INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Acta facultatis
medicae Naissensis is an open
access journal. It is the official journal of the Faculty of Medicine University
of Niš. It publishes review articles, original scientific articles, professional
contributions, case reports, short communications, and reports on diagnostic and
therapeutic procedures pertaining to a specific medical problem treated through
a multidisciplinary approach.
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Since January 2020, all manuscripts
have been submitted via the editing and publishing platform ScIndex Assistant - https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/afmnai/login.
Manuscripts should be submitted exclusively via this link. All manuscripts will
be checked for plagiarism and auto-plagiarism.
When submitting a paper to the journal
Acta facultatis medicae Naissensis, authors must enclose a statement that the
paper has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere,
as well as a no conflict of interest statement. Both documents must be signed by
all authors of the manuscript. Papers are published in the English language
(linguistic standard American English should be preferred), with summeries both
in English and Serbian. The text of the manuscript should be typed in MS Word using
the Times New Roman typeface, and font size 12 pt. The text should be
prepared with margins set to 25 mm and onto A4 paper size, with double line
spacing. If special signs (symbols) are used in text, use the Symbol font.
Translation of the summary of foreign authors will be provided by the publisher.
As for references, the journal uses the Vancouver citation style.
Structure of the manuscript
Parts of the manuscript are: Title
page; Abstract with keywords; Text; Acknowledgements (optional); References;
Article enclosures (tables, figures and graphs).
1. Title page. The
first page of the manuscript should include the following elements: the title of
the manuscript without abbreviations; suggested running title; full names and
surnames of all authors (no titles), indexed by numbers; official name, place
and country of the institutions in which authors work (indexed by numbers); the
left bottom of the page should contain the name of the corresponding author, the
corresponding affiliation, and the email address.
2. Abstract and
keywords (in English). The second page should contain a structured abstract
composed of no more than 250 words. It should include the following structural
elements: Introduction/Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusion. An abstract for
case reports should have the following subtitles: Introduction, Case report and Conclusion.
Below the summary, 3-6 keywords should be typed. Other types of articles do not
require a specific outline for writing abstracts.
3. Abstract and
keywords (in Serbian). The third page of the manuscript should contain: the
title of the manuscript in the Serbian language (no abbreviations); full names
and surnames of the authors (no titles), indexed by numbers; official names,
place and country of the institutions in which authors work (indexed by
numbers); an abstract in the Serbian language should contain no more than 250
words. Below the summary, 3-6 keywords should be typed.
4. Text. All
section headings in the manuscript should be typed in capital letters using
boldface. Original articles should have the following sections: Introduction,
Aim, Material/Participants/Patients and Methods, Results, Discussion, and
Conclusion. The section Acknowledgement is optional. The structure of case
reports should be as follows: Introduction, Case reports,
Discussion
and Conclusion. Other
types of articles (review articles, professional articles, short communications)
do not have special outline.
5. Acknowledgement
(optional)
6. References. The
journal Acta facultatis medicae Naissensis uses the Vancouver citation style.
Throughout the text, references should be enumerated in the order of their first
mentioning in the manuscipt.
Examples of references:
1. Wing
AJ, Broyer M, Brunner FP et al. Combined report on regular dialysis and
transplantation in Europe. Proc Eur Dial Transplant Assoc 1983; 20: 5-78.
2.
Marisavljevic D, Djukanovic Lj, Lezajic V. The effect of recombinant human
erythropoietin on erythrocytopoiesis in patients with renal anemia. Srp Arh
1992; 120: 281-285. (in Serbian)
ARTICLE ENCLOSURES include
tables, figures and graphs.
Tables
Tables should be enclosed on a
separate page. They should be numbered in Arabic numerals in order of mentioning
in the text. The position of each table should be indicated in the text. The
title should be typed above the table. Abbreviations used in tables should be
explained below the table (legend). Authors should use MS Word, the menu Table-Insert-Table,
and insert the adequate number of rows and columns. Please use Times New
Roman, font size 12 pt, with single line spacing and insert a proper number
of rows and columns.
Figures
Figures should be enclosed on a
separate page, numbered in Arabic numerals in order of mentioning in the text.
The position of each figure should be indicated in the text. All figures
(including original digital photographs that should be submitted in 300 dpi and jpg or tiff format)
can be submitted in black-and-white and color variants. The color version
certainly makes figures more differentiable. Blurry figures and photographs of
poor quality will not be accepted for further consideration.
Graphs
Graphs should be enclosed on a
separate page, plotted in Excel and pasted to the word document, numbered in
Arabic numerals in order of mentioning in the text. Abreviations used in the
graphs should be explained below the graph.
Decimal numbers
Please note that a decimal point
should be used in decimal numbers (e.g. 20.5 ±13.8) in papers written in
English, whereas a decimal comma (e.g. 20,5 ±13,8) should be used in abstracts
written in Serbian).
Ethical standards
The study should comply with the Declaration of
Helsinki.
Contacts:
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Marina Deljanin Ilić, MD,
PhD – marinadi@mts.rs
Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Aleksandar
Nagorni, MD, PhD – nagornia@gmail.com
Proofreading: Bojana Marjanović, a graduated
philologist in English language and literature – bojanamf@gmail.com
|
|
|