Submissions

Author Guidelines

General Information

1. The regular issues of the journal are published biannually, and special supplementary issues are published at the discretion of the Editorial Team.
2. All papers submitted to the journal should comply with the journal’s Editorial Policy and contain original research not previously published (except in preliminary reports or conference materials). The material published in the journal should be new, true to fact, and precise. The methods and procedures of the experiment should be identified in sufficient detail to allow other investigators to reproduce the results. It is desirable that the material to be published should have been discussed previously at conferences or seminars.
3. Original articles (manuscripts) are up to 10 printed pages, review articles (manuscripts) – up to 20 printed pages. Authors who wish to submit a review article should correspond with the Editorial Board regarding the appropriateness of the proposed topic and submit a synopsis of their proposed review before undertaking the preparation of the manuscript. Conference abstracts must not exceed 1 printed page.
4. Manuscripts should be submitted and will be published in English language. 
5. At the initial stage an Executive Secretary will check the structure, spelling and compliance of the manuscript with all submission guidelines. If the manuscript complies with the abovementioned, then the manuscript will be assessed by the Editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable then will be sent to at least two independent expert reviewers selected by the Editorial Board. The manuscripts may be immediately rejected if they are considered to be out of the journal’s scope or if they do not comply with the submission requirements. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscripts. The Editor’s decision is final.
6. This journal uses double-blind review, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. 

Requirements for the Submission of Article Manuscripts

All article manuscripts must be submitted online at https://journals.lsu.lt/reabilitacijos-mokslai/submission/wizard.

• Log in or create a new user account (by inserting a unique email address and password) and enter personal details.

• The corresponding author must fill out and submit the following:

1. 1. the manuscript of the article (with authors’ names);
   2. the manuscript of the article (blind version, i.e. without authors’ names);
   3. a Cover Letter to the editor;
   4. the supplement Authors’ Copyright Statement proving that the article submitted is original and not previously published;
   5. a completed CONSORT Checklist;
   6. a completed CONSORT Flow Diagram.

Requirements for the Preparation of Article Manuscripts

1. The article must be prepared using the Article Template and submitted in MS WORD format. Two copies should be provided: one with the authors’ names and one blind version (without the names).
2. The format of the template (i.e. layout, page numbering, line numbering, headers and footers) must remain unchanged.

3. The manuscript should be brief, clear, and grammatically correct. The text should be carefully checked for errors. It is recommended that only standard abbreviation and symbols be used. All abbreviations should be explained in parentheses after the full written-out version of what they stand for on their first occurrence in the text. Non-standard special abbreviations and symbols need only to be defined at first mention. The results of all measurements and symbols for all physical units should be those of the System International (SI) Units. In the text of the manuscript all numbers up to ten are to be written in words and all numbers starting from eleven on – in Arabic figures. Please note that the template contains additional information for the preparation of manuscripts.

Requirements for the Submission of Conference Abstracts

The journal publishes conference materials within the scope of the journal. All conference abstracts must be submitted according to the conference organisers’ instructions provided in the information about the conference (e.g. https://www.lsu.lt/en/research/conferences/).

Requirements for the Preparation of Conference Abstracts

1. Conference abstracts that will be published in the journal must be prepared using the journal’s Conference Abstract Template.
2. The format of the template (i.e. layout, page numbering, line numbering, headers and footers) must remain unchanged.
3. The manuscript should be brief, clear, and grammatically correct. The text should be carefully checked for errors. It is recommended that only standard abbreviation and symbols be used. All abbreviations should be explained in parentheses after the full written-out version of what they stand for on their first occurrence in the text. Non-standard special abbreviations and symbols need only to be defined at first mention. The results of all measurements and symbols for all physical units should be those of the System International (SI) Units. In the text of the manuscript all numbers up to ten are to be written in words and all numbers starting from eleven on – in Arabic figures. Please note that the template contains additional information for the preparation of manuscripts.

If assistance is needed, contact reabilitacijosmokslai@lsu.lt

Copyright Notice

By submitting the manuscript to Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija, the author guarantees and warrants that:

1. Each manuscript is an original contribution and not plagiarised/copied from any source/individual. It does not contravene on the rights of others and does not contain any libellous or unlawful statements and all references have been duly acknowledged at the appropriate places.
2. Significant contribution must have been made by each and every researcher included in the list of the authors in preparing the manuscript; authors share collective responsibility and accountability for the results. Anyone who has made a significant contribution must be included in the list of the authors. After acceptance of a manuscript, changes of authorship or the order of the authors are no longer possible.
3. The manuscript is submitted only to Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija, and has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere (e.g. another journal) in a copyrighted publication.
4. The author hereby authorises the journal to edit, modify, and make changes in the manuscript to make it suitable for publication in Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija.
5. The author has not assigned any kind of rights to the above said manuscript to any other person/Institute/Publication.
6. The author agrees to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) agreement under which the paper in the Journal is licensed, and grants Lithuanian Sports University permission to publish the unpublished and original manuscript and all associated supplemental material. The author keeps all copyright rights.
7. The author agrees to indemnify Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija against any claim or action, legal and/or otherwise, alleging facts which, if true, constitute a breach of any of the foregoing warranties.
8. The journal accepts the submission of manuscripts that have previously been uploaded to a non-profit preprint repository. When submitting the manuscript or at any other time while it is being considered by the journal, the author(s) should provide information about any related preprint, including DOI and licensing terms. A preprint archive is not seen as overlap between publications when the version of record is recognisable. Once the preprint is published, it is the author’s responsibility to ensure that the preprint record is updated with a publication reference, including the DOI and a URL link to the published version of the work on the journal website.