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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • 1. The submission has not been previously published nor has it been submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments in the editor).

  • 2. The send file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.

  • 3. Whenever possible, DOI proveded and if not possible the URL addresses are provided for the references.

  • 4. The text has simple line spacing; 12 font size points; italics are used instead of underlined (except for URL addresses); and all the illustrations, figures and tables are located immediately after the text that describes them in the results section.

  • 5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the Author's Guidelines, which appear in About the journal. It is the authors' obligation to check the spelling and references.

  • 6. If sent to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensure an anonymous evaluation should be followed. 

  • ALL authors of the submission have complete data in the metadata section (names, paternal and maternal surname, ORCID, email, institution, country, among others).
    The title (in upper and lower case), abstract and keywords are captured in Spanish and English.

Author Guidelines

In the Public Health and Nutrition Magazine, access to information, receipt of documents, handling and complete processing of files sent to the magazine are free of charge and / or fees.

It addresses the areas of public health, nutrition, food and health, as well as human resources training in the aforementioned areas.

Since RESPYN is incorporated into the OJS platform, it is a requirement, to start the review process, that all authors of the article are registered in the submission metadata. It is mandatory for author identification to include the ORCID (Register in ORCID.ORG).

In case of being accepted for publication, the magazine may request participation as reviewers of an article, for which a proof of reviewer will be extended.

 In addition, in order to have the necessary information for editing, in all cases, the following files will be incorporated into the platform:

 • In file revision versión

  • File consisting of the article which should contain: Title, abstracts and keywords (Spanish and English), body of the article (Original, Review, Essay, Clinical case in nutrition), acknowledgments (in case exist), bibliography (APA 6th ed.). (This file should not contain names or affiliations of the authors).

 Supplementary Files

  • Word file containing:
    • Title of the communication, Authors (abbreviating names or surnames is not allowed) with place of ascription and email address of each author.
    • The name and email of the respondent should be highlighted in bold (the email will be placed on the first page)
  • Word file containing:
    • title and abstracts of the communication (Spanish and English).
  • Word file containing:
    • Communication with name of authors (abbreviating names and surnames is not allowed), title, abstracts and keywords (Spanish and English), body of the article (Original, Review, Essay, Clinical case in nutrition), acknowledgments (if they exist), bibliography (APA 6a ed.).

• File containing

  • Images of tables and / or figures in .jpg, tiff or png format, with a minimum of 300 pixels (maximum of 5 tables and / or figures).

• Excel file containing:

  • Tables that you used in your communication (it will be used only in case of edition for the magazine).

• PDF files (signed by all authors and addressed to the responsible editor):

  • Copyright letter.
  • Letter of originality.
  • Letter of absence of conflict of interest. 

(The formats of the letters can be found in the filling section "accept the copyright declaration" found in step 1 "Start", of your submission.)

 

RESPYN has the following sections, the content of which depends on the material to be published:

• Original articles: Include manuscripts resulting from original investigations.

• Review articles: They are manuscripts that are oriented to the examination and reflection of a critical nature on issues related to the thematic contents of the Journal of Public Health and Nutrition.

• Clinical cases in nutrition 

 

Copyright

The rights of the work belong to the author or authors, however, by sending it for publication in RESPYN, the author or authors grant the right to RESPYN for publication in electronic media, and possibly, in print. Likewise, the author (s) will take into account that it will not be allowed to send the publication to any other journal while the article is under revision for its first publication regardless of the format. Once the first publication has been made del artículo en esta revista, los autores tendrán la libertad de publicarlo en cualquier otro medio. 

 

 

Editorial Guidelines

The works proposed to the Public Health and Nutrition Magazine must be unpublished and not published in any other magazine or submitted to another magazine while it is under consideration.

It is the authors' obligation to spell check their submissions.

 

The structure and type of communications that RESPYN considers is: 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: [They will have the following sequence and typology]

Title: Upper and lower case, Arial 14, Author and Institutional Affiliation of each author.

Abstract: It will be presented in Spanish and English, arial 12, will consist of 200 words or less, will not contain acronyms. The summary will contain introduction, objective, material and method, results, conclusions. They will also include three keywords in both languages. The summary will be sent in a different document from the body of the article.

Body of the original article: In arial 12, Introduction, Material and Methods (or Methodology where applicable), results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgments.

The articles will be written in Spanish or English, and must be reproduced in Word doc. or docx. They will have an extension of at least 8 (eight) and a maximum of fifteen pages from the introduction to the conclusions (including figures and / or tables). The citations in the text and the list of bibliographic references will conform to the APA model sixth edition 

To increase the clarity and quality of the article, it is suggested to use the STROBE guide according to the type of observational study being reported (example: cohort, case control, among others).

 

In order to support your communication to this magazine, we incorporate one of the existing URLs:

https://www.strobe-statement.org/index.php?id=available-checklists

 

REVIEW ITEMS [Will have the following sequence and typology]

 Title: Arial 14, Authors and Institutional Affiliation of each author.

 Summary: It will be presented in Spanish and English, arial 12, will consist of 200 words or less, will not contain acronyms. The summary will contain: Introduction; objective; method (data source, study selection criteria, synthesis methods); results; limitations; conclusions They will also include three keywords in both languages. The summary will be sent in a different document from the body of the article.

Introduction: Arial 12, will introduce the reader on the topic to be developed, must contain the objective of the bibliographic review, justification of the review before the current state of knowledge.

Methodology: The information search methodology must be expressed; the definitions of terms; study limitations; establish the criteria for selecting references; establish the sources or databases consulted.

Results: Report the number of studies analyzed; Refer the cause of the exclusion.

Development and discussion: Arial 12, in the following text, the sections should be organized in a logical way, critical argumentation of the results will be presented (design problem, limitations of studies among others) and will explain from a critical perspective of the current state of the art in the theme selected in relation to the contents that RESPYN accepts.

Conclusions: Arial 12, in the following text, Presents the position of the researcher based on the data and articles analyzed.

Review articles will have a minimum of 5 (five) and a maximum of 10 (ten) pages, from the introduction to the conclusions (including figures and / or tables).

The citations in the text and the list of bibliographic references must conform to the APA model sixth edition.

To increase the clarity and quality of the article, it is suggested to use the PRISMA guide according to the type of study that is being reported (review or meta-analysis).

In order to support your communication to this magazine, we incorporate one of the existing URLs:
http://www.prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/Default.aspx

 

ESSAYS [They will have the following sequence and typology]

 Title: Arial 14, Authors and Institutional Affiliation of each author.

 Summary: It will be presented in Spanish and English, arial 12, will consist of 200 words or less, will not contain acronyms. The summary will contain introduction, objective, conclusions. They will also include three keywords in both languages. The summary will be sent in a different document from the body of the article.

Introduction: Arial 12, will introduce the reader in topic to be developed and must contain the purpose of the writing. The author must state his position or thesis.

Body of the essay: Arial 12, in the following text, will develop and explain from a critical perspective the current state of the art of the selected theme.

Conclusions: that express the position of the researcher in the light of the analysis.

The essays will have a length of at least 3 (three) pages and a maximum of 8 (eight) pages (including figures and / or tables). The citations in the text and the list of bibliographic references must conform to the APA model sixth edition. 

 

TECHNICAL REPORTS, CLINICAL CASES IN NUTRITION

Currently, RESPYN is not accepting for review and publication purposes. Technical Reports and Clinical Cases in Nutrition.

 

TABLES AND FIGURES

RESPYN suggests the following format for tables and figures. Excel file 

As for the images (figures and tables), it is suggested that all the elements be included (title, body of the figure or table, legend, fully identified X and Y axes, in case of handling only percentages the “n ”, Source and table footer inside the image since this method in MS Word is more stable image handling.

 

Examples:  

Data source:

Data source:

Copyright Notice

  1. A letter of copyright, a letter of originality, and a non-conflict letter must be made.
  2. Copy the format of each letter in a word (the formats are found after point No. 3), sign them by each and every one of the authors.
  3. Convert the files to PDF and incorporate them in step 2 "upload shipments"

 

COPYRIGHT LETTER

Dr. at CS. Esteban Gilberto Ramos Peña

Responsible Editor

Journal of Public Health and Nutrition.

Place and date

 

The exclusive author (s), full name of the author (s), of the article Title in Spanish and English, we assign indefinitely to the Revista Salud Pública y Nutrición, edited by the Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition the patrimonial copyright of the first publication of the work in the reference magazine so that my / our article and all the materials included in it are reproduced, translated into Spanish or English, published, communicated and publicly transmitted in any form or medium Worldwide; Likewise, we authorize the distribution to the public of the number of copies that are required and their public communication through electronic means or any other technology that currently exists or in the future.

   We authorize the editors of the Revista Salud Pública y Nutrición to include the article published in this journal in national and international collections, compilations, databases and indexes, exclusively for scientific, cultural, dissemination and non-commercial purposes.

   Likewise, it is our knowledge that we maintain the right to make other non-exclusive agreements for the self-archiving, deposit or distribution of the editor's version published in this journal, for example, including it in institutional, national or international repositories or personal web page, under the terms of the public license Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - Without Derivative 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es, indicating clearly that the document was published for the first time in the Journal of Public Health and Nutrition and including the volume, number, year, pages and DOI.

   We declare that the work is an original product of my / our authorship and does not contain citations or transcripts of other works in which due credit has not been given to the holders of the rights. If there is any challenge to the content or authorship of the work, the responsibility will be exclusively of the undersigned author (s).

 

FULL NAMES AND SIGNATURES OF ALL AUTHORS

_________________________________________________




 

 LETTER OF ORIGINALITY

Editorial Committee of the Journal of Public Health and Nutrition

Place and date

Hereby, the undersigned and author (s) of the manuscript "Title of the article", declare / declare the following:

  1. a) That the text is original and unpublished, that is, it constitutes an intellectual production of the person (s) signatory (s) and has not been disclosed publicly, by any printed or digital means of dissemination .
  2. b) That all the documents cited in the manuscript are duly referenced.
  3. c) That it is (are) the owner (s) of the moral and patrimonial copyrights, or they have the authorization of those who own them, both of the content and of the materials included in the manuscript, so that any claim on this subject is the sole responsibility of the undersigned author (s).
  4. d) That the manuscript has not been sent for review for publication or possible publication to any other printed or electronic means of dissemination, simultaneously or in advance of the present one.
  5. e) That the document is the authorship of the person who signed the work, and the author (s) who signed it has participated in its preparation.
  6. f) Level / degree / participation of each author in the article

Without other particular, we remain attentive for any clarification in this regard.

Sincerely

 

FULL NAMES AND SIGNATURES OF ALL AUTHORS

_______________________________________________________________________

 

 

LETTER OF NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Dr. at CS. Esteban Gilberto Ramos Peña

Responsible Editor

Journal of Public Health and Nutrition.

Present.

Place and date

The authors of: (title of the manuscript) allow ourselves to send to the Public Health and Nutrition Journal to initiate the review process in order to publish it.

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

The authors declare to be aware and in accordance with the order of authorship indicated in the manuscript and that we approve the final version sent.

The authors point out that the information contained, including tables and images, have not been previously published or are in consideration of another publication and that if published, copyright or property rights of third parties will not be violated.

Without other particular, we remain attentive for any clarification in this regard.

Sincerely

 

FULL NAMES AND SIGNATURES OF ALL AUTHORS

____________________________________________





The rights of the work belong to the author or authors, however, by sending it for publication in the Public Health and Nutrition Magazine of the Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, they grant the right for its first publication in between electronic, and possibly, in print to the Public Health and Nutrition Magazine. The license used is the Creative Commons attribution, which allows third parties to use what is published whenever the authorship of the work is mentioned and the first publication that is in the Public Health and Nutrition Magazine. Likewise, the author or authors will take into account that it will not be allowed to send the publication to any other journal, regardless of the format. The authors will be able to make other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in the Public Health and Nutrition Magazine (e.g., institutional repository or publication in a book) provided they clearly state that The work was published for the first time in the Public Health Magazine, Magazine of the Faculty of Public Health and Nutrition of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León.

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