ONLINE SUBMISSION

Online Submission

Journal of Ophthalmology (Ukraine) is published in accordance with  COPE CORE PRACTICES  by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals  formulated be the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

The instruction for authors has been compiled in accordance with COPE CORE PRACTICES  by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals  formulated be the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Journal of Ophthalmology (Ukraine) encourages authors to refer to and follow COPE CORE PRACTICES, Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals and recommendation of the World Medical Association

We also encourage authors to study Submission Guidelines, Editorial Policies and Publication Ethics Policies.

 

Article submission, the review process and all correspondence with authors and reviewers are conducted in the Online Manuscript Submission and Review System. It facilitates communications regarding manuscript submissions and peer reviews, assess possible violations, help manage conflicts of interest, improve the quality of the editorial and peer review processes, and track/report on submissions and system usage.

Several forms are required of all authors at the time a manuscript is submitted for publication:

  1. Cover Letter  (Download template)
  2. The Authorship Responsibility Form (Download template)
  3. Conflict of Interest Form OR ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest (Download template/ Download template)

Cover Letter. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a cover letter or, which should include information indicating the following: 

The title of the manuscript and the names of the authors. 

Article type (review, research, case study, etc.) 

Brief description of the research you are reporting in your manuscript, why it is important, and why you think the readers of the journal would be interested in it. 

The originality of the manuscript. Include the statement that your paper has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration by another journal and that all authors have approved of and have agreed to submit the manuscript to this journal.

The prior or duplicate publication or submission. If the manuscript has been submitted previously to another journal, the manuscript must be accompanied by permission to reproduce previously published material, use previously published illustrations, report information about identifiable persons, or to acknowledge people for their contributions. The authors should indicate whether the manuscript was previously rejected or evaluated in any form by another journal, and they should describe specifically how they have improved the manuscript.

Pre-submission checklist. Ensure that all the components of the submission have been included using a pre-submission checklist.

  1. Cover Letter 
  2. The Authorship Responsibility Form
  3. Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form
  4. A copy of the manuscript (a Microsoft Word file) including:
  1. Title page including:
  • Article title
  • Author information
  • Corresponding author
  • Word count
  • The number of figures and tables
  • Abbreviations
    1. Abstract, limited to 300 words, with keywords
  1. Text of the manuscript formatted according to the instructions
  2. References
  3. Statements and declarations
  • Funding
  • Conflicts of Interests
  • Author Contributions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Disclaimers
  • Ethics Statement
  • Subjects of the study. 
  • Ethics approval for research involving humans.
  • Ethics approval for research involving animals.
  • Informed consent.
  • Data Availability Statement
  1. Legends for illustrations
  2. Tables (Tables can be placed in the text either)
  3. Illustrations (figures should be downloaded as separate files)
  4. Permissions