Author Guidelines
When preparing an article, authors are invited to be guided by the latest issues of the Bulletin of Youth Science.
- These guidelines are based on the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (icmje.org) “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.”
All publications in the magazine are free.
The journal publishes previously unpublished works in the field of experimental biology and medicine, clinical medicine and pharmacy. Publications can be presented in the form of original research, scientific and methodological articles, literature reviews, discussion articles, lectures, short communications, reports on congresses, conventions, symposia and conferences. Submitted original works must provide a complete picture of the research methods, the collected material and its statistical processing (including specific statistical criteria).
The journal publishes works in the following specialties:
- 3.1 Clinical medicine
- 3.1.9 Surgery
- 3.1.18 Internal medicine
- 3.1.20 Cardiology
- 3.1.21 Pediatrics
- 3.1.24 Neurology
- 3.2 Preventive medicine
- 03/14/09 – Clinical immunology, allergology (to 10/16/2022)
- 3.3 Life sciences
- 3.3.2 Pathological anatomy
- 3.3.3 Pathological physiology
- 3.3.1 Human anatomy
- 3.3.6 Pharmacology, clinical pharmacology
- 3.4 Pharmaceutical sciences
- 3.4.2 Pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy
- 02/03/07 Genetics.
Articles not accepted for publication:
- carried out in violation of the Rules and Norms of Humane Treatment of Research Objects.
- previously published in other publications or sent for publication.
By submitting an article to the journal, the author thereby:
- transfers to the editors of the journal the rights to publish and translate his work (including the possibility of sending it to scientific information bases, etc.);
- guarantees the originality of the article (in particular, that the article has not been published previously, including partially and/or in another language, and is not under consideration in another journal);
- guarantees compliance with international and Russian ethical and legal standards when conducting experimental, preclinical and clinical studies, as well as relevant standards of publication ethics;
- confirms that the article does not contain information related to controlled technologies, or the publication of such information has been approved by a special expert council;
- bears full responsibility for the integrity and reliability of the data, as well as the accuracy of their analysis;
- gives consent to transfer the article to third parties for external review, as well as to publish any information received by the editors regarding the article (in particular, position and place of work, email address, ORCID iD, etc.);
- confirms familiarization with the text of the manuscript and its full approval;
- gives his will and in his interests consent to the provision of his complete, current and reliable personal data to the editor (in the composition required according to the rules of the journal) and their processing in any way, as well as inclusion in publicly available sources, for the period until the purpose of processing personal data is achieved or until the need to achieve them is no longer necessary;
- соглашается с тем, что научная статья будет распространяться на условиях лицензии Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. (CC BY), in which published materials can be used for commercial or non-commercial purposes if the authors are indicated;
- fully accepts the rules (Editorial Policy and Rules for Authors) of the journal “Man and His Health”.
The organization submitting the article, along with the authors, is responsible for it.
Authors, where appropriate, must indicate potential conflicts of interest associated with this work, as well as potential reasons for their occurrence. In addition, in some cases, it is possible to indicate persons who, in the authors’ opinion, should not be asked to review the manuscript with an explanation of the reasons.
You should also indicate any manuscript submissions and prior work (if any) that could be considered a duplicate publication of the same or very similar work.
- The following are provided to the editor in electronic form via the website:
- official direction with the signature and seal of the head from the institution where the work was performed (except for work performed only at KSMU);
- if necessary - an expert opinion with a signature and seal;
- article (+ tables, pictures, diagrams, etc.);
- abstracts in Russian and English in *.doc, *.docx or *.rtf format.
- information about the authors in Russian and English. For each author the following is indicated separately:
- last name, first name, patronymic in full,
- academic degree, academic title,
- position, place and full postal address of work,
- email addresses,
- ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor iD)
- contact phone numbers (mobile and work).
The author responsible for the correspondence and the author (guarantor) responsible for the integrity of the work as such are indicated separately (by default, this is one person, unless otherwise indicated).
- a scanned copy of the copyright agreement in PDF format;
For ease of reviewing and editing, pages of the manuscript are numbered starting from the first.
- Materials are presented in *.doc, *.docx or *.rtf format using the Times News Roman font. A4 format page, sheet layout – portrait, font size – 14, line spacing – one and a half (no more than 30 lines per page), margins – 2 cm, paragraph indent – 1.25 cm, no hyphens.
It is not allowed to use:
- pagination;
- numbered lists;
- landscape layout of pages;
- macros and styles;
- inscriptions in footers;
- more than one space in a row (instead, you must use automatic alignment, tabulation, paragraph indentation).
- Abstracts in both Russian and English must have the following structure (from beginning to end):
- code and name of the specialty in which the work being presented was performed;
- UDC (indicated only in the abstract in Russian);
- title of the article (only CAPITAL letters are NOT ALLOWED);
- surname and then initials of the author(s);
- full name and full postal address of the institutions where the work was performed.
You should not indicate universal prefixes that indicate the form of ownership, organizational, legal and other non-specific features of a given institution (for example, State Budgetary Educational Institution, Higher Professional Educational Institution, Federal State Budgetary Institution, etc.).
Kursk State Medical University (KSMU), 3, K. Marx st., Kursk, Kursk region, 305041, Russian Federation
If there are several, the affiliation of the authors with the relevant organizations/divisions is indicated in upper case in Arabic numerals.
- contact e-mail of the author carrying out the correspondence (indicated only in the abstract in Russian);
- annotation;
- keywords or phrases separated by commas (up to 7)
Abstracts should be between 150 and 250 words, broadly consistent with the structure of the article, and present a cohesive structured text with the following subheadings: Objective, Materials and methods, Results, Conclusion. It must be taken into account that quite often the abstract is the only source of information about the article in Russian and international scientific information databases and serves as the basis for citing the work. It is important to use the officially accepted English versions of the names of institutions and to correctly transliterate the surnames and initials of the authors.
- Articles should have the following structure:
- title (in CAPITAL letters, centered) – must accurately reflect the content of the article;
- surname, initials of the author(s);
- name of the institution and structural unit in which the work was performed; followed by an empty line
- Next comes the actual text of the work.
The article should contain the following sections: introduction with a clear statement of the purpose of the study, materials and methods of research, results obtained and their discussion with a conclusion or conclusions, list of references.
Only the following subheadings may be used in the text of the article:
"MATERIALS AND METHODS OF RESEARCH",
“RESEARCH RESULTS AND THEIR DISCUSSION”,
“CONFLICT OF INTEREST” (in Russian and English),
“PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE AUTHORS” (in Russian and English),
“SOURCES OF FINANCING” (in Russian and English),
“COMFORTANCE WITH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES” (in Russian and English),
"LITERATURE".
You should not additionally enter other headings and subheadings (for example, “Introduction”, “Relevance”, etc.).
The section “Materials and methods of research” should contain information in such a volume and with such detail as to ensure the repeatability of the results obtained for any third-party researchers.
At the request of the authors, a section “ACKNOWLEDGMENTS” may be included in the text of the article (see paragraph 14 of these Rules), for which it is necessary to obtain the written consent of the listed persons (this is not provided to the editor).
- Microphotographs and drawings are provided in jpg or tiff formats with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. After each image there should be a general signature and explanations of all curves, letters, numbers and other abbreviations, made in two languages: Russian and English. Captions for microphotographs must indicate magnification and the method of staining or impregnation.
Illustrations must be clear and legible, and symbols must be contrasting and clearly identifiable.
The number of figures for articles should not exceed 5. The data in the figures should not repeat the materials in the tables. Each graph is accompanied by figures for its construction.
If the illustration was created using specialized programs such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, etc., then the source file (for example, *.xls, *.xlsx format) is provided to the editor with the ability to make changes and edit the design of the drawing.
It is not allowed to use autoshapes to form image elements.
- Tables (no more than 5) must contain summarized and statistically processed research materials, have a number and title. In tables, all columns must have headings, numbers and units of measurement must correspond to the text, abbreviations of words are not allowed. The same data should not be repeated in the text, figures and tables.
In the tables, immediately after the Russian text, the English translation of all headings, numbers, units of measurement, etc. is also provided.
- Abbreviations of words in an article are allowed only with the initial indication of the full title or in accordance with the list adopted by the Standards Committee. Units of measurement are given in accordance with the International System of Units SI. The names of foreign authors are given in the original transcription. Chemical and mathematical formulas must be carefully verified. Greek letters are underlined in red, Latin letters in blue.
- References
The list of references is given in the form of a complete bibliographic description of the works IN THE ORDER OF THEIR MENTION IN THE TEXT OF THE ARTICLE. The bibliography is formatted according to the “Vancouver” style; the rules for formatting the bibliography can be downloaded from the link.
When making references, ALL AUTHORS are indicated at the beginning of the cited work! It is mandatory to indicate the DOI, URL, EDN (eLIBRARY Document Number) if the article has one.
The share of foreign sources must be at least 70%.
Links to conference materials, dissertations, abstracts of dissertations, and unpublished works are NOT ALLOWED.
Responsibility for the correctness and accuracy of bibliographic data rests with the author.
- Conflict of interest
After presenting the results of the study and their discussion, the authors indicate the presence/absence of a so-called conflict of interest, that is, conditions and facts that could affect the results of the study (for example, funding from interested individuals and companies, their participation in discussing the results of the study, writing the manuscript, etc.). d.).
If there are none, use the following wording: The authors declare the absence of obvious and potential conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article.
This subsection is provided in two languages: Russian and English.
- Authors contribution
If the list of authors includes more than 1 author, it is necessary to indicate the contribution of each author to this work, for example: development of the concept and design; data analysis and interpretation; justification of the manuscript or review of critical intellectual content; final approval for publication of the manuscript, etc.
This subsection is provided in two languages: Russian and English.
- Source of financing
It is necessary to indicate the source of funding for both the scientific work and the process of publishing the article (foundation, commercial or government organization, private person, etc.). There is no requirement to indicate the amount of funding. If there is no source of funding, use the following wording: The authors state that there is no funding for the study.
This subsection is provided in two languages: Russian and English.
- Conformity with the principles of ethics
If the work submitted for publication was performed with the participation of humans and/or animals, this section must indicate whether the study protocol was approved by the ethics committee (with the name of the relevant organization, protocol number and date of the committee meeting).Если в процессе подготовки к печати у редакторов возникают вопросы, в статье обнаруживаются смысловые или технические дефекты, она может быть возвращена автору для исправления. The editors also reserve the right to correct and shorten accepted materials if necessary. In addition, if required, the author undertakes to provide primary data. If an article is returned for revision, its preliminary review does not mean that the article has been accepted for publication. After receiving the new text, along with the original copy and a response to all the reviewer’s comments, the work is again reviewed by the editorial board. After making corrections, the author sends the full version of the article to the editor, including figures, tables, diagrams, etc., and not just the parts in which changes were made. The date of receipt of the article is considered the day the editors receive the final text.
The possibility of any inconsistencies with the rules for authors must be agreed with the editors.
If there is no response to the editorial comments from the authors for more than 6 months, the article is automatically considered withdrawn from consideration. Articles that do not comply with the above rules may be rejected by the editors without explanation.
The editors ensure the safety of the personal data provided.
The approximate period from the submission of an article to its publication can be up to 8 months. The journal gives priority to postgraduate and doctoral works; the deadline for their publication depends on the expected date of defense, which the authors must indicate in the primary documents attached to the manuscript.
