Author Guidelines
Attention of the authors!
The editorial staff receives original papers, systematical reviews of scientific literature, meta-analysis data, and reviews of scientific publications for consideration.
When preparing a manuscript, authors should adhere to the "Recommendations for conducting, describing, editing and publishing the results of scientific work in medical journals”of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), "National Standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 7.0.7.2021", the provisions of which came into force since October 1, 2021.
The order of presentation of the paper to the editorial office of the journal:
Materialfor publication, cover letter and “Conflict of interests” form, signed by the authors, should be sent in electronic form to the site of “Psychiatry” Journal /“Psikhiatriya” Journal (http://www.journalpsychiatry.com) and to e-mail L_Abramova@rambler.ru. The text of the article should be submitted to the electronic editorial office in Microsoft Word format (doc, docx, rtf file).
Material for publication in paper version (1 copy) with signatures of all the authors, head visa, cover letter, and a questionnaire "Conflict of interest" should be sent to the editorial office at the address: Editorial staff of “Psychiatry” Journal, FSBSI “MHRC”, 34, Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow.
- Cover letter for publication of the paper, review (other material) contains:
- address to Professor Klyushnik T. P., the editor-in-chief of the journal, with an offer to consider the paper for publication in the journal;
- the list of the authors and the title of the paper/review;
- affirmation that the material has never been published before and that it isn’t offered for publication in other editions;
- information on the consent of all the authors to publication and approval of scientific institutions, where the study was carried out;
- the letter is signed by the head of directing institution (or the author in a case of addressing the editorial staff on personal initiative);
- names of potential undesirable peer reviewers may be given in the letter due to the conflict of interests.
A scanned referral form with a supervisor's visa (pdf file) is sent through the electronic editorial office.
- The rules of paper (material) design for publication:
- toindicate the type of the paper (scientific paper, review paper, etc.);
- to show thematic rubric (UDC code);
- the title should be short, but informative, without abbreviations, if it is possible;
- enumeration of the authors. If there are no more than four authors, their names are given in full, for example: Pyotr Anatol’yevich Korotkov, Alexey Borisovich Trubyanov, Yekaterina Andreyevna Zayganova. If there are more than four authors,it is allowed to give names, patronymics in the form of the authors' initials and surnames, for example: K. Gulimov, Yu.I. Ammur, A.S. Seleznyov, N.V. Davydova, V.V. Zverev, O.A. Svitich);
- affiliation (the names of the institutions, where the authors belong to, without abbreviations). If other authors from various institutions participated in writing of the paper, it is necessary to correlate the names of institutions with surnames, names and patronymics of the authors by adding numeric indices in upper case before the names of institutions and the surnames of the respective authors;
- annotation in Russian consisting of 200-250 words, structured into sections (Initialdata, orBackground, the Aim of the study, Material (the patients) and methods, Results, and Conclusionis necessary. In the abstract of the article, the sections are arranged sequentially, in a single block, without red lines and paragraphs;
- to highlight Key words (from 3 to 10), separated by commas, contributing to the indexing of the article in search systems. There is no full stop at the end of this section;
- all the metadata of the paper (the title, authors, affiliation, annotation, and key words) should be presented in Russian and English with accurate spelling of all the surnames and names. Lowercaseanduppercasestyleofwritingshouldbeappliedfortitlesofpapers.
- English version of the summary should completely correspond to Russian one in its sense and structure and it should be written in correct English.
- The total volume of the paper should not exceed 10-12 pages of typescript. The total volume of the review should not exceed 22-25 pages. The text should be printed, using Times New Roman print. Standard types of 12-point type and 1-point type interval should be used, as well as margins with the minimum of indention of 2 cm. Accentuation should be made ONLY in italics, or boldface font with NO underlining. The pages of the manuscript should be numbered. The used abbreviation should be deciphered in the beginning of the paper and later it should be used without decoding. When the volume of the text exceeding the standard norm is justified in the author’s opinion and should not be abridged, the decision about its publication is made at the editorial board meeting according to the recommendation of the reviewer.
- The text of the paper should have definite structure and include “Introduction” with substatiation of urgency of investigation and brief information about the literature data on the theme of the study, “The aim of the study”, “Material and methods (Patients and methods)”, “The results and their discussion”, and “Conclusion (deductions). It is not necessary for scientific reviews to include “Introduction” and “Conclusion”.
- The contents of the paper should answer the course of scientific process. Introduction of subsections and subtitles may be justified.“Material and methods” section is usually structured in subsections. As a rule these are:
- Plan (design) of the study;
- ethicalexpertise;
- criteria of inclusion/non-inclusion/exclusion
- conditions of conducting the study;
- durationofthestudy;
- description of examination method, or medical intervention;
- methodsofoutcomesregistration;
- resultsofstudy;
- analysisinsubgroups;
If necessary and depending on the type of the study, additional subsections can be introduced.
Types of equipment and their manufacturers should be indicated, as well as the names of chemical and medicinal agents, obligatorily with indication of INN, alongside with this it is possible to indicate trade name of the drug. In a case of conduct of genetic and molecular-biological studies the names of all the genes, alleles, and polymorphisms should be obligatorily indicated, as well as successions of primers and the ways of extraction of DNA (during the performance of PCR).
In “Statistical analysis” subsectionit is necessary to describe in detail the used methods of statistical processing of data, and as far as possible to present results with corresponding indices of measurement of error, or uncertainty (for example, confidential interval, CI), without relying only upon statistical verification of hypotheses (p), and to use only generally accepted statistical terms and abbreviations.
In “Results”subsection basic, or the most important obtained data, should be presented in logical succession in the text, tables and figures. You needn’t duplicate all the data in the tables and figures in the text. As an alternative to exceedingly voluminous tables it is possible to use diagrams (but you shouldn’t duplicate tables with diagrams!). The results of investigations and observations should be presented in units of International system (SI). Chemical formulas and dosages are endorsed by the author in the margins. It will be better to present data in absolute and per cent (in brackets) expression with indication of the level of statistical significance p (up to the 3rd digit after the comma), if it exists.
The number of illustrations should not exceed 5.
Request to photograph: size 400x300 px (height 400 px, width 300 px), format: jpg, jpeg, size of file: 20-50 kb., resolution: 72dpi.
Mathematical formulas should be presented as editing text, and not in the form of images.
Footnotes should not be abundant, they should have consecutive numeration in all the text.
Tables should be placed in the paper text, they must have numbered title and accurately indicated columns, convenient and comprehensible for reading. Tables data should correspond to the numbers in the text, however they should not duplicate the information presented in it. References to the text tables are obligatory.
Figures should be contrasting and clear. The volume of graphic material should be minimal (but for those papers, where it is justified by the character of investigation). Each figure should be placed in the text and must be accompanied by enumerated cutlines. References to the text figures are obligatory. All the “legends” and conventions reveal in the cutlines. In a case of reproduction of illustrations and tables from works of other authors written permission should be received. The titles of figures and tables (with names of separate columns) must be translated into English.
Sections “Discussion” and “Conclusion” for an original paper should contain generalization of the obtained data and discussion of the basic result of the study, as well as association of these results with the declared aim of the study alongside with admission of its limitation.
“Conflict of interests” section (filled in a case of financial support).
Having finished the text of the paper, the authors should specify the source/sources of financing the study, using the following template: “The study was carried out with financial provision (financial support) …” Participation of sponsors in determination of the study design, data analysis and interpretation of the obtained results, as well as the decision to publish them in the paper should be indicated.
The lack of additional financing should also be confirmed with the statement on the lack of financial support/conflict of interests (See the form presented below).
The authors should present to the editorial board the filled in form about the conflict of interests, in which all the authors of the published material give answers to the questions.
Affirmative answer presupposes presentation of concrete information.
The title of the manuscript (paper) ________
Author:_____________________________
- Have you, or your relatives received material compensation, including honorariums for speeches, consultations, gifts, payments for trips and study financing from the organization, institution, or company, for which this publication may present financial interest? Yes/No
- Do your immediate relatives work for the interest of organization, institution, or company, which may be financially impacted by your publication? Yes/No
- Are your immediate relatives members of the governing body of organization, institution, or company, which may be financially influenced by your publication Yes/No
- Do you have any close relatives - shareholders who have investments or other financial interests (with the exception of mutual investment funds) in an organization, institution or company that may be financially affected by your publication? Yes/No
- May the results of this publication directly or indirectly influence your honorarium? Yes?No
- Are there any other conflicts, or existing contradictions in the interests, which the editorial board should know? Yes?No
“Informed consent” section. It is prohibited to publish any information, which makes it possible to identify the patient (name his/her name, initials, numbers of case reports on the photos during working out written descriptions and genealogies), but for the cases, when it presents great scientific value and the patient (his/her parents, or guardians) have given their informed written consent. If consent is obtained, this should be reported in the published article.
“Compliance with the rights of the patients and experimental animals” section.It is necessary to indicate whether the conduct of human experimentation was in accordance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and its 2000 revised version and the ethical standards of the Committee on Human Experiments (affiliated with the institution where the work was carried out or the regional one). When describing experiments on animals, it should be indicated whether the maintenance and use of laboratory animals was in accordance with the rules of the institution, the recommendations of the national research council, and national laws.
In “Acknowledgements” section the authors have possibility to express words of gratitude to those, whose contribution to the study is insufficient for becoming co-authors, but at the same time is considered significant by the authors (consultations, technical assistance, translations, etc.).
Rules for compiling a list of references
- In"References" section the recommended number of sources in the list for original papers is 15–20, for literature reviews it makes up 60. Authors should correctly refer to the original sources, as they are fully responsible for the accuracy of the data given in the bibliography. Authors should not copy references to literary sources from other publications, if they have not read the referenced works. DOI should be checked carefully. Bibliographic references should be numbered, in the text of the manuscript they are indicated in square brackets by numbers.
- In the list, all works are listed in the order of citation, and NOT in alphabetical order. Each source should be placed on a new line under a sequential number,
- In the text of the paper, references to sources are given in square brackets in Arabic numerals, in accordance with the References.
- The bibliographic description of each source should include ALL THE AUTHORS. It is unacceptable to shorten the title of the article. The titles of the English-language journals should be brought in line with the catalog of titles of the MedLine database. If the journal is not indexed in MedLine, you must indicate its full title. Thetitleofthejournalshouldbegiven
- When referring to journal papers (the most frequent source of information for citation), you should adhere to the template: Author AA, Co-author BB. Paper title. The title of the journal (italics). Year; Volume (Number): pp.
- Do not use full-stops after the initials of the authors. The title of the papers and the journal should not be separated by the "//" sign. The abbreviated notation format should be used to describe the publication date, volume, journal number, and pages on which the paper is published. For example:
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. NEJM. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-287.
Дедов ИИ, Шестакова МВ. Эпидемиология сахарного диабета и микрососудистых осложнений. Сахарный диабет. 2010;(3):17-22. - In the list of References, it is not recommended to refer to dissertations and abstracts, you should provide references to original papers, reflecting the contents of these studies.
- While compiling the list of References, transliteration is used (writing in Latin letters). To transliterate bibliographic references in accordance with the BGN standard, you can use the link http://ru.translit.ru/?account=bgn. Example:
Дедов ИИ, Шестакова МВ. Эпидемиология сахарного диабета и микрососудистых осложнений. Сахарный диабет. 2010;(3):17–22.
Dedov II, SHestakova MV. Epidemiologiyа saharnogo diabeta i mikrososudistyh oslozhnenij. Saharnyjdiabet.2010;(3):17–22. (In Russ.).
The English version of the spelling of the article title is given, which is preferable, in the Russian-language versions of the journals, if available. In domestic journals, the English version of the title of the article is often present in the Contents section. Use eLIBRARY data.
Information about the authors is placed on the last page in Russian (Информация об авторах) and English (Information about the authors) languages, indicating for all authors the name and the surname (data for the author in Russian are indicated in the following sequence: name, patronymic, surname), academic degree, academic title, place of work, city name, country, e-mail. Author information in English begins with a name. Example: Oleg P. Nikolaev. It is recommended to include ORCID. Information about the author, responsible for the correspondence, is highlighted with the words Corresponding author after the publication of the article. The Corresponding author indicates the e-mail address and telephone numbers.
Conflict of interest information is provided after “Information about the authors” section.
Example: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Articles submitted to the editorial office are subject to undergo obligatory peer reviewing. The editorial board reserves the right to reduce the received materials, and to carry out scientific and literary editing.
Articles not drawn up in accordance with the specified rules are returned to the authors without consideration.
Articles are published free of charge.
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