Research and Publication Ethics
Each animal experimentation should be in accordance with the
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (1985), NIH,
Bethesda, or European Guidelines on Laboratory Animal Care, whereas human studies must be in accordance with the
Declaration of Helsinki (2000) of the World Medical Association.
In both cases the approval by the Ethics Committee of the
respective institution is required. The adherence to the above
principals should be explicitly mentioned in the Section Methods
of each original article published in Physiological Research.
Research involving human subjects - When reporting on
research that involves human subjects, human material, human
tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the
investigations were carried out following the rules of the
Declaration of Helsinki of 1975
(https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/),
revised in 2013. According to point 23 of this declaration, an
approval from an ethics committee should have been obtained
before undertaking the research. Authors should declare the
informed consent of patients.
Before submitting
Since we are an Open Access journal, the
authors are obliged to pay the respective page charge - authors should consider in advance whether they have sufficient funds to cover the full
Article Publishing Costs.
Manuscript submission
e-mail address.
Email should contain
a note or a cover letter with
confirmation that the article has not been published
previously and is not currently under consideration by
another journal
Both
PDF including tables and figures
in one single document (figures and tables at the
end of the manuscript) and Word
versions (rtf or doc) are required!
Figures
should be prepared in jpg format
Send separate files,
do not send compressed files as .rar.
The files will be named
after the first author:
for example: author John Smith et al. : Smith.docx,
Smith.pdf, Smith_fig1.jpg,
Smith_table1.docx
Authors might be asked to submit a proposal of four foreign
referees and to give their names and e-mail addresses.
Revised manuscripts:
should be sent
within three months. After this time, the manuscript will be
handled as a new paper submission.
Should be send in PDF with all figures
and tables AND Word with all figures and
tables, AND figures in jpg format as
separate files.
Submitted manuscripts or manuscripts after author's
revision that do not follow these Instructions will not be included into the peer-review process.
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Manuscript preparation
The content of submitted manuscripts must fall into the
field of normal and pathological physiology, biochemistry,
biophysics, and pharmacology. Authors must submit papers
reporting on original work, which had not previously been
published elsewhere.
All papers will be published in English. We prefer US spelling.
Four types of manuscripts
will be considered for publication:
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REVIEWS giving personal views presented by prominent scientists on
contemporary developments in their field of interest. It
should not exceed 10000 words
including maximum of 100 references and a maximum of 5 figures or tables.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES with word limit of 5000 words,
45 references, and no more than 6 figures/tables.
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SHORT or RAPID COMMUNICATION
should not exceed 2500
words, 20 references,
and
no more than 2 figures/tables.
* All word counts refer to a title page, abstract, the main body of the article including references. The text exceeding the above limits might be charged additionally by Editorial Office.
Manuscript format
REVIEW must be sub-divided into the following sections:
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Title page should comprise:
- A title of the
paper,
- First name(s) (in full) and surname of author(s)
- Institutes - author's workplace (affiliation
to be indicated by numbers)
- Full address of corresponding author
- Short title (reduced
title of the article, that will appear as a page heading in
the journal at the top of the printed pages, not more than 60
type-written strokes including spaces ).
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Summary. Each paper should contain summary of
the main points (not more than 250 words).
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Key words. Immediately following the summary,
up to 5 key words should be supplied for subject indexing. Key
words should be taken from the Index Medicus (Medical Subject
Headings) or be composed on the same principle.
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(Text) Main text is divided into sections according to the
topics.
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References (NEW FORMAT
SINCE PUBLICATION IN 2022)
References should be
cited in the text by consecutive numbers in numerical order
as they appear in text, and include all references cited in
the main text. Example: [1] or [1-3] or [1,3,7]
References are
numbered, and must correspond to citations in the text. They
must include: name and initials of all authors,
full title of an article,
abbreviated journal name
according to Index Medicus, year of publication, volume
number, first and last page (or Article number). This format is close to AMA “Cite” in
PubMed. Do not include DOI into
the References, it will be added in correct format by
Editorial Office.
Examples:
Balakrishnan B,
Verheijen J, Lupo A, Raymond K, Turgeon C, Yang Y, Carter Kl,
Whitehead KJ, Kozicz T, Morava E, Lai K. A novel
phosphoglucomutase-deficient mouse model reveals aberrant
glycosylation and early embryonic lethality. J Inherit Metab
Dis 2019;42:998-1007.
Furio L, Pampalakis G,
Michael IP, Nagy A, Sotiropoulou G, Hovnanian A. KLK5
inactivation reverses cutaneous hallmarks of Netherton
syndrome. PLoS Genet 2015;11: e1005389.
References to
monographs should be supplemented by the name of publishers,
place of publication and in the case of a conference or
symposial proceedings also by the name of editors, e.g.:
OLNEY JW:
Neurocytology of excitatory amino acids. In: Kainic Acid as a
Tool in Neurobiology. EG MCGEER, JW OLNEY, PL MCGEER (eds),
Raven Press, New York, 1978, pp 95-121.
ORIGINAL
ARTICLE must be sub-divided into the following sections:
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Title page should comprise:
- A title of the
paper,
- First name(s) and surname of author(s)
- Institutes - author's workplace (affiliation
to be indicated by numbers)
- Full address of corresponding author
- Short title (reduced
title of the article, that will appear as a page heading in
the journal at the top of the printed pages, not more than 60
type-written keystrokes including spaces ).
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Summary. Each paper should contain summary of
the main points (not more than 250 words).
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Key words. Immediately following the summary,
up to 5 key words should be supplied for subject indexing. Key
words should be taken from the Index Medicus (Medical Subject
Headings) or be composed on the same principle.
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Introduction should contain background of the
subject matter and explanation, why the research was carried
out.
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Methods. In this section, all materials and
methods must be clearly described.
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Results
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Discussion should be well-arranged and
concise.
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Acknowledgments All sources of financial
support or funding of the study should be disclosed. Clearly indicate grants that you have received in support of your research work and if you received funds to cover publication costs. Note that some funders will not refund article processing charges (APC) if the funder and grant number are not clearly and correctly identified in the paper. Acknowledgments of technical assistance may
also appear in the text.
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References (NEW FORMAT
SINCE PUBLICATION IN 2022)
References should be
cited in the text by consecutive numbers in numerical order
as they appear in text, and include all references cited in
the main text. Example: [1] or [1-3] or [1,3,7]
References are
numbered, and must correspond to citations in the text. They
must include: name and initials of all authors,
full title of an article,
abbreviated journal name
according to Index Medicus, year of publication, volume
number, first and last page (or Article number). This format is close to AMA “Cite” in
PubMed. Do not include DOI
into the References, it will be added in correct format by
Editorial Office.
Examples:
Balakrishnan B,
Verheijen J, Lupo A, Raymond K, Turgeon C, Yang Y, Carter Kl,
Whitehead KJ, Kozicz T, Morava E, Lai K. A novel
phosphoglucomutase-deficient mouse model reveals aberrant
glycosylation and early embryonic lethality. J Inherit Metab
Dis 2019;42:998-1007.
Furio L, Pampalakis G,
Michael IP, Nagy A, Sotiropoulou G, Hovnanian A. KLK5
inactivation reverses cutaneous hallmarks of Netherton
syndrome. PLoS Genet 2015;11: e1005389.
References to
monographs should be supplemented by the name of publishers,
place of publication and in the case of a conference or
symposial proceedings also by the name of editors, e.g.:
Olney JW:
Neurocytology of excitatory amino acids. In: Kainic Acid as a
Tool in Neurobiology. EG MCGEER, JW OLNEY, PL MCGEER (eds),
Raven Press, New York, 1978, pp 95-121.
RAPID or SHORT COMMUNICATION will be subdivided into
the following sections:
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Summary
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Main body of
the text
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References (see above)
Units. It is necessary to use the Systeme
International d'Unites (SI) for the numerical expression of the
results of measurements. In cases in which the SI unit is
different from the conventional one, the conventional unit
should be added in parentheses. In our journal, "liter" is
marked as "l", not "L".
Text format
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The form
and contents should be carefully checked to correspond with our
Instructions for Authors. The text of the manuscript sent to
the Editors should be considered as final.
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Manuscript should be sent via e-mail. Prepare your manuscripts using Word. Required file formats for text are rtf or
docx. Apple/Macintosh files should be avoided. Submit graphic
files separately from the text.
Figure Format
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The number of
illustrations should be kept to a minimum required for
clarification of the text, the maximum of 6 for an
Original Article.
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File for Figures must be provided during submission at a
sufficiently high resolution (minimum 1000 pixels
width/height, or a resolution of 300 dpi or higher).
Required file formats for figures or images are JPG, TIFF or
GIF.
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Each figure
will contain a caption. An explanatory text, making the
general meaning clear without reference to the text, should be
at the end of a manuscript text, in the text file.
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Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in
color (RGB at 8-bit per channel). There is no additional
cost for publishing full color graphics.
Peer-review Process
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Articles submitted to our journal are subject to peer-reviewing. The peer-review process is single blind peer-review (the reviewers know the authors’ identities,
but the authors do not know the reviewers’ identities).
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Papers will be accepted by the editors upon the
recommendation of the reviewers. At least two reviewer
comments per manuscript are collected for each
manuscript—three in case that the first two differ
significantly.
Proofreading
Page charge
To know more about prices, please
visit our
Article Processing Charges (APCs) page
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Page charge is 400-1000 EUR (including VAT)
for each accepted article plus addition fee for conversion our
online articles into xml format.
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The accepted papers will not appear as preprints on our
website (and in other databases) and will not be processed
further unless the appropriate APCs is received.
The respective amount will be indicated in the letter
announcing manuscript acceptance.
Process for Handling Cases Requiring Corrections or
Retractions
Error corrections and/or article withdrawal will be published as announcements what has been changed in the respective article or why the article was withdrawn.
Visit Corrections and
Retractions
Notes for authors:
The author will receive an acceptance letter together with
request for the final version of the accepted manuscript. Once
you decide that you want your paper to appear on-line in the
Pre-Press articles, send a final pdf version of
the accepted paper and confirm the title page information.
It is important that the author and title information is
correct, since it will become part of the paper's permanent
record in Medline.
Please note
that no changes to authorship order or addition or deletion of
authors' names will be possible once an article appears in
Pre-Press articles.
Be absolutely
certain that the PDF you upload is the final, accepted version
of the manuscript and that it includes all figures and tables.
Once the article is published in Online-Only articles, this
version is closed and no corrections to the PDF can be made. If
you notice an error that you feel must be corrected before the
final publication online and in print, please e-mail the Journal
Editorial Office. Always indicate the manuscript number and the
first author name.
Authors will have the opportunity to make essential changes
in the final version.
Authors will sign the
Copyright Assignment Form/Conflict of Interest Disclosure
form when the article is accepted for publication. By signing this form, the authors or other copyright owner, such as
the employer agree to transfer to us
(Institute of Physiology CAS, Prague, the journal's
publisher and owner) the copyright in the article. Thus you give
the journal the exclusive right to reproduce
and distribute the above article ourselves throughout the world in
printed, electronic, or any other medium. You agree that we may
publish your article in the journal named above, and that we may
sell or distribute it within the journal, on its own, or with other
related material.
Read our Copyright
policy.
Pre-Press Articles - Ahead of Print
Pre-Press articles are publication preceding the final online publication. This pre-press version are accepted, reviewed papers published in manuscript form before they are copyedited and published in the online issue of the Physiological Research journal. Articles are published online in the PDF format after the acceptance.
The online pre-press version of the article are searchable in Medline and are citable. In Medline database, it will appear as [Epub ahead of print].
Final online publication could differ slightly from the pre-press version as a result of copyediting.
After the journal issue is published on-line, the final version of the article will replace the Pre-Press version.
Pdf files of pre-press articles are on Ahead
of Print page.
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