Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Each section of the manuscript should be in accordance  with the following sequence: 1. Title page, 2. Abstract  and key words (in Spanish) and Abstract and key words  (in English), 3. Body text, 4. Acknowledgements (optional),  disclaimers (conflict of interest), 5. References. Pages should  be consecutively numbered, starting from the title page, in  the center and bottom of the footer. Figures should be sent  as separate files in jpg or gif format with a good resolution  (minimum 300 dpi). 

1. Title  

It includes: a) paper title (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese)  which should not include acronyms or abbreviations, and its  extension should not exceed 20 words, b) names of each  author (first name and initial of middle name (if applicable),  first surname and initial of last surname) accompanied by the  initials of their studies degrees (ei. MD, Esp, MSc. PhD) and  institutional affiliation, c) name of unit and institution d) name  and email address of author responsible of the post related  to document. 

Note: As provided in the Uniform Requirements to be  considered the author of a work is crucial to have made  substantial contributions to all the following items: a) Origin  and design, or acquisition of data and information, or analysis  and data interpretation, b) article planning or reviewing for  intellectual content; c) final approval of the version to be  published.  

2. Abstract and key words 

Abstract should not exceed 250 words and should be  structured. It must present a short introduction, the aim of  

the work, the basic methodology (general data), the most  important results and the major conclusion. It should be  written in an impersonal way. Keywords (minimum 5) will be  added below the abstract, these must be included in the list  of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). All of the above must  be submitted in English, Spanish and Portuguese. 

3. Body text 

Its development depends on the type and scheme of work  and section where they will be assigned. The manuscript  should be concise, avoiding the use of idioms, medical  jargon, regionalism or any language variation. Formulas  and mathematical expressions should be in accordance  with the International System of Units. Use of abbreviations  is not recommended except for measurement units. If you  use abbreviations and acronyms, the first time mentioned  in the text should be in parentheses and be preceded by  the complete words. Keep in mind the nomenclature in  writing of microorganisms, genes, proteins, or anything that  has a specific nomenclature. Each paragraph based on  other texts should take its corresponding citation following  the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to  biomedical journals (Vancouver Standards). Examples of this  type of citation can be found in http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/ uniform_requirements.html. The citation should preferably  be written in paragraph at the end, in Arabic numerals in  parentheses, and in the same font size of the text.  

The specific requirements for each type of item are as  follows: 

3.1 Research papers: The text should include the following  sections:  

1. a) Introduction: It must specify the purpose of the work and  summarizes the reasons for study or observation,  
2. b) Materials and methods: full description of features and  procedures used in a manner that it could reproduce the  results. The type of statistical analysis should be included. In  this section is essential to mention ethical considerations and  approval by the ethics committee of the institution.  
3. c) Results: Presented in logical sequence in the text, should  not be repeated in this data in the tables or illustrations;  
4. d) Discussion: Relevant aspects of the study, the  conclusions derived from it and implications of the results  are presented. These comments should be related to  other relevant studies which will be cited according to the  requirements. The length should not exceed 15 pages  including the bibliography but not tables.  

3.2 Review: The text should include the following sections:  

1. a) Introduction: Specifies the purpose of work and  summarizes reasons for study or observation; 
2. b) Methodology: This section must include databases  searched, search terms (keywords) and period of time set  by the author about publication dates of viewed articles;  
3. c) Contents: It refers to sections developed in the review,  these should appear as unnumbered subtitles;  
4. d) Conclusions: where the most important review ideas  and author's opinion of develop topic are set. The length  should not exceed 20 pages excluding the bibliography.  
5. e) References: The number of references should not be  less than 50.  

3.3 Reflection paper: It consists of an introduction and  main theme that can be developed in a composition using  unnumbered subtitles. The length should not exceed 15  pages including references and tables if it is considered  necessary.  

3.4 Short Paper: Text should include the following  sections:  

1. a) Introduction: Specifies the purpose of the work and  summarizes the reasons for study or observation;  
2. b) Materials and Methods: A comprehensive description  of features and procedures used, such that results can be  replicate. Type of statistical analysis should be included. In  this section is essential to mention ethical considerations  and approval by the ethics committee of the institution.  
3. c) Results: Presented in logical sequence in the text, this  data should not be repeated in the tables or illustrations.  
4. d) Discussion: New and important aspects of study,  those conclusions derived from them and the implications  of results will be emphasized. These comments should be  related to other relevant studies. Length should not exceed  10 pages including references and tables. 

3.5 Case report: It can be framed in the following four  types of case report: a case report without literature review  (maximum length of 5 pages), case report with literature  review (maximum 7 pages not including bibliography),  report of a case series (maximum 5 pages excluding  bibliography) and systematic review of cases (maximum  7 pages not including bibliography). In general, it should  take the following structure: Title, abstract and keywords (at  least 5) in English, Spanish and Portuguese, introduction,  demonstration of the case, (author must specify what  type of case report refers), discussion, conclusions and  references. 

4. Acknowledgements and disclaimers 

Contributions requiring gratitude will be included, but it  should not justify authoring, such as general support given by  the head of a department. Other examples include scientific  advisors, reviewers, data collectors, etc. On the same page  a paragraph will be included with the "disclaimers" where  conflicts of interest and information on funding sources  will be declared (if it exist) (i.e. contributions from public  or private entities; contributions from the pharmaceutical  industry, supplier of any equipment or tools, etc). 

5. References 

References are mentioned with Arabic numbers, and  listed according to the order of appearance of the  citations in the text and are written single spaced. The  sketch and punctuation of references and abbreviations  for journal titles should be based on the formats used by  the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to  biomedical journals (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_ requirements.html). Abstracts should not be used as a  reference. 

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