Publication Standards

The REVISTA DE COMUNICACIÓN Y SALUD considers that the formal data set out below are mandatory for any type of contribution submitted to the journal. Failure to comply will result in the rejection of the manuscript.

Only unpublished works will be considered and that are not in the process of being refereed by other journals. Authors are the only ones legally responsible for the statements made in their text, as RCyS is not responsible for these opinions.

DOCUMENT DELIVERIES AND SUPPLEMENTARY FILES

Articles will be sent ONLY through the journal's OJS management platform. For technical issues please contact comunicacionysalud@hisin.org

Articles should be submitted in Word format for PC.

The following files should be attached as supplementary files: an anonymised version of the manuscript, and the letter of originality can be sent in Word or .PDF format.

The author must upload SUPPLEMENTARY FILES in step 4 of the submission process. They are expected to belong to one of the following component classifications:

1. Text of the article: The text of the original article.
2. Research results: (Transcripts; excel of graphs; excel tables, etc.)
3. Multimedia: (videos or multimedia materials)
4. Image: (images included in the body of the paper)
5. Other: (Letter of originality; Anonymised text)

As part of our commitment to contribute to an increasingly open and free science, we encourage our authors to deposit supplementary materials or at least the research data underlying publications in institutional or thematic open access repositories federated in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

PRESENTATION

With regard to the data, content, structure and style of the originals, authors shall observe the following rules in order to achieve greater efficiency in the editorial management of the papers:

LETTER OF ORIGINALITY

The letter of originality and assignment of rights must be submitted through the journal's OJS management platform, as a complementary file (in the "Others" classification).

ARTICLE

Maximum length. It is recommended -although not compulsory- that articles should be no less than 5,000 words and no more than 8,500 words in length. As for the number of pages, they will be:

• Research articles. Original and unpublished, the result of a scientific research, whose expression in articles has the usefulness of being validated and disseminated to the scientific community. Up to 30 pages in length (depending on the template).

• Review articles. This is a publication format in which an updated, critical and evaluative analysis is carried out, based on the study of the existing scientific literature, on a specific research problem: in no case is it exclusively a meta-analysis or an uncritical compilation of published research, but it must provide a new state of the question on the subject in question. Up to 30 pages in length (depending on the template) with exhaustive use of existing bibliography.

• Review. Up to 3 pages in length, depending on the template. In the case of reviews, an editorial filter is applied for their selection, depending on the relevance, interest and objectives of the books reviewed. Reviews of books older than 3 years will not be accepted.

THE ARTICLE MUST COMPLY WITH THE FORMATTING RULES INDICATED IN THE ARTICLE TEMPLATE ARTICLES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY FORMATTED IN THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED.

FORMAT

Title. In Spanish and English and in the original language of the contribution (in case it differs from the two previous ones). The title should be informative and concise, should not include acronyms and should not exceed 20 words including articles, prepositions and conjunctions. It should be in capital letters, bold, Times New Roman 12, single-spaced and centred. Following the title in Spanish and leaving a space, the title in English will be in Times New Roman 12, italics, single spaced and centred.

Sub-title: In English and Spanish. Enter the title of the monograph.

Authors' details: They should be in lower case, Times New Roman 12, bold, single spaced and centred. Full names, never abbreviations, and two surnames should be written for each of the signatories. In order to increase the visibility of the authors' work, it is suggested that they register with: The International Register for Authors and Scientists, in ORCID, in ACADEMIA.EDU, Google Citations-Google Academics-Google Scholar, in EXIT directory, in Research Gate and Redalyc, which will result in a greater accounting of authorship for the purposes of document indexing and, consequently, counting references and citations.

The affiliation: it is written after the period and followed by the authors' data; it should not be written in bold. The name of the Organization / Institution / Superior Entity to which each of the authors belongs must be written (the name of the institution must be written in its language of origin). The country to which the institution belongs should be written after a period and followed by a period. The e-mail address of each author should be written below the line of the author's data and affiliation. It is required to indicate the institutional email, avoiding generic ones (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo...).

Example:
Jose María García Fernández. Complutense University of Madrid. Spain.
jmgarciafernandez@ucm.es

 

Main author: the following details of the corresponding author must be indicated in a footnote (inserted after the name of the main author): full name and surname, without abbreviations, affiliation and official e-mail address of the institution, in Times New Roman 10 bold typeface. Then a brief CV of no more than 3 lines in Times New Roman 10 normal.

Funding: The Council Science Editors recommends that authors specify the source of research funding. Priority will be given to papers supported by national and international competitive projects.

Abstract: In lower case, Times New Roman 12, single-spaced and justified. In Spanish and professional English and in the original language of the contribution (in case it differs from the above mentioned). The text of the abstract, which must contain between 200 and 250 words. Bibliographical references must not be included in it. The summary and the abstract will follow this model of presentation:

Introduction. It is analysed (...). Methodology. We proceed to (...). Results. The main consequences (...).
Discussion. In view of the above (...) Conclusions. At the end we find (...).

Keywords: In Spanish and English and in the original language of the contribution (in case it differs from the previous ones). It is compulsory to write 7-9 keywords. They should be written in lower case, Times New Roman 12, single spaced and justified, separated by dashes. In order to favour a standardised description of the articles in our journal, we ask that, as far as possible, terms taken from the SKOS Thesaurus (UNESCO Thesaurus) be used.

Headings and sub-headings: headings and sub-headings should be numbered using Arabic numerals and follow a staggered block order, responding to the hierarchical relationship in which the author shows the relationship of the contents of the manuscript, with a maximum of three levels.

RCyS maintains mandatory structures for the two different types of accepted articles, as explained below. Citations, supporters, acknowledgements and acknowledgements to individuals or institutions that have sponsored the article are permitted (see article template for location).

If the proposed contribution is a Research Article, the headings are:

INTRODUCTION: the introduction should present the state of the question in which the research is framed, it should reflect the objectives and the contribution of the research. Sub-headings are allowed.

OBJECTIVES: in this section, the authors should identify as clearly and concisely as possible the objectives of the research set out in the article. Sub-headings are allowed.

METHODOLOGY: in this section, the methods/techniques / procedures / approaches / models that were considered in order to obtain the results of the research should be set out. Sub-headings are allowed.

RESULTS: the results obtained will be presented, analysed and how the hypotheses have been tested in relation to the research objectives will be discussed. Relationships, consequences and generalities that indicate the results obtained will be reflected. The results will be compared with similar existing research in the scientific community, without prejudice to what is stated in the introduction, and the methodological aspects of the research presented that could be improved will be reflected. Sub-headings are allowed.

CONCLUSIONS: the conclusions must be directly related to the objectives of the work and the results obtained; they must be a set of deductions from the results and the research problem. Conclusions that are not directly related to the research and the results presented should be avoided. Sub-headings are allowed.

RECOMMENDATIONS: these should be cited on the basis of their direct relationship with the research results, especially if there were limitations that prevented further study of specific aspects of the research presented.

REFERENCES: The (North) American Psychological Association (APA-7th Edition) style will be used for the organisation and writing of the bibliography, available at: APA Standard Manual 7th edition. All references should be included in alphabetical order, whatever their type (book, article, thesis...) without distinction. Times New Roman 12, French indentation 0.5 cm and justified. Between bibliographical references there should be 1 blank space, single-spaced. When an author is repeated, the author's name should be rewritten, avoiding hyphens -----.

It should be emphasised that the use of references will be assessed by the reviewers on the basis of:

a) the correct citation of the reference, according to the bibliographic style of the APA-7th edition,

b) the use of current and appropriate bibliography for the research topic, especially in the Introduction and Discussion.

c) the use of international sources of information.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS, FUNDING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The journal RCyS, as a measure to avoid the exchange of citations and the attribution of authorship that does not correspond, has decided to include in its template for articles the section on Author Contributions, therefore, at the end of the bibliography, all the contributions made by each author, both to the research and to the writing of the article, must be set out in accordance with the proposed structure. In the case of articles by a single author, the same is not valid, as it is understood that all the related points correspond to the same author.

CURRICULUM VITAE: a summary of the professional curriculum vitae of each and every one of the authors should be included, which should not exceed 120 words per author. It is compulsory to include the identifying links to at least these platforms: ORCID and GOOGLE SCHOLAR and we advise submitting those of: RESEARCH GATE, ACADEMIA.EDU and ID-REDALYC.

APPENDICES / ANNEXES: Documents whose volume makes their inclusion in the text undesirable, but which are important for its comprehension, will be included. They will, therefore, be included after the text and in a separate section, under this heading and numbered in arabic numerals if there is more than one.

In the case of Review Articles, some flexibility will be maintained in the headings, with only the following being obligatory: INTRODUCTION - OBJECTIVES - CONCLUSIONS - REFERENCES and CURRICULUM VITAE, all the others being at the author's discretion. In addition, sufficient citations to previous works must be provided.

Names, symbols and nomenclature. Authors should use those that are standardised for each discipline.

Figures. Figures are understood to be all types of visual elements that are not tables, for example, illustrations, infographics, photographs, graphs, flow charts, drawings, maps, etc.

The following specifications regarding the definition of the images must be taken into account:

.JPG files (colour or grayscale), must have a minimum of 300 pp. The title of the figures must be clear and precise, and the source or origin must be mentioned below and centred, in bold and Times New Roman 12. The use of graphs is suggested to reflect trends or relativised data. They should be presented in the simplest format that allows the correct interpretation of the underlying data, avoiding as far as possible the use of three-dimensional graphs, highlights, glosses and other elements that do not add specific value to the interpretation of the graphs.

Tables: The title of tables should be clear and descriptive, and will be placed as a heading, in bold, centred, Times New Roman 12. The typeface in tables will be Times New Roman 10, normal. Redundancy of information between tables, figures and text should be avoided, as well as tables that offer simple information. In these cases, the synthesis of information in as few tables as possible is recommended. Below the table, the source should be cited, centred, bold, Times New Roman 12. In addition, authors are requested to attach these elements in editable formats (Excel, etc.) as additional files, as far as possible, in order to facilitate the final layout of their articles.

Numbering within the text. In-text numbering (not heading numbering) in Arabic numerals. It is not preceded by a blank space, but is followed by a blank space:

First item (Times New Roman 12, left number position at 0.63 with French indentation, justified, single spaced).

Second item (Times New Roman 12, left number position at 0.63 with French indentation, justified, single spaced).

Bibliographical references:

In references, all electronic publications (such as journals) must include the doi or url. The url must be from the original publication and not from repositories.

All authors cited in the text must appear in the bibliographical references.

The reference of each cited author must be complete: author's name, date of publication, title of the work and publisher in the case of books, and in the case of articles, author's name, date, title, journal name, volume, number, pages and doi.

Indirect or referential quotation in the normal text. When paraphrasing or alluding to ideas from another work, the author and the year of the reference work are placed in brackets; it is recommended to indicate the page if the text from which they were taken is long (Author, Year, p. XXX). If the sentence includes the author's surname, only the date is written in brackets (Year). If the author is not included in the sentence, the surname and the date are written in brackets (Author, Year). When there are between three and five authors, in the subsequent mentions, only the surname of the first author is used, followed by the phrase et al. If there are more than six authors, et al. is used from the first mention.

Direct or verbatim quotation in normal text of less than 40 words. The quoted text is enclosed in inverted commas. If the work has one or two authors, both surnames are cited throughout (Author and Author, Year). When it has more than two authors, only the surname of the first author is used without italics, followed by the phrase et al.

Direct or textual quotation in normal text of more than 40 words. If the quotation is longer than 40 words, the text is written as a block, without inverted commas, on a separate line, left indented by 1.25 cm, without indenting the first line of the quotation.

Change in authorship. Requests must be sent to the editor of the journal exclusively by the main author, who must also state:

The reasons why the author's name should be deleted or added and the name of the authors with the definitive order to be presented in the manuscript, with all their details. Written confirmation from the rest of the authors of the manuscript expressing their agreement with the modification of authorship. Requests that are not made by the corresponding author will be sent to the corresponding author and the process described above will be followed.

Until the change of authorisation process is completed, the manuscript will not be published definitively, which may delay the final publication process.

Important notice for authors: we recommend the adoption of a pen name, for correct indexing of the article in international databases, consisting of a first name and a single surname for uncommon names and surnames, or the first name and both surnames joined by a hyphen for the most common ones (Example. Rosa López-Gil).

The importance of writing an appropriate title and abstract is that their readability will largely determine whether potential readers will actually read the full paper (especially in electronic searches).