Submissions
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Softex Plus inc. receives submissions as a Word document. Please submit all tables and figures both in your Word document and as separate files.
Manuscripts are accepted on the understanding that they are subject to editorial revision.
If at any stage during the handling of their submission, authors decide to withdraw it, they must notify Contact Officer Alexander Khmelnitsky This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  immediately.

Ethical standards
Submissions must be supported by an ethical statement on behalf of all authors.

A Sample of the ethical statement
(to be incorporated in the submission email or included as an attachment)

ETHICAL STATEMENT

Title of the article: (write full title of the article)
On behalf of, and having obtained permission from all the authors, I declare that:
(a)    the material has not been published in whole or in part elsewhere;
(b)    the paper is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere;
(c)     all authors have been personally and actively involved in substantive work leading to the report, and will hold themselves jointly and individually responsible for its content;
(d)    all relevant ethical safeguards have been met in relation to patient or subject protection, or animal experimentation.

Sources of funding:
(Declare here any sources of funding of all the authors that may be relevant, including current funding of posts and funding for the research being reported)

Connection with tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical or gaming industry:
(Declare here connections of any of the authors with these industries irrespective of whether it relates to the current research or not, including research contracts, consultancy, employment and stocks.)

Constraints on publishing:

(Declare here any contractual constraints on publishing that existed with regard to the research being reported; for example if the contract gave the funder a right of veto)
I testify to the accuracy of the above on behalf of all the authors.

Name: (give name of corresponding author as it appears on the manuscript)

Today’s date
This should be included in the submission covering letter.

Language

Softex Plus Inc. expects that when the auuhors of a paper do not have English as a first language, they will have their text checked by a native English speaker before submission unless circumstances or resources prohibit it.

Layout

The entire manuscript should be double-spaced. The first page of the file should contain the title of the paper, names of authors, the address where the work was carried out, and the full postal and email addresses of the author who will check proofs and receive correspondence and offprints. The second page should contain only the title, names of authors, an abstract and up to seven keywords. The entire manuscript, including references, tables, figures and any other material, should be numbered in one sequence from the title page onwards. Footnotes to the text should be avoided where possible.

Only commonly accepted abbreviations are allowed. Rarely used and highly specialized terms should be explained. The International System of Units (SI) should be employed.

An intervention (drug) description should include its active substance, its commercial and generic name and the producing company’s name. All names and doses must be accurate. Post-registration clinical trial descriptions must have information on the registration and the permission for the dugs’ usage from the official registering entity (registration number and date).

Abstract

Research report abstracts should use the following headings: Aims, Methods, Results and Conclusions. In the case of addiction history articles (case reports) please use the headings: Background, Case descriptions, Conclusions. Abstracts should normally be no more than 200 words long.

References

References should follow good citation practice and normally include only items that are retrievable through standard bibliographic sources i.e. not poster presentations, unpublished conference papers, work in preparation or under review, unpublished manuscripts or personal communications. 

When an author's name is mentioned in the text, the date of the reference should be inserted in parentheses immediately after the name, e. g. <text> (Heimer, L., Harlan, R.E., Alheid, G.F. et al, 1997) <text>. The reference list should be numbered in alphabetical order (see examples below).

Please give the names and initials of all authors (unless there are more than six, when only the first six should be given, followed by et al). The authors' names are followed by the title of the article, the title of the journal, the year of publication, the volume number and the first and last page numbers. Issue/part numbers are not required.

References to books should give the names of authors or editors, title, place of publication, publisher and year. Please be sure to include page numbers for book chapters.

Foreign language citations should be accompanied by a bracketed English language translation. Internet articles should only be used where printed material is not available. They should be treated in the same way as printed material. Authors must verify references against the original documents before submitting the article. Reference lists not in the correct style may be returned to the author for correction.

Examples:

1. Babor T., Caetano R., Casswell S., Edwards G., Giesbrecht N., Graham K. et al. Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity — Research and Public Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2003.

2. Babor T.F., Caetano R. Evidence-based alcohol policy in the Americas: strengths, weaknesses and future challenges. RevPanam Salud Publica 2005; 18: 327–37.

3. World Brewers Alliance. Worldwide Brewing Alliance: Global Social Responsibility Initiatives. 2003. Available at: http://www.brewersofeurope.org/asp/news_events/

4. Пшенникова М.Г. Актульные проблемы патофизиологии. Избранные лекции. Москва: Медицина; 2000. (Pshennikova M.G. Topical Problems of Pathophysiology. Selected Lectures. Moscow: Meditsina; 2000).

Illustrations

These should be both included in the Word document and be sent as additional files. All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as Figures in the text and should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals (e.g. 'Fig. 3'). A list of legends for the figures should be submitted on a separate page of the file; legends should include keys to any symbols. In the full-text online edition of the journal, figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full-screen version. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure. Individual figures and tables size should not exceed A4 page (210 x 290 mm).

Color illustrations

Illustrations submitted (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs, etc.) should be digital files which should follow these guidelines: 300 dpi or higher; sized to fit on journal page; TIFF, GIF or JPEG format submitted both as separate files and embedded in text files

Color illustrations will be considered for publication. However, the author will be required to bear the full cost involved in their printing and publication. Therefore if there is color illustrations in your manuscript when it is accepted for publication, Softex Plus Inc. require you to email Contact Officer Alexander Khmelnitsky at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  for an agreement before your paper can be published.

Peer Review

All manuscripts, including those written at the invitation of the editor, are subject to peer review by at least two experts. Upon completion of the review (usually a 10-week process), the author(s) will be advised of the decision on the manuscript. Please note that all reviews remain anonymous.

Online Open Access

Online Open Access is a pay-to-publish service from Softex Plus Inc. that offers authors once their papers have been accepted for publication the opportunity to pay for their manuscript to become open access (i.e. free for all to view and download) via the Softex Plus Inc. website. Each Online Open Access article will be subject to a fee of 1200€ (or the equivalent in USD) to be met by the Author in advance of publication. Upon online publication, the article (both full-text and PDF versions) will be available to all for viewing and download free of charge. The print version of the article will also be branded as Online Open Access and will draw attention to the fact that the paper can be downloaded for free via the Softex Plus Inc. website.

Any authors wishing to send their paper Online Open Access will be required to e-mail Contact Officer Alexander Khmelnitsky at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  to settle the matter.

Page proofs

The corresponding author will receive the article proof which can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file.

PDF offprints

The corresponding author will receive a PDF offprint of their article in addition to a free copy of the issue in which their article appears.

Author Material Archive Policy

Please note that unless specifically requested not to, Softex Plus Inc. will dispose of all hardcopy or electronic material submitted 2 months after publication. If you require the return of any material submitted, please inform the Contact Officer Alexander Khmelnitsky at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it as soon as possible.

Other instructions

Accepted articles are published free of charge. No author’s honorarium is paid.