Requirements for the design of articles

Dear Authors, the Editorial Board of the journal Society and Governance expresses its gratitude for your cooperation and kindly requests that you strictly comply with the following requirements when submitting scientific articles.

Scope of articles:
– issues related to priority areas such as public administration, public policy, human resource management, improvement of the organizational and legal foundations of the state civil service, reformed changes in public administration bodies, as well as national and international experience in these fields.

The structure of the article should include:
– information about the authors: first name, patronymic, last name, place of employment (full name), position, academic title, academic degree — all information must be provided in three languages (Uzbek, Russian, and English), as well as work and mobile phone numbers and an email address;
– an abstract of 50–60 words (in Uzbek, Russian, and English), keywords (up to 10 in Uzbek, Russian, and English), introduction, main body, conclusion, and a list of references and literature;
– references must strictly correspond to the topic of the article, must not exceed 20 sources, and must be published within the last 5 years (except for monographs related to fundamental research).

Articles must be written in accordance with the international IMRAD format and must answer the following questions:
Introduction — why was the research conducted, what was its purpose, and which hypotheses were tested?
Methods — when, where, and how was the research conducted? What materials were used and which of them were selected?
Results — what findings were obtained in the end? Were the proposed hypotheses confirmed?
Acknowledgements and Conclusions — what do the results indicate? What significance do they have?
Discussion — what does this research add to the existing scientific knowledge produced by other researchers? What prospects does it offer for future research?

Technical requirements for articles submitted to the Editorial Board:
– the article text must be prepared in Microsoft Word;
– font Times New Roman, size 14, line spacing 1.5;
– the total length of the article in A4 format, including tables, figures, and references, must not exceed 15 pages;
– all sources must be cited within the text in the form of numbered references. In-text citations must be indicated in square brackets (for example, M. Baratov [7], [9]).

Notes for authors:
– the journal Society and Governance is published in electronic format four times a year;
– articles must be submitted to the Editorial Board together with an anti-plagiarism report;
– authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy of the information, quotations, references, and bibliographic data provided;
– from an ethical perspective, materials submitted to the Editorial Board must be original and must not have been previously published or be under consideration by other publications;
– authors guarantee that an article accepted for publication will not be translated into other languages or republished without the written consent of the Editorial Board;
– in the current issue of the scientific journal, only one article per author may be published, and the total number of authors must not exceed three;
– the Editorial Board reserves the right to shorten, revise, and edit articles;
– the journal reserves the right to return manuscripts that do not meet the above requirements.

The decision on whether to publish or reject articles submitted to the Editorial Board is made by the Editorial Board;
– the Editorial Board informs the author only of the final decision regarding publication. In cases of rejection, the Editorial Board does not enter into theoretical discussions.

Articles may be submitted via the website journal.dsba.uz.
Contact phone number: +998 71 232 60 77.