Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. The journal is published twice a year.
2. All papers submitted to the journal should contain original research not previously published (except preliminary reports or conference thesis). 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 preparation of the manuscript.
4. Articles will be published in the Lithuanian and English languages with comprehensive resumes in both languages.
5. At the initial stage an Executive Secretary will check the structure, spelling and compliance of manuscript with all submission guidelines. If the manuscript complies with the abovementioned, then 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 it does not comply the submission requirements. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. 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. 
7. All manuscripts must be submitted online at https://journals.lsu.lt/reabilitacijos-mokslai/submission/wizard. The article should be submitted together with the supplement Authors' copyright statement for submitted articles proving that the article submitted is original and not previously published.

If assistance is needed, contact reabilitacijosmokslai@lsu.lt

Requirements for the preparation of manuscripts

1. The article must be prepared using the Template and submitted in MS WORD format.
2. 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 article all numbers up to ten are to be written in words and all numbers starting from eleven on – in Arabic figures.

Copyright Notice

By submitting the article to Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija, the Author guarantees and warrants that:

Each Article is an original contribution and not plagiarized/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.

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.

The article submitted only to Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija, and it has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication in a copyrighted publication.

The Author hereby authorizes the journal to edit, modify and make changes in the Articles/Research paper to make it suitable for publication in Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija.

The Author has not assigned any kind of rights to the above said Article/Research Paper to any other person/Institute/Publication.

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.

The Author agrees to indemnify Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija against any claim legal and/or otherwise, action alleging facts which if true, constitute a breach of any of the foregoing warranties.

History. The journal Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija (Eng. Rehabilitation Sciences: Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy) ISSN 2029-3194, eISSN 2538-8673 has been published since 2009 (the former title – Kineziterapija (Eng. Physiotherapy) ISSN 1392-8414, published since 1999). From 2015 to 2023, the journal was published in collaboration with Klaipėda University (KU).