About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Revista Información Científica (RIC) is the official Open Access journal of the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Guantánamo and belongs to the Centro Editorial Ciencias Médicas, Cuba. RIC is issued bimonthly, with abstracts in English and Portuguese. It also issues special supplements dedicated to different topics in the medical sciences. It is aimed at all health professionals or those linked to this sector (philosophers, psychologists, pedagogues) both from the country and abroad with the need to communicate the results of their research, cooperate, exchange and manage scientific health information.
Revista Información Científica complies with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals of the ICMJE and with the certification established for scientific-technological serial publications, stated in the third section of the Article 20 of Resolution No. 59/2003 of the Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (CITMA) of the Republic of Cuba.
RIC also promotes the application of international standards or established good practices, both for the preparation of manuscripts and for their publication, dictated by: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), International System of Units (SI), ORCiD, WHO International Classification of Diseases, International Non-propietary Name (INN), ORCiD, CRediT Taxonomy and Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS).
RIC is currently adopting the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science as the best way to democratize knowledge.
Mission
Revista Información Científica is an effective communication tool in health sciences; its sole purpose is to position and visualize articles of high scientific quality in the national and international context, which lead to stimulate academic discussion from the reflexive and critical cooperation of research with social relevance.
Vision
To be a benchmark for international impact and positioning of scientific research in the areas of medical care, teaching and technological development in health sciences, with high quality standards and methodological rigor.
