Editorial policy of the journal “Phthisiopulmonology”
About the magazine
The scientific and practical journal “Phthisiopulmonology” was founded in 2001. The founder of the publication is the RSE on the PCV “National Scientific Center of Phthisiopulmonology of the Republic of Kazakhstan” of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Journal publishes articles in the field of phthisiopulmonology, related specialties of medicine and healthcare, topical issues of the development of science and education in the healthcare system.
The journal “Phthisiopulmonology” is designed to publish a wide range of articles on various fields of medicine, healthcare, education related to tuberculosis issues. The various range of issues covered in the journal are structured in 4 sections: clinical disciplines, theoretical disciplines, innovative teaching methods, healthcare organization.
The magazine is published 2 times a year. Currently, the journal is indexed in the following international databases: Kazakhstan Scientific Citation Database – 0.011, RSCI (Russian Scientific Citation Index) – 0.032.
The purpose of the journal “Phthisiopulmonology” is the development of the phthisiopulmonological service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, by summarizing scientific publications in the field of phthisiopulmonology, science and education, practical healthcare.
Tasks:
Improving the knowledge and practical skills of medical workers on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment of tuberculosis and related specialties of medicine, organization and management of phthisiopulmonological service.
Promotion of the main achievements in the field of medicine and healthcare in the world scientific space.
Increasing the publication activity of domestic authors of the level of scientific publications in the world scientific community according to their citation data.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides direct open access to its content based on the following principle: free open access to research results contributes to an increase in global knowledge exchange.
In an effort to attract the maximum audience of specialists for a broad (including critical) discussion of published articles, as well as the introduction of research results into the practice of domestic medicine, healthcare and medical education, the journal follows a policy of full open access to publications. All the contents of the journal are available to users for free on the journal’s website. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print out the full texts of the journal articles.
Information openness. The journal’s website publishes information about the publishing house, editorial board, peer review, publication of scientific articles, and other information in accordance with the information openness of the publication.
The procedure for reviewing manuscripts of scientific articles
Articles submitted to the editorial office for publication in the scientific and practical journal “Phthisiopulmonology” must be reviewed.
The review procedure includes the following steps:
Examination of the article by the editor of the journal for compliance with its main provisions of the requirements for publications approved by the editorial board of the journal. It is carried out within no more than 3 days from the date of receipt of the article in the editorial office.
External review is carried out by specialists of the relevant profile who have an academic degree and are not involved in scientific, financial or any other relationships with the authors of the article and the editorial board of the journal. The selection of external reviewers is carried out by the editorial board of the journal. The review of articles is carried out on a voluntary and gratuitous basis. The review procedure is confidential.
The journal conducts a double-blind review of incoming manuscripts. The reviewer is provided with a manuscript for review without specifying the names of the authors. The author does not know the last name of the reviewer. The correspondence between the author and the reviewer takes place via the editorial office’s e-mail address.
The publication reviews all materials submitted to the editorial office for their expert evaluation, including compliance with the profile of the journal. All reviewers are recognized experts on the topics of the journal’s profile and have published on them in the last 3 years.
Articles that have received a negative review are not published in the journal. Positive reviews can be sent to the authors to finalize the article or remove questions.
When the editorial office receives a request from the author, he is provided with copies of reviews or a reasoned refusal to publish.
The reviewer carries out a scientific examination of the author’s materials, his actions should be of an unbiased nature, consisting in compliance with the following rules:
expert evaluation should help the author to improve the quality of the text of the article, and the editor–in-chief should make a decision on publication;
a reviewer who does not consider himself an expert on the profile of the article or knows that he will not be able to submit a review of the article in a timely manner should notify the editor-in-chief and eliminate himself from the review process.;
the reviewer may not be the author or co-author of the reviewed work, as well as scientific supervisors of applicants for an academic degree and / or employees of the department in which the author works;
any manuscript received from the editorial board for review is a confidential document. It cannot be discussed with other persons, with the exception of persons indicated by the editor-in-chief;
the reviewer must be objective. Personal comments to the author are unacceptable. The reviewer should express his opinion clearly and reasonably;
the reviewer should draw the attention of the editor-in-chief to the significant similarity or partial coincidence of the reviewed article with any other previously published one.
Reviewers should inform editors of any conflicts of interest that may affect their opinion about the manuscript, and they should themselves refuse to review specific manuscripts if they consider it justified.
When making a decision on publication, the editor-in-chief consults with members of the editorial board and/or reviewers.
The editor-in-chief of the journal “Phthisiopulmonology” is responsible for making a decision on the publication of the works submitted to the editorial board of the journal, determining the reliability and importance of the work for researchers and readers, compliance with legal requirements (copyright infringement, plagiarism, slander).
The editorial board evaluates articles that are being prepared for publication in the next issue of the journal. Meetings of the editorial board are held once every 4 months, no later than 1 month before the issue of the edition. The Editorial Board approves the list of articles to be published in the current issue of the journal. He has the right to reject an article that has passed an external review, if there are questions about some aspects of the article, and send it for additional external review. The selection of a candidate reviewer for additional external review of the article is carried out by the editorial board. A member of the editorial board or editorial board of the journal may be appointed as an additional reviewer.
Approval of the content of the issue of the journal by the editor-in-chief and/or deputy editor-in-chief and/or editor is carried out after the technical layout of the issue is completed before submission to the printing house.
The author is given the opportunity (if desired) to get acquainted with the layout of the article layout to confirm consent to its publication.
The procedure for informing authors about the results of the review
After receiving positive reviews, the article is queued for publication in accordance with the priority level determined individually for each article. The author has the opportunity to receive information about the approximate dates of publication also upon his request to the e-mail address.
Upon receipt of negative reviews, the editorial board sends the author a copy of the review and a letter rejecting the publication of the manuscript.
If there is an indication in the review of an article that it needs to be corrected, then it is sent to the author for revision in accordance with the comments of the reviewer or to receive a reasoned (partially or completely) explanation and response to the reviewer. In this case, the date of receipt to the editorial office will be the date of the initial submission of the article.
In case of disagreement with the opinion of the reviewer, the author of the article has the right to provide a reasoned response to the editorial board of the journal. The article can be sent for re-reviewing, or for approval by the editorial board.
Articles modified or revised by the author are re-sent for review.
Articles that are not designed in accordance with the publication requirements are not allowed to be published.
Rejected articles after revision by the authors can be submitted to the editorial office again, their consideration is carried out in a general manner.
Publication ethics
The editorial staff and the editorial board and the Editorial Board of the journal “Phthisiopulmonology” (hereinafter – the journal) rely in their work on the principles of publication ethics accepted by the international community: The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Code of Publication Ethics (Committee on Publication Ethics), Articles 971-984 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (special part), the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Copyright and Related Rights”, Chapter 3 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Science”, and also take into account the experience of reputable international journals and publishers.
In order to avoid unfair practices in publishing activities (plagiarism, presentation of false information, etc.), each member of the editorial board, the editorial board, the author and the reviewer are obliged to comply with ethical norms and rules, as well as take measures to prevent their violations. If false information, plagiarism, repetitions of previously published works, their translations and other things are found in the process of reviewing the works, the article is removed from publication. Compliance with the rules of ethics of scientific publications helps to ensure the rights of authors to intellectual property, improve the quality of publication and exclude the misuse of copyrighted materials in the interests of individuals.
Ethical principles that should guide the author of a scientific publication: