ISSN versión impresa
0034-8597

ISSN versión electrónica
1609-7394

INSTRUCCIONES A LOS AUTORES

• Manuscript submission
• Sections of the journal
• Characteristics of the manuscript
• Documents to attach
• Formalities
• Parts of the manuscript
• Copyright
• Privacy statement

Manuscript submission

Before submitting your contributions (hereinafter “manuscript”) to the Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría (RNP) (Journal of Neuro-Psychiatry), please check carefully the compliance with the Ethical Publication Policies established by the journal. Please note that the journal requires that all manuscripts be prepared according to what is described in this document.

Manuscripts shall be submitted through the journal's web platform: Open Journal System – OJS.

Sections of the journal

RNP's sections are organized according to the following forms of editorial publication:

The editorial committee reserves the right to commission the sections “Editorial”, “Special article”, and “In memoriam” notes.

Characteristics of the manuscript

RNP follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) for the submission of manuscripts to medical journals. Authors interested in submitting their manuscripts should identify the section where they wish to postulate their manuscript, verify which annexes determined by the journal should be attached and check that the manuscript complies with the required parts (see table 1).

Table 1. Manuscript sections, length of manuscript parts and annexes determined by the journal.

*Please review the “Ethical Considerations in Research” section of the RNP “Ethical Publication Policies”.
** For the neuropathological clinical case, consider the following structure: presentation, management/treatment, auxiliary exams (radiological images, pathology, etc.) and discussion.
Ł For studies on tuberculosis or COVID-19 conducted in Peru.

Documents to attach

All sections, with the exception of “Editorial”, shall submit annexes 1, 2 and 3 (cover letter, affidavit, and declaration of financing and conflict of interest, respectively) in addition to the manuscript. Verify that it shall be sent together with the required annexes (see table 1), according to the section to which you are applying.

Annex 1. Cover letter (download format)

Addressed to the editor-in-chief of RNP, requesting the evaluation of the manuscript. The letter should include the title of the paper, the full name of the authors and the section to which the paper is being submitted. The letter shall be signed by the author designated to maintain the communication (author of correspondence).

Annex 2. Affidavit (download format)

It shall be signed by all authors. It is stated that the article submitted is the intellectual property of the authors and that it has not been published in or submitted for evaluation to another journal. In addition, they shall assign the reproduction, editing and publication rights to RNP once the manuscript is accepted.

Annex 3. Declaration of financing and conflict of interest (download format)

Indicate the possible conflicts of interest of the author(s), whether economic, institutional, labor or personal, as well as the possible origin of the financing received in the form of subsidies, donation of equipment or contribution of medicines or other types of support. Without this declaration, online submission cannot be accepted.

Formalities

The manuscript should be prepared in Word format, in Times New Roman or Arial 12-point font, with 1.5 spacing and 3 cm margins. Subtitles and parts of the manuscript should also be in bold font.

Parts of the manuscript

The parts of the manuscript shall be structured according to the section to which it applies (see table 1). Omit parts not considered in a section.

First page (title page)

This page shall contain:

Abstract

It should accurately reflect the content and purpose of the study.

The sections «Original article», «Review article» and «Brief communications» require structured abstracts, expressly stating: objective, methods, results and main conclusions. Case reports require unstructured summaries.

Keywords

After the abstract, add the keywords and their translation into English. It is suggested to use the DeCS/MeSH (BIREME health sciences descriptors).

Introduction

It should provide the context or background of the study, as well as specify what the research is intended to achieve.

Materials and methods

It should contain information on the procedures performed, in a concise and clear manner.

Results

It should concisely describe the information discovered. Emphasize the most important observations, without unnecessarily repeating all the data in the tables or figures in the text.

Discussion

It should promote academic discussion on the topic studied, briefly summarize the main findings and possible explanations for them. Compare your results with those of other researchers. It may include new hypotheses, when justified, as well as the limitations of the study.

Conclusions

The conclusions of the study are presented, which shall be linked to the objectives, without considering those that are not scientifically supported. If necessary, recommendations shall be added.

References

It should only show the sources used in the manuscript, using the Vancouver style.

Examples:

For sources with seven or more authors, list only the first six and add "et al.”

Example:

For various examples consider the recommendations of the track National Library of Medicine. las recomendaciones de la National Library of Medicine.

Additional considerations

Place the tables and figures in the space you consider appropriate, and make the calls in correlative form according to the order in which they appear.

- Tables

Tables should complement the information contained in the text, not duplicate it. Construct the tables with horizontal lines only and within the Word document (do not paste images), number them with Arabic numerals consecutively in the order of the first callout in the text, name each table with a concise and self-explanatory title, and employ table footnotes to explain the callouts within the table and all non-standard abbreviations.

If using data from another published or unpublished source, cite and reference the source. If necessary, obtain the corresponding permit.

- Figures

Figures (photographs, images and graphics) shall be placed inside the Word file, being announced in the text only as «Figure» and numbered with Arabic numerals in correlative order. The figures shall not have titles, but you shall add captions, in which you can add information about the source, in case the figures are not of your authorship. It is the authors' responsibility to obtain permission for reproduction from the copyright holder.

Also note that all figures should be uploaded to the journal's manuscript submission system as separate, high-resolution files.

- Other stylistic aspects

Copyright

Authors assign their rights to the RNP so that may disseminate the article through the means at their disposal. The journal will provide forms of affidavit of authorship and authorization for the publication of the article, which shall be submitted with the manuscript.

Authors retain the right to share, copy, distribute, perform and publicly communicate their article, or part of it, mentioning the original publication in the journal. Authors may archive in the repository of their institution.

Privacy statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes established in it and will not be provided to third parties or for their use for other purposes.