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Author Guidelines

General requirements

The Revista UniNorte de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, of the Universidad del Norte (Paraguay), accepts original, unpublished manuscripts in the health sciences and related fields. Submission implies that the work has not been published previously, is not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere, and has been approved by all authors. Scientific quality, methodological rigour, integrity and ethics are entry requirements.

Per-typology limits and reporting guidelines appear once in each section below on this page, next to the submission link.

Language

The journal accepts manuscripts in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. All submissions must include title, abstract, and keywords in the manuscript’s original language and in English. When the manuscript is written in English, title, abstract, and keywords in Spanish are also recommended.

Originality and exclusivity

Submitted manuscripts must be original and unpublished, and must not be under review at another journal. The journal does not accept plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data manipulation, redundant publication, or unjustified fragmentation of results. All manuscripts may be screened with similarity-detection tools; works that fail originality and integrity criteria may be rejected.

General manuscript structure

Manuscripts should include, as applicable:

  • A clear, precise title that represents the content
  • Abstract in Spanish and English
  • Keywords in Spanish and English
  • Introduction
  • Methods or methodological development
  • Results, where applicable
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Ethics statements
  • References
  • Tables, figures, or supplementary material, where applicable

Original articles must present a structured abstract including at least: objective, methods, results, and conclusion.

Authors should use international reporting guidelines according to study design, where applicable:

  • CONSORT for clinical trials
  • STROBE for observational studies
  • PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  • CARE for case reports
  • COREQ or SRQR for qualitative studies
  • CHEERS for health economic evaluations

The journal may request checklists or complementary documents when the study type requires them.

Manuscript format

The manuscript must be submitted as an editable file, preferably Microsoft Word. A readable font, adequate line spacing, and page numbering are recommended.

The main manuscript file must be anonymised for double-blind peer review. It must not include author names, affiliations, identifying acknowledgements, or information that would allow direct or indirect identification of authorship.

Tables and figures

Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively in order of appearance in the text. Each table or figure must have a title, explanatory legend, and source where applicable.

Images must be of sufficient quality for publication. Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions to reproduce previously published material.

References

The journal uses the Vancouver style. Citations must be numbered consecutively in order of appearance in the text.

References must be complete, verifiable, and relevant. Up-to-date scientific literature should be prioritised and, where available, DOI or URL should be included.

Research ethics

Research involving human participants must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki and have institutional ethics committee approval where required. Informed consent of participants must be stated explicitly.

Animal studies must comply with applicable national and international ethical regulations.

In case reports, case series, or clinical research, authors must protect patient confidentiality and avoid any data that would allow direct or indirect identification.

Authorship and contributions

All listed authors must have made a substantial intellectual contribution, participated in reviewing and approving the final version, and accept responsibility for the published content.

Honorary, guest, or gift authorship is not accepted. Contributions that do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged in the acknowledgements section.

The journal recommends using the CRediT taxonomy to declare each author’s specific contributions whenever possible.

Conflicts of interest

All authors must declare any financial, academic, institutional, personal, or professional conflict of interest that could influence the development, interpretation, or publication of the manuscript.

If there are no conflicts of interest, this must be stated explicitly: “The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.”

Funding

Authors must declare funding sources, institutional support, or sponsorship received for the study. If the work received no funding, state: “This study received no external funding.”

Data availability

Where applicable, authors should include a statement on the availability of the data used in the research. Deposit in open or institutional repositories is recommended, provided this does not breach ethical principles, confidentiality, or applicable regulations.

Use of artificial intelligence

Use of generative artificial intelligence tools must be declared explicitly in the manuscript, specifying the tool and its purpose. Such tools cannot be listed as authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and scientific validity of the content, even when AI tools were used to support writing, translation, analysis, or editing.

Editorial assessment

Manuscripts first undergo editorial screening for fit with the journal’s scope, compliance with standards, originality, and ethical requirements.

Manuscripts that pass this stage are sent for external double-blind peer review. Assessment considers originality, relevance, methodological quality, clarity of presentation, currency of references, and contribution to scientific knowledge.

The Editorial Board may accept the manuscript, request revisions, open a further review round, or reject it.

Continuous publication

The journal publishes three issues per year with continuous publication within each period (No. 1: January–April; No. 2: May–August; No. 3: September–December). Accepted articles are published online individually once the editorial process is complete—including peer review, copyediting, editing, and final typesetting—and are included in the issue whose period covers their publication date.

Open access and charges

The Revista UniNorte de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud is an open-access journal. All articles are freely available to readers at no cost.

The journal charges no fees for submission, processing, or publication of articles (diamond open access; no APCs).

Author responsibility

Authors are responsible for the manuscript content, the accuracy of the data, proper citation of sources, compliance with ethical standards, and obtaining permissions for copyrighted material. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in return of the manuscript, rejection, or post-publication editorial actions.

Privacy

Personal-data handling is set out under About → Privacy Statement and is not repeated on this page.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors must confirm that the manuscript meets the following requirements:

  • Originality and exclusivity. The work is original and unpublished; it has not been published previously (except for a declared deposit on a recognised preprint server) and is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • Editable format. The main file is in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF format (not PDF) to facilitate review and typesetting.
  • Anonymity (double-blind review). Names, affiliations, and identifying acknowledgements have been removed from the main text. Authorship data are entered in the system metadata.
  • Vancouver style and DOIs. References follow the Vancouver (NLM/ICMJE) style and, where available, include an active DOI link (https://doi.org/…).
  • ORCID. ORCID iDs are available for all co-authors.
  • Ethics. The study complies with applicable international ethical standards (e.g. Declaration of Helsinki). Ethics committee approval and informed consent are available when required and can be provided on request.
  • Conflicts of interest and funding. Any conflict of interest (or its absence) and funding sources are declared where applicable.
  • CRediT. For manuscripts with two or more authors, each author’s contribution is declared using the CRediT taxonomy.
  • Data availability. Original research articles include a data / research materials availability statement.

Original Articles

  • Descripción: Investigaciones científicas inéditas con evidencia empírica en ciencias de la salud (cuantitativa, cualitativa o mixta): estudios observacionales, experimentales, clínicos, epidemiológicos, de salud pública, educación en salud y áreas afines.
  • Guías de reporte: Según el diseño (p. ej., CONSORT para ensayos clínicos, STROBE para observacionales, COREQ o SRQR para cualitativos, CHEERS para evaluaciones económicas).
  • Resumen: Estructurado (objetivo, métodos, resultados y conclusión), en el idioma del manuscrito y en inglés.
  • Estructura: Preferente IMRyD (Introducción, Métodos, Resultados y Discusión).
  • Ética: Estudios con seres humanos o animales conforme a principios internacionales (incluida la Declaración de Helsinki) y normativas institucionales.
  • Evaluación: Revisión por pares externos en modalidad doble ciego (originalidad, relevancia, solidez metodológica y contribución científica).

Review Articles

  • Descripción: Trabajos que analizan, sintetizan e integran la evidencia sobre un tema relevante en ciencias de la salud, con visión actualizada y crítica del estado del conocimiento.
  • Tipos admitidos: Revisiones sistemáticas, de alcance (*scoping*), integrativas y narrativas.
  • Guías de reporte: Sistemáticas: metodología transparente y, preferentemente, PRISMA (u equivalentes). Alcance, integrativas y narrativas: enfoque metodológico claro y estrategia de búsqueda explícita cuando corresponda.
  • Estructura: Introducción, desarrollo del tema, análisis crítico y conclusiones (como mínimo).
  • Evaluación: Revisión por pares externos en modalidad doble ciego (calidad metodológica, profundidad, actualidad de las fuentes y relevancia).

Case Reports

  • Descripción: Descripción de uno o más casos clínicos con valor científico o educativo (características inusuales, hallazgos novedosos, enfoques diagnósticos o terapéuticos relevantes).
  • Guías de reporte: Preferente CARE (*Case Report Guidelines*).
  • Ética: Consentimiento informado del paciente o representantes legales para la publicación; confidencialidad estricta (sin identificación directa ni indirecta).
  • Estructura: Descripción clara del caso, análisis crítico y discusión fundamentada en la literatura actual.
  • Evaluación: Revisión por pares externos en modalidad doble ciego (relevancia clínica, originalidad, claridad y aporte al conocimiento).

Short Communications

  • Descripción: Trabajos científicos breves que presentan resultados preliminares, hallazgos relevantes, innovaciones metodológicas o avances significativos de investigaciones en curso en ciencias de la salud.
  • Alcance: Estudios observacionales, experimentales, clínicos, de salud pública o educación en salud (metodologías cuantitativas, cualitativas o mixtas), con menor extensión que un artículo original pero con valor académico claro.
  • Estructura: Introducción breve, descripción metodológica, resultados principales y discusión concisa.
  • Ética: Principios éticos internacionales aplicables; consentimiento informado cuando corresponda.
  • Evaluación: Revisión por pares externos en modalidad doble ciego (originalidad, relevancia, solidez metodológica y claridad).

Perspectives

  • Descripción: Análisis o reflexión fundamentada sobre temas de ciencias de la salud, educación, práctica clínica o política sanitaria, con anclaje en evidencia o argumentación académica.
  • Envío: Preferentemente por invitación o carácter editorial; consultar con la dirección antes de un envío espontáneo.
  • Resumen: Requerido.
  • Evaluación: Evaluación editorial (sin pares externos en la práctica habitual de esta sección).

Letters to the Editor

  • Descripción: Comunicaciones breves con comentarios, críticas constructivas o aportes complementarios sobre artículos publicados en la revista o temas relevantes en ciencias de la salud.
  • Tono y forma: Concisas, claras y fundamentadas; tono respetuoso y constructivo; referencias bibliográficas cuando corresponda.
  • Diálogo: Si la carta comenta un artículo de la revista, podrá invitarse a los autores del trabajo original a responder.
  • Evaluación: Equipo editorial (pertinencia, claridad y relevancia); sin revisión por pares externos.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in Revista UniNorte de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication.
  • The work is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 licence, which allows others to share and adapt the work provided authorship and the initial publication in this journal are acknowledged.
  • Authors may enter into additional non-exclusive distribution agreements for the published version (for example deposit in an institutional repository), always acknowledging first publication in Revista UniNorte de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud.
  • Authors declare that the manuscript is original, does not infringe third-party rights, and that they hold any permissions needed for previously published material. They assume responsibility for the content of the manuscript.

Privacy Statement

Use of personal data (authors, reviewers, and readers)

Names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, and ORCID iDs entered on the Revista UniNorte de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud website will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of editorial management, peer review, scholarly communication, and dissemination of this journal’s content.

  • No commercial use: these data will not be made available for any other purpose, nor shared, sold, or transferred to third parties (including marketing companies or commercial databases), except where required by applicable law.
  • Communications: registered users will receive only notices related to the editorial workflow of their submissions or, if they have explicitly consented, academic communications from UniNorte.

Privacy of research participants

Revista UniNorte de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud adheres to international standards for protecting the privacy of patients and participants (Declaration of Helsinki, ICMJE recommendations).

  • Authors must ensure that identifiable patient information (names, initials, medical record numbers, exact dates of birth, etc.) is not included in descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless it is essential for scientific purposes and written informed consent for publication has been obtained.
  • Where identification remains possible, the journal may request proof of publication-specific informed consent. Without it, the material will be rejected or must be anonymised in a way compatible with the scientific value of the work.

User rights

Any registered user may request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal data (“right to be forgotten”) at any time by contacting: editorial@uninorte.edu.py.

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