About the Journal

About Journal

FOCUS AND SCOPE

The CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal (RCCQ) ISSN (2221-2442) is a refereed scientific journal published since 1969 by the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC), a non-profit Cuban research center. It has been published online only since 2010. It offers open access to its contents and is published twice a year, the first one covering the months of January-June and the other one from July to December. An average of 25 articles are published annually.

MISSION

The mission of CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal is to publish research results, innovative solutions, good practices and case studies that reflect the advances of the scientific community in Cuba and internationally.

 VISION

To constitute a reference journal, recognized and with international visibility in the field of Chemical Sciences.

TARGET AUDIENCE AND THEMATIC COVERAGE

The universe of readers and contributors of the journal are researchers inside and outside the country in the branches of Chemical Sciences and other related disciplines, the scientific community involved in research in the country, the Latin American region and the rest of the countries of the world. The public also includes the new generations that are natively involved in chemical sciences research in the different areas of research: analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, corrosion and environment.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

The CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal (RCCQ) accepts manuscripts in Spanish, English and Portuguese in the form of: original articles, review articles, short communications and reviews (book, analytical, bibliographical), obituaries of great personalities of science, technical reports, specialized comments, as well as promotions of scientific events and announcements related to these, products and services.

The articles are available in the journal in PDF format.

Visits to the site average 2500 visits per month.

We suggest submitting your work through the Editorial Management System available on the web site: https://revista.cnic.cu/.

You can send them via e-mail (editorial.cenic@cnic.cu) in case of any difficulty.

Each submission should have two main documents, one will be the article and the other will be a letter of authorship (Copyrigtht).

 The CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal is an open access journal, licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC. It grants authors the following permissions:

1. To distribute copies, electronic or printed, of the published article among their students or colleagues, as well as permission for other members of their institution to use them for teaching purposes.
2. To reuse part or all of the article in new manuscripts or future books.
3. The CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal does not object to the author placing his/her version, or that edited by the journal, on his/her personal website or in an open access repository.
4. The CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal authorizes other publishing houses or databases to reproduce the original materials published in it, as long as their origin is indicated.

The copyright form must include the ORCID identifier of each of the authors involved in the publication. This model is written and signed (with electronic signature) by the main author and other co-authors. It should state that the work is original, that its content is the responsibility of the authors and that it is not being evaluated by any other publication, as well as whether or not there are conflicts of interest with the publication. Without this letter it will not be possible to start the review process of the articles. Our journal does not charge submission or publication fees.

PREPRINT POLICY

A preprint is a research-related document ready for submission to the journal but that has not been peer-reviewed or approved for publication.

A document can be submitted to the journal before or at the same time as a submission to a preprint repository, such as SciELO Preprints.

This is the address of the SciELO preprint server:

https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/login

The lead author must inform the journal editor or section editor that the version of the work being submitted to the journal has been previously or simultaneously submitted to a preprint server.

A preprint, or also a prepublished manuscript, involves the use of academic repositories to publish a manuscript prior to the review process. When submitting your article, you will be asked to share the link to your preprint or expressly request collaboration to support you in uploading your manuscript to a repository.

Authors are responsible for the information contained in the final version of the document that will be published on the preprints server. Under no circumstances does the journal guarantee exact similarity with the version published after its peer-review process, nor does it guarantee that the preprint document complies with the policies set forth in its editorial guidelines and ethical precepts.

The approval or rejection of the document in the preprints repository is not binding; therefore, the journal reserves the right to approve or reject the document if the peer-review process so deems necessary.

CHARGES AND COSTS FOR AUTHORS

Publication in the CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal is completely free of charge, which means that the journal does not charge authors any fees for submission, processing and/or publication of manuscripts. 

Rewiev Process

All contributions received are submitted to a strictly double-blind peer review process (for authors and reviewers). The review uses external reviewers for the review of articles, highly qualified scientists who are not part of the editorial board. To ensure confidentiality, the papers are sent to the reviewers anonymously and the authors also do not know the identity of the reviewers (double-blind). The referees will review the papers within a period 7 to 10 calendar days as indicated by the publicher´s policy. If there are any difficulties that prevent them from reviewing the work, they must inform the publisher within 7 to 10 calendar days, so that the publisher can proceed to find another referee. The referees will make the recommendations or suggestions they deem appropriate, which will be sent to the authors for their considerations and corrections through the OJS system. The author will return the corrected paper within 15 calendar days; this process can be repeated at least 3 times in a round of revisions. In all cases the author only has 15 calendar days to make the modifications and the referee 15 calendar days to review them; if the authors exceed this time, the work may be automatically cancelled. Under the supervision of the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board, the journal reserves the right to introduce modifications in the articles received, as long as they do not alter the sense or meaning of the same, which will be communicated to the author whenever feasible. In case of discrepancies in the evaluation reports, a third reviewer is called upon under the same conditions. Finally, this Council duly informs the authors of the conclusions of the evaluation (rejection, return for modifications or acceptance for publication). The final acceptance of each article after reviewing and taking into account the opinion of the referees is made by the editorial committee and the journal issues the letter of acceptance of the work with digital signature of the executive editor together with the editorial manager.

Review policies for galley proofreading

Once the article is accepted, the editor proceeds to make the letter of acceptance of the work and sends it to the layout designer who is who makes the layout of the article and sends it to the author, the author has a period of 7 calendar days to review the layout and send it back and if there are errors inform the layout designer who must correct them and send them back to the author once the article has been published on the website there are no claims of any kind and no changes can be made to the articles.

Ethics and good practices

In order to publish in CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal, authors must take into account the highest standards with respect to publication ethics. The editor may conduct plagiarism checks at any time after receipt of the manuscript.

The corresponding author by submitting a Declaration communicates the agreement of all authors that 1) the work is original and unpublished, free of plagiarism, has not been published and is not under consideration for publication in another journal, 2) all authors agree to publication in the CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal 3) all contributors of important ideas and work have been appropriately acknowledged or included as co-authors, 4) all addresses and institutional affiliations are complete and correct, 5) all national laws pertaining to research have been complied with, 6) funding sources and conflicts of interest have been properly declared, and 7) there is permission from employers, persons or companies holding intellectual property or copyright and financial sources, among others, to publish all parts of the manuscript.

A published article that is subsequently found not to meet all of these criteria may be withdrawn or, at the sole discretion of the journal, a correction may be published. Below, some ethical issues of strict compliance for the CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal are presented in detail.

Authorship conflicts

The first author of the scientific article (main author) is assumed to be the person who contributed the most to the development of the research. The remaining authors should be placed in order according to the importance of their contribution. To avoid problems associated with unjustified authorship, it is requested that the number of co-authors of a manuscript be in accordance with the amount of work done.

Fragmentation of a manuscript or research into small units to produce several articles and create an image of productivity is not accepted in the CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal. This unnecessary subdivision of research has the effect of dispersing scientific information and making it difficult to compile later.

Declaration of conflicts of interest

Authors are morally obliged to declare if there is any financial, personal or professional interest - for reasons other than simple interest in contributing to science - in the publication of this article. This declaration does not in any way invalidate publication, but is an element that reviewers deserve to know in order to be able to make an unbiased interpretation of the published article. Reviewers should declare any possible conflicts of interest related to the article or to the persons involved (such as family relationships, colleagues, competitors or collaborators among potential referees or editors), regardless of whether they assume that this would not affect their decision. Authors may communicate to the editor those persons they wish to exclude from the evaluation process, without the need to justify it. Such requests will be absolutely confidential and will be respected in all cases.

Copyright and authors' rights

Statement on ethics and editorial malpractice

 The ethical principles adopted by the journal are derived from the following organisations that suggest concepts, guidelines, codes and procedures that are widely used internationally:

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): reference on ethical aspects of editorial practices at author, editor, committee member and reviewer levels.

Council of Science Editors (CSE): organisation for issues of integrity of scientific publications, conflicts of interest, licensing and authorship, among others.

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE): committee dedicated mainly to aspects of anonymity, informed consent and protection of individuals participating in research published in the journal.

The journal also recognises and adopts the Principles of transparency and best practices in scholarly publishing defined and endorsed by DOAJ, OASPA and WAME; the recommendations recorded in the document known as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) on the proper use of citation metrics and the principles and responsibilities established by the Singapore Declaration on Scientific Integrity.

Considering the parameters established by the aforementioned resources, the journal has defined the following ethical guidelines for all the actors in its publication processes according to their respective roles in the editorial cycle of each article.

• Authors
• Authors who submit articles to the journal undertake to guarantee respect for copyright, as well as the protection of information and other aspects related to the development and publication of the research.
• Authors undertake to present the research clearly and honestly, without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate manipulation of data.
• Only researchers with (1) graduate degrees or (2) who are candidates for graduate degrees at the time of submitting an article are considered as authors of the article for this publication. Teachers, research advisors, research assistants or undergraduate students may only be included as co-authors of the article if their contribution to the construction of the article warrants it and is endorsed by the main or corresponding author. Otherwise, their names may only be included in the acknowledgements of the article.
• Conflicts of interest will be disclosed in a timely manner and duly declared in the article.
• The authors included in the research assume full responsibility for its content and any actions that may result from it.
• Researchers are obliged to acknowledge the participation of authors who have actually contributed to the article, without resorting to false authorship or the inclusion of authors who do not contribute to the elaboration of the research. In this sense, they will declare the specific contribution made by each co-author in the letter accompanying the submission of the article.
• Authors agree to abide by the evaluation model defined by the journal; therefore, they undertake to provide a timely, professional and respectful response to the observations made by the editor, peer reviewer and production editor at the various stages of the process.
• It is considered inappropriate behaviour to submit articles to a review process without the real intention of remaining in the review process. Withdrawal of an article after it has been approved, and during the editorial process, must be duly justified. Authors who are identified as using the journal to improve their articles through refereeing, without the intention of publishing them, will be penalised for engaging in this practice. The journal will not process new article submissions from such authors.
• The editor undertakes to ensure the proper development of the various processes of the journal, in an ethical manner and taking responsibility for its publication.
• The editor will make fair and impartial decisions, regardless of the context, ensuring a fair and appropriate peer review process for authors.
• Adopt editorial policies that ensure maximum transparency and honesty during the evaluation, editing and publication of the article.
• The editor will follow up on inappropriate behaviour by reviewers, authors or committee members in a timely manner, based on continuous monitoring.
• The editor will disclose possible conflicts of interest in receiving and evaluating an article, in order to make a management decision that does not compromise any of the journal's processes.
  
  
• Reviewers
• The reviewer will be selected by the editor and the editorial team, based on the fulfilment of criteria such as: academic background, number of publications in recognised sources and the impact of their production in the field.
• The reviewer agrees to accept the reading of an article if his/her level of experience, knowledge and current commitments allow him/her to issue a well-argued and timely opinion.
• The reviewer assumes the responsibility of guaranteeing a sufficient review, which allows the authors to understand the reasons for his/her opinion, and which includes the assessment of methodological aspects, content and structure.
• It is considered improper practice to impersonate another person during the review process. The responsibility for the review process rests with the researcher who has been asked to be the reviewer. Under no circumstances is the participation of a third party (e.g. research assistants, PhD students, postgraduate students, monitors, other colleagues) acceptable without the consent of the editor.
• It is considered inappropriate conduct on the part of the reviewer to use material from an article they are reviewing. Under no circumstances are reviewers authorised to use all or part of the data from the research assigned for review. Likewise, it is inappropriate for the convened reviewer to accept to review research that is very active and similar to research that he/she is developing.
• It is the reviewer's responsibility to respond in a timely manner to requests related to the article he/she is reading, according to the deadlines agreed with the journal. Failing this, the reviewer will have to notify the editor of any changes in the delivery schedule of their concept, so as not to affect the process for the authors or the journal.
• The reviewer has read, understands and follows the editorial policies defined by the journal.
• The reviewer will notify the journal of inappropriate conduct identified in the article being reviewed, and will provide arguments and support for their presumption: plagiarism, fabrication of data, manipulation of results, duplication of publication, among others.
• The evaluation process will be carried out based on the instructions provided by the journal, in its platforms and formats.
• The reviewer must refrain from suggesting authors to cite him/her or his/her colleagues, in order to generate an increase in citation. If such a suggestion is made, it must be based on duly justified academic, scientific or technical reasons.
• The reviewer will remain active in the evaluation process, if he/she suggests corrections, so that the editor can count on his/her judgement and advice to verify that the evaluated article was sufficiently and coherently adjusted.

• Evaluators
• The CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal shall guarantee the permanent availability and preservation of all research material published by the journal.
• The CENIC Chemical Sciences Journal shall provide the editorial team with all the necessary means to identify and prevent the publication of articles whose authors have engaged in research misconduct. If the editorial team finds that a submission or a published article constitutes such misconduct, CENIC Journal chemical sciences shall facilitate the prompt publication of errata, clarifications or retractions by the journal depending on the seriousness of the conduct identified.

If an author, reviewer or reader wishes to report a malpractice or a problem they have identified in a published article, as well as to refer to difficulties or differences they have had with any member of the editorial team or in the development of a process in the journal, they should first contact the editorial team by email at editorial.cenic@cnic.cu or iris.diaz@cnic.cu or by using the OJS platform.

ADVERTISING POLICY

The advertising on our website is generally placed in the ADVERTISING section. To help the visitor to differentiate when it is an advertisement and when it is a research article.

PLAGIARISM DETECTION POLICY

Our journal actively checks for plagiarism using the QUETEXT tool.

In case of possible plagiarism, measures will be taken with the person or persons involved, following the guidelines included in the International Committee on Ethics in Scientific Publishing - COPE

In the event of possible plagiarism, the following measures will be taken:

1. After being informed of the possible plagiarism, they will be informed of the process to be followed.
2. The articles will be evaluated and the degree of plagiarism will be verified.
3. The Editors will be informed and will be asked to give their opinion on the situation.
4. The submitting author will be sent evidence of plagiarism.
5. If found guilty of plagiarism
6. The editor of the journal in which the original article was published and the author(s) of the plagiarised article will be notified.
7. CENIC Journal will publish the withdrawal of the publication officially and the online version will be withdrawn.
8. As a penalty, the implicated author (res) will be prohibited from publishing again in CENIC Journal for a period of 5 years.

ETHICS STATEMENT

In case of any kind of ethical violation related to the document, it will be resolved through the protocols established by the International Committee on Ethics in Scientific Publication - COPE.

Statistics

Editorial process

Average response time (days from receipt to first decision):60 days

Average time (days from acceptance to online publication): 80 days

Conflict Resolution

In all cases of misconduct or suspected misconduct, CENIC Biological Sciences Journal will act in accordance with the conflict resolution tree proposed by COPE.

Complaint policy

In case authors or other actors associated with the Journal CENIC chemical sciences have any kind of disagreement, they can express it through a formal communication sent to the Editor by mail electrónicoeditorial.cenic@cnic.cu depending on the complexity of the situation, this can be resolved by the Editor directly by the full editorial board to study the case.

WIPO Magazine

WIPO Magazine examines the practical side of intellectual property (IP), creativity and innovation around the world. The print edition is published quarterly. Additional articles are published periodically on the Internet.

ETHICS STATEMENT

In case of any type of ethical violation related to the document, it will be resolved through the protocols established by the International Committee on Ethics in Scientific Publication - COPE.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps a greater global exchange of knowledge.

POLICY ON LONG-TERM DIGITAL PRESERVATION OF CONTENTS

1. The Revista CENIC chemical sciencies performs the preservation of digital content in the following way the machines where the information is stored are assigned their space in the cloud.cnic.cu with a username and password set by the administrator of this manenra there is saved all the information to be preserved. Likewise, every year the network administrator makes copies of this information in other hard disks of other servers, which are saved per year.
2.  LICENSE AND COPYRIGHTS
3. Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
4. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right to be the first publication of the work as licensed under a (CC BY-NC-SA).
5. Authors may separately enter into additional arrangements for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in the journal (e.g., placing it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
6. Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work electronically (e.g., in institutional repositories, on digital platforms or on their own website) before and during the submission process, as it may lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and higher citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

TYPES OF ARTICLES

The RCCQ publishes Research Articles, Review Articles, Short Communications and Book Reviews. They should be submitted in Word format, letter size (8.5 x 11), Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing, and a typographical score of 12.

Research articles: derived from empirical and methodological research. Its structure is as follows: title, abstract, keywords, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgements (if applicable), bibliographical references and annexes (if applicable). The abstract should be between 250 and 300 words. Keywords should not be less than three and should not exceed six. In general, this type of articles should have a minimum of 4 thousand words and should not exceed 8 thousand.

Review articles: derived from literature reviews. Its writing structure is free but should not lack the title, abstract, keywords, introduction, conclusions, acknowledgements (if applicable), bibliographical references and annexes (if applicable).

 Short communications: derived from empirical results. Their structure is the same as that of research articles (title, abstract, key words, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgements, bibliographical references and annexes); but their length should be between 1500 and 3500 words. They also have an abstract of no more than 250 words and no more than five key words.Reseña de libros: brief review of recently published books whose content is of interest to the scientific community in the area of biology. Its length ranges between 1,000 and 2,000 words.

LANGUAGE:

The language of publication is Spanish, English.

STYLE AND FORMAT OF THE TEXT:

1. Articles should be sent in .doc or .docx format. Documents in PDF format are not accepted, unless it is the letter of authorship.
2. The length of the articles varies according to their typology: Research articles, from 4 thousand to 8 thousand words; Review articles, from 4 thousand to 8 thousand words; Short communications, from 1500 to 3000 words; and Book reviews, from 1 thousand to 2 thousand words. Technical reports, maximum length 2500 words; specialized comments, maximum length 2500 words.

TITLE

 The title should be written in upper and lower case and contain as few words as possible. It should be concise, but informative.

AUTHOR

 The name(s) of the author(s) and their surname(s) should be included. Include personal data: academic title, scientific degree, teaching or researcher category, specialization, ORCID code, as well as postal and e-mail address. Indicate the corresponding author. Authorship and co-authorship must be confirmed in writing and signed by each member of the group using the copyright form. This can be scanned and sent by e-mail, attached to the paper.

AUTHORS' AFFILIATION

 The institution or center to which each one belongs should be indicated, with its address, including postal code and country. They should be cited in the same order as the authors, using superscripts after the punctuation mark (1 or a).

TAXIONOMY

The role of each author in the research should be sent. This taxonomy distributes the roles of participation in 14 typologies through which an author can be recognized in the publication. Among which we can mention: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, fund acquisition, administration, project management, research, methodology, resources, software, supervision, validation, visualization, writing the original draft and finally writing (reviewing and editing).  The role of each author and then his/her first name and two last names should be given.

 SUMMARY

 It should appear in Spanish and English and contain the main elements of the paper in summarized form (about 250 words maximum, not structured). Keywords should be included below each abstract, a maximum of six and a minimum of three, separated by semicolons.

INTRODUCTION: This should state the context or background of the study (e.g., the nature of the problem and its importance) and state the specific purpose or objective of the research or the hypothesis being tested in the study or observation. Both the primary and secondary objectives should be clear. Only references that are strictly pertinent should be included and do not add data or conclusions from the work being presented.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clearly describe the selection of the subjects under observation or experimentation (patients or laboratory animals, including controls), include the selection and exclusion criteria, and give a description of the source population of the study subjects. Given that the importance of variables such as age and sex for the objective of the research is not always clear, the authors should explain their criteria when they include them in the study; for example, the authors should explain why only individuals of certain ages were included or why women were excluded. The main objective should be to clearly state how and why the study was conducted in a particular way. When authors use variables such as race or ethnicity, they should define how they measured these variables and justify their relevance.

Technical information: Identify the methods, apparatus (give the name and address of the manufacturer in parentheses), and procedures in sufficient detail to allow others to reproduce the results. Give references for routine methods, including statistical methods; provide references and brief descriptions of methods that have been published but are little known; describe new or substantially modified methods, give reasons why they have been used and evaluate their limitations. Accurately identify all drugs and chemicals used, including generic names, dosages, and routes of administration. Authors submitting review articles should include a section describing the methods used to locate, select, extract and synthesize the data. These methods should also be summarized in the abstract.

Statistics: Describe the statistical methods in sufficient detail to allow an expert reader with access to the original data to verify the results presented. When possible, quantify the findings and present them with appropriate error or uncertainty measurement indicators (such as confidence intervals). Avoid relying solely on statistical hypothesis testing, such as the use of P-values, which do not provide information on the magnitude of the effect. Whenever possible, references on study design and statistical methods should correspond to manuals or classic articles (including page numbers). Also define statistical terms, abbreviations and most symbols. Specify the software used.

Results: Present the results following a logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations, and highlighting the most important findings first. Do not repeat in the text all the data in the tables or illustrations; highlight or summarize only the most important observations. When data are summarized in the Results section, when providing numerical results, not only the derivatives (e.g., percentages) should be presented, but also the absolute values from which they were calculated, and the statistical methods used to analyze them should be specified. Limit the number of tables and figures to those necessary to illustrate the subject of the article and to evaluate their degree of support. Use graphs as an alternative to tables with many entries; do not duplicate data in graphs and tables. Avoid non-technical uses of statistical terms, such as "random" (implying a randomization device), "normal," "significant," "correlations," and "sample." When scientifically appropriate, include analyses of data according to variables such as age and sex. 

Discussion: Highlight the most novel and important aspects of the study and the conclusions drawn from them. Do not repeat in detail data or other material that appears in the Introduction or in the Results section. In the case of experimental studies, it is useful to begin the discussion by briefly summarizing the main results; then explore the possible mechanisms or explanations for these findings, compare and contrast the results with those of other relevant studies, expose the limitations of the study, and explore the implications of the results for future research and clinical practice. Relate the conclusions to the objectives of the study, avoiding making sweeping statements and drawing conclusions that are not adequately supported by the data. In particular, authors should avoid statements about economic costs and benefits unless the manuscript includes economic data with corresponding analyses. Avoid statements or allusions to aspects of the research that have not been completed. New hypotheses may be stated when they have a basis, but should be clearly qualified as such. Results and Discussion may be presented in a single section.

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

Abbreviations and acronyms should precede their full name the first time they appear in the text. They should not appear in titles or abstracts. International abbreviations and acronyms should be used.

INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (IF)

 All clinical laboratory results should be reported in SI units or those permitted by the SI. If it is desired to add traditional units, these will be written in parentheses. Example: glycemia: 5.55 mmol/L (100 mg/100 mL).

TABLES AND FIGURES

Tables and figures should appear with their title above and numbered with Arabic numerals. All tables and figures should be referenced in the text and, if they have legends, they should appear below the figure or table and their content should not be similar to what is expressed in the text. Tables in the form of images are not accepted. Figures should not have a resolution greater than 96 dpi and their format should be JPEG, PNG or TIFF. The authors must have the images and tables available in case they are requested for the layout of the document.

INDEXING

The CENIC chemical sciences Journal has the CITMA certification seal and is included in the following Iberoamerican databases: Blbliat, Latindex, MIAR, Redalyc. Databases outside Iberoamerica DOAJ. Other MedicLatina databases

CITATION SYSTEM

Bibliographic citations within the text will be made as follows: in parentheses putting the author's name, followed by the year.

E.x. (Chow, 2018), the case of a single author.

E.x. (Patel & Clifford, 2014) in the case of two authors.

Ex. (Chow, Patel, Clifford,.,....., 2017) in the case of 3 to 5 authors.

E.g. (Arango et al, 2014) in the case of 6 authors or more. 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

The RCCB will use APA standards for citation. It is recommended that more than 75% of the bibliography refer to articles from scientific journals, preferably within the last five years. The bibliography should be listed in alphabetical order. Original papers should not exceed 30 citations; reviews should not exceed 50 and short communications and other modalities should not exceed 10.

Indentation: It is necessary to leave 5 spaces with the space bar, (French indentation) 0.5cm from the Word design tab, at the beginning of each one.

The following are examples for the use of these bibliographic rules.

Scientific articles

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (Date of publication). Title of the article. Name of the journal, volume (Number), pages].

Example: Griswold, M. (2014, September 12). how much alcohol is safe? Not a drop. The Lancet, volume (2), pp. 12-13.

Encyclopedia

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (Year). Title of entry, Name of Encyclopedia (volume, Pages). Location: Publisher]

Periodical

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (Date). Title of article. Name of newspaper, pp-pp].

- Example: Cano, G. (1990). National differences in Colombia. El espectador, pp.2-4

Web pages

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (Date). Title of the page. URL Web page name]

- Example: Rivas, A. & Urbano, B. (2019, August 28). Online generator. APA Standards from https://normasapa.in/citar-apa-online

Web article (No author).

[Article title. (Date published.) Retrieved from http://urlweb.com]

- Example: global changes. (2019, June 17). Retrieved from http://cambios.com/cambios-globales

Web article (No date)

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (n.d.). Article title. Retrieved from http://urlweb.com]

- Example: Rivas, C. (n.d.). German abbreviations. Retrieved from https://aprendiendo.com/abreviaciones-aleman

Web article (Untitled)

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (Date of publication). [Description of the document]. Retrieved from http://urlweb.com]

- Example: Vargas, E. (2010). [How to make an introduction]. Retrieved from https://donapa.com/pasos-para-hacer-una-introduccion

PDF files

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (Date). Document title [PDF file]. Retrieved from (web where downloaded) or doi: 0000000/0000000/0000000000000000].

- Example: Beske, S. D. (2019, September). Differences between apa and icontec [PDF file]. Retrieved from https://normasicontec.co/

Wikipedia article.

[Article name [On Wikipedia]. Retrieved (Date) from http://urlwikipedia.com]

- Example: APA style. [On Wikipedia]. Retrieved (2019, November 11) from https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estilo_APA

Book with author.

[Author's last name, First initial. (Year published), Title of book, City and country, Publisher of book].

- Example: Garcia, G. (1967), Cien años de soledad, Colombia, Editorial Planeta.

Book with publisher

[Author's last name, First name initial. [Ed.] (Year published). Title of the book. City and Country: Publisher].

- Example: Garcia, G. [Ed.] (1967), Cien años de soledad, Colombia: Editorial planeta.

Electronic books

[Last name, First name initial. (Year published). Title of the book. Retrieved from http://urlweb.com]

- Example: Garcia, G. (2015). One hundred years of solitude. Retrieved from https://normasapa.in

E-book with DOI.

[Author's last name, Author's initials (Year). Title of the book. DOI: 00000000000000]

- Example: Garcia, G. (2015). One hundred years of solitude. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.uph32-65.ggmc

Chapter of a book.

[Author's last name, Author's initials (Year published). Title of the chapter. Title of the book (Pages). City, Country: Publisher]

Thesis work

[Author's last name, Author's first name initial. (date YY - MM - DD). Title of the thesis [TYPE: Undergraduate, master or doctoral thesis). Name of the institution, location of the institution].

- Example: Rivas, A. (2018, July 18). Energy use of water resources [Undergraduate thesis]. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá.