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ISSN 2221-2450 |
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Scope and policy
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CENIC Biological
Sciences journal (RCCB) ISSN (2221-2450) is a peer-reviewed scientific
journal that has been publishing articles since 1969 by the National Center
for Scientific Research (CNIC), a self-financing and nonprofit Cuban research
center. Its online version has been available since 2010. It is an Open Access
journal with quarterly frequency: from January to April, from May to
August and from September to December. It has an average of 25 articles per edition. The
universe of readers and contributors of the journal are local and foreign researchers
in the area of Biological Sciences and other related disciplines, and
scientific community, worldwide. Young researches working in the different
research areas as: toxicology, pharmacology, neuroscience, immunology,
biochemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, microbiology and environment
are also included as consultant. All
contributions received are subjected to a strictly double-blind peer review
process (for authors and evaluators). The journal uses external reviewers to
review the articles, highly qualified scientists who are not member of the
editorial committee. To ensure confidentiality, the papers are sent to the
reviewers anonymously and authors do not know the identity of the reviewers
(double-blind). The arbitrators will review the works within a period not
exceeding 15 calendar days as indicated in the arbitration contract that they
sign with the publisher and then have the right to collect the arbitration.
If they present any difficulty that prevents them from reviewing the work,
they must inform the publisher in less than 7 calendar days, so that the
publisher proceeds to find another referee. The
referees will give the recommendations or suggestions to the authors for
their consideration and corrections through the OJS system. The author will
return the work already corrected within a period not exceeding 15 calendar
days. This process can be repeated at least 3 times in a round of revisions.
In all cases, the author has only 15 calendar days to do the modifications
and the referee 15 calendar days to review them. If the authors exceed that
time, the work may be automatically canceled. Under the supervision of the
Principal Editor and the Editorial Board, the journal reserves the right to
introduce modifications in the articles received, as long as they do not
alter their sense or meaning, which will be communicated to the author
whenever feasible. In
case of discrepancies in the evaluation reports, a third reviewer is used
under the same conditions. Finally, this Council duly informs the authors of
the conclusions of the evaluation (rejection, return for modifications or
acceptance for publication). The final acceptance of each article after
reviewing and taking into account the opinion of the referees is made by the
editorial committee and the journal issues the letter of acceptance of the
work with the digital signature of the executive editor together with the
editorial manager. |
Form and preparation of manuscripts
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The
RCCB publishes Research Articles, Review Articles, Short Communications and
Book Reviews. They must be presented in Word format, letter size (8.5 x 11),
Times New Roman font, with a line spacing of 1.5 and a typographic score of
12. American paragraph type (without indentation). 1. Research articles: derived from empirical and methodological
research. Its structure is as follows: title, abstract, keywords, introduction,
methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments (if applicable),
bibliographic references and annexes (if applicable). The abstract should
be between 250 and 300 words. Keywords should not be less than three
and should not exceed six. In general, these types of articles should
have at least 4 thousand words and should not exceed 8 thousand. 2. Review articles: derived from reviews of the literature.
Its writing structure is free but the title, abstract, keywords, introduction,
conclusions, acknowledgments (if applicable), bibliographical references
and annexes (if applicable) should not be missing. 3. Short communications: derived from empirical results.
Its structure is the same as that of research articles (title, abstract,
keywords, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions,
acknowledgments, bibliographic references and annexes); but its length
should range between 1,500 and 3,500 words. They also have a summary
of no more than 250 words; as well as no more than five keywords 4.
Book review: brief review of recently published books whose content is of
interest to the scientific community in the area of biology. Its length
ranges between one thousand and two thousand words. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION:
It must express the context or background of the study (for example, the
nature of the problem and its importance) and state the specific purpose or
objective of the investigation or the hypothesis that is tested in the study
or observation. Both primary and secondary objectives should be clear. Only
the references that are strictly pertinent should be included and not add
data or conclusions of the work that is presented. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clearly describe
the selection of the subjects for observation or experimentation (patients or
laboratory animals, including controls), include the selection and exclusion
criteria, and give a description of the source population of the study
subjects. Since the importance of variables such as age and sex for the
purpose of the research is not always clear, the authors should explain their
criteria when including them in the study; for example, authors should
explain why only individuals of certain ages were included or why women were
excluded. The main objective should be to clearly express how and why the
study was carried out in a certain way. When authors use variables such as
race or ethnicity, they should define how they measured these variables and
justify their relevance. TECHNICAL
INFORMATION: Identify the methods, apparatus (give the manufacturer's name
and address in parentheses), and procedures in sufficient detail to enable
others to reproduce the results. Give the references of the usual methods,
including statistical methods; provide references and brief descriptions of
methods that have been published but are little known; describe new or substantially
changed methods, give reasons why they have been used, and assess their
limitations. Accurately identify all drugs and chemicals used, including
generic names, dosages, and routes of administration. Authors submitting
review articles should include a section describing the methods used to
locate, select, extract, and synthesize data. These methods should also be
summarized in the abstract. STATISTICS: Describe statistical
methods in sufficient detail to enable an experienced reader with access to
the original data to check the results presented. Where possible, quantify
the findings and present them with appropriate measures of error or
uncertainty (such as confidence intervals). Avoid relying solely on
statistical hypothesis testing, such as the use of P-values, which do not
provide information on the magnitude of the effect. Whenever possible,
references on study design and statistical methods should be to classic
manuals or articles (with page numbers included). Also define statistical terms,
abbreviations, and most symbols. Specify the software used RESULTS:
Present the results following a logical sequence in the text, tables and
illustrations, and highlighting the most important findings first. Do not
repeat in the text all the data of the tables or illustrations; highlight or
summarize only the most important observations. When the data are summarized
in the Results section, when giving the numerical results, not only the
derivatives (for example, percentages) should be presented, but also the
absolute values from which they
were calculated, and the statistical methods used to analyze them should be
specified. Limit the number of tables and figures to those necessary to
illustrate the topic of the article and to assess its degree of support. Use
graphs as an alternative to tables with many entries; do not duplicate data
in graphs and tables. Avoid nontechnical uses of statistical terms, such as
"chance" (which implies a randomization device),
"normal," "significant," "correlations," and
"sample." When scientifically appropriate, analyzes of data based
on variables such as age and gender should be included. DISCUSSION:
Highlight the most innovative and important aspects of the study and the
conclusions that are deduced from them. Do not repeat in detail data or other
material that appears in the Introduction or in the Results section. In the
case of experimental studies it is useful to start
the discussion by briefly summarizing the main results; then explore possible
mechanisms or explanations for these findings, compare and contrast the
results with those of other relevant studies, discuss the limitations of the
study, and explore the implications of the results for future research and
clinical practice. Relate the conclusions to the objectives of the study,
avoiding making outright statements and drawing conclusions that are not
properly supported by the data. In particular, authors should avoid
statements about economic costs and benefits unless the manuscript includes
economic data with their corresponding analyses. Avoid statements or
allusions to aspects of the investigation that have not been completed. It is
possible to establish new hypotheses when they have a basis, but clearly
qualifying them as such. Results and Discussion can be presented in a single
section. ABBREVIATIONS
AND ACRONYMS They will be preceded by their full
name the first time they appear in the text. They will not appear in titles
or abstracts. Those of international use will be used. INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) All clinical laboratory results will be
reported in SI units or permitted by it. If you want to add the traditional
units, these will be written in parentheses. Example: blood glucose: 5.55 mmol/L (100 mg/100 mL). TABLES
AND FIGURES Tables and figures must appear with
their title above and numbered with Arabic numerals. All tables and figures
must be referenced in the text and, if they have legends, they will appear
below the figure or table and their content must not be similar to what is
expressed in the text. Tables in the form of images are not accepted. The
figures must not have a resolution higher than 96 dpi and their format must
be JPEG, PNG or TIFF. The authors must have the images and tables available
in case they are requested for the layout of the document. |
Sending of manuscripts
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CENIC
Biological Sciences Journal (RCCB) accepts manuscripts in Spanish and English
in the form of: original articles, review articles, short communications and
Reviews (book, analytical, bibliographic) exceptionally, obituaries of great
personalities of science, technical reports, comments specialized, as well as
promotions of scientific events and announcements related to these, products
and services We
suggest sending your papers through the Editorial Management System available
on the website: https://revista.cnic.cu/. They can be sent via email
(editorial.cenic@cnic.cu) in case of any difficulty. Each submission must have two main documents, one will be the article and the other will be a letter of authorship declaration (Copyrigtht). |
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