Characteristics of the peer review process are as follows:

1. Simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to different journals will not be tolerated;
2. Manuscripts with contents outside the scope will not be considered for review;
3. Papers will be refereed by at least 2 experts as suggested by the editorial board;
4. In addition, Editors will have the option of seeking additional reviews when needed. Authors will be informed when Editors decide further review is required;
5. All publication decisions are made by the journal's Editors-in-Chief on the basis of the referees' reports. Authors of papers that are not accepted are notified promptly;
6. All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents. We expect our Board of Reviewing Editors and reviewers to treat manuscripts as confidential material as well;
7. Editors and reviewers involved in the review process should disclose conflicts of interest resulting from direct competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, and remove oneself from cases in which such conflicts preclude an objective evaluation. Privileged information or ideas that are obtained through peer review must not be used for competitive gain;
8. Our peer review process is confidential and identities of reviewers cannot be revealed.

 OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

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.

Review of manuscripts. Each editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor for originality, making use of appropriate software to do so. Following desk review, the manuscript is forwarded blind peer review to the editorial review board that will make a recommendation to accept, reject, or modify the manuscript.

Fair review. The editor must ensure that each manuscript is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors.

Confidentiality. The editor must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest. The editor will not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript for his/her own research without written consent of the author.

Reporting standards. Authors should present an accurate account of their original research as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Manuscripts will follow the submission guidelines of the journal.

Originality. Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original work.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publications. Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. It is also expected that the author will not publish redundant manuscripts or manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal.

Acknowledgement of sources.  Manuscript reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Any kind of similarity or overlap between the manuscripts under consideration or with any other published paper of which reviewer has personal knowledge must be immediately brought to the editor’s notice.

Authorship of the paper. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. Authors also ensure that all the authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the manuscript and their inclusion of names as co-authors.

Fundamental errors in published works. If at any point of time, the author(s) discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in submitted manuscript, then the error or inaccuracy must be reported to the editor.

Standards of objectivity. Review of submitted manuscripts must be done objectively and the reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Promptness. In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.

 POLICIES ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST

See LOCKSS Publisher Manifest page.

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.

The journal has no article processing charges (APCs).

History of the Journal

Since 1992, the journal "The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series "Medicine"" (formerly known as "School of Fundamental Medicine Journal" until 2000), has been published by the efforts of the Department of Internal Medicine staff. This journal is included in the list of specialized publications approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Publisher

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University