Author Guidelines
Vestnik SurGU. Meditsina is a peer-reviewed journal established in 2008. It comes out four times a year. The journal’s objective is to present Surgut State University as a top-class local center for theoretical and applied medical research.
The journal is divided into two sections:
3.1. Clinical Medicine;
3.3. Preventive Medicine.
Since September 28, 2017, the journal is included in the List of Leading Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals that publish main scientific results of Doctor’s and Candidate’s theses.
Since February 1, 2022, the journal is included in the List on the following subject groups:
3.1.4. Obstetrics and Gynaecology;
3.1.18. Internal Diseases;
3.1.20. Cardiology;
3.1.21. Pediatrics;
3.1.23. Dermatovenereology;
3.1.9. Surgery;
3.3.3. Pathophysiology.
Since December 7, 2022:
3.1.25. Radiation Therapy.
The Editorial Board of the journal accepts for submission original, previously unpublished scientific articles corresponding to the journal scope.
Vestnik SurGU. Meditsina accepts articles throughout the year. In case of a positive decision of the Editorial Board, the article is published in the following issue of the journal. If the editorial portfolio is full, the publication may be moved to subsequent issues. Accelerated publication of articles is not provided. The Editorial Board does not provide any paid and agency services. Vestnik SurGU. Meditsina publishes papers for free. No fee is paid to the authors, either.
Before submitting an article, the author should take a look at the License Agreement, the Standards of Editorial Ethics and the Procedure for Reviewing Articles adopted by the journal Vestnik SurGU. Meditsina.
The article should have a scientific novelty, significance of the problem, and clarity of presentation. The Editorial Board does not accept articles simultaneously sent to other journals, as well as manuscripts that have already been published somewhere else. Monitoring of unauthorized citation is carried out using the Antiplagiat system. The originality of the paper must be at least 75 %, otherwise, the manuscript will be rejected.
The article is to be retracted should there be found and confirmed any signs of plagiarism, data falsification or other serious violation. The article itself remains on the website of the journal and in the library at elibrary.ru, with the note that the article has been withdrawn, the reason and the date of retraction. The initiator of retraction may be the authors of the article themselves, authors whose works were plagiarized, the editorial board, or any reader of the journal who discovered a violation of the Standards of Editorial Ethics (via the service “File a complaint”). The retraction procedure is carried out within 5 working days. After the article is withdrawn and the relevant information is posted on the journal’s website, the Editorial Board sends an official letter to the Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC).
The authors are responsible for the content of the article, originality, objectivity, and validity of the published materials, the accuracy of the results, the absence of plagiarism/falsification, and the correctness of references to the cited works.
Articles are accepted only in .doc file through the electronic publishing system on www.surgumed.ru. This resource is designed to organize online support for the editorial preparation of the journal. The authors should register at the system for article submission
When submitting an article, the authors should provide the following information:
- Scanned copy of an Expert Evaluation Letter on the possibility of an article open publication, which must contain a sentence “does not include information that comes within the export control”.
- Scanned copy of a Cover Letter from the author’s work place written on the letterhead with the employer’s seal and signature as well as all co-authors’ signatures.
- File containing information about the authors.
- Graphs/tables/diagrams as separate numbered files in .xls format (colored and black-and-white).
- Figures as separate numbered files in .jpg format (colored and black-and-white).
- The manuscript itself in compliance with the journal’s guidelines (template).
The submitted manuscript is checked for the Guidelines correspondence. Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements are returned to the author without review. Articles that follow the paper structure are submitted for review.
All submitted papers within the journal scope are peer-reviewed. The reviewers are acknowledged experts on the subject, who have published papers on the subject of the article under review within the last 3 years. The Editorial Board keeps the reviews for 5 years. The Editorial Board sends the reviews or paper reject notices with explanations to the authors. It is also required to submit the reviews to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon request. The review process is double blind (the authors and reviewers have no information about each other). The review process determines whether the paper may be published or not.
If a paper revision is required after the review, a revised paper should be submitted back (electronically) within 7 days. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit papers for content and length. After editing, the article is sent back to the author for approval (for 2-3 days).
Paper Size: original research, reviews, lectures, clinical practice: up to 20 pages (including references, tables, figures, and figure captions); tutorials, medical history reviews: up to 10 pages; brief reports, case studies, discussions: up to 6 pages.
Paper Structure:
- Title should be written both in Russian and in English (up to 10 words) and concisely and fairly represent the content of the paper, subject, and findings of the research. Do not use abbreviations.
- Affiliation should be written both in Russian and in English and include the following information: name, patronymic name, surname (without contractions); organization, its department, work or study place (without its legal entity form); address of the organization (city, country); e-mail (without the word “e-mail” itself); open researcher and contributor ID (ORCID) as URL. Use commas to divide the name of organization, its address, e-mail and ORCID. In case the author works in several organizations, each organization should be written in separate lines using superscript to connect it with the author. If the authors work in the same organization, it should be specified once. The corresponding author should be identified with an envelope sign after the e-mail.
- Abstract should be written both in Russian and in English (up to 250 words). An abstract is to be accurate and clear of secondary information. The abstract should contain the aim, materials and methods, and obtained results.
- Keywords should be written both in Russian and in English. Include 3-15 words or phrases used for paper indexing. The keywords should compile with the topic of the paper and reflect its subject and terminological field. Do not use general and polysemantic words as well as phrases with participial constructions. Use commas to divide the keywords. Do not use full stop after keywords.
- Acknowledgments should be written both in Russian and in English. Use the section below the keywords to write down your gratitude to organizations, research supervisors and other individuals that contributed to the paper.
- Funding should be written both in Russian and in English. Use the section below the keywords or the acknowledgments to provide information about grants, funding, projects, and research that were part of the study.
- Code should be written both in Russian and in English. State the scientific field of the article with decoding.
- For citation: for editorial office use only.
- Paper Text is written in Russian with the following pattern:
- The Introduction includes background information and the purpose of the study. The problems of the field of study that require solving should be mentioned. Specify the problem of your study. The author should also describe contemporary researches, publications, and clinical minutes that were used in the paper. Describe the unsolved problems. Compare opinions of Russian and foreign authors.
- Materials and Methods contain a thorough description of the research subject, the process of the experiment, used methods with their substantiation, and procedure of conducting the research. The literature review should include databases, keywords and search depth.
- Results and Discussion contain the analysis findings that are organized and confirmed with statistics. The main view on the issue and its results are to be presented using new wording without repetitions. Results of the study should be described to the fullest extent possible including logical reasoning of the author. The working hypothesis is to be introduced, elaborated and substantiated with tables, diagrams and other data. Compare the obtained results with similar studies revealing the novelty and objectivity of the article.
- The Conclusion presents the comparative analysis of the aim of the study and the results obtained. The author should suggest directions for further research on the topic.
- References. Only those resources that are used and cited in the text of the paper should be listed in the references. The bibliographic information should be compiled according to the requirements of State Standard GOST R 7.0.5.‒2008 “Bibliographic reference. General requirements and rules of making”. Reference numbers are put in square brackets (for example: [2]). If you refer to a specific page, the page number is included after a comma: [10, p. 81]. If you refer to more than one source, their reference numbers are comma-separated: [1, 3, 14]. Do not use textbooks as a reference. Please, refer to the original studies published in scientific journals included in global citation indexes. References are listed in the order of citation. Each reference is to be referred to in the text. For original research papers, the number of references is up to 25; for reviews, it is up to 60. Please, refer to documents that are 10 years old or less. Older references may be included if these are fundamental research papers, or there are no similar documents available for the last 10 years. The reader should be able to find the listed literary source in the shortest possible time. All sources from the Russian Bibliographic List are either translated or transliterated into English in the section named References. It is possible to use services of automatic transliteration such as www.transliteration-online.ru (choose parameter «Транслитерация имен» / “Transliteration of names”). Choose a parallel English translation of the source if it has it. The full name of foreign authors should be used in the original spelling.
Examples for References List
- Information about the authors. Use this section to add information about the authors: academic title, academic degree, honorary title, membership in organizations etc.
- Conflict of interest. Specify information about the conflict of interest and describe a conflict if there is such.
Paper example
Paper Editing
- Use Microsoft Office Word, font Times New Roman, 12 pt size, 1 spacing, 2 cm all margins, 1.25 cm indent. Please, number pages.
- The title is typed in bold capital letters. Names of authors are placed under the title. The authors should be listed in order of their contribution to the research.
- All graphical data are included in the text of the article and should be additionally submitted in separate files. If Microsoft Office Excel tables or diagrams are used, include the source file (.xls). Figures should also be additionally submitted in numbered files (.jpg/.gif).
- All images, figures, tables, and graphs in the text should be numbered (fig. 1, tab. 2). All graphical elements are placed after the text with reference to them.
- Various figures should be modified to a single design. A paper can include up to 5 simple, or 2-3 complex figures (complex figures are divided into sub-figures labeled а, b, etc.). Figures can be diagrams, X-ray images, photos, and any other graphics. Word shapes and diagrams are grouped as a single object to avoid shifting as the page margin change. For plots: please indicate axis names (if any), units of measurement, and provide symbol definitions. Figures are numbered in order of references. Captions are placed below figures. For micro photos, indicate the magnification and the dying process in the caption. Use only black and white images.
- The number of tables should not exceed three. Each table shall be numbered and have a caption. Please, include captions for each table column. Tables are numbered throughout the text. Each table should have a reference.
- Please, use the metric system for length, height, width, and volume (meter, kilogram, and liter). Use Celsius degrees for temperature, and mm Hg for blood pressure. Use the International System of Units (SI) for any hematologic and biochemical variables.
- It is recommended to use only common and well-known abbreviations in the text. Include a full term before the first abbreviation used in the text.
Full paper texts are web-published at the journal’s site www.surgumed.ru for free unlimited access and are included in the Digital Research Library at www.elibrary.ru. The journal is indexed in the Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC).
