Submissions

Author Guidelines

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Before submitting your item check that it complies with the following elements:

- Authors have the obligation to check that their manuscript complies with all the elements that are requested, otherwise, by not complying with all the guidelines, it will be returned to them.

- The article must not be published or even in the process of being reviewed in another journal.

- The submission file must be in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format. And if possible, provide URLs for references.

- The text must have a simple line spacing, with a font size of 12 points, italics will be used instead of underlined (except in URLs), and all illustrations, figures and tables must be correctly placed in the writing, however they are sent separately.

Presentation and submission of articles: To achieve greater efficiency in the editorial management of the works, they must comply with the following points:

1. The maximum number of authors allowed is six per article. The length should be 12 to 18 pages (from the front sheet to the bibliographic references), a maximum of six tables and / or figures.
2. The front sheet must only bear the title of the work (in three languages: Spanish, English), which does not exceed 15 words or 90 characters. In addition, write down the full names of the authors, their academic degrees and their affiliation or institutional affiliation; the person responsible for the correspondence must also be indicated, as well as their postal address and e-mail address. It is mandatory that all authors write down their ORCID number (Open Researcher and Contributor, ID) and determine the contribution of each author to the study, putting in acronym the names of the authors, see example:

Conceptualization and design, H.M.CH., C.R.R., S.C.M.M.; Methodology, C.R.R., S.C.M.M L.M.A.P..; Data Acquisition and Software, C.R.R., S.C.M.M. ; Data analysis and interpretation, H.M.CH., C.R.R., S.C.M.M., L.M.A.P.; Principal Investigator, H.M.CH., Research, C.R.R., S.C.M.M., Manuscript Writing— Preparation of the original draft, C.R.R, S.C.M.M., L.M.A.P.; Writing, revision and editing of the manuscript, H.M.CH, C.R.R., S.C.M.M., L.M.A.P.; Visualization, C.R.R., S.C.M.M.; Supervision, H.M.CH., C.R.R., S.C.M.M.; Acquisition of funds, H.M.CH.

1. The abstract should be written in Spanish, English and preferably also in Portuguese with a maximum length of 300 words and be structured with the subtitles of: Objective, materials and methods, results and conclusions. Three to five keywords must be included, also in the Spanish, English and Portuguese languages, separated by (;).
2. The text of the paper should contain the sections corresponding to introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, conflict of interest, contribution of the authors, financing, gratitude (if any), and references. Each table must be sent separately, but the appropriate place of its placement must be indicated in the writing; they must contain a title and will be designated with Arabic numerals: Table 1, Table 2, etc., in the same order in which they are mentioned in the text. The illustrations will be graphs, photographs or diagrams and will be designated with Arabic numerals: Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.; each with its title. Tables and figures must be in grayscales (no color, a maximum of 6). It is recommended to use the images at 300 DPI (dots per inch) which is the standard quality for publications in *.jpg or *.gif format. Table footnotes are NOT INCLUDED within the image, but are marked as text labeled [TFN]. The authors have the responsibility to send the complete references and their correct citation in the text. References should adhere to the Vancouver style of  the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (CIDRM) standards and include the DOI in each of them.

Controlled clinical trials, as well as experimental studies submitted for consideration by the journal Horizonte Sanitario must comply with the 22 points and the FlowChart of the CONSORT Declaration, recommended for all journals published in Scielo and which can be found in http://www.consort-statement.org. (CIDRM), and to the agreements of the Helsinski declaration in its version number 67 available in http://www.wma.net. All submitted work must adhere to the Code of Ethics and Anti-Plagiarism Policies established by the Journal. The text must be sent online on the official website of the Open Journal System (OJS) for which they must register as authors at the following address: http://revistas.ujat.mx/index.php/horizonte/user/register

All submitted work will be accompanied by a letter signed by all authors, the content of which includes the following:

1. The approval of the content of the work (including tables and figures) and the order of appearance of the authors (the paternal and maternal surnames must be united by a hyphen).
2. The transfer of the copyright to the Revista Horizonte Sanitario, in case the work is accepted.
3. Mention that it is an original work that has not been published, totally or partially, nor submitted for publication, by themselves or other authors, to another national or foreign journal (considered in the LETTER OF ORIGINALITY AND ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS).

Horizonte Sanitario Magazine reserves the right to accept or reject each of the works received, as well as to make any editorial correction deemed necessary, in accordance with the recommendations of the Editorial Board and those responsible for the corresponding editorial section. The originals will not be returned in any case. To avoid plagiarism and guarantee originality, all articles received will be filtered by the iThenticate program prior to the start of the arbitration process. The maximum permissible similarity rate shall be 7%.

Editorial

They are opinions of an expert or group of experts on a specific topic on public health and/or health administration.

Research article

Observational and epidemiological studies will be structured based on STROBE criteria. Controlled clinical trials, as well as experimental studies submitted for consideration by the journal Health Horizon, must comply with the 22 points and the Flowchart of the CONSORT Declaration, recommended for all journals published in Scielo and which can be found in http://www.consort-statement.org (CIDRM), and with the agreements of the Helsinski declaration in its version number 67 available in http://www.wma.net .  In the case of qualitative studies, conform to the SRQR guidelines.

Review articles

The review articles should correspond to a relevant public health topic and indicate the period covered by the work. They will be exhaustive in terms of the objective set, which must be precise and included at the beginning of the text. The number of works considered and the bases or sources consulted shall be indicated; will include introduction, methodology (preferably the use of PRISMA), results, discussion and conclusions, as well as abstract and keywords in Spanish and English. References must be included according to Vancouver standards. The number of paintings and figures (between them) is a maximum of six; the discussion and conclusions will inform and propose research actions that open new paths to the solution of the public health problem and / or health administration.

Privacy Statement

The personal data of the authors (names, telephone numbers and email addresses) entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes set out in it and will not be provided to third parties or for use for other purposes.

Editorial standards

The journal Horizonte Sanitario publishes original scientific articles related to the sciences of Public Health and Health Administration, in its broadest sense. Only unpublished original works are accepted as products of scientific research and review, which are not considered by other journals.

Papers published in abstracts or extensive conference format will not be received.

Presentation and submission of articles:
 Regarding the data, content, structure and style of the article, the authors will observe the following rules to achieve greater efficiency in the editorial management of the works.

The front sheet should bear the following:

1. Title of the work (in three languages: Spanish, English and preferably Portuguese), not exceeding 15 words or 90 characters.
2. The full names of the authors (paternal and maternal surnames must be linked by a hyphen), their academic degrees, their affiliation or institutional affiliation and their ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID).
3. Name of the person responsible for correspondence, as well as their postal address and email.

The maximum number of authors allowed is five per article.

1. The length should be 12 to 18 pages (from the front sheet to the bibliographic references), a maximum of six tables and / or figures.
2. The abstract should be written in Spanish, English and preferably also in Portuguese with a maximum length of 300 words and be structured with the subtitles of: Objective, materials and methods, results and conclusions. Three to five keywords must be included, also in the languages: Spanish, English and preferably Portuguese, separated by (;). Keywords should appear in the descriptors in Health Sciences, in the DeCS link.
3. The text of the letter must contain the sections corresponding to introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgements, conflict of interest (if any) and references.
4. Each table must be sent separately; they must contain a title and will be designated with Arabic numerals: Table 1, Table 2, etc., in the same order in which they are mentioned in the text. The illustrations will be graphs, photographs or diagrams and will be designated with Arabic numerals: Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.; they will also be sent separately; each with its title. Tables and figures should be in grayscales (not color). It is recommended to use the images at 300 DPI (dots per inch) which is the standard quality for publications. Table footnotes are NOT INCLUDED within the image, but are marked as text labeled [TFN].
5. Authors are encouraged to write articles with patients or to consider their perspectives among their studies.
6. The authors have the responsibility to send the complete references and their correct citation in the text in accordance with the rules of the International Committee of Editors of Scientific Journals. References must adhere to the Vancouver style of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (CIDRM) standards and include the DOI (Digital Object identifier) in each of them. For more information see vancouver.

Shipping items

The text must be sent online on the official website of the Open Journal System (OJS) for which they must register as authors at the following address: RegisterAll

the work sent will be accompanied by a letter signed by all the authors, whose content includes the following:

1. The approval of the content of the work (including tables and figures) and the order of appearance of the authors (the paternal and maternal surnames must be united by a hyphen).
2. The transfer of the copyright to the Revista Horizonte Sanitario, in case the work is accepted.
3. The part of contribution to the manuscript by each of the authors must be specified. For example: study design, study analysis, data collection, etc.
4. Mention that it is an original work that has not been published, totally or partially, or submitted for publication, by themselves or other authors, to another national or foreign journal (See format of LETTER OF ORIGINALITY AND ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS).

Horizonte Sanitario Magazine reserves the right to accept or reject each of the works received, as well as to make any editorial correction it deems necessary, in accordance with the recommendations of the Editorial Board and those responsible for the corresponding editorial section. The originals will not be returned in any case.

Once the shipment is made on the platform, a folio number is assigned; in case modifications are made on the recommendation of the reviewers, it must be accessed with the folio number assigned in the original submission.

Checklist for preparing shipments

1. As part of the submission process, authors are required to check that their submission complies with all the elements shown below. Submissions that do not comply with these guidelines will be returned to authors.
2. 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 to the editor).
3. The submission file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
4. Whenever possible, URLs or DOIs are provided for references.
5. Text has a simple line spacing, a 12-point font size, italics are used instead of underlined (except for URLs), and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, rather than at the end.
6. In the case of sending the text to the peer review section, the instructions included in Ensure an anonymous evaluation are followed.
7. Verify that your manuscript adheres to the guidelines established for the type of research carried out (see tools section): COREQ (qualitative research), STROBE (cross-sectional studies), PRISMA (review studies) and CONSORT (clinical trials).

Participation of the level of authorship.

For the annotation of the participation of the authors, from the conceptualization of the research to the writing of the paper, the CRediT taxonomy (A Comprehensive Taxonomy for Authorship Attribution) will be used, which presents fourteen roles and their definition. With these criteria, authors should write down the acronyms of their names in each of the roles in which they participated.