Policy
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate free access to its content under the principle that making available free of charge to the public supports a greater exchange of global knowledge.
Characteristic according to type of article
Feature according to type of item
General aspects for all articles
Author Affiliation
According political criteria and procedures for admission and the permanence of journals scientific in the collection SciELO Cuba, the presentation of the membership must keep uniformity in all the documents and is recommended the following format:
● The identification of the affiliations should come grouped, just below of the names of the authors, in lines different. The names and the affiliations are listed among themselves by labels.
● The identification of the institutional instances, where appropriate, must indicate the corresponding hierarchical units. It is recommended that hierarchical units be presented in descending order, for example, university, faculty and department.
● In any case the affiliations must come accompanied by the qualifications or minicurrículos of the authors. These, when they are present, should be published separately from the affiliations as notes the author.
● The address of the author corresponding must be submitted by separate and the end of the article.
● The names of the institutions and programs should be submitted by extensive and in the language the original of the institution or in the version in English, when the writing will not be America. See the examples:
o University of San Pablo, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
o National Autonomous University of Mexico, Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico;
o Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics ;
or University of Science Medical in La Habana, Faculty of Medical Sciences Comandante Manuel Fajardo, Department of Science Basic, La Habana, Cuba.
o University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey, Dr. Octavio de la Concepción and La Pedraja Military Hospital, Head and Neck Otolaryngology and Surgery Department, Camagüey, Cuba.
● The names of the authors must come accompanied by the respective numbers of registration of ORCID.
Cover
The cover should include:
1. Type of article and title in Spanish and English.
2. The names of the authors and their institutional affiliations.
3 Author for correspondence.
4 . Conflict of interest declaration page . To avoid losing information about a possible conflict of interest of the authors, it is necessary that this information be part of the manuscript. Therefore, it must be included on a separate page after the cover. (See section Conflicts of interest).
5 . Each article must be accompanied by a letter that expresses the contribution of each author in the study.
Example:
Nelsa de la Caridad Álvarez Cruzata: performed statistical processing.
Juan Daudelio Santana del Rio: selected the study sample.
María de los Ángeles Miranda Ramos: developed the measuring instrument.
ORIGINAL ITEMS
Title:
Only original research articles not published or submitted to evaluation processes by other journals will be accepted.
Clinical trials, cohort studies, screening studies (included in this category screening ) or diagnostic tests, analysis of cost-effectiveness, meta-analyzes, systematic reviews, evaluation studies decision - making , case-control studies and survey-based studies in which a high response rate has been obtained.
Its extension shall not exceed 6 000 words, excluding bibliography references ICAS. The title should correspond to the subject of the article. Be accurate, reliable, flashy, understandable and informative. It must not exceed 15 words , in Spanish and English and should not include acronyms or abbreviations. If names of institutions are used, they must be the officers and be up to date. It will not exceed 6 authors and five tables and four figures.
It will include: academic title ( Dr. Cs., Dr.C., MSc., Dr., or Lic.), Names and surnames of the authors one below the other, at the end Arabic numerals to define the order number of each author, in superscript starting with the one with an asterisk to the right of the number for the lead author . Below with Arabic numbers of the author (s), in a consecutive order the categories will be related : academic titles , teaching, scientific and research categories if you have them; administrative charges are not included. Next affiliation by hierarchical units in descending order, for example, university, faculty (hospital) and department or service , country to which it belongs , email of each author and ORCID . E l author responsible, and email address at the end of the article . Abbreviations and acronyms will be identified the first time they are mentioned. They will not be included in the title or summary.
Summary :
It must be structured by sections . It must be clear, precise, guiding, in the past, written in impersonal style, should not reflect elements that appear in the main body of the source document, or include bibliographic references or abbreviations not recognized internationally (WHO; PAHO, UNESCO, kg, cm , etc.). They must contain: rationale, objective, method, results and conclusions ( in bold and without punctuation). It must have a limit of 300 words and appear in Spanish and English languages.
Keywords :
They must be concrete and representative of the semantic content of the document, both in the main and secondary contents. Between three and ten key words or phrases are recommended , to facilitate cross-indexing of the work. It is recommended to use the DeCs thesaurus . (Descriptors in Health Sciences) http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm , http://www.bvscuba.sld.cu/lildbi/decs/
Introduction :
Present background. Foundation of the scientific problem. Clearly describe the objective (s) of the work.
The introduction will define a brief, clear and appropriate background to the study or topic that will be addressed at work. The theoretical framework is p resente literature search strategy used and the databases consulted. The objectives of the study will be presented, as well as the justification for its realization. No data or conclusions of the work will be included.
This section should describe the framework or the basics of the study (for example, the nature of the problem and its relevance). The specific research objectives or the hypothesis evaluated at work must also be stated. The main and secondary objectives should be clearly expressed, as well as any subgroup analysis provided for in the study protocol. Include only relevant bibliographic references, and you should never present data or conclusions from the study itself.
The consulted authors will keep their citations in superscript, in brackets and after the punctuation mark , authors not consulted by the author should not be cited. Give appropriate treatment to non-consulted authors and bibliographic citations, declare the abbreviations that will be used and make reference to the objective of the work at the end of this section. It must match the article summary.
Methods :
In the methods section , the study design or type of study, period and place will be described. The subjects of experimentation or observation (patients, animals, controls), place where it was performed and the date, universe and selection criteria of the subjects, sample and calculation according to the type of study. The composition and essential characteristics of the universe, inclusion, exclusion and elimination criteria, studied samples and sample calculation . Describe the criteria and justification for sample selection if required.
The procedures, statistical techniques (test, etc.) of quality control used, always under an essential principle: a specialist with similar knowledge to those of the author should be able to reproduce the study conducted without using more information than appears in the study with the original data used.
In the case of widely known methods, the references of the works will be provided where they are thoroughly explained; when they are less known, a brief description should be added. When unknown methods are used, in addition to providing complete information about them, the reasons, advantages and disadvantages of their use will be explained. The computer programs that are used for data processing must be specified. Type of statistical method used: descriptive or inferential. The Methods section should include only the information available when the study project or protocol was designed. All information obtained from its execution belongs to the Results section.
Selection and description of the participants
The selection process of observation or experimental subjects (patients or laboratory animals, including controls) should be clearly described, giving details about randomization.
When the experiments include human subjects, it will be indicated whether the procedures followed the ethical principles of the Human Experimentation Committee (institutional or regional) and in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration. Do not use patient names, initials or history numbers, especially in the illustrative material.
Report the sample size, the number of observations and cases lost. References for the study design and statistical methods should preferably be standardized works. The inclusion and exclusion criteria of these subjects and their population of origin. Since the relevance of variables such as age and sex is not always evident in relation to the objectives of the study, the authors must justify their criteria on these variables when they are considered in some way in the work; For example, the authors must explain why only subjects of certain age groups were included or why women were excluded. The fundamental objective should be to state with the utmost clarity how the study was carried out and why it was done so. When variables such as race or ethnicity are used, it is necessary to define how such variables were measured and justify their relevance in the study.
Technical information
Methods, devices (with the manufacturer's name and address in brackets) and procedures with sufficient level of detail should be identified to allow other researchers to reproduce the results. Only bibliographic references should be included for known techniques, including statistical methods, and in the case of published methods but not generally known, a brief description of these in addition to the relevant references.
New or modified methods should be described considerably, justifying the reasons for using them and assessing their limitations. All drugs and chemical substances used must be accurately identified, including generic names, doses and routes of administration.
The review work should include a section describing the methods used to locate, select, extract and synthesize the data. Such methods should also be presented synthetically in the summary.
Statistical analysis
This section describes the statistical data in sufficient detail to allow the reader to verify the results provided.
The statistical methods used according to type of study should be described with the level of detail necessary for an expert reader with access to the original data to verify the results of the study. Whenever possible, the results should be quantified and presented with appropriate statistical accuracy or uncertainty indices (such as confidence intervals). Authors should avoid exclusive confidence in statistical hypothesis tests, for example p-values, which do not provide information of interest on the magnitude of the effect.
Bibliographic references related to the design and statistical methods of the study should be from classic and known publications. It will also be necessary to define statistical terms, abbreviations and most symbols. The computer program used must be specified.
Results :
The results must be presented following a logical sequence in text, tables and illustrations; the main or most important results must appear first and the exposure according to the objectives of the work. Appropriate use of statisticians (when required) and repeat in the text all the data included in tables or illustrations: it is sufficient to highlight or summarize only the most relevant results. The graphics will be used as an alternative to the tables, the information in tables and graphs should not be duplicated. The use of one or the other responds to their ability to facilitate the understanding of the information and the economy of the magazine. Tables and figures should be limited only to those strictly necessary to support the fundamentals of the work and be able to assess the arguments presented. Graphs are preferable to tables with multiple entries. The claim of intellectual priority of the exposed contents will be avoided, as well as the reference of incomplete works.
When the data is summarized in the results section, not only derived numerical results (for example, percentages) should be presented, but also the absolute values from which said derivatives are obtained. The statistical methods used in each analysis must be specified.
The data presented in tables and figures should not be repeated. The colloquial use of technical statistical terms such as "random" (which implies a randomization strategy), "normal", "significant", "correlation" or "sample" should be avoided. Whenever it is scientifically relevant, they should be included in the analysis of variable data such as age or sex.
The novel and relevant aspects of the study and the conclusions derived from them should be highlighted. The data or other information already presented in the Introduction or Results sections should not be repeated in detail. In the case of experimental studies, it is useful to start the discussion with a brief summary of the main results, and then explore the possible mechanism or explanations for these results, compare and contrast the results obtained with those of other relevant studies, present the limitations of the study and, finally, comment on the implications of the study for future research and for health practice.
Discussion :
Perform critical analysis of the results of the study in the light of the work published by other researchers in the national and international area. Explain the scope and limitations of the results achieved.
The title of the table must correspond appropriately with its content and the information they present must justify its existence. Do not repeat information already indicated in the text.
Only a maximum of four figures will be presented and whenever necessary and relevant. The feet of figures must correspond properly and will not exceed 1 Mb each.
Graphs and schemes must be editable to allow the editor if it needs changes, work within them without redoing them. They will not exceed 500 Kb each.
Conclusions :
They must relate to the objectives of the study, in correspondence with the results and the discussion , have adequate degree of generalization , avoiding untested statements and conclusions not supported by the available data. In particular, authors should avoid claims about economic benefits and costs unless the manuscript includes economic data and analysis. Priorities should not be established or premature conclusions drawn from work still in progress. If justified, new hypotheses may be presented, but they should always be clearly identified as such. Unjustifiable conclusions or extrapolations with the data used will be avoided. . They will be written in paragraph form at the end of the discussion.
Tables and figures :
Up to 6 tables are accepted and the table title should correspond appropriately with its content. The information they present must justify its existence. Do not repeat information already indicated in the text. The photographs must be presented in jpg format (300 dpi). Charts and diagrams must be presented in an editable format and tables, graphs and schematics as figures ( jpg format ) will not be accepted . All must be of adequate quality and must not exceed 800 pixels wide.
Only up to three will be submitted and those that are necessary and relevant. The feet of figures must correspond appropriately with these and will not exceed 1 Mb each.
Graphics and schemes :
Up to 4 graphics or figures are accepted and must be editable, that is, the editor must be able to work within them without having to redo them if you need changes. They will not exceed 500 Kb each.
Bibliographic references
Up to 30 references will be accepted , 50% must correspond to the last five years and 30% to the last two years. Medical Archive Camaguey accepts the standards described in the recommendations for manuscripts sent to biomedical journals (Vancouver style). h ttp: //www.aeesme.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Normas-Vancouver.pdf
We recommend applying the following methodological guides according to the study design :
Clinical trial (CONSORT): http://www.consort-statement.org/Media/Default/Downloads/CONSORT%202010%20Statement/CONSORT%202010%20Statement%20(BMJ).pdf
Observational studies (STROBE): http://www.equator-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/STROBE_English.pdf
Systematic reviews / meta-analysis (PRISMA): https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097&type=printable
Diagnostic test evaluation studies (STARD): http://www.equator-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STARD-2015-paper.pdf
Quality improvement studies (SQUIRE): http://www.squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=471
Economic evaluation studies (CHEERS): https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1049.full.pdf
Extensions: In the EQUATOR network there are extensions of all these guides that authors should consult: http://www.equator-network.org/
REVIEW ITEMS
Its extension shall not exceed 6 000 words, excluding references. Not exceed the six authors 6 tables and 4 figures. Title Must correspond to the subject of the article. Be accurate, reliable, flashy, understandable and informative. It must not exceed 15 words. In Spanish and English. It should not include acronyms or abbreviations. If names of institutions are used, they must be the officers and be up to date. Abstract It must be clear, precise, guiding, in the past, written in impersonal style, must not reflect elements that appear in the main body of the source document, should not contain bibliographic references or abbreviations not recognized internationally (WHO; PAHO, UNESCO, kg , cm, etc.). They must contain: rationale, objective, method, results and conclusions). It must have a limit of 300 words. In e spañol e i nglés. Keywords They must be concrete and representative of the semantic content of the document, both in the main and secondary contents. There must be at least 3 key words or phrases in Spanish and English . It is recommended to use the DeCs thesaurus . (Descriptors in Health Sciences) http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm Introduction Present a brief, clear and appropriate background with its bibliographic foundation. It must be a matter of importance and relevance. To base the scientific problem that originates the review. Clearly describe the objective (s) of the work. Methods Criteria and justification for the selection of the sources consulted. Number of articles by types and sources. Search engines used. Period taken for review. Development Exhibition according to the objectives of the work. Figures and tables that highlight the relevant aspects without incurring repetitions of information. Interpretation of the results indicated in the literature consulted. Contrast the differences and coincidences of the studies analyzed. Criticize the results of the study in light of the work published by the authors themselves or by other researchers. Describe the possible applicability and generalization of the results. Include new aspects to consider (if necessary). Point out or highlight the limitations or contributions of the review. Conclusions Respond to the objectives of the study. It exposes clear, concrete and pertinent conclusions. Bibliographic references Up to 30 references will be accepted . It must contain 50% of works published in the last five years and 30% of three years. Be represented the relevant national and international literature on the subject.
Case Presentation
Its extension will not exceed 3 5 00 words, including references.
It will not exceed 4 authors and 4 tables or 4 figures .
Title
Must correspond to the subject of the article. Be accurate, reliable, flashy, understandable and informative. It must not exceed 15 words. In Spanish and English. It should not include acronyms or abbreviations. If names of institutions are used, they must be the officers and be up to date.
Summary
Structured by sections, in this case you should follow the following structure: Background-Objective of the presentation of the case-Presentation of the case itself- Conclusions. Offer an adequate idea of what the subject is about. State the reasons for presenting the case. Synthesize the clinical case appropriately. It must have a limit of 300 words. In Spanish and English.
Keywords
They must be concrete and representative of the semantic content of the document, both in the main and secondary contents. There must be at least 3 key words or phrases in Spanish and English . It is recommended to use the DeCs thesaurus . (Descriptors in Health Sciences) http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm
Introduction
Present a brief, clear and appropriate background. Describe the objective and the reasons for the presentation of the case.
Clinical case
Describe adequately the family history (family inheritance, pathological personnel, non-pathological, surgical, gynecobstétricos , etc.) related to the case. Indicate the onset, evolution and current state of the condition. Summarize the main clinical, laboratory, and Imaginology findings, highlighting those that make the picture a peculiar case. Indicate the treatment used. Indicate the evolution of the case.
Discussion
Analyze and compare the main findings with those of other reported cases. Point out the pathology / pathophysiology and its meaning. Describe the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis and / or treatment of the case presented. Discuss differential diagnoses. Analyze the theories or hypotheses about the implications of the findings.
Conclusions
The conclusions must be clear and justify the presentation of the case.
Bibliographic references
It must contain up to 12 references , 50% of works published in the last five years and 30% of three years. National and international literature.
Figures
A maximum of four images are accepted. They must have a good quality. They must be necessary and relevant. Charts and diagrams must have quality. The data they present does not repeat information already indicated in the text. Protect the identity of the patient and abide by the bioethical principles. Source from where the figures and / or photos were taken.
Feet of figures
The description of the figure must be adequate. The feet should correspond to the figures. Describe the meaning of the abbreviations or symbols used in the figures.
CONTRIBUTIONS IN BRIEF
Brief Communication:
Brief communication of the results of an investigation. They express positions and / or criteria directly related to a topic to be addressed by the journal or circumstantial scientific situation.
Fast communication:
Update of an investigation or other news items.
They will include: brief introduction, development and conclusions or final considerations on the subject. They will be commissioned by the editorial committee to certain personalities and up to 3 authors will be accepted.
Its extension will not exceed 1 5 00 words an author and may include bibliographical references. They may contain descriptions of research projects, preliminary results of ongoing investigations, opinions or ideas about current issues in the field, to pdating of an investigation or other news items, personal or institutional experiences in solving technical problems of activity or others of interest in the opinion of the editorial committee and must include up to 1 2 references .
SPEECH, CONFERENCES OR PAPERS
Document of a speech or oral presentation . The presentation of conferences or presentations exposed in scientific events or meetings is accepted. Its extension will not exceed 1,500 words. They must contain the following information on the first page: name of the author, credits, name of the meeting or event where it was presented, responsible organization, as well as date and venue. They can be formed by structured summary (see section of original articles; keywords), in Spanish and English, an introduction, of a maximum of one page; s method , where the essential elements for the development of the work are exposed; The result (s), in one or two tables or figures and the conclusions , summarize the essential elements. An author and 12 references are recommended.
LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR
Comments on articles published in AMC. Also included are news, bibliographies, retractions, corrections or amendments, tutorials, terminology, summaries, meeting summaries, commemorative publications, product profiles, programs, reedited articles, legal cases, classes, comments, glossaries, private directories, speeches, interviews, typos, guides, annual reports, descriptions of research projects, preliminary results of ongoing research, opinions or ideas about current issues in the specialty, travel experiences, personal or institutional experiences in solving technical problems. Its extension will not exceed 1,500 words. They will include in a single block and without subtitles : introduction, development and conclusions. The materials received can be published totally or partially, according to the importance of the subject or for reasons of space. I recommend an author and 5 references
EDITORIAL OR INTRODUCTION:
The editorials will be made by the Director of the Camagüey Medical Archive Magazine or on request and may include up to four figures or tables. They may be of scientific content or opinion. Its extension will not exceed 1,500 words.
Scientific publishers They suppose a rigorous update or an interesting punctualization on certain subject.
Opinion editorials Collect points of view or socio-scientific positions of the scientific community on a topic of common interest of researchers and health professionals. Five references are recommended for publishers.
CLINICAL TRIALS
Clinical trials must bear their proper registration number obtained in a Clinical Trials Registry. This number must be verifiable, so the source will appear. They must also comply with the evaluation parameters expressed in the international CONSORT guide. http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/recursos/CONSORT.pdf
Essential aspects for the acceptance of contributions submitted to the journal
• Correspondence with the interest profile of the publication and its readers.
• Methodological quality and work content.
• Opportunity, novelty or validity of the proposed topic.
• Quality of presentation (structure and writing).
• Current and value of bibliographic references.
• Compliance with the instructions for submitting the papers.
The main reasons for the rejection of a work are: lack of originality, scientific solidity, reliability of its methods and interest for the magazine's audience.
The group that works at AMC, is characterized by a style of work extremely friendly to its taxpayers from a basic principle: a good job should not remain unpublished, for presentation reasons. Its authors will always receive the support they require during their editing process. The authors must correct the modifications that are requested by the magazine immediately, keeping the copy and sending the article with the suggestions that motivated the rejection of the work, which facilitates the verification of correction of the errors indicated by the director or By the referees in the review process. Authors will be able to follow the process of assigning, reviewing and editing their work in the page that for the registered author offers Open Journal System.
The complete process of revision and editing depends on the quality of the works that are sent, being able to be in the editorial mattress up to a year.
If any conflict of interest arises during the publication process between referees, editors or any other member of the work team, it should be communicated to the editor. It is considered a conflict of interest, that situation that occurs when those who value a job have certain links with activities that may improperly influence the results of such valuation.
As a rule, the Editorial Committee will consider inbreeding as an indicator and will consider the value of the works proposed regardless of the national or foreign origin of the authors or their affiliation organizations.
General aspects object of evaluation during the review process of the articles
Title
• Must be: accurate, reliable, brief, specific and also be striking. • Reflect the fundamental content of the work. As a rule, it should not exceed 15 words.
Authors • Participate according to the number established for each type of article, being mandatory to locate the ORCID to the right of the name of each author.
• Identify the academic attributes, affiliation in descending order , province, country and email of the authors.
Summary • Provides a structured and simplified view of the entire content of the article in a structured way. • Contains : rationale , objectives , methods, main results and s conclusion is essential is the work. Adjust it in paragraphs, according to the article and instructions.
Keywords or keywords • A group of keywords is offered to facilitate job indexing. The keywords will be obtained from the Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH ). http://www.bvscuba.sld.cu/lildbi/decs/
Introduction • The problem under investigation is identified. • The problem is based (empirically and theoretically). • The problem is justified (with the practical benefits that can be expected from the investigation). • The specific objectives of the study are clearly stated in the body and at the end of the introduction.
Methods • The type of study is identified. • The universe is presented and the criteria for inclusion and exclusion of objects or subjects belonging to the universe (documents, institutions, users, etc.) are established. The study sample is calculated and the objects or subjects are selected according to the method chosen . • The design is clearly explained. • The design is appropriate for the objectives. • Consensus method for validation. • The variables are identified and operationalized in abbreviated form. • The procedure followed is exposed step by step for the development of the investigation. • The statistical procedures used and the purpose of their use are presented. • The statistical techniques used are explained or referred to. • The reader could repeat the study with the information offered in this section.
Results • They are presented in a clear, synthetic, logical and coherent way. • The exhibition is helped by tables, graphs and annexes. Its content is not duplicated in the text. • Tables and graphs are clear, timely and self-explanatory.
Discussion and conclusions • The results of the study and their implications are interpreted and commented. • The results are compared with those of other similar works and the authors show citations in parentheses and superscripts. • The results are not repeated in the discussion. • New hypotheses are formulated. • The scope and limitations of the results are evaluated. • Conclusions are formulated or outlined that correspond to the objectives and are inferred from the results. • New studies are recommended.
Bibliographic references • 50 percent of the references will be framed in the last five years and the remaining 30 percent of the last three years. • They are cited after the punctuation mark or immediately after they are cited. • Do not refer to works not consulted by the author and limit up to four consecutive authors. • Establish a 20/80 national / foreign publications relationship between the references used. • References are presented according to Vancouver style recommendations.
Appendices or annexes • The number of tables is adjusted to four according to the standards. • They are considered necessary or convenient for a better understanding of the work.
Useful tips for writing papers • Write concisely and clearly. • Use the impersonal style. • Avoid, whenever possible, the use of passive voice. • Take care of the use of the capital letter, as well as the agreement in gender and number. • Reduce the employment of participles and gerunds to the necessary cases. • Avoid long sentences and excessive subordinations, use the appropriate punctuation marks to separate the sentences. • Rationally use the means to highlight important texts or elements. • The previous recommendations are based on the study of the most frequent mistakes made by the authors of the works submitted for the consideration of AMC.
Bibliographical references and others
References or citations must be consecutively numbered according to the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Arabic numbers are recommended in superscript and without parentheses. When there is more than one quotation, they must be separated by commas, but if they are correlative, the first and last are mentioned separated by a hyphen.
When an author is mentioned in the text, the reference number is placed after the author's name. If it is a work done by more than two authors, the first one is cited followed by the abbreviation "et al" and its reference number.
Only those references consulted personally by the authors will be included. Work should not be cited through opinions of third parties, otherwise ethical treatment should be given: Santana del Rio J., quoted by Cruzata Álvarez N, et al.50 Summaries will not be cited only full papers.
Style and format of bibliographic references
The style of Uniformity Requirements is based primarily on an ANSI style standard adapted by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for its databases.
Bibliographical references should be numbered consecutively, following the order in which they appear for the first time in the text. References in the text, tables and legends will be identified by Arabic numerals in parentheses. References cited only in tables or figures should be numbered following the order in which they are mentioned for the first time in the text. Index names should be abbreviated according to the style used by Index Medicus. Consult the list of indexed journals in the Index Medicus, published annually by the NLM in a specific document and also appears in the January issue of the Index Medicus. Authors should refer to this in the journal's instructions.
Bibliographical references will be presented according to the "Vancouver style recommendations" and will be numbered numerically by order of appearance in the text at the end of the paper as follows:
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WRITING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
References or citations are a prominent section in a scientific work. The careful selection of relevant documents is an element that gives solidity to the theoretical presentation of the text, while being an important source of information for the reader.
- References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Some journals in their author guidelines recommend that Arabic numbers be used in superscript and without parentheses.
- When there is more than one appointment, these should be separated by commas, but if they were correlative, the first and last mentioned by a script are mentioned. Appointments are placed after the punctuation mark. It is advisable to cite up to four authors at a time.
- When an author is mentioned in the text, the reference number is placed after the author's name. If it is a work done by more than two authors, the first one is cited followed by the abbreviation "et al" and its reference number.
- Only those references consulted personally by the authors will be included. Citing works through opinions of third parties, you can assume that you are given opinions that do not exist. It is also frequent that the work is poorly cited and that we contribute to perpetuate citation errors.
- It is recommended not to include works written in infrequent languages. If for some special circumstance we are forced to cite them and their spelling is not Latin, it is recommended to translate the title into Spanish or English. PubMed performs an English translation and puts them in brackets. If we quote it through its abstract, we must specify this particularity, putting it in brackets after the title [Abstract] [Abstracts].
- It is recommended not to quote magazines translated into Spanish. It is advisable to retrieve the quotation from the original version, since it is easier to locate an original magazine than a translated version, in addition to being the original document more reliable.
- The documents that are cited must be current. Some magazines point out that they should be no more than five years old and preferably the last two. We would cite documents that are older, for historical reasons or if we do not find updated references as an alternative.
- To cite properly the electronic documents we recommend to consult the document on the bibliographic citations in Internet published by the National Library of Medicine of USA, or the norm of the International Standards Organization (ISO 690-2) for electronic documents.
- Documents, reports, reports, protocols, etc. Unpublished, it is recommended not to include them in the bibliography, but may include them in the text as "unpublished observations". Their location, identification and access can be very difficult. They are usually documents of which no legal deposit is made, therefore they are not kept in libraries or documentation centers.
- References that are made from accepted but not yet published originals will be indicated by "press" or "next publication"; The authors must obtain written authorization and have evidence that their publication is accepted. Information on manuscripts submitted to a journal but not accepted should be cited in the text as "unpublished observations", with prior written authorization of the author.
- Abstracts should be avoided, except for a very justified reason. Full documents will be consulted. Nor does it cite a "personal communication", except when it provides essential information that is not available in publicly accessible sources, in these cases will be included in parentheses in the text, the name of the person and the date of the communication. In scientific articles, authors citing a personal communication must obtain written authorization.
- The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). PubMed's Journals Database can be found. To check the abbreviations of Spanish journals, the catalog C17 (Catalog of periodical publications of the Spanish Health Sciences Libraries) can be consulted. If you do not locate an abbreviation, you can consult the "List of serial title International abbreviations" according to ISO 4, or the "The List of Title Word Abbreviations" of the ISSN agency.
- Once the bibliography is finished, you have to make sure the correspondence of the citations in the text and the number assigned in the bibliography.
- Bibliographical references often contain errors. To avoid such errors, references should be verified with the original documents. PubMed, in the Single Citation Matcher allows to check in a simple way the bibliographic data of the journals indexed in Medline.
Attachments and others
BOARDS
The tables collect the information in a summarized way and present it efficiently. They also allow to display the information with the desired level of detail and precision. The inclusion of data in the tables instead of in the text usually allows to reduce the extension of the same.
Each table should be prepared in double space on different pages. Tables must be numbered consecutively, in the same order as they are cited for the first time in the text. Each table must be accompanied by a short title. Tables should not contain horizontal or vertical interior lines. Each column in the table must contain a short or abbreviated header.
Explanations should be included in footnotes, not titles or headings. In the footnotes, all unusual abbreviations should be explained. For the footnotes the following symbols should be used, following the same order presented: *, †, ‡, §, || , **, †, ‡. The statistical measures of dispersion, such as standard deviation or standard error of the mean, must be properly identified.
Authors should ensure that each table is conveniently referenced in the text. If data from other sources, published or not, are presented in the tables, the corresponding permits must be obtained and the sources in question should be publicly acknowledged.
In these cases, the necessary relevant information will be added to the text. These tables should be sent to the journal along with the manuscript for availability in the external review process by experts.
ILLUSTRATIONS (FIGURES)
Professional quality figures should be prepared and photographed, or digital reproductions of photographic quality should be submitted. In addition to requiring versions of the figures suitable for printing, some journals also ask the authors for the corresponding electronic files in a format that allows the reproduction of high quality images in the electronic version of the journal (for example, JPEG or GIF) . Authors should check these images on the computer and verify that they meet the necessary quality requirements.
In the case of radiographs, ultrasound or other diagnostic imaging techniques, as well as photographs of pathological specimens or photomicrographs, photographic reproductions in black and white or color, crisp and satin, should be used, generally of size 127 × 173 mm . Although some magazines redraw the figures, many do not. Therefore, the letters, numbers and symbols included in the figures must be crisp and uniform, and of sufficient size so that each character remains legible in the reduced version of the published article. The figures should be explanatory in themselves as much as possible, since many will be reproduced directly as slides for scientific presentations. However, titles and detailed explanations should be included in the legends, not in the body of the figures.
Photomicrographs must contain scale markers. The symbols, arrows or letters included in the photomicrographs should be clearly highlighted on the background.
If photographs of people are used, they must not be identifiable, or they must be accompanied by the corresponding written authorization that allows their use. Whenever possible, specific permission should be obtained for the publication of these materials.
The figures should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first cited in the text. If a previously published figure is used, the original source must be identified and the written authorization of the copyright owner to reproduce the material must be submitted with the manuscript. Unless it is a public domain document, this authorization is necessary regardless of who the authors or the publishing company are.
For color illustrations, it should be checked if the magazine requests color negatives, positive transparencies or color copies.
An attached drawing indicating the part to be reproduced in the photograph can be useful for editing work. Some journals publish color illustrations only if the authors pay the additional costs. Authors should consult the magazine's instructions on sending figures in electronic format.
Legends of illustrations (figures)
Legends should appear at the end with Arabic numerals corresponding to each illustration. When symbols, arrows, numbers or letters are used to identify parts of the figure, the meaning of all of them in the legend must be clearly identified and explained. The internal scale of the image must also be explained. The staining method used must be described in the photomicrographs.
Units of measure
Metric units (meters, kilograms or liters) or their decimal multiples must be used for length, height, weight and volume measurements.
Thanks
The acknowledgments will recognize the contributions of some people in carrying out the work and that do not justify their appearance as authors. When deemed necessary, the following will be cited: persons, centers or entities that have collaborated or supported the work.
As an appendix to the text specify:
• Contributions that need recognition, but that do not justify authorship, such as general support by the department head. • Recognition for technical help. • Recognition for financing or support material. • Those who have contributed intellectually to the article, but whose contribution does not justify being authors, for example, scientific advisor, reviewer, data collector or participant in clinical experiments. Such persons must give permission to be appointed.
14 julio 2025