Devices and Methods of measurements

1. Article materials should correspond to the journal profile and be clearly written.
2. An article should be submitted in Russian or English and will be published in its original language.
3. The articles received by the Editorial Board will be reviewed by specialists. The main criteria of accep¬tance are theme actuality, information value, and scientific novelty.
4. All materials should be submitted in two hard copies together with electronic file in the Word for Windows format (97/2000/2003).
5. The article should contain UDC number, Title (printed in capitals), Authors' names (the corresponding author name should be marked with asterisk), full Address of organization(s) in which the author(s) work, Annotation (till 10 lines), Introduction, the Text of the paper with tables, diagrams and figures (if there are any), Conclusion with clearly stated inferences, List of Refe¬rences, List of Symbols and Abbreviations (if it is neces¬sary). Annotation, Title, Authors' names and affiliation(s) should be presented both in English and Russian languages.
6. The paper should not exceed 8 pages of the type-written text (Times New Roman, 12 points, 1.5-space).
7. The figures should be black-and-white, represented in one of graphical formats (tif, pcx, bmp, gif, cdr, wmf, psd), attached with Excel or MS Graph and added with captions. All symbols in figures should be deciphered.
8. Tables should be placed directly in the article body. Diagrams and tables should not contain the same infor-mation. Each table should have the title. All tables, diagrams and figures should be referenced in the text.
9. Symbols and abbreviations which are used in articles should be deciphered directly in the text and also (if neces-sary) taken out on a separate page.
10. Dimensions of all quantities used in the article should correspond to International System of Units.
11. List of References is to be placed at the end of the article with full bibliographic information. Order of refer-ences should correspond to the order of their occurrence in the text. References on unpublished works are pro¬hibited.
12. The following information about every co-author should be presented: family name, first name, patronymic (or second) name (if there are any), scientific degree and title, organization and posi¬tion, full address with the postal code for correspondence, office or mobile phone numbers, fax, e-mail.
13. The articles containing investigation results ob¬tained in organizations should have a corresponding per¬mission for publication.
14. Names of Foundations or Programs financially granted the research may be acknowledged in the end of the text.
15. Authors are responsible for submitting articles pre-viously published or accepted by other publishers.
16. Articles not meeting the requirements of the Editorial Board would not be accepted and may be returned to the authors. The date of receipt is considered to be the day when the Editorial Board receives the author's original paper.
17. Authors conducting postgraduate (graduate studies, doctoral studies) have a priority in publishing their articles out of queue in the year of completion. No charge to the authors for publishing scientific articles. The Editorial Board can shorten and/or change the text if it does not strain the meaning of the article.