Peer-review process
The procedure for peer review of articles (manuscripts) in the journal follows the world recommendations for publishing aricles. By submitting the articles for publication in the “Proceeding of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences” journal, the authors agree to undergo the procedures set forth in the web site and journal.
The papers are anonymously peer-reviewed. The journal uses Double-Blind Peer Review.
Papers submitted by authors are subjected to the following consecutive procedures:
- Initial formal evaluation by the Editor-in-Chief, taking into consideration the paper’s compatibility with the journal’s profile and essential requirements for the scientific content of the material presented in the manuscript..
- Editorial Decisions on the selection of experts reviewers in the field of a specific article.
- Reviewers use the following international recommendations:
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
- The decision of the reviewers on the quality of the manuscript is submitted in accordance with the requirements of the journal special form of consideration .
- Articles with complex statistical / empirical questions are sent to the statistical editor-reviewer.
- Authors are informed about the results of examination by reviewers. If reviewers have comments, an article is sent to the authors to make the proposed changes.
- After the final version of the manuscript for publication is accepted by editorial office, materials are sent to literature editors for correction
- The final decision on the publication of the paper is taken by the Editor-in-Chief.
Reviewing Editors
Alimentary
Bula Nazar, Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine
Fass Ronnie, Metro Health Medical Center Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, United States
Pavlovskiy Yaroslav, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Savytska Maryana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Szabo Sandor, American University of Health Sciences, Signal Hill, CA, USA
Vergnolle Nathalie, IRSD, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Wallace John, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Anatomy
Bekesevych Anna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Masna Zoryana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Mateshuk-Vatseba Lesya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Pidvalna Uliana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Gavrilyuk Olena, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Kuzyk Julia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Kuzyk Petro, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Sulaieva Oksana, Medical Laboratory CSD Kyiv, Ukraine; Shupyk National University of Healthcare of Ukraine
Szabo Sandor, American University of Health Sciences Signal Hill, CA, USA
Vovk Volodymyr, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Biochemistry
Gout Ivan, UCL, London, United Kingdom
Hubert Hondermarck, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia)
Kobylinska Lesya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Melnyk Andriy, National Natalia Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine
Zaichko Natalia, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine
Zarkovic Neven, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb Croatia
Cardiovascular
Barabash Oksana, Medical Center of Saint Paraskevi, Lviv, Ukraine
Besh Dmytro, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Chevtchik Orest, John Radcliffe University Hospital Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ivaniv Yurij, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Kovalchuk Iryna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Lonchyna Vassyl, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, United States, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv Ukraine
Oryshhyshyn Nelja, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Computational modelling in physiology and medicine
Boyko Oksana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Mintser Ozar, Shupyk National University of Healthcare of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Wolansky Ivan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Medical Physics, New York, New York, USA
Digital Medicine
Boyko Oksana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Mintser Ozar, Shupyk National University of Healthcare of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Sulaieva Oksana, Medical Laboratory CSD, Kyiv, Ukraine;
Embryology
Lutsyk Aleksander, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Yashchenko Antonina, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Endocrine diseases, nutrition, and metabolism
Cherkas Andriy, Sanofi -Aventis-Deutschland GmbH – Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Kihtjak Olesja, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Sergienko Victoria, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Siegfried Knasmüller, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
Zarkovic Neven, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb Croatia
Family Medicine and Primary Care
Bazylevych Andriy, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Bychkov Mykola, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Dutka Roman, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Chmyr Natalia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Genetics
Makukh Halyna, Institute of Hereditary Pathology, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
Healthcare Professions Education
Danylo Kaminskyy, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Lonchyna Vassyl, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, United States, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv Ukraine
Mateshuk-Vatseba Lesya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Nadraga Alexander, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Sergienko Victoria, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Szabo Sandor, American University of Health Sciences Signal Hill,CA, USA
Heart Surgery
Chevtchik Orest, John Radcliffe University Hospital Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Lonchyna Vassyl, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, United States, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv Ukraine
Hematology
Dzis Ivan, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine; State Institution “Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine NAMS of Ukraine”, Lviv, Ukraine
Orlyk Volodymyr, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Simonova Maryana, State Institution “Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine NAMS of Ukraine”, Lviv, Ukraine
Volod Oxana, Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA, USA
Histology
Dumych Tetiana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Lutsyk Aleksander, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Sulaieva Oksana, Medical Laboratory CSD Kyiv, Ukraine
Yashhenko Antonina, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Immunology
Chopyak Valentyna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Halyna Koval, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Lishchuk-Yakymovych Khrystyna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Zubchenko Svitlana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Svitlana Smiyan, Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ternopil, Ukraine
Infection Diseases
Nadraga Alexander, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University. Lviv, Ukraine
Intensive Care Medicine, Anesthesiology and Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
Matolinets Natalia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Trister George, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, USA
Environmental Medicine and Toxicology
Knasmüller Siegfried, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna
Vynograd Nataliya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Internal medicine
Bychkov Mykola, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Chopyak Valentyna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Halyna Koval, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Chmyr Natalia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Zimba Olena, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Svitlana Smiyan, Department of Internal Medicine No. 2, Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ternopil, Ukraine
Yatskevych Ostap, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Interventional Radiology
Besh Dmytro, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Netlyukh Andriy, Department of Neuropathology and Neurosurgery of the Faculty of Post-Graduate Education Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Medical Ethics
Lonchyna Vassyl, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA, Ukrainian Catholic University. Lviv, Ukraine
Emily Anderson, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA
Sulaieva Oksana, Medical Laboratory CSD, Kyiv, Ukraine
Medical Technology
Ivan Wolansky, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Medical Physics, New York, New York, USA
Boyko Oksana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Microbiology
Hnatush Svitlana, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
Yulian Konechnyi, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Korniychuk Olena, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Vergnolle Nathalie, IRSD, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Molecular and cellular biology
Tetiana Dumych, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Hubert Hondermarck, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Kril Iryna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Panchuk Rostyslav, Institute of Cell Biology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Lviv, Ukraine
Souchelnytskyi Serhiy, Oranta Cancer Diagnostics AB, Uppsala, Sweden
Stoika Rostyslav, Institute of Cell Biology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Lviv, Ukraine
Molecular Medicine
Hubert Hondermarck, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Souchelnytskyi Serhiy, Oranta Cancer Diagnostics AB, Uppsala, Sweden
Stoika Rostyslav, Institute of Cell Biology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Lviv, Ukraine
Zarkovic Neven, Laboratory for Oxidative Stress – LabOS, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Muscle, Sport medicine, Reumatology
Doskaliuk Bohdana, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Ukraine
Gasparyan Armen, Rheumatology and Research & Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Teaching Trust of the University of Birmingham, UK
Mahlovanyy Anatoliy, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Zimba Olena, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Neurosciences, Neurology
Coenen Anton, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Radboud University Nijmegen Nijmegen, Netherlands
Jaskiw George, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
Nehrych Tetyana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Ripecky Andrew, Edward Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Tomycz Luke, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, USA
Neurosurgery
Andriy Netlyukh, Department of Neuropathology and Neurosurgery of the Faculty of Post-Graduate Education Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Anatoliy Rushay, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Obstetrics and Gynecological Surgery
Bandera Christina, The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, Center for Gynecologic Cancers Women’s Medicine, Providence, RI, USA.
Kateryna Shatylovych, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Segediy Lidia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Volodko Natalia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Yashhenko Larysa, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Oncology
Bilynsky Borys, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Shparyk Yaroslav, Lviv State Oncologic Regional Treatment and Diagnostic Center, Chemotherapy Department, Lviv, Ukraine
Slipetsky Roman, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Volodko Natalia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Ophthalmology
Jelić Vuković Marija, Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Pavlovska Halyna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Browar Andrew W., Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-IL, Downers Grove, IL, USA
Dehgani-Mobaraki Puy, The Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino Hospital, Branca, University of Perugia, Italy
Kitsera Oleksandr, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Martovlos (Hodovana) Olesya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Mokryk Oleh, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Semenyuk Oleksandr, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Telishevska Ulyana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Tsinaslanidou Zinovia, General Hospital Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki, Greece
Orthopedic Surgery
Samotowka Michael, HCA South Atlantic Charleston, SC, USA
Trutyak Ihor, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Pediatric
Malska Andriana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Matsyura Oksana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Nadraga Alexander, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Pharmacology
Gavrilyuk Iryna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Szabo Sandor, American University of Health Sciences, Signal Hill, CA, USA
Wallace John, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Physiology/ Pathophysiology
Cybulsky Andrey V., Centre universitaire de santé McGill, Montreal, Canada
Cybulsky Myron Ivan, Toronto General Research Institute University of TorontoToronto, Canada
Doskaliuk Bohdana, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Ukraine
Drenjancevic Ines, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Kovalchuk Iryna, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Savytska Maryana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Sementsiv Nataliya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Vadzyuk Stepan, Gorbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
Psychiatry
Filts Alexander, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Jaskiw George, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
Kyryliuk Serhii, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Myshakivska Olha, Institute of Psychiatry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Public health
Gutor Taras, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Vergun Andrew, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Vynograd Natalia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Radiology and Imaging
Mytsyk Yulian, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Oryshhyshyn Nelja, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Student Volodymyr, Center for Medical 3D Diagnostics, Lviv, Ukraine
Mykhaylo Sorokivskyy, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Stress Medicine
Savytska Maryana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Sementsiv Nataliya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Sergienko Victoria, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Szabo Sandor, American University Health Sciences, Signal Hill, CA, USA
Surgery
Bula Nazar, Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine
Bidjuk Darij, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Lapshyn Hryhoriy, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lubeck, Germany
Samotowka Michael, HCA South Atlantic Charleston, SC, USA
Translational Medicine
Lutsyk Aleksander, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Mateshuk-Vatseba Lesya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Pidvalna Uliana, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Nathalie Vergnolle, IRSD, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Yashhenko Antonina, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Trauma
Matolinets Nataliya, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Trutiak Ihor, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Kalynovych Nazar, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Pivnyk Volodymyr, Ukrainian Military Medical Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
Samotowka Michael, HCA South Atlantic Charleston, SC, USA
Transplantation
Marina Volodymyr, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Shchur Oleksandr, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityLviv, Ukraine
Hryhoriy Lapshyn, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Urology
Mytsyk Yulian, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Pasichnyk Sergiy, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Vascular Surgery
Kobza Ihor, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Marina Volodymyr, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Petrov Vitaliy, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Women’s Health
Bandera Christina, The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, Center for Gynecologic Cancers Women’s Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
Kateryna Shatylovych, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Segediy Lidia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Lviv, Ukraine
Volodko Natalia, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Yashhenko Larysa, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine