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INSTRUCTIONS
TO AUTHORS
- Scope
and policy
CORPORACIÓN EDITORA MÉDICA
DEL VALLE is a non-profit corporation devoted to the publication of
scientific material for improving academic level of professions related
to health sciences. The Corporation has an inscription to the Registry
Section of Intellectual Property and Publications of the Government
Ministry of Colombia, through the 1981 Resolution 001991. The
Corporation is located in Building 118, Faculty of Health, Universidad
del Valle, Cali, Colombia, telephone (57-2) 558-1939, email:
colombiamedica@gmail.com
The Editorial Committee strongly suggests to
incorporate references of Colombian authors published either in
national or in foreign country journals.
Papers appearing in the journal are the exclusive
reliability of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the
thoughts of the Editorial Committee.
To meet its objectives, Colombia Médica is governed by the Medical Guides Editorial Independence of World Association of
Medical Editors (www.wame.org/wamestmt.htm#independence) and the Code of Good Practice developed Committee on Publication
Ethics (www.publicationethics.org.uk/guidelines/)
Colombia Médica has the right of publishing
the papers received by the Editorial Committee. It is not permitted to
reproduce papers published in Colombia Médica without a previous
authorization.
Form and
preparation of manuscripts
For more information please consult Requirements for presenting articles to Colombia
Médica and read the article One hundred sins of the medical
writing).
The Corporation publishes Colombia Médica, a quarterly journal whose
papers are submitted to evaluation by two or occasionally three
authorities for review (please consult the article Review by experts) and offers contributions of
different nature in Spanish,
English
and Portuguese, among others the following
ones:
Original articles. In this section will appear
investigation and unpublished papers of interest to the readers of Colombia Médica. Presentations of these
papers should follow the pattern of scientific world literature in
accordance with Vancouver
Style (The International Committee of Editors of
Medical Journals). References must be limited to 20 quotations more than 10 years-old.
Review articles. Review
articles are by invitation to researchers with large experience in the
subject
area. People willing to submit an uninvited review article must send
the title,
abstract, and detailed index of the proposed manuscript. Additionally,
author’s
background supporting his/her experience in the subject area should be
included. The Editorial Group review appropriateness of each proposal
and
communicates their decision to the proponent author. It is expected
that review
articles contain references of original articles published by the
authors
submitting the manuscript. References must be limited to 60 quotations more than 10 years-old.
Some thoughs on. They are documents that
present investigation results from an analytical, interpretative or
critical perspective of the author, on a specific subject, where
original sources have been consulted. References must be limited to 20 quotations more than 10 years-old.
Short communications. These are short notes
indicating the results of therapeutic trials, preliminary studies, new
techniques and case reports. They may also be related to a teaching on
a specific theme either to comment some recent problem or to inquire
solutions to any inquietude. References must be limited to ten
quotations. References must be limited to 5 quotations more than 10 years-old.
Case of interest. It is a document that
communicates the results of a study on a particular situation with the
purpose of presenting the technical and methodological experiences
given in a specific course. It may include a commented systematic
revision of literature on similar cases. References must be limited to 5 quotations more than 10 years-old. Consent form to be completed
From medical literature. These are papers of
exceptional interest previously appeared in other journals. In this
type of articles a written permission of the editor of the journal is
always mandatory.
Letters to the editor. They are important positions,
either analytical or interpretative, on papers previously published in
the magazine that in accordance with the Editorial Committee opinion
may be an important contribution for discussing the subject by the
scientific community of reference. Also they can be a communication on
some important finding. Only five references should be given. References must be limited to 5 quotations more than 10 years-old.
Publication regulations
The
articles must be sent with a letter signed by all the authors where
they express their agreement with the contents and that these
correspond to studies non previously published, and that will not
appear to any other magazine before knowing the Editorial Committee's
decision and to be accepted for their publication. Reproduction rights
belong to the Corporación Editora Médica del
Valle; Colombia Médica can publish them in physical and/or
electronic formats including Internet. Also the intellectual participation of each one of
the authors must be indicated in the letter (Letter).
When the article offers
acknowledgments, a communication signed by people mentioned there is
due to send where they authorize that their names appear in this
section.
Once initiated the evaluation
process of the article, the authors commit themselves not to retire it
and not to send it to another journal until not finishing the
evaluation. After this process, the authors must correct the article
and again send it to Colombia Médica in order to be
Publisher.
The presentation of original
investigations must fulfill the Declaration
of Helsinki.
For the Colombian investigations it is due to fulfill in addition the Resolución 8430 de
1993
of
the Ministry of Social Protection and in all of the cases, the approval
of the institutional committee of ethics in investigations must also be
enclosed.
Written in a clear precise manner, the text should
be sufficiently concise to normally not to exceed twelve typewritten
pages for papers and six for short communications.
Contributions must be sent to the Editor of Colombia Médica. Papers must be written in a
Word processor, one and a half space, 12 point's font Times New Roman,
including references. Furthermore, texts by Internet should also be
submitted.
The Editorial Committee will study every paper and
will decide about the convenience of its publication. Contributions
should be either accepted with modifications or suggestions will be
given on the appropriate form towards a new presentation.
The following sequence should be observed:
a. Title
(please consult the article The
title) of the paper with the name of the author(s). In
the bottom of the page, professional rank and current academic position
of the author(s) as well as the institution where the research was
done, source of financial support (if any) and address for
correspondence.
b. Summary. Up to 300 words long. It must outline the
objective of the study, the methodology, state the results obtained and
the conclusions reached. Abbreviations or bibliographic quotations
should not be included. After the summary the author(s) must furnish
four or five key words for indexing. Descriptors
on Health Sciences
c. Introduction (not necessarily typed). It
should set out the purpose of the study, give a brief summary (not a
review) of previous relevant work and state what new advance has been
made in the investigation.
d. Material and methods. In a precise manner
techniques useful to understand and reproduce the work should be cited.
Already known methods should be mentioned.
e. Results. When necessary, should be accompanied by tables,
graphics or illustrations for offering the data in such a clear manner
that only commentary and no duplication be necessary in the text, which
should complement this data organization. If indicated, data must be
subject to statistical analysis. This section should be informative,
not an interpretation.
f. Discussion. It is related to the results
obtained in accordance with the light of present understanding of the
problem with the appropriate references.
g. Summary. It is a reproduction in English of item (b),
presenting the main conclusions of the paper, with 10 keywords.
If the papers in English this summary should be in Spanish and
Portuguese.
h. References. All the references are due to
enumerate consecutively with the order that they have in the text. The
quotation of magazines will be included in its order: last family name
and surname initials of all authors of the author (authors); if they
are six or less all are mentioned; if there are more than six, mention
the six first and later the abbreviation et al.; the title of the article,
the name of the magazine (outstanding in italics) in accordance with
the abbreviations of the Index Medicus (please, consult it, and the Vancouver Style
(The International Committee of Editors of Medical Journals), the year
of publication, the volume (outstanding in italics) and the complete
digits of the first and last pages of the consulted paper. For example,
Guevara CA, Henao DP,
Herrera JA. Síndrome de desgaste profesional en
médicos internos y residentes. Hospital Universitario del
Valle, Cali, 2002. Colomb Med. 2004; 35: 173-8.
The tables will be enumerated consecutively and
they are due to display one by page, when finalizing the text. The same
will be done with the graphs that must take an independent numeration
of the one of the pictures. Each table or graph will be accompanied by
a legend describing with clarity the material that appears. The
pictures, as well as graphs and photos, must be original of the author
(authors). If they are modifications or reproductions of another
article, it is necessary to accompany an authorization signed by the
respective editor.
Sending of manuscripts
All of the contributions should be sent to the
Editor of Colombia
Médica Guillermo Llanos, Facultad de Salud, Universidad
del Valle, Cali, Colombia, telefax (57-2) 558-1939.
e-mails: colombiamedica@gmail.com colombiamedica@yahoo.com
comedica@univalle.edu.co
http://colombiamedica.univalle.edu.co
Author(s) living outside Cali,
please send the texts of the paper in Word by Internet and the
affidavit signed letter to the fax (57-2) 558-1939 in PDF archive or by
Internet.
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