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Author Guidelines

The journal is published in digital format through the platform Open Journal Systems (OJS), a free software solution developed by Public Knowledge Project (PKP), where the whole edition process takes place, and can be easily reached through the electronic link www.medisan.sld.cu.

Authors’ guidelines

The journal publishes the following articles:

Editorials: There are brief articles about the point of view of an author –or of the Editorial Board- about a topic, scientific work or updated problem, which may be related or not with the content of the journal issue in which the work is published; in other cases, it may deal with the point of view of the journal regarding a topic, as well as it may refer to editorial policies. This modality has no abstract. There may be more than one editorial in each issue. They will be written by request of the Editorial Board of the journal. Its extension should not exceed 1 500 words.

Research original works: written reports communicating the results of an investigation. They should have enough information for the evaluation of results and reproduction of experiments. They have an Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions, which are included at the end of the Discussion. Its extension is of 4 500 words (including title, abstract, tables, attached documents, figures with their foot notes and bibliographical references). Figures, tables or schemes should be no more than 5 in total and up to 20 references.

Review articles: works on particular topics, in which published information in gathered, analyzed and discussed. They must have an Abstract, Introduction, Development (with the subtitle the author considers convenient), with the analysis and/or discussion of the topic. Its extension should not exceed 5 000 words (without references). Figures, tables or schemes should be no more than 5 in total and from 25 to 50 references.

Case Reports: this section presents the description of one or several clinical cases with important value to the research or with new aspects of a disease or syndrome previously known or researched that constitute a contribution of valuable information to the topic treated in the article or the process of the research. The structure of this section will be: Introduction, case reports and comments, with an extension of 3500 words with 3 figures, charts or annexes. The number of authors should not be more than 4 and 10 references.

Letters to the Editor

It is a brief text with comments or objections dealing with articles of the journal, or informing about any discovery or finding in an inconclusive research. This section provides the platform for a quality knowledge and experience interchange between the readers and to the staff. It has an extension of 1500 words including the references and one or two authors.

Brief Communications

They include an abstract with an extension of 2500 words, including the title, 2 charts or figures and 10 references.

Obituaries

Obituaries(in memóriam), acknowledgments, reports, official announcements will have an extension of 1 200words. They do not include references and a figure may be accepted.

Special Collaborations: these articles include interest topics for the professionals. They have an introduction with the general objective, development with the subheadings the authors consider necessary and the conclusions. It also has a non-structured abstract. The total extension is up to 5000 words withot inckluding references, 5 figures, charts anas annexes and 10 references.

Other modalities such as comments, surgical techniques, biomedical communications, medical formation and others may include an abstract, introduction, development and conclusion, with an extension of 3500 words and 20 bibliographic references

Articles presentation

All the submitted contributions should be accompanied by a letter signed by all the authors, stating that the paper has not been previously submitted to any other journal or publishing agency. It will also state that all the authors agree with the content of the article and rights are transferred to the journal without conflict of interests.

The articles will be presented in digital Word format, using Arial 12 pt font, one and a half-spaced, in a clear and legible text.Whenever possible, URL links will be used for bibliographical references.

The presentation will include the name of the sponsoring institution; the title not exceeding 20 words; full names of all the authors ordered according to their participation in the paper (if the number is higher than six, then the contribution of each of them to the research or the preparation of the paper should be specified in writing); the highest academic or scientific degree as well as the e-mails of all authors. All the authors must have an ORCID registration that will appear in the paper submitted.

It will also include a structured or in-block abstract of no more than 150 words in Spanish stating the objectives, procedures or methods used, the most significant results and the main conclusions of the paper as well as any other novel aspect. The author will summarize the paper´s contents in 3 to 10 terms or phrases (keywords) at the end of the abstract in order of importance, taking into account DeCs thesaurus   http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm and MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh  for the english language.

Research original papers should follow this basic structure:

- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and
-Discussion

The references will be listed following the Vancouver style, double-spaced at the end of the text. They will be numbered in the order they appear in the text and identified with superscript Arabic numerals in the text. Relevant and updated published documents will be cited. Personal communications and unpublished documents should not be mentioned. All the authors of the references will be listed, if there are 7 or more, list the first 6 followed by "et al. “ The titles of the journals will be abbreviated following the List of journals indexed in Index Medicus. Neither capital letters nor underlining will be used to emphasize any element of the title. The order of the reference elements and the use of the punctuation marks established by the Vancouver style will be observed

All the clinical laboratory results will be reported in SI units or in other measures authorized by this system. If the traditional units are added, they will be written in parentheses. Example: glycemia: 5.55 mmol/L (100mg/100mL).

Articles in the English language from authors of other countries which official language is not Spanish are accepted as well.

Editorial

They are brief reports from an author or magazine editorial committee  point of view on a scientific event or problem of present time that  can be related to the publication number content or  refer to the editorial politics of the magazine where it appears. This work modality usually disseminates recent advances,  motivates  the reading of a certain contribution, outlines a polemic situation or  promotes meetings, work shops or scientific congresses. 

Letters

It is about some comment or objection to works published in the magazine. It can also inform in a brief way on an advance or finding of an unconcluded preliminary investigation. This section contributes to a dynamic exchange of knowledge and quality experiences  among readers. 

Original Articles

It exposes the results of cases and controls, cohort and intervention clinical or experimental trials, as well as of multicenter or bibliometric studies or other original contributions on pathogenesis, pathophysiology, pathology, epidemiology and diagnostic and therapeutic methods. It must constitute a significant contribution in the field of  biomedical investigation. 

Review articles

In this modality published materials are mentioned; some infromation on a concrete topic is gathered,  analyzed and  synthesized, as well as the upgraded literature reviews in this respect. The purpose and  contribution of the review should be indicated, as well as the bibliographical sources and  searching and selection methods of the literature review used as references. Reviews have a range, as well as limitations, whenever they are modern reviews.

Case Reports

Its objective is to describe and  analyze one or several case reports with an important value for the scientific-medical investigation in general or with novel aspects on a disease or an uncommon syndrome, previously well-known or investigated that  constitute a contribution for the topic in question. 

Brief Communications

They are very argued reports on the definitive or preliminary results of investigations. They can approach advances in the techniques of diagnosis or treatment or  contribute other observations the sufficiently interesting  so that they justify the publication. Their basic structure is similar to that of a review work (introduction, development and conclusions), but with a short extension. 

Reflection and Debate

In this modality biomedical updatings, reflections or opinions on some specific topic will be included in correspondence or opposition with that exposed by other authors. Their extension will be longer than that of a brief communication. 

Education in health

In this modality bases and parameters are offered for the analysis and  structuring of education in the teaching-learning process of medical sciences. The investigations related to  medical training,  educational or didactic strategies,  guides for the instruction of health professionals, development of technologies will be included, among others that contribute to the improvement and enrichment of the teaching educational process either in  predegree or in postdegree. 

Historical Work

In this section the evolution of events or findings that have marked the beginning of an outstanding scientific contribution for the development of  medical sciences will be exposed, as well as  life and work of personalities that have contributed to the progress of  medicine, stomatology, nursing and  other sciences related. In this section, testimonies, biographical profiles will also be included. 

Special contribution

In this modality, data and current tendencies of a health problem are contributed, as well as elements about national plans, strategies or general action lines, coordination projects and alliances, epidemiologic surveillance, programs and perspectives, reviews of books, among others. 

Copyright Notice

All the articles can be downloaded or read for free. The journal does not charge any amount of money to the authors for the reception, edition or the publication of the articles, making the whole process completely free. Medisan has no embargo period and it is published under the license of Creative Commons, International Non Commercial Recognition 4.0, which authorizes the copy, reproduction and the total or partial distribution of the articles in any format or platform, with the conditions of citing the source of information and not to be used for profitable purposes.

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