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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

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

This magazine DOES NOT APPLY CHARGES FOR PROCESSING OR PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES.

This journal promotes the opening of data for research and invites authors to publicly post and reference the data they consider in their research so that they can be shared and reused, which facilitates transparency and credibility.

The journal publishes seven types of articles: Editorials, Originals, Reviews, Specials, Case Reports, Communications, and Letters to the Editor.
Editorial: They are requested by order of the Editorial Committee of the magazine.
Original Article: These are investigations carried out in the field of health sciences on biomedical, attentional, educational and social aspects. They must be derived from a funded project. (See Article)
Review Article: Its length will not exceed 5,000 words, not including bibliographical references. It will not exceed 3 authors.
Case Report: These are reports on patients, techniques or any other new information that the author must present for publication. (See Article)
Communications: They will be short works, with no more than 3500 words, not including bibliographical references.
Letters to the Editor: Documents will be received that express the ideas, positions or disagreements of the authors, in relation to some of the contents published in the journal or topics of the specialty, after evaluation by the editorial committee.

In order to publish in Medicentro Electronica, all articles must necessarily comply with the publication regulations; otherwise, they can be rejected without undergoing expert review.

The document presented must have clarity and coherence of the wording, syntax and spelling. The meaning of the abbreviations, acronyms and symbols used will be described. The use of these should not be excessive, as it prevents fluid reading and understanding of the work.

Forms of presentation of the manuscripts: The articles will be presented in electronic format of WORD text, in Arial font 12 and spacing 1.5. Compressed files in any format are not supported.
The contents of each number will be displayed at the end of the period established for the output of each one (three months).
All authors must create their ORCID identifier. Indispensable requirement for national and foreign scientific publications.
They should not only obtain the registration number, this must be filled out completely, also appearing the specialty, master's degree, institution where they work, province and country; in addition, the publications and events in which he has participated. Papers that do not meet these guidelines will be rejected.
This journal promotes the opening of data for research and invites authors to publicly post and reference the data they consider in their research so that they can be shared and reused, which facilitates transparency and credibility.
The works must be unpublished. If it has been made public, the author has the duty to communicate it.
All articles will be accompanied by a letter of responsibility that will enter the system as a complementary file, in case it is not uploaded together with the article, the Editorial Committee will reject it until the authors send it. In the specific case of all the articles that are published by the Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Cmdte. «Manuel Fajardo Rivero» these must also have the endorsement of their Scientific Council.

Once the article is sent through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform by its authors, it is subjected to a review process that begins with the scientific editor, who sends it to one of the section editors, and these at their discretion. Once, they send it to the referees that the journal has declared to be processed through the peer review method; which will use the evaluation guide established for each type of article, available on our platform. Subsequently, these specialists issue a diagnosis according to the following categories: publishable without remarks, accepted with major fixes, accepted with minor fixes, or rejected. The authors are informed of the result of the opinion.

The journal's editorial and editorial boards reserve the right to reject articles they deem inappropriate for publication.

The evaluation period will not take more than 60 days. Within this period, the authors will be informed of the editorial decision.

If for any reason the author does not wish to publish his article, he must notify the journal's management in writing, in order to avoid an ethical conflict.

The authors will not exceed one month to make the changes suggested by the referees or editors, otherwise the editorial committee will have full power to withdraw the article from the journal due to late payment and non-compliance with what is established.