Institute for population and human studies
 
Manuscript formatting requirements
 
  1. Languages: Bulgarian or English
  2. File name: family name of the author (of the first author)
  3. Title page:
    1. In Bulgarian
      • it should include the article title;
      • first and family names of the author;
      • academic ranks, positions and degrees of the author (authors);
      • name of present employer;
      • abstract of the articles (not exceeding 250 words);
      • keywords (not exceeding 6);
      • E-mail address of the author (authors).
    2. In English
      • it should include the article title;
      • first and family names of the author;
      • academic ranks, positions and degrees of the author (authors);
      • name of present employer;
      • abstract of the articles (not exceeding 250 words);
      • keywords (not exceeding 6);
      • E-mail address of the author (authors).
  4. Manuscript length:
    • Articles: not to exceed 60 000 characters with blank spaces.
    • Studies: not to exceed 120 000 characters with blank spaces.
    • Maximum lengths include text with blank spaces, tables, figures, appendices, references, abstract and keywords.
  5. Text, tables and figures:
    • Text and tables should be in .doc или .docx за Windows X.
    • All figures should be black-and-white and readable.
    • There should be a reference to each table, figure in the text.
    • Titles are over the tables and below figures.
    • Authors should ensure that the title, legend and source are clearly indicated on each table and figure.
  6. Text formatting:
    • Font: Times New Roman;
    • Font size: 10;
    • Line spacing: Single;
    • First line: 0, 5 cm.
  7. Footnotes: to be numbered sequentially; should not contain tables or illustrations.
  8. References:
    • To be presented at the end of the article, in alphabetical order and chronologically for each author. All references in Cyrillic alphabet should be listed before the references in Latin alphabet.
    • All references in Cyrillic should be transliterated according to the BSS (see the Act on Transliteration) and translated in English.
    • The style of references should correspond to that of the Publication Manual of American Psychological Association (APA style), widely used for such kind of publications:
    • http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/3apa.pdf
    • The references should be formatted in the following style (surname followed by first name in lower case for each author, Bold):

     

    Литература

    1. Зографова, Й. (2004). Национализъм, патриотизъм и интернационализъм – съществени взаимовръзки с нагласи към война и личностна агресивност. Психологични изследвания, кн. 2, 11–26.
    2. Селигман, М. (2017). Благоденствие. София. Хермес.
    3. Kosterman, R. & S. Feshbach (1989). Toward a Measure of Patriotic and Nationalistic Attitudes, Political Psychology, v. 10, No. 2, 257-274.

    REFERENCES

    1. Zografova, Y. (2004). Natsionalizm, patriotism i internatsionalizm – sschtestveni vzaimovrzki s naglasi km voiyna i lichnostna agresivnost. [Nationalism, patriotism and internationalism – essential interrelations with attitudes to war and personal aggressiveness. Psychological Research, vol. 2, 11-26] (In Bulgarian).
    2. Seligman, M. (2017). Blagodenstvie. [Flourish]. Sofia, Hermes. (In Bulgarian).
    3. Kosterman, R. & S. Feshbach (1989). Toward a Measure of Patriotic and Nationalistic Attitudes, Political Psychology, v. 10, No. 2, 257-274.

     

    • To be indicated in the body of the text as:
    • (Зографова 2004: 54-64); (Селигман 2017: 117); (Kosterman & Feshbach 1989: 45)
  9. Notes: Internet sources and others are listed in a separate list after References and the website address and the date of accession should be indicated.
  10. Send manuscripts at: psy_research@abv.bg