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Scope and policy
CENIC Chemical
Sciences Journal (RCCQ) ISSN (2221-2442) 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 offers open
access to its contents and is published twice a year, the first one covering
the months of January-June and the other one from July to December. An
average of 25 articles are published annually. The universe of
readers and contributors of the journal are local and foreign researchers in
the area of Chemical Sciences and other related disciplines, and scientific
community, worldwide. Young researches working in the different research
areas as: analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry,
organic chemistry, corrosion and environment. 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
The RCCQ 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
CENIC Chemical
Sciences Journal (RCCQ) 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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