Aim and Scope

Astrakhan Medical Journal is a scientific publication that publishes articles in all areas of medical and pharmacological sciences in order to disseminate information about modern achievements in the field of experimental and practical medicine and pharmacology.

The area of ​​interest of the Journal includes:

• clinical research and medical research;
• basic research on cell-free systems, microorganisms, cell cultures and animals, revealing the functions of molecules, cells and tissues that are important for human health; discovery and development of drugs, pharmacotherapy, biopharmaceutical medicine (biopreparations and biosimilars).

The journal is intended for a wide audience, primarily for medical professionals, including researchers, medical practitioners and medical scientists (including molecular biologists, biochemists, biophysicists, pathophysiologists, pharmacologists, oncologists, surgeons, traumatologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, hematologists, epidemiologists , virologists), as well as teachers, specialists in the field of healthcare organization, allied medical workers studying biomedical disciplines for graduate students, residents and students.

The Astrakhan Medical Journal is openly available online, authors and organizations are not charged for the submission of materials and publication of articles.

The quality of articles is assessed by a staff of reviewers, including medical scientists from the Astrakhan State Medical University, scientists from medical institutions and universities from other Russian cities (Moscow, Tver, Pyatigorsk, Ufa, Samara, Volgograd, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Kirov, Yaroslavl, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd), as well as foreign scientists from Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Czech Republic, Malaysia and Ukraine.

The journal publishes articles in the following areas (in accordance with the order of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science dated December 28, 2018 No. 90-r):

• 1.5.1.1 - Microbiology (medical sciences),
• 3.1.4. – Obstetrics and gynecology (medical sciences),
• 3.1.18. – Internal diseases (medical sciences),
• 3.1.20. – Cardiology (medical sciences),
• 3.1.21. – Pediatrics (medical sciences),
• 3.1.22. – Infectious diseases (medical sciences),
• 3.1.26. – Phthisiology (medical sciences),
• 3.1.9. – Surgery (medical sciences),
• 3.1.28. – Hematology and blood transfusion (medical sciences),
• 3.1.29. – Pulmonology (medical sciences),
• 01/14/28. – Gastroenterology (medical sciences),
• 3.3.1. – Human anatomy (medical sciences),
• 3.3.6. – Pharmacology, clinical pharmacology (medical sciences),
• 14.03.09. – Clinical immunology, allergology (medical sciences),
• 3.3.8. – Clinical laboratory diagnostics (medical sciences),
• 3.1.33. – Rehabilitation medicine, sports medicine, exercise therapy, balneology and physiotherapy (medical sciences).

The policy of the journal is to popularize the latest achievements of science in the field of medicine, the competitiveness of scientific research, the expansion of the geography of interuniversity international cooperation, the development of scientific communications in the field of medical knowledge. The editors of the Astrakhan Medical Journal follow the ethical standards adopted by the international scientific community. In hisactivities, the editorial office relies on legal documents on scientific ethics, ensures compliance with the principle of the absence of conflicts of interest, confidentiality and respect for copyright.

Section Policies

SCIENTIFIC REVIEWS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ACHIEVEMENTS OF SCIENCE IN PRACTICE

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ASSISTANCE TO THE PRACTITIONER

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

OBSERVATION FROM PRACTICE

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

PROBLEM ARTICLES

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

INFORMATION MATERIALS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ПРАВИЛА ОФОРМЛЕНИЯ СТАТЕЙ

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

SCIENTIFIC REVIEWS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Publication Frequency

4 times per year

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.

Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

For more information please read BOAI statement.

Archiving

• Russian State Library (RSL)
• National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)

Peer-Review

1. Only original materials, unpublished in other publications, are accepted for consideration in the Astrakhan Medical Journal. The authors are fully responsible for the scientific content of the manuscript, references, citations and description of sources and literature, as well as for respecting the copyrights of third parties.
2. All scientific manuscripts submitted to Astrakhan medical journal undergo the mandatory double anonymous (“blind”) peer review with the involvement of Russian and foreign scientists after determination of compliance of journal field and requirements for articles.
3. All reviewers are experts in the subject of peer-reviewed materials and have published articles on the subject of peer-reviewed materials over the past 3 years.
4. Reviewers are chosen according to the decision of editorial board of the journal.
5. One of the main requirements of the peer-review is confidentiality. The peer review process is anonymous for both reviewers and authors. Breach of confidentiality is possible only if the reviewer claims that the materials contained in the article are unreliable or falsified.
6. The reviewer is notified that the submitted manuscripts are the intellectual property of the authors and are classified as private information. The reviewer is not allowed to pass information contained in manuscripts to third parties who are not members of the editorial board.
7. The subject of analysis in the peer-review manuscripts is the following: compliance with journal submission requirements; relevance, scientific novelty, practical and scientific value; adequacy of methods and scope of the research; accuracy and adequacy of statistical data processing; reliability of results and accordance of the matter of the article with its title. Besides, the quality and style of scientific information in submitted manuscript (refer to review form) is assessed.
8. The peer-review of the manuscript can last till 3 months.
9. The manuscript can be rejected, returned to the authors for correction or accepted to the print according to the results of the peer-review.
10. The editorial board send copies of the reviews or reasonable refusal to the authors of the submitted manuscripts. The executive secretary inform authors about the decision taken.
11. Original reviews of submitted manuscripts remain deposited for 5 years and can be provided to the High Attestation Commission upon request.
12. The editorial board does not retain rejected manuscripts. Manuscripts not accepted for publication are not returned to the authors.
13. Manuscripts are sent to the authors for correction if the review contains such recommendations. In this case the date of manuscript receipt by the editorial board is the date of return of the corrected manuscript. The manuscript can be re-submitted for peer-review to the same reviewer who made the remarks if necessary.
14. In case of author’s inability or unwillingness take into account the concerns of editorial board or reviewer the editorial board retains the right to reject the manuscript.
15. In case of disagreement with the opinion of the reviewer, the author of the manuscript has the right to provide a reasoned answer to the editorial board of the journal. The manuscript can be re-submitted for peer-review or agreement to editorial board.
16. Decision on the publication's expediency is made by the editor-in-chief or editorial board if necessary.

All submitted manuscripts are reviewed by leading scientists who are mostly specialized in the scope of the manuscripts.

Publishing Ethics

1. Introduction

1.1. The publication in a peer reviewed learned journal, serves many purposes outside of simple communication. It is a building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. For all these reasons and more it is important to lay down standards of expected ethical behaviour by all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society for society-owned or sponsored journal: «Astrakhan medical journal».

1.2. Publisher has a supporting, investing and nurturing role in the scholarly communication process but is also ultimately responsible for ensuring that best practice is followed in its publications.

1.3. Publisher takes its duties of guardianship over the scholarly record extremely seriously. Our journal programs record «the minutes of science» and we recognize our responsibilities as the keeper of those «minutes» in all our policies not least the ethical guidelines that we have here adopted.

2. Duties of Editors

2.1. Publication decision – The Editor of a learned «Astrakhan medical journal» is solely and independently responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, often working on conjunction with the relevant society (for society-owned or sponsored journals). The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always underwrite such decisions. The Editor may be guided by the policies of the «Astrakhan medical journal» journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers (or society officers) in making this decision.

2.2. Fair play – An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

2.3. Confidentiality – The editor and any editorial staff of «Astrakhan medical journal» must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

2.4. Disclosure and Conflicts of interest

2.4.1. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

2.4.2. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers.

2.5. Vigilance over published record – An editor presented with convincing evidence that the substance or conclusions of a published paper are erroneous should coordinate with the publisher (and/or society) to promote the prompt publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as may be relevant.

2.6.Involvement and cooperation in investigations – An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies.

3. Duties of Reviewers

3.1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions – Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Publisher shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.

3.2. Promptness – Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor of «Astrakhan medical journal» and excuse himself from the review process.

3.3. Confidentiality – Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorised by the editor.

3.4. Standard and objectivity – Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

3.5. Acknowledgement of Sources – Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

3.6. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

3.6.1. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

3.6.2. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

4. Duties of Authors

4.1. Reporting standards

4.1.1. Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

4.1.2. Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial 'opinion’ works should be clearly identified as such.

4.2. Data Access and Retention – Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

4.3. Originality and Plagiarism

4.3.1. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

4.3.2. Plagiarism takes many forms, from ‘passing off’ another’s paper as the author’s own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

4.4. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

4.4.1. An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

4.4.2. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper.

4.4.3. Publication of some kinds of articles (e.g., clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication. Further detail on acceptable forms of secondary publication can be found at www.icmje.org.

4.5. Acknowledgement of Sources – Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

4.6. Authorship of the Paper

4.6.1. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

4.6.2. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

4.7. Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

4.7.1. If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

4.7.2. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) have approved them. When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach, and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study. When reporting experiments on animals, authors should be asked to indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.

4.8. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

4.8.1. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

4.8.2. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.

4.9. Fundamental errors in published works – When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the editor of «Astrakhan medical journal» journal and cooperate with Publisher to retract or correct the paper, If the editor or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper.

5. Duties of the Publisher (and if relevant, Society)

5.1. Publisher should adopt policies and procedures that support editors, reviewers and authors of « Astrakhan medical journal »  in performing their ethical duties under these ethics guidelines. The publisher should ensure that the potential for advertising or reprint revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.

5.2. The publisher should support «Astrakhan medical journal» journal editors in the review of complaints raised concerning ethical issues and help communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors.

5.3. Publisher should develop codes of practice and inculcate industry standards for best practice on ethical matters, errors and retractions.

5.4. Publisher should provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.

The Publication Ethics of the “Astrakhan medical journal” are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and requirements for peer-reviewed medical journals, elaborated by the Elsevier Publishing House (in accordance with international ethical rules of scientific publications)

Founder

• Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Astrakhan State Medical University» of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

Author fees

Publication in “Astrakhan medical journal" is free of charge for all the authors.

The journal doesn't have any Article processing charges.

The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Plagiarism detection

“Astrakhan medical journal" use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Preprint and postprint Policy

Prior to acceptance and publication in “Astrakhan medical journal", authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.

As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in “Astrakhan medical journal" we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.

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Revenue Sources

The publication of the journal is financed by the funds of the parent organization, at the expense of the publisher, publication of advertising materials, publication of reprints, article processment charges.