The editorial board of the“Ukrainian Journal of Medicine, Biology and Sports” considers and publishes articles of the following types:

• empirical article: a scientific publication that adheres to the IMRAD structure and presents the results of primary research, such as clinical trials, patient observations, surveys, or experiments providing primary data, etc. Articles of this type should contain an original interpretation of analyzed data;
• review article: a scientific publication aimed at systematizing, critically analyzing, and summarizing existing scientific research and publications in a specific medical field. It provides a deep insight into the current state of research, innovations, and important thematic aspects, and may include suggestions for future research and clinical practice;
• case report: a type of scientific publication that provides a detailed description of a specific clinical case or a series of patient cases. This type of article focuses on unique or unusual medical scenarios that can be valuable for further understanding diagnoses, treatments, and clinical trials.

Structural elements of articles

	Empirical article	Review article	Case report
Title	Required	Required	Required
Author’s data	Required	Required	Required
Abstract	Required	Required	Required
Keywords	Required	Required	Required
Introduction	Required	Required	Required
Materials and Methods	Required	None	Required
Results	Required	Structured by thematic sections	Required
Discussion	Required	Structured by thematic sections	Required
Conclusions	Required	Required	Required
Acknowledgements and Conflict of Interest	Required	Required	Required
References	from 20 sources	from 40 sources	10-12 sources

 

Technical requirements
Article language	English
Manuscript file format	MS Word (*.doc, *.docx)
Page orientation	Portrait
Page format	А4
Article volume	Empirical article starting from 3000 words, review - from 4000 words, clinical case - from 2500 words
Font	Times New Roman
Margins	2 cm on all sides
Line spacing	1.0
Font size	12 pt
Indentation	1.0
Alignment	Justified
Literature sources	presented in English; when translating literature into English, the use of transliteration is unacceptable

 Tables, figures, graphs, equation

• Tables, figures, graphs, and formulas should be numbered and submitted after their mention in the text (notes are placed directly below the table/figure/graph). All abbreviations must be spelled out at the first mention in the text.
• Equation must be created in Equation Editor, variable mathematical values in the text according to the formulas are typed in italics.
• Figures and graphs should be centred, text wrapping around the image is prohibited.
• All dimensions of physical quantities should be submitted in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). There is a space between units of measurement, symbols, and numbers to which they refer.

Article structure
UDC Index	left justification
Article title	no more than 12 words; presented in Ukrainian and English; centre justification, uppercase, bold
Author’s data	presented in Ukrainian and English: centre justification. The name and surname are prescribed in full

​​​The following information about the authors must be indicated:

• the first and the last name;
• academic degree and position;
• full official name and legal address of authors' institution;
• ORCID.

Abstract

The abstract should be informative (200-300 words), structured (follow the logic of the article presentation), and meaningful (disclose the main research results, clearly formulate the relevance, goal, methods of problem analysis, as well as the practical value of the study). The abstract should not contain abbreviations, footnotes, and references.

Keywords

5-7 words or phrases related to the subject matter do not duplicate the title of the article and do not consist of common words.

Introduction

The section highlights the current state of the problem under study at the global level, analyses the latest research and publications (7-10 works of other researchers) with links to scientific publications over the past 3-5 years. The relevance, purpose, objectives and the novelty of the study are substantiated. References to literature must be submitted in square brackets. One citation should not include more than 3 sources. The recommended length is 400-800 words.

Materials and Methods

The section describes the main stages of the study and justifies the choice of the methods, techniques, approaches, or actions used to obtain new scientific research results. The strategies and criteria for sampling (if the article contains an empirical part) are explained, the experimental basis of the study is noted. The stated methodology should provide a complete picture of the research progress so that it can be repeated by other scientists with the use of the same materials and methods. The section is required in the structure of a scientific article. The recommended length is from 350 words.

Results 

A section may be divided into thematic subsections, which must have a title of at least 5 words (graphically highlighted in bold 12 pt). Subsections may be divided into parts with a title highlighted in bold italic 12 pt.

The section presents the main material of the study with full justification of the scientific results obtained. Tabular or graphical materials are necessarily accompanied by the results of statistical data processing. Sources are placed under tables and figures. Value judgments should be avoided, as well as the elements of the description of the methodology and direct repetition of the data presented in the tables and graphic material in the text of the article. Numerical results should be rounded in accordance with established rules, taking into account the mean research error, confidence interval or distribution of values. Research results must be sufficiently substantiated, methodologically correct, have novelty and practical value. The Results section should be the largest in terms of volume. The recommended length is from 1000 words.

Discussion

The discussion should be based on the interpretation of the research results. The most important scientific facts established are involved in the consideration, taking into account the previous data and analysis, in accordance with the literary sources on the current state of the problem with references to the works of a similar direction of research conducted in other countries. The recommended length is from 800 words.

Conclusions

Conclusions should fully and specifically reflect the results of research, correspond to the purpose and title of the study, word-by-word duplication in the abstract is unacceptable. It is important to indicate the prospects for further research on the selected topic. The recommended length is 300-400 words.

Acknowledgements

The section is for expression of gratitude to individuals or organisations for all possible technical assistance, ideas, financial (material) aid, which made the research possible, etc.
If you have no Acknowledgments state “None”.

Funding

In this section, the author(s) should indicate all sources of financial support received for the study. In case of absence of financial support, please indicate: “The study was not funded”.

Conflict of interest

Authors should disclose all potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission and include a statement in the Conflict of Interest section. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships. Discovery of the failure to adequately disclose a conflict of interest at submission or during the review process may result in the rejection of a manuscript or other author sanctions.

References

References in the text should be arranged in the order in which the sources are cited in the text (they are indicated by numbers in square brackets), for example: "M. Timoshyk noted in her work...[1]". When referring to the same source again, the same sequential number is retained. In one citation, it is not allowed to mention more than 3 sources.
Citing no more than two works from the same author or publication is allowed, with the exception of cases where publications are indexed in Scopus (in this case, citing up to five works is permitted).

The list of references should be in English (transliteration is not allowed) and formatted according to Vancouver Citation Style.

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