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Author Guidelines

Preparing the manuscript, authors are kindly requested to adhere to the following regulations based on the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals”, developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors:

1. Manuscript requirements. We accept submissions strictly online, via the form available at our website.
   Please upload your manuscript as a Microsoft Office Word document (*.doc, *.docx and *.rtf formats).
   
   Authors should create the manuscripts using the templates of the certain formats. Please, download Word templates below:
   
   • Original study article
   • Review article
   • Case report

We strongly recommend the authors to use the TEMPLATE file for the appropriate type of manuscript (see above) and follow the recommendations set out in the file. Please note that the editorial templates for manuscripts are not perfect for whole variety of research types and study designs. We recommend authors to follow the international guidelines for transparent and accurate reporting data in scholarly articles collected on the EQUATOR Network platform. Reporting guidelines for the main study types:

• • Observational studies (STROBE & Extensions)
  • Randomised trials (CONSORT & Extensions)
  • Study protocols (SPIRIT & PRISMA-P)
  • Systematic reviews (PRISMA & Extensions)
  • Diagnostic/prognostic studies (STARD & TRIPOD)
  • Case reports (CARE & Extensions)
  • Clinical practice guidelines (AGREE & RIGHT)
  • Qualitative research (SRQR & COREQ)
  • Animal pre-clinical studies (ARRIVE)
  • Quality improvement studies (SQUIRE & Extensions)
  • Economic evaluations (CHEERS)

The editorial templates do not contradict the international guidelines for a manuscript preparation, however, if difficulties arise, the authors should be more guided by international reporting guidelines.

1. Length of the manuscript from an original study, lecture or systematic review (including tables and list of references) should not exceed 6000 words. Case reports should be limited to 4000 words, short reports and letters to the editor should not exceed 1500 words. Please consult the MS Word built-in statistics service prior to submission in order to find out the exact length of your manuscript. Should your manuscript exceed the aforementioned limits, the editorial board will carry out the final decision on its publication based on recommendations from your reviewer.
2. Text formatting. Lettering in Times New Roman is preferable in all cases (font size 12 pt with 1.0 line spacing and 2 cm margins). Kindly refrain from using underlining in your document (italic and bold formatting is acceptable).
3. File structure.The journal editorial board prefers to receive a manuscript as a single complete file with all figures, tables and any additional supplemental materials. Please organize your text according to the following template:
   
   • Writing an abstract.
   • Article title. Best article titles bear short, clear and distinctive messages.
   • Authors and their affiliated institutions, linked by superscript numbers, should be listed beneath the title on the opening page of the manuscript.
   • Abstract of an original study should start with some brief background information and statement of the study’s AIMS, followed by MATERIALS & METHODS and finishing with the RESULTS. The closing sentence should outline the main CONCLUSIONS of the study in the most comprehensible terms. Please note that your abstract should be 300 words or less.
   • Choice of keywords. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) thesaurus is a preferred source for choosing keywords.
• The body of the text should start with a brief introduction, describing the paper’s significance. In the case of an original study, the body of the paper should follow a common structured approach to the description of the studies aim, its materials, methods and results, as well as Discussion and Conclusions sections.
• Acknowledgements section may be presented in Russian, English or both languages. It should comprise the following:
  
  • Clarification regarding any potential or actual conflicts of interest of the authors. Any affiliations, financial relations, financial or political interests in the manuscript as a whole or in part, including employment and other liabilities that may result in withholding or deliberate corruption of data or adversely influenced interpretation, are considered a conflict of interest and must be explicitly stated as such. Please note that conflicts of interest do not impede a publication, though failure to disclose one does.
  • A brief list of funding sources for the results reported in the paper, as well as the publication process itself (e.g. a commercial organization, a foundation or government grant, etc.).
  • An optional note describing the roles or responsibilities of the authors. You may also place here an acknowledgment for any individuals or organizations that assisted in your work.

2. List of references should be organized according to the guidelines by U.S. National Information Standards Organization NISO Z39.29-2005 [R2010]) in AMA slyle (Journal of American Medical Association style, http://www.amamanualofstyle.com). For detailed instructions on bibliographic formatting, see «References list guidelines». The following are the principle points you should be aware of while preparing your manuscript for submission:
   
   • References should be numbered in the order in which they are cited.
   • Number of references is limited to 60 for literature reviews, and to 20 for original studies and lectures.
   • Within the body of the text references should be provided in Arabic numerals enclosed in square brackets.
   • A complete list of all authors should be presented in every bibliographical entry. Please put an “et al.” notation after the third name if cited paper has more than 4 authors. Do not shorten titles of your citations. Shortened journal titles should correspond to the MedLine catalogue. If the journal is not indexed by MedLine, please provide its full title.
      
3. Enumerate your tables, give those a heading and clearly marked columns that would be easy to read and comprehend. Please make sure that table data is in line with the numbers in the body of the text (but does not simply duplicate them).
    
4. Reduce graphical material to minimum (unless the nature of your study dictates otherwise). Photographs should be rich in contrast, illustrative artwork should be clear and of high resolution (dpi).
   
   • If you wish to include in your paper any graphical material created other than by means of standard office applications (e.g. results of diagnostic imaging, photographs, screenshots, digital artwork, etc.), please submit them as separate files via our web form in *.jpeg, *.bmp or *.gif formats. The absolute minimum for acceptable resolution is 300 dpi, though higher is preferable. Do keep in mind that image files should be tagged with numbers corresponding to the enumeration within the manuscript. In addition, file description should provide the caption of your image as it would appear in the paper
     (exp.: “Fig. 1. Elliott Proctor Joslin, M.D. (1869-1962).”).
   • Graphs should be labeled on the ordinate and abscissa with the parameter or variable being measured, the units of measure, and the scale.
   • Units should be metric and follow SI convention.
   • Kindly take care to provide references to all of your supplementary materials (tables, graphs, etc.) within the body of the text.
      
5. Ethics statement. In accordance with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidance authors must provide an ethics statement if the study made use of human or vertebrate animal subjects and/or tissue. Approval from the relevant body is required for studies involving:
   
   • humans (live or tissue), including studies that are observational, survey-based, or include any personal data;
   • animals (live or tissue), including observational studies;
   • non-commercial cell lines.
      
6. Cover letter. The journal editorial board requires authors to submit a scanned copy of a cover letter from authors team in *.pdf format. We expect a cover letter to summarize concisely why your paper is a valuable addition to the scientific literature and briefly relate your study to previously published work. Cover letter should be signed by all of your co-authors. We accept separate letters from authors if they have different affiliations declared in the manuscript.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with each of the following items, and submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be returned to the authors.

• Absence of plagiarism. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

• Correct manuscript format. Manuscript file format is Microsoft Word (has the extension *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf). The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in "For Authors" section.

• Cover letter. All the required supporting documents will be submitted together with the manuscript. Authors guarantee to upload scanned original of the filled cover letter in PDF. A cover letter signed by all authors.

Copyright Notice

When submitting of an article manuscript for publication Author (Co-authors) shall transfer to the Publisher for the entire term of copyright all the exclusive rights to the manuscript, including the rights to translate, make copies of, reprint, grant a license, transfer, disseminate, distribute or otherwise use the article or any content therein, for publication in Russian journal of Allergy and in derivative works thereof, worldwide, in any language, in print and electronic editions of Russian journal of Allergy, other periodicals and derivative works in all media now known or later devised, as well as the right to license (or give permission) to third parties (including affiliated persons and others) to use the article for publication in journals, periodicals, derivative works and databases worldwide. The transfer of rights hereunder includes the right to process the form of presentation of the article for use together with computer programs and systems (databases), making copies of, publication, and distribution in machine-readable format and incorporation in the systems for information retrieval.

Author (Co-authors) or the Employer of the Author (Co-authors) of the article shall retain all proprietary rights (with the exception of the rights transferred to or referenced as owned by the Publisher hereunder), including patent and trademark rights, to any process or procedure described in the Works).

The Publisher grants the Author (Co-authors) the following:

1. The right to self-archive print or electronic preprints of the unpublished article in form and with content accepted by the Publisher for publication in the Journal (see more).
2. The right to perform free of charge the following actions: to copy or transfer to colleagues a copy of the published article, in whole or in part, for their personal or professional use, for promotion of academic or scientific research, or for informational purposes of the employer.
3. The right to use any part of the content from the published article in a book written by any of the Co-authors.
4. The right to use separate illustrations, tables, and text fragments from the article for their personal use in teaching, for their inclusion in another work published (in electronic or print format) by a third party or for presenting them in electronic form in intranet, or on the Author’s (Co-authors) or Author (Co-authors) Employers’ public websites.
5. The right to include the artilce in lecture notes for classroom use; for free-of-charge distribution of the article to students of the Author (Co-authors); or to maintain them in electronic format on a local server, for students to have access to them as part of an educational course; or for internal training programs in the employer’s enterprise.

The copyright transfer agreement in form of public offer should be accepted (acceptance of an offer) due to manuscript submission via journal's electronic editorial system.

The full text of the public offer for Authors' Copyright Transfer is available here.

A copyright transfer agreement enters into force if a manuscript is accepted for publication. If for any reason your article is rejected by the editorial board of Russian journal of Allergy, the agreement loses its force. The decision on acceptance of a manuscript for publication is the exclusive right of the Russian journal of Allergy editorial board (see more). By signing the agreement, the authors guarantee that they have familiarized themselves and agree with its conditions.

Privacy Statement

The Editorial Board of the journal and the administration of the website of the journal do not transfer personal information in any way specified by the users when working with the website of the journal to third parties, except for those cases and to the extent specified in the terms of the copyright agreement.

The affiliations, public profile IDs and e-mail address of the authors of the manuscript accepted for publication will be published in the section "information about the authors" of the printed version of the journal and in the section "about the authors" on the page of the article on the website of the journal.

The phone number of the corresponding author will be known only to the Editorial Board and will only be used in cases of emergency.