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Peer Review

Peer Review Process

All research articles in our journal have undergone a peer review.

We start with an initial screening by one of the editors. If the article is generally relevant, we assign a reviewer of the closest profile to handle the manuscript. It is usually double-blind as they are reluctant to offend a colleague.

All our reviewers sign the agreement on peer review ethics including confidentiality, friendliness and above all honesty in regard of own qualifications and conflicts of interests.

There is also a checklist for reviewers, which may serve as an outline for a peer review letter.

Reviewer checklist

Abstract, title and references

• Is the title informative and relevant?
• Is the aim clear?
• Is it clear from the abstract what the study found and how they did it?
• Are the references:
• Relevant?
• Recent?
• Referenced correctly?
• Are appropriate key studies included?

Introduction/background

• Is it clear what is already known about this topic?
• Is the research question clearly outlined?
• Is the research question justified given what is already known about the topic?

Methods

• Is the process of subject selection clear?
• Are the variables defined and measured appropriately?
• Are the study methods valid and reliable?
• Is there enough detail in order to replicate the study?

Results

• Is the data presented in an appropriate way?
• Tables and figures relevant and clearly presented?
• Appropriate units, rounding, and number of decimals?
• Titles, columns, and rows labelled correctly and clearly?
• Categories grouped appropriately?
• Does the text in the results add to the data or is it repetitive?
• Are you clear about what is a statistically significant result?
• Are you clear about what is a practically meaningful result?

Discussion and Conclusions

• Are the results discussed from multiple angles and placed into context without being over interpreted?
• Do the conclusions answer the aims of the study?
• Are the conclusions supported by references or results?
• Are the limitations of the study fatal or are they opportunities to inform future research?

Reviewer Agreement Letter

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Reviewer Recognition

In the last days of the year the editors gratefully acknowledge the great work of the following reviewers who were with us during the whole year. Thank you for your competence, time and patience!

• Prof. Alexander Akinchits, Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia
• Prof. Ghamdan Al-Harazi, Department of Orthodontics, Pedodontic, and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Sana'a University, Yemen
• Prof. David Areshidze, Laboratory of Experimental Biology and Biotechnology Moscow State Regional University, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. Eduard Batkaev, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Postgraduate Education, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
• Dr. Alexander Fedonnikov, MD, Phd, Research Institute of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russia
• Prof. Carlos K B Ferrari, PhD, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garças, Brasil
• Dr. Olga Gorchakova, MD, PhD, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology, Branch of IC&G SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Prof. Vladimir Gorchakov, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology, Branch of IC&G SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Prof. Vladimir Izranov, Department of Fundamental Medicine, Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
• Dr. Elvira Ivanova, MD, PhD, Perm Regional Center for AIDS and Infectious Diseases, Perm, Russia
• Prof. Igor Kastyro, Faculty of Medicine, Moscow S.U. Witte University, Moscow, Russia 
• Prof. Irina Khodzhilo, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute for Public Administration, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
• Pr?f. Valentin Kozlov, RUDN Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. Yury Krasnikov, Department of Fundamental Medicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
• Dr. med. Ilya Krestyashin, Russian National Research Medical University named after N. Pirogov
• Dr. Nina Kulichenko, MD, PhD, Department of Urology, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. Vladimir Kutukov, Department of Oncology with Radiation Diagnosis and Therapy, Astrakhan Medical University, Astrakhan, Russia
• Prof. Vladimir Murga, Tver State Medical University, Tver, Russia
• Prof. Lubov Naumova, Department of Cell Biology, Cytology and Hystology Astrakhan Medical University, Astrakhan, Russia
• Dr. Olga Pitirimova MD, PhD, Bakulev Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia
• Dr. Jörg Pötzsch, Satina Medical UG, Berlin, Germany
• Prof. Vladimir Protsenko, Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the NAMS Ukraine, Kiyv, Ukraine
• Prof. Antonio Sandu, Department of Public Administration and Law, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
• Dr. Tatiana Shishkina, MD, PhD, Department of Cell Biology, Cytology and Hystology, Astrakhan Medical University, Astrakhan, Russia
• Prof. Galina Reva, Department of Fundamental Medicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
• Dr. Ivan Reva PhD, IMERC, Niigata, Japan
• Prof. Tatiana Tsekhmistrenko, Institute of Developmental Physiology, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
• Dr. Nelli Vargina, virologist, Saint - Petersburg
• Dr. Mayank Vats, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
• Dr. Dmitriy Zlotver, DRV BSH Hanover, Germany
• Dr. Dmitry Zubovskiy, Vincent Krankenhaus, Hanover, Germany