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Author Guidelines

Formation of the portfolio of publications is based on the norms of copyright and related legal norms set out in the Russian legislation, on the ethical principles supported by the community of leading publishers of scientific periodicals. The Editorial Board of the journal is responsible for making a decision on publication relying on the credibility, scientific significance and relevance of the work under consideration.

The Editorial Board expects the authors submitting their manuscripts for publication in the journal to adhere to the following principles:

• bringing manuscript layout in accordance with the journal requirements;
• ensuring originality of the research (more than 80%);
• providing credible results of work;
• providing objective discussion of the research significance;
• recognition of other persons’ contribution, mandatory availability of references to the works used;
• providing information from confidential sources only upon permission thereof;
• providing information about all co-authors who have made a significant contribution to the research;
• approval of the final version of the manuscript by all the co-authors and their informed consent to its submission for publication;
• immediate notification of the Editorial Office about any significant errors or inaccuracies in the paper discovered by the author, and cooperation with the Editorial Office for prompt correction of errors or withdrawal of the publication; timely correction of the errors and inaccuracies discovered by the Editorial Office.

Articles should correspond to the subject scope of the journal, meet international standards of scientific publications and be formatted in accordance with the established rules. All texts must be written in literary language, be edited and must conform to the scientific style of speech.

Incorrect selection and unreliability of facts, citations, statistical and other data, proper names, geographical names and other information provided by the authors may lead to rejection of the submitted material (including at the registration stage).

Submission of an article to the journal implies that the author expresses his/her consent to its publication, placement in the public domain on the official website of the journal, transmission of the text of the article (including references, bibliographic information, etc.) to the persons to whom provision of this information is mandatory, or to other persons for ensuring possibility of citation of the publication and increasing the citation index of an author and the journal.

The decision to publish the materials is made by the Editorial Board, which can accept it for publication, recommend the author to refine the article or reject the materials.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to make reductions and editorial corrections to the manuscript.

The copyright materials published in the journal reflect the private view of the authors, which may differ from the point of view of the Editorial Board.

All manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using customized software: Antiplagiat and iThenticate. If borrowings are found, a decision may be made to reject the manuscript depending on the clarified circumstances. Text similarity exceeding 15% is considered unacceptable and is the grounds for refusal in considering a manuscript. In case of significant and minor borrowings, the Editorial Office of the journal acts in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

The Editorial Office of the journal recommends the authors, before submitting a manuscript, to evaluate by themselves the uniqueness of the article materials using the specialized services https://www.antiplagiat.ru   (for Russian-language texts) and http://www.plagiarism.org   (for English-language texts).

Using extracts of borrowed text in a manuscript without reference to the original source is not allowed.

To publish an original article, the authors are requested to adhere to the following requirements for submission of materials to the Editorial Office:

• An article and all the data for an article should be included in one file and sent via the electronic Editorial Office of the journal. Initially, an author needs to register with the journal website as an author, and then register the publication. Registered authors get the opportunity to upload an article to the journal database on their own and subsequently track the status of their publications. The registration instructions are here.
• In the manuscript file, above article’s title, the type of an article (original empirical research, original theoretical research, scoping review, systematic review, meta-analysis, opinion article, perspective article, short message, methodological note) and Higher Attestation Commission science specialty code should be indicated.
• The Editor's corrections highlighted in colour in the article file sent for approval or correction must be saved, the author's corrections should also be highlighted in colour.
• When submitting an article to the journal, the author should provide ORCID. ORCID is an international identifier of authors, which contributes to the better distribution of the author's articles after publication. To get this ID, the author should register on the website https://orcid.org/register

The journal accepts original scientific articles in the Russian language, which correspond to the subject scope of the journal and present the results of the original scientific research of the authors. The optimal volume of an article is not less than 5 pages of typewritten text (3,000 - 7,000 words, list of references, figures and tables).

Review articles are formatted in the same way as the original research articles. The Editorial Office recommends a review article to be composed in compliance with the international recommendations for systematic literature search methods and standards. Abstracts of review articles should contain information on literature search methods in the following databases: Scopus, Web of Science, MedLine, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Global.health, CyberLeninka, Science Index (РИНЦ), and others. The title and keywords of review articles should include the word "review".

For detailed information on writing review articles, please refer to the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines, available at http://prisma-statement.org

SUBMISSION OF THE ARTICLE TO THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Guide to Writing an Empirical Research Article

Guide to Writing a Scoping Review

Guide to Writing an Article on the History of Veterinary Science

Guide to Clinical Case Description

Article layout rules (Empirical Research Article template)

When preparing an article for publication in the journal, the following provisions should be observed:

— specify the UDC;

— specify all authors of an article.

The “Russian Journal of Veterinary Pathology” defines the following criteria for authorship:

• significant contribution to the concept or design of the work, or to the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data;
• writing a manuscript or its critical revision to improve the content;
• approval of the final version of the article for publication.

The list of authors should not include the persons who are not the authors of an article. The names of persons who are not the authors but have provided other support should be listed in the “Acknowledgements” section.

In Russian, when indicating the authors of an article, the family name should be placed after the initials of the first and middle names (I.I. Ivanov, P.P. Petrov, V.V. Sidorov).

In English, when indicating the authors of an article, the following format should be observed: “first name, middle name initial, family name” (Ivan I. Ivanov, Petr P. Petrov). Family names in English must be indicated in accordance with their spelling in the ORCID ID, ResearcherID, foreign passport, or as they were indicated in previously published articles. If the author does not have an ORCID ID, ResearcherID, foreign passport and/or publications, the BSI standard must be used to transliterate the family name and first name.

— indicate affiliation of all the authors of an article. Affiliation should include the following data: full official name of an institution, full postal address (including zip code, city and country). The authors must indicate all places of work related to the conducted research.

If the authors from different institutions have participated in preparation of an article, it is necessary to specify affiliation of each author with respective institution using an upperscript.

For the English part of an article, the official English name of an institution is required.

The following information is provided in Russian and English languages:

— the Title of an article should briefly (no more than in 20 words) and accurately reflect the problem of an article without using abbreviations and formulas; it should be both informative and attractive, reflect the uniqueness of the author's scientific creativity;

— Initials and Family Names of the Authors (no more than 6 authors) are given with links to contact information (place of work (study) of the author(s), institution); city, country, e-mail, phone (upon authors’ wish); it is necessary to include the e-mail address of one of the authors (corresponding author) in the affiliation section, (when transliterating full names, the author must adhere to their uniform spelling in all articles).

— Abstract (200–300 words) should briefly state the purpose of the study, the main results and the main conclusions of the research (given both in Russian and English). The structure of the abstract should be as follows:

• Introduction states the scientific problem and objectives of the work. The relevance of the research and the gap in scientific knowledge inducing the research are described.
• Materials and Methods. The methods and techniques used, or procedures for obtaining scientific knowledge are presented.
• Results of the research are given briefly, the most significant results, attractive to the reader and the scientific community are described.
• Discussion and Conclusion. This section should briefly discuss the significance of the achieved results and evaluate the contribution of the research to science, as well as the possibility of applying its results in real practice.

— Keywords are a search tool of a scientific article. It is possible to search articles by keywords in all bibliographic databases. They should reflect the main provisions, achievements, findings, terminology of scientific research. The list of keywords can also include phrases of 2-3 words, but not more than 4 of such phrases. They are given both in Russian and English.

— Acknowledgements. In this section, the authors express their appreciation to colleagues for their help; their gratitude for the financial support of the study (see samples in Appendix 3).

All the above information, starting from the UDC to the Acknowledgements, should then be translated into English without fail!

The body of an article must be presented in Russian according to the IMRAD structure:

1) Introduction.

2) Materials and Methods.

3) Results.

4) Discussion and Conclusion.

These sections should be highlighted with appropriate subheadings and contain relevant information.

1) Introduction (1-2 pages) presents the statement of a scientific problem, its relevance, connection with the major objectives that need to be solved, emphasizes its significance for the development of a certain branch of science or practice. The Introduction should contain information that allows the reader to understand and evaluate the results of the research presented in the article. The author should first of all state the general theme of the research, identify the problems not solved in the previous studies, which this article is designated to solve. In addition, it expresses the main concept of the recearch, which significantly differs from the existing understanding of the problem, complements or deepens already known approaches to it. The attention is drawn to the introduction into scientific circulation of the new facts, conclusions, recommendations, and patterns. The objective of the article arises from the formulation of a scientific problem.

2) Materials and Methods (1-2 pages). This section describes the process of organizing the experiment, the methods and equipment used; provides detailed information about the object of research; indicates the sequence of the research, and justifies the selection of methods used (observation, survey, testing, experiment, laboratory experiment, analysis, modeling, etc.).

3) Results. In this part of the article, the author's systematized analytical and statistical material should be presented. The results of the conducted research should be described sufficiently fully, to enable the reader to trace its stages and assess the validity of the conclusions made by the author. This is the main section, which is designated to prove the hypothesis (hypotheses) under consideration.

If necessary, the results are confirmed by illustrations (tables, graphs, figures), which represent the source material or evidence in the compact form. It is important that the visual information does not duplicate the information already given in the text. It is desirable to compare the results presented in the article with the previous works of the author and other researchers in this field. Such a comparison can emphasize the novelty of the work done, increase its objectivity. The results of the research should be presented briefly, but contain enough information to evaluate the conclusions made. The selection of any particular data for the analysis should also be substantiated. All titles, captions and structural elements of graphs, tables, diagrams, etc., should be given both in Russian and English.

4) Discussion and Conclusion contains a brief statement of the research results. It summarizes in a condensed form the main ideas presented in the body of an article. Repetitions of the material presented should be rephrased. In this section, it is necessary to compare the obtained results to the objective of the research stated at the beginning of the work. The results of the topic comprehension are summarized; conclusions, generalizations and recommendations arising from the work are made; their practical significance is emphasized; and the main directions for further research in this area are determined. In the final part of the article, it is desirable to include attempts to forecast the development of the issues considered.

• The list of sources used (more than 20) is drawn up in accordance with the requirements adopted in the journal using the Vancouver citation style.

The list of references indicates only sources (articles, books, monographs, patents, dissertations, etc.) that have authorship. References to the anonymous electronic Internet sources, State standards, statistical reports, articles in socio-political newspapers and magazines, regulatory documents and other sources not signed by the authors are indicated in page-by-page footnotes and are not included in the list of references. Footnotes are numbered and placed page by page.

It is necessary to refer primarily to the original sources from scientific journals included in global citation indices. The percentage of sources published in the last 5 years should be at least 50%, percentage of foreign sources – at least 50%. It is highly undesirable to cite textbooks, guidelines, sources older than 10-15 years. When describing a source, its DOI should be specified as a direct URL link. The rules for designing the list of references and its sample can be viewed here.

The list of references is given in Russian and English in the section titled “Список литературы/References”

References to articles accepted for publication, but not yet published, must be marked with the words “to be printed”; authors must obtain written permission to refer to such documents and confirmation that they have been accepted for publication. Information from the unpublished sources should be marked with the words "unpublished data/documents", the authors must also obtain a written confirmation for using such materials.

• About the Authors. The section contains full family name, first name and patronymic name (if any) of the authors; position, official full name of the institution (it is required to specify all the places of work of the author where the research was carried out (permanent place, place of execution of the project, etc.)); detailed information about the authors: scientific degree, title, position, ORCID, ResearcherID, Scopus ID, e-mail address, contact phone number. The information is given in Russian and English languages.
• Claimed contributorship. At the end of a manuscript, the authors need to indicate the actual contribution of each co-author to the work performed. The procedure for specifying the authors and co-authors of the article is agreed by them at their own accord. The information is given in Russian and English languages. It is recommended to design this section in accordance with the CRediT system.

TECHNICAL FORMATTING OF AN ARTICLE

• An article should be 5–20 pages long, including a list of references and illustrations.
• Text formatting parameters:

⸰ the text is saved in .doc, .docx, .rtf formats;

⸰ Times New Roman font;

⸰ 12 font size;

⸰ line spacing 1.15;

⸰ manual hyphenation is not allowed;

⸰ no spaces before and after paragraphs;

⸰ text alignment by page width;

⸰ indents at the beginning of paragraphs (indented line) 1.25;

⸰ the dimensions of physical quantities used in the article must correspond to the International System of Units (SI);

⸰ abbreviations, if used, should be commonly known ("i.e.", "etc.");

• when using the abbreviations in the text, their decoding must be given once, right after the first use of the abbreviation;

⸰ species (subspecies) names of organisms are written in italics, higher taxa - in upright font.

⸰ formulas are typed in a combination of the main font and the Symbol font (except for fractions, sums, square roots) in Microsoft Equation 3.0 (Microsoft Word Equation Editor); Latin characters in formulas and designations (both in the text and in the figures) are italicized; formulas are numbered in parentheses.

• Parameters for formatting the tables:

⸰ tables are inserted into the text of an article, after the paragraphs they refer to;

⸰ they are created using the special “Table” function in Microsoft Word Document;

⸰ they are marked as “Table”; have an informative, compact title;

⸰ a title and a table are centered;

⸰ tables are numbered in the order they are mentioned in the text;

⸰ they are separated from the main text by a space.

• Parameters for formatting the illustrations (photographs, figures, graphs, diagrams):

 ⸰ illustrations are inserted into the text of an article, after the paragraphs they refer to;

⸰ they are marked as "Fig.";

⸰ they are numbered in the order they are mentioned in the text;

⸰ they are separated from the main text by a space;

⸰ each illustration has a caption, it is recommended to replace cumbersome captions with digits or letters, and include explanations thereof in the text of an article or in the caption to the illustration;

⸰ captions to the photographs of microobjects (microorganisms and microstructures, histological specimens) should contain zooming parameters;

⸰ a figure and its caption are centered;

⸰ if a figure has not been created by the author, the reference to the source image must be provided as a must;

⸰ figures can be presented in raster or vector format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi; must concede the possibility of editing the text and changing sizes;

⸰ figures of different nature should be brought to a single graphic design style, observing uniformity of formatting;

⸰ figures obtained as a result of working with vector, raster, calculating or CAD software are inserted into the text of an article as hardware-independent figures (illustrations made in MS Excel, Photoshop, CorelDRAW should be additionally presented in separate files).

• Rules for citing the literature sources:

⸰ for each source cited or mentioned in the work, a reference mark is assigned in the form of consecutive numbering in square brackets (referring to the list of references);

⸰ the reference mark numbers correlate with the sequential numbers of the cited sources in the “References”;

⸰ the cited sources are arranged in the “References” in the order they are mentioned in the article.

 References:

⸰ are designed in accordance with Vancouver style (Appendix 4); names of 6 authors are indicated, the rest are noted as “et al”; if the cited article has a DOI, it is also indicated as a direct URL link;

⸰ it is recommended to refer primarily to the articles from scientific journals included in global citation indices, of which at least 50% should be articles published for the last 5 years, and at least 50% – foreign ones;

⸰ only peer-reviewed sources are included in the list of references;

⸰ information from the unpublished sources should be marked with the words “unpublished data/documents”;

⸰ if it is necessary to refer to the information from websites, statistical reports, monitoring data, GOSTs, orders, laws, regulations, unpublished materials, etc., information about the source should be placed in a footnote.

Articles that do not comply with the formatting rules will not be accepted for consideration.

PROCEDURE OF PUBLICATION PROCESSING BY THE EDITORIAL AND PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT

1. Information on the status of a publication is available to the authors via the journal's website. The date of manuscript receipt is the day when the Editorial Office has assigned a number to a manuscript uploaded by the author to the database.

2. A manuscript is checked for compliance with the journal subject scope and established requirements, and for plagiarism.

3. Manuscripts that have passed the check are sent for double closed (blind) peer reviewing. Based on the reviews received, a decision is made on the preliminary acceptance of an article for publication:

• after receiving positive reviews, an article is put on a waiting list for publication;
• upon receiving a review stating the possibility of publishing an article after its refining, the author is sent a copy of the review with a proposal to refine an article taking into account the reviewer's comments or to reasonably refute them. The author must return the revised version of an article to the Editorial Office no later than one month after receiving the comments. Articles refined (revised) by the author are re-sent for peer reviewing. The final decision on the ​expediency of article publication is made by the Editorial Board;
• if two negative reviews are received, the decision to refuse in publication is sent to the author.

4. Further on, a manuscript undergoes technical and literary editing to ensure translation into English, compliance with the rules and norms of the Russian language, clarity and logic of presentation, suitability of the illustrative material for reproduction in the journal, correct formatting of the references, etc. Editorial corrections are agreed upon with the author.

5. An article is put on a waiting list for publication.

6. Each article is assigned a DOI. The journal is typeset and published on the website and in open access databases.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

2. The materials should be prepared in a format OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or World Perfect.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one and a half line spacing, font Times New Roman, 14 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in  Regulations  located in the Part "About Us." 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document to ensure the  anonymity of reviewing.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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