Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health

Aims and Scope

The topics of the scientific research, the results of which are reflected in the pages of the journal, are focused on the following areas:

- organization of pharmaceutical business;

- public health and healthcare, history and sociology of medicine;

- problems of drug supply;

- research and development of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment;

- pharmacology and clinical pharmacology;

- economic and social aspects of the pharmaceuticals and medical equipment market;

- legal aspects of drug provision;

- sociological analysis of the development of the pharmaceutical market; inequality and affordability of medicines;

- current trends in healthcare organization;

- medical management and marketing

Sections

Peer Review Process

Each submitted manuscript is reviewed by the editors. If it does not meet the minimum requirements (in terms of the subject matter, the scientific level, originality, availability of the scientific results and the design), then a reasoned refusal is sent to the author. Otherwise, the manuscript is reviewed.

The editors organize a double-blind review of all incoming manuscripts. All the reviewers are recognized experts on the subject of peer-reviewed materials and have publications on the subject of peer-reviewed articles over the past 3 (three) years.

The reviewer is selected in accordance with the recommendation of the responsible secretary, who is competent in the field of knowledge to which the content of the manuscript under consideration belongs. If necessary, the manuscript is sent to two reviewers (for example, when its topic is at the intersection of various scientific disciplines).

If the received review contains any comments or it is negative, then the author is recommended to finalize the manuscript and take into account these comments, or, accordingly, a reasoned refusal is sent to him, to which the review is attached.

Based on the results of the review, the following decisions are made:

"Recommend for publication"

"Do not recommend for publication"

"Recommend for publication with some revision."

If the review is positive and does not contain comments, then the manuscript is sent for a conclusion to the executive secretary. With a positive conclusion, he submits the manuscript for publication, after that it is considered at a meeting of the editorial board, which decides on its publication or rejection. In case of a negative conclusion or rejection of the manuscript by the editorial board, a reasoned refusal is sent to the author.

In the latter case, the author is sent a review indicating the comments that should be worked out.

The revised version is sent to the reviewer for re-reviewing.

Reviews are kept in the editorial office for 5 years. The editors of the journal "Remedium" send copies of the reviews to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation upon receipt of a corresponding request by the editors.

Publication Frequency

• 4 times a year

Open Access Policy

The articles of this journal are available to everyone from the moment of the publication, which provides free open access to the research results and contributes to the progress of science and medicine.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Also, the journal makes full-text archives on the Russian Science Electronic Library (http://elibrary.ru/) and Russian State Library.

Indexation

• The journal is indexed in the international scientometric systems and databases:

  • HAC
  • RSCI

Publication Ethic Statement

1. Rights and responsibility of the Publisher

– Current Publication ethics Statement (hereinafter the Statement) was developed in cooperation with editorial board of the journal

– Principles of the publication ethics were approved by editorial board of the journal

– Editorial board is solely responsible for compliance with the principles indicated in the current Statement

– Publisher can give editorial boards advice on amending and supplementing the Statement

The journal followings publishing and journal best practices guidelines of these organizations:

• Association of science editors and publishers (ASEP) (http://rasep.ru)
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (publicationethics.org)
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (www.icmje.org)
• Council of Scientific Editors (CSE) (www.councilscienceeditors.org)
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO) (www.niso.org/workrooms/piej)

2. Rights and responsibilities of editors

Editors are solely responsible for all content of the journal except advertising. Editors have a responsibility to uphold the principles of ethics in relation to:

• readers;
• authors;
• studies objects;
• sponsors of research and publications;
• reviewers.

Editorial responsibility to readers

– Editors guarantee that the information published in journals, reliable, unbiased, and not engaged by the interests of advertisers, or other organizations.

– Editors provide readers with information about the authors of the papers published in journals and the institutions in which the study was conducted.

– Editors inform readers about the participation of commercial organizations and their role in the research or the preparation of publications and any other conflicts of interest that may affect the results of studies.

– Editors receive comments and suggestions from readers to improve the quality of journals, comments and suggestions may be published in journals in the \”Letter to the Editor\”.

– Editors review complaints received from readers regarding materials published in journals and inform them about the measures taken.

– Editors publish clarifications and apologies to the readers if necessary.

– If errors are found, editors take steps to correct or remove them.

– Editors do everything possible to avoid compromising the intellectual and ethical standards by business interests.

– Journal editors are not responsible for the advertising content.

– Advertising content is published in the journal according to the advertising policy of the Publisher.

Editorial responsibility to authors

– editors have the right to accept or reject an article for publication in the journal, based on the opinion of the reviewers on the relevance, originality and authenticity of the information contained in the article and its consideration to the publication ethics principles adopted in the journal.

– Peer-review is conducted according to the procedure of reviewing of articles adopted in the journal.

– Authors can get acquainted with the procedure of reviewing. Decision of the editorial shall be in writing and may be given to the author upon his request.

– Editors may not be interested in accepting or rejecting an article. In case of an abuse of editor’s position on the editorial board, the person will be suspended from work in the editorial board and author will be apologized to in writing

– Articles are accepted only if there is sufficient evidence in favor of the publication and rejected only if there is sufficient evidence in favor of rejecting

– Authors are notified of the reasons for rejection of articles and receive recommendations to correct deficiencies

– Authors have the opportunity to appeal editorial decisions to adopt or reject articles.

– Authors are provided with information on the rules of preparation and submission of articles for publication in the journal.

– Editors ensure copyright compliance when considering an application for publication of articles

– Editors have the right to remove already published article in case of opening of facts that were not known in the course of reviewing. The procedure of removing can be found on the home pages of journals on the Internet

Editorial responsibility to studies objects

– Editors follow the provisions of the WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects.

– Editors check the presence of ethics approval in all articles dealing with original human or animal data.

– Authors are required to provide a Data Sharing Statement that fulfill ICMJE Requirements.

Editorial responsibility to sponsors of research and publication

– Editors undertake duties to publish information about sponsors of research and publications.

Editorial responsibility to reviewers

– Editors provide reviewers with guidelines on conclusions on publications and a list of questions that must be answered in the process of reviewing articles

– Information about the rules for reviewers can be found (see below).

– Editors ensure objectivity and impartiality of reviewers, promptly identifying violations and taking steps to address them

– Editors write conclusion to accept or reject an article based on the judgment of reviewers

– If an open system for review was not adopted in the journal, editors provide anonymity of reviewers’ personalities

– Reviewers are required to inform the editors if they reveal conflicts of interest

3. Rights and responsibilities of authors

– While submitting an article ito the journal, the authors confirm that the article is issued in accordance with the requirements published on a home page of the journal on the Internet.

– Authors must comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

– Authors should understand that the article will be rejected if the following facts are found:

• • • 1) Article does not meet the requirements published on the home page of the journal on the Internet;
    • 2) Author refuses to follow the recommendations of the editorial board to eliminate errors in the manuscript;
    • 3) There is a violation of the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research, approved by the World Medical Association;
    • 4) An article dealing with original human or animal data is not provided with ethics approval;
    • 5) An article contains plagiarism or false data;
    • 6) Results of the study have been published in another publication.

– Authors are required to provide information about commercial organizations supported research or publication, and any other conflicts of interest that may have an influence on the content of the manuscript

– Authors have the opportunity to appeal editorial decisions to adopt or reject articles. The appeal procedure can be found (see below).

4. Committee on Conflict Resolution

• Each editorial board has a Committee on Conflict Resolution to resolve issues and complaints related to possible violations of the principles of publication ethics indicated in current Statement. The Chairman and members of the Committee are selected among the members of the editorial board by the voting of all members. The composition of the Committee and contacts of the person to whom complaints are sent are located on the home pages of journal.
• The Committee investigates complaints from authors, readers, reviewers, editors, and publishers.

Appeal

Appeal procedure

Authors have a right to appeal editorial decisions to adopt or reject articles.

1. In case of disagreement with the editorial decision of acceptance or rejection of the article, the author refers to the relevant journal editors in writing indicating the reasons for treatment

2. Committee on Conflict Resolution of the respective journal considers the appeal

3. Change in editorial decisions regarding an article possible in cases where: – Author gave more actual results, which are not taken into account during the primary reviewing of the article – Author provided with information about conflict of interest that was not provided in the primary reviewing of this article – Author expresses his concern about biased reviews

4. If there are sufficient grounds the Committee on Conflict Resolution of the relevant journal makes a proposal for editorial board to change or to uphold the initial decision regarding the publication of the article

5. If necessary, editors may involve additional reviewer for final decision

6. Editorial board of the journal makes a decision regarding acceptance or rejection on the basis of reviewing of the initial decision

7. Editorial decision following its review of the initial decision is final and is not subject to appeal

Article Retraction

Retraction of a published article is a measure of the last resort and may occur under circumstances such as:

– infringements of law and defamation;

– more than 20% of direct quotes or paraphrased material;

– false or inaccurate data that, if acted upon, would pose a serious health risk;

– a vague and incomplete description of conflicts of interests.

Article Retraction Procedure

1. Retraction of an article shall be initiated upon a written request by authors, readers, reviewers, editors, or publishers that shall be submitted to the journal in which the article was published.

2. The journal’s Commission on Conflict Resolution shall examine the request.

3. The Commission on Conflict Resolution shall decide to retract the article if there is sufficient evidence to do so.

4. Upon consideration of the request, the Commission on Conflict Resolution shall notify the person who initiated article removal of its decision.

5. Should the Commission decide to retract the article, this shall be agreed on with the authors, and the journal shall publish a retraction statement that shall include the article’s metadata.

6. If the journal’s articles are indexed in databases, the journal shall notify the databases that the article has been retracted and should not be cited, identifying the reasons for the retraction.

Plagiarism detection

We use native Russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

Author fees

Articles in the journal "REMEDIUM" are published free of charge for all authors.

The editorial Board does not charge the authors for placing articles in open access, reviewing, preparing the journal for publication, as well as the content of the site and electronic depositing of manuscripts.