Manuscript preparation
The text of the manuscript should include:
Title;
Structured Summary / Abstract, up to 300 word: introduction; aim; material and methods; results; conclusion(s);
Keywords;
Full text;
List of cited literature (REFERENCES are given in the order of mention in the text);
Tables (if available), in text format, with an informative title and a transcript of all columns / rows;
Figures (if available) with an informative title. In addition to the images integrated into the manuscript file, it is necessary to provide high-quality images suitable for printing in a separate graphic file (files);
All abbreviations (even common ones) used in the text of the manuscript should be deciphered at the first mention, it is desirable to use no more than 10 abbreviations.
The electronic version should include the text part of the manuscript, all illustrative material (placed in light versions of pixel graphics in the required place in the manuscript), as well as separately provided files (pixel and vector graphics) in original resolution, quality and formats that meet the technical requirements of the publisher.
Typesetting and layout requirements
The material file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word or RTF document format.
The main text is typed in Times New Roman, and the tables and legends for them are Arial.
Font size 12 points, line spacing 1.5, alignment of all text to the edge width, sheet size A4.
Page margins (top, bottom, right, left) - 2 cm, including page numbering.
All illustrations, graphs and tables are located in the appropriate places in the text and not at the end of the document.
The text is well structured using two or three levels of subheadings (up to a maximum of 4).
For the title of the article - bold, font size 18. For subheadings of the first, font size 16. For the second level, 14 and italics.
Paragraph indentation should be the same throughout the publication at 1.25mm. Breaking a paragraph indent with a space and the Tab key is not allowed.
Page numbering through (the first page is numbered) at the bottom center.
All words within a paragraph are separated by only one space.
There are no spaces before a punctuation mark, and one space after a punctuation mark.
Underlining, sparse text as highlights are not allowed.
The text is typed without hyphenation and aligned to the width of the strip (in the typing program, you must turn off automatic hyphenation and remove forced word hyphenation).
Footnotes are typed using an automatic text editor.
The numbering of footnotes is page-by-page (in Arabic numerals, regardless of the intended design).
Article title
It should be clear, concise (no more than 13 words), and sufficiently reflect the essence of the publication, as well as:
If possible, end with the design used (e.g., systematic review, cross-sectional / cohort / retrospective / prospective study).
Without declarative, parasitic scientific words that do not carry a special meaning (for example, “about the role / to the issue”, “relevant / modern”).
Ideally, at the beginning (the first 65 characters) contain at least 3 main thematic words (for better search engine optimization).
According to the guidelines for using the AMA style, it is desirable to include the following elements in the title describing: the patient; the medical intervention; the outcome; and the study design.
Abstract
Abstract (maximum 350 words) of the original research should begin with a summary of background information and a statement of the goals / aims of the study, and then materials and methods, and end with the results. The final sentence should state the main conclusions of the study in the most understandable terms.
Other recommendations:
- No citations or hyperlinks.
- The abstract is structured according to the chosen type / design / guidelines of EQUATOR-Network.
- Chosen methods are consistent with the stated purpose.
- Methods specify the research design.
- There is no discrepancy between the abstract and the manuscript sections, or statements and conclusions missing from the full text.
- The abstract is clear and self-contained without reading the manuscript.
- Absence of declarative, parasitic scholarly words and turns that make no sense and impair search engine optimization (e.g., "In this paper, the authors tried to conduct research to answer a relevant question ...").
- Subject words are found in the first sentences of the abstract, especially in word combinations (for better search engine optimization).
Keywords
The manuscript should contain from 3 to 10 keywords. To select keywords, be sure to use the terms included in the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) thesaurus. For verification, it is recommended to use free resources: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov and https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/MeSHonDemand.
Full text
The text should be well structured and have a reasonable system of multi-level subheadings, as recommended by the journal.
If there is an IMRAD (Introduction, Methods / Materials and Discussion) structure, it is recommended to consider the following design aspects.
Introduction
- brief and relevant aim;
- definition of the aim of the study and statement of the problem;
- relevance and significance of the study, according to the literature review;
- definitions of terms that appear in the manuscript (if this was done in the Abstract, it should be duplicated here);
- a clearly formulated hypothesis is required for the Original article.
Methods
- methods should be clearly described so that another researcher can reproduce the results of the study;
- the choice of methods should be clearly justified (for example, the choice of imaging methods, analytical tools or statistical methods);
- if there is a hypothesis, methods should be developed that allow it to be reasonably tested;
- study design should be consistent with EQUATOR guidelines, if any (e.g., “CARE case study”).
Results
- the results must be clearly explained;
- the order in which the results are presented must match the order in which the methods are described;
- the results should be presented in a neutral and objective way (without unfounded conclusions);
- results should be visualized if warranted; repetition of the Results in full text and tables is not allowed.
Discussion / Conclusions
The results should be interpreted objectively, discussing the limitations of the study (e.g. small sample size) and other biases (e.g. possible systematic error).
If there is a hypothesis, the authors should report whether it has been confirmed or disproved.
If unexpected results are obtained, authors should analyze them appropriately.
If relevant, the clinical relevance and application of the study should be stated, taking into account possible limitations of the research, but also without overgeneralization.
Authors are welcome to give their opinion on the direction of future research.
Quoting in text
References are arranged as they appear in the text. The titles of all cited articles are mandatory (see below for the list of references). All articles in the bibliography should be cited in the text and, conversely, all references cited in the text should be included in the bibliography. Quotations are given in square brackets: [1], [2-5], etc.
When citing preprints, this type of article should be indicated both in the full text (in parentheses) and in the References.
Abbreviations and acronyms
All abbreviations used in the text (even "generally accepted") must be deciphered at the first mention. The use of abbreviations in headings without first deciphering them in full text should be avoided.
It is recommended to use no more than 10 abbreviations per article to improve the perception of the text.
To check the correctness of generally accepted abbreviations, it is recommended to use the MeSH thesaurus
Bibliography
The authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the data given in the list of references.
The Journal adheres to the international style "AMA" (11th edition of the American Medical Association) accepted in the medical literature, rather than the Russian GOST (which has a recommendatory character).
All links to journal publications must contain DOI (Digital Object Identifier, a unique digital article identifier in the CrossRef system). You should check the DOI of the article on the site http://search.crossref.org/ or https://www.citethisforme.com. To get the DOI, you need to enter the title of the article in English into the search box. The latter site, in addition to DOI, automatically generates correctly formatted bibliographic writing of the article in English in the AMA citation style. The vast majority of foreign journal articles and many Russian-language articles published after 2013 are registered in the CrossRef system and have a unique DOI.
The Journal adopted the following DOI design (with https://): https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202021.
A complete list of all authors should be presented in each bibliographic record. It is necessary to put "et al." or "et al." designation after the third name, if the cited article has more than 4 authors. The names of citations should not be abbreviated. Abbreviated journal titles should be consistent with the MedLine catalog. If the Journal is not indexed by MedLine, please indicate its full name.
Other recommendations
When quoting an Internet resource, it is necessary to indicate the last date the author accessed it in a single style, according to the international style "AMA, 11th edition" (for example, Accessed March 18, 2023).
PMC / Medline ID is not allowed.
The use of subscripts instead of a bibliography is discouraged.
Most types of articles use actual, international references without predominance (if there is no rationale for this) national ones and those that do not have an English version (for example, orders).
The volume of references in the article corresponds to the type of article and the recommendations of the journal.
For preprints, there is a note that this is a preprint (both in the References and in the full text).
Link examples
Journal articles with DOI
Author AA, Author BB. Article title. Magazine. Year; Volume (Number): s–s.
Dixon WG., Bansback N. Understanding the side effects of glucocorticoid therapy: shining alight on a drug everyone thinks they know. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012;71(11):1761–4. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202021.
Journal articles without DOI
Meeker D, Linder JA, Fox CR, et al. Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2016;315(6):562-570. Accessed June 18, 2019. https:://www.jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2488307.
Books, monographs
Jenkins PF. Making sense of the chest x-ray: a hands-on guide. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005 194p.
Puig-Samper MA, Ruiz R, Galera Andres A, eds. Evolucionismo y cultura darwinismo en Europae Iberoamerica. Aranjuez (Spain): Ediciones Doce Calles; 2002 407 p.
Adkinson NF Jr, Bochner BS, Burks W, et al, eds. Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Saunders; 2014.
Kwon DS, Walker BD. Immunology of human immunodeficiency virus infection. In: Paul W.E., ed. Fundamental Immunology. 7th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012:chap 42.
Regulations, orders
Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-9, 115 Stat. 11 (May 24, 2001).
Healthy Children Learn Act, S. 1012, 107th Cong., 1st Sess. (2001).
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Intracardiac Suction Control, 21 CFR Sect. 870.443 (2002)
Conference materials
Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumors V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumor Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.
Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza's computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002 p. 182-91.
Dissertations
Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic.
Americans [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.
Internet resources
It is mandatory to indicate the date of the last access
Charlton G. Internal linking for SEO: examples and best practices. search engine watch. Accessed February 10, 2016. https://searchenginewatch.com/sew/how-to/2428041/int ernal-linking-for-seo-examples-and-best-practices.
Patents
Pagedas AC, inventor; Ancel Surgical R&D Inc., assignee. Flexible endoscopic grasping and cutting device and positioning tool assembly. United States patent US 20020103498 2002 Aug 1.
Preprints or accepted manuscripts
Before submitting a manuscript to the Journal, it should be checked whether the preprint or accepted manuscript has appeared in the regular edition and replaced with the details of the regular edition.
Bloss CS, Wineinger NE, Peters M, et al. A prospective randomized trial examining health care utilization in individuals using multiple smartphone-enabled biosensors. Preprint. Posted online October 28, 2015. bioRxiv 029983. https://doi.org/10.1101/029983
Collins-McMillen D, Stevenson EV, Heon Kim J, et al. HCMV utilized a nontraditional STAT1 activation cascade via signaling through EGFR and integrins to efficiently promote the motility, differentiation, and polarization of infected monocytes. J Virol. accepted manuscript. Published online October 11, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00622-17
Data hosted in the repository
Nikolaeva M, Neymark M, Momot A. Data from: Bleeding disorders associated with severity of respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients. 2023. Mendeley Data, V1, https://doi.org/10.17632/2z3dmg4y5f.1.
Cutter AD, Gray J.C. Data from: Ephemeral ecological specification and the latitudinal biodiversity gradient. evolution. 2016;70(10):2171-2185. Dryad Digital Repository. Deposited August 17, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.734v9.
Francuzik W. Data from: Skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis: 16S gene sequence data. figshare. 2016. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4028943.
Online attachments to the article
Meeker D, Linder JA, Fox CR, et al. Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices: a randomized clinical trial. Supplement 1. Study protocol and changes to analysis plan. JAMA. 2016;315(6):562-570. Accessed June 18, 2019 . https://www.jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2488307.