This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.

• Figures must be saved individually and separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file. 
• Avoid the use of colour and tints for purely aesthetic reasons. 
• Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible. 
• All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. figure 1, figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1(a), figure 1(b)). 
• Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly. 
• The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a. 
• Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).  

General Information:

•  The Journal 'Transport' publishes original unpublished research papers.
• For the Editorial Board, one manuscript copy (printed and / or electronic version) prepared by Microsoft Word editor using Times New Roman type should be submitted following the below imposed requirements.
• The text of the paper should be printed by Single interval on the pages of 210 x 297 mm format with the print area of 170 x 245 mm each.
• The volume of an paper is up to 15 pages (10-12 pages are recommended).
• The authors should sign one manuscript copy (printed and / or electronic (scanned) version).
• Information about the authors including name(s), surname(s), workplace address, telephone and fax numbers (home, job) and e-mail is to be separately presented.
• When the authors include more than one researcher, a person responsible for correspondence with the Editorial Board of the Journal 'Transport' should be indicated.

 The structure of the paper:

Step in reviewing scientific papers:

Acceptance and corrections:

 

The accepted paper should be corrected by the author taking into account the remarks of the reviewers or editors or the motives explained why the remarks have been disregarded.

One manuscript of the corrected paper (electronic) is to be presented to the Editorial board not later than in a fortnight after obtaining the review.

 

1. The heading of the paper should be printed and centred in 12 pt Bold type capitals 60 mm below the sheet top. There is Single line interval between the heading and author's name.
2. The name(s) and surname(s) of the author (co-authors) should be printed and centred in 11 pt Bold type small letters. Below the author's surname, the name and address of an institution and an e-mail address of the author (co-authors) representing the institution are printed and centred in 10 pt Italic type letters. Different institutions represented by the authors are recorded in foot-notes.
3. Abstract and Keywords are printed by Single interval in 9 pt type in one column and the margins of 30 mm and an interval of three lines below the address of the institution are left. The words Abstract and Keywords are printed in Bold. The volume of the abstract must exceed 600 words. An interval of one line between the abstract and keywords should be left. The keywords should include from 4 to 12 items and are presented below the abstract.
4. Introduction, main text and conclusions are to be printed by Single interval in 10 pt type in two columns at the distance of one line from the keywords. 6 mm space between two columns is to be left. The first line of the paragraph is to be shifted 7 mm from the left margin. The last page of the paper is to be filled not less than with 70% of text.
5. Mathematical dependences, their notations in the text and other symbols should be written using Equation Editor 3 Italic in 10 pt type, indexes - in 7 pt and sub indexes - in 6 pt type. Matrices are written in square brackets and vectors in Bold-Regular 10 pt type. All numerals, including index numbers, are presented in Regular type. Formulas are centred, aligned right and numbered using Arabic numerals in round brackets. An interval of one line between a formula and text should be left.
6. Figures and tables should be put and centred in the place they are mentioned. Larger tables and figures may be put at the top or bottom of a sheet across the whole breadth. Figures are drawn by computer and additionally presented by one of the fails including *.jpg, *.tif, *.wmf or *.pcx. Photos (coloured and black-and-white type) should be of good quality, clear and suitable for reproduction. The numbers of figures and tables (for instance, Fig. 1, Table 3) and inscriptions below are printed by Regular type in 9 pt. Figures and tables are separated from the text by one-line interval.
7. The headings of introduction, chapters and sub-chapters are printed by Bold-Regular type in 10 pt small letters and aligned left. The introduction and the headings of chapters and conclusions are numbered using one Arabic numeral and sub-chapters - two numerals. The headings of chapters and sub-chapters should be separated from the text by one-line interval.
8. Abstracts are to be presented in Lithuanian and Russian (with the title of the paper and the authors' names). In case the author of the paper presented fails to use other languages than English, necessary support from the members of the Editorial Board will be provided. Keywords are indicated after abstracts.
9. References are mentioned in the text using the Harvard System of Referencing. The alphabetically arranged list of references follows conclusions. The word References is printed by Bold-Regular type in 10 pt small letters and aligned left, whereas the list of references - in 9 pt. The references are to be presented in English and the original language in case it is not English. These are the examples of making references:

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