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International Competition “Mental Health in the Digital Society” (ICMHDS-2025)

Areas of expertise: Education, Psychology, Health Care Science.

Categories of participants: post-graduate students (individual participation or in a group), scientists (in a group).

Awards: 1st prize – 1 participant or group of co-authors; 2nd prize – 1 participant or group of co-authors; 3rd prize – 3 participants or groups (1 paper in each area).
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Organizers of the competition:

Kharkiv Regional Public Organization “Culture of Health” (KRPOCH), Scientific Research Institute KRPOCH (Ukraine) with the support of International Journal of Science Annals (IJSA).

The purpose of the competition is to support the research of post-graduate students studying Social and Behavioral Sciences, namely the subject of “Mental Health,” and to promote young scientists' achievements internationally through publications in IJSA.

The competition's jury consists of authoritative scientists from 17 countries on five continents in Education, Psychology, and Medicine, who are members of the Editorial Boards of IJSA. We guarantee proper compliance with the ethics of publications and copyright protection at all stages of the competition.

Competition procedure:

IJSA accepts papers for the competition from June 1, 2025, to September 15, 2025.

Original research in the following areas is accepted for the competition: Education, Psychology, Health Care Science, and Rehabilitation. IJSA accepts papers in English.

IJSA publishes peer-reviewed papers on the first-in, first-out method. Papers published or accepted for publication in IJSA, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2025 are assessed.

The competition winners will be announced on December 23, 2025.

Requirements for a research paper:

it must be prepared by a post-graduate student (up to 3 co-authors are also allowed). A participant cannot submit the paper twice. If research is carried out with a teacher or academic supervisor, the contribution of a post-graduate student must be at least 50%;
it must not have been previously published in any format (website, journal, bulletin, etc.) and must not be considered for publication in other periodicals and competitions;
it must be original (at least 90% unique), which is confirmed by a reference;
it must meet the requirements for papers in IJSA (https://ijsa.culturehealth.org); papers must be submitted in IJSA templates together with supplemental materials (cover letter, author agreement form, conflict of interest declaration, information on the verification of the text uniqueness for its publication in IJSA).

Results:

all competition winners ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (5 persons/groups) will be awarded free publications in IJSA;
all competition winners (including academic supervisors) will get certificates;
All competition participants who do not win but pass the review will get a 50% discount for publication in IJSA.

Awards:

1st prize (1 participant or group of co-authors): free publication in IJSA + certificates.
2nd prize (1 participant or group of co-authors): free publication in IJSA + certificates.
3rd prize (3 participants or groups of co-authors): free publication in IJSA + certificates.

All competition winners will get free publications and certificates, and academic supervisors will be additionally awarded letters of appreciation from the International Organizing Committee.

Competition financing.

The ICMHDS-2025 project is financed by the general sponsor KRPOCH Publishing.
The costs of the publication of the winners’ papers are incurred by the founder of the International Journal of Science Annals – Kharkiv Regional Public Organization “Culture of Health,” Scientific Research Institute KRPOCH (Ukraine).
Competition participants pay only the registration fee (EUR 35 per research paper). The cost is paid after confirmation that the participant's manuscript has been chosen as the winner (ranked 1st, 2nd, or 3rd). The registration fee is directed to producing certificates for participants and letters of gratitude to supervisors.

Milestones:

The terms for submission of papers for the competition: from June 1, 2025, to September 15, 2025 (23:59:59).
Announcement of selection results: November 30, 2025.
Announcement of the competition winners: December 23, 2025.

Submission:

All research papers must be submitted in electronic form (in .doc or .docx format) through the Online Submission System of IJSA or by Email: [email protected] (Subject: ICMHDS-2025. Last name of the first author).

Supplemental materials (cover letter, author agreement form, conflict of interest declaration, information on the verification of the text uniqueness for its publication in IJSA) must be sent together with a paper.

Notes.

*To avoid conflict of interest, papers submitted by members of the Editorial Board of IJSA or co-authored by them for publication in the journal are not accepted for the competition.
**All competition participants must have a personal ORCID. The ORCIDs listed in the papers are indicated in the publication and when registering a paper's digital object identifier (DOI).
***Each participant must specify their Email. Correspondence on participation in the competition, publications, and/or certificates are sent to the indicated Emails.
****The results will be announced on the website https://competitions.culturehealth.org/index.php/competitions/icmhds