Правила рецензирования

1. Manuscripts of articles submitted to the editorial office of the journal are accepted for consideration and sent by the executive secretary for review within 5 working days only if the Rules for authors are observed.

2. The review is carried out confidentially by a specialist in the field of scientific research on which the manuscript is submitted, from among the members of the Editorial Board of the journal.

3. The review is carried out according to the principle: the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and the authors also do not know the identity of the reviewers.

4. In case of a negative review, the manuscript is sent for additional review to an independent external reviewer from among the leading experts in the field of scientific research of the submitted manuscript.

5. In some cases, for the purpose of a more detailed and in-depth evaluation of the manuscript of the article, it is sent to independent external reviewers from among leading specialists in related medical disciplines.

6. The review preparation period is 15 working days from the date of receipt of the article.

7. The tasks of the reviewer include: a) qualified analysis of the manuscript, reasoned assessment, according to the criteria: compliance of the content of the article with the profile of the journal, relevance of the topic, scientific and methodological level of the research, reliability of statistical processing of the material, novelty of the main provisions and conclusions, practical significance. b) a clear judgment expressed in the review about the expediency of publishing the manuscript (in full or abbreviated form), the need for its revision or rejection; c) in case of a negative review, explain the reasons for rejecting the manuscript of the article; d) submit a signed review to the editorial board. It is allowed to send a review in a scanned version in pdf format.

8. Authors of manuscripts of articles are given the opportunity to get acquainted with the text of the review. The editorial board of the publication sends the authors of the submitted materials copies of the reviews or a reasoned refusal, and also undertakes to send copies of the reviews to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation when the corresponding request is received by the editorial office of the publication.

9. The right of final decision on the rejection, revision or acceptance for publication of the manuscript of the article remains with the editorial board.

10. The editorial board does not assume obligations on the terms of publication of the received manuscripts.

11. If necessary, the author finalizes the manuscript with a description of changes and/or objections and re-submits the material to the editorial board.

12. After completion, the executive secretary sends the manuscript for re-review, which must be carried out within 10 working days. In this case, the date of receipt to the editorial office is the date of return of the revised material.

13. The decision on the expediency of publication after repeated review, as well as in the case of different opinions of reviewers, is made by the editor-in-chief or the editorial board by an open vote by a simple majority of votes.

14. Reviewers are notified by the executive secretary that the manuscripts are the private property of the authors and relate to information not subject to disclosure. Reviewers are not allowed to copy manuscripts for personal needs. Violation of confidentiality is possible only in the case of a statement about the unreliability or falsification of materials.

15. Materials are stored in the editorial office. The shelf life of manuscripts and reviews is 5 years from the date of publication.