Rules for authors

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RULES FOR AUTHORS

(THE SCHEME OF WORK OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD WITH AUTHORS)

REGISTRATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT IN (ELECTRONIC) REVISION

Stage

Stage duration

Title case

Rejection Criteria

Quality assessment criteria

Stage 1.

1 week

Checking in the system "Anti-Plagiarism", assessment of its results 1st review (internal reviewer)

 

 

Stage 2.

2 weeks

2nd review (external reviewer)

Manuscript rejected:

- unwarranted borrowing

- duplication of previously published material

- lack of relevance

- Inconsistency with existing scientific ideas, clinical and ethical recommendations

- Compliance with the rules

- List of references

- Author's consent to cooperation

Stage 3.

From 2 weeks*

Repeated review (if necessary)

Manuscript rejected:

- Unreasonableness of the study

- Gross errors at the research planning stage

- lack of sufficient discussion

- reluctance of the authors to follow the recommendations of the journal editors

Reviewing "on demand" (if there is a disagreement between the editors and the authors)

Stage 4.

1 week

Literary editing

 

 

Stage 5.

2 weeks

Layout, proofreading, approval of the final text of the manuscript, printing

 

 

 

Total: at least 8 weeks

 

 

 

 

 

* depending on the number of iterations

 

 

 REGULATIONS REGARDING THE TIME FOR AUTHORS TO MAKE CORRECTIONS TO THE TEXT OF MANUSCRIPTS

  • Authors have 2 weeks to make corrections and/or respond to reviewer and/or scientific editor comments.
  • If the authors need more time, then during the first 2 weeks they must (!) inform the editor about it. At the same time, the total time from the moment they send their comments to the receipt of the corrected version of the manuscript cannot exceed 4 weeks.
  • This procedure is relevant for each round of interactions with authors in the review/editing process.
  • The total time for preparing a manuscript cannot exceed 12 weeks.
    Thus, the manuscript may be withdrawn from consideration if:
  1. There is no response from the authors after the first 2 weeks from the moment they sent the comments of the reviewer / editor;
  2. The delay of the manuscript from the moment the reviewer/editor comments are sent to the authors will be more than 4 weeks;
  3. The total time for preparing the manuscript will exceed 12 weeks.

The authors will be notified by e-mail about the removal of the manuscript from further consideration. info@fdoctors.uz