P.A. Herzen Journal of Oncology

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In preparing the manuscript, authors should follow the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

The Editorial Board can check the material using the Anti-Plagiarism system. In the case of multiple borrowings, the Editorial Board operates in accordance with COPE rules.

Guidelines for preparing and submitting manuscripts to the "P.A. Herzen Journal of Oncology" journal

"P.A. Herzen Journal of Oncology" is included in the list of top Russian peer-reviewed journals, recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for publishing results of scientific research in the course of thesis preparation. The journal is represented in international information systems and databases and in accordance with their requirements the authors should comply with the following rules.

1. EDITORIAL ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
Submitted manuscripts should be signed by the head of the host organization. An official referral should also be provided (download a blank form of the referral - MS Word.doc), specifying if the article is a part of the author's thesis.
Manuscripts are to be signed by all authors.
One cannot submit a paper previously accepted or published elsewhere.
Authors are responsible for disclosing financial or other potential conflict of interests that might bias or be seen to bias their work.
The authors are required to indicate the role of sponsors or funders in each of the following: study design, collection and analysis of data, and making the decision to publish the results. If neither the sponsor, nor the funder played such a role, this should be stated in the referral (see above).
Informed consent
It is prohibited to publish patient-identifiable information, i.e. his/her name, initials, or case number on photographs or in illness descriptions and family trees, except for the cases of paramount scientific interest and an informed consent given by the patient or his (her) parents or guardians. Obtaining the informed consent should be stated in the article.
Human rights and animal rights
For experiments involving human subjects the authors should specify whether they conform to the local or regional ethical standards as well as to the ethical standards accepted by the 1975 Helsinki Declaration and also the 2000 revised version.
For experiments involving laboratory animals the authors should specify whether they conform to the husbandry conditions accepted by the host organization, recommendations of the national research council, and national legislation.

The author is responsible for the accuracy of bibliographic data.

2. The editors retain the customary right to shorten and alter submitted manuscripts. A manuscript is considered registered on the date its final variant (revised in accordance with the recommendations of the Editorial Staff or the reviewer) is received.

3. No publication fee is charged.

4. SUBMISSIONS are done online through http://www.cochrane.ru. Registration is required.

We inform you that the journal certifies reviews of its reviewers on the Publons.
You can download and read the instruction for using under the link - Instruction.
Media Sphera Publishing House is a partner of Publons: https://publons.com/community/our-partners/. Publons partners with the world's publishers and leading industry organizations to recognize the contributions of expert reviewers and editors.

To submit a manuscript, please, prepare the following:

• Your manuscript itself in Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx, .rtf);
• All the figures in separate files (grouped together as a single .zip or .rar archive);
• Scanned copy of the referral signed by the head of your host organization (.pdf).

5. FIGURES
Each figure should be attached as a separate TIFF, JPEG or PNG image. As to figures that were created or processed using Microsoft Office tools (WORD or POWER POINT), they should be attached as separate files with corresponding extensions (.doc, .docx, .ppt). File names should be given according to figure numbers in the text (e.g., Fig-1, Fig-2a, Fig-2, etc.). Our online submission and editorial system requires that all your images were downloaded as a single .zip or .rar archive.
Captions for figures and photos should be grouped together at the end of the article. General descriptions and the key to abbreviations should be provided. Graph legends should explain the designation of axes and units of measurements. Micrograph captions should indicate the staining method and magnification.
We insist that you send only high-quality images. Please, make sure of high image resolution and large enough letters typed in the images (remember that they should be easy to read when printed).
Captions for figures and photos, notes must be in Russian and English.

6. TEXT
Articles should be typed in Times New Roman or Arial (14 pt size, 1.5 spaced, left margin set at 3 cm, other margins - 2 cm). Pages should be enumerated. Automatic hyphenation is not allowed.
An article SHOULD NOT EXCEED 18 pages (including illustrations, tables, an abstract and references), review or advisory letter – 3 pages.
The TITLE PAGE should bear: 1) title of the article; 2) author's surname and initials; 3) complete name of the author's place of work in the nominative case with obligatory indication of its status (an abbreviation before the name) and affiliation; 4) postal code and full address of the organization, country, city.
In case of multiple authorship a numerical footnote should be applied to each author's surname indicating his/her place of work. If all authors work in the same organization it is not necessary to cite their place of work for each of them.
This information should be presented in both Russian and English. It is recommended that the authors’ surnames are spelled as in their previous publications or transliterated in accordance with the BSI standards (British Standards Institution), see http://ru.translit.net/?account=bsi. As to organizations, the official English name should be provided.
A separate page should contain additional information on each of the authors as required by the Russian Science Citation Index: surname, first and patronymic names in Russian and transliterated, e-mail and postal address of the organization for correspondence with the authors (can be one for all authors). For better correspondence, please, provide contacts of one of the authors, including e-mail and mobile phone number. Also you must specify the ORCID for the author who submits the article, and preferably for each author of the article. If there is no ORCID number, you need to obtain it by registering at https://orcid.org/. We recommend to check the correct spelling of the institution's name on the site https://grid.ac.

The COMPOSITION of an original article should be the following: an abstract and key words (in both Russian and English), short introduction describing the current state of the problem, aim, material and methods, results and discussion, enumerated findings or conclusion, references.
The article should be brief and clear. It should not contain long historical reviews or reiterations.
The manuscript can be supplemented by a glossary (for unobvious terminology).
Besides generally accepted abbreviations and acronyms of units of measurement as well as physical, chemical, and mathematical quantities and terms (e.g. DNA), one can introduce abbreviations of own expressions frequently used in the article. All abbreviations introduced by the author are to be expanded at first mention. Simple words must not be contracted, even if they are often repeated in the text.
Drug doses, units of measurement, and other numerical values should be provided in accordance with the International System of Units (SI).

7. AUTHOR'S SUMMARY (ABSTRACT)

An abstract is the basic information source for Russian and foreign information systems and databases. Despite its necessary brevity, an abstract, like a business card, is meant to be exhaustive. Judging from the abstract, the editor decides whether or not the article is worth reviewing. After the article is published, most potential readers (up to 95% by some estimates) will not read beyond the abstract. Thus, it should be able to explain the essence of the study to the reader and entice him/her into obtaining a copy of the full paper for more details. The size of the abstract depends on the amount of information in the article, its scientific value and/or practical importance, however, has to lie within the range of 200-250 words.

Structured abstract
A structured abstract is an essential part of any scientific article that contains experimental or quasi-experimental results, empirical evidence, or systematic review. Its informative value is usually higher than that of an ordinary unstructured abstract. It may be also easier to read and remember. Moreover, a structured abstract ensures higher visibility of the article in international databases, which ultimately influences its citation potential.
A structured abstract should include five sections in chronological order: Rationale, Aim, Methods, Results, and Discussion.

RATIONALE – a brief (1-3 sentences) description of the problem that necessitated the study. The problem can be characterized by its scale, mediated effects, and/or lack of scientific knowledge.

AIM – this section is to define the primary aim, or the main question of the study. Please, note that the aim should be as concrete as possible without boiling down to overall comparisons.

METHODS – this section is meant to provide the following information: 1) subject details (like whether the participants were diseased or healthy), 2) control group details if any, 3) inclusion criteria, 4) performed interventions, 5) study site and 6) duration, 7) outcomes (including measures that can be taken to determine their correspondence with the primary aim) and 8) evaluation methods. The necessity of specifying statistical tests and software will be addressed individually by the editor.

RESULTS – this section should provide further details on study participants (such as the number of those enrolled and those who completed the study as well as some major characteristics of the latter) and evaluate the outcomes that correspond with the primary aim. It is possible to present the results from 2-3 subgroups divided by age, sex, clinical features, etc. Adverse effects, if any, must be reported. Statistical measures (p value) should be given with an accuracy of three decimal places. When investigating multi-criteria relationships (e.g. one dependant and several independent variables), please, provide the results of multifactorial analyses.

CONCLUSION – a summary of study results that correspond with its primary aim (1-3 sentences). Authors are advised to avoid excessive generalization and balance their appraisal of positive and negative effects of an intervention.

A structured abstract should not exceed 250 words. Appropriateness of a larger abstract is discussed individually.
Commercial names of medical products are not allowed in the abstract.

Randomized trial
When reporting the results of a randomized trial, the CONSORT Statement should be complied with. Thus, an abstract is to include the following sections:
 - study DESIGN
 - METHODS
participants
interventions
objectives or study hypotheses
outcomes
randomization sequence generation
blinding (masking) (if applicable)
 - RESULTS
number of randomized participants
numbers analyzed
outcomes and estimation (at the primary endpoint)
adverse events
 - CONCLUSION
 - study number (registration number; e.g. at clinicaltrials.com)
 - funding source

Systematic review
Abstracts of systematic reviews should follow PRISMA recommendations (for reviewing randomized trials) and include the following sections:
- AIM or OBJECTIVES
 - METHODS
inclusion criteria
data sources
study eligibility criteria
 - RESULTS
review of relevant studies
synthesis of results
effect and sensitivity analysis
 - DISCUSSION
summary of evidence and analysis (consistency, accuracy, generalizability, risk of bias)
interpretation of results
 - funding source
 - study number (registration number; e.g. at clinicaltrials.com)

Unstructured abstract
Non-systemic reviews, case reports, and opinion articles usually have unstructured abstracts. Narrative logic should, however, remain: one proceeds from presenting the problem to suggesting a solution and describing own results. Unstructured abstracts should not exceed 150 words.

Keywords should reflect the topic of the article. One can use some particular terms from the text, key terms in the field, or other relevant expressions able to improve search results. It is not recommended to repeat words from the title.

8. TABLES DESIGN. All tables should be enumerated and named. Clipped words are not allowed. Data in the table must be coincident with corresponding data in the text and treated statistically. The tables may be given either in the text, or on separate pages.
Signatures and all text data must be sent in Russian and English!

9. REFERENCE LISTS are to be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals of the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (ICMJE). Reference accuracy guarantees that the citations will be taken into account when assessing scientific public activity of the corresponding authors and their host organizations.
The maximum number of references for original articles is 30, literature reviews - 60, lectures and other materials – 15. Besides fundamental works, the list should include relevant publications over the last 5 years.
References should be numbered and ordered sequentially as they appear in the text.
In-text reference numbers should be in square brackets.
References to unpublished works are not allowed.
According to new reference guidelines that consider requirements of Web of Science and Scopus indices, bibliographic descriptions for Non-Latin References should be provided in not only their source languages, but also in Latin.
Thus, in order to be included in citation indices and DOI-CrossRef system, reference lists should be displayed as described below.
For example:

Литература/References

1. Медведев Б.И., Сюндюкова Е.Г., Сашенков С.Л. Плацентарная экспрессия эритропоэтина при преэклампсии. Российский вестник акушера-гинеколога. 2015;15:1:4-8. [Medvedev BI, Syundyukova EG, Sashenkov SL. Placental expression of erythropoietin in preeclampsia. Rossiiskii vestnik akushera-ginekologa. 2015;15:1:4-8. (In Russ.).] https://doi.org/10.17116/rosakush20151514-8

2. Matsumoto K, Nakamaru M, Obara H, Hayashi S, Harada H, Kitajima M, Shirasugi N, Nouga K. Surgical Strategy for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Concurrent Symptomatic Malignancy. World Journal of Surgery. 1999;23(3):248-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00013189

When referencing a journal article, always include the DOI (Digital Object Identifier in the CrossRef system). DOI search should be done at http://search.crossref.org/ or https://www.citethisforme.com. To start the search, type in the English title of the article. The latter website is able to provide you with not only the DOI, but also a full bibliographic description in AMA style. One should keep in mind that most journal articles (including many Russian-language ones) published after 2013 are registered in the CrossRef system and have a DOI.

Preparing Russian-language references for importation into international citation indices.
1. Journal articles.
Authors’ surnames and initials as well as the English title of the article should be identical to those in the original publication. Journal name that follows should be transliterated according to the BSI standard (can be done automatically at http://ru.translit.net/?account=bsi). Then come publication details (year, volume, issue, and pages). Source language should be indicated in parentheses. At the end of the description, the DOI should be given (if available). For example:
... [Belaia Z, Rozhinskaia L, Mel'nichenko G, Sitkin I, Dzeranova L, Marova E, Vaks V, Vorontsov A, Il'in A, Kolesnikova G, Dedov I. The role of prolactin gradient and normalized ACTH/prolactin ratio in the improvement of sensitivity and specificity of selective blood sampling from inferior petrosal sinuses for differential diagnostics of ACTH-dependent hypercorticism. Problemy endokrinologii. 2013;59(4):3-10. (In Russ.).] https://doi.org/10.14341/probl20135943-10
One should not cite journal articles that have no English title.
Citations from theses, theses abstracts, conference proceedings, etc. are not allowed.
2. All other sources should be transliterated according to the BSI standards but preserving their original stylesheets. Source language should be indicated in parentheses at the end of the description. Example: Gilyarevskii S.R. Miokardity: sovremennye podkhody k diagnostike i lecheniyu. M.: Media Sfera; 2008. (In Russ.).

Footnote: If the source was translated into English, please, indicate the translation, and not transliteration.

Please pay attention! The only correct form of doi-link:
https://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2016.59.1.1

Do not use «doi:», «dx.doi.org», etc. Within the link only hyphen is used.
There is no dot after doi and URL!

For all your bibliographic entries, regardless the source language, please, apply the AMA Reference Style (http://www.amamanualofstyle.com).

Sample bibliographic entries:

10. For original articles with multiple authors please indicate on a separate page each author’s contribution to:

- study concept and design,
 - data collecting and handling,
 - statistical data analysis,
 - writing,
 - editing.

Example:
Authors: A.S. Ivanov, N.T. Petrov, K.I. Sidorov
Author’s contribution:
Study concept and design - A.I., K.S 
Data collecting and handling - N.P. 
Statistical data analysis - N.P 
Text writing - K.S. 
Editing - A.I

The Editorial Office can be contacted as follows:
tel: +7(495)945-8655, e-mail: herzen-onkol@mail.ru
Managing editor  I. N. Sokolova