Pediatrics journal publishes original research articles, review articles, case reports, essays, and correspondence. Articles must address topics of interest in pediatrics. Priority will be given to the publication of original research articles.

The “Revista Pediatría“ will only consider articles that have not been previously published, neither in part nor in their entirety, and that are not simultaneously under evaluation in other journals. The above does not prevent the submission of articles rejected by other journals or the complete report of research previously presented at scientific conferences (orally or in poster form) and of which a summary has been published. This point must be made explicit in the letter accompanying the manuscript to the author.

General considerations

a. The journal is published quarterly. It is released in March, June, September, and December.

b. Authors who send an article to the “Revista Pediatría” must consider the following aspects:

The manuscript should be prepared according to these instructions.

The manuscript must be sent only through the “Revista Pediatría” submission system.

No manuscript submitted by any other means will be considered.

Any manuscript not including all the documents described will not be considered. It is suggested that authors use the checklist to prepare submissions.

If the study presented is a clinical experiment, it should be considered that the authors must attach the registration number of their trial protocol to a clinical experiment registry.

Receipt of a manuscript does not imply an obligation to accept it or a commitment regarding the publication date.

Authors must retain copies of all submitted material. The Journal assumes no responsibility for material lost during the review or publication process. No materials will be returned to the authors.

Instructions for preparing articles.

General instructions for manuscript preparation are described below, followed by instructions for each type of manuscript.

General instructions for all items.

All manuscripts should be prepared using a word processor, preferably Windows Office® Word®, typed without columns. All margins should be 2.5 cm (1 inch), and double-spacing should be used throughout the manuscript, including the title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, individual tables, figures, and legends. Of the figures.

Use two double spaces after the title, headings, and paragraphs. All pages must be numbered sequentially in the upper-right corner, with the cover corresponding to the number 1. The font must be Times New Roman 12 or Arial 12.

The electronic file containing the manuscript must be named with the first six words of the manuscript title. Manuscripts should be assembled in the following sequence (each of these sections should begin on a separate page):

1. Title page.

2. Structured summary in Spanish.

3. Structured summary in English.

4. The main text or body of the article.

5. References.

6. Boards.

8. Figures and legends of tables and figures.

Title page

This page should include the title of the manuscript (concise but informative, between 75 and 100 characters). To ensure double-anonymized evaluation, author names should not be included in the manuscript's text.

Summary in Spanish

Every manuscript (except correspondence) must contain an abstract of no more than 250 words. Below are instructions for preparing the structured summary for each type of article. Following the summary and on the same page, five keywords that will be used to construct the annual index must be included. The DeCS - Descriptors in Health Sciences (Link) must be used.

Summary in English

Every manuscript (except correspondence) must contain an English translation of the abstract. Keywords in English must be the equivalent of DeCS - Descriptors in Health Sciences (Link).

Acknowledgements

Authors may include one or more mentions of financial, technical, or logistical support received for the research and intellectual contributions that require recognition but do not qualify for authorship (for example, scientific advice or critical review of the proposal or manuscript).

Conflicts of interest

In a separate paragraph in this section, authors should mention whether there are any potential conflicts of interest, such as industry relationships (due to employment, consultancies, stock ownership, fees, or experience, present to the author or their immediate family), relationships, personal, academic, or institutional positions, or intellectual positions that may influence their judgments regarding the conclusions of the manuscript.

References

References should be numbered sequentially according to the order in which they are mentioned in the text. Identify references in the text, tables, and figures with Arabic numerals in parentheses. Use the style discussed below, which was suggested by the United States National Library of Medicine and adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – ICMJE (Link).

It is suggested that authors use references that are directly relevant to supporting the content of their manuscript, omitting them for facts that are widely accepted (for example, hemoglobin is an oxygen-carrying protein).

If a reference has more than six authors, list the first six followed by the abbreviation et al.

References must be presented in the original language of the source from which they come (without translation).

Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the style of the National Library of Medicine, which can be found in the sources mentioned above for MeSH terms.

Avoid including summaries of papers presented at conferences in references.

References to manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet published should be designated “In press.” Authors must obtain written permission to cite information from such publications.

Also, avoid citing “personal communication” unless it provides essential information unavailable in public sources. In this case, the name of the person providing the information and the date must be mentioned in the text in parentheses. The authors must have a written copy of said information.

Examples of the most common types of references are given below.

Standard article in magazines

Madico G, Gilman RH, Jabra A, Rojas L, Hernández H, Fukuda J, et al. The role of pulse oximetry. It is an indicator of severe respiratory disease in Peruvian Children living at sea level. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1995; 149:1259-63

Organization as author of magazine articles

Committee on Quality Improvement. Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infection. American Academy of Pediatrics. Practice parameter: diagnosing, treating, and evaluating the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children. Pediatrics 1999; 103:843-52

Complete Book

Thomasma DC, Kushner T, editors. Birth to death. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; nineteen ninety-six

Chapter of a book

Wigodsky H, Hoppe SK. Humans as research subjects. In: Thomasma DC, Kushner T, editors. Birth to death. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1966. P 259-69

Scientific or technical report

Program for the Control of Acute Respiratory Infections. Oxygen therapy for acute respiratory infections in young children in developing countries. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993. WHO/ARI/93.28

Internet document

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: writing and editing for biomedical publication. http://www.icmje.org/ (Date of consultation: May 12, 2006)

Boards

Each table must be presented double-spaced. Each table is on a separate page after references. Tables should be numbered sequentially in the order in which they are cited in the text. Check that each table is mentioned in the text.

Each should have a short title centered at the top. The table name should be located at the top of the table. Each column in the table is named with a brief heading or abbreviation. Columns should not be separated with vertical lines in the body of the table.

All table explanations should be written as footnotes to the table, not in the header. Explain all abbreviations and symbols used in the table's footnotes. For footnotes, use the following symbols in sequence: *, †, ‡, §, ¶, **, ††, ‡‡, §§§, etc.

Figures

Each figure or image should be included on a separate page after the tables. It is essential to mention figures, photographs, and any type of image in the text to determine their exact location in the manuscript.

The figures must be numbered consecutively according to said sequence. The figures must be prepared through appropriate programs or statistical analysis programs.

It is essential that figures, photographs, and any type of image be sent in high-resolution JPG or TIFF format to ensure an excellent final impression (minimum 300 px). If professionally drawn figures or photographs are used, they must be converted to these formats for sending with the manuscript via email.

The letters, numbers, and symbols used in the figures must be sufficiently clear to be legible even if the size of the figure is reduced during publication. The legends should be written immediately below each figure, double-spaced. If the figure has been previously published, written permission from the owner of the editorial rights for reproduction must be attached.

Abbreviations and symbols

Use only accepted and recognized abbreviations. Avoid using them in the title or summary. The full term must precede the abbreviation; the abbreviation must be in parentheses the first time it is used in the text, unless it corresponds to a standard unit of measurement.

Measurement units

Measurements of height, weight, volume, and temperature must be reported in metric system units and degrees Celsius. Blood pressure should be written in millimeters of mercury. All hematological and chemical measurements should be reported using the International System of Units (SI) metric system.

Specific Instructions for Original Research Articles

These manuscripts present, in detail, the original results of research projects designed to answer a specific scientific question (evaluation of diagnostic tests, treatments, clinical course, disease prognosis, etc.) and are supported by statistical analysis. In addition to epidemiological studies (cross-sectional, cases and controls, cohorts, etc.) and controlled experiments, this category includes clinical practice guidelines, economic evaluations, and qualitative studies. Case series and natural history studies are also included. They follow a sequence of introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions.

It is highly recommended that when preparing the manuscript of original research, the authors adhere to what is internationally recommended for the publication of articles according to the type of epidemiological design of the study:

1. Randomized controlled clinical trials: CONSORT Statement (Link).

2. Analytical observational studies such as cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional: STROBE Statement (Link).

3. Diagnostic Test Studies: STARD Statement (Link).

4. Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analysis: PRISMA Statement (Link).

5. Other types of studies (qualitative studies, economic evaluations, etc.): recommendations in EQUATOR Network (Link).

The maximum length of original articles, including tables, figures (top six, between tables and figures), and references, will be up to 5,000 words. Original articles must comply with the following specific instructions:

Summary

The structured summary must contain the following sections: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Each section should be a separate paragraph (Summary of no more than 250 words).

Text or body of the article

It should be divided into an Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions.

The Introduction section summarizes the study's rational basis and establishes the research's objective(s). Only pertinent references should be mentioned, without including data or conclusions from the reported work.

The Methods section describes the methodology used in the research. It should explain, as concisely as possible, all the details of the work to allow its replication by readers. Therefore, the study's design, the geographical and temporal location of the research, the characteristics and selection mechanisms of the population, the interventions that were used (if any), and the definition of the main variables of the study should be mentioned. The methods used to measure them and the statistical techniques to summarize, present, and analyze the information. If established techniques are used, it is unnecessary to describe them fully; the corresponding references are sufficient. The equipment used must be mentioned with the name of the manufacturer. For reagents, say the company that produces them and the specific chemical name. The version of the software used must be mentioned. If medications are used, they must be precisely identified using their generic names, doses, and routes of administration.

The Results must be described logically, starting with the most general and continuing with the most specific, and ordering them according to the sequence of the research objectives. The data in the tables or figures should not be repeated in the text.

The Discussion emphasizes the research's most novel and important findings without repeating the information presented in the preceding sections. This section should also:

Discuss the main strengths and weaknesses of the work, mentioning the effect that the latter may have on the results.

Compare findings with similar research findings, exploring reasons for similarities and differences.

Mention the implications of the findings for clinical practice and future research.

The conclusions must be presented briefly and according to the objectives, without extrapolations not supported by the study data. Conclusions about economic benefits should be avoided unless the manuscript includes formal financial data and analysis. Likewise, one should avoid issuing definitive conclusions when reporting the preliminary findings of an investigation. New research hypotheses derived from the data may be mentioned if they are identified as such, where appropriate recommendations can be included.

Specific Instructions for Review Articles

They correspond to manuscripts presenting a critical literature review on a clinical condition, a preventive or therapeutic intervention, or a diagnostic procedure. The journal will prioritize topic reviews that provide an updated and critical summary of the literature regarding a condition or topic that the general pediatrician often encounters, mainly if they address current topics that correspond to conditions with high costs in terms of treatment. Clinical prognosis or resource consumption or that are the cause of scientific controversy.

This type of article has the following purposes:

1. Synthesize fragmented or difficult-to-achieve knowledge from a single source.

2. Synthesize information from primary documents.

3. Update and report on the status of a particular topic.

4. Communicate new knowledge.

5. Report and evaluate published literature.

6. Compare information from different sources.

7. Describe and define research trends.

8. Propose new lines of research.

9. Propose ideas for future work.

The maximum length of Review Articles, including tables, figures (top six, between tables and figures), and references, will be 4,000 words. These manuscripts must comply with the following instructions:

Summary

Abstracts of manuscripts reporting topic reviews will be prepared in a structured format using the following sections: Background, Topic, and Conclusions. Each section should be a separate paragraph (Summary of no more than 250 words).

Text or body of the article

It should be divided into: Introduction, Theme Development, and Conclusions.

The Introduction section summarizes the rationale and objectives of the review.

The Development of the topic must present the reviewed topic in a logical sequence, starting with the most general and continuing with the most specific, and ordering according to the sequence of the objectives set. It is necessary that pertinent bibliographical references support all statements, and that the literature citation is not limited to its enumeration but to the critical evaluation of its contributions and limitations. The data in the tables or figures should not be repeated in the text.

The Conclusions are presented briefly and by the objectives, avoiding extrapolations not supported in the reviewed literature. You can mention the gaps in knowledge that become evident when examining the topic, where appropriate recommendations can be included.

Specific Instructions for Case Report

They correspond to manuscripts that report one or several cases and do a short literature review on said clinical condition. The Journal will give priority to case reports that compare to a condition that is not very rare (that is, that a general pediatrician can find), that is often not detected promptly, that has severe consequences if not detected, and in which This report can help prevent future cases from being seen. The case should be sufficiently complex to raise issues of clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic, or research interest but not so unusual as not to attract readers. The submission of case reports whose diagnostic delays do not have significant clinical consequences or which are “accusatory” in nature (“someone did things wrong, and we corrected them”) is discouraged.

It is highly recommended that, when preparing the manuscript of a case report or case series, the authors adhere to what is internationally recommended for the publication of case reports:

Case reports: Recommendations for CARE case reporting (Link)

The maximum length of the case reports, including tables, figures (top three, between tables and figures), and references (top 15), will be 1,500 words. These manuscripts must comply with the following specific instructions:

Summary

The summaries of the manuscripts that report one or several cases will be prepared in a structured format according to the following sections: Background, Case Summary, and Conclusions. Each section should be a separate paragraph (Summary of no more than 250 words).

Text or Case Report

The text should be divided into an Introduction, Case Description, Discussion, and Conclusions for case reports.

The Introduction section summarizes the case report's rationale and objective(s).

The Case Description must present in a logical sequence the initial clinical presentation of the case, the relevant history, its progression, the management given, and the outcome. The data in the tables or figures should not be repeated in the text.

The Discussion emphasizes the most striking aspects of the case, comparing it with what is described for the same condition in the literature. Emphasis should be placed on how common the condition is, how often it goes unnoticed, the consequences of going unnoticed, and how reporting reduces the likelihood of missing new cases.

The Conclusions present, briefly and by the objectives, the main lessons learned from the case, avoiding extrapolations not supported by the report data.

Specific Instructions for Essays

The essay is a philosophical, literary, or scientific manuscript that presents the author's supported opinion on a specific or current topic related to the interests of Revista Pediatría.

Summary

The summaries of the essays will be prepared according to the following sections: Approach or thesis, development of the idea, and conclusion. Each section must be a separate paragraph; they do not have to be titled sections, as is the case with the original article. It is a paragraph in which the three sections are evidenced (Summary of no more than 250 words).

Text or body of the Essay

The essay must contain an approach or thesis, development, and conclusion:

Approach or thesis outlines the primary position, position, or thesis regarding the topic, from what perspective the essay will be developed, and what it is intended to achieve. You can also state a hypothesis from which the essay has been generated. The approach is essential to establish the basis for what will be developed throughout the rest of the document.

Development: consists of the essay's main body where the different particularities, conditions, and aspects the author considers necessary to develop his approach or thesis are delved into. It exposes the ideas and arguments through which the author offers his position. Offer pertinent explanations using argumentative paragraphs, transition paragraphs, and concrete examples.

Conclusion: corresponds to the analytical synthesis of the main ideas discussed throughout the essay. The conclusion presents the most relevant point of the essay since it summarizes the main ideas, clearly reaffirming the author's position. The decision should be brief, as should the statement or thesis, concerning the total length of the development section or body of the essay.

Specific Instructions for Correspondence

They correspond to manuscripts that present the authors' opinion regarding an article previously published in the Journal or a topic of interest to pediatrics at a national or international level. The maximum length of letters to the editor, including tables or figures (maximum one, between tables and figures) and references (top 5), will be 800 words. The letters have no summary.