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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • 1. I have read, understood and followed the instructions given in the rules or guidelines for authors.
  • 2. The information of the manuscript is separated: a) a file with the information of the authors, funding, acknowledgments (if applicable), and recommendation of reviewers; b) an exclusive file with the content of the manuscript, without information of the authors or other type of identification; c) a file with the ethics committee letter (if applicable); d) annexes (if applicable) such as a copy of the informed consent, images, graphs or tables; e) a file with a letter of authorship responsibility.
  • 3. The file with the information of the authors includes the name of the author or authors, professional title and/or last academic degree, the institution of affiliation, the contact email of each author, ORCID code (optional); the funding source if applicable (project name, number or code); author recommendation for your manuscript; and acknowledgment.
  • 4. The manuscript is written in letter size paper, double-spaced, Arial 12 font, without columns and with the pages numbered at the upper right corner, and the manuscript has a maximum length of 20 pages or 5000 words, excluding the title and abstract page (Spanish and English), graphs, tables, images, and references).
  • 5. The manuscript has a concise and informative title in both Spanish and English. Likewise, the manuscript contains a summary in both Spanish and English of between 150 and 250 words in each language. Finally, the manuscript proposes between 3 and 6 keywords in both Spanish and English.
  • 6. According to the type of manuscript:
    - If the manuscript is empirical, then its structure includes an introduction, objective, method, results, discussion, conclusions (optional), APA references, and annex (optional).
    - If the manuscript is not empirical, then its structure consists of an introduction (objective of the review and substantiation of the need to carry it out), development (critical analysis and/or clinical procedures, implications, projections, implementations, etc.), comments of the author and APA references; or instead, it corresponds to other types of writings (presentation of clinical cases, commentary of authors, etc.) and follows the traditional format of specialized journals.
  • 7. The tables and graphics of the manuscript are in editable format (these are not images). Likewise, the tables and graphs of the document are legible, appropriate and provide information relevant to the manuscript.
  • 8. Bibliographical references are presented according to the latest APA standards.
  • 9. The authorship responsibility letter is attached according to the example presented in the Guidelines or Norms for authors. This letter is included in a separate file and not within the manuscript.
  • 10. The acceptance letter from the Ethics Committee, if applicable, is attached in a separate file. In addition, a copy of the informed consent is presented, if applicable.

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