About Journal Sun and Geosphere
International Journal of Research and Applications – ISSN 2367-8852
Sun and Geosphere is a peer-reviewed international journal published by the Balkan, Black Sea and Caspian Sea Regional Network on Space Weather Studies (BBC SWS Regional Network).
The BBC SWS Regional Network was founded in June 2005 by decision of the "IHY Regional planning meeting for the Balkan and Black Sea region",
Sozopol, Bulgaria,6–8 June 2005 (see Protocol). In this Protocol as item 3 (below the Memorandum of Understanding) reads:
"The Regional Network will publish an International referred Scientific Journal
Sun and Geosphere with international editorial board"
The first issue of the magazine was printed in early 2006 in Baku Azarbeydzhan.
Editor-in-Chief
Atila Özgüc - Bogazici Univ. Kandilli Observatory, Turkey, e-mail: ozguc@boun.edu.tr
Associate Editor-in-Chief
Venera Dobrica - Institute of Geodynamics, Romania, e-mail: venera@geodin.ro
Olga Malandraki - National Observatory of Athens, IAASARS, Greece, e-mail: omaland@noa.gr
Technical Editor
Mariana Zaharinova - Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgaria, e-mail: marianaz@space.bas.bg
Sun and Geosphere appears twice a year and is open to original contributions in solar and solar-terrestrial physics including all aspects of "Space Weather" science.
The journal is indexed in
Editorial Policy
Sun and Geosphere is issued twice a year. The journal is open to original contributions in solar and solar-terrestrial physics.
The submitted contributions can be accepted only if they were neither published before nor destined to another publication.
The Sun and Geosphere journal is also open to publish in special issues the scientific results of some meetings with subjects in the above-mentioned fields.
All the manuscripts submitted to both regular and special issues are reviewed by competent anonymous international referees.
Only peer-reviewed papers are published in Sun and Geosphere.
Legal requirements
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract,
or as part of a published lecture, or thesis); that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been
approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute where the work has been
carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
The "Copyright Transfer Statement"
It has to be signed and faxed to the publisher together with the corrected proofs with which it will be provided by the publisher shortly after
the manuscript has been accepted for publication.
All manuscripts are subject to peer review and copy editing.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief - Atila Özgüç - Bogazici Univ. Kandilli Observatory, Turkey, e-mail: ozguc@boun.edu.tr
Associate Editor-in-Chief - Venera Dobrica - Institute of Geodynamics, Romania, e-mail: venera@geodin.ro
Associate Editor-in-Chief - Olga Malandraki - National Observatory of Athens, IAASARS, Greece, e-mail: omaland@noa.gr
Technical Editor - Mariana Zaharinova - SRTI-BAS, Bulgaria, e-mail: marianaz@space.bas.bg
Babatunde Rabiu - African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education-English (ARCSSTEE), e-mail: tunderabiu2@gmail.com
Ashot Chilingarian - Alikhanyan Physics Institute, Armenia, e-mail: chili@crdlx5.yerphi.am
Katya Georgieva - SRTI-BAS, Bulgaria, e-mail: kgeorg@bas.bg
Nat Gopalswamy - NASA, USA, e-mail: gopals@ssedmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
Namig Dzhalilov - Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory, Azerbaijan, e-mail: dnamig@gmail.com
Cristiana Stefan - Institute of Geodynamics, Romanian Academy, Romania, e-mail: cristiana_stefan@geodin.ro
Petra Koucka Knizova - Institute of Atmospheric Physics, ASCR, Czech Republic, e-mail: kapik288@gmail.com
Rolf Werner - Space Research and Technology Institute, BAS, Bulgaria, e-mail: rolwer52@yahoo.co.uk
Vladimir Obridko - IZMIRAN, Russia, e-mail: obridko@izmiran.ru
Ali Kikcik - Akdeniz University, Turkey, e-mail: alikilcik@akdeniz.edu.tr
Zbigniew Kobylinski - Polish Air Force Academy, Poland, e-mail: zbigniewkobylinski@yahoo.com
Valery Korepanov - Center of Cosmic Investigation, Ukraine, e-mail: vakor@isr.lviv.ua
Mykhailo Ryabov - Radio Astronomical Institutes NASU, Ukraine, e-mail: ryabov-uran@ukr.net
Dragan Roša - Astronomical Observatory Zagreb, Croatia, e-mail: drosa@zvjezdarnica.hr
Jean-Pierre Rozelot - Nice University, France, e-mail: rozelot@obs-azur.fr
Alexander Stepanov - Pulkovo Observatory, Russia, e-mail: stepanov@gao.spb.ru
Istvan Vince - Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Serbia, e-mail: ivince@aob.bg.ac.rs
Editorial Office address
Sun and Geosphere
SRTI-BAS
Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 1,
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
phone: +359 2 979 34 32, +359 2 986 16 83
e-mail: Sun_and_Geosphere@space.bas.bg
Instructions for Authors
Manuscript preparation (The text part)
• Manuscripts must be written in good English and should be typed in double-line spacing.
• SI units should be used throughout except where non-SI units are more common (e.g. litre (l) for volume).
• For indents, do not use the space or tabs bars.
• Use the Equation Editor of your word processing program or MathType for equations.
• Abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the abstract and again in the main body of the text and used consistently thereafter.
• Avoid the use of footnotes to the text.
Please arrange your text as follows:
A. Title page
1. A concise and informative title.
2. Name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s) of the author(s), e-mail address of the corresponding author.
3. Abstract must present the most important results and conclusions in no more than 250 words.
4. Keywords: Up to five keywords should be supplied after the abstract for indexing purposes.
Notes on affiliations: The text for each affiliation should not exceed a one row
• Arrange in sequence: institution, city, country
• Do not include institutional address and/or postal code
• Use the abbreviation or short name of the institution
B. Manuscript body
• Introduction - The introduction should state the purpose of the investigation and give a short review of the pertinent literature.
• Materials and methods - This section should follow the Introduction and should provide enough information to permit reproduction
of the experimental work.
• Results - This section should describe the outcome of the study. Data should be presented as concisely as possible,
if appropriate in the form of tables or figures, although very large tables should be avoided.
• Discussion - The discussion should be an interpretation of the results and their significance with reference to work by other authors.
• Acknowledgements - These should be as brief as possible. Any grant that requires acknowledgement should be mentioned.
The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
C. References to journal articles, articles in proceedings, books, and technical reports should be listed at the end of the paper in
alphabetical order, following the IAU style (see examples below and the IAU Style Book). All references cited in the text must appear in the
reference list, and all references listed in the reference list must be cited in the text.
• In the text the citations are given as Brown (1998), Brown and Jones (1998), Brown, Jones, and Smith (1998), or Brown et al. (1998) if
there are more than 3 authors. In a group of references, arrange them according to the year, and use semicolons: (Brown, 1990; Jones and Smith,
1993; Smith, 1999).
• References at the end of the paper should be listed in alphabetical order.
- For articles in journals: Examples:
Kahler, S.W.: 1982, Astrophys. J. 261, 710.
Oliver, R. and Ballester, J.L.: 1995, Solar Phys. 156, 145.
Demoulin, P., Bagala, L.G., Mandrini, C.H., Henoux, J.C., and Rovira, M.G.: 1997, Astron. Astrophys. 325, 305.
If available, the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of the cited literature should be added at the end of the reference in question.
- For articles in proceedings: Example:
Hoeksema, J.T.: 1995, in R.G. Marsden (ed.), The High-Latitude Heliosphere, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Holland, p. 137.
- For books: Example:
Tandberg-Hanssen, E. and Emslie, A.G.: 1988, The Physics of Solar Flares, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 145.
D. Section Title All capital, bold, not italic
E. Sub Section Title Title case, bold, italic
Manuscript preparation (The Tables part)
1. Tables must be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals.
Each table should have a headline (Table caption) describing the contents of the table.
2. Tables must be prepared with a text editor (e.g., Microsoft Word).
3. Each table can not be wider than 17 cm at font size 9 pt in each cell.
4. The height of each table (including caption) should not exceed 23 cm.
Manuscript preparation (Figures part)
1. Figures must be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals.
2. The axes of the figure must be labeled. The labels must be a part of the figure.
3. Figure caption must be brief, self-sufficient explanations of the figures. Please do not include the figure caption in the figure.
4. Size of figures: The figures, should either match the column width (85 mm) or the print area of 175×200mm.
In case reduction is absolutely necessary, please state the alternative scale desired. The publisher reserves the right
to reduce or enlarge illustrations.
Advice: Include the figure in Microsoft Word document and make sure it is clearly legible after being scaled to the size specified above.
5. Color figures: The online edition comes out in full color, the print edition in greyscale, so send the color figures also.
Advice: Check how the color figures will look when converted to greyscale.
