Submissions

Author Guidelines

“Professionalitet” is an international journal. It publishes original research articles in Russian and English on training specialists for high-tech industries and priority sectors of the economy. The journal covers three fields: “Methods and systems of information protection, information security”, “Informatics and information processes”, and “Methodology and technology of vocational education”. Papers by early-career researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students are welcome.

Publication is free of charge. Articles are published in open access under the CC BY 4.0 license; authors retain the copyright.

Before you submit

1. Download the requirements and the article template from “Documents for authors” above — the version for the language of your article.
2. Prepare your manuscript in the template: the styles for every element are already set up. Replace the demo text with your own and delete the note at the top.
3. Each author fills in and signs the publication application form and the consent to the processing of personal data (the two parts of the consent are signed separately). The forms are bilingual. For undergraduate and postgraduate students and candidates for a PhD-equivalent degree, the application form is also signed by the academic supervisor.

Key requirements

• The manuscript is original (at least 70% unique text), has not been published before and is not under consideration elsewhere.
• Length: 4–12 pages; file format: Microsoft Word (.docx).
• Recommended structure: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion.
• Abstract: 180–250 words; keywords: 5–7.
• References: at least 7 sources numbered in order of citation; in-text citations in square brackets, e.g. [5], [16, p. 98]. Self-citations: no more than 20% of the sources.
• Font: Liberation Serif; code listings: Liberation Mono; equations: built-in equation editor. All other parameters are given in the requirements.

An article in English has its title, author information, abstract and keywords in English only, and a single reference list — References in APA 7 style. If you do not know the UDC code, the editorial office will assign it.

An article in Russian has its UDC code, title, author information, abstract and keywords in Russian and English, a reference list according to GOST R 7.0.100–2018 and References in Latin script in APA 7 style.

How to submit

1. Log in or register, then click “Make a new submission” at the top of this page. Choose the language of your article.
2. Upload the manuscript (.docx) and the scans of the signed application forms and consents, each as a separate file.
3. Fill in the submission form: title, abstract, keywords, details of each author (given name, family name, affiliation, short biography) and the references. For an article in English, this information is entered in English only, and only References are required; for an article in Russian, it is entered in Russian and English, and both reference lists are required. Paste the full text of the article into the dedicated field.
4. Confirm every item of the checklist below and submit.

Review process

Authors are notified of receipt within 7 days. The executive secretary checks that the manuscript fits the journal's scope and formatting requirements. Manuscripts without the accompanying documents or not formatted according to the requirements are not considered. Then the manuscript undergoes single-blind peer review. The editor-in-chief makes the final decision. See Peer Review for details.