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Requirements for papers preparation
Bibliography requirements
Papers presentation

Requirements for papers preparation: (these requirements could be printed by clicking there)
1. Size – 4 – 6 pages (A4 format).
2. Structure: Title, first name(s), family name(s), institution, abstract (not less than 500 press signs), introduction (purpose of investigation, tasks, object and research methods), results of research, conclusions, list of references and data about the author(s).
3. Requirements for the text:
- Text editor – Microsoft Word, Font – Times New Roman;
- All margins – 20 mm;
- Title of presentation – 14 pt, Bold;
- Author’s first name and family name – 12 pt, Bold;
- Title of Institution – 10 pt, Italic;
- Abstract – 8 pt, Bold; the text – 8pt, Normal.
- Title of Introduction – 10 pt, Bold;
- Text of Introduction – 10 pt, Normal;
- Titles of chapters – 10 pt, Bold; before a new chapter’s title - Single space interval;
- Title of presentation, author’s first name and family name, institution, titles of chapters should be aligned to the left.
- Text (line spacing - single) – 10 pt, Normal;
- Main symbols of the formulae – 10 pt, Italic; their indexes – 8 pt, Italic; formulae should be centered and numbered in Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right;
- Graphics and drafts should be made in Excel program; notes under the pictures; titles of graphics, drafts and notes under them – 9 pt, Normal;
- Title of tables and text in tables – 9 pt, Normal; - Titles of the List of References – 8 pt, Bold; the text – 8 pt, Normal.
- List of references should be made according to the bibliography requirements presented here below:
- Text of references – 8 pt, Normal.
4. Data about the author:
first name and family name – 9 pt, Bold, author’s affiliation and institution, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, interests of fields of research and other important data at author’s discretion – 9 pt, Normal.

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Bibliography requirements:
1. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically according to authors’ names, and chronologically per author.
2. In the text of the manuscript a reference only to the authors(s) last name and year of publication, and if necessary, appropriate pages should be made. For example: “Brust and Gryna (2002) pointed out that some countries…” or “The costs of quality failures can amount to more than 20% of sales (Feigenbaum, 2001, pp. 26)”.
3. Where the reference has no author(s), in the text of the manuscript one or more words should be used that will identify the reference and year of publication, for example: “Lithuania was among the most developed and industrialized economies...“ (OECD information..., 1996).
4. Not more than two authors may be cited per reference; “et al” should be used after the name of the first author. However, this indication should never be used in the list of references where all the authors of publication should be mentioned.
5. The following system should be used for listing references:

a. For books
Author(s), year of publication, title of book, edition, publisher.
For example: Knott G. (1998). Financial Management, 3rd ed., Palgrave, New York.

b. For periodicals
Author(s), year of publication, title of publication, title of periodical, number of periodical, pages of publication in the periodical.
For example: Aharony J., Swary I. (1980). Quarterly Dividend and Earnings Announcements and Stockholders’ Returns: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Finance 35, pp.1-12.

c. For Web sites
Title of organization, year of publication, title of publication, full Web site address. For example: National Stock Exchange of Lithuania (2004). Start of a public sale of shares. Available at http://www.nse.lt/nvpb/index_en.php?page=BPzyn&unq=3530

d. For essays in conference proceedings
Author(s), year of publication, title of publication, title of conference proceedings, pages of publication in proceedings, institution by which the conference was organized.
For example: Bugina V., Baraskina I. (2003). The Development of Cooperation in Agriculture of Latvia. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “Rural Development 2003”, pp.64-65, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.

e. For research reports and doctoral dissertations
Author(s), year of publication, title of publication, research report or doctoral dissertation, department and institution in which the report is made or dissertation is written.
For example: Gargasas A., Ramanauskas J. (2003). Investigations of Possibilities to Restructure Farms Using SAPARD Support. Research report, Faculty of Economics and Management, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.

f. For unpublished reports, departmental notes, etc.
Title of unpublished report or note, year when the results were carried out, department and institution in which the results were carried out.
For example: Annotations of Results of the Research carried out at the Faculty of Economics and Management during 2003. Faculty of Economics and Management, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.
Note. When the report or note is written by named author(s), primarily name of the authors(s) and year when the results were carried out should be shown.

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Papers presentation:
Papers should be sent by e-mail: rural.development2009@lzuu.lt extended till 30th of June, 2009.

Presented papers will be reviewed. Publications will be referred on ISI Proceedings.

Papers of presentations, which have fulfilled the said requirements and have been regarded as qualitative from the scientific or practical point of view, will be published in the proceedings of the Conference.
The papers will not be additionally edited.

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