Details about References
References will be bound by an Arabic number, in consecutive order of appearance in the text, in parentheses and placed in superscript, preferably at the end of paragraph and after the punctuation mark.
Bibliographic citations must correspond to the references and the links of the same must give access to the full text of the article and not only to its summary. References whose links address articles that must be paid for reading or downloading are not accepted.
The RIC Editorial Committee suggests to authors that they prioritize the citations of scientific articles from updated national or international scientific journals from databases. References that constitute self-citations may not exceed 15% of the total references.
The use of abstracts such as references, personal communications, thesis or those texts that cannot be available to the access of a reader should be avoided, if so, will be mentioned in the text of the article without limiting. Quotes from jobs that come from “doubtful” sites or journals will not be accepted.
It is recommended not to cite magazines translated into Spanish. It is advisable to recover the quote from the original version, as well as pay close attention to the correct writing and spelling of the proper names and foreign terms and the completion of the reference data.
It is suggested after this section is finished ensure the order and correspondence of the citations in the text with the number assigned in the list.
Example of most commonly used references:
Full book:
Author/s. Title of the book. Editing. Publication place: Editorial; year.
Example: Brocklehurst J. Geriatrics. 6 a.d. Madrid: Editorial Salvat; 2007.
Book Chapter:
Author/s of the chapter. Title of the chapter. In: Director/Coordinator/Editor of the book. Title of the book. Editing. Place of publication: Editorial; year. opening-end page of the chapter.
Example: Grundy E. Epidemiology of Aging In: Brocklehurst J. Geriatrics. 6 a.d. Madrid: Editorial Salvat; 2007. p:3-20.
Online book:
Authors. Title [Internet]. Place publication: Editorial; year [review; consulted]. Available in: URL
Example: Ferrer-Milian D. Morphology for medical sciences students [Internet]. Havana: Ecimed; 2020 [accessed 8 Jan 2021]. Available at: http://www.bvs.sld.cu/books/morphology_medical_sciences_students/morphology.pdf
Online journal article:
Author(s). Title. Name of the abbreviated magazine [Internet]. year [cited]; volume(number):pages. Available in: URL
Example: Guevara Pulled A. Sepsis mortality in adults: analysis using a decision tree-based algorithm. Rev Cienc Salud [Internet]. 2025 [cited 16 Aug 2025]; 23(2):1–15. Available at: https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/revsalud/article/view/14307
Online journal article with continuous publishing system (changes pagination):
Example: Sellén Sanchén E, Rodríguez Puga R, Betancourt Bethencourt JA, Sellén Crombet J. Risk factors, chronobiology and sleep disorders in hypertensive adolescents. Rev. Habanera Cienc Méd [Internet]. 2025 [cited 16 Aug 2025]; 24:e6034. Available at: https://revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/6034
Online journal article or any other resource that DOI has (change URL):
Example: Savage KJ, Horwitz SM, Advani R, Christensen JH, Domingo-Domenech E, Rossi G, et al. Role of stem cell transplant in CD30+PTCL following frontline brentuximab vedotin plus CHP or CHOP in ECHELON-2. Blood Adv. [Internet]. 2022 [cited 16 Aug 2025]; 6(19):5550-55555. ODI: https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003971
Website:
Author/s. Title [Internet]. Place of publication: Editor; Date of publication [revised; consulted]. Available in: URL
Example: Virtual Library in Health [Internet] Sao Paulo: Bireme; 1998 [accessed 16 Dec 2020]. Available at: http://regional.bvsalud.org/php/index.php
Journal abbreviations can be found at: Portal de Revistas Científicas en Ciencias de la Salud (BVS), PubMed's Journal Database (NLM Catalog) y List of Title Word Abbreviations (LTWA) del ISSN International Centre
