Author Guidelines

Submission of manuscripts of articles

The authors who submitted articles for publication in the "Stroitel'nye Materialy" journal ensure that:

The title page of the article contains:

NECESSARY elements of a scientific-technical article are:

Manuscript text

1. The text of the article should be typed in the editor Microsoft Word and saved in the format *.doc, *.docs and should not contain illustrations (the font size – 14, typing – via 1.5 intervals, borders – 3-4 cm). If you are using Word 2007, save the file only in the *.doc;
2. For names of chemical compounds it is necessary to use the terminology recommended by IUPAC;
3. Units of physical quantities should be presented in the International System of Units (SI). If it is necessary to use off-system units, values in SI should be shown in brackets;
4. All the symbols used by the author, except common constants e, h, c, π, etc., and abbreviations, should be defined at their first mention in the text;
5. Greek letter designations should be transliterated in Russian in brackets. For example, α (альфа); θ (тэта); σ (сигма) etc;
6. All formulas must be typed using a formula editor program. It is not allowed to convert the formulas into a graphic file, and paste it into the text;
7. All tables and figures must be numbered and identified, they should be a reference in the text. The tables should not contain empty columns;
8. Graphic material (graphs, schemes, drawings, diagrams, logotypes etc.) should be executed in graphic editors: Corel Draw (no higher v.12), Adobe Illustrator (no higher v. CS6) and stored in formats *.cdr, *.ai, *.eps, respectively. Scanning of the graphic material and its importing to editors listed above is unacceptable;
9. Illustrative material (photos, collages etc.) should be stored in the format *.tif, *.jpg (maximal quality) or *.eps (Adobe Photoshop) with resolution not less than 300 dpi, size not less 115 mm by width, color model CMYK or Grayscale;
All the graphic material is attached to the article by separate files.
10. All materials must be sent by e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The originals of all documents (cover letter, license agreement and manuscript of the article with the authors' signatures) should be sent to the editorial office by mail: “STROYMATERIALY” OOO, Moscow, 127434, Dmitrovskoe Highway, 9, bld. 3;
11. If necessary, use footnotes with continuous numbering (Arabic numerals) throughout the document. Footnotes can be quotes from the works mentioned in the text, for more information; 
12. Acknowledgements. This section should mention the people who helped in creating the article; sources of financing;
13. Information about the conflict of interest. The article should include any actual or potential conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, you should write that "the author declares no conflict of interest";
14. References. The journal requires the use of the Vancouver citation style (a reference in the text in square brackets, full bibliographic description of the source in the bibliography in the order mentioned in the text of the article).

NOT RECOMMENDED:

OBLIGATORY: