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Author Guidelines

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Before sending an article to the editorial board, please, review the following material carefully:
• The journal subject heading and orientation, contained in section «About the journal», on the journal’s website;
• The provision about the principles of journal editorial ethics “Radiodiagnosis and therapy”, which can be found on the journal’s website.
• The editorial board of the journal “Radiodiagnosis and therapy” provides peer view (expert review) of articles, submitted for publication based on double-blind peer review. The editorial board follows the principles of the international organization “Committee on Publication Ethics” (Committee onPublicationEthics, COPE). An article can be published only after getting positive peer review.
• The editorial board reserves the right of literary editing and manuscript reduction for a better reader’s perception of the text without changing the main content position of the submitted material. The receipt date of an article is considered the receipt time of its final (revised) version in case of its authors’ revision after peer review.
• The data presented in a manuscript must be original. The editorial board does not view the material, previously published or submitted for publication in other periodicals. An exception may be only those cases when the author and editor directly announce an intentional reissue if, in their opinion, it is crucial for public health.
• Authors are responsible for the reliability of scientific results, presented in the manuscript.
• Results of randomized controlled trials should be prepared according to existing research standards of the following design (http://consort-statement.org).
• Plagiarism and secondary publication. It is inadmissible to use unfair text borrowing and assigning research results not belonging to the authors of the submitted manuscript. The editorial board reserves the right to check provided manuscripts for plagiarism. Text similarity of 30% and more is considered inadmissible. Works previously published or submitted for publication in other periodicals, are prohibited to send to the editorial board “Radiodiagnosis and therapy”.

II. RULES FOR SUBMITTING ARTICLES

1. Article submission form.All the authors, listed in the manuscript, should sign and send to the editorial board “Consent to the author’s transfer of copyright”. Besides, the manuscript must have a covering letter (Referral) (sealed on the letterhead), signed by the head of the institution (or department), where the work was done, or his deputy. In the covering letter it should be mentioned that the material is submitted for publication for the first time. The letter should be scanned and sent with the manuscript materials as a separate file (in jpеg, pdf format).
2. Copyright. By submitting the article and accompanying files for publication in the Journal, the author (as well as all the authors of the article if it is created in co-authorship) agrees to grant the editorial board “Baltic Medical Educational Centre” Ltd. exclusive and perpetual rights to use the article free of charge (exclusive, perpetual and free license) in the territory of Russia and other countries:

• To publish the article in paper and/or electronic format, to produce the article reprints, to post it on the Internet both in the open and paid access, to send metadata article or full text to different indexing databases and depositories;
• For translation and other article processing;
• To make the article known to the general public, so that any person can get access to it in any place and time by choice (make known to the general public).

3. Publication language. Articles from any country in Russian and/or English can be submitted for publication. By the editorial board’s decision, English articles of foreign authors can be published with the translation of the name, summary and keywords into Russian.
4. Submission of articles.

4.1. General rules. The article should be printed in Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing - 1,5. Page format - А4, left margin - 3 см, other margins - 2 см. All pages should be numbered. It is prohibited to use automatic word wrap. Spelling and punctuation must be thoroughly checked in the manuscript. All the textual part of the article (title page, summary, keywords, text of the article, tables, the list of references cited, information about authors) should be typed in one file format MS Word. The file with the article text must be named after the surname of the first article author (eg.: Konovalov. Text).

Editorial, review, lecture — up to 25 pages;

Original article — up to 15 pages;

Clinical case/Summary— up to 5 pages;

Review, information — up to 2 pages.

If the article is written in Russian, the article metadata must be translated into English (full name of the author, the official name of the institution, in which the authors work, address, the title of the article, summary, keywords, contact information of the corresponding author).

4.2. Title page. The title page should start with the following information:

• The article title (not more than 12 words), including the study design;
• initials, the author’s surname (eg: I.P. Konovalov)
• the full official name of the institution, in which each author works, with indication of the city, country in the nominative case (eg: the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia);
• the author information for correspondence : full name, e-mail address

Example

*For correspondence: Rakhmanov Raphail Salikhovich, e-mail: _____;

Information about the authors: Rofail S. Rakhmanov, e-mail: ______;

If there are several authors, each surname and the institution concerned must have a digital code. If all the article authors work in one institution, it is enough to mention the institution only once. If the author has several work places, each one is marked with a separate digital code.

4.3. Authorship. The article authors can be persons who have made a significant contribution to the work of its revision or correction, the final approval for publication, as well as responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript. Persons who played a different role in the article preparation (statisticians, linguists, technical staff, etc.) can be mentioned at the end of the article, in the "Thank you" section.

The number of authors in reviews, original articles, clinical cases, brief reports should be up to 3. The authors must provide the link to their profile on http://orcid.org (the profile must be completely filled out in English, including the links to publications).

• The author’s surname should be transliterated by using transliteration system which is in free access (eg, http://www.translit.ru). In terms of organization(s), there should be given an officially accepted English variant of the name.
• The author’s contribution in the article writing must be specified (in Russian and English) ("Contribution" section):

Example

All the authors confirm compliance of their authorship, according to international criteria ICMJE (all the authors have contributed significantly to the concept development, the study and preparation of the article, read and approved the final version before publication). The greatest contribution is distributed as following example: concept and plan of the study — А.G. Zaytsev,P.А. Soshkin; collection and mathematical analysis of data — D.S. Zabrodskiy; preparation of the manuscript — А.G. Zaytsev, P.А. SoshkiS, Д.С. Zabrotskiy.

Authors’ contributions. All authors met the ICMJE authorship criteria. Special contribution: AGZ, PAS aided in the concept and plan of the study; DSZ provided collection and mathematical analysis of data.

Conflict of interest. Authors undertake to report any actual or potential conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest can be considered any situation, able to influence on the author of the manuscript and lead to concealment, misrepresentation or change interpretation of data. If there is a conflict of interests in one or several authors, it is not a reason for rejecting the paper. If editors reveal the concealing potential and apparent conflicts of interest on the part of the authors the examination and publication of the manuscript can be refused.

Information about the presence or absence of interest conflict must be given in the chapter "Conflict of interests" in Russian and English. If there is no conflict of interest, it should be stated: “The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest”

Example

Potentialconflictofinterest: the authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Disclosure. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

4.4. Funding. If the research and/or preparation of the manuscript had financial support, the funding source should be specified.

4.5. Summary. The summary of the article is the principle source of information in domestic and foreign information system and data bases indexing the journal. The summary should state only the essential facts of the work without a lengthy discourse. In original articles and literature reviews the summary should be structured–repeat the article structure and include:

INTRUDUCTION

SUBJECT

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

Subheadings are additionally issued inside the summary section:

Example: Statistics.

The summary must be accompanied with several keywords that reflect the main topic of the article and facilitates the classification in electronic databases. The keywords should be separated by commas. The summary and keywords should be submitted in Russian, as well as in English.

The authors must compare the English version of the summary and keywords or choose them according to the database https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/MeSHonDemand. If during checking there is the least number of matches with keywords on the article topic available in the database, it is recommended to use the proposed options.

4.6. Plan for building original articles, reviews, clinical cases. The structure of original articles and reviews must be in the format IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion). The plan of building original articles should be as follows:

Summary and keywords in Russian, summary and keywords in English;

INTRODUCTION;

MATERIALS AND METHODS;

RESULTS;

DISCUSSION;

CONCLUSION.

Introduction provides a brief overview of relevant data, critical assessment of the literature, related to the issue under consideration, justifies the scientific novelty and significance, defines unresolved questions, sets clear goals and targets, explaining further research. Avoid detailed analysis and historic journey.

“Materials and methods” section must contain information about where and when the research was carried out; the criteria of patients’ inclusion and exclusion, experimental animals; description of research method (cohort, prospective, randomized drug testing, retrospective, series of observation); detailed description of new medicine, method, modification, experiment, protocol brief description  (Standard Operating Protocol - SOP). Modern methods of statistical data processing should be used. If the research was carried out using equipment, its name and organization-manufacturer should be specified.

Review articles provide the database on which the analysis was carried out; requested keywords, analysis period.

In clinical cases the summary should have sections (may not be highlighted):

• relevance – 1-2 sentences on the importance of presenting the case;
• subject – what contributed  to the study of this case (what patient turned and with what complaint);
• conclusion.

Results and discussion should be described in different sections. The results should be clear and concise. Data should be provided in absolute numbers and in percentages, 95% confidence interval (95 CI%) and the value of p should be indicated.

Section “Discussion” contains a convincing explanation of the results and shows their importance.

4.7. Medicines should be listed only as international non-proprietary ones, which are used first, then if necessary trade names of the drugs, registered in Russia, are given (based on the Sate Register of Drugs, https://grls.rosminzdrav.ru/Default.aspx). It is desirable for the enzyme spelling to correspond EnzymeNomenclature (http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/). Familial disease naming should be corresponded to the international classification of inherited conditions in humans ("MendelianInheritancein Man", http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim). Names of micro-organisms should be checked in accordance with the international database, which contains updated information: http://gcm.wfcc.info.

4.8. Abbreviation. The manuscript may be accompanied by a glossary of terms (vague, likely to cause the difficulty while reading). In addition to the generally accepted abbreviations of units of measurement, physical, chemical and mathematical values and terms (for example, DNA), abbreviations of word combinations, often repeated in the text, are allowed. All letters entered by the author must be deciphered in the text of the article at their first mention. Abbreviations for single words are not allowed, even if they are repeated frequently. Doses of medicines, units of physical quantity measurements should be specified in the SI system. The comma is used to indicate decimals: 0,35.

4.9. Requirements to the illustrations. Each image should be placed in the article in the appropriate section with reference. The figure should have a numbering and title both in Russian and English. The numbering and title of the figure are placed under the figure.

Example

Fig. 1. Primary disease rate among

A single system of letter designations and image scaling should be used; images in the text must be numbered consecutively. The picture file format - eps, tiff; resolution of at least 300 dpi.

All figures (graphics, histograms) should be black and white and differ by dashes, cross-hatchings, etc. Pie diagrams and figures cannot be placed in 3D. All histograms must not have a color background.

Образец

4.10. Table design. Table number should be marked (if there is more than one table), named both in Russian and English. Table names are placed above tables. Word abbreviations in tables are not allowed. All figures in the table must correspond to the figures in the text.

4.11. Mathematical equations. Math equations should be submitted as editable text not as images. Variables should be in italics. Equations should be numbered in order.

4.12. Reference lists. The Vancouver Citation Style is adopted in the Journal “Radiodiagnosis and therapy” (reference lists are numbered not alphabetically, but in the order, mentioned in the text, regardless of the work language). It is desirable to cite no more than 20 sources in original papers, in reviews - no more than 60, in lectures and other materials - no more than 15. The reference list has to contain, besides fundamental works, the publications for the last 5 years, mostly articles from journals, references to highly cited sources, including Scopus and Web of Science. Any other additional information, if known, should be provided, for example DOI, PMID, etc.

The list of references includes only peer-reviewed sources (articles from scientific journals), used in the text of the article. Do not include in the list of literature abstracts, dissertations, textbooks, teaching guide, GOST, information from websites (using URL-address and the date on which a reference has been made available), statistical reports, articles in socio-political newspapers, websites and blogs.

If it is necessary to refer to these sources, information should be included in a footnote.

Bibliographic references in the article text are indicated [numbers, p. 3-12] in square brackets showing the pages. Ensure that all references in the text are listed (and vice versa).

Journal names should be abbreviated according to List of Title Word Abbreviations.

Self-citation is valid only in case of extreme necessity (in the literature review – not more than 3-5 references).

In accordance with the requirements of international citation systems, bibliographic lists are compiled in two versions: Russian and transliteration with English version. When preparing the list of literature, it is desirable to use free access transliteration systems (for example, http://www.translit.ru, BGN section).

The authors are solely responsible for the correctness of the bibliographic information.

Examples of bibliography registration:

Journal articles

• Kulik А.А. Specificity of the way of life of people, living in difficult climatic and geographical conditions // Bulletin of the Kemerovo State University. 2020. Т. 22, № 1. С. 139–151. Kulik A.A. Specifika obraza zhizni lyudej, prozhivayushhix v slozhny`x klimato-geograficheskix usloviyax // Vestnik Kemerovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. 2020. T. 22, No. 1. S. 139–151. [Kulik A.A. Specificity of the way of life of people living in difficult climatic and geographical conditions. Bulletin of the Kemerovo State University, 2020, Vol. 22, No. 1, рp. 139–151 (In Russ.)]. https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-1-139-151.Fu D., Yang B., Xu J. et al. COVID-19 infection in a patient with endstage kidney disease // Nephron. 2020. Vol. 144, N 5. Р. 245-247. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000507261
• Holmér I. Evaluation of cold workplaces: an overview of standards for assessment of cold stress // Health. 2009. Vol. 47, No. 3, рр. 228–334. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.47.228.

Books

• Khaitov R.М. Immunology: structure and functions of the immune system: teaching guide. 2nd ed, rev. Moscow : GEOTAR-Media, 2019. 328 p. ISBN 978-5-9704-4962-2.

Proceedings of scientific congresses and conferences

• Nikolaenko Е.N. Characterization of environmental factors Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky // Theory and practice of modern humanitarian and natural sciences (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, February, 03–06, 2015), Petropavlovs-Kamchatsky, 2015. P. 114–117. Nikolaenko E.N. Xarakteristika e`kologicheskix faktorov g. Petropavlovska-Kamchatskogo // Teoriya i praktika sovremenny`x gumanitarny`x i este-stvenny`xnauk (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, 03–06 fevralya 2015 goda), g. Petro-pavlovsk-Kamchatskij, 2015. S. 114–117. [Nikolaenko E.N. Characteristics of environmental factors in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky // Theory and practice of modern gum-nitary and natural sciences (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, February 03–06, 2015). Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 2015, рp. 114–117 (In Russ.)].

Electronic sources

https://www.profolus.com/topics/explainer-what-is-wind-chill-what-are-its-effects (accessed 20.05.2022)

5. Sending the manuscript. Manuscripts and accompanying documents are sent to the editorial office by uploading to the site.
6. There is no charge for the publication.

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 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.

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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.
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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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