ISSN 2223-1773
online version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Sending of manuscripts

Ciencia y Deporte journal attached to the Faculty of Physical Culture of the University of Camagüey "Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz", certified by the Scientific-Technological Serial Publications Certification System, and registered in the National Registry of Serial Publications with no. 2776; Open Access and committed to the Open Science model and its different manifestations by accepting preprints, data exchange, codes, methods and other materials used as a result of research processes, as well as the progressive opening of the peer review process. Its primary objective is to disseminate the results of researchers in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, and in turn, help to delve into the various dimensions of knowledge; through a pleasant language that allows the exchange between the scientific community of Cuba and the world.

Mission: to stimulate, disseminate and develop original scientific knowledge in the sciences of physical culture and sports, through the publication of original articles based on the execution of research by teachers, coaches and researchers who make significant and innovative contributions; wishing that those who come to this publication find scientific solidity and informative accessibility through a pleasant language that allows the exchange between the scientific community of Cuba and the world. The magazine has a quarterly periodicity, appearing three times a year (January, May and September).

Vision: achieve visibility and informative coverage in the dissemination of scientific results, which allow projection as a reference magazine in the field of applied sciences, Physical Education, Sports, Recreation and Physical Culture in general.

The publication language of this journal is Spanish and it will also have a title and abstract in English and Portuguese in each article.

Thematic Profile:
Sports training.
Selection of talents.
Sport for all.
Physical education.
Physical activity for health.
Sport and Environment.
Therapeutic and prophylactic physical culture.
Leisure and free time.
Training of the Physical Culture professional

The journal publishes in compliance with the principles of open access. Its contents are available for free immediately after publication. It is possible to access them freely and universally, at no cost to the reader. (More information in: http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/translations/spanish-translation).

Peer review process.

CIENCIA Y DEPORTE uses a peer review system, where the possibility is offered to the referees and the author, the opening of their respective identities; giving reviewers the option to publish their opinions, as a communication, with or without identifying the reviewer as the author.

The review has a period of between 3 and 4 weeks to send the executive editor their comments and their recommendation (accept submission, publishable with modifications, re-evaluated, not publishable). In the event that the decision of the two referees is divided, the evaluation will be requested from a third referee seeking a consensus on the editorial decision. The executive editor will then send an evaluation summary to the author with the decision. In case modifications are required, the author will have a term to make them and send a new version. This new version will undergo a second round of evaluation. As many rounds as required will be made.

.Manuscripts will be sent exclusively through the online manuscript management system Open Journal System and the authors will receive a response on the decision made in the evaluation of their manuscript within a period not exceeding 90 days. In the event that the manuscript is approved, the editorial management and processing process until publication will not exceed a period of 1 year from the date of submission.

The process of sending articles will be done exclusively online via the OJS Ciencia y Deporte platform, published on intranet and internet. The author must complete all the metadata that they request to have the required information about the authors and the manuscript. For the electronic submission of a manuscript should be consulted and follow the available instructions "Uniformity requirements for sending manuscripts to Ciencia y Deporte."

Send and receive the relevant corrections through the online delivery system, implies being in accordance with Ciencia y Deporte's policies and among other points agree with the following ethical and rigorous aspects:

• The submitted manuscript is original and has not been previously published nor is it being evaluated for publication in another journal. It will be attached as a complementary file in the shipment (step 4) Letter of originality
• The manuscript complies with all Ciencia y Deporte publication guidelines.
• The manuscript complies with the bibliographic and style requirements indicated in the "Uniformity requirements for sending manuscripts to Ciencia y Deporte."
• The documents cited in the manuscript are issued by authoritative sources such as: prestigious organizations recognized by national or international organizations; refereed national or international scientific journals; repositories, as well as books and other documents that offer elements that identify responsible authors or editors with the published contents.
• The main author of the manuscript is responsible for all its contents and declares that there are no plagiarism, conflicts of interest or ethical conflicts, freeing Ciencia y Deporte of any ethical and legal commitment.

As part of the shipping process, the authors are required to indicate that their shipment complies with all the elements listed below, and that they know that shipments that do not comply with these instructions can be returned to the author.

DECLARATION OF AUTHORITY AND ORIGINALITY

The author or author who forwards the shipment to CIENCIA Y DEPORTE, CERTIFIES:

• That each one of the persons who in the same record as author or author has directly contributed to the intellectual content of the work, approves the contents of the manuscript submitted to the editorial process and agrees to have his / her name appear in the authorship of the manuscript.
• That the petition has not been previously published, is not in the process of being reviewed in another journal, nor is it included in another work accepted for publication by another publisher.
• That in the event that the content has been presented in a communication or congress, the current petition supposes a substantial modification of this and the text on which it is based has been suitably cited. On this circumstance an explanation is provided to the publisher in the appropriate place of the submission form (box "Comments to the editor").
• That each one of the people who are the author or author commits not to submit this work for consideration of another publication while it is in the editorial process in CIENCIA Y DEPORTE.
• That the contribution of those persons who, not being signatories or responsible for the final version, have contributed substantially to the development of the work and have granted their permission for such work have been acknowledged in a note of the article, by way of thanks. mention.
• That the data and publications on which the information contained in the work is based, or that have had a relevant influence, have been cited in the text and in the list of bibliographic references, taking responsibility, as far as copyright is concerned. refers, of any litigation or claim related to intellectual property rights, exempting Ciencia y Deporte from liability.
• Likewise, the author or author who refers the work must confirm compliance with the following points:
• The text complies with the bibliographic and style requirements indicated in the "Uniformity requirements for sending manuscripts to CIENCIA Y DEPORTE."
• If the text has been assigned to a section of the journal subject to peer review (see section policy), it has ensured that it follows the indications set forth in Ensuring a blind review.
• The file sent is in DOC or DOCX format.
• Wherever possible, the web addresses and the DOI have been added in the references.