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GENERAL
STRUCTURE OF ARTICLES
First page, it will contain
- Title that must not exceed 15 words, in Spanish and English. The articles in Portuguese must contain it in all three languages. Do not put the word "Title"
- Full names and surnames of all the authors ordered according to their participation and include the ORCID number as a mandatory element.
- Institutional affiliations of each author (NO CHARGES, STUDY DEGREES AND / OR SCIENTISTS). Following the scheme: Institution, (Faculty), department. City Country. Example: University of Medical Sciences of Havana, Faculty of Medical Sciences "Victoria de Girón", Department of Comprehensive Dentistry. Havana Cuba.
- The declaration of conflicts of interest and the funding source (s) is mandatory. (The latter is not mandatory)
NOTE: All these data must be added to the OJS at the time of uploading the manuscript online.
Second page, will include
- Structured summary of no more than 300 words in Spanish and English (articles in Portuguese must contain it in all three languages), containing the purposes, procedures or methods used, most important results and conclusions,
- Keywords: Use (;) to separate them. They must be concrete and representative of the semantic content of the document, both in the main and secondary contents. They must contain at least 3 key words or phrases. It is recommended to use the DeCs thesaurus. (Descriptors in Health Sciences) http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm You can also consult the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) for the English language. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
- If the investigation is a clinical trial, the registration number and verification thereof must be contained in the abstract.
Last page
At the end of the manuscript add the contribution of each of the authors in the research and / or preparation of the article. Example: Pedro González Pérez: performed statistical processing, María Rodríguez Morales: selected the sample of the study, Alberto Pérez Gómez: elaborated the measurement instrument.
The editorial committee reserves the right to omit authors or reduce their number in consideration of the type of research, previously previously informing the author.
BASIC
STRUCTURE ACCORDING TO TYPE OF ARTICLE
The Editorials, Events, Obituaries and Acknowledgments of the journal, will be commissioned or will be in charge of the members of the editorial committee.
Letter to the editor
Allows readers of a magazine to express their comments, questions or criticisms about articles published in it
Features:
- A critical judgment is issued about a medical fact in the public domain.
- Opinion about some aspects of the editorial policy of the magazine
- Some aspects of a work recently published in the journal are expanded, interpreted or explained.
- The results of a study are discussed or methodological flaws or interpretations of the results of a work recently published in the journal are pointed out.
- A clinical or experimental finding not previously described in the literature can be reported
- It should not cover more than two pages
- It will not have more than 5 references.
Structure
- Title
- Name and surname to whom it is addressed and below its position on the editorial committee
- Text
- Name and surname of the author and below his curricular level and his email
Bibliographical references if there were
Original
articles
4500 words will be accepted, including bibliographic references and up to 5 tables and figures.
Structured summary
- Motivating introduction (synthesis).
- Objectives.
- Universe, sample, method for obtaining the master size and selection of subjects.
- Procedures used.
- Most relevant results
- Conclusions or global considerations.
- Keywords. (Described in the section of the second page of the manuscript)
Introduction: 1 or 2 pages..
- Brief general explanation of the problem.
- Research Problem.
- Background.
- Current status of the subject
- Objectives of the study: clear, precise, measurable (Not valid for qualitative research), achievable, in correspondence with the type of study.
Methods
- Type of study.
- Universe and sample. in synthesis, ex. 100 subjects by multi-stage stratified sampling and simple random method.
- Criteria for the selection of subjects if relevant. Center (s) and Institution (s) of provenance where the data was recorded.
- Variables used in the study. (Not valid for qualitative investigations)
- Mention to the ethical aspects in synthesis.
- Techniques and procedures for obtaining information.
- Processing and analysis techniques.
- This section is written in the past tense (measured, counted, etc.)
- Ethical aspects. The submitted research must comply with all ethical statements for the types of studies, either in humans or animals. (Declaration of Helsinki) http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/recursos/helsinki.pdf
Results
- In relation to the study objectives. Do not use decimals with periods (.), Use commas (,)
- No more than 5 tables, graphs and / or figures.
Discussion
- Do not repeat the figures of the results of the investigation.
- Interpretation of the study objectives.
- Discuss the limitations of the study, taking into account possible sources of bias or imprecision.
- Comparison with other studies. The possible causes of the differences found between the expected and observed results are explored.
- Argumentation.
- Conclusions or global considerations. Coherence between the objectives, design of the study and the results of the analysis. Placed at the end of the article, in the form of a paragraph, without numbering or bullets.
- The practical utility of the intervention as a whole is considered and the contributions of this study are suggested for future studies on interventions for improvement.
Bibliographic references. 55% discount.
Bibliographic
Reviews
Up to 6000 words will be accepted, not including bibliographic references and tables and figures.
Structured summary
- Motivating introduction (synthesis).
- Goals.
- Procedures used for the collection of information.
- Most relevant results
- Conclusions or global considerations.
- Keywords. (Described in the section of the second page of the manuscript)
Introduction (includes work objectives)
- It can be more extensive than in other articles.
- Explanation of the problem under review.
- Emphasize the questions or relevance of the review.
- Objectives of the work
Methods (information collection)
- Search sources.
- Search criteria: clarify any established restriction eg. Revised period, language etc.
- Number of articles consulted.
- Number of selected articles
- Inclusion-exclusion criteria for the selection of articles.
NOTE: Observations for this section
- Validity evaluation: to evaluate the validity of the primary studies, the design and execution of the research collected in the selected articles must be analyzed, for which values relative to the data can be assigned, using a standardized assessment.
- Aspects to consider:
-Scientific credit of the source of the articles.
-Reproducibility and objectivity of valuations.
-Variability of your results.
-Correct combination of results.
-The criticisms must be made in sufficient detail so that readers can evaluate the methodological quality of the studies.
Analysis and integration of information (do not put development, if subtitles)
- A systematic basis must be established between them, which allows to point out the congruences and (or) contradictions of the literature (not mere list of citations or summaries).
Interpretation of the author (s).
- Conclusions or Final considerations. Coherence between the objectives, design of the study and the results of the analysis. Placed at the end of the article, in the form of a paragraph, without numbering or bullets.
Bibliographic references. 75% update
Case
presentations
Up to 3 500 words will be accepted, including bibliographic references and tables and figures.
Structured summary
- Motivating introduction (synthesis).
- Objective.
- Main data of the case.
- Main comments.
- Keywords. (Described in the section of the second page of the manuscript)
Introduction
- Explanation of the problem to be presented.
- Emphasize the questions or pertinence of the presentation of the case.
- Objectives of the study: clear, precise, measurable, achievable, in correspondence with the type of study.
Case presentation
- General information of the case.
- Pathological background.
- Clinical manifestations.
- Results of complementary exams.
- Other data of interest.
- Diagnostic discussion and differential diagnosis.
Comments or Discussion
- Argumentation and interpretation of the findings of the case.
- Comparison with other studies.
- Conclusions or global considerations. Coherence between the objectives, the results of the analysis and the case presented. Placed at the end of the article, in the form of a paragraph, without numbering or bullets.
Bibliographic references. 55% discount
Current
vision
Up to 4500 words will be accepted, including bibliographic references, 3 tables and figures.
Points of view, comments or opinions authorized on a topic of current interest.
Summary of the point of view comment or opinion.
- Explain subject to present in synthesis.
- Questions, relevance or objective (s) of the topic.
- Main comments
- Global considerations.
Exposition of the comment or opinion
- Introduction to the topic.
- Questions, relevance or objective (s) of the topic.
- Exhibition of the subject with clarity, precision, coherence and positioning of the author (s).
- Final considerations or global considerations. Coherence between the objectives and the results of the analysis and the presented topic. Placed at the end of the article, in the form of a paragraph, without numbering or bullets.
Bounded bibliographical references * (except original opinions in which it can be referred to as consulted).
Short
communications
Up to 1 500 words will be accepted.
By order or presentation of authors with experience in the subject capable of issuing their own criteria based on scientific background.
Summary of the communication.
- Explain subject to present in synthesis.
- Questions, relevance or objective (s) of the topic.
- Main comments
- Global considerations.
Exhibition of the comment or opinion authorized.
- Presentation of the topic and final considerations briefly with clarity, precision and coherence.
Bounded bibliography * (except communication with original criterion in which it can be referred to as consulted).
Magisterial conferences
6,000 words will be accepted without including the bibliographical references, 3 tables and figures.
By order or presentation of teachers with higher teaching status.
- Structured summary
- Brief introduction
- Objectives
- Content
- Exhibition of the subject with clarity, precision and coherence.
- Final considerations.
- Bounded bibliography. 75% update.
History of
Dentistry
Summary
Events or past events.
Objectives of the historical aspect to be treated.
Ways to review the story.
Research methods and sub-methods employed.
Citation of the sources.
Short exposition of the narrative and final considerations consistent with the objectives.
Introduction
Review past events.
Express objectives of the historical aspect to be treated.
Type of history: universal, general, national or private, provincial, local, institutional, genealogical, biographical and autobiographical.
Mention ways to review the story, example:
Chronicle: exposes what happened.
Ephemerides: refers to the story for days.
Decades: review what happened in a period of ten years.
Memories: narration of facts by someone who participated in the events.
Essay: the facts are exposed with the highest methodological rigor in the search and interpretation.
Methods and Sub-methods used in the study
Declaration of the method, example:
Analytical - Synthetic: reveals and analyzes the events to know their possible roots and then synthesizes to reconstruct and explain it.
Deductive-Inductive: method of reasoning that goes from the general to the particular and then completes the particular to the general.
Declaration of the sub-method, example:
Chronological: narrates facts by successive order of dates.
Geographical: deals with events by geographical situation.
Ethnographic: relates the historical facts by ethnic groups, nationalities, religions, cultural manifestations, etc.
Other auxiliary sciences: archeology (monuments), paleography (ancient writings), epistemology or gnoseology (knowledge theory), numismatics (old and modern coins and medals), diplomatics (diplomas and official documents), sigilography or esfragistics (minuses of institutions or people and the signs of the scribes), heraldic (shields of countries, provinces, municipalities and families), genealogy (families), iconography (photographs), philately (postage stamps), anthropology (man).
Declare the sources, example: documents, books, pamphlets and articles, testimonies (memories of participants in historical events), traditions of the peoples.
Exposure of the narrative: commentary, analysis and comparison of historical facts and final considerations consistent with the objectives placed at the end of the article, in the form of a paragraph, without numbering or bullets.
Bounded bibliographical references.
Bibliographical
references and form of quotation
- Narrow the text, with Arabic numerals in exponential (superscript) with parentheses, after the punctuation marks.
- The bibliographic style is that of Vancouver. These standards are available at the following URL: http://www.sld.cu/galerias/pdf/sitios/histologia/normas-vancouver-buma-2013-guia-breve.pdf
- It is considered updated when publications of the last 5 years are published for articles in scientific journals and 10 years of books. The% is specified for each type of item. ART, PC, REV, CB, CONF, VIA
- They will be numbered according to the order of mention in the text and must be identified by means of Arabic in an exponential form within the text itself.
- Quotations of documents published in peer-reviewed, relevant and updated journals will be included. The mention of personal communications and unpublished documents such as thesis should be avoided; They will only be mentioned in the text in parentheses if necessary.
- The references of the articles approved for publication will be included indicating the title of the journal and the clarification in press in parentheses ().
- All the authors of the cited text will be related; If you have 7 or more authors, the first 6 will be mentioned, followed by "et al." The titles of the journals will be abbreviated by the Index Medicus (List of journals indexed in Index Medicus).
- No element will be highlighted with capitalization or underlining.
- The ordering of the bibliographic elements and the use of the punctuation marks prescribed by the Vancouver style will be observed.
- Avoid at all costs the self-citations which will be taken into account for the evaluation of each article.
Tables
- The total of the figures and tables will not exceed 5 for the original and revision articles. They will be up to 3 for the presentation of cases, brief communications, current vision, conferences etc.
- They will be presented interspersed in the article, vertically numbered consecutively.
- The title of the table must correspond appropriately with its content. The information they present must justify their existence. Do not repeat information already indicated in the text.
- The tables will be adjusted to the format of the publication and the publisher will be able to modify them if they present technical difficulties. They should not exceed 580 pixels in width.
- Decimal numbers must be composed of commas "," and not points "."
- All the tables and annexes must have their title and the source of the data represented, as long as they do not come from databases and personal information that the author uses and cites in their methods; in which case the source is omitted.
Figures
and photographs
- Photographs, graphs, drawings, diagrams, maps, other graphic representations and non-linear formulas will be called figures and will have consecutive Arabic numerals.
- Only those that are necessary and pertinent will be presented.
- The photographs will be presented with sufficient clarity and contrast and with a dimension that is perceptible to the human eye. All will be mentioned in the text and must be accompanied by your foot or explanatory note.
- Photographs not belonging to the author must contain the source of the same.
- The images must be in JPG format for the photographs and in GIF format for the schemes and other figures to lines. Other formats will not be accepted.
- They should not exceed 580 pixels in width.
- The figures may not exceed 500 Kb.
Graphics
- The graphics must be included in an editable format to make editorial adjustments in the process of layout of the articles. Avoid presenting them in image formats (JPG, GIF, etc.)
- The titles to the foot and if necessary declare the use of external sources.
Abbreviations
and acronyms
- They will not be used in the summary or in the title.
- They will precede your full name the first time they appear in the text.
- The ones of international use will be used.
- International System of Units (SI). All clinical laboratory results will be reported in SI units or allowed by it. If you want to add the traditional units, they will be written in parentheses. Example: glycemia: 5.55 mmol / L (100mg / 100 mL).
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