Medical journal

The rules for the preparation of scientific articles are based on the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals" by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

   1. The editorial board of the Medical Journal accepts for consideration original scientific articles, scientific reviews, lectures on topical issues of medicine and healthcare organization, and instructive clinical observations. Articles presenting research results obtained in violation of the "Rules and norms of humane treatment of biological research objects" will not be accepted. Articles are published after review and approval by the editorial board. The editorial staff publishes materials in Belarusian, Russian and English. Submission of previously published articles or those already accepted for publication in other journals is not allowed.

    2. One copy of the manuscript and a cover letter from the authors must be sent to the editorial office, which should include:

     • initials and surnames of the authors;

     • title of the article;

     • information that the article has not been previously published or submitted to another journal for review and publication;

     • the obligation of the authors to transfer the copyright to the publisher if the article is accepted for publication;

     • the statement regarding the absence of financial and other conflicts of interests;

     • information about the authors' participation in the creation of the article: A) the concept and design of the study; B) data collection and processing of the material; C) statistical data analysis; D) writing the text; E) editing the text.

    • information about the authors (surname, first name, patronymic; academic degree, title, position; postal address of the institution and e-mail; mobile phone number for contacting one of the authors - the corresponding person).

All persons designated as "authors" must meet the criteria for authorship. The right to be called an author is based on: 1. significant contribution to the research concept or to the analysis and interpretation of data; 2. preparation of the article or making fundamental changes; 3. final approval of the version of the article that is being submitted to the press. Participation, which consists only in providing funding or selecting material for an article, as well as in the general leadership of the research team, is not considered sufficient for authorship. All team members who do not meet the criteria of the authorship are listed with their consent in the "Expression of gratitude" section.

   3. The article must be created using the Microsoft Word text editor, printed on one side of a sheet of A4 white paper, Times New Roman font, font size – 12, line spacing – 1.5, paragraph indent – 1.25 cm. Formatting: field codes on the left/top/bottom/right is 3 cm/2.5cm/2.5cm/1 cm. All pages must be numbered.

    4. Article structure: 1. Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) Index; 2. initials and surnames of the authors; 3. title of the article; 4. full name of the institutions where the authors work, indicating the city and country (use superscript Arabic numerals to indicate the correspondence of institutions).

    5. The abstract in Russian may be published independently of the main text, therefore, it should be understandable without referring to the text of the article (150-250 words). Structurally, it is advisable to follow the sections of the article (objective, methods, results, conclusion). The abstract text should be concise and clear, abbreviations and symbols, except for commonly accepted ones, should not be used. The results of the work are described with extreme precision and informativeness (the main theoretical and experimental results, actual data, discovered patterns and relationships). The conclusions may be accompanied by recommendations and suggestions described in the article. Keywords are a set of words (5-10) reflecting the content of the article.

The abstract in English must be original (verbatim translation of the Russian-language abstract). The surname, first name, and patronymic of the author(s) must correspond the passport.

   6. The length of original articles, including figures, tables, and references, should not exceed 12 pages, scientific reviews and lectures – 20 pages, other articles – up to 5 pages. Abbreviation of words is not allowed, except for commonly accepted abbreviations of chemical and mathematical quantities, measures, and terms. The articles should use the SI system of units.

    6.1. Required sections of the original scientific publication:

     · the introduction (no more than 2 pages) should reveal the relevance of the problem under study including its scale (prevalence, morbidity, etc.) and indirect effects (social, economic);

     · the objective of the study;

     · methods (design, method of evaluation of results, description of statistical methods and software used for data processing);

     · results;

     · discussion (in terms of novelty and comparison with known data);

      ·  conclusion (as a coherent text);

      ·  funding source (sponsorship – grants, equipment, medications, etc.);

      ·  conflict of interest (circumstances that could influence the results or interpretation of the study). If there is no conflict of interest, it must be stated. Example wording: "The team of authors declares that there is no conflict of interest."

    6.2. Scientific review

The purpose of a review publication should be to discuss the accumulated material and present the author's new perspective on previously described phenomena, rethink and search for new approaches to their interpretation, rather than simply listing the facts and stating the current state of the issue.

Mandatory parts of the review publication:

     • Introduction;

     • discussion (may be a separate section into or systematically presented through the text);

     • conclusion (as a coherent text).

   7. The list of sources used (for an original article – no more than 20, for scientific reviews – no more than 50) in Russian (Belarusian) is formatted according to the requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus (GOST 7.1-2003). The cited literature is presented in a single list in order of citation as it is mentioned, indicating the doi (if available), references in the text are given in ordinal number in square brackets.

This is followed by a list of cited sources in the Roman alphabet (References): the authors and the title of the article (transliteration), [English translation of the title in square brackets], the name of the Russian-language source (transliteration). Examples of bibliographic descriptions for References.

Book description

Paches, A. I. Opukholi golovy i shei [Tumors of the head and neck] /A. I. Paches – M.: Medicine, 2000. – 487 p. [in Russian]

Drobyshevsky, N. P. Reviziya i audit [Audit and auditing]: ucheb.-metod. posobie /N. P. Drobyshevsky. – Minsk: Amalfeya, 2013. – 415 s. [in Russian]

Rips, L. J. Lines of thought: central concepts in cognitive psychology. /L. J. Rips. – New York; Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011. – 441 p.

Ernst, L. M. Color atlas of fetal and neonatal histology. /L. M. Ernst, E. D. Ruchelli, D. S. Huff. – Springer, 2011. – 399 p.

Journal article description

Tretyak, S. I. Ehpidemiologiya i ehtiologiya khronicheskogo pankreatita [Epidemiology and etiology of the chronic pancreatitis] /S. I. Tretyak, S. M. Rashchinski, N. T. Rashchinskaya, D. A. Avdevich //Zdravookhranenie. – 2010. – № 1. – S.15–19. [in Russian]

Belov Yu.V., Varaksin V.A. Strukturno-geometricheskie izmeneniya miokarda i osobennosti zentral'noy gemodinamiki pri postinfarktnom remodelirovanii levogo zheludochka [Structural and geometric changes in the myocardium and features of central hemodynamics in postinfarction remodeling of the left ventricle] /Yu.V. Belov, V.A. Varaksin //Kardiologiya. – 2003. Vol. 43, № 1. S.19–23. [in Russian].

Arruda, V. R. Novel approaches to hemophilia therapy: successes challenges /V. R. Arruda, B. S. Doshi, B. J. Samelson-Jones //Blood. – 2017. – Vol. 130, № 21. – P.2251–2256.

Lind, H. Raman spectroscopy of thin-film silicon on woven polyester /H. Lind, J. Wilson, R. Mather //Physica Status Solidi. – 2011. – Vol. 208, № 12. – P. 2765–2771.

Article from a collection description

Ablameyko, S. V. Sistema analiza citologicheskikh izobrazheniy dlya diagnostiki raka shchitovidnoy zhelezy. Analiz tsifrovykh izobrazheniy [Citological image analysis system for thyroid cancer diagnosis. Digital Image Analysis] /S. V. Ablameyko, V. A. Kirillov, N. I. Paramonova et al. //Sb. nauch. tr. Minsk: NAN Belarusi, Obyedinenny institut problem informatiki. – 2003. – Vyp. 2. – S.157–167. [in Russian].

Abstract or thesis description

Sidorov, A. V. Funktsionalnaya aktivnost nervnyrh tsentrov pri obemnoy peredache signala [Functional activity of nerve centers in volumetric signal transmission]: avtoref. dis. … d-ra biol. nauk: 03.03.01; 03.03.06 /A. V. Sidorov; In-t fiziologii NAN Belarusi. – Minsk, 2013. – 44 s. [in Russian].

Patent description

Chichkin, D.N, Ulaschik V.S., Mitkovskaya N.P., Mucharskaya Yu.A., Kulchizkiy V.A. Sposob lecheniya revmatoidnogo artrita [A method of treating rheumatoid arthritis]. Patent BY № 10617, 2006. [in Russian].

Tables should have a numbered heading and clearly defined columns convenient and understandable for reading. Table data must correspond to the numbers in the text, but should not duplicate the information presented there. References to tables in the text are required. Tables are numbered with Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text. If there is only one table, it is not numbered. The table heading includes the ordinal number of the table and its heading. Aligned left.

Each figure must be accompanied by a numbered figure caption. References to figures in the text are required. The figures are numbered in Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text. If there is only one drawing in the text, it is not numbered. The figure caption includes the ordinal number of the figure and its title. Aligned center.

Notes to the table and the figure are formatted with the same font and size as the main text, aligned in width, placed below the table or the figure caption and should contain explanations of the abbreviations used and other information necessary for the interpretation of the presented data.

Illustrations (graphs, diagrams, charts) must be contrasting and clear. The illustrations must be made in a separate file and saved as an image (in * format jpeg, *.bmp, *.gif) and then placed in the manuscript file as a fixed image. Photographs, screenshots, and other non-drawn illustrations must not only be inserted into the text of the manuscript, but also uploaded separately as files in * jpeg, *.bmp, *.gif format (*.doc and *.docx – if additional markings have been made on the image). The image resolution must be >300 dpi. Image files must be named according to the image number in the text. The file description should separately include the figure caption which must correspond to the title of the photo placed in the text.

The editorial board reserves the right to shorten and edit articles, and also requests that the corrected manuscripts be returned within 2 weeks after reviewing. It is mandatory to send an electronic version of the article, drawings, graphic materials and accompanying documents to the journal's email address. The editorial board does not accept manuscripts that do not comply with the rules. Correspondence with the authors is conducted via e-mail.

To send materials to the editorial office, you must log into your Personal Account on the website of the Medical Journal.

Copyright

The authors publishing in the Medical Journal agree to the following:

• the authors retain the copyright to the article and grant the journal the right of first publication under terms that allow others to share- this article with mandatory preservation of references to the authors of the original work and the original publication in this journal;

• the authors retain the right to enter into separate contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the published version of article in the Medical Journal (e.g. placement in the institute repository, publication in a book) with a link to the original publication in this journal;

• Authors have the right to post an article on the Internet (e.g. the institute repository, personal website) before and during the review process by this journal, as this can lead to a productive discussion and more links to this work.

Privacy

The names and e-mail addresses entered on the website of the Medical Journal will be used exclusively for the purposes steted by the journal and will not be used for any other purposes or provided to other persons and organizations.

Journal policy

Editorial address:

Correspondence address: Office 2, 6 Leningradskaya Str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
E-mail: medjournal@bsmu.by.