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 nor 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, 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 sheet of paper. 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 sheet of paper, 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 sheet of paper, 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

    Manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief

Faculty of Medicine
81 Dr Zorana Đinđića Street
18000 Niš, Serbia
Phone: (+381 18) 4226 644
Fax: (+381 18) 4238 770