Author Guidelines
Guidelines for Authors
Submitted articles should contain original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. We do not charge any publication fee.
The paper size should be A4 (1 copy, 1.5 pt line spacing). The text of the body of the paper should be in Times New Roman with font size 12 pt. The paper should be presented in the form of an identical Microsoft Word file on electronic media (attached CD or via e-mail).
Structure of the paper
The Title page must contain:
– Title of the paper
– Author names (list the author's initials before listing his or her last name).
– Institutional affiliation, city and country. Spell out the name of the institution fully.
Note: List all authors in one line. Then list the institutional affiliations of all the authors below the author names. Affiliations corresponding to the author names are denoted using superscript numbers/letters.
Details about authors
Indicate the full name of each author and his or her position in at the relevant department/institution.
Corresponding author
Indicate the full name of the author, who will be communicating with the journal. Also indicate his or her address (including postal code), telephone, fax number, and e-mail address.
Abstract
Each article must have an abstract of no more than 300 words for a literature review, and no more than 200 words for clinical observation. The abstract should be a concise summary of the entire content of the paper. It is a fully self-contained, capsule description of the paper. Avoid using abbreviations and acronyms in the abstract.
The abstract of the original article should contain the following sections: Aim, Materials and methods, Results, Conclusion. The abstract should present the most important results of the research.
Do not write: “A comparative analysis of sensitivity and specificity was conducted ...”
Should write: “The sensitivity was ... % and ...%, p = , specificity, respectively ...% and ...%, p = ”.
Keywords
Keywords must be given at the end of the abstract. Keywords should be selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus – a comprehensive vocabulary created and updated by the United States National Library of Medicine at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh.
Conflict of interest
All authors must disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest by including such information on the appropriate section of the article. If there is no conflict of interest, the author should also report this by writing: "The author declares no conflict of interest."
This information is indicated before the text of the article.
Text of article
Original article should include the following sections:
- Introduction
- Materialsandmethods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
Review article should include literature review and analysis, with the presentation of modern sources (mainly in the last 5 years).
Clinical observation should be well illustrated (to reflect the essence of the problem) and include discussion with the use of literature data.
Reference citation numbers should be placed in square brackets: [1], [2, 5], [14–18]. The reference list should be arranged in the order of appearance of the in-text citations, beginning with [1], and continuing in an ascending numerical order, from the lowest number to the highest. All values contained in the paper should be expressed or duplicated in SI units.
References
The author is solely responsible for the accuracy of their references to others' works. “Unpublished” or “in press” references are not allowed.
References are presented on a separate page.
The names of journals may be abbreviated in accordance with the abbreviation adopted by the particular journal.
If the cited paper has a DOI (digital object identifier) and/or PMID (Pub Med identifier), it/they must be indicated at the end of the reference text. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) writing style guide is used as the standard referencing style – (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_ requirements.html. If a reference has 6 or fewer authors, display all the author names in the citation. If a reference has more than six authors, display the names of the first six authors followed by 'et al' in the citation.
Tables and Figures
Tables should be placed in the text. They must all be labeled with numbered captions clearly labeled columns and rows, convenient and simple to read. Data contained in tables must correspond to the numbers indicated in the text of the article but should not contain duplicate data. References to tables are required in the text.
Illustrations and diagrams should be submitted in electronic format (JPEG or TIFF extension with a resolution of at least 300 dpi and no smaller than 6 × 9 cm in size). Each must not exceed 1 MB in size. Diagrams must include all copyright symbols – arrows, numbers, signs, etc. Figure captions should be submitted in a separate file with the *.doc extension. First, the name is given, then all numeric and alphabetical characters (lettering) are explained.
All manuscripts should be sent to the Editor to the address:
Russian Journal of Transplantology and Artificial Organs
V.I. Shumakov National Medical Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs
1, Shchukinskaya street., Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
Or by email:
vestniktranspl@gmail.com
