Journal of social sciences “Latgale National Economy Research”
Sociālo zinātņu žurnāls „Latgales Tautsaimniecības pētījumi”
General formatting guidelines for the articles:
Recommended volume of an article is 5 to 10 pages.
Apply the following formatting: (A4 paper size, MS Word format file, Times New Roman font, all
margins set at – 2 cm (20 mm), line spacing – 1 (Single), Justified).
Indent at the beginning of the paragraph: 1.27 cm.
Do not insert the page numbers.
The structure of a scientific paper
Title of paper
Font
Size
14 pt
Font face
Text alignment
Caps Lock
Bold, 14pt.
Centred
12 pt
Bold, Regular
Author(-s) of paper
First name, surname
12 pt
Regular
Affiliation
Scientific or academic degree, position, institution, email, telephone, city, country
10 pt
Abstract
Bold (title)
About 200 words
Italic(text)
Short outline of the research problem and novelty. The
abstract should present: the aim of the study, the tasks, the
primary methods used including a brief description of the
study design, the key results that address the specific
questions asked (including quantitative summaries or
comparisons), and the primary interpretations or
conclusions drawn.
10 pt
Keywords
Bold (title)
(at least 5, presented in the alphabetical order)
Italic(words)
10 pt
JEL code
Bold (title)
(for detailed information:
Italic(code/-s)
http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.php)
12 pt
Introduction
Bold(title)
Topicality of research, research period, research methods,
Regular (text)
aim and tasks of a paper, hypothesis etc.
12 pt
Regular
Body
12 pt
Subtitle of the body (if necessary)
Bold
12 pt
Conclusions and suggestions
Bold (title)
(up to 10% of total volume of paper)
Regular (text)
10 pt
References
Bold (title)
Literature sources used in the references are to be listed in
Regular (text)
the alphabetical order, starting with Latin sources in the
alphabetical order, followed by the Slavic alphabet
languages (Cyrillic) with the consecutive numbering.
12 pt
Summary* in Latvian
Bold (title)
Summary shall be comprised of: title of the paper,
10 pt
Regular (text)
author’s first name and surname, affiliation, and text of
summary (topicality, aims, methods, key results) – about
300 words.
* please write in English if you don’t know Latvian and we translate it
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Justified
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Justified (text)
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TITLE IN CAPITAL LETTERS [14 pt, Bold in English]
1
Name Surname1, Name Surname2 [12 pt, Bold]
First affiliation, 2Second affiliation [12 pt, Regular]
Abstract. [10 pt, Bold] Text (about 200 words). [10 pt, Italic, Justified]. The essence of research and
achieved results have to be briefly presented in the Abstract in order to attract readers’ attention. The abstract should
present: the aim of the study, main tasks, the primary methods used including a brief description of the study design, the
key results that address the specific questions asked (including quantitative summaries or comparisons), and the main
interpretations or conclusions drawn.
Keywords: (at least 5) ??????, ?????, ?????
JEL code: ????, ????
Introduction [12 pt, Bold]
Text [12 pt, Regular, Justified]. Introduction, indicating the scientific problem reflected in
the article, novelty, existing scientific approach to study, research period, aim and tasks of paper,
research methods, hypothesis, key results.
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Subtitle of the body [12 pt, Bold]
Body [12 pt, Regular, Justified]…………………………………………………………………….
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Text of an article has to be formatted in Times New Roman font, font size 12 pt, single
spaced. The article should be no less than 5 and no more than 10 pages long, including references
and appendices (if necessary).
More specific instructions for depicting the formulae, tables and pictures are the following:
1. Equations and formulae should be typed in Mathtype ([12 pt, Regular], and numbered
consecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right hand side of the page (if referred
to explicitly in the text). They should also be separated from the surrounding text by one space
line. Formulae should be numbered (1), (2), (3), etc. and referred to in the text according to their
numbers.
a2
b
c
(1)
where a – description of the first variable, unit (if applicable);
b – description of the second variable, unit (if applicable);
c – description of the third variable, unit (if applicable).
2. Tables and figures should be placed in the body of the paper next to their citation (not at the
end). For enumeration, please, use Arabic numbers and type captions with an initial capital only
(e.g., Table 1, Table 2, etc.). Use font 12 bold, centred for Table caption, and font 11 pt regular
for the rest of table information, legend and source. Leave one blank line (12 pt) before the
captions and one (11 pt) after.
Table 1 Example table [12 pt, Bold] (Source: compiled by the author)
duration
work
experience
personnelresource
personnelvalue
providing
training
169
170
170
170
170
1
0
0
Mean
7.89
3.25
.46
a
a
Median
9.04
3.84
.46a
Mode
10b
5
0
Std. Deviation
3.261
1.853
.500
a. Calculated from the grouped data.
b. Multiple modes exist. The smallest value is shown
0
.68
.68a
1
.469
0
.34
.34a
0
.473
Statistics
N
Valid
Missing
Apply the same rules as the ones indicated for tables in relation to the title, legend and
source of figures. Furthermore, choosing the colours of figures remember that the article is to be
printed in black and white. Figure 1 is intended to illustrate the positioning of a figure. Please keep
in mind the distinction between tables and figures: tables contain only alphanumerical characters
with no graphical elements.
100%
0,3
2,2
12,3
0,2
1,1 6,6
22,2
80%
33,1
30
16,8
24,5
41,6
25,3
60%
40%
85,3
Large
17,9
92,1
28,7
20,4
Medium
Small
Micro
25,5
18,9
20,1
21,6
Latvia
EU-27
average
20%
23,8
29,8
0%
Latvia
EU-27
average
Numbert of enterprises
Latvia
EU-27
average
Number of persons
employed
Value added
Fig.1 Indicators characterising small enterprises in Latvia and in the European Union in 2010
[12 pt, Bold] (Source: Kotane, 2011)
3. Please, do not use the footnotes. In case of necessity the explanations or some other comments it
is recommended to put in the text in parentheses.
4. References in the text have to be cited by giving the name of the author/editor, year of
publication and, in the case of quotations or an exact reference, the page number, all in
parentheses; e.g. (Mouzas, 2006) or (Kumar et al., 2010).
Conclusions and suggestions [12 pt, Bold]
Text [12 pt, Regular, Justified) (up to 10% of total volume of the paper)
References [10 pt, Bold]
References have to be formatted in Times New Roman font, font size 10 pt, Normal, justified. References
should be sorted in the alphabetical order. Examples of referencing of various sources of information (books, legal acts,
articles from books and journals, including the ones published on-line) are presented below:
1. SIMONS, R. (2000). Performance Measurement and Control Systems for Implementing Strategy. Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 347 p. [Example of reference of one author book]
2. ALEXANDER, D., BRITTON, A., JORISSEN, A. (2009). International Financial Reporting and Analysis. 4th
Revised edition, Cengage Learning EMEA. p 894. [Example of reference of two or three authors book]
3. Directive 2012/6/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 amending Council
Directive 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities. 03.14.2012,
no. 2012/6. Official Journal L, 2012, no. 81. [Example of reference of legal act]
4. YADAV, N., SAGAR, M. (2013). Performance measurement and management frameworks: Research trends of
the last two decades. Business Process Management Journal, Vol.19, Iss: 6, p.947 – 971. [Example of reference
of paper from journal or scientific serial]
5. PĂVĂLOAIA, V.D. (2009). A Computerized Solution for the Financial Diagnose of the SMEs. Proceedings of
the European Computing Conference, Vol. 2, p.309-318. [Example of reference of paper from conference
proceedings]
6. SENBET, L.W., WANG, T.Y. (2010). Corporate Financial Distress and Bankruptcy: A Survey. Foundations and
Trends
in
Finance,
Vol.
5,
No.
4,
pp.243-335.
Retrieved
June
20,
2014,
from
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/cfp/pdfs_docs/papers/FinancialDistressSurveySenbetWang.pdf
[Example of
reference of paper from electronic journal, serial or website] –
Summary in Latvian.
TITLE IN CAPITAL LETTERS [12 pt, Bold]
1
Name Surname1, Name Surname2 [10 pt, Bold]
First affiliation, 2Second affiliation [10 pt, Regular]
Summary [10 pt, Bold]
Summary shall be comprised of: title of a paper, author’s first name and surname, affiliation, and text of
summary
(topicality,
aims,
methods,
key
results)
–
about
300
words……………………………………………………………….....................................................................................
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Keywords: (at least 5) ??????, ?????, ?????