Guidelines for authors

GENERAL

Herald of Science KATRU: Veterinary Sciences publishes peer-reviewed original articles and topical reviews on all aspects of veterinary sciences. Interdisciplinary articles and well-reasoned reviews are especially welcome.

The publication language is English. Publication of articles is free of charge. Submission of the manuscript is carried out through the Open Journal System online platform. Author registration at: https://bulletinofscience.kazatu.edu.kz/index.php/veterinary-science. Video instructions for registering authors are available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeZlKY4bozg.

Herald of Science, KATRU: Veterinary Sciences uses double-blind peer review, which means the identities of the reviewer and author are hidden throughout the review process.

Before being sent to reviewers, manuscripts undergo a preliminary check to ensure compliance with the Journal's requirements. Criteria such as the novelty of the research, the originality of the results, compliance with the structure and format of the manuscript, the significance of the conclusions and the quality of the English language are checked.

Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements are rejected at this stage without review. Manuscripts are accepted with at least 70% text originality.

RESPONSIBILITY OF AUTHORS

By submitting a manuscript to Herald of Science, KATRU: Veterinary Sciences, the author(s) warrant that the manuscript is an original work and that  has not been previously published or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. The authors also ensure that the ideas and words of others are properly acknowledged through appropriate attribution. Falsification of results and deliberately inaccurate statements, which may cause the manuscript to be rejected or the published article to be retracted, are not permitted.

The names of the authors should be listed in the manuscript in the order of their contribution to the article. Only those individuals who made a significant contribution to the study and preparation of the manuscript should be listed as authors. Those who assisted in the completion of the work, as well as the organizations that funded the research, are thanked in the “Acknowledgments” section at the end of the article.

The corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors have read and approved the final version of the article and agree to its publication. All authors of the manuscript are responsible for the information transmitted. The journal does not allow changes in authorship after prior acceptance.

REVIEWERS' RESPONSIBILITY

Reviewers must also register as a reviewer on the journal’s website at: https://bulletinofscience.kazatu.edu.kz/index.php/veterinary-science/user/register.

The review must be submitted within two weeks. The ideas and hypotheses described in the manuscript should be kept confidential and not used for personal purposes. The results of the work cannot be discussed with other colleagues or used when conducting scientific seminars, giving lectures or presenting papers at scientific conferences.

Reviewers must clearly express their opinions, explaining and justifying their comments and be as objective as possible in assessing the manuscript. The reviewer's suggestions and advice for improving the work are welcome, even if he/she has decided to refuse publication.

Reviewers should pay attention to the novelty and/or originality of the work, the lack of similarity between the manuscript and other published articles, the completeness and correctness of the author(s) citing articles related to the topic (issue) being reviewed.

ETHICAL APPROVALS

Experiments using animals should be conducted in accordance with the principles established by the International Animal Ethics Committee or Institutional Ethics Committee and in accordance with local laws and regulations.

Research using animals must have approval from the Local Ethics Committee, which should be noted in the Materials and Methods section.

AUTHORS DECLARATION

The authors of the manuscript guarantee that the work and its main content have not been previously published and are not being considered for publication elsewhere. It should indicate the source of funding for the research (download Sample of Author declaration form).

MANUSCRIPT TYPES ACCEPTED

  • Original articles
  • Review articles.

Editorial Board do not accept Case reports. The volume of original and/or review articles, excluding the Abstract and References, should not be less than 11,000 and 20,000 characters without spaces, respectively. The manuscript should not include texts, illustrations and tables that are not related to the study.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT AND STRUCTURE

Text should be printed observing the following margin sizes: top and bottom – 2 cm, left and right – 2 cm. Text alignment is widthwise (with automatic hyphenation). UDC is indicated in the upper left corner of the page.

  • The manuscript must be typed in Times New Roman 12 point font, double spaced, in MS Word 2010.
  • Lines must be numbered throughout the text.
  • The title should be descriptive and not too long.

The title of the manuscript should be written in lowercase letters, except for the first letter of each main word. The manuscript should not include the name of the author(s) as it will undergo double-blind peer review. The title page indicating the full name and ORCID of the authors, affiliations, and e-mail are provided separately (download Sample title page).

  • Abstract should have the following structure: “Background and Aim”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and “Conclusion”, and should not exceed 300 words.
  • Key words are given by semicolons in alphabetical order and in the singular (4-6 words and phrases).
  • Introduction: a brief description of the relevance of the topic or issue based on a review of modern literature, justification of the significance of the aim, indicating the novelty of the work.
  • Materials and methods: methods presented must be reproducible; the methods are briefly described without going into methodological features; For standard methods, reference to sources is required; When using a new method, a detailed description is required.
  • Results: provides an analysis of the results obtained using tables, graphs and/or figures; the obtained data must be processed statistically.
  • Discussion: a brief description of the most significant results of the work and comparison of the data obtained with the results of other studies; identifying regularities and/or contradiction
  • Conclusion: description of the conclusion and identification of further research on the topic (issue) under study.
  • Authors' Contributions, Acknowledgments and Conflicts of Interest are included in a manuscript once it has been accepted for publication.

Author’s Contributions: A brief summary of each author's contribution is provided.

  • Acknowledgment: information is provided about the funding of the work or words of gratitude are expressed to colleagues or other persons with whose assistance the research was carried out, etc.
  • Conflict of interest: Authors must confirm that there is no conflict of financial/non-financial interest.
  • References: In original and/or review articles, references from the last 5 years must be at least 40% and/or 50%, respectively. References should not include research reports, dissertations for academic degrees and conference proceedings.
  • References in the text should be given by placing in square brackets [1], [1, 2, 3]. Reference no. should start from no. 1 onwards from Introduction section. The list of references should be prepared according to the APA (https://www.bibme.org/citation-guide/APA/book/) indicating the DOI (if available). The bibliography of the APA in the first list is described in the original, in the second it is transliterated into Latin by reference http://translit-online.ru/whenwriting the source of informationinKazakhorRussian, the transliterationremainsunchangedwhenwriting the source of informationin
  • For example,

Description of the bibliography according to APA:

1 Думова, ВВ, Мищенко, АВ, Никешина, ТБ. (2008). Противовирусные антитела в молозиве и молоке коров. Российский Ветеринарный журнал, 49, 40-42.

2 Patterson, JM, Deyoe, BL. (1977). Effect of Physical Properties of Milk Fat Globules on Brucella Ring Test Sensitivity. Journal of Dairy Science, 60(6), 851-856.

Transliteration of bibliography using APA style:

1 Dumova, VV, Mishchenko, AV, Nikeshina, TB. (2008). Protivovirusnye antitela v molozive i moloke korov. Rossijskiі Veterinarnyj zhurnal, 49, 40-42. [in Russ].

2 Patterson, JM, Deyoe, BL. (1977). Effect of Physical Properties of Milk Fat Globules on Brucella Ring Test Sensitivity. Journal of Dairy Science, 60(6), 851-856.

Authors for whom English is a second language should contact professional editors (e.g. ENAGO, Editage, etc.) and submit the manuscript along with an editing certificate. Alternatively, the manuscript may be edited by a native English speaker with a veterinary or medical background.

ABBREVIATIONS, TERMS AND NOMENCLATURE

Abbreviations of veterinary, medical and/or biological terms should only be used if they are generally known in world science. The full name of other terms must be included in parentheses when the abbreviation is first used.

The terms should be used in accordance with the latest recommendations of the relevant international nomenclature.

Bacterial names should conform to the latest edition of Burgee's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore). Viruses must be classified and named as recommended by the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses.

Names of microorganisms and zoological names should be in italics in the manuscript.

UNITS, SYMBOLS, TABLES, ILLUSTRATIONS AND FORMULAS

The units must be specified in accordance with the SI system. If symbols such as ×, μ, η, or ν are used, they should be added using Word's symbol menu in Times New Roman.

The symbols such as (°) or (×) should be used from the symbol menu and not indicated by superscript letters: “o” or “x”. Spaces should be inserted between numbers and units of measurement (e.g., 3 kg), and between numbers and mathematical symbols (+, –, ×, =, <, >), but not between numbers and percentage symbols (e.g., 45%).

The table should be placed immediately after the text at the first mention. All tables in the manuscript must have links indicating their numbers (e.g., Table 1; Table 2, etc.). The title of the table should reflect its content, be accurate and concise. The name should be placed above the table on the left, without indentation (e.g., Table 1 - Hematological parameters of animals infected with E. granulosus protoscoleces). The table name is given without a dot at the end. If the table name takes up two or more lines, it should be written with one line spacing. Leave 1 space between the text and the figure before and after.

The illustrations (graphs, diagrams, diagrams, photographs and others) should be placed immediately after the text at the first mention. All illustrations in the manuscript must be referenced. When referring to a figure, the word “Figure” and its number should be written (e.g., In accordance with Figure 2...). The title of the figures should be made directly below the figure, aligned to the center. Leave 1 space between the text and the figure before and after.

The formulas. Simple in-line and one-line formulas must be typed in symbols without using special editors (the use of special symbols from the Symbol, GreekMathSymbols, Math-PS, Math A Mathematica BTT fonts is allowed). Complex and multi-line formulas must be entirely typed in the formula editor Microsoft Equation 2.0, 3.0. It is not allowed to type part of the formula in symbols, and part in the formula editor.

REFERENCES

Each article must include bibliographic references. The name of the journal in which the cited article is published must be indicated as an abbreviated title from the cover of the corresponding journal, as well as via the link: www.journalseek.net, or from another verified list. The title of the journal should be written in italics.

MANUSCRIPT TRACKING

The corresponding author can track the progress of the submitted manuscript from his/her account. In addition, he/she will receive an email generated by the system (a certificate of the results of checking the text document for the presence of borrowings; a letter with comments from the editorial board and/or reviewers; a letter from the editorial board of the journal on the acceptance and/or rejection of the manuscript, etc.).

MANUSCRIPT REVIEW, PROOF READING AND PUBLICATION

Manuscript review.

Potential Reviewers: At the time of manuscript submission, authors are required to provide the names of three potential reviewers (including their position, academic degree, place of work, postal address, phone number, and email address) in a separate file. One of these reviewers must be from a foreign country. The editorial board reserves the right to select reviewers at its discretion. Authors may also specify the names and workplaces of specialists who should not be considered by the editorial board as potential reviewers due to a conflict of interest.

Review Process: The corresponding author will receive an email once reviewers submit comments to Herald of Science, KATRU: Veterinary Sciences. The Editor will check the reviewers' comments and forward them to the corresponding author with or without additional comments. The corresponding author must submit an edited manuscript based on comments from the editors and/or reviewers within 4 weeks. If the corresponding author requires more time, he/she must obtain the editor's approval. If the author does not agree with the reviewer’s comments, he/she provides a rationale for each comment. The final decision on each manuscript is made by the Editor-in-chief.

Proof corrections. The corresponding author will receive an e-mail containing PDF. The proofread text must be returned to the Editor within three days of receipt with corrections, if any. If there are no corrections, the corresponding author should respond accordingly. The author(s) are responsible for all comments made on their work, including any changes made.

All comments/questions from the Editor and reviewers, as well as corrections and responses from the corresponding author, must be reflected in the same text of the manuscript using Track changes.

Publication. Articles published online and/or in paper version of the Herald of Science KATRU: Veterinary Sciences are assigned a DOI number.