Other common interest sections

The Introduction and the References are not considered preliminary parts according to the bibliography consulted, but they constitute common parts of most scientific articles and are considered highly important chapters within them.

Introduction: in this chapter the problem must be clearly identified at the present time, briefly present the most relevant work and highlight the contributions of other authors to the subject matter under study, justify the reasons why the research is carried out and formulate the relevant objectives. It will only contain material related to the study. It should not contain anything described in the other sections of the article. It should be brief but interesting to encourage the reader to continue reading the rest of the article and the scientific problem must be declared. It has no strict word limit, but it should be as concise as possible. You should have neither tables nor figures nor include results or conclusions of the work. It will be written in the present time and must be properly limited.

References: constitute a prominent section in a scientific work. The careful selection of relevant published documents is an element that gives solidity to the theoretical exposure of the text, while also an important source of information for the reader. RIC complies with the Uniformity Requirements for manuscripts sent to biomedical journals of the ICMJE, so it is hosted by the Vancouver Style (December 2019). References will have an update level of 75%, considering the last five years for magazines and ten for books. More detailed information under a later heading.

Likewise, the Scientific Contribution, Recommendations, Acknowledgments, Conflict of Interest Statement, Authors’ contribution, Financing and Supplementary Files (Open Data) may or may not appear in any of the types of articles allowed to publish in RIC.

Scientific contribution: as part of a necessary analysis of the policy of the journal in relation to the new international guidelines for scientific communication, the Editorial Committee has decided that for all research articles (Original Articles, Pedagogical Articles, Bibliographic Reviews and Case Reports) the presentation of scientific contribution is required as mandatory, where it will be described, in a nutshell, what is the contribution that research makes to science (local or universal). This socket will be placed at the end of the Discussion and before the Conclusions.

Recommendations: concrete proposals derived from the findings, which guide future actions in three dimensions: practical application, academic development and resource allocation. It is an optional cap and they are placed after the Conclusions. They are rigorously based on the evidence obtained, avoiding speculation, and its wording must be actionable, specific and aimed at key actors.

Acknowledgments: it is an optional section where the institutions that supported the research and the people who collaborated intellectually may be cited, in the case of people who do not justify their participation does not justify the authorship. Authors must be satisfied by these persons to be appointed. They are written in the first person (plural or singular), they can be personal (to Dr. xxx, from the university ...) or collectives (in the service of Surgery of the hospital ...), they must say what he did to deserve the mention, they are short, and the adjectives must be avoided (immense, invaluable, decisive, etc.).

Conflict of Interest Statement: authors must mandatorily report the presence or not of conflicts of interest in relation to the investigation presented. There is a conflict of interest when an author (or institution to which he belongs), reviewer or editor presents personal or financial relationships that may interfere with or influence their judgments in relation to the preparation, evaluation or publication of a manuscript. To abound more read Conflict of Interest Statement.

Authors’ contribution: mandatory chapter for all articles with the exception of Editorials, Letters to Editor, Interviews and Obituaries. It must be drafted by helping the CRediT Taxonomy.

Financing: the authors must declare with obligation the data of the institutions that have provided economic financing for the conduct of the research and/or the preparation of the article, as well as briefly describe the role that the sponsors have played in the design of the study, the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, the drafting of the article or the decision to submit the article for publication. If there was no type of financing, it must be indicated in the same way.

Complementary Files (Open Data): availability of research data as provided in the Research Data Deposit Policy