Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for authors

Nature of the works

The contributions received for possible publication must be original results derived from a high-level academic work or medical practice in the sphere of neurological nursing.

Non-simultaneous submission

The works submitted must be unpublished and the authors undertake not to simultaneously submit them to other publications, so it is necessary to attach the Declaration of originality.

Extension and format

The full articles (title, authors, ascriptions, abstracts, body of article, captions and references) must be doubled spaced, in letter-size paper (21.5 x 28 cm) and 2.5-cm margins, Arial 12. Original articles and clinical cases will have a maximum extension of 20 pages; review articles, 20 as well. The standard page contains 30 lines, 60 characters each (1800 characters per page). Words in another language must be written in italics. Any word processor, including charts is accepted (PDF will not be accepted). Abbreviations are accepted, however they must be preceded by their meaning the first time they are used, and those of international measurement units adopted by the Mexican government.

Anonymity in the authors’ identities

The articles must include neither in the body of the article nor in footnotes any information that discloses the authors’ identities; this with a view to ensuring an anonymous review by the academic peers who carry out the review. After the possible acceptance of the collaboration, all the identification information will be included in the front page.

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In a file other than the article’s, the following information must be included.

1. Article title: in Spanish and English, it is recommended that it is brief and descriptive (15 words at most) and a short running title (no more than 40 characters).
2. Names and surnames of the authors: in the strict order in which they will appear in the publication. The order and number of authors will not be modified after the document submission (for further information see: Authors’ obligations and Policies regarding authorship)
3. ID Authors: it is essential that each and every author provides their ORCID For further information, go to https://orcid.org/register.
4. CRediT taxonomy: it is essential that each and every author’s contribution is described in function of CRediT taxonomy (for further information, see: Policies regarding authorship).
5. Ascription institution and country of each and every author: only the first level institution is to be indicated, without acronyms, initials or translation of institution’s name (unless it is written in non-occidental characters)
6. Identify the corresponding author: with their name, address, telephone and email (for further information, see: Policies regarding authorship).
7. Acknowledgments: in case there are any.
8. Declaration of no conflict of interest.
9. Declare the funding source: in the case there is no funding source, it ash to be expressly stated

Abstracts

All the abstracts must be understandably written in Spanish and English languages so that the reader finds a concise and adequate summary of the work. Abstracts must not include bibliographic references nor acronyms —unless they are indispensable for drafting conciseness.

For Original articles, abstracts will have a maximum extension of 200 words and must comprise the following sections, in this same order, both in Spanish and English:

1. Objective
2. Design, methodology or approach
3. Results
4. Limitations or implications of the article
5. Originality or relevance
6. Findings or conclusions

For Clinical cases, clinical trials and clinical practice, the abstracts will have a maximum extension of 200 words and must comprise the following sections, in this same order, both in Spanish and English:

1. Description of the clinical case
2. Relevance
3. Clinical implications
4. Conclusions

For Review articles, the abstracts will have a maximum extension of 200 words and must comprise the following sections, in this same order, both in Spanish and English:

1. Summarized description of the topic
2. Relevance
3. Conclusions

For Brief communications, the abstracts will have a maximum extension of 70 words and must comprise the following sections, in this same order, both in Spanish and English:

1. Summarized description of the topic
2. Conclusions

Keywords

At the end of the abstracts in Spanish and English, 3 to 6 key words will be included, following the standard defined by Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Key words will be defined resorting to the following thesaurus: Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud (DeCS); AGROVOC (AIMS); The CAB Thesaurus (CAB); Tesauro de Biología Animal (IEDCYT); Tesauro de ASFA (ASFA) and Tesauro EUROVOC.

Content of collaborations

Original articles: the body of text of Original articles will comprise the following sections:

1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods; at the end of the section, the statistical methods utilized must be described.
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. References in Vancouver style
7. Charts with their respective headings and footnotes (in sequential order after the references, never interspersed in the body of text).
8. Figures, sequentially numbered, with their respective headings and footnotes. A maximum of 7 charts and figures is accepted.
9. Medicines, drugs and chemical substances must be called by their generic name; posology and routes of administration will be indicated following the international nomenclature.

Clinical cases, clinical trials and everyday clinical practice: the body of text will comprise the following sections:

1. Background
2. Presentation of the clinical case / clinical cases / clinical trial / clinical practice
3. Discussion
4. References in Vancouver style
5. Charts with their respective headings and footnotes (in sequential order after the references, never interspersed in the body of text).
6. Figures, sequentially numbered, with their respective headings and footnotes. A maximum of 8 charts and figures is accepted.
7. Medicines, drugs and chemical substances must be called by their generic name; posology and routes of administration will be indicated following the international nomenclature.

Review articles: they can be divided into sections with suitable titles and subtitles. Review articles must use the same format for charts and figures. The maximum number of references will be 50 (Vancouver style), always taking care to report recent works.

Brief communications: they will not be divided into sections and will not include more than 5 references (Vancouver style). They must use the same format for charts and figures, which will be no more than 3 (or else, one of each). In this case, no more than five authors will be accepted.

Letters to the editor: they must be written as a reply to any content previously published in REN, they have to include references (no more than 5 in Vancouver style) and never more than two authors.

Elaboration of references

Use of electronic reference management software

Priority will be given to contributions that deliver references standardized by means of a reference management software such as: Zotero, Bibme, Reference Manager, RefWorks, EndNote, Mendeley or any other compatible with scientific-medical edition.

DOI for references

Where applicable —particularly for references to electronic documents— the corresponding DOI has to be provided.

Vancouver citation style

Vancouver citation style will be used. References will be ordered and numbered in their order of appearance in the text, with the corresponding indication as a superscript (no parentheses, spaces, separated by commas and hyphens in the case of more two consecutive). They will be copy-pasted as they appear in the cited source, which is: author(s), article title, name of the journal, year, period, volume, number, pages and DOI (when applicable). If the publication has up to 6 authors, they all have to be included and separated by commas. If there are more authors, after the sixth and after a comma, the rest of the authors will be indicated as: at al. (which means “and others”). If the authors are from the Anglosphere, they will be accounted by their last element; for example: Harrison S. Murray will be entered: Murray HS.

The journals must be cited with their title abbreviated in accordance with the catalogue by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Go to Pubmed: (Journals in NCBI Databases) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals, in order to find the abbreviation.

Journal articles: a) Surnames and initials of all the authors of the article. b) Article title. c) Title or initials of the journal. e) Year; volume (number): pages.

1. Samokhvalov AV, Irving HM, Rehm J. Alcohol consumption as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010;17:706-12, DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833a1947

Books: a) Surnames and initials of all the authors. b) Title and subtitle. c) Edition (if it is not the first). d) City. e) Publishing house. f) Year.

2. Gerrish K, Lacey A. Investigación en Enfermería. 5^th Spain: McGraw-Hill Interamericana; 2008.

Book chapter: a) Surnames and initials of all the authors of the chapter. b) Chapter title. c) Editors, authors or book compilers. d) Title of the book. e) Edition (if it is not the first). f) City. g) Publishing house. h) Year. i) Pages.

3. Jansen PK, Albaugh JA. Erectile dysfunction: Identification, assessment, treatment, and follow-up. Lajiness M. & Quallich S. (eds). The nurse practitioner in urology, Switzerland, Springer, 2016, p. 83-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28743-0_4

Elaboration of figures and charts

Figures

1. Titles will be presented in the same page as the figure, in its upper part (heading), indicating the number of the corresponding figure (Arabic numerals) (e.g., Figure 1. Title). The progressive numbering includes photographs, drawings, graphs and diagrams.
2. Abbreviations must be written with their definition in the lower part.
3. Figures must be sent as separate files, as indicated by the electronic management system.
4. Figures must be delivered in TIFF or JPG formats in high resolution (300 dpi or higher).
5. Do not include any sort of text in the figure. All the texts, either headings or footnotes, must be included after the references.
6. Preferably, photographs of anatomical parts must have a black background.

Charts

1. Charts must be made in a word processor; they must NOT be images.
2. Place one chart per page.
3. The heading will have the number of the chart in Arabic numerals, followed by the title according to the order of appearance in the text. (e.g., Chart 1. Title). Progressive numbering includes photographs, drawings, graphs and diagrams.
4. Abbreviations must be written with their definition below.
5. A maximum of eight charts.

Legal requirements for manuscript submission

Revista de Enfermería Neurológica does neither pays nor charges for the submission, processing and publication of texts. The manuscripts submitted for possible publication in REN must send the following documents in their full and final version over the OJS platform. No postulations sent otherwise will be accepted.

1. Declaration of originality and non-duplicity, this letter has to be filled in with the author or authors’ names and in the case of articles with two or more authors, the data of each and every author has to be provided. The corresponding author has to be identified; they will have to provide an email as well as a telephone number.
2. Letter of assignment of patrimonial rights, it must be filled in with the data of the author or authors and signed by them. In the case of articles with two or more authors, the data of each end every one of them have to be provided, and the corresponding author has to be identified.
3. In the case of previously published material, whose contents are subject to copyright —graphs, images, photographs, works of art, etc., either of the authors’ or third parties’, a copy of the reproduction authorization from the copyright holder must be delivered.
4. Photographs or images in which patients appear must be accompanied by their corresponding Informed consent, as established in Authors’ obligations by REN.
5. Attach the article in full as per Guideline for authors, in function of the section in which it is intended to publish.

No changes will be accepted once the process starts.

Technical requirements for manuscript submission

In order to deliver the material, the following criteria must be considered:

1. Deliver the text in word processor electronic format without a password (the submission of PDF files will not be accepted).
2. Deliver photographs and images in electronic files in jpg format (or compatible) with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
3. It is essential to attach graphs, tables or charts in separate spreadsheets. Images of graphs, charts or tables are not suitable for the editorial process.

Once the submission requirements are met, the text in question will be sent to Editorial Review

Authors’ rights

According to the current Copyright legislation, Revista Enfermería Neurológica recognizes and respects the authors’ moral rights, as well as the ownership of the patrimonial right, which will be transferred —non-exclusively— to the journal to allow its legal dissemination in Open Access.

The authors can enter other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the article published in Revista de Enfermería Neurológica (for example include it into an institutional repository or disseminate it over other printed or electronic media) as long as it is mentioned that it was first published in Revista de Enfermería Neurológica.

For all the above, the authors must send the format of letter of assignment of the copyrights for the first edition duly filled in and signed by all the authors. This format must be sent as together with the manuscript, over the OJS platform.