Author Guidelines
1.1. Reporting standards
1.1.1. Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
1.1.2. Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial 'opinion’ works should be clearly identified as such.
1.2. Data Access and Retention – Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
1.3. Originality and Plagiarism
1.3.1. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
1.3.2. Plagiarism takes many forms, from ‘passing off’ another’s paper as the author’s own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
1.4. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
1.4.1. An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
1.4.2. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper.
1.4.3. Publication of some kinds of articles (eg, clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication. Further detail on acceptable forms of secondary publication can be found at www.icmje.org.
1.5. Acknowledgement of Sources – Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.
1.6. Authorship of the Paper
1.6.1. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
1.6.2. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
1.7. Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
1.7.1. If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.
1.7.2. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) have approved them. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
1.8. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
1.8.1. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
1.8.2. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
1.9. Fundamental errors in published works – When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the editor of the journal “Personalized Psychiatry and Neurology” and cooperate with Publisher to retract or correct the paper, If the editor or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper.
Submission process
Manuscripts designed using the PPN journal template should be sent to the email address of the journal editorial office journal.ppnn@gmail.com with the mark “Manuscript” or uploaded to the journal’s website https://www.jppn.ru/jour, having previously logged in. The submitting author is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the list of authors and that all have read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript. The manuscript must contain a section on the presence or absence of conflicts of interest.
Acceptable file formats
Authors are encouraged to use the template to prepare their manuscript. Manuscripts submitted without a template will be rejected.
Template: Manuscripts prepared in the template must be collected in one ZIP folder (including all source files and images so that the editors can recompile the submitted manuscript into a PDF file). When preparing templated manuscripts, we recommend that you use the Personalized Psychiatry and Neurology journal template files. The template file should be downloaded from the journal’s website https://www.jppn.ru/jour in the Author Guidelines section - Helpful resources for authors.
Additional files: Can be in any format, but it is recommended to use common, non-proprietary formats (TIFF, JPEG, EPS and PDF) whenever possible. Drawings must be high resolution (minimum 1000 pixels in width/height or 300 dpi resolution or higher).
Disclaimer: Use of this template is solely for journal submission for peer review and is strictly limited to that purpose and may not be used for online publication on preprint servers or other websites.
Helpful Resources for Authors
You can download a template for preparing a manuscript here.
Tables and figures:
All figures, diagrams and tables should be inserted into the main text next to their first reference and numbered by their number of appearance (Fig. 1, Diagram 1, Fig. 2, Diagram 2, Table 1, etc.).
All figures, diagrams and tables must have a short explanatory title and caption.
All table columns must have an explanatory heading. To make editing large tables easier, it is allowed to use smaller fonts, but not less than 8 pt. to size. Authors should use the Table option in Microsoft Word to create tables.
Authors are recommended to prepare drawings and diagrams in color.
Download table template
Download figure template
