ISSN printed version
0034-8597
ISSN electronic
version
1609-7394
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUTHORS
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Articles submitted to the Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría must be original and unpublished, and deal with topics related to Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Behavioral Sciences, including Child or Pediatric, Adolescent and Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. The Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría supports the policies for registration of clinical trials from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the inventory, open access and international dissemination of information from clinical studies. Consequently, as of July 2007, it only received for publication, clinical trials registered and identified by a number in one of the Clinical Trial Registers validated through the criteria established by the above orgnizations. The identification number should be recorded at the end of the abstract. PRESENTATION The article and an accompanying letter requesting its evaluation for publication should be submitted to the Chief Editors of the Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría. The letter, signed by one of the authors, should include the title and type of the article, and the authors' full name, degrees and work or academic positions. A statement, signed by all the authors in an established format must be enclosed, declaring that the article presented is of their intellectual property, that it has not been published or submitted for evaluation in another journal. In addition, it will document the copyright transfer to the Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría once the article has been accepted for publication. An original printed version of the article must be sent together with the presenting letter, and an electronic version should be sent via e-mail in the case of Peruvian authors. Foreign authors should submit a PDF and an electronic version to the e-mail of the journal (famed.rnp@oficinas-upch.pe). ON THE ARTICLE The manuscript should belong to one of the following categories or sections:
The journal’s Editorial Board reserves the right to request contributions for the following sections: Editorial, Review Articles, Obituary and Book Reviews. It could also select appropriate material for the Archive Articles. Preparation of manuscripts The article should be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English, on a single side of bond quality paper pages of ISO A4 size (212 × 297 mm), in Times New Roman font, size 12, at double space and with 25 mm margins. Decimals should be separated from integers using decimal comma, except in the summary where a decimal point should be used. Likewise, thousands and millions should be separated by a single space, except in the case of years. Each section of the article should begin on a new page, sequentially numbered. In the case of textual quotes, the corresponding paragraph should be highlighted by placing them within quotation marks or by using italics. Tables, graphs and figures with their corresponding title and legend must be placed at the end of the article on separate pages; they should not be inserted in the text and the author or authors should indicate its location. Title Page The title page should contain: Title of the article in the original language and in English, full first and last name of the author or authors, the institution(s) to which they are affiliated and where the study was conducted, and name, postal and electronic address of the corresponding author. The name(s) of the author(s) should be separated from each other by a comma and in the following order: First name, initial of the second name and last name, followed by an Arabic superscript number representing the author’s title and institutional affiliation, and followed by a small letter, also in superscript, representing his/her highest academic degree. If the author wishes to include his maternal name, he/she can add separated by a hyphen. In a separate paragraph, and preceded by the corresponding superscript number or letter, the title or academic degree and the name of the institution or institutions to which the author is affiliated, must be placed. For example:
For the purpose of correspondence, place the responsible author's name, address, zip code and e-mail address. A phone number can also be included. Financial Support Statement and Conflicts of Interest page On this page the funding source(s) and potential conflicts of interest of the author(s) must be placed. The financial statement must include every funding source and type of support, be that in the form of grant, equipment donations, provision of medications or any other type. In the Conflict of Interest statement the author(s), must point out any possible conflict of interest whether they are economic, institutional, employment-related or personal. TYPES OF ARTICLES PRESENTATION Original Research: It should be presented maintaining the following order:
The total length of the manuscript including bibliographic references should not exceed 20 pages typed on a single side. The Resumen and Summary will be presented on separate pages with a maximum of 250 words. It should be written in a single paragraph and include the following subtitles: Background (optional), Objectives, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion (optional) and Conclusions. At the end, 3-6 keywords should be included, to help in the classification of the article, placing the source in parentheses (MeSH, NLM). The aim of the study should be placed at the end of the introduction, and be clear and concise. References should be numbered in parentheses in the order of their appearance in the article, and listed in that order at the end of the article; their maximum number is 40. A maximum of eight tables, graphs or figures are accepted. Review Article It should be presented maintaining the following order:
The total length of the manuscript, including references, should not exceed 30 pages typed on a single side. The Resumen and Summary will be presented on separate pages, with a maximum of 250 words, written in a single paragraph. At the end, 3-6 keywords should be included, placing the source in parentheses (MeSH, NLM). The aim of the study should be placed at the end of the introduction, in past tense, and be clear and concise. References should be numbered in parentheses in the order of their appearance in the article, and listed in that order at the end of the article. A maximum of eight tables, graphs and figures are accepted; the maximum number of references is 50. Brief Original Research: It should be presented maintaining the following order:
The total length of the manuscript, including references, should not exceed 10 pages typed on a single side. The Resumen and Summary will be presented on separate pages, with a maximum of 200 words. It should be written in a single paragraph and include the following subtitles: Objective, Material and Methods, Results and Conclusions. Before Objectives, a Background subsection can be included. At the end, 3-6 keywords should be included, placing the source in parentheses (MeSH, NLM). The aim of the study should be placed at the end of the introduction, and be clear and concise. The discussion should end with a paragraph that summarizes the findings of the study. References should be numbered in parentheses in their order of appearance in the article, and listed in that order at the end of the article. A maximum of four tables, graphs and figures are accepted; the maximum number of references is 20. Case Report: It should be presented maintaining the following order:
The total length of the manuscript, including references, should not exceed 10 pages, typed on a single side. The Resumen and Summary will be presented on separate pages, with a maximum of 200 words. It should be written in a single paragraph and include the following subtitles: Objective, material and methods, results and conclusions. At the end, 3-6 keywords should be included, placing the source in parentheses (MeSH, NLM). References should be numbered in parentheses in their order of appearance in the article, and listed in that order at the end of the same. A maximum of four tables, graphs and figures are accepted; the maximum number of references is 20. Letters to the Editor: Should be presented maintaining the following order:
There may be a total of five authors. The total length of the document, including references, should not exceed two pages, typed on a single side. A maximum of two tables, graphs and figures are accepted. References should be numbered in parentheses in the order of appearance in the article and listed in that order at the end of the article. The maximum number of references is 6. Book Review and Necrology At the Editors request. The total length of the document, including references, should not exceed three pages, typed on a single side. References should be numbered in parentheses in the order of their appearance in the article, and listed in that order at the end of the article. The maximum number of references is 5. KEYWORDS The keywords should be descriptors in Health Sciences, obtained from MeSH de PubMed www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html TABLES, CHARTS AND FIGURES Tables should have a brief and clear title and be numbered in the order indicated in the text, for example Table 1. The title of the table should be typed in Times New Roman size 12. The legend at the bottom must be concise and clear, with explanation of abbreviations or acronyms if needed. No vertical lines should be used in tables, only three horizontal lines: one under the title, one below the column headings, and the third at the end of the table. The graphs and tables should not have a frame. Figures and photos should be submitted in JPG, GIF or TIF. If a scanner is used, a minimum print resolution of 300 dpi is required; otherwise, the photos or original figures must be attached. The journal will publish black and white iconography; if the authors prefer full color iconography; a request for budget should be attached. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES References should be placed consecutively, in the order of their appearance in the text, using Arabic numbers in parentheses the same size as the text; example: (1) or (2,5), without hyperlinks, and should be included in the corresponding list with complete bibliographic information at the end of the manuscript. References will be written in accordance with the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals of the International Committee of Journals Medical Editors, and following the norms of the Vancouver style. Examples on how to write the references can be obtained by logging on to: www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html The references, preceded by a space, are placed before a period, comma or another punctuation mark. In the reference list, only those cited in the text of the article should be included. Personal communications, unpublished documents, or "in press" references, should be included with such terms in parentheses but not included as a reference. The references should preferentially include articles of research conducted in the country or in Latin America, unless there are no studies related to the topic, or if the methodology used does not allow to arrive at reliable conclusions. Examples: Articles published in journals: Author's and/or coauthors’ last name followed by initials of names, without space separations. Up to six authors, separated by commas can be cited; if there are more than six, the first three will be cited and et al will be added; a period is placed only at the end of the last author’s name. Then come the article title (in the original language), period, name of the journal, period, year of publication, semicolon, volume number, issue number in parentheses, colon and page numbers:
As an option, in journals with consecutive page numbering, the volume number can be omitted:
Books: Author and co-authors in a way similar to that of articles, book title, edition number, city where published, colon, name of Publisher, semicolon, year of publication, period, pp, period and numbers of the pages cited:
Chapters of books, brochures and similar documents: Author and co-authors in a way similar to that of articles published in journals. Up to six authors, names separated by commas, can be cited; if there are more than six, the first three will be cited and et al will be added. Followed by Chapter title in the original language, period; then, the preposition "In", colon, name(s) of Editor(s), book title, period, city where published, name of the Publisher, semicolon, year of publication, period, pp and the numbers of the pages cited:
Thesis: Author(s), the same as in articles. Title of the work, period; then, specify the degree obtained, period. City and country where the thesis was defended, separated by a comma, colon, the full name of the University of origin, comma, year, period followed by number of pages ending with pp and period:
Web pages: Web pages mentioned in the references should be accompanied by the date in which they were accessed:
Manuscript submissiom The articles may be submitted to the Editors-in-chief and send to the Journal office addres: Revista
de Neuro-Psiquiatría.
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