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PUBLICATION GUIDELINES FOR THE JOURNAL “TERRA ORTHOPAEDICA”

Dear Authors!

Please familiarize yourself with the detailed requirements for formatting articles for publication in the journal, which have been developed in accordance with Order No. 112 (“On the Publication of Dissertation Results for the Scientific Degrees of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences”) and the requirements for journals included in the “List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine” under Order No. 1021 of the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine dated October 7, 2015.

All materials must be prepared according to the following requirements:

1. Manuscript

1.1. Text Format. The manuscript should be submitted electronically in MS Word format (.doc, .docx, .rtf), using Times New Roman font, 12 pt size, 1.5 line spacing, and 2 cm margins on both sides. Italics should be used for emphasis—underlining is not permitted. All extra spaces and unnecessary line breaks should be removed (use Microsoft Word’s “Find and Replace” tool for this purpose).

1.2. The length of the manuscript text—including the reference list, tables, figures, and their captions—should be 10–12 A4 pages (up to 5,000 words) for original research articles, 15–18 pages for literature reviews, 4–6 pages for case reports from practice, and 4 pages for brief reviews.

Note: The publication of longer articles is decided on an individual basis if the editorial board considers it of special interest to readers.

1.3. In addition to scientific articles, the journal also publishes materials on the history of medicine, biographical essays and anniversaries, obituaries, discussion articles on specialty-related topics, reports from congresses and conferences, articles on the exchange of experience, advertising materials, reviews, etc.

1.4. Language of Publication. Manuscripts are accepted for publication in the journal in either Ukrainian or English. All article metadata must be presented in both languages. Do not transliterate the text using Latin characters letter by letter when typing; it is important to correctly set the appropriate keyboard layout.

For example, it is unacceptable to replace the Latin letter “i” with the Ukrainian letter “і”, despite their visual identity.

2. Mandatory Structural Elements of the Article include:

— Title page;

— Summary;

— Keywords;

— Main text (including tables and figures);

— Additional information;

— References.

2.1. The Title Page must include the following information in both Ukrainian and English: the UDC of the article, the title of the article, authors (last names and initials), and author affiliations. The title should clearly reflect the subject and theme of the article, not be overly short, but also not exceed 100 characters. The title is written in lowercase letters, except for the first letter of the first word and proper nouns.

2.2. Summary. The summary must be provided in both Ukrainian and English. The author’s summary serves as the primary source of information for domestic and international information systems and scientometric databases where the journal is indexed. The length of the summary should be approximately 250 words or 2,000 characters. The summary must be structured and include the mandatory sections: “Background,” “Objective,” “Materials and Methods,” “Results,” and “Conclusions.” The “Results” section should comprise at least 50% of the total length. Summaries for review articles, lectures, and discussion papers may be written in a free form.

The text should be coherent and include linking words such as “therefore,” “furthermore,” “for example,” “as a result,” etc. The English summary should be written properly with the help of an electronic translator. Use active verb constructions in the English version of the summary. The summary should not contain abbreviations (except for commonly accepted ones like DNA), footnotes, or references to literature sources.

2.3. Keywords. Provide 3–6 keywords or phrases that reflect the article’s content, which will help in indexing the article in search engines. Review articles must include the term “review” as a keyword. Keywords must be identical in both languages and separated by semicolons.

2.4. Tables should be created using Times New Roman, 10 pt font, without any service symbols inside. Tables that are formatted using the tab key will not be accepted. Tables should be constructed clearly, have a title, and column headings must accurately correspond to their content. The location of the table and its sequential number must be indicated in the text.

2.5. Main Text of the Article. The structure of the full manuscript describing the results of original research must follow generally accepted templates and include the following required sections: “Introduction”, “Objective”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results”, “Discussion”, “Limitations”, “Authors’ Contributions,” and “Conclusions”.

2.6. References. The optimal number of references for original articles and lectures is 15–30 sources, and 30–60 sources for reviews. It is recommended to cite original works published in international journals within the last 5–7 years. References to conference abstracts and monographs should be minimized. The reference list should not include unpublished works, official documents, dissertation manuscripts, textbooks, or reference books. Additional information about the articles must be provided – DOI, PubMed ID, etc. If less than half of the references have DOI identifiers, the article cannot be published in an international scientific journal. References should be verified using http://www.crossref.org/guestquery or https://scholar.google.com.ua/ before finalizing the list.

Each reference must appear on a new line, numbered sequentially, with citations in the text corresponding to these numbers in square brackets.

References in Cyrillic must be duplicated with an English version; provide the official name of the publication in Latin script or a transliterated one if the official version is unavailable. Example: Ivanov AA, Petrov RK. Arthrodesis of the ankle joint. TERRA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2019;4:34–39. Doi:000000000000000. (in Ukrainian, or English, or Serbian, etc.)

The reference list must be arranged in the order of citation, not alphabetically, and must follow the Vancouver style.

The author is responsible for the accuracy of all cited sources.

2.7. Manuscript Submission. Only original manuscripts that have not been published elsewhere or submitted to other journals are accepted. The article should be emailed to the editorial office as a single file that includes all required components (title page, summary, keywords, article text, tables, reference list, and information about authors). Accompanying documents and copies of illustrations (figures, schemes, diagrams) must be sent as separate files in the same email, in the formats of the programs in which they were created. If the illustrations in the article are presented as photographs or raster images, a copy must be submitted in *.JPG or *.TIF format at original size and 300 dpi resolution. The physical size in centimeters must be sufficient for unambiguous perception and easy reading of the illustration’s content. The color palette should be RGB or CMYK, without compression. Illustrations must be contrasting and clear.

Accompanying Documents. The original article must be accompanied by: a cover letter from management of the institution where the research was conducted, a declaration of the presence or absence of a conflict of interest, and an author agreement. These documents should be submitted as scanned files in the same email as the article.

On a separate page, provide the following information in both Ukrainian and English: last name, first name, and patronymic of each author; scientific degree and title, job title and place of employment with the official address of the institution, e-mail, phone number, and ORCID Science registration number (if available). Also, indicate the corresponding author.

3. All articles undergo mandatory peer review. The article may be returned to the author for revision or shortening.
4. Plagiarism and Secondary Publications. Manuscripts containing plagiarism or appropriation of research results that do not belong to the authors of this material are not accepted for publication in the journal. Authors can use the Advego Plagiatus software to check originality. The editorial office reserves the right to check submitted manuscripts for plagiarism. Text similarity greater than 20% is considered unacceptable.

Articles that have been previously published or submitted to other journals or collections are not accepted.

The article must be thoroughly edited and proofread by the author. Before sending the manuscript, carefully check and make sure that all of the above requirements are met.

Authors are responsible for the scientific and literary editing of the submitted material, citations, and references. However, the editorial board reserves the right to perform its own scientific and literary editing and to shorten the text without altering its content, or to reject the article if the submitted material does not meet the above-mentioned requirements in form or content. Materials that do not comply with the publication standards of the journal “TERRA ORTHOPAEDICA” will not be reviewed or returned. Disks, manuscripts, figures, photographs, and other materials submitted to the editorial office will not be returned.

Articles by authors who are journal subscribers are prioritized for publication (upon proof of subscription).

5. Publication

Submission and peer review of articles are free of charge.

Payment is made only after the peer review is completed and the article is accepted for publication Payment details will be sent to the corresponding author by email. Payment may be made in any convenient way: at a bank branch, through a terminal, or using electronic payment systems such as Privat24, LiqPay, Portmone, iPay, etc.

The publication fee is 3000 UAH per article; if there are color illustrations, the fee is 3500 UAH.

If payment is not received within 7 business days, the article will be removed from the current issue. After payment, the article will be included in the current or one of the following issues.

Submit materials for publication at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefTJTq7m7nWHaignKz8mLodbejc4wvaI8BB_scKWrlwsaMAQ/viewform