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Author Guidelines

When sending articles to the editors office, we recommend to observe the below rules, drawn up in accordance with the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

Manuscript

The manuscript is sent to the editors in soft copy using the online form available at jnmp.ru. The file is to be submitted in Microsoft Word format (*.doc, *.docx, *.rtf).

The full manuscript text, including tables and references should not exceed 35,000 characters for original researches, and 60,000 characters for lectures and reviews. In case these limits are exceeded and in the author’s opinion the article cannot be cut, the decision on publication is taken by the Editorial Board on the basis of the reviewer's recommendations.

The text should be typed in Times New Roman font, sized 12 pt and using one and a half line spacing. Margins – 2 cm on each side. Highlighting of the text should be only made with italics or semibold type. Repeated spaces and extra line breaking are not allowed.

The downloaded article file should contain all the information for publishing (including figures and tables).

The structure of the manuscript should be as follows:

Abstract in Russian

Title. It should be informative and short enough (abbreviations are not allowed).

Authors. When writing names of the authors, the surname should follow initials (A.V. Ivanov, V.G. Petrov, D.E. Sidorov). Indication of each author’s contribution to the paper is obligatory. If the authorship is attributed to a group of authors, all group members should completely meet the criteria and requirements for authors (for example: the development of concept and design, or analysis and interpretation of data; justification of the manuscript or check of the critically important intellectual content, the final approval for publishing; consent to accept responsibility for all aspects of the work and guarantee that all issues related to the accuracy and reliability of any part of the work can be properly investigated and resolved). Surnames are set in descending order in accordance with the importance of each co-author’s contribution. The corresponding author should provide full contact details (postal and e-mail address, available phone number, affiliation, academic degree and rank).

Name of institution. It is necessary to write full official names of institutions (without abbreviations) and the structural unit where the study was conducted. If authors are employed by different institutions, it is necessary to relate the names of institutions and names of authors by adding numeric superscripts before names of institutions and names of respective authors. The first author's name should correspond to the institution referred to as the first.

Abstract should be structured as follows: background, aim of study, materials and methods, results, conclusion. The abstract must accurately reflect the content of the article. It should reflect information on the selection of participants, the conditions of the study, methods for collecting and analyzing data. The results are presented indicating the quantitative characteristics of the observed effect and its statistical and clinical significance. The findings draw attention to new and important aspects of the study and note significant limitations. The volume of the abstract has to be within 250-300 words and should not contain acronyms and abbreviations, except for units of measurement.

Abstracts of reviews should include the information on the method of search against the databases Scopus, Web of Science, MedLine, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Global Health, CyberLeninka, РИНЦ and others.

Keywords. Keywords (3-10) have to be listed for indexing by search engines. Keywords in Russian and in English should correspond.

Abstract in English

Article title. The English title should conform to the grammar rules and fully correspond to the meaning of the title in Russian.

Author names. The authors' full names must be written in the same way as in previously published foreign works. First-time authors should use the BGN/PCGN transliteration standard (see below).

Affiliation. The official English name of an institution has to be written. The most complete list of institutions and their official English names may be found on the website RUNEB eLibrary.ru

Abstract. The English version of an abstract should fully represent its meaning and structure in Russian.

Keywords. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus should be used to select key words.

Full text (in Russian, in English or both), signed by all co-authors must be divided into sections. The description of the study should be based on guidelines such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA and STARD. The structure of the full text of a manuscript describing results of the original study should comply with the commonly used template containing sections as follows: introduction (background), goals and objectives, materials and methods, results (discussion), conclusion, findings.

Introduction. The section reveals the relevance of the study with the use of literature data, and covers the issue with reference to the most significant publications. The aim of study is formulated at the end of background.

Aim of Study. It reflects the need to address the current issues arising from the content of the introduction.

Objectives. Consistent presentation of stages of clinical, laboratory and experimental research needed to accomplish the aim.

Materials and Methods. The section deals with information about patients enrolled in the study (quantitative and qualitative characteristics of patients/surveyed) or experimental animals/devices, the design of the study, clinical, laboratory, instrumental, experimental and other methodologies, including statistical methods of data processing. When mentioning the equipment and drugs, the company and country of origin are indicated in brackets. International nonproprietary names (INN) of drugs and medicines may be given in the Journal. Commercial (proprietary) names of drugs manufactured by different companies are listed in "Materials and Methods", including the manufacturer and international nonproprietary (generic) name.

Results is the main part of the manuscript. Results should be presented in a logical sequence, they may also be presented as tables and illustrations. Avoid duplication of results: the text should not repeat all the data from tables and figures, it is necessary to mention or comment on only the most important ones. Figures should not duplicate data given in tables. Values of measurements must comply with the International System of Units (SI). Abbreviations must necessarily be transcribed (except commonly used) and listed at the beginning of the article before "Background".

Symbols of chemical elements and compounds are given in words unless there is an objective necessity to write the chemical formula.

Latin names of microorganisms should be written in accordance with modern classification, in italics. The first mention of a microorganism is given indicating genus and species (e.g., Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptomyces lividans). The genus is shortened to one letter (E. coli, S. aureus, S. lividans) when repeatedly mentioned.

Genetic elements should be given as three-letter designation of Latin alphabet in lowercase italics (tet), and products encoded by corresponding genetic elements are denoted by direct capital letters (TET).

Discussion includes interpretation of results and its significance with reference to previously published own works and papers of other authors. The content should be clear and concise. Be sure to highlight new and important aspects of the research results and compare it with results of other researchers, if possible. Do not repeat information already provided in "Background", and detailed data from the “Results” section. The scope of the research competence and its practical significance should be described. The discussion may include ideas and reasonable recommendations.

Conclusion (Findings). The section sums up the research and highlights issues for the further study basing on the analyzed data. Own data collected during the study is consistently presented reflecting the results.

Additional Information

(In Russian, in English or both)

Conflict of interests. Authors must disclose potential and apparent conflicts of interests related to the manuscript. Any situation may be regarded as a conflict of interests (financial relationships, service or work in institutions with financial or political interest in the published materials, duties, etc.) which may affect the author's manuscript and lead to hiding, distortion of data, changes in data interpretation. The presence of a conflict of interests in one or more authors is not a reason for refusal in publishing. However, if the editors reveal concealing potential and apparent conflicts of interests by authors, they may refuse to review and publish the manuscript. It is convenient to declare a conflict of interest in a special electronic form developed by ICMJE www.icmje.org/conflict-of-interest/.

Sponsorship. It is necessary to specify the source of financing for both research and publishing process (funds, commercial or government organization, private person etc.). The amount of financing does not need to be specified.

Commendations. Authors may express gratitude to individuals and organizations contributed to publishing of the article, but not its authors.

References. The bibliography should be compiled in accordance with the rules for the preparation of bibliographic lists developed in accordance with the recommendations of PubMed and Scopus (U.S. National Information Standards Organization NISO Z39.29-2005 [R2010]). The correct description of the sources used in the references is the guarantee that the cited publication will be taken into account when evaluating the publication indicators of its authors and the organizations where they work.

In the bibliography (article list of references), references to literature sources must be listed in citation order (and not alphabetically), each source from a new line under its own serial number. In the text of the article, references to sources are given in square brackets in Arabic numerals.

Each scientific fact is accompanied by proper reference to its source. When several scientific facts are mentioned in sole sentence, proper reference should accompany each of these facts (not at the end of the sentence). Multiple references are to be presented chronologically, e.g. [2-6]

In the bibliographic description of each source, it is unacceptable to shorten the title of the article. The name of the English-language journals should be given in accordance with the catalog directory of the PubMed database. If the journal is not indexed in PubMed, its full name must be indicated. The names of national magazines should not be reduced.

It is recommended to include works published within the last 5 years in the list of cited literature.

It is not allowed:

• To make references to unpublished or retracted papers. Self-citing is limited (maximum 5 references for the reviews). Dissertations, as well as extended abstracts of the dissertations, should not be referred to; it is more correct to refer to articles published based on dissertation research materials. References to abstracts and other materials published in information packages of various conferences, congresses etc. are permissible for inclusion in cited literature only when they are accessible and found by Internet search engines, provided that URL and retrieval date are indicated.
• References to papers published many years ago (except when they are rare and highly informative).

The bibliography of both Russian and foreign sources should be based on the Vancouver style in the AMA version (AMA style, http://www.amamanualofstyle.com).

If the number of authors does not exceed six, all the authors are indicated in the bibliographic description. In case of a larger number, the first six authors should be indicated, and “et al.” should be added.

Links to foreign sources must contain the electronic address (PMID) and the digital identifier of the object (DOI), which are defined on the websites (http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/entrez/query. fcgi? Db = PubMed) and (http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/), respectively. Please pay attention to the only correct layout of the DOI link: Example. https://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2016.59.1.1

There is no dot after the DOI link and URL (http)!

All sources (the name of the monograph, collection, journal) in the list of references are in italics.

Examples:

When making a link, it is recommended to take into account all the details (intervals, punctuation, capital letters, italics, etc.:

Monograph:

1. Mohr J, Wolf P, Moskowitz M, Mayberg M, Von Kummer R. Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. 5^th Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2011.

Monograph edited by:

1. Wartenberg KE, Shukri K, Abdelhak T. (eds.) Neurointensive Care: A Clinical Guide to Patient Safety.Switzerland: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

Chapter from the book:

1. Kilgo P, Meredith J, Osler T. Injury severity scoring and outcomes research. In: Feliciano DV, Mattox KL, Moore EE. (eds.) Trauma. 6^th New York: McGraw-Hill; 2008. p.223-230.

Journal article:

1. Tsunoyama T, Nakahara S, Yoshida M, Kitamura M, Sakamoto T. Effectiveness of dispatcher training in increasing bystander chest compression for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in Japan. Acute Med Surg. 2017;4(4):439-445. PMID: 29123905 https://doi.org/10.1002/303

Links to online sources:

1. Brohi K. TRISS: Trauma — injury severity score. TRISS — Overview and Desktop Calculator. Available at: http://www.trauma.org/index. php/main/article/387 [Accessed Jul 01, 2016].

According to the new rules, based on  the requirements of international citation systems such as Web of Science and Scopus, in addition to the Russian-language list of sources, it is necessary to create a similar list in Latin - References (Roman sources remain unchanged, Cyrillic ones have to be transliterated by BGN / PCGN (United States Board on Geographic Names / Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use) (if there is no original translation). To transliterate text in accordance with the BGN standard, you may use the link https://translit.ru/ru/bgn/. Before putting the text into the transliteration workspace, make sure that you select the BGN standard. The source language of publication is to be indicated in parentheses at the end of the index entry (In Russ.).

The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the submitted bibliographic data, up to the denial of the right to publish.

About the Authors. The section contains the full surnames, first names and patronymics of all authors, their academic titles, scientific degrees, positions, as well as email and ORCID.

Tables should be placed in the text of the article, have numbered title and clear columns, convenient and simple to read. These tables present figures in the text, but should not duplicate the information therein. References to tables in the text are obligatory. Tables should indicate dimension of parameters and presentation of data (M±m; M±SD; Me; Mo, etc.). Explanatory notes are provided below tables, if necessary. Abbreviations should be listed in the footnote below the table also in alphabetical order.

Graphics (graphs, charts, diagrams, schemes and other illustrations in MS Office) should be contrasting and sharp. Each figure should be placed in the text and accompanied by a numbered caption. The explanation of the meaning of all curves, letters, numbers and other symbols is given below.

Photographs, screenshots and other digital images are downloaded separately in a special section, formatted *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.gif (*.doc and *.docx if there are additional notes on illustrations). Image resolution should be 300 dpi. Image files must be named with respect to the number of the figure in the text. The description of a file should contain caption with respect to the name of a photo being placed in the text.

Example:

Fig. 1. Fixation of duodenum to parietal abdomen.

Captions to microphotographs indicate magnification (eyepiece lens) and the method of staining or impregnation. References to illustrations in the text are obligatory.

Compliance with ethics. To publish the results of the original work, which is a prospective study, you must specify whether all the participants (volunteers) signed an informed consent. In case the research involves animals, you must specify whether the study was performed in accordance with ethical principles and standards of biomedical research involving animals. In both cases, you must specify whether the study was approved by the ethics committee (bring the name of the organization, its location, the protocol number and the date of the committee meeting). Otherwise, the study must comply with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration.

Supporting documents. When submitting the manuscript to the editors you must also upload files which contain scanned images of the completed and certified supporting documents (*.pdf format). The accompanying documents should  include duly signed and sealed cover letter (publishing directive, opinion of the expert commission or similar documents) from the author's employer, as well as Licensing Agreement on granting the right to use the article in the scientific journal and  Application for submission of the article to the Russian Sklifosovsky Journal “Emergency Medical Care” (forms available to download at jnmp.ru or given upon request).    

Completing the online form

For successful indexing of articles in national and international databases, when submitting a manuscript to the editors via the online form you must separately enter all its metadata in detail. Some metadata are entered separately in Russian and English languages: the name of institution where authors are employed, detailed affiliation, title, abstract, keywords, name of sponsoring organizations.

Within 7 days after sending the article, an email will be sent to the e-mail address indicated by the authors when the manuscript is submitted (the absence of the letter is evidence that the manuscript has not been received). The author may contact the editorial board (editor or reviewers) anytime, as well as track the stage of processing the manuscript via personal account on the Journal’s website.

The editors have the right to make literary and scientific edits and change the design of illustrative material without distorting the meaning of the information provided, as well as to choose the section of the Journal for articles’ publication.

All accepted manuscripts are reviewed. The article is sent to reviewers without indicating the names of the authors and the name of the institution(s) where it was prepared. Comments requiring corrections to the text of the article are sent to the author by the editors.

Fees for the publication of manuscripts, as well as compensations are not provided.

Articles that do not meet these requirements are not accepted. The date of receipt of the manuscript is considered the day the editorial office receives the final version.

The procedure for reviewing decisions of the editor/ reviewer. If the author does not agree with the opinion of the reviewer and / or editor or with individual comments, he can challenge the decision. For this, the author has to:

- correct the manuscript of the article according to the justified comments of reviewers and editors;

- clearly state the position on the issue under consideration.

Editors facilitate re-submission of manuscripts that could potentially be accepted, but were rejected due to the need for significant changes or the collection of additional data, and are ready to explain in detail what should to be corrected in the manuscript in order to be accepted for publication.

Error correction. If errors are found in the text of the article that affect its perception but do not distort the stated research results, they can be corrected by replacing the pdf-file of the article and indicating an error in the article file itself and on the article page on the journal website.

Retraction of articles. In accordance with the rules of the Council on the Scientific Publications Ethics (Russian Association of Scientific Editors and Publishers), the grounds for retraction of an article are as follows:

– detection of plagiarism in an article;

– detection of fraud in the work;

– detection of serious errors in the work that cast doubt on its scientific value;

– incorrect composition of the authors;

– duplication of articles in several publications;

– republishing an article without the consent of the author;

– concealment of conflicts of interest and other violations of publication ethics;

– failure to pass the article review procedure.

After a decision has been made to retract an article, the editors inform its authors about their decision, indicating the reason for the retraction and its date. The article remains on the Journal’s website as part of the corresponding issue, but receives the “Retracted” note with the retraction date (the mark is put on top of the article’s text and in the table of contents of the issue), and a retraction message is posted in the news section of the site. The editor-in-chief of the Journal also submits information on the retraction of the article to all network libraries and databases where the Journal is indexed.

Contact editorial information:

129090, Moscow, Sukharevskaya B. Sq., 3c1, room 1046

http://www.jnmp.ru/

+7 (495) 620-11-00

jnmp@mail.ru

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

2. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one and a half line spacing, font Times New Roman, 12 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in  Regulations  located in the Part "About Us." 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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