Author Guidelines

Medical review publishes papers from various fields of biomedicine intended for broad circles of doc­tors. The papers are published in Serbian language with an expanded summary in English language and contri­butions both in Serbian and English language, and se­lected papers are published in English language at full length with the summary in Serbian language. Papers coming from non-Serbian speaking regions are pub­lished in English language. The authors of the papers have to be Medical Review subscribers.

This journal publishes the following types of articles: editorials, original studies, preliminary reports, review articles, professional articles, case reports, articles from history of medicine and other types of publications.

1. Editorials – up to 5 pages – convey opinions or discussions on a subject relevant for the journal. Editori­als are commonly written by one author by invitation.

2. Original studies – up to 12 pages – present the authors’ own investigations and their interpreta­tions. They should contain data which could be the basis to check the obtained results and reproduce the investigative procedure.

3. Review articles – up to 10 pages – provide a con­densed, comprehensive and critical review of a problem on the basis of the published material being analyzed and discussed, reflecting the current situation in one area of research. Papers of this type will be accepted for publica­tion provided that the authors confirm their expertise in the relevant area by citing at least 5 auto-citations.

4. Preliminary reports – up to 4 pages – contain scientific results of significant importance requiring ur­gent publishing; however, it need not provide detailed description for repeating the obtained results. It presents new scientific data without a detailed explanation of methods and results. It contains all parts of an original study in an abridged form.

5. Professional articles – up to 10 pages – examine or reproduce previous investigation and represent a valu­able source of knowledge and adaption of original inves­tigations for the needs of current science and practise.

6. Case reports – up to 6 pages – deal with rare casu­istry from practise important for doctors in direct charge of patients and are similar to professional articles. They emphasize unusual characteristics and course of a disease, unexpected reactions to a therapy, application of new di­agnostic procedures and describe a rare or new disease.

7. History of medicine – up to 10 pages – deals with history in the aim of providing continuity of medi­cal and health care culture. They have the character of professional articles.

8. Other types of publications – The journal also publishes feuilletons, book reviews, extracts from foreign literature, reports from congresses and professional meet­ings, communications on activities of certain medical in­stitutions, branches and sections, announcements of the Editorial Board, letters to the Editorial Board, novel­ties in medicine, questions and answers, professional and vocational news and In memoriam.

Preparation of the manuscript

The covering letter:

– It must contain the proof given by the author that the paper represents an original work, that it has neither been previously published in other journals nor is un­der consideration to be published in other journals.

– It must confirm that all the authors meet criteria set for the authorship of the paper, that they agree complete­ly with the text and that there is no conflict of interest.

– It must state the type of the paper submitted (an original study, a review article, a preliminary report, a professional article, a case report, history of medicine)

The manuscript:

Use Microsoft Word for Windows to type the text. The text must be typed in font Times New Roman, page format A4, space 1.5 (for tables as well), borders of 2.5 cm and font size 12pt. The manuscript should contain the following elements:

1. The title page. The title page should contain a con­cise and clear title of the paper, without abbreviations, then a short title (up to 40 characters), full names and sur­names of the authors (not more than 6) indexed by num­bers corresponding to those given in the heading along with the full name and place of the institutions they work for. Contact information including the academic degree(s), full address, e-mail and number of phone or fax of the corresponding author (the author responsible for corre­spondence) are to be given at the bottom of this page.

2. Summary. The summary should contain up to 250 words, without abbreviations, with the precise re­view of problems, objectives, methods, important re­sults and conclusions. It should be structured into the paragraphs as follows:

– original and professional papers should have the introduction (with the objective of the paper), material and methods, results and conclusion

– case reports should have the introduction, case re­port and conclusion

– review papers should have the introduction, sub-titles corresponding to those in the paper and conclu­sion. It is to be followed by up to 10 Key Words from the list of Medical Subject Headings, MeSH of the American National Medical Library.

3. The summary in Serbian language. The summary in Serbian should be the translation of the summary in English, it should be structured in the same way as the English summary, containing up to 250 words, without any abbreviations.

4. The text of the paper. The text of original stud­ies must contain the following: introduction (with the clearly defined objective of the study), material and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, list of abbre­viations (if used in the text) and not necessarily, the acknowledgment mentioning those who have helped in the investigation and preparation of the paper.

– The text of a case report should contain the fol­lowing: introduction (with clearly defined objective of the study), case report, discussion and conclusion.

– The text should be written in the spirit of Serbian language, without unnecessary abbreviations, whose first mentioning must be explained by the full term they stand for. Abbreviations should not be used in the title, summary and conclusion. Only commonly ac­cepted abbreviations (such as DNA, MRI, NMR, HIV…) should be used. The list of abbreviations used in the text, together with the explanation of their mean­ing, is to be submitted at the last page of the manuscript.

– All measurements should be reported in the metric system of the International System of Units – SI. Tem­perature should be expressed in Celsius degrees (°C). and pressure in mmHg.

– No names, initials or case history numbers should be given.

Introduction contains clearly defined problem dealt with in the study (its nature and importance), with the relevant references and clearly defined objective of the investigation and hypothesis.

Material and methods should contain data on design of the study (prospective/retrospective, eligibility and exclusion criteria, duration, demographic data, follow-up period). Statistical methods applied should be clear and described in details.

Results give a detailed review of data obtained dur­ing the study. All tables, graphs, schemes and figures must be cited in the text and numbered consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text.

Discussion should be concise and clear, interpreting the basic findings of the study in comparison with the results of relevant studies published in international and national literature. It should be stated whether the hypot­hesis has been confirmed or denied. Merits and demerits of the study should be mentioned.

Conclusion must deny or confirm the attitude towards the problem mentioned in the introduction. Conclusions must be based solely on the author’s own results, corroborating them. Avoid generalised and unnecessary conclusions. Conclusions in the text must be in accordance with those given in the summary.

5. References. References are to be given in the text under Arabic numerals in parentheses consecu­tively in the order of their first citation. Avoid a large number of citations in the text. The title of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in In­dex Medicus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html). Apply Vancouver Group’s Criteria, which define the order of data and punctuation marks separating them. Examples of correct forms of references are giv­en below. List all authors, but if the number exceeds six, give the names of six authors followed by et ’al’.

Articles in journals

* A standard article

Ginsberg JS, Bates SM. Management of venous thromboembo­lism during pregnancy. J Thromb Haemost 2003;1:1435-42.

* An organisation as the author

Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Hypertensi­on, insulin, and proinsulin in participants with impaired gluco­se tolerance. Hypertension 2002;40(5):679-86.

* No author given

21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail. BMJ. 2002;325(7357):184.

* A volume with supplement

Magni F, Rossoni G, Berti F. BN-52021 protects guinea pig from heart anaphylaxix. Pharmacol Res Commun 1988;20 Suppl 5:75-8.

* An issue with supplement

Gardos G, Cole JO, Haskell D, Marby D, Pame SS, Moore P. The natural history of tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Psychophar­macol 1988;8(4 Suppl):31S-37S.

* A summary in a journal

Fuhrman SA, Joiner KA. Binding of the third component of complement C3 by Toxoplasma gondi [abstract]. Clin Res 1987;35:475A.

Books and other monographs

* One or more authors

Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Me­dical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.

* Editor(s) as author(s)

Danset J, Colombani J, eds. Histocompatibility testing 1972. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1973:12-8.

* A chapter in a book

Weinstein L, Shwartz MN. Pathologic properties of invading microorganisms. In: Soderman WA Jr, Soderman WA, eds. Patho­logic physiology: mechanisms of disease. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1974. p. 457-72.

* A conference paper

Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza’s computa­tional effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. 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.

* A dissertation and theses

Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone sur­vey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.

Electronic material

* A journal article in electronic format

Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12];102(6):[about 1 p.]. Available from: http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/Wawatch.htmArticle

* Monographs in electronic format

CDI, clinical dermatology illustrated [monograph on CD-ROM]. Reevs JRT, Maibach H. CMEA Multimedia Group, pro­ducers. 2nd ed. Version 2.0. San Diego:CMEA;1995.

* Acomputer file

Hemodynamics III: the ups and downs of hemodynamics [computer program]. Version 2.2. Orlando (FL): Computerized Educational Systems; 1993.

6. Attachments (tables, graphs, schemes and pho­tographs). The maximum number of attachments allowed is six!

– Tables, graphs, schemes and photographs are to be submitted at the end of the manuscript, on separate pages.

– Tables and graphs are to be prepared in the format compatible with Microsoft Word for Windows progra­mme. Photographs are to be prepared in JPG, GIF, TIFF, EPS or similar format.

– Each attachment must be numbered by Arabic numerals consecutively in the order of their appearance in the text

– The title, text in tables, graphs, schemes and legen­ds must be given in both Serbian and English language.

– Explain all non-standard abbreviations in footnotes using the following symbols *, †, ‡, §, | |, ¶, **, † †, ‡ ‡ .

– State the type of colour used and microscope ma­gnification in the legends of photomicrographs. Photo­micrographs should have internal scale markers.

– If a table, graph, scheme or figure has been previ­ously published, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce it.

– All attachments will be printed in black and whi­te. If the authors wish to have the attachments in colo­ur, they will have to pay additional cost.

7. Manuscript submission

You can submit your manuscript on the web-page: aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/medpreg/. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting, or if already registered can simply log in and begin the 5 step process.

8. Additional requirements

If the author and all co-authors have failed to pay the subscription for Medical Review, their paper will not be published.

Papers which have not met the criteria of Medical Review will not be taken into consideration. The Edito­rial review of the paper will be announced not later than six weeks after the submission of the paper. The Editori­al Board reserves the right to make a decision regarding the publication of the paper according to the policy of Medical Review even if the review is positive. Contact the technical secretary for all additional information:

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