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MANUSCRIPT PUBLICATION RULES IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY AND PREVENTION

Edition: 2025.

The rules describe the conditions of publication of manuscripts (articles) through the site http://cardiovascular.elpub.ru. 

The Editorial board is ready to answer questions and help authors by e-mail: cardiovasc.journal@yandex.ru.

Since 2021, it is an official Journal of the Russian Society for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases. It is included in the list of journals published with the support of the Russian Society of Cardiology and the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is published bimonthly, since 2002. 

The aim of the Journal is both scientific and practical, also with referring to organizing matters of the Society. The best of all cardiological research in Russia is submitted to Journal. Editorial board is presented by the leading cardiologists from different cities of Russia. It includes research and review articles, clinical lectures, case reports, and other information interesting for both clinicians and researchers.

Original articles reflecting the results of clinical and basic research, clinical cases and analyses, clinical recommendations and consensuses, reviews in the form of systematic analyses and meta-analyses, opinions on the problem, and expert discussions are accepted for publication in the journal.

The general criteria for the publication of articles in the Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention are the relevance, novelty of the material and its value in theoretical and/or applied aspects.

The number of issues: 12 times a year in print and electronic formats.

The language of publication is Russian, with contents and abstracts of all the articles presented in English. The Journal also accepts manuscripts from foreign authors and publishes them in English with abstracts in Russian.

Journal is peer-reviewed, with multistage editing. Editorial board is presented by the leading cardiologists from different cities of Russia.

Journal Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention aims to ensure that its publications fulfil the requirements of international publishing standards, such as the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication, by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, ICMJE (http://www.icmje.org), and the recommendations by the Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE (http://www.publicationethics.org.uk).

All clinical trials should be performed and described in full accordance with the CONSORT standards (http://www.consort-statement.org), observational research – STROBE (http://www.strobe-statement.org), systematic reviews and meta-analyses – PRISMA (http://www.prisma-statement.org).

I. The main directions in which materials are accepted for publication in the Journal

- Arterial hypertension

- Atherosclerosis

- Coronary heart disease

- Peripheral atherosclerosis

- Heart failure

- Chronic kidney disease

- Heart rhythm disorders

- Diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome

- Cerebrovascular diseases

- Cardiomyopathy

- Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and comorbid conditions

- Genetic and other fundamental aspects of CVD

- Nutrition and CVD

- Lipid metabolism and CVD

- Alcohol and CVD

- Smoking and CVD

- Psychosocial aspects of CVD

- CVD biomarkers

- Risk assessment and CVD screening

- Clinical and instrumental diagnosis of CVD

- Clinical studies in CVD 3 and 4 phases

- Age-specific aspects of CVD

- CVD in children

- Pharmacotherapy of CVD

- Adherence to CVD treatment

- Interventional and surgical interventions for CVD

- Telemedicine and CVD

- Cardiac rehabilitation

- Preventive programs for CVD

- Physical activity and CVD

- Physical training and CVD

- Sports and Cardiology

- Environmental pollution and CVD

- Socio-economic aspects of CVD

- Public health and CVD

II. The Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention accepts the following manuscripts:

- Original papers present the results of clinical studies. The word limit is 4,000 (including references, tables, and figure legends). The maximal number of references is 30. The structured abstract should contain the following sections: (1) Title, (2) The structured abstract (up to 200 words), (3) Introduction (brief with the reader's orientation in relation to the problem, its relevance, goals and objectives of the study), (4) Material and methods of research, (5) Results of the study, (6) Discussion, (7) Conclusion, (8) Sources of literature, (9) Figures and tables, (10) Information about the contribution of the authors.

- Literature reviews are focused on more specific topics, compared to lectures. The word limit is 4,500 (including references, tables, and figure legends). The maximal reference number is 40. The unstructured abstract is up to 250 words.

The literature review should have a clear scientific purpose, reflect the latest achievements on the relevant theme, critically consider the status of literary sources and identify gaps in knowledge on the topic and directions for future research. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are preferred.

In the case of submitting a descriptive review, the authors should indicate the existing literature reviews on the topic published earlier, justify what new this review will bring to the understanding of the problem, describe the methodology of preparing the review (indicating the platform, sites, the total number of works viewed, keywords for which the selection was made), conduct a critical analysis of the submitted works, including assessing the adequacy of statistical methods, and different scientific approaches to the issue in question, provide a reasoned opinion on the theme, formulate conclusions, stemming from the analysis, concretize existing knowledge gaps and future directions for scientific research.

Literature reviews should be based on sources not older than 5 years.

- Clinical case is a brief report on a complex diagnostic problem and its solution, or a description of a rare clinical observation. See, CARE document and contact with Editorial office by mail for instructions.

- Editorial, leading article is a report, which can be written by the chief editor, executive editor, rooms, guest editor/expert and should reflect their opinion on the current issue of the journal or study, or socially significant events in the field of cardiology. The word limit is 1500. No abstract is required. It can include 1 figure and 1 table. The maximal number of references is 7. All judgments must be based on a solid evidence base.

- Essay, short review reflects the expert's opinion about the article(s) published in the journal. The word limit is 1000 words (including 1 table, 1 figure). No abstract is required. The maximal number of references is 7. The review should not be structured. All judgments must be based on a solid evidence base.

- Letter to the editor consists of the comments on published articles in previous issues of the journal. The word limit is 700 words. The maximal number of references is 5. All judgments must be based on a solid evidence base. If the letter to the editor requires a response from the authors of the article, their response can be published together with the letter to the editor.

- Methodological recommendations, consensus documents summarize the current state of the problem and ways to solve it (according to the professional community or a group of experts). The word limit is 8,000 words. A brief unstructured abstract is no longer than 250 words. The maximal number of references is 50.

The journal also considers expert discussions on the most pressing problems of cardiology and related disciplines for publication.

If the authors have prepared materials for publication that do not belong to the listed categories, they can write about their proposals to the editorial office at: cardiovasc.journal@yandex.ru.

The journal also accepts English-language articles for publication.

III. Procedure for submitting materials to the journal

It is necessary to prepare and submit: a referral letter, an information file and the material itself (an article or other materials).

The absence of a referral letter, an information file, or their improper design is the basis for refusing to accept materials for consideration.

1. Referral letter

The referral letter must be drawn up in accordance with the template provided on the website http://cardiovascular.elpub.ru.

The Referral letter indicates the title of the article, its authors, and information that:

1) the manuscript is not under consideration in another publication;

2) it was not published earlier;

3) it contains full disclosure of the conflict of interest;

4) all authors meet the criteria of authorship, it was read and approved;

5) the author (s) are responsible for the accuracy of the materials presented in the manuscript.

The Referral letter should contain the contact information of the author responsible for the correspondence and information about previous articles that present the results of this work. This information should also be provided in the text of the article (chapter Introduction).

If the manuscript is part of the thesis, then it is necessary to specify the estimated time of thesis presentation.

It should be filled in one or two sheets. Using the form of the official institution – at the choice of the author's team. In the address: "Editor-in-Chief of the Cardiovascular therapy and prevention, corresponding member of RAS, Professor Drapkina O. M.". The referral letter must be signed by all the authors of the article.

It should be scanned and placed on the site as a scanned file for the posted article.

Note: In a tense epidemiological situation, only one author is allowed to sign a Referral letter. In this case, you must attach a scanned consent of each author to submit the article for publication (the template is represented on the website http://cardiovascular.elpub.ru.).

The absence of a Referral letter or an incomplete text of the letter (not containing the above paragraphs) is the basis for refusing to accept the manuscript for consideration.

2. Information file

It is essential to complete and submit the electronic Information file that includes: title page, information about conflict of interest and funding, information about compliance with ethical standards, information about overlapping publications, information about copyright and information on the number of words, tables and figures.

The template of the Information file is presented on the website http://cardiovascular.elpub.ru.

2.1. Title page of the manuscript.

The title page should contain the title of the work and information about the authors.

The title of the work should be written in bold, should not contain hyphenations and abbreviations (except for the names of the studies). The title should be brief (no more than 20 words) and should reflect the main idea or results of the work.

Example of design:

The prevalence of risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in the Russian population in 2012-2013. The research results of the ESSE-RF

Muromtseva G. A. 1, Kontsevaya A. V. 1, Konstantinov V. V. 1, Artamonova G. V. 2, Galaganova T. M. 3,…

1State research center of preventive medicine of the Ministry of health of Russia, Moscow; 2 Research Institute of complex problems of cardiovascular diseases SB RAS, Kemerovo; 3North Ossetian state medical Academy, Vladikavkaz;....., Russia.

Information about the authors: full name, place of work of all authors, their positions, ORCID; full contact information is required for one (or more) of the author and includes e-mail, available phone number.

All members of the group of authors should meet all four criteria of authorship set forth in the ICMJE recommendations:

1) concept and design development or data analysis and interpretation,

2) manuscript justification or verification of critical intellectual content, and

3) final approval for publication of the manuscript

4) consent to be responsible for all aspects of the work, and assume that issues relating to the thoroughness and diligent execution of any part of the study submitted are duly investigated and resolved.

This information should also be contained in the document.

If the submitted material has authors who do not meet the criteria of authorship, but have made some contribution to the work, they should be listed in this document and at the end of the article in the section of Acknowledgements.

2.2. Information on conflict of interest/funding.

The section contains the disclosure by all authors of possible relations with industrial and financial organizations that may lead to a conflict of interest in connection with the material presented in the manuscript. It is desirable to list the sources of funding for the work. If there is no conflict of interest, it is written: "Conflict of interest is not declared." Information on the existence of a conflict of interest should also be reflected in the Conflict of interest section at the end of the article. Read more to see the distinct form of disclosure of Conflict of interest: http://roscardio.ru/ru/conflicts-of-interest.html

2.3. Information and compliance with ethical standards.

It is desirable to reflect in the publication:

(1) the principles according to which the study was carried out (for example, the principles of the Helsinki Declaration);

(2) is the study was approved by an independent Ethics committee;

(3) did the patients sign an informed consent to participate in the study;

(4) information about the registration and placement of data on the conducted research in any public register of clinical trials. The term "clinical trial" refers to any research project that involves people (or groups of subjects) with or without a comparative control group, studies the interaction between interventions to improve health, or the results obtained. The World Health Organization offers the following platform for this purpose: International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) (www.who.int/ictrp/network/primary/en/index.html ).

Information concerning compliance with ethical standards (permits, questionnaires, etc.) may be requested from the authors additionally when preparing the work for publication.

2.4. Information about overlapping publications (if any).

If the authors have previously published articles or other materials on the topic of the work, you must specify them.

2.5. Copyright information. The use in the article of any material (table, figure) marked with the copyright icon must be confirmed by a special permission from the author or publisher.

2.6. The number of words, tables and figures.

The number of words in the article and other materials is considered without taking into account the title, authors, their place of work, summary and list of references.

The absence of an Information file or an incomplete text (not containing the above points) is the basis for refusal to accept the manuscript for consideration.

3. The Main file of the manuscript

Since the main file of the manuscript is automatically sent to the reviewer for "blind review", it should not contain the names of the authors and the name of the institution (s). The main file of the manuscript should contain the following sections:

*Title of the work

* Summary with keywords

* List of abbreviations

* Text

* Key messages

* Acknowledgements (if any)

* List of references

* Tables, figures (if they can be embedded in Word format text).

The article title begins with in capital letter (Prevalence of risk factors...), the end point is not needed. The title should clearly reflect the purpose of the work.

Abstract. There are 2 types of abstracts: structured and unstructured. A structured abstract is required for all original articles. It should have 5 sections: Aim, Material and methods, Results, Conclusion, Keywords. Sections are drawn up each on a separate line and are highlighted in bold. The abstract should contain only the sections listed above. Please note that there is no "Relevance" section in the summary. The relevance of the work should be presented in the introductory section of the article.

An unstructured abstract is required for reviews. It should briefly reflect the essence of the work. You should specify the keywords in it.

Keywords. The number of keywords should not exceed 10. When publishing keywords through the site, you must select the option – "Write words separated by commas".

List of abbreviations: when compiling a list of abbreviations to the article, including text, tables and figures, only those used by the author 3 or more times are included. Usually shrink often used in manuscripts of the terms (e.g., HT, CHF, FC) and title of clinical trials (SOLVD, TIMI, HOPE).

The first reference to an abbreviation is always accompanied by the full spelling of the abbreviated concept, and the abbreviation is indicated in brackets. For example, blood pressure (BP); heart rate (HR). Capital letters are more often used to denote abbreviations. If abbreviations are used only in tables and figures, and are not used in the text, they should not be included in the list of abbreviations, but should be given a transcript in the note to the table or figure. The summary of the article, as a separate document, is subject to the same rules as the article (abbreviations are made when they are used 3 or more times).

Abbreviations should be generally accepted and understandable to the reader, in accordance with the generally accepted norms in the scientific literature. Undesirable abbreviations that coincide in writing with others that have a different meaning.

Abbreviations in the list of abbreviations are written in alphabetical order, separated by commas, in solid text, using "dash". 

Example of design: BP – blood pressure, HR – heart rate.

The text of the manuscript of the original works should be structured: Relevance, Aim, Methodological approaches, Results and Conclusion. The text of reviews and lectures can be unstructured.

Text is printed on A4 sheet, font size – 12 pt, line spacing – 1.5, margins 2 cm on all sides. The system of SI units is used for processing the material, the% sign is put through a space from the number, the value of p is written with a semicolon: p < 0.0001; the value of n is written with a small letter (n=20); signs >, <, ±, =, +, - when numerical values are written without a space; the value of "year" or "year" is issued – 2020 or 2002-2014.

The article should be carefully verified by the author (s). The authors are responsible for the correctness of citation, doses and other factual materials.

In the section Material and methods it is necessary to describe the methodological approaches of research/clinical studies, used statistical methods of analysis of material, and also state registration number of the clinical trial (if any) and funding sources.

Acknowledgements – all participants who do not meet the authorship criteria should be listed in the Acknowledgements section, which is located at the end of the article before the Literature section.

Making graphs, diagrams and drawings – tables and figures should provide the reader with visual information, be interesting and educational. They should be placed after the list of references. However, to print in the journal (at the stage of creating a layout) graphics, diagrams and drawings are required in electronic form in the formats "MS Excel", "Adobe Illustrator", "Corel Draw", "MS PowerPoint", photos with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

The names of the graphs and figures, as well as notes to them should be placed under the figure/graph or placed at the end of the article.

These files are referred to as additional files. Figures should not repeat the materials of the tables.

Tables should contain the compressed, necessary data. Each table is placed at the end of the text (after the list of references) with the number, name and explanation (note, abbreviations).

The tables should clearly indicate the dimension of the indicators and the form of data (M±m; M±SD; Me; Mo; percentiles, etc.). All figures, totals and percentages should be carefully verified, and also correspond to the mention in the text. The explanatory notes are given below the table, if necessary. The footnotes must be in the following order: *, †, §, ||, ¶, #, **, †† etc.

Abbreviations should be listed in a footnote below the table or figure in alphabetical order.

Each first mention of a figure or table in the text is highlighted with a yellow marker. If a reference to a figure or table is included in the sentence, the full spelling of the word "figure 1", "table 1" is used; if the words are enclosed in brackets, the abbreviation is used (Figure 1), (Table 1).

Providing the main file of the manuscript with the names of the authors or institutions is the basis for refusal to accept the manuscript for consideration.

4. The list of references. 

In the form to fill in when submitting the article provides a list of cited literature (section – Literature).

Literary references are listed in the order of citation in the manuscript. The text refers to the serial number of the cited work in square brackets [1] or [1, 2]. Each link in the list is on a new line. All documents referred to in the text should be included in the list of references.

References to works that are not in the list of references and vice versa, references to unpublished works, as well as to works of many years ago (>10 years) are not allowed. The only exceptions are rare highly informative works. Especially close attention to this item, please pay to those authors who submit "Literature review".

The bibliographic description contains the names of the authors up to three, after which, for domestic publications should indicate "et al.", for foreign – "et al." When citing articles from journals indicate in the following order the output: the name and initials of the authors, the name of the source, year, volume, number, pages (from and to). When citing articles from the collections indicate the output: name, initials, title, title of the collection, place of publication, year of publication, page (from and to).

If you want to make a quotation of the authors ' names in the text, you must specify the name of the first author with the initials, the year of work. Example design: Smith AA, et al. (2018).

With the purpose of increase of citation in the journal is the transliteration of Russian sources with the use of the official languages in the following order: the authors and the journal title is transliterated in the Latin alphabet, and the name of the article is semantic transliteration (translation into English). The name of the source where the work is published is transliterated in Latin if the source (journal) does not have an official name in English).

All Russian-language sources of literature should be presented in the transliterated version of the model given below.

The author(s) are responsible for the correctness of the data given in the references.

The list of references should correspond to the format recommended by the American national organization for information standards (National Information Standards Organization – NISO), adopted by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for databases (Library's MEDLINE/PubMed database) NLM: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine – Vancouver style, MLA.

Mandatory all articles doi specified, all books ISBN. References to dissertations, patents, theses and any collections without output and ISBN are not accepted. Links to electronic news resources are not allowed.

Examples of link design:

Article citation:

Smith A, Jones B, Clements S. Clinical translation of tissue-engineered airway. Lancet. 2008;372:1201-09. doi:10.00000/0000-0000-.

Russian-language sources with transliteration:

1. Bart BYa, Larina VN, Brodskyi MS, et al. Cardiac remodelling and clinical prognosis in patient with chronic heart failure and complete left bundle branch block. Russ J Cardiol. 2011;6:4-8. (In Russ.) Барт Б.Я., Ларина В.Н., Бродский М.С., и др. Ремоделирование сердца и прогноз больных с хронической сердечной недостаточностью при наличии полной блокады левой ножки пучка Гиса. Российский кардиологический журнал. 2011;6:4-8. doi:10.15829/1560-4071-2011-6-4-8.

Book:

1. Shlyakhto EV, Konradi AO, Tsyrlin VA. The autonomic nervous system and hypertension. SPb.: Meditsinskoe izdatel'stvo; 2008. (In Russ.) Шляхто Е.В., Конради А.О., Цырлин В.А. Вегетативная нервная система и артериальная гипертензия. СПб.: Медицинское издательство; 2008. ISBN 0000-0000.

Chapter:

1. Nichols WW, O'Rourke MF. Aging, high blood pressure and disease in humans. In: Arnold E, ed. McDonald's Blood Flow in Arteries: Theoretical, Experimental and Clinical Principles. 3rd ed. London/Melbourne/Auckland: Lea and Febiger; 1990. p.398-420. ISBN 0000-0000.

Russian chapter:

1. Diagnostics and treatment of chronic heart failure. In. National clinical guidelines 4^th ed. Moscow: Silicea-Polygraf; 2011. pp.203-93. (In Russ.) Диагностика и лечение хронической сердечной недостаточности. В кн: Национальные клинические рекомендации. 4-е издание. М.: Силицея-Полиграф; 2011.сс.203-96. ISBN 0000-0000.

Webpage:

1. Panteghini M. Recommendations on use of biochemical markers in acute coronary syndrome: IFCC proposals. eJIFCC 14. http://www.ifcc.org/ejifcc/vol14no2/1402062003014n.htm (28 May 2004)

All sources of literature are checked for correctness through the system of the Russian electronic library. Significant errors in citation or duplication of the source are the reason for the return of the manuscript to the authors for revision.

IV. Completeness of the manuscript

The completeness of the manuscript is considered complete only if it contains all the above points.

V.  Sending a manuscript to the journal

Any of the authors can submit an article to the journal. This is usually done by the author who later conducts correspondence with the editorial board and to whose mail notification letters are sent (when submitting a manuscript via the website, you can choose to send notifications to all authors).

To submit a manuscript to the journal, the author must register on the website.

All authors and all additional information (all places of work, positions, academic degrees and academic titles, institutions, ORCID – all authors) are indicated in the form to be filled in when submitting the article.

If the author has several places of work, then write: 1. " Name of the institution...", 2. " Name of the institution...". The name of the institution is written in an abbreviated form, for example, SBEI Moscow state University. Moscow. Brackets are not placed.

How to fill in the article metadata: all data that is entered in the "article metadata" must exactly match the data specified in the text of the article!

1. Authors ' names (you cannot write in full, the format of the journal provides for the publication of names and initials. Therefore, in the" windows", where the name and patronymic of the authors are written in capital letters with a dot (example: A.).

2. Names of institutions (write the official name. At the same time – there is a reduction of Federal, State, etc.; the quotation marks are placed; Ministry of health of Russia, a city without the letter g.

3. Positions and titles (using traditional abbreviations: PhD, senior researcher, leading researcher, PhD, MD), then write the full name of the laboratory/Department; Director, Head, Professor – is not reduced.

4. The order of the authors. Authors ' priority should be entered into the system in accordance with the order of the article. The movements are made by small arrows "top"/"bottom", which are located under the data of each of the authors. The data of the author responsible for the correspondence, put a dot in a circle denoting this information. Other authors point do not put.

5. Summary. Sections of the abstract should exactly match the sections prescribed in the rules for authors. If the sections are not correct, the Editors will ask to correct them. What the authors are currently publishing on the site will then be included in all systems after the final publication. Be careful!

6. Making references. Submitted article will not be reviewed until the correction of references in accordance with the rules for authors is made. The authors "forget" and somewhere to remove point (such inconsistencies can be corrected in the revision), but if the design literature is radically different from what is required or present hyperlinks, the Editors will not start with the article to eliminate errors.

7. Keyword. They are written with a small letter, separated by a semicolon. At the end put a point. In the text of the article the keywords are written separated by commas.

The article is uploaded to the Journal's website via the "Start submission" option.

The first step: you need to select the language Russian and check the boxes and in all the boxes with the Rules. Below you can place additional information (if desired) for the editor. Save and continue.

The second step is to load the article. Select the file with the text of the article (make sure that there is no data about the authors!). Upload. Save and continue.

Third step: enter the metadata. For successful indexing of articles in domestic and international databases, when submitting a manuscript to the editorial office via the online form, it is necessary to enter all its metadata in detail separately. Some metadata needs to be entered separately in Russian and English: the name of the institution which employs the authors of the manuscript, details of place of work and position, academic degree and academic rank, title, abstract (summary) article, the keywords, the name of the sponsoring organization.

ATTENTION: - keywords are separated by ; (semicolon). – if the ORCID number has an X icon, then you need to make sure that the Latin keyboard layout is enabled.

Save and continue.

Step four: Upload additional files. Upload a Referral Letter and an Information File. This step loads the images or other supplementary materials. Save and continue.

The fifth step: confirmation of sending.

After completing the sending procedure, an email notification will be sent to the email address specified by the authors when submitting the manuscript (the absence of a letter is an indication that the manuscript has not been received by the editorial board). The author can contact the editorial board, as well as track the stage of processing of his manuscript through his personal account on the journal's website.

VI. Agreement between the Editorial board and the Author

This section regulates the relationship between the Editorial board of the journal "Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention", hereinafter referred to as the "Editorial board" and the author who submitted his article for publication in the journal, hereinafter referred to as the "Author".

The Author, submitting an article or other material to the Editorial board, agrees that the Editorial board of the journal shall have non-exclusive property rights to use the material submitted to the Editorial board, including such protected objects of copyright as the author's photographs, drawings, diagrams, tables, etc.), including reproduction in print and on the Internet; distribution; translation into any languages of the peoples of the world; export and import of copies of the journal with the Author's publication for distribution and communication to the public.

The Editorial board reserves the right to shorten and edit the submitted materials, carry out scientific editing, change the design of graphs, figures and tables to bring them into line with the design of the journal, without changing the meaning of the information provided. In case of late response of the Author to the request of the Editorial board, the Editorial board may, at its discretion, make edits to the article or refuse to publish it.

When using the article, the Editors have the right to supply it with any illustrated material, advertising and allow third parties to do so.

The Author guarantees that he has exclusive rights to use the submitted material. In case of violation of this guarantee and the presentation of claims to the Editorial board, the Author independently and at his own expense undertakes to settle all claims. The Editorial board is not responsible to third parties for violation of the Author's guarantees.

The Author retains the right to use the published material, its fragments and parts for personal, including scientific and teaching purposes.

The Author transfers the above rights to the Editors without limitation of their validity period, in the territory of all countries of the world without limitation, including the territory of the Russian Federation.

The rights to the manuscript are considered to be transferred by the Author of the Editorial office from the moment of sending an information letter about the acceptance of the manuscript to the press.

Reprinting of materials published in the journal by other individuals and legal entities is possible with the obligatory indication of the journal name, number and year of publication.

The Editors are not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided by the Author.

The author, sending the manuscript to the Editor, gives permission to use and process personal data.

The Editorial board reserves the right to reduce and correct the articles, to change the design of graphs, figures and tables to comply with the standard of the journal, without changing the meaning of the information provided. In case of untimely response of the author(s) to the request of the Editorial board, the Editorial board may at its discretion make changes to the article or refuse to publish.

Sending manuscripts to the Editorial office that have already been sent to other journals or published in them is absolutely not allowed. The Editors are not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided by the authors. Articles sent in violation of the rules of registration are not accepted by the Editorial board for consideration.

VII. The procedure of peer-review

1. By submitting their article (material) for publication in the journal on the official website of the journal, the Author can track the stages of work on their manuscript through the website.

2. The manuscript must pass the initial selection. The Editorial board has the right to reject publication if the manuscript does not meet the subject of the journal and the requirements of the journal for articles (materials). If the article is of interest to the journal, but is not properly designed, the Editors can send their comments on the article, which should be corrected by the Author before reviewing.

3. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are sent for review by the profile of the article (material) to one or more reviewers who are recognized experts on the subject of the publication. The reviewer is Editor-in-Chief or guest Editor or Executive editor of the journal. To increase the objectivity of the review, it is not allowed to invite a reviewer from the institutions where the authors work. The review is conducted confidentially both for the Author and for the reviewers themselves. The manuscript is sent to the reviewer without specifying the names of the authors and the name of the institution ("double-blind review").

4. Reviewers are obliged to conduct an objective assessment of the article (materials) and present it in writing.

5. The Editorial board informs the Author of the results of the review by e-mail.

6. If the reviewer makes a conclusion about the possibility of publication of the article and does not make significant corrections, the article is given to the expert on statistics and after a positive report is accepted for further work.

7. If the reviewer makes a conclusion about the possibility of publication of the article and gives instructions on the need for its correction, the Editorial board sends the review to the Author with a proposal to take into account the recommendations of the reviewer in the preparation of a new version of the article or to refute them. In this case, the Author must make edits to the last version of the article file that is on the site (download the file from the site, make edits and post the corrected article again, after deleting the primary (uncorrected) version).

The author can also send the corrected text of the manuscript by e-mail to the editor.

A written response to the reviewer from the author is mandatory. The article revised by the Author is re-sent for review, and if all the recommendations of the reviewer were taken into account, then after receiving a positive conclusion of the reviewer, the article is accepted for further work.

8. If the reviewer makes a conclusion about the impossibility of publication of the article. The author of the reviewed work is given the opportunity to read the text of the review, if he does not agree with the conclusions of the reviewer. In case of disagreement with the opinion of the reviewer, the Author has the right to provide a reasoned response to the Editor. The article can be sent for re-review or for approval to the editorial Board. The editorial Board or its authorized editor shall send its response to the Author.

9. All manuscripts that have been reviewed and evaluated by an expert in statistics are submitted to the Editorial board, which decides on the publication. After the decision on the admission of article for publication, the Editorial office inserts the publication of the article in terms of publications.

10. The decision to publish a manuscript is made solely on the basis of its significance, originality, clarity of presentation and compliance of the research topic with the direction of the journal. Reports on studies in which negative results are obtained or the provisions of previously published articles are challenged are considered on General grounds.

11. The term of the initial review (before the appointment of the reviewer) is one to two calendar weeks. The review period is from two weeks to one calendar month from the date of submission for review. The decision-making period of the Editorial board (maximum) is 1.5 calendar months.

12. Original reviews are kept in the Editorial office for 5 years from the date of publication.

13. In case of a decision to refuse to publish an article, its archive copy remains in the electronic system of the Editorial board, but access to it by editors or reviewers is closed.

14. If the Author does not respond to the Editorial board's request for more than one month, the submitted manuscript may be sent to the Archive.

VIII. The manner of publication of manuscripts

1.  It is the responsibility of the Executive editor to select high-quality articles for publication, and he can be guided by both thematic principles and a separate scientific direction.

2. According to the requirements of the Higher attestation commission, the journal provides priority for post-graduate and doctoral works, the period of their publication depends on the expected date of protection, which the authors must specify in the primary documents attached to the manuscript.

3. After the decision to accept the manuscript for publication, a notification letter is sent to the Author.

4. All articles (materials) accepted for publication are submitted to the Scientific editor and Proofreader. The Editorial office may not send the final version of the article to the Author for approval.

5. The Editorial office does not send the author's copy by mail or the PDF of the article by e-mail, so the Editorial office asks you to subscribe to the electronic or printed version of the journal.

Subscription to the printed version is carried out on a semi-annual basis (through subscription agencies) - see section XIII. Subscription.

6. The publication is considered to have taken place when the article (material) is published in the issue of the journal (in electronic or printed form) and this data is sent to scientometric databases.

7. Information about the publication of the article is distributed in the following scientific citation databases: RSCI, Scopus, DOAJ, CYBERLENINKA and others. The publication is assigned a doi index and the full text is publicly available on the journal's website.

8. Publication "electronic version before publication" ("ahead of print»)

This type of publication allows you to publish an article accepted for publication in electronic form, which is expected to be included in the next printed issues of the journal. This significantly reduces the time between the submission of the article and its publication.

9. The Editorial board of the journal publishes information about the publication of the new issue of the journal on the journal's website and on social networks.

IX. How authors can increase the citation rate of publications

We encourage our authors to actively make efforts to increase the citation rate of their publications.

To achieve this goal, you can bring information about your publications in the journal to the attention of the scientific community. For this purpose, you must post information about your publication in the journal on the institution's website, on your personal page on the Internet (personal page) and in social networks, in your ORCID and ResearcherID profile.

Please note that the title of the article, keywords and summary are of the greatest importance for the members of the scientific community, both in our country and abroad, when conducting a scientific search on relevant topics in international search engines, to find your publication and, possibly, quote it.

X. Retraction or correction of articles

The full text of the journal's policy on Retraction and correction of articles is available in the information section on the website. The editors follow COPE Recommendations issued by the Committee on publishing ethics (COPE) – https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines in cases:

Editors should consider retracting a publication if:

 • They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of major error (eg, miscalculation or experimental error), or as a result of fabrication (eg, of data) or falsification (eg, image manipulation);

• It constitutes plagiarism. The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (ie, cases of redundant publication);

• it contains materials or data without permission to use. Copyright has been violated or there is some other serious legal issue (e.g. libel, privacy);

• it describes unethical research;

• Copyright has been infringed or there is some other serious legal issue (eg, libel, privacy);

• It reports unethical research;

• It has been published solely on the basis of a compromised or manipulated peer review process;

• The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest (a.k.a. conflict of interest) that, in the view of the editor, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.

Notices of retraction should:

• Be linked to the retracted article wherever possible (ie, in all online versions)

• Clearly identify the retracted article (eg, by including the title and authors in the retraction heading or citing the retracted article)

• Be clearly identified as a retraction (ie, distinct from other types of correction or comment)

• Be published promptly to minimise harmful effects

• Be freely available to all readers (ie, not behind access barriers or available only to subscribers)

• State who is retracting the article

• State the reason(s) for retraction

• Be objective, factual and avoid inflammatory language.

Retractions are not usually appropriate if:

• The authorship is disputed but there is no reason to doubt the validity of the findings

• The main findings of the work are still reliable and correction could sufficiently address errors or concerns

• An editor has inconclusive evidence to support retraction, or is awaiting additional information such as from an institutional investigation (for information about Expressions of Concern see https://publicationethics.org/expressions-of-concern-forum-discussion)

• Author conflicts of interest have been reported to the journal after publication, but in the editor’s view these are not likely to have influenced interpretations or recommendations or the conclusions of the article.

Journal editors should consider expressing concern if:

• they have received information about the inappropriate actions of the authors, but there is no clear evidence of such behavior;

* there are arguments that the results of the work are unreliable, and the institution in which the authors work is not going to find out the truth;

* they believe that the investigation of the alleged violations committed by the authors in connection with the publication either has not been, or will not be, fair, impartial and convincing;

* The authors ' violations are being investigated, but the results are not expected soon enough.

XI. Position E-log backup (if journal is no longer published)

The purpose of backup is to prevent loss of information in case of hardware, software, critical and crisis situations, etc.

Information of the following main categories is subject to backup:

- personal information of authors (personal directories on file servers);

- pdf of published articles;

- information about literary links to the article in the DOI system.

All this information is publicly available in The system of the Russian citation index on the website of the Electronic library www.elibrary.ru

XII. Open Access Selection

The journal is an Open access journal and publishes full-text articles on the journal's website immediately after the publication of the issue. The journal doesn't take any payment for publication or open access availability from international authors (language of publication - English), but selects high-quality articles that have passed strict peer-review for publication.

Authors are provided with the following opportunities for accelerated review and placement of articles:

Before reviewing:

- Consultation on bringing the manuscript to the required standards (on request).

After reviewing:

- Publication of the article in the next issue (on request).

- Open access to the preliminary version of the article on the site (immediately after receiving a positive response, on request).

- Open access to the mock-up version of the article on the site (after receiving a positive response, on request).

Learn more – http://roscardio.ru/ru/podgotovka-stat-i.html.

XIII. Journal subscription

Information on subscriptions is available on the journal website in the section "Subscription": http://roscardio.ru/ru/subscription.html

XIV. Contact information

The name of the journal in English is Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention, the abbreviated name is Cardiovasc Ther Prev.

Official sites where information about the journal is placed:

http://cardiovascular.elpub.ru

https://ropniz.ru

http://www.roscardio.ru/ru/cardiovascular-therapy-and-prevention.html

On organizational issues (working with the site, subscription) – cardiovasc.journal@yandex.ru

Editorial office:

101990, Moscow, Petroverigsky pereulok, 10. Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention.

e-mail: cardiovasc.journal@yandex.ru

Tel.: +7 (499) 553-67-78

Publishing house:

OOO "Silicea-Poligraf". 3-32 Yuzhnaya str., Protvino, 142281, Russia

Tel.+7 985 768 4318, e-mail: cardio.nauka@yandex.ru

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 manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

2. The file of the submitted article is in the format of a Microsoft Word document. It does not contain the names of the authors and institutions.

   Files with a letter of transmittal and General information have been prepared for upload to the site.

3. The cited literature is presented in full, framed by the Rules for the authors and does not contain duplicates. All references are indicated in the text of the article.

4. Text should be typed with an interval of one line spacing, font Times New Roman, 12 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text  (and not at the end of the document).

5. The text meets the stylistic and bibliographic requirements described in the Rules for Authors.

6. If you submit an article to the peer-reviewed section of the journal, the requirements of the document Ensuring Blind Peer review are met.

7. The author has carefully read the Rules for authors.

8. The author gives permission for the processing and use of their personal data.

9. The author undertakes to upload Additional files simultaneously with the submission of the article: a referral letter and an information file.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Privacy Statement

Specified when registering the names and addresses will be used solely for technical purposes of a contact with the Author or reviewers (editors) when preparing the article for publication. Private data will not be shared with other individuals and organizations.