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Author Guidelines

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

To submit a manuscript for publication in the Journal, authors should follow instructions composed by Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, developed by International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

1. The submitted study must be conducted in accordance with ethical and legal norms. Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement that human studies have been approved by a relevant Ethics Committee and conducted in accordance with the ethical standards set out in the Declaration of Helsinki. The section Materials and methods should contain an informed consent of the subject included in the study. Details that contribute to identification of patients should be excluded Experimental studies on animals must comply with the International and National Animal Care Regulations.
2. Researchers must ensure that their publications are honest, clear, accurate, complete and balanced, and they must not allow selective or ambiguous statements that mislead readers. The study should be carried out qualitatively and thoroughly.
3. The submitted work must contain original materials, exclude plagiarism and not be published earlier. The work must not be submitted to any other journal at the same time.
4. New results should be presented in the context of previously conducted studies. The works of other scientists should be appropriately reflected. Authors should not copy references to works that they have not read themselves.
5. Authors should describe the methodology of the work clearly and unambiguously so that their results could be confirmed by other researchers. Authors should publish all relevant research results that are important for understanding, use appropriate methods of data analysis and presentation. For processing statistical data, it is necessary to specify the methods used and statistical analysis packages. The units of measurement must correspond to the International System of Units (SI), the terms to the International Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical terms (SNOMED CT), the names of diseases to the International Classification of Diseases.
6. Authors should present a detailed and reliable research results in the "Results" section and interpret their opinion comparing it with the results of other studies in the "Discussion" section. Conclusions from the reported studies should be complete, balanced and include information regardless of whether they support author's hypotheses and interpretations or not.
7. Authors should notify the editorial board if an error is found in the submitted, accepted for publication or already published work. Authors should cooperate with editors if necessary to edit or shorten the work.
8. The authorship of a research paper should accurately reflect the contribution of authors to its execution and description. The responsibility for the correct authorship lies entirely with the authors themselves, acting in accordance with the rules adopted at their institution. The authors are collectively responsible for their work and its content. All authors must agree to be included in the list of authors and approve the manuscript submitted for publication. The corresponding author acts as a contact person between the editorial board and other authors of the paper.
9. The sources of funding and possible conflicts of interest associated with them should be disclosed.

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS:

When preparing articles, use checklists and charts developed by international health organizations.

EQUATOR (Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research)

PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)

SRQR (Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research)

STARD 2015: An Updated List of Essential Items for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

STRUCTURE OF MANUSCRIPTS

Title

• Title in English

Requirements for titles

• The titles should be informative, but brief enough (no more than 12 words).
• Only generally accepted abbreviations can be used in the titles.

Authors’ initials and last names should be written in the English alphabet and coincide with the spelling in the author's profile in Scopus.

Institutional names and names of the premises at which the work was carried out should be translated into English, based on the author's affiliation in Scopus.

Information about authors

• last name, first name and other names (in full) in English;
• academic degree;
• academic rank;
• position (status);
• Email;
•  

Select the author responsible for correspondence with the editorial board.

Information on the author’s personal contribution to the work according to the authorship criteria ICMJE и COPE:

• substantial contribution to the conceptualization or design of the study;
• data collection, analysis or interpretation,
• writing the text of the manuscript or editing it,
• approval of the final version of the manuscript for publication,
• agreeing to be responsible for all aspects of the paper, ensuring that the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work is properly investigated and addressed.

Statement on conflicts of interest

Informed consent of patients to publish their images and/or information about them in a scientific article..

Information on the source of funding

Acknowledgements (if any)

ABSTRACT

The abstract should be structured in the IMRADС standard:

• Introduction (including purpose)
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Key words

Guidelines for writing an abstract

• The abstract should be informative and not contain common statements.
• It should reflect the main content of the paper and research results.
• Its structure should be similar to the structure of the manuscript.
• It should be concise and contain 200-300 words.
• Abbreviations and symbols that are not generally accepted should be used in exceptional cases.
• The abstract should not contain references to literature.
• Specific English language terminology should be used in the abstract text.
• It is better to use an active voice whenever possible.

TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

• Scientific research study (empirical or theoretical)
• Pilot Study
• New technologies
• Case report
• Literature review

Scientific research study (empirical and theoretical)

• A complete authors’ work describing the results of an original scientific research. Authors should present essential information about the conducted research in a form that allows other members of the scientific community to evaluate the research, explanations and conclusions drawn from them, as well as reproduce it. References may contain 30-45 sources.

Pilot Study

• Description of preliminary data important for planning stages of further research (evaluates feasibility of conducting a full-scale research project, a larger sample size, and required research capacity, etc.). References should contain 20-30 sources.

Structure of Scientific research and Pilot study papers

• Introduction
  • The section briefly describes the state of the problem under study on the basis of published works on this topic, its relevance and significance, and proves the need for its The purpose of the work or the hypothesis tested by the research or observation is indicated at the end of this section.
• Materials and methods
  • The section only includes information that was available at the time of drawing up the research protocol.
  • The principles according to which the selection of participants in a clinical trial or experiment (patients or laboratory animals, including control groups) was carried out are clearly described, while indicating the criteria for research inclusion and exclusion.
  • This section reflects the following points: the type of research, the research design, the method and criteria for selecting study participants, the methodology of measurement, ethical principles, data presentation and processing methods.
  • Be sure to describe the statistical methods used. It is better to provide a quantitative assessment of the data and specify the appropriate parameters reflecting the measurement error or the probabilistic nature of the results (for example, confidence interval). If a statistical software package is used for data processing, its name and version should be indicated.
  • The section includes the names of the used devices, equipment, reagents, etc. with the indication of the manufacturer.
  • When describing medicinal drugs, the name of the active pharmaceutical ingredient is indicated, but not the trade (commercial) name.
  • The patient’s full names and the numbers of their medical records should not be disclosed while reporting clinical cases.
  • Abbreviations and symbols are deciphered when they are first used in the text and then used as abbreviated.
• Results
  • The section describes the findings obtained during the research.
  • The section material is presented in a logical sequence.
  • Graphs are used as an alternative to tables, eliminating data duplication in graphs, tables and text.
  • When summarizing data, numerical results are presented not only in the form of derivatives (for example, percentages), but also in the form of absolute values on the basis of which these derivatives were calculated.
• Discussion
  • In this section — which is mandatory for all articles— a detailed analysis, interpretation of the results obtained and their comparison with the data of the available literature are carried out.
  • Instead of listing previous studies, it should be explained why the results obtained differ from or coincide with the results of other authors.
  • New and important aspects of the research and the conclusions drawn from them in the context of the contemporary evidence-base science are highlighted.
  • Limitations and shortcomings of the research are stated, especially if they had a significant impact on the results obtained or their interpretation, as well as its advantages compared to similar studies by other authors, indicating the possibility of applying the results in future research and clinical practice.
• Conclusion
  • Conclusions should answer the research purpose. Unqualified statements and conclusions that are not supported by the facts of the study should be avoided.
• References

New technologies

• Describe new, previously unpublished methods (techniques, devices) of diagnosis and treatment of orthopaedic diseases and injuries. References should contain 20-30 sources.

New technologies paper structure

• Introduction (including the purpose of the work)
• Materials and methods
  • Description of methods, directions and devices.
• Discussion
  • Comparison with similar methods/devices described in the literature
• Conclusion
  • Significance of the proposed method/device for clinical application.
• References

Case report

• Description of rare clinical observations (previously unknown or unusual manifestations of disease; unique diagnosis or treatment; previously undescribed relationship between diseases or symptoms) with literature review according to the CARE checklist. References include20-30 sources.

Structure of Case report paper

• Introduction (unique observation) including the purpose of the work.
• Materials and methods
  • Patient information (unidentified): patient's major problems and symptoms; medical, family, and psychosocial history, including relevant genetic information; previous treatment
  • Clinical findings: significant physical examination findings and important clinical findings
  • Diagnostic evaluation: diagnostic methods and objectives; final diagnosis and all diagnoses considered; prognostic features
  • Medical intervention: types (surgical, pharmacologic, prophylactic), duration (dosage, strength), change in treatment (with explanation)
• Follow-up and results
  • Results evaluated by the clinician and patient, if any
  • Important results of follow-up diagnostic and other investigations
  • Adherence to the intervention and tolerability, methods of assessment
  • Adverse and unforeseen events
• Discussion
  • Strengths and limitations of the proposed approach
  • Comparison of own data with the medical literature
  • Rationale for conclusions.
  • Patient perspectives (including patient's opinion of the treatment outcome and informed consent for publication of the case).
• Conclusion
  • Brief key findings from this clinical case report
• References

Literature review

• The literature review should be analytical in nature, reflect the most relevant problems of the specialty of interest to a wide readership, and be based on the analysis of scientific literature for the last 5-10 years.
• The research conducted must be transparent and reproducible.
• When preparing systematic reviews and meta-analyses, we recommend following the PRISMA recommendations (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses).
• References include 60-80 sources.
  • A systematic review is an analytic-synthetic article focused on one clear clinical issue. The data search strategy in compiling a systematic review is strict and precise, as are the principles of data selection and evaluation, which strictly follow certain criteria. Generalization of data is done on a quantitative basis, but conclusions should be evidence based.
  • Meta–analysis is a systematic, ordered and structured assessment of the problem under study, carried out using information (usually in the form of statistical tables or other data) from a number of independent studies on a definite problem, statistical synthesis of data from different but similar (comparable) studies, the result of which is a quantitative assessment of the generalized results.

Structure of Literature review

• Introduction
  • The section briefly describes the state of the problem under study on the basis of published works on this topic, its relevance and significance, and proves the need for the research. The purpose of the work or the hypothesis tested by this research or observation is indicated at the end of this section.
• Materials and methods
  • The section should include information about electronic databases, electronic libraries that were used to search for references, criteria for including sources in the review, exclusion criteria, search depth in years, search words or word combinations.
• Results
  • The section describes the information obtained during the research. The section material is presented in a logical sequence. Graphs are used as an alternative to tables, eliminating data duplication in graphs, tables and text. When summarizing data, numerical results are presented not only in the form of derivatives (for example, percentages), but also in the form of absolute values on the basis of which these derivatives were calculated.
• Discussion
  • Explain why the results obtained differ from or are the same as those obtained by other authors.
  • Emphasize new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them.
  • Describe the limitations and shortcomings of the study, especially if they had a significant impact on the results obtained or their interpretation, as well as the advantages of the study compared to similar studies by other authors.
• Conclusion
  • Conclusion should answer the research purpose. Unqualified statements and conclusions that are not supported by the facts of the study should be avoided.
• References

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

Please adhere to the following rules when writing and submitting research papers to the journal Genij Ortopedii (Orthopaedic Genius):

• The manuscript text file must be submitted in one of the generally accepted formats.
• Illustrations should be clear, contrasting. The number of illustrations should not exceed 5 simple (no larger than 3.9" × 4.72") or 3 combined (no larger than 5.1" × 7.1" each). References to figures are required in the text (in parentheses). Figures and captions under them should be placed in the manuscript text. In the captions to microphotographs, it is necessary to indicate the magnification and staining methods. Diagrams, blueprints and graphs should be executed in MSOffice format. Illustrations (photo, diagram, X-ray, etc.) should also be presented as separate files in *.tiff format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
• Tables should have a title and a number. The data given in the table should not be repeated in the text. A reference to the table is required in the text (in parentheses). All abbreviations used in the table should be deciphered in a note to the table. The statistical variability of the data should also be indicated in the note to the table.

Bibliographic references

• The journal uses the Vancouver Citation Style in the text and a sequential numerical style.
• The numbering of reference sources in the text, tables and figures is given in the order of citation, and not in alphabetical order.
• The reference number [in square brackets] is placed after the last name of the cited author or after the quoted phrase.
• When citing domestic and foreign authors in the text, the last name of the author goes first, followed by initials or “et al” in multiple authorship. Foreign names are printed in the original Latin alphabet.

Reference list format:

• In the references list, each source should be placed from a new paragraph under an ordinal number.
• References should not contain non-author (anonymous) sources (orders, decrees, regulations, resolutions, laws, other regulatory documents, links to website pages and platforms that do not contain information about the authors of the material, etc.), as well as low–volume materials (0.5-1 pages) and non-distributed textbooks. Such links can be included directly in the article text.
• References only include unpublished works (dissertations, research reports), abstracts of conferences and symposiums, if their text is freely available on the Internet (with the URL of the page).
• References to monographs and dissertations are allowed when indicating specific chapters or pages.
• For articles published in scientific journals, the Vancouver reference style is used.
• The bibliographic description of each source should include all authors, if the number of authors of the article is not more than four, and the first three authors with the addition "et al", if the number of authors is more than four.
• It is unacceptable to shorten the title of the article.
• The name of English-language journals should be brought into line with the MedLine database names catalog. If the journal is not indexed in MedLine, its full name must be indicated.
• The name of Russian-language journals should be given in full.
• It is better to specify the DOI of the source.
• No more than 10% of references to the author's own works (self-citation of the author) and no more than 10% of references to journal "Genij Ortopedii" publications (self-citation of the journal) are allowed.

The editorial board reserves the right not to accept manuscripts that do not meet the requirements above.

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 manuscript (text, accompanying documents in digitized form, a sheet with the authors signatures in digitized form) can be submitted on the journal's website or sent by email to: genius@ilizarov.ru

2. The cover letter must be signed by the authors, contain the title of the manuscript, the name of the organization where the study was conducted, full name of the authors, the phrase that the manuscript is sent to the journal "Genij Ortopedii". The letter should assure that there are no obstacles to the publication and distribution of the submitted materials to the open press; that the manuscript was not published anywhere before; that similar material has not been submitted for consideration to another journal at the same time.

Copyright Notice

By submitting a manuscript for publication in the journal "Genij Ortopedii", the authors agree to the following terms of the copyright policy: the authors reserve the copyright and grant the journal the right to publish the work for the first time, simultaneously licensed under the CC BY-SA, allowing other people to use the work with proof of authorship and initial publication in the journal "Genij Ortopedii."

The editorial board reserves the right not to accept manuscripts that do not meet the requirements above.

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