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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Salud Pública de México is a bimonthly journal published by the National Institute of Public Health, Av. Universidad 655, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62100 Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. It is indexed in Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases/Bibliomex Salud/Biological Abstracts/Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences/Dairy Science Abstracts/Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)/EMBASE/Excerpta Medica/Global Health/CAB Abstracts /Index Medicus/Índice de Revistas de Educación Superior e Investigación Educativa (IRESIE)/Índice de Revistas Mexicanas de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Conacyt/Índice Médico Español /Latindex/MedicLatina/Periódica/RedALyC/Research Alert/SciELO Citation Index/Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)/Scopus/Social Sciences Citation Index and in the on-line systems Medline, Lilacs and Artemisa. Salud Pública de México publishes articles in English related to public health topics, in the form of full-length original research papers, brief communications, review articles, essays, updates, classics, indicators, health news, book reviews and letters to the editor. Manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that they represent original material, have not been published previously, are not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and all authors have granted permission for publication. Up to six authors should be included for original articles and no more than three for brief articles, reviews, and essays. Full-length typescripts should not exceed 12 to 18 printed pages (about 3 000‑4 000 words), including references, and five pages for tables and figures. Short papers must be limited to five pages of text (or about 1 000 words) plus two tables and/or figures.1

 

STYLE AND FORMAT 

All papers must follow the guidelines of the Salud Pública de México,1 which are based on the manual Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: Writing and editing for biomedical publications, by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.2 If a paper has been presented at a meeting, this information should be noted on the manuscript.

            The front page must only contain the title (not exceeding 90 characters), both in English and Spanish, the full names of the authors, their degrees, academic or professional titles, institutional affiliation, complete addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail, indicating the author designated as correspondent. Please notify the editor of any change of address.

            Abstracts should be limited to 150 words, structured as follows: Objective, material and methods, results and conclusions. For brief communications limit the number of words to 100. Authors must also provide from three to six key words.

            Original papers should be structured as follows: Introduction, material and methods, results and discussion. Essays should be structured in: introduction, development of the topic, discussion and conclusions.

            Authors are responsible for correct reference citation. References should be numbered consecutively according to the Vancouver system. Journal references must include: a) family name and initials of given name(s) of all authors (if more than six, only the first six should be given followed by et al.); b) title of journal articles, with only the initial of the first word in capital (and for names); c) names of journals abbreviated according to Index Medicus; d) year of publication; e) volume number (in Arabic numerals); and f) the first and final page numbers of the article. For books use: a) names and initials of all authors; b) full title of the book; c) edition number; d) place of publication; e) publisher; f) year of publication; g) number of the volume if more than one, preceded by the word “vol.”; anh) dpage number(s). In the case of book chapters, include the first and last page of the chapter, separated by a hyphen. All measurements should be reported in Standard International Units.3

            Tables and figures delivered in digital format must include a separate file (one for tables and one for figures), numbered as appropriate and in the correct sequence. These files may be in Word or Excel. In the event that the figures are to be treated as an image (for example, photographs and illustrations), they should have a resolution of 600 dpi and be sent as a .tif or .jpg file, accompanied by text that explains which file corresponds to which figure. Figures that consist of graphics generated from data must be accompanied by that data in an editable Excel format.

            All manuscripts undergo a preliminary review to determine whether or not they are suitable for publication in Salud Pública de México and also if they comply with its guidelines. All papers deemed suitable are acknowledged and sent out to reviewers. To ensure fairness, each manuscript will be assessed anonymously by two independent reviewers.

 

ARTICLE SUBMISSION

The original manuscript should be sent through Salud Pública de México’s web site (https://saludpublicamx.com/), after signing in. In a separate file, the submission must include a cover letter stating: a) authors’ agreement with the order of authorship and contents of the paper (including tables and figures); b) that the authors transfer to Salud Pública de México copyright upon acceptance of publication; c) description of the specific contribution of each author, with their respective signature; d) declaration of conflicts of interest; and d) that the paper is an original work that has not been published, either partially or totally, nor submitted for publication by anybody, to other national or foreign journals. This letter must be signed by each author.

Salud Pública de México reserves the right to accept or reject any submitted papers, following the recommendations of its Editorial Board. All accepted manuscripts are subject to copy editing.

 

REFERENCES 

1. Oropeza C, Fuentes M, Reveles F. Normas para la publicación de manuscritos en Salud Pública de México. Salud Publica Mex 2012;54(1):68-77.

2. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts  submitted to biomedical journals: Writing and editing for biomedical publication. Available at: http://www.icmje.org/.

3. Llópiz-Avilés M, Gómez-Dantés O. El Sistema Internacional de Unidades. Salud Publica Mex 1988;30:905-908.

Original article

This section includes findings from original research projects and not descriptive articles. The structure is as follows: Introduction, material and methods, results and discussion. At the beginning of each article, abstracts and key words are included, in both Spanish and English; the maximum number of tables and figures, combined, is five.

Brief article

This section includes articles limited to 1000 words, plus two tables and/or figures, and an abstract limited to 100 words. Such articles present preliminary or collateral findings that merit further research or that support decision-making in health services. Moreover, they will be evaluated in the context of local or current conditions of known studies. The presentation must meet the same guidelines for content and rigorous scientific standards that apply to longer articles.

Review article

Although, in general, this type of article is received preferentially by invitation, interested authors shall meet the following requirements: the article must be developed with the participation of a leader in the subject matter under investigation; it must correspond to a topic that is relevant to public health and indicate the period of time that the work covers; it must be exhaustive with respect to the objective stated, which should be precise and included at the beginning of the article, and it should include the quantity of articles considered and the data or sources consulted; the article should contain an introduction, discussion and conclusions, as well as an abstract and key words in Spanish and English; the extension must not exceed 4000 words, including references, and the number of tables and figures, combined, is a maximum of five; the discussion and conclusions must support and propose research actions that open new avenues for the solution of the public health problem at hand.

Essay

This section includes writings devoted to a critical examination and reflection on topics related to public health that follow the same format and style as review articles, but it is recommended that they be shorter in length. This type of article is generally received at the expressed request of Salud Pública de México; however, those interested may send proposals which will be reviewed by the Editorial Board. In all cases, essays must meet quality criteria similar to that of review articles; they must encompass a topic relevant to public health and be exhaustive with respect to the analysis and description of the arguments that support the conclusions.

Letter to the editor

This section’s purpose is to stimulate a feedback process and serve as a forum for the open discussion of topics presented in the journal and other matters of interest to public health. Letters must contain title, text, author’s name and institutional affiliation of authors and, where appropiate, references.

Copyright Notice

In proposing articles for publication, the authors accept the conditions contained in the current guidelines and transfer the copyright of the article in question to Salud Pública de México for editing, publishing, reproducing, disseminating, and commercial purposes, as well as for translating or authorizing the translation of the article into any language. The rights transferred include the publication of the article in all forms, including print, magnetic, or electronic, or in all other forms or by any means of dissemination that exist or that may be developed in the future, as well as producing publica­tions through the total or partial concession of licenses to third parties.

Accepted papers will be published in Salud Pública de México under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

All proposed articles must be original and not previously published, and may not be submitted to any other journal while under consideration by Salud Pública de México. Complete articles previously published in sum­marized form may also be accepted, and unpublished papers presented at conferences or seminars.

All articles shall be published with the full knowl­edge of the authors.

Signed articles are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the jour­nal, of the National Institute of Public Health, or of the institution to which the author is affiliated. 

Official Announcement
Mr. Mehmet Emiri is the official representative of the journal, and all financial matters and payments are to be processed exclusively through his designated bank account.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.