JOINT GUIDELINES

The Journal accepts publications in Russian or English. A manuscript shall not be previously published in scholarly medical literature.

Articles are published free of charge.

The editors do not charge authors for publishing articles in open access, reviewing, preparing the journal for publication, maintaining the website, or electronically depositing manuscripts.

Publications for review of compliance with the journal's requirements should be sent to journal@medi-kon.ru.

 

1. Article Format Requirements

The following information must be submitted to the editor:

• A complete article file in Word format, containing the title, summary, abstract, text, figures, tables, and reference list. The file name should include the first author's last name and a short title.
• High-resolution illustrations, archived as a single file (if available).
• A scanned copy of a printed cover letter (download) from the organization, signed by all authors (as a single PDF file).
• A scanned copy of the ICMJE Disclosure Form (download) in Word format. The original must be completed by each author separately (the journal reserves the right to publish this document as an online appendix to the published article)

 

The Journal uses double-blind peer review when reviewing publications: reviewers are unaware of the authors' identities, and authors are unaware of the reviewers' identities.

The editors check submitted materials using the Antiplagiat text plagiarism detection system.

 

2. Study designs

 Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

This type of review involves a systematic, critical analysis of the literature and data sources relevant to clinical topics, focusing on factors such as etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, prevention, or rehabilitation.

Articles or data sources should be searched, systematically selected for inclusion, and critically appraised. The search and selection process should be described in the Methods section. For each article or data source, the specific type of study or analysis, population, intervention type, exposure, and tests or outcomes should be described.

Data sources should be as current as possible; ideally, the search should be conducted within several months of manuscript submission. Authors of clinical trial meta-analyses should provide a PRISMA flowchart and checklist. Authors of observational meta-analyses should provide a MOOSE flowchart and checklist.

Recommended guidelines:
The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
MOOSE (Meta-analyses of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) Checklist
Updated summary guidelines for preparing and reporting systematic reviews (PRISMA-2020)

 

  Review Article

This is a systematic critical assessment of the literature on a specific topic, which should include conclusions. The article may be up to 6,000 words in length. The organization of the article is up to the author, but it should include an introduction, discussion, and conclusion. A structured summary of the article is required. A comprehensive list of references should be included at the end of the text.

According to the AMA Manual of Style (11th edition), used in the Journal, this type of article in English is called a "Narrative Review" and should contain three sections: Importance, Observations and Conclusions/Relevance.

The Journal welcomes reviews that approximate the format of systematic reviews (with a description of the method for searching, selecting, and analyzing literature sources), but leaves this decision to the authors.

 

Original Research

This article type is intended for the presentation of original, unpublished research results that can be replicated and generalized. Articles should be no more than 4,500 words in length. The formal structure of the full text and abstract should match the structure of the article and typically follows the IMRAD (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion) format: introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusions. A more detailed structure with subheadings in each section is recommended. Original studies submitted as continuous text without subsections will not be accepted.

This article type typically contains a hypothesis or research question. Materials (e.g., patients, equipment) and methods should be thoroughly detailed. The clinical significance and limitations of the study should be clearly stated in the Conclusions section.

For interventional studies, the Methods section should be as detailed as possible, according to the TIDieR-Checklist and the relevant guidelines.

For diagnostic/prognostic studies (a prospective study designed to develop, validate, or update the diagnostic or prognostic accuracy of a test or model), the STARD and TRIPOD guidelines should be used.

For randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the relevant CONSORT checklist and its variants/supplements should be used (in particular the guidance on RCTs with non-medication interventions, see the following section on Clinical Trials).

For experimental studies in animals, authors should take into account the structure and coverage of the questions, according to ARRIVE standards. In all clinical and experimental studies where only one sex is investigated, this should be indicated in the title of the paper, according to the SAGER guidelines.

 

Clinical Controlled Trial

The article should be no more than 4,500 words long. The formal structure of the text should be as follows: introduction, objectives, materials and methods, discussion and results, conclusions, and references. Subheadings are recommended. The clinical significance and limitations of the study should be clearly stated.

For randomized clinical trials, it is recommended to pre-register the study protocol (e.g., on ClinicalTrials.gov) and post the raw data in public data repositories.

Recommended guidelines:
SPIRIT 2025 Statement: Defining standard protocol items for clinical trials
CONSORT 2025 Statement: Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials
CONSORT Updates

 

      Case Report

The Editorial Board prioritizes cases of high clinical significance and uniqueness to global practice. The Journal also welcomes case series presented by authors from various affiliations. Clinical cases presented in a lecture format, demonstrating known medical interventions and outcomes, are not accepted for review.

As a rule, this type of article includes a discussion of the clinical management strategy, taking into account current understanding of the given pathology. A mandatory element of this publication is a thorough literature review to substantiate the relevance (significance and uniqueness) and subsequent discussion. The expected number of references is at least 15-30.

Another mandatory element is a section (statement) regarding the informed consent of the patient (or their legal representatives) for publication in the Journal. If the patient cannot be identified from the described medical history and the photographs provided, this statement should indicate that informed consent is not required for these reasons.

The journal does not require authors to provide a copy of the completed consent form, nor does it require the consent form to comply with any standards.

The article should be no more than 3,500 words.

Recommended guidelines:

The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical Case Report (SCARE) Guidelines
The CARE Guidelines: Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting Guideline Development

 

Short Communication

This is a brief report that should include:

1) preliminary research data with suggested conclusions that warrant more rigorous research;

2) duplicate studies;

3) negative studies on important topics.

The article should be no more than 2,000 words long, including an unstructured abstract, no more than one table and image, and references.

 

3. Ethical and the other statements

3.1. Acknowledgments

It is necessary to specify names, companies and organizations, refraining from insignificant ones, without specifying the contribution and without generalizations (for example, gratitude to your parents, organization, editorial board as a whole, without specifying this contribution or some anonymous reviewers of the journal). Acknowledgments to:

- people who contributed to the research and writing of the article, but do not meet all the criteria for authorship (for example, they performed only literature analysis, visualization, or mathematical statistics);

- people and organizations that supported, to one degree or another, the research and writing of the manuscript (for example, conducted additional genetic tests, provided unique equipment / reagents) or partially funded individual stages at the initiative of the authors.

It is important to indicate the exact name of the organization (with country).

Example:

Acknowledgments. The authors express their gratitude to: the Tabletki Rus company for providing reagents for gastroscopy; teachers of the Kuban State Medical University, Russia, associate professor Sidorov V.G. for histological analysis and junior researcher Petrov P.V. for statistical data analysis; prof. Ivanova Ch.K. (Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, Filippov Moscow State University, Russia) for critical comments on the final version of the manuscript.

Acknowledgments. We thank the CHERUB cooperative and IciStem consortium for support and continuous discussion of results; staff members at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Mortimer Market Centre; Nina Parmahand, Rebecca Matthews, Laura Waters, Helen Brown, Águeda Hernández Rodríguez, Victoria González Soler, and Belén Rivaya Sánchez (Microbiology Department of the Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain), and Dorien de Jong and Ninée Buchholtz (Translational Virology Group of the Department of Medical Microbiology of the UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands).

 

3.2. Authorship and Author contribution

It is necessary to reflect the degree of participation of each author in one or another stage of preparing the publication. At the same time, it should be remembered that according to the definition of authorship in the ICMJE recommendations, only one who SIMULTANEOUSLY meets all 4 criteria is considered an author:

- significant contribution to the concept / design of the work or the acquisition, analysis / interpretation of research data;

- drafting a manuscript or its critical analysis in terms of intellectual contribution and content;

- final approval of the version for publication;

- agreement to be responsible for all aspects of the article and to respond appropriately if questions arise regarding the accuracy and reliability of data and methods for any part of the article.

All contributors to the article who do not meet the ICMJE criteria should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section.

Given this definition of authorship by the ICMJE, the Journal encourages authors to indicate that all of them meet these criteria for contributions and, if possible, highlight the most significant contributions from each author.

The journal welcomes the detailing of each author's contribution, according to the international system CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy).

Example:

Author contribution: All authors confirm the compliance of their authorship, according to the international ICMJE criteria (all authors made a significant contribution to the development of the concept, research and preparation of the article, read and approved the final version before publication). Special contributions: Petrov P.P. - carried out additional statistical processing of the obtained results.

Authors contribution: All authors confirm the compliance of their authorship, according to international ICMJE criteria (all authors made a significant contribution to the development of the concept, research and preparation of the article, read and approved the final version before publication). Special contributions: Petrov PP performed statistical analysis of the results.

 

3.3. Funding Sources

A brief list of external funding sources used to obtain the results presented in the article, as well as the publication process itself (e.g., a commercial organization, a Foundation, or a government grant, etc.).

This section primarily applies to external funding or when the research was initiated externally (not by the authors, but by sponsors). If the research was conducted within the framework of the authors' affiliation programs and budgets, it is not considered external funding.

This section must always be included: (If there is no external funding, it is important to indicate that no external funding was received).

If a grant was awarded, it is important to include the official name of the granting organization and the grant number.

If a company (especially an instrumental or pharmaceutical company) partially funded a specific stage, it is necessary to specify which one (e.g., a translation into English), rather than limiting the discussion to general terms.

Example:

Funding. This study was not supported by any external sources of funding.

Funding. The study was supported by the Grant of the Government of Moscow No. 11703-7/22 (Russia).

 

3.4. Disclosure (Information on Potential Conflict of Interest)

Clarification regarding any potential or actual conflict of interest of the authors: any association, financial relationship, financial or industry interests in the manuscript in whole or in part, including labor and other obligations that may lead to withholding or intentional misrepresentation of data or adversely affecting interpretation, are considered a conflict interests and must be clearly stated as such. Please note that conflicts of interest do not preclude publication.

The Editorial Board requires the disclosure of information about the PCI according to the standard ICMJE form, consisting of 13 points, see the version of the form. Scans of completed and signed forms by each individual author should be attached (in one combined file) to the Cover letter. Based on the results of the completed forms, the team of authors generates a final statement on the disclosure of the PCI. If none of the authors has a PCI, this should also be reported.

Example:

Disclosure. The authors declare the absence of obvious and potential conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article.

Disclosure. The authors declare no apparent or potential conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article.

 

3.5. Information on study approval by the local ethics committee. Ethical Approval

A full, unambiguous reference to the ethics committee and the details of the approval document (number and date) are preferred.

This section is required if medical interventions deviate from the standard protocol.

This section is mandatory, even if it is minor. In the latter case, the following should be written: Not applicable.

This section typically also states that study participants (other than the authors) were informed of the study's aims and methodology and provided written consent for their participation (otherwise, it can be assumed that they engaged in unethical manipulations).

Example:

Ethical Approval. The study was approved by the local ethics committee of the Kuban State Medical University (Protocol No. 12 dated March 12, 2019).

Ethics Approval. The present study protocol was approved by the local Ethics Committee of the Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital (reference number: 20181009).

 

3.6. Consent for publication (informed consent of the patient (his legal representatives) for publication)

Generally, this applies more often to clinical cases and is optional in other types of publications, but it is desirable to indicate that this is not applicable or required.

Informed consent information for publication of personally identifiable patient(s).

When publishing patient-related information (e.g., a case report), it is important to obtain different types of informed consent. One of the most important is for him or her (or his or her legal representatives, for example, in the case of a minor patient or coma patient) to release his or her medical information and images.

Only in particularly rare cases, when the legal representatives cannot be found or the case is extremely important to medical practice, is it possible to publish it, but to make it clear that there is no consent and to indicate that every effort has been made to obtain it.

The patient's consent usually states that his personal data will be anonymized, which should be done in the manuscript (e.g., part of the face is covered).

It is NOT necessary to provide informed consent to the editor.

If consent is not required, then indicate: Not required / Not required.

 

Example:

Consent for publication. Written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of relevant medical information and all of accompanying images within the manuscript.

 

3.7. Registration number of the study (protocol) in case of its inclusion in the registers

If available, the name of the register, number and date of publication are indicated. Also additionally information is placed between the summary and keywords.

 

4. Manuscript text design

The text of the manuscript should include:

• Title;
• Structured Abstract (up to 300 words) : Introduction; Aim; Materials and Methods; Results and Discussion; Conclusion;
• Keywords (3-10);
• Full text
• List of cited literature (references are given in the order of mention in the text)
• Tables (if available), in text format, with an informative title and a transcript of all columns / rows; they are placed right after paragraphs containing references
• Figures (if any) with informative titles (in Russian and English) and a transcript of all text within the figure (in Russian and English, separated by a slash "/"). In addition to images integrated into the manuscript file, high-quality images must be provided in a separate graphic file(s);
• All abbreviations (even common ones) used in the text of the manuscript should be deciphered at the first mention, it is desirable to use no more than 10 abbreviations.

The electronic version must include the text portion of the manuscript, all illustrative material, as well as separately provided files (pixel and vector graphics) in the original resolution, quality, and formats that meet the technical requirements of the publisher.

 

Typesetting and layout requirements:

• The file containing the material is a Microsoft Word document.
• The main text is typed in Times New Roman.
• The font size is 12 points, with 1.5 line spacing and justified text alignment. The paper size is A4.
• Page margins (top, bottom, right, and left) are 2 cm, including page numbers, centered at the top of the page.
• Page numbers are continuous (the first page is numbered) and centered at the bottom.
• All illustrations, graphs, and tables are located in their appropriate places within the text, not at the end of the document.
• The text is well structured using two or three levels of subheadings (up to a maximum of four).
• The article title is bold, 18 point. The first subheading is 16 point. The second subheading is 14 point and italicized.
• The paragraph indentation should be consistent throughout the publication at 1.25 mm. Indenting paragraphs with spaces and the Tab key is not allowed.
• All words within a paragraph are separated by only one space.
• No spaces are used before punctuation marks, and one space is used after them.
• Underlining and sparse text as emphasis are not allowed.
• Text is typed without hyphenation and aligned to the width of the page (automatic hyphenation must be disabled in the typesetting program and forced hyphenation must be removed).
• Footnotes are typed using the automatic formatting feature of a text editor.
• Footnotes are numbered on a page-by-page basis.

Main sections of the manuscript and comments on their completion

No	Sections of the article	Comments on filling out sections
1	Article title	It should be clear, concise (no more than 13 words), and adequately reflect the essence of the publication. It should also: • If possible, indicate the design used at the end (e.g., systematic review, cross-sectional/cohort/retrospective/prospective study). • Avoid declarative, scientific-sounding words that do not convey specific meaning (e.g., "role/relevant," "relevant/current"). • Ideally, contain at least three key topic words at the beginning (the first 65 characters) (for better search engine optimization). • The title should preferably include the following descriptive elements: patient; medical intervention; outcome; study design.
2	Information about the authors	Provide contact information (full name, position, affiliated organizations, city, country, email, ORCID) for all authors in Russian and English. Information about the corresponding author and each author (including full name, position, ORCID, phone number, and email address). Correct academic degree: Doctor of Medical Sciences – Dr. Sci. (Med.), Candidate of Medical Sciences – Ph.D. Sci. (Med.), Sample: Contact information: Tatyana V. Petrova, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Director, Institute of Rehabilitation, Moscow, Russia. Email: ____, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
3	Abstract	An abstract (maximum 350 words) of an original study should begin with brief background information and a statement of the study's aims/objectives, followed by materials and methods, and conclude with the results. The concluding sentence should summarize the main findings of the study in understandable terms. Other recommendations: No citations or hyperlinks. The abstract is structured according to the selected EQUATOR-Network type/design/guidelines. The selected methods are consistent with the stated purpose. The methods specify the study design. There should be no discrepancies between the Abstract and the sections of the manuscript, nor should there be any statements or conclusions not found in the full text. The abstract is clear and self-contained, even without reading the manuscript. Avoid declarative, scientific-sounding words and phrases that are meaningless and impair search engine optimization (e.g., "In this paper, the authors attempted to conduct research to answer the relevant question..."). Thematic words are used in the first sentences of the Abstract, especially in phrases (for better search engine optimization).
4	Keywords	The manuscript must contain 5 to 7 keywords. When selecting keywords, be sure to use terms included in the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) thesaurus. For verification, we recommend using the following free resources: https:// meshb.nlm.nih.gov https:// meshb.nlm.nih.gov/MeSHonDemand
5	The main body of the text	The text should be well structured and have a well-founded system of multi-level subheadings, in accordance with the journal's recommendations. If the IMRAD (Introduction, Materials/Methods and Results/Discussion) structure is used, the following formatting considerations are recommended:   Introduction short and relevant to the objective; definition of the study's purpose and problem statement; relevance and significance of the study, as determined by the literature review; definitions of terms found in the manuscript (if provided in the Abstract, they should be duplicated here); "Original Research" requires a clearly stated hypothesis.   Materials and Methods methods should be clearly described so that another researcher can reproduce the study results; choice of methods should be clearly justified (e.g., choice of visualization methods, analytical tools, or statistical methods); if a hypothesis exists, methods should be developed that allow for its valid testing; The study design should be consistent with EQUATOR recommendations, if applicable (e.g., "CARE case report").   Results and Discussion results should be clearly explained; the order of results presentation should match the order of methods; results should be presented neutrally and objectively (without drawing unsubstantiated conclusions); results should be visualized, if warranted; Results should not be repeated in the full text or tables. results should be interpreted objectively, with a discussion of study limitations (e.g., small sample size) and other biases (e.g., potential bias). if a hypothesis exists, authors should state whether it was confirmed or refuted. if unexpected results are obtained, authors should appropriately analyze them.   Conclusion if appropriate, the clinical significance and implications of the study should be stated, taking into account potential study limitations, but avoiding overgeneralization. authors are encouraged to express their views on the direction of future research.
6	Citation	references are arranged in the order they appear in the text. all articles in the bibliography must be cited in the text, and, conversely, all references cited in the text must be included in the bibliography. citations are provided in square brackets: [1], [2-5], etc.
7	Abbreviations and acronyms	all abbreviations used in the text (even "commonly accepted" ones) should be expanded upon first use. Avoid using abbreviations in headings without first expanding them in the full text. it is recommended to use no more than 10 abbreviations per article to improve readability. to check the correctness of commonly used abbreviations, we recommend using the MeSH thesaurus.
8	References	Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information provided in the bibliography. Considering the requirements of international citation systems such as Web of Science and Scopus, the bibliography (References) is included in the English-language section of the article and, accordingly, should be provided not only in the original language but also in the Latin alphabet (Roman alphabet), according to their official translations, rather than freely transliterated by the authors. Include foreign sources from the last 3-5 years indexed in the WOS and Scopus databases (at least 50% of the works in the bibliography). References to Russian-language sources should be supplemented by an English-language section immediately after the Russian-language section; the English-language section is provided in square brackets. At the very end of the English-language section of the bibliographic description, a reference to the original language of the publication is placed in parentheses, for example: [… (In Russ)]. The DOI identifier, if available, is provided after the square brackets. The English-language version of a reference to a Russian source must be provided as it appears in the original cited work (if available) or in the DOI card for the corresponding article, not as the author's transliteration! If this option does not exist, use the author's spelling and article title in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) system. First, list the authors' last names and initials, followed by a translation of the article title, the journal name (if there is an official English-language title, provide it; if not, use the BSI transliteration), the publication information, and then the publication language (In Russ) in parentheses. The entire English-language reference must be enclosed in square brackets. All references to journal publications must contain a DOI (Digital Object Identifier, a unique digital identifier for an article in the CrossRef system). You can check for an article's DOI on the website http://search.crossref.org/ or https://www.citethisforme.com. To obtain the DOI, enter the article's English-language title in the search bar. The latter website, in addition to the DOI, automatically generates a properly formatted bibliographic entry in English using the AMA citation style. The vast majority of foreign journal articles and many Russian-language articles published after 2013 are registered in the CrossRef system and have a unique DOI. The journal uses the following DOI format: https://doi.org/________. A full list of all authors must be provided in each bibliographic entry. The "et al." or "et al." designation must be included after the third name if the cited article has more than four authors. Citation titles should not be abbreviated. Abbreviated journal titles must match the MedLine index. If the journal is not indexed by MedLine, please provide its full title. Hyphenations, such as word breaks (DOIs) and hyphens, are prohibited, as they may interfere with correct indexing in databases. Other recommendations: When citing an online resource, the author's most recent access date must be indicated in a consistent style, consistent with the international style "AMA, 11th edition" (e.g., Accessed March 18, 2023). PMC/Medline identifiers are not permitted. The use of footnotes instead of reference lists is discouraged. Most article types use current, international references, avoiding (unless logically justified) national references or references not available in English (e.g., orders). The number of references in an article corresponds to the article type and the journal's guidelines. Preprints are marked as preprints (both in the Reference List and in the full text). Examples of references: 1. Journal articles with DOI Author A.A., Author B.B. Article title. Journal. Year; Volume (Issue): s–s. Dixon W.G., Bansback N. Understanding the side effects of glucocorticoid therapy: shining alight on a drug everyone thinks they know. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012;71(11):1761–4. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202021. 2. Journal articles without DOI Meeker D., Linder J.A., Fox C.R., et al. Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2016;315 (6): 562-570. Accessed June 18, 2019. https:// www.jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2488307 3. Books, monographs Jenkins P.F. Making sense of the chest x-ray: a hands-on guide. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005 194p Puig-Samper M.A., Ruiz R., Galera Andres A, et al. Evolucionismo y cultura darwinismo en Europae Iberoamerica. Aranjuez (Spain): Ediciones Doce Calles; 2002 407 p. Adkinson N.F., Bochner B.S., Burks W., et al Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Saunders; 2014. Kwon D.S., Walker B.D. Immunology of human immunodeficiency virus infection. In: Paul W.E., ed. Fundamental Immunology. 7th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012:chap 42. 4. Regulatory Acts, Orders, and State Standards Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-9, 115 Stat. 11 (May 24, 2001). Healthy Children Learn Act, S. 1012, 107th Cong., 1st Sess. (2001). Cardiopulmonary Bypass Intracardiac Suction Control, 21 C.F.R. Sect. 870.443 (2002) 5. Conference materials Harnden P., Joffe J.K., Jones W.G. Germ cell tumors V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumor Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002 Christensen S., Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza’s computational effort statistics for genetic programming. In: Foster J.A., Lutton E., Miller J., Ryan C., Tettamanzi A.G.. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002 p. 182-91. 6. Dissertations Borkowski M.M. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002 7. Internet Resources The last access date must be included. Charlton G. Internal linking for SEO: examples and best practices. SearchEngineWatch. Accessed February 10, 2016. https://searchenginewatch.com/sew/how-to/2428041/internal-linking-for-seo-examples-and-best-practices 8. Patents Pagedas AC, inventor; Ancel Surgical R&D Inc., assignee. Flexible endoscopic grasping and cutting device and positioning tool assembly. United States patent US 20020103498 2002 Aug 1 9. Preprints or accepted manuscripts Before submitting a manuscript to the Journal, please check whether the preprint or accepted manuscript has been published in a regular journal and replace it with the details of the regular publication. Examples: Bloss C.S., Wineinger N.E., Peters M., et al. A prospective randomized trial examining health care utilization in individuals using multiple smartphone-enabled biosensors. Preprint. Posted online October 28, 2015. bioRxiv 029983. https://doi.org/10.1101/029983. Collins-McMillen D., Stevenson E.V., Heon Kim J., et al. HCMV utilizes a nontraditional STAT1 activation cascade via signaling through EGFR and integrins to efficiently promote the motility, differentiation, and polarization of infected monocytes. J Virol. Accepted manuscript. Published online October 11, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00622-17 10. Data posted in the repository Nikolaeva M., Neymark M., Momot A. Data from: Bleeding disorders associated with severity of respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients. 2023. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: https://doi.org/10.17632/2z3dmg4y5f.1 Cutter A.D., Gray J.C. Data from: Ephemeral ecological speciation and the latiudinal biodiversity gradient. Evolution. 2016;70(10):2171-2185. Dryad Digital Repository. Deposited August 17, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.734v9 Francuzik W. Data from: Skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis: 16S gene sequence data. figshare. 2016. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4028943 11.Online supplements to the article Meeker D., Linder J.A., Fox C.R., et al. Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices: a randomized clinical trial. Supplement 1. Study protocol and changes to analysis plan. JAMA. 2016;315(6):562-570. Accessed June 18, 2019. https://www.jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2488307

5. Design of tables and figures in the manuscript

• All tables and figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals and have clear headings and table / figure captions that are easy to read and understand. Figure titles are placed below the image. Please make sure that the data in the table matches the numbers in the text and not just duplicates
• In graphs it is obligatory to indicate the name of axes with units of measurement in accordance with SI (international system).
• Units of measurement must be metric and conform to SI (international system).
• At the stage of initial review, all images and tabular material should be inserted at the place of mention in the main text of the file. References to illustrative material in the text should be formatted as "(Fig. 1)" and "(Table 1)".
• When submitting a manuscript, it is necessary to provide graphic material in high quality, suitable for printing. Color or black-and-white images should be high-contrast and legible.
• Preference is given to vector formats (svg, al, eps, cdr). Raster formats (jpg, tif), as well as pdf are allowed.
• As part of the inclusiveness policy, the Journal recalls that about 4% of the population suffers from various forms of color blindness. For this reason, all graphs and drawings must be made taking into account their full perception by those suffering from this ailment / the possibility of full perception when translated into a black and white image (for example, by introducing different numbers / letters / symbols for curves or areas represented by different colors). If this rule is not observed, manuscripts that received generally positive reviews will be returned for revision.

Additional recommendations:

• All illustrations are done in "RGB" or "Grayscale" color modes
• Any graphs and charts (with numerical data) are recommended to be made with Microsoft Excel (versions 2003 and later) and to be placed in the document with keeping the connection or to be provided as separate files (mark the entry points in the text of the manuscript), XLS, XLSX format.
• When using third-party table processors and specialized graphing and charting software, provide either an on-screen resulting copy or output the result to a virtual printer in pdf format (with the "Graphic Quality" profile preset).
• Raster illustrations (e.g., photographs, scanned drawings, screen copies) should also be submitted as separate JPEG2000, TIFF files with a resolution of at least 300 dpi, without compression, in addition to embedded elements.
• Each figure is provided in a separate file, where the file name should reflect the structural numbering of the illustration in the text (for example: Figure 1.21 - file name: 1–21.tif).
• If files of additional formats are used (for example: xls-files, cdx-files, ppt-files, visio-files, etc.), provide them in their original format with a separate file (in the format: *.rtf, *.doc , *.docx) descriptions of nuances.
• When submitting a pie chart, it is recommended to evaluate the justification for using it (or replacing it with a line chart as a more objective representation of values).
• The use of colored backgrounds, shadows, 3D graphics for two-dimensional images in charts is not recommended.
• To verify that the manuscript complies with all the main requirements and recommendations outlined above, we strongly recommend using the Manuscript Compliance Checklist for Best Editorial and Ethical Practices (download).