Technical Requirements

General format

Use Times New Roman for English and Sylfaen for Georgian text, 11 pt body text, 1.15 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins, 1 cm first-line indentation and justified alignment. Maximum length is 12 A4 pages excluding abstracts.

Metadata and abstracts

At the top include journal name, volume/issue, year and ISSN when assigned. Give titles in Georgian and English, 14 pt bold and centered. A DOI is added by the journal after acceptance. Structured abstracts of 150–250 words in both languages should state purpose, methodology, findings and originality/value. Include 5–7 keywords.

Article structure

Follow IMRAD: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion and Conclusions. Level 1 headings are 12 pt bold and centered; level 2 headings are 11 pt bold and left aligned. Hypotheses and research questions appear in separate italic paragraphs.

Tables, figures and equations

Number tables and figures consecutively. Put table titles above tables and figure titles below figures. Supply a source below each item. Tables must be editable, not images. Titles are 10 pt bold, table contents 9–10 pt and sources 9 pt italic. Center equations and number them at the right; use an equation editor.

References

Use APA 7. Start the reference list on a new page, alphabetize entries and apply a 1.27 cm hanging indent. Cite author and year in text, and add page numbers for direct quotations. List all authors up to 20; for 21 or more, list the first 19, an ellipsis and the last. Use sentence case for article/book titles, title case for journal names, and active DOI links of the form https://doi.org/.... Do not include publisher location or “Retrieved from” unless necessary.

Appendices

Place numbered, titled appendices after references.