Russian. Abstracts should be 200–250 words and fully reflect the content of the article. They should clearly summarize the scientific results, novelty, practical significance, and potential economic impact. Each abstract must include the article title and author(s) full name(s).
8. A reference list should be provided at the end of the manuscript in alphabetical order under the heading “References.” Priority should be given to articles, monographs, and other reliable scientific sources published in the last 5–10 years. References in the text should be cited in square brackets (e.g., [1] or [3,5,8] for general references; [4, pp. 17–18] for specific citations).
9. References must include the author(s) surname and initials, title of the work, place of publication (journal name if article, conference name if proceeding, or publisher and city if book), volume (if applicable), and page numbers. For online sources, the full URL and date of access (day, month, year) must be provided. Sources not cited in the text should not appear in the reference list.
10. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Table titles and numbers should be placed at the upper right corner; figure titles and numbers should be placed below the figure at the lower left corner. The first letter of each word in table and figure titles should be capitalized and bold.
11. Words in the text should generally be written in full, except for widely recognized abbreviations and acronyms (e.g., etc., e.g., USA, UN).
12. The editorial board reserves the right to make necessary corrections and minor reductions that do not affect the main content of the manuscript.
13. Upon electronic submission, the manuscript will be reviewed by the relevant editorial section, and authors will be notified regarding acceptance. If revisions are requested, authors must return the corrected manuscript along with the original version within one month. Manuscripts under consideration may not be submitted elsewhere until a final decision is communicated.
14. Each issue of the journal allows one article per author, while academic and corresponding members may publish up to two articles.
15. Revised or blacklined manuscripts are not accepted. Manuscripts must be carefully edited both scientifically and grammatically. If plagiarism or prior publication is detected during technical review, the manuscript will be rejected.
16. One copy of each issue is sent to relevant institutions and libraries. Authors may receive a printed copy upon request. The full text of published articles is also available electronically on the journal’s website.
17. The editorial board does not assume responsibility for the content of articles or the conclusions drawn therein. Manuscripts that do not comply with the above requirements will not be published.

 Scientific Editor: Nargiz Aydın Rasulova, PhD (History), Associate Professor Head of the Department of History, Institute of Regional Studies, 
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences - Ganja Branch

Contact:
Phone: +994 50 350 43 80
Email: ghumanitar@mail.ru