Rules for submitting a manuscript for publication in the journal “Ukrainian Journal of Modern Problems of Toxicology”
“Ukrainian Journal of Modern Problems of Toxicology” is a peer-reviewed practical research Journal of category "B" (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 11.07.2019 No. 975 - medical specialties - 222, 229).
The journal is indexed in international scientific databases and specialized catalogs – Index Copernicus, Google Scholar, CrossRef.
All articles published in the journal are assigned a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). The journal “Ukrainian Journal of Modern Problems of Toxicology” practices a policy of open access to published material and places electronic copies of printed publications free of charge on the official website of the State Enterprise “Research Center of Preventive Toxicology, Food and Chemical Safety named after Academician L.I. Medved, Ministry of Health, Ukraine”. Copies of articles in PDF format are posted on the website of the National Library of Ukraine named after V.I. Vernadsky.
Manuscript submission. Manuscripts that have not been previously published and have not been sent for publication to other publishing houses are accepted. The text of the article must be signed by all authors. Information about the authors is provided separately: full name, academic degree, academic title, place of work, position, address, telephone (fax), e-mail address, ORCID (to obtain which it is necessary to register on the website http://orcid.org/). Information about the contribution of the authors is also provided (A – concept and design of the study; B – data collection; C – analysis and interpretation of data; D – writing the article; E – statistical analysis, visualization; F – editing the article; G – final approval of the article) (for example: AuthorA,B,F).
Supplemental documentation. The original article should be accompanied by a cover letter from the management of the institution where the research was conducted, information on the presence or absence of a conflict of interest, and a declaration of compliance with ethical standards when conducting the research. If the work contains the results of experiments on animals, the animal nursery must be indicated.
The name and state registration number of the research organization within the framework of which the work was performed should be indicated.
These documents are provided in any form and are sent in electronic (scanned) form to the Editorial Office's email address together with the article.
Copies of illustrations (drawings, diagrams, charts) in the formats of the program in which they were created are sent as separate files. If the illustrations in the article are submitted in the form of photographs or raster images, it is necessary to submit a copy of them in jpg or tif format, in the original size, with a resolution of 300 pixels per inch. The physical size in centimeters should be sufficient for unambiguous perception and easy reading of the content of the illustrations, which should be contrasting and clear.
Language of publication. Manuscripts in two languages – Ukrainian and English – are accepted for publication in the Journal. Poor-quality translations of full texts of articles are not edited and are not published.
Manuscript. The text of the article is sent to the editorial office in electronic form in MS Word format (extension .doc, .docx, .rtf), Times New Roman font; size 12; spacing 1.5; margins 2.0 cm on every side of the text. Highlighting in the text can only be done in italics or bold, but NOT underlining.
The volume of the manuscript text, including the list of references, tables, illustrations, and captions, should be 15–20 pages (A4 format up to 5000 words) for original articles, up to 25 pages for literature reviews, 4–6 pages for reports on observations from practice, and 2–4 pages for reviews. Data in tables, diagrams, and figures must be provided in two languages (Ukrainian and English).
Structural elements of the manuscript. The mandatory structural elements of the article include: title data; abstract; keywords; text of the article (including tables, figures); list of cited literature; additional information; full information about the authors in English.
Title data should contain in Ukrainian and English: UDC and title of the article, which should reflect the subject and topic of the article and not exceed 100 characters.
Text of the article. The structure of the full text of the manuscript, devoted to the description of the results of original research, must comply with the generally accepted template and contain the following mandatory sections: "Introduction", "Objective", "Materials and Methods", "Results and Discussion", "Conclusions".
Abstract. The author's abstract for the article is the main source of information in domestic and foreign information systems and databases that index the Оournal. The volume of the abstract should be about 250 words or from 1800 to 2500 characters, all abbreviations should be expanded.
The abstract of the original article should be structured and include 5 mandatory sections: "Introduction", "Objective", "Materials and Methods", "Results".
The abstracts of reviews, lectures, and discussion articles are written in any format, but their length should also be from 1,800 to 2,500 characters. The abstracts of review articles should contain information on literature search methods in scientometric databases Web of Science, PubMed, TOXNET, EBSCO, Elsevier, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Global Health, etc.
Keywords. It is necessary to indicate 3–6 words or phrases according to the MeSH (MeSH on Demand, The MeSH Browser), which help classify the work in search engines. The keywords of review articles should include “literature review”.
References. It should reflect the exhaustiveness of the bibliographic descriptions in the list. The reference list is provided in the original language and in the order of reference in the article. The style of design is Vancouver style (Springer Style http://resourcecms.springer.com/springercms/rest/v1/content/51958/data/v1/Guidelines+for+Contributions+to+Major+Reference+Works). The total number of cited sources in original articles and lectures is 15–30, in reviews – 40–60. The bibliographic description of literary (information) sources is compiled in accordance with the document “Citing Medicine”, adopted by the US National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine). If the articles to which the author refers have a DOI, then it must be indicated at the end of the description of this source. The links must be active.
It is recommended to refer to journals that are indexed in international scientometric databases, for example, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Bibliographic references in the text of the article are given by a number in square brackets. It is advisable to cite original works published in the last 5–7 years. Unjustified author self-citation should be avoided.
The list of references, which includes sources published in Ukrainian or another language using the Cyrillic alphabet, should be provided in 2 versions: Ukrainian and English.
EXAMPLES:
Monographs
Velychko MV, Kovalenko TO, Salahor IM, et al. Legal Provision of Biological Safety and Biological Protection. Chernivtsi, 2024. 280 p.
Journal articles (abbreviations of journal titles are given in accordance with Index Medicus standards)
Prodanchuk MG, Basanets AV, Kravchuk OP, et al. Features of the Formation and Dynamics of Occupational Morbidity from the Influence of Dust, Physical and Chemical Factors in Ukraine in 2011–2021. 2023;2;7–24. DOI: 10.33273/2663-4570-2023-95-2-7-24.
Viegi G, Maio S, Fasola S, Baldacci S. Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases. J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2020;33(4):171–177. DOI: 10.1089/jamp.2019.1576.
Wauters RH, Foster BE, Banks TA. Environmental Exposures and Asthma in Active Duty Service Members. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2019;19(9):43. DOI: 10.1007/s11882-019-0873-3.
Electronic resources
Diagnostic and exposure criteria for occupational diseases – Guidance notes for diagnosis and prevention of the diseases in the ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010). Available from: https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/safety-and-health-at-work/resources-library/.
Abstracts
Basanets AV, Prodanchuk MG, Kravchuk OP, Gvozdetsky VA. Phosphorus poisoning: new approaches to diagnostics, accounting and monitoring of occupational and environmentally caused intoxications according to the recommendations of the International Labor Organization 2022. Materials of the scientific and practical conference with international participation “Ecological and hygienic problems of the sphere of human life”. K.: IEC “Medinform”, 2024:52-53.
Dissertations
Lisovska VS. Identification of the potential carcinogenicity of carbendazim: dissertation of the candidate of medical sciences 03/14/06. Kyiv, 2020. 170 p.
Bibliographic lists (References). Due to the inclusion of the journal in international scientometric databases, bibliographical references in Cyrillic must be duplicated in English.
Bibliographic lists are drawn up in the Roman alphabet, completely repeat the list of references and are submitted in accordance with the requirements of the international bibliographic standard National Library of Medicine (NLM; https://www.nlm.nih.gov/).
The Editorial board reserves the right to change the style of the article. If necessary, the article may be returned to the authors for revision.
The review policy and procedure are provided at the link: http://protox.medved.kiev.ua/index.php/en/journal/peer-review-policy-and-procedure.
Information on funding. The source of funding must be indicated – all individuals and organizations that provided financial support for the research (in the form of grants, donations or provision of equipment, reagents, consumables, medicines, etc.). It is not necessary to indicate the amount of funding.
Acknowledgements. Authors may express gratitude to individuals and organizations that contributed to the research and preparation of the article, but were not its authors.
Plagiarism and re-publications. Copying the text and appropriating the results of the research that do not belong to the authors of the submitted manuscript is unacceptable. The editorial board reserves the right to check manuscripts for plagiarism.
The article must be carefully edited and checked by the author(s).
Make sure before sending the manuscript that all the instructions specified have been followed.
Articles not prepared according to the above rules will be returned to the authors without consideration. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the materials. The editorial board has the right to correct terminological and stylistic errors without consulting the authors.
Publication of materials in the journal is free of charge for authors. After the issue of the journal is published, the author(s) will be provided with free author's copies.
The electronic version of the journal is posted on the official website: http://protox.medved.kiev.ua/index.php/en/.
Articles should be submitted to:
03127, Kyiv, Heroiv Oborony St., 6, SE "Research Center of Preventive Toxicology, Food and Chemical Safety named after Academician L.I. Medved, Ministry of Health, Ukraine”, Editorial office of the “Ukrainian Journal of Modern Problems of Toxicology”.
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