Manuscript Submission

Before submitting the manuscript to the “Polymer Journal“, the authors must confirm its compliance with all the requirements specified below. In case of non-compliance of the submitted work with these requirements, the editorial board will return the materials to the authors for revision.

• The author submits the original manuscript and guarantees that the article has not been published elsewhere and is not currently under consideration in another journal.
• The author is responsible for the novelty and reliability of the results of scientific research.
• The author guarantees the correct list of co-authors who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the submitted work. The corresponding author must ensure that all authors have seen and approved the manuscript and meet the criteria for authorship.
• The author guarantees that in case of using fragments of other scientist’s works and / or borrowing statements of other authors, the article contains the relevant bibliographic references with the obligatory indication of the author and the original source.
• The author guarantees the absence of plagiarism in any form (unformatted quotations, paraphrases or assignment of rights to the results of other people’s research).
• The author guarantees the absence of conflicts of interest of that may affect the results of the study or their interpretation.
• The author is acquainted with and agrees with the terms of the License Agreement for the use of the work.
• All materials in format and content must meet the requirements of the journal.

 

Polymer Journal publishes articles dedicated to the following core research areas:

– synthesis, kinetics and mechanism of synthesis of linear and network polymers;

– chemical and physical modification of polymers;

– structure, physico-chemical properties of polymers;

– degradation, aging and stabilization of polymers;

– physics of macromolecules and their systems;

– chemical and physico-chemical bases of polymer composites formation, their structure and properties

 

Polymer Journal publishes short communications, which contain fundamentally new results and require urgent publication, as well as review articles (1-2 per issue), which summarize the research results and are of general interest to a wide range of readers. Polymer Journal does not publish serial (continued) articles. Manuscripts must be written in Ukrainian or English and be grammatically and linguistically correct.

All articles submitted to the Polymer Journal are peer-reviewed.

 

The following information should be prepared for submission: the text of the article, figures, captions to figures, tables should be placed on separate sheets, and a separate sheet with abstracts and keywords in two languages (English and Ukrainian).

 

The manuscript should be submitted in .doc format and sent to the editors by e-mail.

 

The cost of publishing materials in the Polymer Journal is free of charge

 

Journal Sections

Review

Structure and Properties of Polymer Materials

Polymer Physics

Polymers for Medical Applications

 

Manuscript Submission

The manuscript must contain a complete list of authors with the first name initial(s), middle initial(s), and surname of each author in English and Ukrainian.

A full list of affiliations for all authors (should be presented without abbreviations). These must include: the names of all authors associated with each affiliation (with all first names as initials) and the complete postal address. An affiliation e-mail address must be provided for all corresponding authors.

ORCID (in Latin letters in the reference format, for example https: / /orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-000X). The order of authors must correspond to the order in the manuscript.

 

Article components to upload:

 

1. Manuscript of the article (full version in Ukrainian or English: authors; ORCID; affiliation; title of the article; abstract and keywords; text of the article; bibliography in English or transliteration from Ukrainian; captions to figures; figures). The file name must be in Latin letters <surname of the first author_full>.
2. If the article is submitted in English, the abstract and keywords in Ukrainian should be added to the manuscript.
3. Figures. The file name should match the ordinal numbering of the figures <surname of the first author_Fig_1>.
4. License agreement for the use of the work signed by all co-authors (License Agreement form PDF). The license agreement enters into force upon acceptance of the article for publication. The signing of the license agreement by the author(s) means that they are familiar with and agree to the terms of the agreement.
5. Information about each of the authors – surname, name, middle name in full, position, affiliation, academic title, scientific degree, contact information (phone number, e-mail address), ORCID code (required).

 

Requirements for article

 

The following information is provided in Ukrainian and English at the beginning of the article:

1) name and middle name initials and surname(s) of the author(s) and ORCID of each of the authors. Particular attention should be paid to the correct spelling of surnames and initials in English;

2) affiliation, full postal address, telephone number, e-mail address of the institution;

3) title of the article;

4) main text of the article (including Figures, Schemes and Tables);

5) an abstract of the article of approximately 1800-2000 characters identifying the new and significant results of the study must be provided for all manuscripts, including articles, reviews, and communications. The abstract should comprise a brief and factual account of the contents and conclusions of the paper as well as an indication of any new information presented and its relevance. Abstracts should be self-contained.

6) keywords – no more than 8 words.

 

Total volume of the manuscript: article – up to 20 pages, number of figures – up to 10; short communications – up to 5 pages, number of figures – up to 5. In general, the order of the sections in the file is: Introduction, which outlines the problem statement, relevance of the topic, analysis of recent research and publications, purpose and objectives; Main text: consists of Experimental part, Research results and their Discussion. It is necessary to submit the obtained scientific facts, methods of synthesis and analysis of obtained material; Conclusions, which summarize the work, indicate the scientific novelty and prospects for further research in this area; Funding, which provides information about the source of funding, grants and any other financial support for research, the section should use the full names of research institutions and sponsoring organizations; Acknowledgment, which provides general information about any assistance in conducting research and preparing the article; reports on useful discussions and debates, thanks to colleagues and reviewers (in special cases); References.

 

Main text. Manuscripts should be 1.5-line spaced and use Times New Roman; 12-point font in .doc format and A4 paper format should be used. Greek letters should be inserted using the character font Symbol; Top, bottom, and left- and right-margins should be set at 2.5 cm. All pages, including those with the references, tables, and legends, must be numbered consecutively. The title of the article, the titles of the sections should be printed in capital letters and highlighted in bold. It is necessary to provide definitions of values or abbreviations that are first used in the text, and then use the corresponding term.

 

Tables must be designed using the MS Word spreadsheet editor and numbered (Arabic numerals) in the sequence in which they are referred to in the text. When tables are cited in the text, the word “Table” should be used without abbreviation. The use of pseudo-graphic symbols for the design of tables is not allowed.

 

Math formulae must be typed in Equation or MathType editor. ChemWindow or ISIS/Draw must be used for presentation of chemical structures.

 

Figures. Graphs and diagrams must be submitted in separate files in *.tiff format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi, no more than 160×200 mm in size. Do not use gray halftones. Figures are numbered in the order of their placement in the text, parts of the figures are denoted by letters: a, b, …. All captions to the figures are grouped on a separate page and attached to the text of the article. Original drawing files in Excel or Origin programs must be submitted in the electronic version of the article.

 

Computer-generated photos must be in black and white with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. The original files of scanned photos must be saved in *.tiff format (separate file for each image). They must be submitted separately typed text in the MS Word and placed in the text of the article after captioning the corresponding figure.

 

Captions to the figures are given in the manuscript after the list of references.

 

The list of references should be given at the end of the article. References to literary sources (books (monographs, separate chapters, etc.), articles from scientific periodicals, conference proceedings, patents and copyright certificates, dissertations or abstracts, electronic resources) are typed in square brackets in the text and numbered consecutively in the order of their citation in the text of the article (transliteration into English required). References to unpublished and unfinished works are not allowed.

 

Examples

Articles in journals:

1. Dmitrieva T.V., Kobylinskiy S.M., Boiko V.V., Riabov S.V., Bortnitskiy V.I.,Krymovska S.K., Nevnerzhitska G.F., Komljakova O.M. The influence of metal complexes on the basis of pectine on the degradability of polyethylene. Polymer journal, 2015, 37, no. 3: 263-268. https://doi.org/10.15407/polymerj.37.03.263.
2. Galatenko N.A., Rozhnova R.F., Kulyk L.V., Kulyesh D.V. The evaluation of biocompatibility and biological activity of composite materials with folate-derivative of ferrocene for medicine, Fizika ta Tehnologia Poverhni, 2016, 7, no. 3:344-353. https://doi.jrg/10.15407/hftp07.03.344.

 

Books:

1. BеlоshenkоV.А., Vаryuhin V.N. Effekt pamyati formy v polimerah i ego primenenie. Kiev: Nauk. dumka, 2005: 234. ISBN 966-00-0526-1.
2. Hаndbook of Biodegrable Polymers / Ed Catia Bastioli. Walter de Gruter gmbH & Co KG, Berlin / Boston, 2020:572. ISBN: 9781501519215.
3. Fazovye processy v geterogennyh polimernyh sistemah. Pod red. T.V. Lebedeva. Kiev: Nauk. dumka, 2012:432. ISNB 978-966-00-1249-3.
4. Carbon nanotubes – polymer nanocomposites./ S. Yellampalli (Ed.). – Croatia: INTECH, 2011. ISBN 978-953-307-498-6.

 

Book Chapter:

1. Kaleta J., Lewandowski D., Mech R., Zaja P. Smart magnetic composites, Chapter 24. In book: Vetal, ceramic and polymeric composites for various uses/ Ed.: Cuppoletti. InTech: Rijeka, Croatia, 2011. ISBN 978-953-307-353-8.
2. Lay D.A. Sol-gel processing of hybrid organic-inorganic materials based on polysilsesquioxanes. In: book: Hybrid materials.Synthesis, characterization and applications. G. Kickelbick (Ed.), Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2007: 225-254. ISBN 978-3-527-31299-3.

 

Patents:

1. Pаt UA № 112207. МPК⁸ G07F 5/02; 7/28; C08G 79/08; 79/14: C07B 41/04. Sposib oderzhannea oligomernih (alkoksi)titanoksi boraniv z vishchimi alifatichnimi i/abo ftorvmisnimi alifachnimi alkoksiradikalami, spoluchenim z atomami titanu. M.Ya. Kuz’menko, S.M. Kuz’menko, O.V. Skrinnik, V.V. Bugrim, O.M. Kuz’menko, O.O. Hristenko. Oprilyudneno 10.08.2016. Byul. no. 16.
2. Pаt 6433694 USA. IC⁷ GO8B/21/00. Sensor having improved desorption time and related control circuirity. J.P. Dolan, P.M. Dolan. Publ. 13.08.2002.

 

Regulatory documents:

1. AASHTO TP-5-97. Standard Test Method for Determining the rheological Properties of Asphalt Binder Using a Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR).
2. European Standard EN 12607-1. Bitumen and bituminous binders – Determination 0f the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air – Part 1: RTFOT method

 

Materials of conferences:

Shumsky V.F., IgnatovaT.D., Kosyanchuk L.F., Getmanchuk I.P., Antonenko O.I. Rheokinetics of the formation of poly(methyl methacrylate), crosslinked polyurethane and its blend. The scaling approach, XIV Ukrayins’ka konferenciya z vysokomolekulyarnyh spoluk: tezy dopovidej, Kyiv, 15-18 zhovtnya, 2018: 117–119.

 

Online resources

1. Internet resource: https://newsfinance.ua/news/-/444116/shho-bude-z-dorogamy-v-2019-rotsi-hajvej-dogdanska-i-remont-yam
2. Internet resource: https://www.epravda.com.ua/rus/news/2018/06/4/637414/