- ISSN 2617-409X (Online)
About the Journal
Dear colleagues!
The founder of the journal “Actual problems of modern medicine” is the School of Medicine of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. This year, the faculty celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its revival. Such prominent figures as I. I. Mechnikov, Nobel Prize laureate in immunology, L. D. Landau, Nobel Prize laureate in physics, S. A. Kuznets, Nobel Prize laureate in economics studied and worked at Karazin University. The life and activities of such famous medical scientists as F. I. Inozemtsev, P. M. Shumlyanskyi, D. F. Lyambl, I. P. Shchelkov, M. S. Borakius, L. L. Hirshman, M. A. Popov, P. I. Kovalevskyi, V. Ya. Danilevskyi and many other outstanding personalities of the medical world are connected with the university.
Today, the School of Medicine of Karazin University is one of the leading educational institutions that train highly qualified doctors of the international level. A high level of training allows graduates of our School of Medicine to easily integrate into the modern health care system and carry out clinical and scientific work at the highest level. The journal “Current problems of modern medicine” aims to highlight scientific and practical achievements in the field of medicine.
Chief editor, Doctor of Medicine, Full Professor. M. M. Popov
PURPOSE AND GOAL OF THE JOURNAL
POLICIES ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Journal concept, industry and issues.
Starting from 2023 the main scientific and practical direction of the journal is immunology and allergology. In 2023 the journal has been published twice a year, starting from 2024 it will be published 4 times. Articles on fundamental and clinical immunology and allergology, as well as works on transplantology, oncology, surgery, therapy, pediatrics and other areas of medicine, will be accepted for publication, which will cover the issues of immunopathogenesis, immunopathological processes, immunodiagnostics, immunotherapy, immunoprophylaxis and immunorehabilitation.
The field of immunology and allergology of the journal “Current problems of modern medicine” was chosen because the number of diseases in which immune processes play a leading role has increased significantly in recent years. There is a significant increase in the morbidity of the immune system itself, autoimmune diseases, as well as the development of chronic diseases associated with immunodeficiency states. At this time, there is also an intensification of the undefeated causative agents of global infections - tuberculosis, hepatitis, herpes virus infections, and new unknown infections with high contagiousness appear, to which the immune system shows its inability.
The rapid development of immunology puts new methods of immunodiagnostics and immunotherapy in the hands of doctors of various specialties. There are drugs based on cytokine blockers, chemokines and their receptors, monoclonal antibodies, and antilymphocyte drugs.
Therefore, one of the main tasks of the journal is to highlight new knowledge about the mechanisms of development of human diseases, modern approaches to their prevention and treatment. We hope that the journal will contribute to the development of immunological knowledge among doctors of various specialties, which is of great practical importance.
After the authors submit the manuscript the editor checks the materials in order to confirm that the latest meet the requirements and the profile of the present scientific periodical as well as the fact whether there are any illegal borrowings. In case the article doesn't comply with the requirements, it is to be rejected. Articles are published after receiving positive feedback from two reviewers appointed by the editors. Members of the editorial board of “Actual problems of modern medicine” scientific periodical, being experts in the field to which the submitted paper belongs, are invited to conduct peer reviewing as well as outside researchers whose interests coincide with the topic of work take part in the procedure. Reviewers evaluate the article taking into account topicality of the results, adequacy of the methods and compliance of the analysis with the conclusions, and make further decision to accept the article unchanged after eliminating the comments or deviations present in the paper. The present scientific periodical uses double-blind reviewing (the authors do not know the information about the reviewers, the reviewers do not know the authors).
The editor studies the reviewed materials, provides remarks, makes a decision about publication. The average time for passing the reviewing process is one to three months, depending on the fact whether the reviewers have comments demanding the authors to change the text of the article and then re-examine the text by reviewers. As soon as the authors receive reviews of the articles, they are given two weeks to eliminate the comments of the reviewers and the editorial board.
This present scientific periodical practices the policy of immediate open access to published content, supporting the principles of free dissemination of scientific information and the global exchange of knowledge for the sake of general social progress.
This Journal practices a policy of immediate open access to published content, supporting the principles of the free dissemination of scientific information (Open Access) and the global exchange of knowledge for the sake of general social progress.
Authors should observe high standards with respect to publication best practice. Falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the authors’ own work without proper citation, and misappropriation of work are all unacceptable practices. Any cases of ethical or publication malpractice are treated very seriously and will be managed in accordance with the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Further information about OUP’s ethical policies is available.
The editors of the “Actual problems of modern medicine" scientific periodical in their activities are governed by the standards set in the following papers:
The document “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" compiled by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org).
The Code of Ethics for the researchers
Ethical code of the doctor of Ukraine
The authors declare financial or other conflicts of interest that could affect the results, interpretation, and conclusions of the study at the end of the article. It is necessary to mention all sources of work funding (grants, scholarships, donations, etc.). If there is no conflict of interest, it should be stated: “The authors claim the absence of conflict-of-interest issues.”
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Patient Consent Form
Authors should state that in their paper that informed consent has been obtained from the subjects (or their guardians) as specified in the ICMJE Reccomendations, use of the Patient Consent Form is recommended. If another consent form is to be used, for example the standard consent form used by your institution, a blank copy of this form should be submitted to the journal so that the journal can verify that it meets best practice recommendations. If the patient or relatives of a deceased patient cannot be traced and consent cannot be obtained, the article can only be considered for publication if it is sufficiently anonymised. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject papers for which the ethical aspects are, in the Board’s opinion, open to doubt. Please contact the Editorial Office if you have any queries regarding consent.
Consent from Patients
Papers reporting experiments on patients or healthy volunteers must record the fact that the subjects' consent was obtained according to the Declaration of Helsinki. It must also be approved by the ethical committee of the institution in which the work was performed. Consent must be also recorded when photographs of patients are shown or other details are given that could lead to identification of these individuals.
Animal Experiments
When reporting animal experiments authors should indicate whether the institution’s, national research council’s, or any other law on the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.
EGULATIONS ON ANIMAL HANDLING IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
All experiments on the use of living organisms must be in accordance with the principles of bioethics. The bioethical journal policy takes into account the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the International Association of Veterinary (International Association of Veterinary Editors)
Editors) Research on materials or data obtained from humans must meet the requirements of the Helsinki Declaration. Experiments of this kind should be conducted only after obtaining informed consent from the participant. Animal experiments should take into account departmental, national or international requirements, in particular the "European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals which may be used for experimental and other scientific purposes" (Strasbourg, 1986).
"Actual problems of modern medicine" is indexed in:
- Google Scholar
- DOAJ
- Бібліотека імені В.І. Вернадського
- Наукова періодика Каразінського університету
- Index Copernicus (IC)
- ResearchBib
- Issuu
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Frequency of publication
The present scientific periodical is published twice a year. Materials are published after being approved by the Academic Council of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
PUBLICATION CHARGES
Publications are free of charge.
AUTHOR'S RIGHTS AND LICENSE, AUTHOR'S CONTRACT
The authors reserve the right to authorship of their work and transfer to the journal the right of the first publication under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License International CC-BY that allows others to freely distribute the published work with a mandatory reference to the authors of the original work and the first publication of the work in this journal.
HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL
Since 2018, the magazine has been released in electronic format.
ISSN 2617-409X – since 2018
Publisher
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
