PROCEEDINGS OF THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY

Chemical Sciences

I. General Information

Founders of the journal:

Publisher: The Scientific and Publishing Centre of the Shevchenko Scientific Society

Frequency of publication: 1 issue (volume) per year

Languages of publications: Ukrainian and English

The academic journal “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” publishes the results of experimental research and reviews in the field of chemistry, as well as reviews of recently published monographs and textbooks. The Editorial Board also considers the suitability of publishing short articles dedicated to anniversaries, commemorative and historical dates in the field of chemistry, and to distinguished chemists. In this regard, submissions with a ‘Ukrainian connection’ are particularly welcome.

The procedure for publishing an article in “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” requires that the submitted manuscript undergo mandatory ‘blind’ (anonymous) peer review.


ІІ. Journal Policies

ІІ.1. Academic Integrity and Publication Ethics

“Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” journal adheres to high standards of publication quality, which also entails the implementation of ethical standards in its activities, as defined by the Law of Ukraine “On Academic Integrity” (No. 4742-IX of 18 December 2025), as well as recommendations accepted within the international scientific community, in particular the ‘European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity’ from ALLEA (All European Academies eV), which acts as the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities.

Submission of a manuscript for publication in “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” requires that it contain original material that has not been previously published.

The Editorial Board recommends that Authors familiarise themselves with the “EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English” before submitting their article.

Submitting a manuscript to several journals at the same time is considered a breach of publication ethics.

In accordance with the requirements set out in the “Procedure for Compiling the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine”, approved by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 32 of 15 January 2018 (as amended by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 56 of 19 January 2026), an Author may publish only one article (including co-authored articles) in a single issue (volume) of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences”.

In turn, the Editorial Board of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” undertakes to:

Authors bear collective responsibility for adhering to the principles of academic integrity and publication ethics throughout the entire journey of the manuscript, from its submission to publication in the journal.

In particular, the following are considered breaches of the principles of academic integrity and publication ethics:

The consequences for Authors of submitted manuscripts or published articles following the discovery of such facts or other instances of academic misconduct and breaches of publication ethics may include:

The extent of such consequences is determined by the Editor-in-Chief of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences”, based on the outcome of the review of a complaint (from the Author(s), Readers or a third party), a review or a report (from a member of the Editorial Board). In order to reach an appropriate decision, the fact of a violation, an instance of academic misconduct or a breach of publication ethics must be clearly established in accordance with the declared procedure (see section ІІ.5).

ІІ.2. The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Editorial Board’s policy of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies is governed by the Law of Ukraine “On Academic Integrity” (No. 4742-IX of 18 December 2025), the “Recommendations on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Communication” (from the European Association of Science Editors, EASE), the “Guidelines on the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research” (developed by the European Research Area (ERA) Forum) and other contemporary international standards.

This policy requires Authors and Reviewers to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies responsibly, which entails their full responsibility for all materials prepared with the aid of AI. This, in turn, entails

  1. Declaring the use of AI in the manuscript text, specifically in the ‘Experimental Methods and Data Analysis’ section, or in a separate ‘Statement on the Use of AI’.
  2. A clear indication by the Authors of the name of the tool used (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Grammarly) and the tasks for which it was applied.
  3. The use of AI solely as a tool for linguistic and stylistic editing; text structuring (drafting, outlining, etc.); analysis of large volumes of data (literature search, automation of bibliography formatting, etc.) and visualisation (drafting of illustrative materials).
  4. A complete ban or restriction on the use of AI for generating scientific hypotheses, key conclusions, original research or analytical calculations.
  5. The inadmissibility of entering private, confidential or work-related information into public AI tools (in particular, the content of manuscripts during the peer-review process).
  6. Mandatory human verification of AI-generated results for accuracy, logic, correctness and the absence of bias, as well as the absence of fabricated sources, data (so-called ‘hallucinations’) or plagiarism.

Any detected undeclared or improper use of AI may constitute grounds for rejection of the manuscript or retraction of the article.

ІІІ.3. Research Involving Humans, Animals or Their Biological Materials, or Personal or Confidential Data

Research involving human or animal subjects, their biological materials, or personal or confidential data must comply with ethical principles, norms and standards governing such research, as well as applicable international and/or Ukrainian legislation, and must be approved by the relevant authorised body.

When submitting a manuscript containing results that fall within the scope of this policy to the Editorial Board of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences”, Authors must provide information regarding the receipt of Prior Ethical Approval (specifying the name of the institution, body or committee, the date of the meeting and the number of the minutes/conclusion) for the conduct of such research. The absence of documented legal confirmation of the aforementioned research constitutes grounds for rejection of the manuscript.

The manuscript must include a relevant statement (Declaration of Ethical Principles / Ethics Statement) containing information regarding:

At the Editorial Board’s request, Authors are required to provide supporting documents, such as a copy of the ethics committee’s opinion or minutes, a sample informed consent form, documentary evidence of lawful access to data or biomaterials, etc.

ІІ.4. Retraction of an Article / Publication

The Editorial Board of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” reserves the right to retract (officially annulment or cancellation) an article already published in this journal. The procedure may be initiated by members of the Editorial Board, or upon an official (written or electronic) request from the Author(s) or a third party, regardless of when the article was published.

The grounds for such a decision, apart from gross violations of publication ethics, also include the discovery of other significant shortcomings that render the reliable use of the article’s results impossible. In particular, such shortcomings include the presence in the text of the published article of significant errors or false statements / incorrect interpretations that negate the scientific value of this publication.

Following retraction, the article is retained in the journal’s archive with a clear indication of its retraction on the journal’s website.

The Authors of the article (with a detailed justification of the decision taken), scientometric databases where this publication is indexed or deposited, and the authors’ employing organisations are notified of the retraction and its reasons.

The Authors have the right to appeal to the against the decision to retract by filing an appeal to Editor-in-Chief (in accordance with section II.5), as well as to publish their own commentary on the decision.

ІІ.5. Procedure for Investigating Alleged Breaches of Academic Integrity or Publication Ethics

Should the Editorial Board or a Reviewer identify any alleged breaches of academic integrity or publication ethics (see sections II.1–II.4), or should a complaint be received from Authors, Readers or any other third party, the Editor-in-Chief is obliged to initiate an procedure of their consideration. In doing so, the confidentiality should be guaranteed to all participants of procedure.

Complaints must be submitted in electronic or printed form addressed to the Editor-in-Chief of the publication and must include the complainant’s contact details; a reference to the publication or material in question; a detailed description of the fact(s) that are the subject of the complaint; and detailed justification (evidence) that the fact(s) in question constitute a breach. Anonymous complaints will not be considered.

The preliminary examination involves a check of a complaint or alleged violation by a person authorised by the Editor-in-Chief to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for its consideration. Based on the results obtained, the Editor-in-Chief makes a decision and informs the complainant of the registration of the complaint or of the refusal to consider it.

The examination of the complaint or alleged violation carried out by a commission of three independent experts appointed by the publication’s Editor-in-Chief. The commission has the right to consult with all interested parties and other participating persons, as well as to engage additional experts. All parties have the right to present their explanations and evidence, as well as to receive full information on the progress of the review process. The duration of the review shall not exceed 4 weeks (from the date the commission is established).

The Commission’s decision may include the following:
• to dismiss the complaint as unfounded or to confirm that no breach has occurred;
• to classify the breach as minor and propose ways to rectify the situation;
• to classify the breach as serious and take appropriate measures, to be determined by the publication’s Editor-in-Chief (see section II.1).

An appeal against the commission’s decision may be lodged within 14 days of the date on which the parties to the case were notified of it. The appeal shall be considered by the Editor-in-Chief of the publication within 10 working days. His decision shall be final.

ІІ.6. Financial Aspects of Publishing in the Journal

Publication in the scientific journal “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” is carried out on a non-commercial (free-of-charge) basis, funded by the Shevchenko Scientific Society. This ensures high standards of publication through independent peer reviewing, free from any commercial influence.

All Authors of articles and other materials submitted for publication in the journal “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences”, regardless of their academic status, nationality, number of Co-authors, etc., are exempt from any fees (payments or contributions) at all stages of the editorial and publishing process, such as the submission and processing of manuscripts, their peer review, literary editing, typesetting of the current issue (volume), the assignment of DOI identifiers and the publication of articles.

The Publisher may receive funds from Authors or Readers only for a printed copy of the issue (volume) of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences”.

IІ.7. Policy on Access to Publication Materials and Terms of Use of Copyrighted Objects

Open Access. The Editorial Board of "Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences" adheres to the principles of open science and utilises a set of methodological materials and recommendations for higher education institutions and research organisations in Ukraine regarding the implementation of open access and open science, developed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

"Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences" is an open-access journal and operates under the “Diamond” (“Platinum”) open-access model (Diamond / Platinum OA) thanks to the financial support of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. This approach entails the immediate, free publication of the scientific journal issue in open access without any financial obligations on the part of the Author or Reader and without the need for any prior registration.

Licensing and Copyright. Authors retain copyright over their scientific publications.

The journal’s content may be distributed under terms equivalent to the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This means that re-users are permitted to distribute, remix, transform, adapt and use the material in any medium or format for any purpose (including commercial purposes), provided that the authorship is acknowledged.

Under these conditions, attribution must include: 1) the Author, if provided, and the parties responsible for authorship; 2) the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) or a link to the material; 3) a link to the licence; 4) an indication of whether changes have been made to the original material.

Acceptance of these terms of use for copyrighted works (in particular, regarding the publication and distribution of an article) is evidenced by the Author(s) submitting the manuscripts of their articles for publication in this scientific journal.

Archiving and open access preservation. “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” ensures long-term digital preservation, protection against data loss, reproducibility, accurate citation in the future, and free access to all journal materials regardless of their publication date. This is ensured by:

Self-archiving. The Journal’s Founders and Publisher permit Authors to deposit the final version of the article accepted for publication (Author’s Accepted Manuscript, AAM) in institutional or subject-specific open-access repositories.

Self-archiving of the AAM is permitted without an embargo, immediately after the article has been accepted for publication. When depositing the manuscript, the Author is required to: 1) provide the full bibliographic reference to the published article; 2) include the DOI in a link of the final version of the article on the journal’s website.


ІІІ. Procedural Matters Regarding Manuscript Publication

ІІІ.1. Submission of Manuscripts to the Editorial Office

The deadline for submitting articles for the next volume of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” is May, 30 each year.

The electronic version of the manuscript and the Cover Letter should be sent to the editorial office’s email address: ntsh.chem@gmail.com.

The manuscript formatting guidelines are set out below in Section IV. Manuscript Formatting Guidelines.

The Cover Letter must contain:

  1. information about each Author, namely: the author’s first name and surname, place of work and full business address, email address and ORCID ID (if available). .
  2. It should be specified separately which of the Authors will act as the corresponding Author throughout the publication process.
  3. A Declaration of Originality of the material contained in the manuscript, signed by all Authors (in any format).

ІІІ.2. Manuscript Reviewing

The procedure for reviewing (expert evaluation) of a manuscript for the “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” provides for mandatory “blind” (anonymous) review, when the Authors do not know the personal data of the Reviewer. It provides for the following stages:

  1. Initial examination (up to 7 days) of the submitted manuscript by the Editor-in-Chief and/or his deputies for compliance with the cluster of the scientific professional publication, namely “Chemistry, Chemical Technologies and Pharmacy” and the field of knowledge E3 Chemistry.
  2. Selection of a Reviewer (up to 2 weeks).. The Reviewer is determined by the Editor-in-Chief and/or his deputies based on the correspondence of the reviewer’s field of scientific interests to the scientific direction of the article, as well as the absence of a possible conflict of interest. In cases where the article is interdisciplinary in nature, it may be sent for review to several Reviewers.
  3. Reviewing (up to 3 weeks from the moment of consent to review).. At this stage, the Reviewer analyzes the content of the results of the conducted studies, their relevance and novelty, the completeness of the description of experimental details, the informativeness of illustrative materials and tables, the validity of the formulated conclusions, the use of literary sources, and also formulates his wishes and critical remarks on the manuscript.
    The Reviewer's general conclusion provides for the following formulations:
    1. Publish without changes;
    2. Publish after minor revision.
    3. Publish after significant revision.
    4. Should not be published.
    An electronic copy of the review is sent to the Corresponding Author. In case of rejection of the article, the editorial office does not enter into a discussion with the Authors.
  4. Finalization of the article (up to 2 weeks).. After finalizing the manuscript, Authors must send the editorial office a revised version of the article, as well as a letter with responses to the reviewer's wishes and critical remarks with the changes made. The modified manuscript and the response letter are reviewed by the Editorial Board members (if the Reviewer formulates (2) Publish after minor revision) or sent for re-review (if the Reviewer formulates (3) Publish after significant revision).

    5. Revision does not guarantee acceptance of the article for publication. If at this stage the Reviewer / Editorial Board assess the changes as unsatisfactory, the article will be rejected.

ІІІ.3. Publication of the Article

1) Preliminary acceptance of the article for publication (up to 1 week). After the stages of review and revision, the Editorial Board at its meeting makes a decision on preliminary acceptance of the article for publication, which is notified to the Authors. At the same time, the completeness of the changes made by the Authors in accordance with the received reviews is assessed, as well as the result of checking the manuscript for plagiarism. In case of a positive decision, the manuscript is sent to the literary editor.
2) Literary and technical editing (up to 3 weeks). After processing by the literary editor, the manuscript is sent to the Corresponding Author for making the appropriate changes. The Authors are obliged to make the appropriate corrections within 1 week, after which the technical editor carries out the layout of the article for publication.
3) Acceptance of articles for publication and preparation of the issue. The final decision on the acceptance of individual articles for publication and recommendations for the publication of the new volume of “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences" takes place at a meeting of the Editorial Board. After that, the materials are posted on the journal's website (approximately by November 1 of the current year). Hard copies of the journal printes after assigning individual DOI (Digital Object Identifier) numbers to the articles and activating them on the publication's website.


ІV. Manuscript Formatting Guidelines

1) Manuscript language. Articles in the “Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Chemical Sciences” are published in Ukrainian (with English annotation) or English (with Ukrainian annotation). For persons who do not speak Ukrainian, the editorial office will provide translation of the annotation and other materials from English into Ukrainian.

2) Manuscript length. The approximate length of manuscripts of original articles should not exceed 16 pages, reviews - up to 35 pages, short communications - up to 4 pages (including illustrative material, a list of references and a summary in two languages).

3) Structure of the manuscript. The manuscript is formatted in the following order:

4) Technical features. 5) Examples of formatting a reference list:

Monographs / Books
Volkov S. V., Koval’chuk Ye. P., Ohenko V. M. Nanochemistry. Nanosystems. Nanomaterials. Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, 2008. 424 р. ISBN 978-966-0820-1. (in Ukrainian).

Chapters from Monographs / Chapters from Books
Malovanyy M., Boichyshyn L., Zhuk V., Sliusar V., Sereda A., Reshetnyak O. Scientific and technological aspects of a two-stage leachate pretreatment at Lviv municipal solid waste landfill. In: H. Sobczuk, B. Kowalska (Eds.) Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal. Lublin: Lublin University of Technology, 2018. Р. 110–123.

Textbooks
Shilina O., Shapovalova O. Materials Science: Laboratory Manual: teaching aid. Vinnitsa: VNTU, 2010. 70 p. (in Ukrainian).

Articles
Ostapovych B., Dumin M., Kovalyshyn Ya. Adsorption proportion of synthesized polystyrolpolyaniline composites. Visnyk Lviv Univ., Ser. Khim. 2019. Vol. 60. P. 414-420. (in Ukrainian). (https://doi.org/10.30970/vch.6002.414).
Dobrovetska O., Saldan I., Orovčik L., Karlsson D., Sahlberg M. H., Semenyuk Y., Pereviznyk O., Reshetnyak O., Kuntyi O., Merzalo I., Serkiz R., Stelmakhovych B. Electrocatalytic activity of Pd–Au nanoalloys during methanol oxidation reaction. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 2020. – Vol. 45, Is. 7. P. 4444–4456. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.12.029).

Conference proceedings
Köhler J., Babizhetskyy V. New ternary borocarbides in the Dy–B–C system. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Structure - Property Relationships in Solid State Materials, Bordeaux, France, 24-29 June 2012, P. 43.

Patents (certificates of invention)
Boichyshyn L. M., Kovbuz M. O., Kotur B. Ya., Nosenko V. K. Al–Ni–REM-based amorphous metal composition for catalytic hydrogen release. Patent of Ukraine No. 101084. Publ. 25.08.2015. (in Ukrainian).