REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JOURNALS
Requirements for submissions to the Journal are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" elaborated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
The data presented in a manuscript are to be original. Manuscripts published in or sent for publication to any other publisher house earlier are not admitted for publication in the Journal.
A manuscript should be typed in double-space, no more than 30 lines on each page, and submitted in 2 copies. Margins' sizes are to be: top and bottom – 20 mm, left – 30 mm, right – 20 mm.
Manuscripts are to be laconic, not exceeding 10 typewritten pages. Submitting a manuscript in electronic view, authors should: a) present only a final CD-version of a manuscript, b) enclose a typed version of a manuscript and illustrations: c) be accurate with the title of the manuscript; d) point the file's format, manuscript's title and authors on the CD-label, the computer's type and program software.
An original manuscript should be written in accordance with the common international requirements and contain the following components: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References. Each component should be written on a new page.
Title page should contain the title of a manuscript, names and initials of the authors, department, chair or laboratory of the establishment, city and country. Finally, the name and initials of the author for correspondence, including city code, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address. Title page should be signed with all manuscript's authors.
Abstract should clearly but shortly (no more than 80 lines) state materials and methods, manuscript's content, its conclusions in order to make the topic of a manuscript more clear for readers.
At the end of the abstract key words are necessary. Terms from the Medical Subject Pleadings listed in Index Medicus are recommended. The List could be received through Internet: www.nlm.nih.gov.
References should be listed consecutively as they are cited in the text. References to articles in press must not be listed. References to theses, abstracts, conferences' materials are not admitted. Bibliographic references should be numbered and are given in strict accordance with the article's list of references in square brackets. Moreover, through numbering beginning from number 1 should be kept.
Abbreviate journal names according to the Index Medicus. If there are four or fewer authors, list all, if five or more, list only the first four, then et. al. Examples follow: Formal for journal articles: Vega K.J., Pina I., Krevsky B. et al. Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for pancreatobiliary disease. Ann. Intern. Med. 1996; 124:980-983. Formal for books, monographies: Phillips S.J., Whisnant J.P. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh J.H., Brenner B.M., editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press. 1995; 465.
Illustrations and figure legends. Illustrations (photos, pictures, graphs, diagrams) in 2 copies should be contrast, pictures, graphs and diagrams - clear. In case of necessity, any remark should be done on the second copy of a photo or on its xerocopy. The first copy of a picture should be without any patch or remark. Reverse side of each picture is to be numbered; the name of the first author, the manuscript's title, top and bottom of the picture should be penciled too. Illustrations of the same type should be identical in size, scale and type of data presentation. Color illustrations are accepted.
Figure legends should be presented on a separate page (2 copies with the name of the first author and manuscript's title). Figure legends to microphotos should be provided with the information of the painting method and magnification.
Tables should supplement, not duplicate, the text. Number them in Arab numerals according to their order of citation in the text. Each table should be provided with a brief caption. Abbreviations used in the table should be explained in a footnote.
Manuscript page numbering should be started from the title page are printed in the top or bottom corner of each page.
Editors reserve the right to a manuscript's reviewing and editing.
Anatoly V. Pokrovsky, Academician of the RAMS
A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery
Department of Vascular Surgery
27, B. Serpukhovskaya str., 115098, Moscow, Russia
