Submissions

Author Guidelines

“Bulgarian Neurology” is published and is the official organ of the Bulgarian Society of Neurology. Only unpublished material is accepted. Authors sign a declaration that the submitted material has not been proposed for publication elsewhere, an agreement to the ethical standards of the publication and a declaration of conflict of interest. Submissions and the research described therein must meet accepted ethical standards. In the case of co-authorship, the article approved for publication must be signed by all authors. In the case of a submission by an author who is part of the editorial team of the journal, a process of anonymization by a technical assistant and random assignment to a reviewer by the scientific secretary is carried out.

• The journal also publishes articles written entirely in English.
• Authors should submit their manuscripts to Bulgarian Neurology online only. Electronic submission significantly reduces editorial processing and review time and shortens overall publication time. Submission is possible to the editorial email, but the preferred method is through the electronic system available at: https://www.nevrologiabg.com/journal/
• Editorial with text up to 3 pages. Assigned by the Editorial Board.
• Review articles should contain an abstract, up to 15 standard pages (approx. 27,000 characters), up to 40 bibliographic sources.
• Original articles - up to 10 standard pages (18,000 characters), including abstract, tables, figures and bibliography. Include title page, abstract, brief introduction, contingent, methods, results, discussion, and bibliography (up to 20 sources).
• Brief research reports and clinical cases up to 6 pages (approx. 10,000 characters), bibliography (up to 10 sources).
• Information and book reviews. Contains information on congresses and conferences, new books, current drug information, upcoming events.
• Reader pages. Includes letters to the editor commenting on published material, brief case descriptions, and discussions of current issues.
• The title page contains a full and abbreviated title, the authors' names (first and last), affiliation, mailing address, written on Bulgarian and English, with telephone and e-mail. The affiliation of the authors is indicated by a number after their name if they work at different places. Submission of an ORCID identifier for each author is mandatory.
• The abstract should be in Bulgarian and English, up to 600 characters, should contain a title, the names of the authors, an introduction, information about the aim and object of the study, the methods, the results obtained and a discussion. Up to 6 keywords should be listed in alphabetical order.
• Tables and illustrations (figures, diagrams, formulae) should be inserted in the text, numbered, with a short title, and should be ready for polygraph reproduction.
• Units of measurement to be presented in SI and in Latin
• The references should be submitted inserted in the text. Authors should be listed alphabetically, with the last names and initials of all authors. Sources are listed in Cyrillic script at the beginning, followed by Latin script. Titles should be presented in full and abbreviated journal titles as in Index Medicus. In the text, authors cited are indicated by the number of the bibliography. Entries in the bibliography are presented as follows:
• Journal Article: Author(s). Title of article. Journal title (abbreviated by Index medicus), year of publication, volume, booklet number, page (from-to). Example: Andersen, G., Vestergaard, K., Lauritzen, L. Effective treatment of poststroke depression with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram. Stroke, 1994, 25, 6, 1099-1104.
• Papers from а compendium / digest / collective book: Author(s). Title. In: Title. Publisher(s). Place of publication, year of publication, page (from to). Photosensitive epilepsies. In: Epilepticsyndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence, Roger, J., Bureau, M., Dravet, Ch., Dreifuss, F.E., Perret, A., Wolf, P., eds. London: John Libbey & Company, Ltd, 1992, 299-305.
• Whole book: Author(s). Title. Subtitle data. Place of publication, publisher, year of publication, total number of pages. Example: Calligaro, K., DeLaurentis, D., Baker, W. Management of Extracranial Ce ribrovascular Disease. New York: Lippincott - Raven Publishers, 1997, 217 pp.
• At references the Latin alphabet is mandatory. If the original posting in the bibliography is in Cyrillic, it must be transliterated into Latin immediately following the original spelling. The transliteration into Latin is carried out in accordance with the Transliteration Act promulgated on 9 March 2009. Examples: Каменова, Н., Миланов, И. Фармакологично лечение на спастичност при множествена склероза – инжекционни методики. Българска неврология, 2021, 22, 1, 1-5. [Kamenova, N., Milanov. I. Farmakologichno lechenie na spastichnost pri mnozhestvena sklеroza – inzhektsionni metodiki. Balgarska nevrologia, 2021, 22, 1, 1-5.]