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PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE CUBAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION


The Cuban Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation is the official and sicientific body of the Cuban Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation aiming to contribute to the advance of science in the specialty trhough the selection, evaluation and publication of scientific articles of proven quality, relevance and novelty.


INDEXING


This journal is indexed in Cumed and Google Scholar.

 

SUBMISSION FORMS

 

Articles will be exclusively submit by the Journal Online Management System: www.revrehabilitation.sld.cu

 

TEXT TYPES AND SECTIONS

The journal publishes 8 types of texts, distributed in the same number of sections:

1. Original article

2. Review article

3. Case report

4. Editorial article

5. Letters to the editor

6. Brief comunication

7. Images in Rehabilitation

8. Information

Other types of manuscripts can be included if the editorial committee considers it necessary, which do not need to be indexed in databases.

COMMON METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL TYPES OF MANUSCRIPTS

  • In case the submitted manuscripts are not “unpublished”, authors have the obligation to communicate when it was made published or, instead, where it is available (preprints…).
  • Title: Both in Spanish and English should be written with no quotation marks and no full stop, acronyms or abbreviations. It must be informative, clear and with 15 words maximum. If institutions are mentioned, the official and updated name of those institution must be included.
  • Authors: The full names of all authors must be included. Initials should not appear, in any case.
  • Each author will compulsorily manage their ORCID number through https://orcid.org
  • Institutional affiliation: This part includes the authors’ s workplace and not their teaching or scientific category. The order would be like this: University, faculty, department. City and country. For example: Havana University of Medical Sciences. Diez de Octubre Faculty of Medical Sciences. Graduate Department. Havana. Cuba.
  • Acknowledgment: The declaration of authorization of each person to be mentioned must be included in this section. Acknowledgements should be written in first person singular or plural. They can be personal: (to Dr. X, from Z University, for ...) or collective: (to the surgery group at X hospital...). It should be stated what each one contributed to deserve mention. Acknowledgements should be brief and adjectives such as immense, invaluable, decisive or objective, should be avoided.
  • Bibliographic references: They must be superscript in parentheses and after the punctuation mark. They must be mentioned consecutively in the text. For example: 14-17 is written: (14,15,16,17). This journal complies with the regulations described in the Recommendations for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (Vancouver style): http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/recursos/vancouver_2012.pdf
  • Figures and tables: They must be presented in jpg format. Photos should be at 300 dpi. Graphics and diagrams must be editable format. Tables, graphs and diagrams are not accepted as figures (jpg format). All figures and tables must be of adequate quality and cannot exceed 800 pixels wide. Decimal numbers presented in the tables, in Spanish, should always carry a comma.
  • Ethical considerations: Research submitted must comply with all ethical statements for the types of studies, whether in humans or animals, as stipulated in the Declaration of Helsinki: http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/recursos/helsinki.pdf. The article containing fragments of texts from previously published works, or in the process of publication in journals or other support, must be properly citied. Any ethical violation related to the document will be resolved based on the protocols established by the International Committee on Ethics in Scientific Publication (COPE): http://publicationethics.org/files/All_Flowcharts_Spanish_0.pdf
  • Clinical trials: Clinical trials must include the number from a Clinical Trial Register. This number must be verifiable, so it is required to mention the source. In addition, they must comply with the evaluation parameters expressed in the international CONSORT guide: http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/recursos/CONSORT.pdf
  • Drafting: The document must be submitted without spelling errors. Furthermore, it must be clear, consistent and concise. Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols used in the article must be fully described. However, their use should not be excessive, since they prevent the fluid reading and understanding of the text.
  • Forms of presentation of the texts: In a Word document, in Times New Roman 12 font and 1.5 spacing. Compressed files in any format are not accepted.
  • Copyright: This journal is available in Open Access without restrictions, in compliance with the international policy on Open Access to information. The contents show here can be used without commercial purposes, as long as the primary source is mentioned.
  • Conflict of interest: The presence or absence of conflicts of interest should be disclosed in relation to the submitted research.

THIS JOURNAL DOES NOT APPLY PUBLICATION CHARGES (APC).

The Cuban Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is under a Creative Commons 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International

DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS OF THE SECTIONS OF EACH TYPE OF MANUSCRIPT

1- Original article

It will not exceed 4200 words, including bibliographic references. At the end of the text, and after the bibliographic references, a list of authorship contributions must appear, regardless of the number of participants. The journal's editorial committee reserves the right to consider the effects of authorship, according to the characteristics of the study.

Starting in January 2021, the original research articles will mention the contribution of each author, taking as a reference the taxonomy of the taxpayer's roles in Spanish, which covers 14 typologies through which an author can be recognized in the publication.

Namely, each role is defined as follows:

Conceptualization: Ideas; formulation or evolution of the general objectives and goals of the research.

Data healing: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), clean data, and maintain the research data (including software code, when necessary, to interpret the data itself) for initial use and later reuse.

Formal analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize the data presented in the study

Funding acquisition: Acquisition of financial support for the project leading to this publication.

Research: Conducting an investigation and research process, e.g., developing experiments or collecting data/evidence.

Methodology: Development or design of the methodology; creation of models.

Project management: Management responsibility and coordination of planning and execution of research activity.

Resources: Supply of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computer resources or other analysis tools.

Software: Programming, software development, software design, implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms, testing of existing code components.

Supervision: Supervisory responsibility and leadership in the planning and execution of research activities, including mentoring external to the core team.

Validation: Verification, either as part of the activity or separately, of the overall reproduction of the results/experiments and other research products.

Visualization: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically the visualization/presentation of data.

Writing the original draft: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically the writing of the initial draft, including substantive translation.

Writing, reviewing and editing: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by the members of the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision, including the stages before or after publication.

This identification of authorship will be made exclusively for research articles. Roles will be identified in the order shown below, including each author(s) in the corresponding role(s). Roles that do not apply in each case will be omitted. The journal will name the authorship roles as follows, regardless of the numbering:

Mariela Collazo Rodríguez: Conceptualization.

Pedro Álvarez Meneses: Data healing.

Mario Zamora Fernández: Formal analysis.

Luisa Padrón Acuña: Acquisition of funds.

Juan Manuel García Ortega: Research.

Esperanza Monteagudo Vicente: Methodology.

Raúl Almeida Escalona: Project Administration.

Esther Pérez Díaz: Resources.

René Betancourt Palmero: Software.

Gabriel Santana Hernández: Supervision.

Fernanda Jiménez Sanabria: Validation.

José Luis Pacheco Heredia: Visualization.

Andrea Soto Carrazana: Writing the original draft.

Maribel Aquino Salazar: Writing, reviewing and editing.

 

Title: Both in Spanish and English should be written with no quotation marks and no full stop, acronyms or abbreviations. It must be informative, clear and with 15 words maximum. If institutions are mentioned, the official and updated name of those institution must be included.

Abstract: It should have 250 words maximum. It should present a clear and synthetic idea of what the article is about. It should be written in the past tense. The abstract must be submitted in Spanish and English. If decimal numbers are used in Spanish, they should carry a comma. Decimal numbers in English carry a period.

Keywords: They must be representative of the principal or secondary content of the article. At least, 3 keywords or phrases are accepted. The use of Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCs) thesaurus is recommended: http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm

Introduction: The main research summarized background is presented here and the scientific problem should be founded. The article objectives are clearly stated.

Methods: Authors define the type of research, period, place, universe, sample, as well as inclusion and exclusion criteria. They should describe the criteria and justification for sample selection if required. The analyzed variables must be clearly described, as well as the information collection, processing and analysis methods used. The statistical method must be adjusted to the type of study. Authors must adhere to the principle that the study can be replicated by other researchers. Ethical aspects must be declared.

Results: Findings should be presented according to the objectives of the article, reflecting proper use of graphs (when required). The figures and tables should highlight the relevant results without repeating information. It is allowed a maximum of 5 tables, figures or graphs.

Discussion: In this part, a critical analysis of the results of the study is presented, in light of the work published by other local and foreign researchers. The scope and limitations of the results achieved should be explained. The possible generalization of the results should be described.

Conclusions: They must have an adequate degree of generalization. They must respond to the objectives of the study and should meet the results and the discussion. Results are not repeated here. They are written in paragraph form at the end of the discussion.

Bibliographic references: They must be the necessary and well-marked (in superscript with parentheses and after the punctuation mark). 50% must be references from works published in the last five years. The relevant local and international literature on the subject must be represented.

Tables: The titles of tables must correspond to the content. The information they present must justify the presence without repeating information already indicated in the text.

Figures: Only the necessary and pertinent ones must be presented. The texts at the bottom of the figures must correspond to the content. Figures cannot weigh more than 1 Mb each and a maximum of 3 figures is allowed.

Graphics and diagrams: They should be submitted in a format that allows editor to work, without having to redo them if changes are needed. The weight of each one cannot exceed 500 Kb.

Other aspects: The submission of your publication proposal must have quality in terms of writing and spelling, and comply with the research ethical principles.

Articles not complying with these conditions will be rejected immediately.

2- Review article

This kind of article will not exceed 5,000 words, not including bibliographic references. It will have a maximum of 3 authors.

Title: Both in Spanish and English should be written with no quotation marks and no full stop, acronyms or abbreviations. It must be informative, clear and with 15 words maximum. If institutions are mentioned, the official and updated name of those institution must be included.

Abstract: It should be informative, written in a single paragraph, using impersonal style and it must contain the objectives of the work, the methods used, as well as a brief description of the main results and conclusions. These aspects must be implicit in the wording of the paragraph, with no demarcation of parts. It cannot exceed 250 words. In both, Spanish and English, it should offer adequate idea of what the article is about.

Keywords: They must be representative of the principal or secondary content of the article. At least, 3 keywords or phrases are accepted. The use of Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCs) thesaurus is recommended: http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm

Introduction: The main research summarized background is presented here and the scientific problem should be founded. The article objectives are clearly stated.

Methods: this section must include the criteria and justification for the selection of the sources consulted. The search engines used and the period chosen for the review should be mentioned.

Main body: The presentation should correspond to the objectives of the study. Figures and tables should highlight the relevant aspects without repetition of what has already been expressed. Interpretation of the results indicated in the consulted literature must be shown. Differences and coincidences of the analyzed studies must be compared. An assessment of the study results should be exposed in light of the work published by other researchers. It should describes the possible applicability and generalization of the results. New aspects to consider should be included (if necessary). Limitations or contributions of the review should be pointed out or highlighted.

Conclusions: They must respond to the objectives of the study. They must show be clear, succinct and relevant.

Bibliographic references: They must be the necessary and well-marked (in superscript with parentheses and after the punctuation mark). 70% must be references from works published in the last five years. The relevant local and international literature on the subject must be represented.

Other aspects: The submission of your publication proposal must have quality in terms of writing and spelling, and comply with the research ethical principles.

Articles not complying with these conditions will be rejected immediately.

3- Case report

This article should not be longer than 3,000 words, including bibliographic references. It can have a maximum of 4 authors. This type of articles should report an interesting case. An analysis is made of a group of patients with a certain disease, when there is a statistically significant number, to try to specify novel events of the symptomatic or physiopathogenic manifestations. It is justified when the case is unusual, almost unknown condition or a frequent ailment with unusual evolution. It should contribute elements to the world bibliography on the problem. The structure of this type of article varies according to the type of information to show, however, a basic order is necessary: Introduction with objectives, general case data and conclusions.

Title: Both in Spanish and English should be written with no quotation marks and no full stop, acronyms or abbreviations. It must be informative, clear and with 15 words maximum. If institutions are mentioned, the official and updated name of those institution must be included

Abstract: It does not to be structured, but should complies with the general information rules regarding the structure. It must contain objective, general data of the case to report and conclusions. It must not exceed 150 words in Spanish or English.

Keywords: They must be representative of the principal or secondary content of the article. At least, 3 keywords or phrases are accepted. The use of Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCs) thesaurus is recommended: http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm

Bibliographic references: They must be the necessary and well-marked (in superscript with parentheses and after the punctuation mark). 70% must be references from works published in the last five years. References should expressed as recommended by Vancouver style

Figures, Graphics and diagrams: A maximum of 5 are accepted. They must be of good quality and relevant. The data they present must justify the presence without repeating information already indicated in the text. They should not exceed 800 x 600 pixels and 500 Kb in each case. The texts at the bottom of the figures must correspond to the content.  In each case, abbreviations or symbols used in the figures should be described.

Articles not complying with these conditions will be rejected immediately.

4- Editorial

  • This type of article should be drafted on behalf of the editorial committee.
  • It should not exceed 1000 words.
  • It can include up to 10 bibliographic references.
  • It should present reflections on a specific topic that deserves to be commented due to its importance, validity, level or scope.
  • It should be short and present the essential ideas in a few lines.

5- Letters to the editor

  • These are letters received in the Journal, expressing authors´s ideas, positions or disagreements, in relation to some of the content previously published in the journal or particular topics of the specialty after being assessed by the editorial committee.
  • Letters are published when they comply with the ethical principles of scientific publication. The proposing foundations must have the consistent supporting bibliography, according to the standards adopted by this journal.

6- Brief Comunication

  • It should be up to 1500 words.
  • There is no abstract.
  • It constitutes a reflection on a particular aspect of a problem or a new finding that is expected to have a significant impact in the specialty.
  • It has a main body and subheads according to the authors' criteria.
  • It can have bibliographic references. If he does not use references, authors will be obliged to base their judgment without appealing to citations.
  • In the event that an author cites other studies or books, the bibliographic reference must be included to avoid plagiarism.
  • Due to its shortness, this type of text should be signed by two authors maximum.

7- Images in Rehabilitation

  • Up to 1000 words.
  • It has an unstructured abstract, main body and up to five bibliographic references.
  • Three (3) images maximum are accepted with the same characteristics as in the other sections.

8- Information

  • Information is provided on specialty-related events and sessions of the Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

EVALUATION SYSTEM

All texts undergo a double blind “peer review” process. The assessors are unaware of any identifying information about the origin of the article. Authors do not know who evaluates their work.

The evaluation period will cover 90 days maximum. Within this period, authors will be informed of the decision. After arbitration at Editorial Ciencias Médicas, an evaluation is made by which the text is accepted with modifications or rejected.

If for any reason authors do not want to publish their text, they must communicate it in writing to the journal's editing board to avoid an ethical conflict.

General aspects of bibliographic references:

Bibliographic references are sequentially numbered according to the order they are mentioned and must be identified by Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3 ...) exponentially in parentheses and after the punctuation mark.

Quotes from relevant and updated published documents are included. Reference to personal communications and unpublished documents should be avoided. If the latter is essential, they are mentioned in the text in parentheses.

The 50% of bibliographic references must be updated articles that have been published in the last 5 years. All authors of the cited document are listed. If there are more than 6 authors, list the first 6 authors followed by “et al.” It is recommended to abbreviate the journal titles by the Index Medicus: (List of journals indexed in Index Medicus).

No item will be highlighted with capitalization or underlining. It is necessary to pay attention to the order of presentation of the references and the appropriate use of the punctuation marks or square brackets, according to Vancouver style.

What follows are examples of citation and Vancouver-style bibliographic references:

Single author of a hard copy book:

Roldán E. Fragmentos históricos de la Universidad de San Carlos y significado de sus escudos. 2 ed. Guatemala: University Editorial; 2002.

More than six authors of a hard copy book:

Blacut JJ, Villagomez M, Chavarría JL, Flores M, González R, Lenz J, et al. Aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías en el entorno académico boliviano. 2 ed. Sucre, Bolivia: Universidad de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca; 1999.

Corporate author of a hard copy book:

American Psychiatric Association. Clinical guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Barcelona: Ars Medica; 2004.

Chapter of a book printed with several authors or publishers:

Tapson VF. Pulmonary embolism. In: Goldman L, Bennett JC, editors. Cecil treatise on internal medicine. 21 ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana; 2000: vol. 1 p. 481-90.

Chapter from a printed book by the same author:

Madigán MT. Martinko JM, Parker J Brock. Biología de los microorganismos. 10 ed. Madrid: Pearson Educación; 2004. Capítulo 2. Perspectiva general de la vida microbiana; p. 21-37.

Online book:

Moraga Llop FA, coordinator. Protocolos diagnósticos y terapéuticos en dermatología pediátrica. Madrid: Asociación Española de Pediatría; 2003 [Access 19/12/2005]. Available at: http://www.aeped.es/protocolos/dermatologia/index.htm

Thomson K, Tey D, Marks M, editors. Pediatric Handbook. 8 ed. Oxford, UK: Willey Blackwell; 2009. [Access 05/03/2013]. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/978144430805

Chapter from an online book by the same author:

Serra Alias M. Trastornos del comportamiento alimentario. Enfoques preventivos. Barcelona: UOC; 2015. Capítulo I, ¿Qué son los trastornos del comportamiento de tipo alimentario?; [Access 29/03/2016];p. 15-17. Available at: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/uscgsp/reader.action?docID=11126594&ppg=20

Book on CD-ROM:

Best CH. Bases fisiológicas de la práctica médica [CD-ROM]. 13 a ed. Madrid: Médica Panamericana; 2003.

Online dictionary:

Cambridge online dictionaries. Cambridge University Press; 2006 [Access 26/02/2013]. Available at: http://dicctionary.cambridge.org

Online journal article:

Nazer HJ, Cifuentes OL. Estudio epidemiológico global del síndrome de Down. Rev Chil Pediatr. 2011 [Access 15/02/2013];82(2):105-12. Available at: http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/rcp/v82n2/art04.pdf

Article with digital object identifier -DOI- (Digital Object Identifier):

Zhang M, Holman CD, Price SD, Sanfilippo FM, Preen DB, Bulsara MK. Comorbidity and repeat admission to hospital for adverse drug reactions in old adults: retrospective cohort study. BJM. 2009 Jan. [Access 05/03/2013];338: a2752. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjm.a2752

Hamamy H. consanguineous marriages: preconception consultation in primary health care Settings. J Community Genet. 2012 Jul [Access 10/04/2013];3 (3):185-92. doi: http://10.1007/s12687-011-0072

Thesis:

Contreras Ayala JG. Factores de riesgo asociados a cáncer de testículo: estudio realizado en pacientes que asisten a consulta externa de Oncología del Hospital General del IGSS en la ciudad de Guatemala de enero a junio de 2004 [master's thesis]. Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; 2006.

Velásquez Paz R. Lavado peritoneal selectivo en el manejo de pacientes comatosos y con signos de trauma cerrado de abdomen [Physician and Surgeon graduation thesis]. Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; 1990.

Online Thesis:

Jiménez López MI. Determinación de anticuerpos contra el virus de hepatitis A por el método Elisa, utilizando orina y saliva como muestras clínicas. Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia; 2010. [Access 26/02/2013]. Available at: http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/tesis/06/06_2900.pdf

Online newspaper:

Álvarez L. Gas, sol y viento proporcionarán energía. El Periódico. 26 Feb 2013 [Access 27/02/2013]; Economía. Available at: http://www.eleperiodico.com.gt/es/20130226/economia/225260

Carey B. Psychiatrists revise the book of human troubles. New York Times. 17 Dec 2008 [Access 26/02/2013];Health. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/health/18psych.html?_r=1&em

Blogs:

Espinoza VH. Infectología pediátrica [Blog]. México: Victor H. Espinoza. Dic 2010 [Access 26/02/2013]. Available at: http://www.infectologiapediatrica.com/blog/

Berstein M. Bioethics discussion [Blog]. Los Ángeles, California: Berstein Maurice. Mar 2013 [Access 05/04/2013]. Available at: http://bioethicsdiscussion.blogspot.com/2013/03/job-description-of-clinical-ethicist.html

Youtube Videos:

Castro de Reyes A, Calvillo de García C, Leiva HL; USAC, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Unidad Didáctica de Investigación. Taller de análisis y síntesis [Archivo de video]. 2 Feb 2016. [Access 03/03/2016] [18:57 min.]. Available at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FOIM2LRJe8M

In order to facilitate the preparation of bibliographic references, authors are recommended to consult the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.

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