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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines are based on the CSE's White Paper on Promotion Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications, 2012 Update and on the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, December 2016.

The journal accepts original scientific articles in Russian and English that correspond to the profile of the journal "Radiation Hygiene" and reflect the results of the authors' original scientific research, experimental, theoretical articles, reviews, short communications, discussion articles, reviews of papers on topical issues of radiation hygiene, letters to the editor .

Manuscripts for publication in the journal must be submitted in accordance with these requirements:

 - The journal accepts for publications articles in Russian and English. We draw your attention to the quality of the English language!

- the materials presented in the article should not have been previously published in other publications. Authors should inform the editors of the journal that some parts of these materials have already been published and may be considered as duplicates. In such cases, the new article should contain references to previous works. Copies of such materials are attached to the manuscript so that the editors have the opportunity to decide how to proceed in this situation. It is not allowed to send articles that have already been published in other publications or submitted for printing to other publishers.

- the editors have the right to negotiate with the authors to clarify, change, reduce the manuscript.

  The editors reserve the right to shorten and edit the submitted works. All articles submitted to the editors of the journal undergo double-blind peer review.

- the article must be accompanied by the letter of support from the institution in which this work was performed. The official submission should list the names of all authors and indicate the title of the work. An expert opinion on the absence of restrictions on the publication of material in the open press and the supervisor's visa on the first page of the article must be submitted. The article must be signed by all authors. All co-authors must agree with the publication of the current version of the article

- Manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with the current rules are removed from consideration.

- the volume of review analytical, historical articles should not exceed 35 pages of typewritten text, original research - 25 pages, discussion articles - 10, brief reports and practical notes - 10 pages.

The mentioned number of pages includes the main text of the manuscript, tables, figures and legends as well as the title, surname and initials of the authors, name of institutions, abstract, keywords, reference list, References, data on the authors, their personal contribution to the work on the article, acknowledgements, information on conflict of interest, information on sources of funding (all the above - in Russian and English).

- the text of the article is printed on one side of an A4 sheet in Times New Roman, size 14, with a line spacing of 1.5. Orientation portrait (portrait) with margins on the left - 2.5 cm, top - 2 cm, right - 1.5 cm, bottom - 2 cm. Page numbering - top center, first page without number. The journal accepts the files with the extension of .doc or .docx.       

Title page should contain:

-the name of the manuscript (it should be concise and informative. It is not allowed to use abbreviations and trade mark names of devices, medical equipment  etc.);

-surname and initials of  the  author ( authors);

-name of the institution in which the author is employed with indication of departmental affiliation (Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection (ROSPOTREBNADZOR), Ministry of Healthcare of Russia,  Russian Academy  of  Medical  Sciences  etc.),  city, country,  status  of  the  organization  ( State  Institution,   Higher  Professional  Education,   Federal  State  Institution,  Federal  Scientific  Institution  etc. ) 

-next to  the author’s surname  and the name of the institution  there   should  be  numbers  in the upper  level  shift   indicating the institution of employment  of each  of authors. In case all the authors  work in the same institution there is no need to Indicate each  employment  separately.

Only officially accepted English version  of  institution’s name should be used!

Information about  the   author  is  printed  on a separate page:  surname, first name, academic degree, academic rank, position in the institution/institutions, address of the institution,  office telephone number and e-mail of all the authors. Abbreviations are  not  allowed.

Abstract.

After the title page, an abstract of the article is placed (at least 250 words each). The summary acts as an extended title for the article and provides information on its content. The summary should contain only relevant information.

It should clearly identify the following components:

1) Introduction (Introduction): the scientific problem and the purpose of the article are posed.

2) Materials and Methods: information about the object and the sequence of the study is given.

3) Results of the study  and Discussion: specific author's results of the study are given.

4) Conclusion: indicates the practical significance and prospects of the study.

Everything is written in continuous text, without highlighting paragraphs. For other articles (review, lecture, discussion), the abstract should include a summary of the main concept of the article, essentially a summary of the article itself. The summary should not contain abbreviations and abbreviations, except for those generally accepted in the world scientific literature. The abstract is a source of information independent of the article for placement in various scientific databases. We pay special attention to the quality of the English version of the abstract! It will be published separately from the main text of the article and should be understandable without reference to the publication itself.

At the end, key words in English (no more than 12) are given in order of importance. Keywords also should not contain abbreviations and abbreviations. Keywords are the search image of a scientific article. In all bibliographic databases it is possible to search for articles by keywords. In this regard, they should reflect the main provisions, achievements, results, terminology of scientific research.

Article text

The text of the original scientific research should include introduction and sections highlighted by headings: "Introduction", "Aim of the study", "Objectives of the study", "Materials and Methods", "Results", "Discussion and Conclusion", "References".

Introduction (Introduction) - the formulation of a scientific problem, its relevance, connection with the most important tasks that need to be solved, the importance for the development of a particular branch of science or practice. The introduction should contain information that will allow the reader to understand and evaluate the results of the research presented in the article. When writing it, the author must state the general field of the study, identify the problems that have not been resolved in previous studies, which this article is intended to solve. In addition, it expresses the main idea of the publication, which differs significantly from modern ideas about the problem, complements or deepens already known approaches to it; Attention is drawn to the introduction of new facts, conclusions, recommendations, patterns into scientific circulation. The purpose of the article follows from the formulation of a scientific problem. 

Literature Review . It is necessary to describe the main modern research and publications on which the author relies; modern views on the problem; difficulties in developing this topic; highlighting unresolved issues within the general problem to which the article is devoted. It is desirable to consider 20-40 sources and compare the views of the authors; some of the sources should be in English. It is important to conduct a comparative analysis with foreign publications on the stated issues.

The Materials and Methods section should clearly describe the methods and objects of research, sources and type of ionizing radiation, doses, dose rate, exposure conditions, etc.

If the article contains a description of observations on a person, do not use the names, initials of patients or numbers of case histories, especially in drawings or photographs. When describing animal experiments, indicate whether the maintenance and use of laboratory animals was in accordance with the rules adopted by the institution, the recommendations of the national research council, national laws.

All radiation units should be given in the international system of units (SI) . All measurement results given in the article must be expressed only in the SI system.

When describing the research methodology, one can limit oneself to indicating the essence of the method used with reference to the source of borrowing, in the case of modification, indicate what exactly it consists of. The original method must be described in full.

Results (Results and Discussion) . This part of the article should present a systematic author's analytical and statistical material. The results of the study must be described in sufficient detail so that the reader can trace its stages and assess the validity of the conclusions made by the author. This is the main section, the purpose of which is to prove the working hypothesis (hypotheses). The results, if necessary, are confirmed by illustrations (tables, graphs, figures), which represent the source material or evidence in a collapsed form. It is important that the illustrated information does not duplicate what is already given in the text. It is desirable to compare the results presented in the article with previous works in this field both by the author and other researchers. Such a comparison will additionally reveal the novelty of the work carried out and give it objectivity. The results of the study should be summarized briefly, but at the same time contain enough information to evaluate the conclusions drawn. It should also be justified why these data were chosen for the analysis. 

At the first mention of terms that are repeatedly used in the article (however, not in the title of the article and not in the abstract), it is necessary to give their full name and abbreviation in brackets, subsequently only the abbreviation should be used, but their use should be minimized.  The type of devices, installations should be entered in the original language, in quotation marks; with an indication (in brackets) of the country of origin. For example, we used the SF16 spectrophotometer (Russia), the Hitachi spectrofluorimeter (Japan). Rarely used and highly specialized terms should also be deciphered.

Tables

Tables should contain only the necessary data and be generalized and statistically processed materials. Each table is provided with a heading and is inserted into the text immediately after the link to it. It should be clarified which parameters of stratified variability were estimated, such as standard deviation or standard error of the mean. You should not duplicate the data contained in the table, in the text of the article, in graphs or charts.

Pictures

Illustrations should be clear and contrasting. Digital versions of illustrations must be saved in separate files in Tiff format, with a resolution of 300 dpi and consecutively numbered. Figure captions should be placed in the main text. Before each figure, diagram or table in the text, there must be a link. In the captions for microphotographs, electron microphotographs, it is necessary to indicate the coloring method and indicate the scale bar. Diagrams must be presented in source files. Figures (diagrams, graphs) must have a caption of all axes indicating SI units. The legend is moved outside the figure.

Conclusion (Conclusion). The conclusion contains a brief formulation of the results of the study. It summarizes the main ideas of the main part of the work. Repetitions of the material presented are best framed with new phrases that differ from those expressed in the main part of the article. In this section, it is necessary to compare the results obtained with the goal indicated at the beginning of the work. In conclusion, the results of understanding the topic are summarized, conclusions, generalizations and recommendations arising from the work are drawn, their practical significance is emphasized, and the main directions for further research in this area are identified. In the final part of the article, it is desirable to include attempts to predict the development of the issues considered.

- The following data should be placed at the end of the article:

Information about the personal contribution of the authors to the work on the article. Our journal adheres to the following authorship criteria developed by the ICMJE and COPE : 

The Journal “Radiation Hygiene” accepts the following criteria for authorship:

1) substantial contribution to the conception or planning of a scientific paper or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of the data of the paper;

2) Drafting of the manuscript or critical revision of the manuscript with the contribution of valuable intellectual content;

3) Final approval of the published version of the manuscript;

4) agreement to accept responsibility for all aspects of the work and assurance that all issues related to the accuracy and integrity of any part of the work can be adequately investigated and resolved.

The list of authors does not include people who are not authors of the paper. The names of people who are not authors, who do not meet all four criteria, but who have provided other support are listed in the Acknowledgments section.

They are given in Russian and English.

Acknowledgements. This section should mention the people who helped the author prepare this article, the organizations that provided financial support. It is considered good form to express gratitude to anonymous reviewers. Provided in Russian and English .

Information about the conflict of interest. The article should indicate a real or potential conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, then it should be written that "the author declares no conflict of interest."

Information about the source of funding.

Bibliographic references in the text  should be provided in numbers with square brackets in accordance with List of  Literature in the end of the article.

E.g. In the text:  General  list  of reference  manuals  on terminology covering  the time not later than mid-twentieth century  is provided for in the paper by the bibliographer I.M. Kaufman [59].

If authors are not indicated  the  reference should contain title of the document. Whenever it is necessary the year of the publication and the pages are also indicated.

The Information in the reference is separated by  a comma and a  dot.

The references should  be numbered sequentially, in the order of their first mention in the text (not alphabetically)! Original articles should not contain no less than 15-20 sources, lectures and reviews no more than 6o sources, other articles no more than 15 sources. References should be presented according to the Vancouver Reference Style Guide.

References to unpublished papers are not admitted.

The list of literature should not contain decrees, laws, sanitary norms and rules, other regulatory and procedural guidelines. References on them are placed in footnotes or in-cut notes. Footnotes and in-cut notes should be presented in English.

Examples of in-cut notes:

…according to the Radiation Safety Standards (NRB 99/2009): SanPiN (2.6.1.2523 – 09) [translation in English (In Russ.)]. Or ... according GOST R 517721-2001 Domestic radioelectronic equipment. Input and output parameters and types of connectors. Technical requirements. [translation in English (In Russ.)].

Examples of footnotes:

Sanitary Regulations and Standards 2.2.4.3359-16 «Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for physical factors in the workplace» (In Russ.)

 Methodical guidelines 2.6.1.2944-11 “Control of the patient effective doses from medical X-ray examinations”. Moscow, Rospotrebnadzor, 2011, 40 p. (In Russ.)

EXAMPLES  of  BIBLIOGRAPHIC  REFERENCES

Article with 1-6 authors

Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005 Jan;62(1):112-6.

Marchenko T.A., Radin A.I., Razdaivodin A.N. Retrospective and current state of forest territories of the border areas of the Bryansk region exposed to radioactive contamination. Radiatsionnaya Gygiena = Radiation Hygiene. 2020;13(2):6-18. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21514/1998-426X-2020-13-2-6-18

Article with 7+ authors (only the first 6 authors are included with the corresponding  «, et al.»)

Hallal AH, Amortegui JD, Jeroukhimov IM, Casillas J, Schulman CI, Manning RJ, et al. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Jun;200(6): 869-75.

Articles in a digital journal

Errami M, Garner H. A tale of two citations. Nature. 2008;451(7177): 397–399. Available from: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7177/full/451397a.html [Accessed 20 January 2015].

Read B. Anti-cheating crusader vexes some professors. Chronicle of Higher Education. 2008;54(25). Available from: http://global.factiva.com/ [Accessed 18 June 2015].

Articles in a digital volume of the journal (with DOI):

Kanneganti P, Harris JD, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Lattermann C, Flanigan DC. The effect of smoking on ligament and cartilage surgery in the knee: a systematic review. Am J Sports Med [Internet]. 2012 Dec;40(12): 2872-8. Available from: http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/40/12/2872 DOI: 10.1177/0363546512458223 [Accessed 19 Feb 2013]

Book (printed)

Carlson BM. Human embryology and developmental biology. 4th ed. St. Louis:Mosby; 2009. 541 p.

E-book

Shreeve DF. Reactive attachment disorder: a case-based approach [Internet]. New York: Springer; 2012. 85 p. Available from: http://ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/ login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1647-00363546512458223 [Accessed 2 Nov 2012]

Chapter or section  of a the  book: 

Riffenburgh R.H. Statistics in medicine. 2nd ed. Amsterdam (Netherlands): Elsevier Academic Press;  2006.Chapter 24, Regression and correlation methods; p. 447–86.

Ettinger S.J., Feldman E.C. Textbook of veterinary medicine: diseases of the dog and cat. 6th ed. St. Louis (MO): Elsevier Saunders; 2005. Section 7, Dietary considerations of systemic problems; p. 553–98.

Official (governmental) report

Rowe IL, Carson NE. Medical manpower in Victoria. East Bentleigh (AU): Monash University, Department of Community Practice; 1981. 35 p. Report No.: 4.

Leatherwood S. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North Atlantic. U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Report number: 63, 2001.

Report/guidelines

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Tuberculosis: NICE Guideline [NG33]. 2016. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng33/resources/tuberculosis-1837390683589 [Accessed 27 May 2017].

Web-page

Diabetes Australia. Diabetes globally [Internet]. Canberra ACT: Diabetes Australia: Available from: http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/en/ Understanding-Diabetes/DiabetesGlobally/ [Accessed Nov 5 2012].

European Space Agency. Rosetta: rendezvous with a comet. Available from: http://rosetta.esa.int [Accessed 15 June 2015].

References  to  internet  resources:

Kapperud G. Utbruddsveilederen [Internet]. Oslo: Folkehelseinstituttet; 2016 [cited 2016 Jun 30]. Available from: https://www.fhi.no/nettpub/utbruddsveilederen/

Conference papers/proceedings/abstracts:

Nørvåg K. Space-efficient support for temporal text indexing in a document archive context. In: Koch T, Sølvberg I, editors. Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. 7th European Conference, ECDL 2003. Berlin: Springer; 2003. p. 511-22.

Wittke M. Design, construction, supervision and long-term behaviour of tunnels in swelling rock. In: Van Cotthem A, Charlier R, Thimus J-F, Tshibangu J-P. (eds.) Eurock 2006: multiphysics coupling and long term behaviour in rock mechanics: Proceedings of the International Symposium of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, EUROCK 2006, 9–12 May 2006, Liège, Belgium. London: Taylor & Francis; 2006. P. 211–216.

Standard

British Standards Institution. BS EN 1993-1-2:2005. Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures. General rules. Structural fire design. London: BSI; 2005.

International Organization for Standardization. ISO Standard No. 10821. Industrial sewing machines — Safety requirements for sewing machines, units and systems [Internet]. Geneva: ISO; 2005 [cited 2015 May 20]. Available from: http://www.standard.no/no/Nettbutikk/produktkatalogen/Produktpresentasjon/?ProductID=113554

Newspaper articles:

Ringen S. La ikke Erna Solberg rasere det lokale folkestyre. Aftenposten. 2004 Mar 25:10.

Dissertation and bachelor/master thesis:

Hasund IK. The discourse markers like in English and liksom in Norwegian teenage language : A corpus-based, cross-linguistic study [dissertation]. Bergen: University of Bergen; 2003.

Kadouka M.V. The role of mushrooms in the dose from internal exposure of the public after the Chernobyl NPP accident [abstract of PhD thesis]. Obninsk; 2001.

Patents:

Clarke J, Pines A, McDermott RF, Trabesinger AH, inventors. University of California, assignee. SQUID detected NMR and MRI at ultralow fields. European Patent 1474707. 2004-11-10.

The  author  is  held  responsible  for  correctness  of  presented  bibliographical  data.

The  journal  publishes  all  articles  free  of  charge.

Articles  are  to  be  forwarded  to  the  address:  197101, Saint- Petersburg,  Myra  St.,  No 8,  St-Petersburg   Research  Institute  of  Radiation  Hygiene  after  Professor  P. V.  Ramzaev.  The editorial  office  of  the  Radiation  Medicine  Journal  and  to  e-mail:  journal@niirg.ru.

For  information  dial:  (812)  233-42-83  and  (812)  233-50-16  (editorial office  of  the  Radiation  Hygiene  Journal).   Fax:  (812)  233-53-63, 233-42-83.

PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS TO THE EDITOR

All articles are published in the journal free of charge.

By submitting an article for publication in this journal, the author agrees to the following:

The authors retain the copyright to the work and grant the journal the right to first publish the work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( CC BY 4.0 ) which allows others to redistribute the work as long as credits to the authors of the original work and the original publication in this journal are retained. 

All authors have carefully read the Ethics of Scientific Publications of the journal and will accept sanctions for its violation with understanding.

The authors of the article accept the provisions of the License Agreement.

 According to Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation that has entered into force, a license agreement is concluded between the authors of articles and the editors of the journal on granting the right to use the work to the publisher.

FULL TEXT OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT — DOWNLOAD

The main way to submit a manuscript to the editorial office is to send the journal by e-mail in the form of attached files: journal@niirg.ru

When submitting a manuscript, the following files must be uploaded:

1. The text of the manuscript (title page, structured abstract, keywords, text of the article, full data about the authors required for processing in the Russian Science Citation Index, information about the personal contribution of the authors to the work on the article, acknowledgments, information about a conflict of interest, information about sources of funding , bibliography). The following information is provided in English: the title of the article, the transliteration of the authors' surnames in Latin according to the BGN (Board of Geographic Names) system presented on the website translit.ru, the name of the organization indicating the city, country; structured summary and keywords; information about the authors in the same volume as in Russian; information about the personal contribution of the authors to the work on the article, thanks, information about a conflict of interest, information about sources of funding; list of references - References). The format of the document when sent to the editor is .doc or .docx.        
2. Illustrations in separate files in Tiff, JPEG format with a resolution of 300 dpi. When sending a file, be sure to indicate the figure number corresponding to its number in the article.
3. License agreement on granting the right to use the work to the publisher. An electronic version of the contract filled out and signed by all authors should be sent as an additional pdf file. .
4. The official direction of the institution in which this work was performed. The official submission should list the names of all authors and indicate the title of the work in pdf format. .
5. An expert opinion on the absence of restrictions on the publication of material in the open press and the supervisor's visa on the first page of the article in pdf format.

EDITORIAL ACTIONS IN THE EVENT OF DETECTING PLAGIAT AND Falsification of Data

In case of detection of dishonest behavior on the part of the author, plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, the editors are guided by the COPE rules . By "bad faith" we mean any act of a scientist, including mishandling the objects of study or intentionally manipulating scientific information so that it no longer reflects observed research; and behavior of a scientist that does not meet accepted ethical and scientific standards.

The Journal of Radiation Hygiene does not define "bad faith" as honest errors or honest discrepancies in the design, conduct, interpretation or evaluation of research methods or results, or dishonest behavior not related to the scientific process.

Inquiries by phone: (812) 2334283 and (812) 2335016 (editor of the journal "Radiation Hygiene"). Fax: (812) 233 5363, 2334283. 

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 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.

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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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