Every single article is reviewed by the Editorial Committee,
which verifies the entire fulfillment of our criteria, registered in these
guidelines. The Committee will inform the author/authors if the article
does not respond to any of these requirements.
After this first evaluation, documents are sent to a Peer in order to
review their scientific and academic quality. Authors’ identity
is not revealed to evaluators, neither vice versa. Once the Committee
has received External and Internal Academic Peers judgments, it makes
a decision that can be one of three: accepting the articles with some
adjustments, accepting them definitely, or rejecting them. Aquichan takes
90 days at most to notify the authors.
Once the articles have been accepted and necessary adjustments or arrangements
made, they must be corrected, respecting each author’s style. It
means that correction is made on form, not on contents.
Extent and presentation of articles
Works must have 25 pages at most, in Microsoft Word, 8.5 x 11 paper size,
double spacing, no additional line-skipping between paragraphs and titles.
Times New Roman, 12 points; 1.18 inches for top and bottom margins; and
0.98 inches for right and left margins.
Kinds of articles according to Publindex
Research Article: It grants original results coming from scientific research
or technological development. These elements must be included: introduction,
work methodology, results, conclusions and references.
Review Article: An appropriate bibliography is largely reviewed and examined,
as well as located over certain perspective towards the future; this kind
of article presents advances and tendencies as well. It requires a strict
and large bibliographical review (50 references at least).
Reflection Article: It presents results coming from research. The author
analyses, interprets or makes a critical comment about any item taken
from original sources. This kind of work is commonly presented on academic
events (Congresses, Seminars, Discussions, Symposiums, etc.). It constitutes
an original and updated contribution.
Short Article: It shows partial results coming from a scientific or technological
research that requires a prompt and large circulation, given its own features
and relevance.
Case Reporting: It presents technical and methodological experiences collected
on a specific case as well as its results. Besides, it includes a bibliographical
review related to similar cases.
Review of in Item: It is the result of a literary critical review on a
particular item.
Required format
- Title: Brief, without abbreviations or formulas. A key word at least
is needed.
- Name of the author (authors): It comes right after the title. If there
are several authors, the name of the one who receives mail communications
must be indicated by an asterisk.
- Academic formation and affiliations: The most recent academic diploma,
the institution that the author / authors work for, the address of that
institution as well as the author’s e-mail address must appear on
foot notes.
- Abstract: 200 words at most. Purposes, methodology, results, interpretation
and conclusions must be clearly written.
- Key words: From three to five, indicating the main aspects of the article.
They must be registered on the Health Science Descriptors (DeCS) of Bireme.
- Body text: In general, research works must follow IMRED format: introduction,
materials and methods, results and discussion (conclusion).
- Foot notes: Made to clarify. They have to be ordered by number and appear
on bottom of the page. They are used to identify the authors’ institutional
affiliation as well as their addresses; also to enlarge some unknown information,
or to give some marginal explanations that otherwise would interrupt the
natural order of the text.
- Bibliographical References: They show original sources for concepts,
methods and techniques referred on the text, coming from earlier researches,
studies and experiences. Consecutive numbers are cited into parenthesis
according to their order on the text. Abstracts won’t be used as
references. Bibliographical references are inserted at the end, according
to Vancouver’s rules.
Articles published in Journals (examples)
1. Standard Article
Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation is associated with an
increased risk for pancreatobiliary disease. Ann Intern Med 1996; 124
(11): 980-3.
Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black JR, Masuyer E, Friedl, HP, Ivanov E, et al.
Childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year followup. Br J Cancer
1996; 73: 1006-12.
2. More than six authors
Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al.
Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after
cortical contusion injury. Brain Res 2002; 935 (1-2): 40-6.
3. Collective Author (The ‘author’ is a team)
Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Hypertension, insulin, and
proinsulin in participants with impaired glucose tolerance. Hypertension
2002; 40 (5): 679-86.
4. Author is not mentioned
21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail. BMJ 2002; 325
(7357): 184.
5. Journal Supplement
Geraud G, Spierings EL, Keywood C. Tolerability and safety of frovatriptan
with short- and long-term use for treatment of migraine and in comparison
with sumatriptan. Headache. 2002; 42 Suppl 2: S93-9.
6. A part of a Journal
Abend SM, Kulish N. The psychoanalytic method from an epistemological
viewpoint. Int J Psychoanal. 2002;83(Pt 2):491-5.
7. A part of a Number of the Journal
Ahrar K, Madoff DC, Gupta S, Wallace MJ, Price RE, Wright KC. Development
of a large animal model for lung tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2002; 13
(9 Pt 1): 923-8.
8. A number without volume
Banit DM, Kaufer H, Hartford JM. Intraoperative frozen section analysis
in revision total joint arthroplasty. Clin Orthop 2002; (401): 230-8.
9. Without number and volume
Outreach: bringing HIV-positive individuals into care. HRSA Careaction.
2002 Jun: 1-6.
10. Pages on Roman numbersç
Chadwick R, Schuklenk U. The politics of ethical consensus finding. Bioethics
2002; 16 (2): iii-v.
11. Indication of the kind of article if needed
Tor M, Turker H. International approaches to the prescription of long-term
oxygen therapy [letter]. Eur Respir J 2002; 20 (1): 242.
(N. del T.: In Spanish [letter])
Lofwall MR, Strain EC, Brooner RK, Kindbom KA, Bigelow GE. Characteristics
of older methadone maintenance (MM) patients [abstract]. Drug Alcohol
Depend 2002; 66 Suppl 1: S105.
(N. del T.: In Spanish [letter]) En
Books and monographs
1. Individual authors
Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skills for nurses. 2nd
ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996.
2. Publisher(s), Compiler(s)
Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people.
New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.
3. A chapter of the book
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid
tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human
cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.
4. Organization(s) as Author
Royal Adelaide Hospital; University of Adelaide, Department of Clinical
Nursing. Compendium of nursing research and practice development, 1999-2000.
Adelaide (Australia): Adelaide University; 2001.
Conferences’ Memories
Kimura J, Shibasaki H, editors. Recent advances in clinical neurophisiology.
Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophisiology;
1995 Oct 15-19; Kyoto, Japan. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1996.
Electronic Material
- Charts: they must be understandable. All illustrations (graphics, diagram,
drawings, photographs and maps) will be used to add some information.
Their titles must be short, precise and brief and, if applicable, the
author has to cite the source they were taken from. Excellent quality
in photographs, as well as original source and date are required.
- Glossary: defined and explained words –proper names not included-
must be written in small cursive letters. Each defined word is separated
from its meaning by two spaces, with no punctuation mark at all.
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