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Author Guidelines

Articles that have not been published anywhere before, up to 1 printed sheet (40,000 characters with spaces, including drawings at the rate of 1 figure of 10×15 cm – 1000 characters) are accepted for publication in the "Izvestiya Russian Geographical Society".

For the submission of the manuscript to prepare the basic files:

• a file with the text of the manuscript (the format is *.doc or *.rtf format is not recommended .docx) that contains all the figures and tables; the name of the file with the text of the article should contain the name of the first author of the article, the Latin: ivanov.doc (ivanov.rtf)
• picture files (the formats *.tif, *.jpg);
• file info.doc containing full information about each author (surname, first name, patronymic, place of work with full name and departmental affiliation, position, academic degree, email address) in Russian and English; the author must also be indicated, with whom the editorial board will correspond on all issues related to the manuscript of the article; for this author, in addition to the e-mail address, it is necessary to specify a contact phone number.

The date of receipt of the Manuscript in the Journal is the date of receipt of a complete set of files designed in full compliance with these rules. A preliminary review of a manuscript that has not been ordered by the Editorial Board is not a fact of concluding a publishing agreement between the parties.

Requirements for the content and design of files

1. A file with the text of the manuscript containing all the figures and tables

• Leave the page margins at least 2.5 cm.
• When typing, use the standard Times New Roman font.
• Font size is 12 pt, in footnotes 10 pt.
• The line spacing is one and a half.
• Paragraph indents (1.25 cm), centering, alignment of the strip format should be performed using automatic program functions (it is unacceptable to use spaces for this purpose).
• When typing central (independent) formulas, use the Math Toure formula editor. The multiplication sign is indicated by a dot on the middle line. All the formulas given must be numbered end-to-end. The number is written in Arabic numerals in parentheses at the end of the line.
• In decimals, dots (not commas) are placed after integers.
• The original author's files must have end-to-end page numbering.
• Abbreviations of words (other than common ones) and geographical names are not allowed.
• The manuscript should be carefully checked by the authors. It is especially necessary to check quotations, special symbols, formulas, proper names, initials with surnames, geographical names, Latin names of animals and plants, etc
• Foreign surnames, as well as foreign geographical names in the text are given in Russian transcription (foreign transcription can be given in brackets at the first mention).
• The cited literature (only published) is given at the end of the article under the heading "List of references". References to archival materials and manuscripts are given in footnotes. It is unacceptable to make a reference to works without placing their output data in the list of references. References in the text to the serial number of the list of references are given in this form: [1, p. 14].
• Footnotes should be placed at the end of each page.

The order of the materials in the file:

1. The title of the article (in capital letters, bold);
2. Initials and surnames of the authors (in lowercase letters, in bold).

If the article has several authors, then after the last name of each author, a footnote is placed in italics (superscript), indicating the affiliation. After this footnote and a comma, a * (or**,***, etc.) is placed, indicating the author's email address (see below).

3. Data on the affiliation of each author: the name of the organization (without specifying the affiliation to the department), city, country.
4. E-mail (e-mail) of each author.

Example:

5. Author's summary (summary of the article with a volume of not less than 100 and not more than 300 words);

Example of an author's resume

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problems of management of specially protected natural territories in Moscow. Using the example of the key territory – the Moskvoretsky Natural Historical Park-it is shown that the landscape features of protected areas, namely, the morphology of natural locations, anthropogenic history, the current state and dynamics of landscapes impose special requirements for management, which are very poorly taken into account in modern practice, the tools of which in Moscow are planning projects, functional zoning and forest management projects of protected areas. This circumstance leads to the accumulation of a number of contradictions, in particular, contradictions between the policy of forming an ecological framework and investment urban planning pressure, between the recreational and environmental functions of specific protected areas, between the status of protected areas and their environmental stabilizing ability, as well as between the conservation environmental regimes of protected areas and the need for landscape care. Using the example of a key object, alternative measures for managing and optimizing the landscape are proposed.

6. Keywords: no more than 10 words (combinations of words) separated by commas.
7. The text of the article with figures and tables inserted in the appropriate places (after the first mention in the text).

It is desirable to structure the text ("Introduction"; "Research methodology"; "Results and discussion"; "Conclusions", etc.) with the allocation of subheadings in capital letters.

All illustrative material (diagrams, drawings, diagrams, graphs, maps, photographs) is referred to as drawings. They have a continuous ordinal numbering in Arabic numerals (Fig. 1, Fig. 2...). The captions are given sequentially to each figure under the corresponding headings. Each drawing is placed in the manuscript below the first reference to it in the text.

For the requirements for the quality of drawings, see below.

Tables should have headings and end-to-end ordinal numbering, indicated by Arabic numerals (Table 1, Table 2,...). In the text, references to tables should be abbreviated (Table 1, Table 2,...); the first reference to the table should be higher than the corresponding table. The title of the table should reflect its main content. The content of the tables should not completely duplicate the text of the article or figures. The material given in the table should be understandable without additional reference to the text. All abbreviations used in the table should be explained in the note (s).

The captions and table names are provided in Russian and English.

An example of a caption and the name of the table

in Fig. 1. Matua Island. Geo-radar survey polygons: A-D-sounding according to the OGT method (explanations in the text); 01-10-sites for georadar inspection; D-a fragment of the "Scheme of defense and engineering equipment of Matsuvo-to Island", 1946 [14].

Fig. 1. Matua island. Areas of GPR surveys. “A-G” – CMP survey (explanation in text); 01-10-locations for GPR survey; "D” - fragment of" Defense and engineering equipment schemes of Matsuvo-to island", 1946 y. [14].

Table 1. The population of large administrative units of Albania in 2001-2018 (as of 1.01); calculated according to [19].

Tab. 1. The population of the of the large administrative units of Albania in 2001 – 2018 (as of 1.01); calculated according to [19].

8. List of literature in Russian

After the heading "List of references", links to the published works used in the article are placed. Literary sources and electronic resources in the list are arranged in alphabetical order of authors or titles (for collective monographs and electronic resources): first in Russian and other languages that use Cyrillic, then in languages that use Latin and other alphabets. If there are several works by the same author, they are arranged in chronological order, and the author's last name is repeated. Each link starts with a new line and is numbered in Arabic numerals in order; the link number is placed in square brackets. Automatic numbering of the list is not allowed. The numbers of sources in the list of references should correspond to the references to sources in the text of the article.

a) The scheme of the bibliographic description of individual publications: the author's surname and his initials, the title of the work, information about the publication, the place of publication, the publisher, the year of publication, the designation of the volume, part or issue, the total number of pages. Example:

[2] Berg L. S. Physico-geographical (landscape) zones of the USSR. Ed. 2-E. L.: Publishing house of LSU, 1936. Part 1. 254 p.

b) The scheme of the bibliographic description of articles from periodicals and collections: the author's surname and his initials; the title of the article; the title of the source; the year of publication; the designation of the volume; part or issue (if the issue is part of the volume, then the designation "issue" is written with a lowercase letter after the volume number and a comma); the pages on which the article is placed; the DOI index (if available).

Examples:

[4] Vorobyov I. E. Chetyrehstolbovy Island / / Izv. RGO. 1940. Vol. 72, vol. 3. pp. 181-190.

[15] Solntsev V. N. Structural landscape studies: fundamentals of the concept / / Structure, functioning, evolution of natural and anthropogenic landscapes: tez. X Landscape conf. M.; St. Petersburg, 1997. pp. 11-14. DOI: 10.1156/2631775.2631829.

[34] Dansgaard W., Hammer C. A new Greenland deep ice core // Science. 1982. Vol. 218, N 45/49. P. 1273—1280. DOI: 10.1145/3048912.3052725

c) The scheme of the bibliographic description of electronic resources: the title of the resource, the place and date of creation (if it is possible to establish), the email address (URL), the date of access to the document.

Examples:

[37] Rational nature management : feder. internet portal. [2012]. URL: http://portalrp.ru/ (accessed: 10.09.2012).

[28] Gulev S. K. Laboratory of ocean-atmosphere interaction and monitoring of climate change // Ocean.ru : [website] / P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, [2007]. URL: http://www.ocean.ru/content/view/70/53/ (accessed: 10.09.2012).

[41] Florinsky I. V. Digital modeling of relief in soil science and geology : thesis at the meeting of the Department of Cartography and Aerospace. methods, 8.02.2006 / / Russian Geographical Society. Moscow Center : [website]. Moscow, 2006. URL: http://rgo.msk.ru/commissions/cartography/2006-02-08.html (accessed: 26.08.2012).

9. The title of the article in English (in lowercase letters, bold) - should be an adequate translation of the Russian title. Automatic ("machine") translation is not allowed.
10. Initials and surnames of the authors, typed in Latin (in lowercase letters, in bold).

If the article has several authors, then after the last name of each author, a footnote is placed with a digit (superscript) indicating affiliation. After this footnote and a comma, a * (or**,***, etc.) is placed, indicating the author's email address (see below).

11. The affiliation of each author is similar to the Cyrillic version.

The data on the affiliation of each author in English should be an adequate translation of the Russian titles. Automatic ("machine") translation is not allowed.

12. E-mail (e-mail) of each author.

Example

13. The author's resume in English-must be an accurate and adequate translation of the resume in Russian. Automatic ("machine") translation is not allowed.
14. Keywords in English (Key words): must be an accurate and adequate translation of keywords in Russian. Automatic ("machine") translation is not allowed.
15. The list of references, typed in Latin (References).

In accordance with the modern requirements of scientific citation indexing systems, the names of authors, titles of publications and their output data placed in the list of references in Cyrillic should be typed in Latin. Surnames and names are transliterated according to GOST 7.79-2000. You can use an Internet service for this

http://ru.translit.ru/?account=gost-7-79-2000

The order of references is kept the same as in the list of references in Russian. The bibliographic data of the sources in Latin remain unchanged.

Example

References

[1] Berg L. S. Fiziko-geograficheskie (landshaftnye) zony SSSR. Izd. 2-e. L. : Izd-vo LGU, 1936. Ch. 1. 254 s.

[2] Vorob'ev I. E. Ostrov Chetyrexstolbovyj // Izv. RGO. 1940. T. 72, vyp. 3. S. 181—190.

[18] Solncev V. N. Strukturnoe landshaftovedenie: osnovy koncepcii // Struktura, funkcionirovanie, e'volyuciya prirodnyx i antropogennyx landshaftov : tez. X landshaftnoj konf. M.; SPb., 1997. S. 11-14.

2. The files of figures (if available) should have the names respectively Fig1, Fig2, Fig3,…

The graphic material attached to the article should be made so clearly that it is possible to understand it without the help of the author.

Requirements for digital images (including photos)

Line and tone (bitmap) images are presented (regardless of the program in which they were created) as files with the extension: *.tif,*. jpg; there should be no lossy compression.

The resolution of the photos should be at least 300 dpi.

The images in the photo should be clear, but not very contrasting.

The graininess of the photo should not be noticeable.

There should be no traces of mechanical damage (cracks, creases) on the informative and important parts of the image in the photos.

Requirements for maps and cartographies

• Each map (cartographic scheme) given in the article should have a linear scale or (for small-scale images) a digitized degree grid.
• Elements of the cartographic basis (main rivers, lakes, seas, bays, straits, mountain ranges, cities or other localities, state and/or administrative borders) must be plotted and signed on the map.
• In the frame of the map (cartographic scheme) there should be only a legend (symbols) with numeric or alphabetic designations; the name of the map and all text signatures are placed in the captions and symbols to the drawings.

Example

1. Distribution of water flow along the branches on the section of the Amur River bed.

1 – the share of water runoff; 2-large alluvial forms of channel relief; 3 – the position of the fairway; 4-coastal and flood dams; 5-the direction of potential development of the channel.

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