Guidelines for authors
General Instructions
The MVZ Córdoba Journal adheres to the general uniform requirements for biomedical journals (Vancouver Standards) with some specific modifications mentioned below.
Interested applicants must submit the following forms, duly completed and signed by each author, through the OJS platform: Author Declaration and Self-Review, available at https://revistamvz.unicordoba.edu.co/about/submissions
Type of articles published
Original articles. They report on advances in veterinary sciences based on scientific research; their length should not exceed 6000 words, including references, tables and figures.
Short communications. They have the same structure as the original articles; their length will be 1,800 to 3,000 words.
Clinical cases. The structure is similar to that of the brief communications, but the abstract is not structured. The introduction will be followed by the patient evaluation (bold subtitles: anamnesis, clinical examination findings, diagnostic aids, etc.) and the treatment approach.
Literature reviews. They consist of a critical analysis of the published literature on a topic of current interest and relevance to the veterinary sciences, with a length of no more than 7000 words. Titles and subtitles must be in bold type. The information contained in the review must be argued, supported or controverted. It will end with a critical contribution on the strengths, weaknesses and research opportunities of the proposed topic. Generally, the editor is the one who invites expert and widely recognized researchers.
Preparation of manuscripts
The manuscript should be written in the third person, written in word processor, single-spaced, in 12-point Verdana font, in a single column, with 3 cm margins. The original manuscript should not exceed 6000 words, including tables, figures, references, legend of tables and figures; literature reviews up to 7000 words and 3000 for short communications and clinical cases. Manuscripts in Spanish and English are accepted, the manuscript should be sent in the language originally written; if accepted, the author will be asked to submit the version in the other language and must attach the corresponding translation certification.
The word "figure" should be used in the manuscript to refer to all illustrations (graphs, photographs, original drawings, illustrations). Figures should be of good quality, with clean, well-defined lines, legible text, and their margins should be a maximum of 1 cm. Photographs must be original and of excellent quality.
Tables should be titled at the top and figures at the bottom, numbered and cited in the manuscript; no boxes. Tables are not accepted in image format; they should be included after the first citation in the manuscript. The maximum number of tables and figures will be 10. Each figure must be sent separately with the following specifications: TIFF format, resolution: 300 pixels per inch and 16 cm wide. The original files of the photographs must be sent and the source must be credited, with the following requirements: jpg or png format with a resolution of 180 pixels per inch and 26 cm wide. If Microsoft Excel is used for data graphics, the file must be submitted in xls or xlsx format.
Video material, animation and 3D sequences are also accepted to support and enhance the articles.
Guidelines for manuscript preparation
Title. It should be no longer than 15 words, centered, in bold, written in spanish and english, in lower case, the latter below the former, leaving a double space. The title should be precise and informative, without abbreviations. Latin names should be written in italics. Below the main titles, include an abbreviated title in Spanish and English of no more than eight words.
Authors. They are those who participate in the planning, execution, elaboration, discussion and writing of the manuscript. They should be signed with the name commonly used or registered for their publications; followed by a superscript indicating the affiliation of each author and the last academic degree obtained (at least a professional or technologist degree is required; candidacies are not accepted). The following abbreviations should be usedSpecialization (Esp.), master's degree (M.Sc.), doctorate (Ph.D.) or the abbreviation of the professional title. The author should be indicated with an asterisk for correspondence and write his/her e-mail address, which will appear in the article and will therefore be public. The institutional affiliation of the authors should be hierarchical: Institution, Faculty, Department, Institute, Laboratory, Study Group, etc., postal address, city and country. It is mandatory for all authors to be registered in ORCID.
Example:
Determinación de bacterias ácido lácticas termoresistentes
Determination of bacteria acid lactic thermoresistant
Lactic acid bacteria
Bacterias ácido lácticas
Mario Pérez B1* Ph.D; Vanessa Arrieta- Correa2 M.Sc;
Cindy Díaz C1 Lic.
1Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas. Departamento de Producción Animal, Santiago, Chile.
2Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud. Departamento de Producción Agrícola y Animal. Calzada del hueso 1100. Villa Quietud, Coyoacán, México.
3Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT - AIP); Grupo de investigación, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá.
*Correspondencia: elcorreo@servidor.com
Abstract. It should be structured and should be between 150 and 250 words; written in a single paragraph. It should give a clear idea of the content of the manuscript, including subtitles in bold type: objective, materials and methods, results and conclusions. After each subtitle a period should be written and followed by a period from which the text of each section begins to be written.
Keywords. These are short terms that define the content of the manuscript; its classification and allow it to be located in an automated file. It is suggested to use six to eight words that are not contained in the title of the manuscript and written in alphabetical order. The terms from the list of thesauri should be used according to the research topic, such as MeSH, DeCS, NLM, CAB thesaurus, USDA, AIMS, FAO; tesauro de ASFA, Tesauro ICYT de Biología Animal, tesauro ambiental para Colombia, etc., and indicate at the end of them, the thesaurus or thesauri used written in brackets and in italics as follows:
Keywords: Goats; animal morphology; conservation programs (Fuente: CAB)
Palabras clave. They must be the same english keywords translated into spanish
Resumen. It is the same abstract in english translated into spanish; it must have the same structure and content.
Introduction. It must clearly indicate the purpose of the research, selectively relating the pertinent literature. No data or conclusions from the work being reported may be included. This section should end with the general objective.
Materials and methods. The procedures employed in the research, such as statistical design and data analysis, should be clearly described. This section should be structured (with subtitles) to specify type of study, study site, geoclimatic conditions, coordinates of the study site, patients or study animals, laboratory methods, ethical aspects, analysis of results, etc. The subtitles should be in bold and after each one of them a period should be placed and followed by a period from which the text begins to be written.
Ethical aspects. A brief description of the patient handling procedures (human or animal), the risks and safety guarantees offered during the study according to the type of research conducted should be provided. It should be stated that the research was only initiated when the authorization of the involved entities was obtained. It is necessary to attach the informed consent form for (human) participants, as well as the certification of the approval of the project issued by the corresponding Ethics Committee. The supporting documents must be written on the letterhead of the institution involved and then scanned for submission.
In addition, this section should cite the regulations in force in each country, including cleaner production, environmental conservation, animal welfare, as well as those international regulations that are globally mandatory.
Results. It corresponds to the information of the findings, but without including comments or references to other works. The use of tables and figures is suggested. Results should be expressed in the past tense, noting the level of statistical significance in parentheses (p≤0.05, p≤0.01, p>0.05). Tables and figures should be cited in this section in strict order. Citation in the text can be done in two ways: a). as shown in Table 2; or b)...capture success of 0.1313 individuals/net-hours (Table 1).
The units of measurement shall be quoted according to the metric decimal system and a space shall be left between the number and the unit, except for percentage signs (%), degrees Celsius (ºC) and weights ($), which shall always be attached to the number. Units of measurement should not be used in plural and should not have a period (e.g. kg instead of kgs, kg.). When a unit of measure applies to several numbers, only the last value should be used (Example: 8 - 15 kg instead of 8 kg - 15 kg). Decimals should not be expressed with a comma, but with a period. All compounds and reagents, as well as equipment used, should include in parentheses the parent company, headquarters city, state or country (Example: Sigma, St. Louis, MO). Trade names should not be included in the text and reference should always be made to the active ingredient.
Discussion. It is the interpretation of the results obtained and the contrast of these with related studies carried out by other authors. The limitations of the study should be highlighted and speculations should be avoided. It is necessary to include the conclusions of the study and recommendations for future research.
Conflict of interest. Journal MVZ Cordoba takes as a reference the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), regarding public confidence in the scientific process and the credibility of published articles depends in part on the transparent way in which conflicts of interest are handled during the planning, implementation, writing, peer review, editing and publication of scientific papers. See more in: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/author-responsibilities--conflicts-of-interest.html
It is recommended, but not mandatory, to fill out the ICMJE form.
Acknowledgments. List the names of persons, institutions, companies, laboratories, farms, etc., that have collaborated with the research (financing, logistics, etc.). This section is not mandatory, but it is recommended. It will have a maximum of 60 words.
Conflict of interest. It should be indicated that the authors have no conflicts of any kind related to the execution of the research.
Financing. The mechanism for financing the research should be included.
References. They should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they are first mentioned in the text, using Arabic numerals in parentheses (1). Only those articles directly related to the research should appear in this section. If an article has from one to six authors, all of them should be included in the reference; but if there are more than six, the expression et al should be written without italics and without punctuation (et al). Journal titles should be abbreviated (short name, without punctuation) according to the style used in IndexMedicus. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journals). All references must have direct URL or their respective DOI.
The list of references should be presented in strict order of appearance in the text; not in alphabetical order. Up to 40 references will be accepted for original manuscripts; up to 60 for literature reviews and up to 20 for clinical cases and short communications.
Abstracts of congresses, seminars, events, courses, presentations, technical reports, bulletins, personal communications, non-indexed electronic consultations, monographs, websites, as well as undergraduate papers will not be accepted as references.
References must be up to date and not older than 10 years. If necessary, they may be included with due justification, but may not exceed 15% of the total number of references. Only up to two references from books or electronic consultations will be accepted.
Assignment of rights. Authors and co-authors must send the signed originality statement electronically at the time of submission of the article. No article may be submitted for peer review without the submission of such declaration.
Once the articles have been selected for publication, the author(s) will be sent the respective assignment of economic rights, which must be returned electronically as soon as possible, duly signed, in order to continue with the process.
In the event that the rights have been previously assigned to an Institution financing the project, the authors must inform the entity and establish the respective authorization to assign the rights over the determined text, guaranteeing the non-existence of conflict of interest between the Publishing Institution and the one financing the research, in case they are different. In this sense, the assignment of rights submitted to the Journal will be understood to prevail over any general or particular assignment, and it is the author's obligation to resolve any incompatibilities that may arise.
Copyright notice. The publication of an article in the Journal MVZ Cordoba, grants the editor permission to reproduce it partially or totally, for academic, non-commercial and non-profit purposes, in websites, networks, bibliographic databases, indexes, directories or any other means of electronic reproduction, always making reference to the author(s) and the Journal. Translation or any other action different from those mentioned above will require the written permission of the editor.
The University of Cordoba and Journal MVZ Cordoba are not responsible for the opinions expressed by the authors.
Open Access. All articles published in Journal MVZ Cordoba will be open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible through the Internet in perpetuity, in an easy to read format immediately after publication. Based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps a greater global exchange of knowledge. This means that users can read, download, store, print, search, index, and link to the full text of this journal.
The journal is licensed under an attribution license Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). This license allows others to distribute, remix, retouch, and build upon your work on a non-commercial basis, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the same conditions.
By submitting your article to Journal MVZ Cordoba, it is understood that the authors have read, know and subscribe to the conditions established in the CC license above.
Correspondence. Author's full name for correspondence, work and home address, e-mail, cell phone and landline phone. This information must be filled out in the Author Declaration Form.
Privacy Statement. The names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses or any other personal information provided to the journal will be handled under strict confidentiality by the editorial team and will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by it, will be treated in accordance with Law 1581 of 2012 and will not be available for any other purpose, person or entity.
Manuscripts withdrawn by the authors, as well as those rejected, will be archived in the journal's database and their contents will not be used or disclosed under any circumstances.
Consults. They must be made exclusively by the author for correspondence, who will be solely responsible for administrative communication with the journal, always writing the name of the article to be consulted in the subject line of the e-mail to the following e-mail addresses: editormvzcordoba@correo.unicordoba.edu.co, revistamvz@correo.unicordoba.edu.co
Certifications. They will be issued by the Journal MVZ Cordoba to the referees once the manuscript has been evaluated, approved and corrected for publication. They will only be delivered to the authors when the manuscript has been evaluated, approved and corrected for publication. The Journal MVZ Cordoba does not commit itself under any consideration to the diligent publication of manuscripts related to the obtaining of academic degrees (M.Sc., Ph.D.), funding sources or final reports of research projects.
Plagiarism and self-plagiarism. Authors should respect and acknowledge all sources of information in obtaining data, figures, photographs, etc., giving the respective credit to the authors consulted. Failure to comply with this rule will be cause for immediate withdrawal of the manuscript when it is discovered during the submission process. In case it is detected after publication, either by members of the journal or by the claim or complaint of other authors, Journal MVZ Cordoba, after verification, will publish the corresponding note of retraction. Journal MVZ Cordoba will promptly correct typographical or other errors that may have occurred with the publication of any article. Duly justified retraction requests will be accepted.
Authorship changes. They may be by incorporation, deletion or modification in the order initially submitted. In any case, the author for correspondence should send a letter to the editor justifying such changes and showing the signatures of those involved. In no case will changes be allowed after approval of the manuscript.
Editorial Committee of the Journal MVZ Cordoba
University of Cordoba, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry
Telephones: (57) (4) 756 90 27
Montería - Colombia
Editor-in-Chief: Marco González Tous. MVZ., M.Sc.
editormvzcordoba@correo.unicordoba.edu.co
http://revistas.unicordoba.edu.co/revistamvz/
