General rules

The manuscripts submitted to the journal should comply with the requirements of the Higher Attestation Committee of the Russian Federation, international bibliographic and citation base – Science Citation Index, and the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

• The manuscript should be e-mailed to vestnik-ural@mail.ru.
• The manuscript should be accompanied by an official letter from a corresponding affiliate institution, confirming the possibility of its publication in public media. The letter should be signed by an authorized person, whose signature should be certified by an official seal.
• The manuscript should also be accompanied by a cover letter from the author/s, in which they transfer the copyright to the publisher and agree with processing of their personal data. The letter should also confirm that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration by another journal. All the authors should sign this letter.
• Both accompanying letters should be scanned and e-mailed to the editor simultaneously with the manuscript.
• The Journal’s editors check whether the manuscript complies with the Journal’s profile and the uniform formatting requirements to the submitted articles. The manuscripts that do not correspond to the Journal’s profile and/or fail to meet the main publication requirements will not be accepted. When finally approved, the manuscript will be added to the journal portfolio and put on the publication list. The manuscript registration number will be sent to the corresponding author. The manuscripts that meet these editorial criteria are sent out to external referees for further assessment. The corresponding author is advised about the peer review results.
• In case the reviewer gives a positive opinion, the article is queued for publication in the order of priority determined by the Editorial Board.
• Payment for the publication is made after the article is included in the next planned issue. 
• After review and inclusion in the publication list the paper versions of the
  original manuscript, the letter from the institution and the cover letter from the authors should be sent to the Editorial Board.
• Free author’s reprints are not provided. The magazine may only be received by subscription.
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to reduce or edit the submitted manuscripts.
• The manuscripts, which do not adhere to the instructions for authors, will not be considered. The declined manuscript, are not returned.
• Plagiarism in all forms including self plagiarism and data fabrication or falsification is unethical publishing conduct. If a large amount of text is found to be plagiarized, then the manuscript is subject to rejection. But in case of minor plagiarism where author makes unattributed usage of few phrases of standard methods description or parts of introduction from a previously published paper, the editor contacts author and raises concerns regarding plagiarized material. The decision regarding rejection or consideration of article would be made after receiving the article with proper attributions and corrections. If plagiarism is found after publication, the journal conducts required investigation and contacts author for any minor corrections. If major plagiarism is found in the published article, the journal retracts the paper and informs the same to all authors and/or author’s institution and/or funding agencies. The Plagiarism is a serious ethical offense and is subject to sanctions like penalties, suspension, and even expulsion.