Formatting Guidelines
The editorial board of the "Eurasian Health Journal" accepts for consideration and publication the following types of articles:
- empirical/research article – a scholarly publication that follows the IMRAD structure and presents the results of primary research such as clinical trials, patient observations, surveys, or experiments that generate original data. Articles of this type must include original interpretation and analysis of the data obtained.
- review or theoretical article – a scientific publication aimed at systematizing, critically analyzing, and synthesizing existing research and scholarly publications in a specific field of medicine. Such articles offer an in-depth understanding of the current state of research, innovations, and significant thematic issues, and may provide recommendations for future studies and clinical practice.
- case report – a type of scientific publication that provides a detailed description of a specific clinical case or a series of patient cases. This type of article focuses on unique or uncommon medical scenarios that may contribute to advancing knowledge in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical investigation.
Structural elements of articles
| Empirical/Research article | Theoretical article | Review article | Case report | |
| Author’s data | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Title | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Abstract | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Keywords | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Introduction | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Literature Review | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
| Materails and Methods | Required | Briefly described at the end of the Introduction section | Required | Required |
| Results | Required | Structured by thematic sections | Structured by thematic sections | Required |
| Discussion | Required | Structured by thematic sections | Structured by thematic sections | Required |
| Conclusions | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Acknowledgements, Funding, Conflict of Interest | Required | Required | Required | Required |
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References |
Required | Required | Required | Required |
The peculiarity of a theoretical article is that the standalone "Materials and Methods" section is absent. Instead, a brief and at the same time detailed research methodology is described in the last paragraph of the Introduction section. Another difference is that instead of the Results and Discussion section, theoretical and review articles should have at least two separate sections with appropriate subject titles (titles should be at least 5 words long). The last feature of writing an article with a non-standard structure is the list of references. It should consist of at least 50 literature references (articles, books, dissertations).
Technical requirements
| Article language | English |
| File format | MC Word (*.doc, *.docx) |
| Page orientation | Portrait |
| Page format | A4 |
| Length of a scientific article / Length of a review or theoretical article / Length of a case report | from 4,000 words / from 4,500 words / from 3,000 words |
| Font | Times New Roman |
| Margins | 2 cm on all sides |
| Line spacing | 1.0 |
| Font size | 12 pt |
| Indentation | 1.0 |
| Alignment | Justified |
| References | presented in English (the use of transliteration when translating the used sources into English is unacceptable) |
Tables, figures, graphs, equations
- Tables, figures, graphs, and formulas should be numbered and placed after their mention in the text (notes are placed directly below the table/figure/graph). All abbreviations must be spelled out at the first mention in the text.
- Equations must be created in Equation Editor, variable mathematical values in the text according to the formulas are typed in italics.
- Figures and graphs should be centred, text wrapping around the figure is prohibited.
- All dimensions of physical quantities should be submitted in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). There is a space between units of measurement, symbols, and numbers to which they refer.
Contents of the sections
| UDC Index | left justification |
| Article title | no more than 12 words; presented in Kyrgyz, English and Russian; centre justification, uppercase, bold |
| Author’s data | are presented in Kyrgyz, English and Russian; exception in the center; the first and the last names of the authors are written in full in the appropriate order |
The following information about the authors must be indicated:
- the first and the last names;
- academic degree and position;
- structural unit of the institution where the author works;
- full official name and legal address of authors' institution;
- ORCID;
- contact email address.
Abstract
The section should be informative (not contain general words), structured (follow the logic of the article presentation), meaningful (clearly formulate the relevance, goal, scientific methods of problem analysis, disclose the main research results, as well as the practical value of the study) and be from 200 to 300 words. The Abstract should not contain abbreviations, footnotes, and references.
Keywords
5-7 words or phrases related to the subject matter do not duplicate the title of the article and do not consist of common words.
Introduction
The section highlights the current state of the problem under study at the global level, analyses the latest research and publications (7-10 works of other researchers) with links to scientific publications over the past 3-5 years. The relevance, purpose, objectives and the novelty of the study are substantiated. References to literature must be submitted in round brackets. One citation should not include more than 3 sources. Mandatory structural components of the section:
- Relevance of the study
- Analysis of scientific sources
- Purpose of the study
Literature Review
This section is optional and should contain the results of research by scientists who analysed certain aspects of the subject matter. Each name of the researcher must be accompanied by a corresponding reference from the list of references.
Materials and Methods
The section describes the main stages of the study and justifies the choice of the methods, techniques, approaches, or actions used to obtain new scientific research results. The strategies and criteria for sampling (if the article contains an empirical part) are explained, the experimental basis of the study is noted. The stated methodology should provide a complete picture of the research progress so that it can be repeated by other scientists with the use of the same materials and methods. The section is required in the structure of a scientific article.
Results
The section presents the main material of the study with full justification of the scientific results obtained. Tabular or graphical materials are necessarily accompanied by the results of statistical data processing. Sources are placed under tables and figures. Value judgments should be avoided, as well as the elements of the description of the methodology and direct repetition of the data presented in the tables and graphic material in the text of the article. Numerical results should be rounded in accordance with established rules, taking into account the mean research error, confidence interval or distribution of values. Research results must be sufficiently substantiated, methodologically correct, have novelty and practical value.
Discussion
The discussion should be based on the interpretation of the research results. The most important scientific facts established are involved in the consideration, taking into account the previous data and analysis, in accordance with the literary sources on the current state of the problem with references to the works of a similar direction of research conducted in other countries.
Conclusions
Conclusions should fully and specifically reflect the results of research, correspond to the purpose and title of the study, word-by-word duplication in the abstract is unacceptable. It is important to indicate the prospects for further research on the selected topic.
Acknowledgements
The section is for expression of gratitude to individuals or organisations for all possible technical assistance, ideas, financial (material) aid, which made the research possible, etc. If you have no Acknowledgements, state "None".
Funding
In this section, the author(s) should indicate all sources of financial support received for the study. In case of absence of financial support, there is a need to indicate "None".
Conflict of Interest
All authors must disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, that might be perceived as influencing an author’s objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. Such relationships must be disclosed when they are directly relevant or related to the work described in the manuscript. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflicts of interest to declare, they must state this upon submission and include a corresponding statement in the “Conflict of Interest” section. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors are familiar with this policy and that all relevant commercial or other relationships are disclosed by every author at the time of submission. Failure to disclose a conflict of interest identified at the stage of submission or during peer review may result in rejection of the manuscript or other sanctions. If no conflict of interest exists, authors should state “None” in the appropriate section.
References
References in the text should be arranged in the order in which the sources are cited in the text (they are indicated by numbers in square brackets), for example: "A. Asanaliiev [1] noted that...". When referring to the same source again, the same sequential number is retained. In one citation, it is not allowed to mention more than 3 sources. Citing no more than two works from the same author or publication is allowed, with the exception of cases where publications are indexed in Scopus (in this case, citing up to five works is permitted).
The list of references should be in English (transliteration is not allowed) and formatted according to Vancouver Citation Style.