Revista de la Facultad de Medicina is a biannual open access peer-reviewed journal, whose mission is to publish clinical or experimental research works, scientific review articles and case reports that provide significant contributions to integral health. The journal publishes original research articles. The journal is published biannually by the Faculty of Medicine of the Francisco Marroquín University.
 Open submissions |
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Peer-reviewed |
| Open submissions |
Indexed |
Peer-reviewed |
| Open submissions |
Indexed |
Peer-reviewed |
| Open submissions |
Indexed |
Peer-reviewed |
The work submitted by the authors will be subject to a first review by the editor of the journal. This review will be carried out within a period of no more than one month. The authors must send complementary files (databases, etc.) to verify the authenticity of the results reflected in the manuscript. The originality of the article will be evaluated and it will follow the criteria of the format, title and writing style of the NLM (National Library of Medicine) guidelines. Likewise, the author must provide the information requested by the Ethics Committee.
The work must follow the same logic and structure of the article in the article guide. If the article does not meet the minimum requirements, it will be returned to the author with the reasons for rejection.
The editor will ask the author(s) to make the necessary corrections to improve the deficiencies found in the manuscript. The author must send these corrections within a period of no more than 15 days. Once the deficiencies are overcome, the peer review process will begin.
The editor will send the article to a first round of peer review and it will be reviewed by a minimum of two peer reviewers, experts in the subject matter of the manuscript and external to the editorial body. The Journal has implemented double-blind peer review. This type of review consists of the editor anonymizing the identity of both the author and the peer reviewers. That is, all information in the documents and communications that could potentially identify the authors and peer reviewers is removed. The editor will provide the peer reviewers with a review protocol that they must complete within a period of eight weeks. The peer reviewers will provide the editor with their complete opinion and will only make recommendations if the manuscripts are publishable without modifications, publishable after making major or minor modifications, or not publishable.
The editor will forward the recommendations and comments of the peer reviewers to the author(s). In general, the editor may initiate a second, third or more round(s) of review to address differences between the opinions of the reviewers. In the event of conflicting opinions, the manuscript will be sent to one or two additional reviewers in order to gather more information and resolve the conflict. The editor will always take into consideration the recommendations of the peer reviewers in order to make an informed decision on the acceptance or rejection of the submission. The editor has the authority to make the final decision to accept or reject a submission despite the contrary recommendations of the peer reviewers.
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina adheres to the different initiatives that promote open access to knowledge. Therefore, all the contents of the Journal are free and immediate open access and are published under a Creative-Commons license. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful (non-commercial) purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contribution under the same license as the original.
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina is published semi-annually. The issues are published at the end of May and November every year.
All submissions will be reviewed through Turnitin to detect whether they have been plagiarized or not. Likewise, a report of plagiarism or similarity of the work will be sent to the authors.
The authors will commit to reducing the similarity index of their work to less than 25% according to the plagiarism report, paying special attention to the parts that Turnitin has detected are similar to other academic works already published.
There are no article processing charges. There are no fees concerning the submission, peer-review or publishing of manuscripts.
If the manuscript does not meet the minimum requirements outlined in the checklist for preparation of submissions, the author(s) will first be notified of the reasons for rejection. According to the magazine's metrics, the current rejection rate is 25%. You can consult this document to see the historical rejection rate.
The publication of an article in the peer-reviewed scholarly journal Revista de la Facultad de Medicina is a process of permanent knowledge improvement. The journal encourages open publishing digital articles. Additionally, it considers its duty to promote the transmission of scientific knowledge, ensuring its rigor and quality, under the ethical commitment of the scientific and academic communities. The protocols and guidelines described make reference to the Code of Conduct for editors of scientific journals that established the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Duties and responsibilities
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina is committed to:
• assuring the quality of the scientific material published
• guaranteeing freedom of expression
• maintaining the academic integrity of the content, ensuring that the published material follows internationally accepted ethical norms
• publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed
Obligations of authors
Authors must guarantee the authorship of the documents presented. Authorship corresponds to those who have made a significant contribution to the work. If the work has significant contributions from more than one author, these contributors should appear as co-authors.
Authors must provide contact information in order to facilitate communication with other researchers in relation to their published work. This contact information will appear with the published work.
Originality and plagiarism
Authors must ensure that they have obtained permission to publish any materials presented in their work, as well as having exercised the right to quote other author´s work.
Those manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected will be rejected. Likewise, an author should not submit originals to describe essentially the same work as previously published.
Peer evaluation process
The decisions of the members of the editorial committee to accept or reject a document for publication are based solely on the relevance of the work, its originality and expository clarity, as well as the relevance of the study in relation to the editorial line.
It is guaranteed that the material submitted for publication will be considered reserved and confidential matter while it is evaluated and, in the case of being rejected, no evaluating member will be able to make the original public.
The identity of the evaluators is protected at all times, guaranteeing their anonymity.
Complaints
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina should respond promptly to complaints.
In any case, if the individuals involved are unable to satisfy their claims, they have the right to raise their protests to higher authorities.
Protecting individual data
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina guarantees the confidentiality of individual information. It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain authorizations to publish images and trademarks used in their work, and any other personal data (e.g. age, sex, social status of study participants).
Monitoring malpractice
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina accepts the obligation to act accordingly in cases of suspected malpractice or misconduct. Any manuscripts that raise questions about possible misconduct will be rejected.
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the manuscripts submitted for evaluation are rigorous and ethically appropriate.
Integrity and academic rigor
Any time a published article is suspected of containing major misstatements or misleading or distorted information, it must be corrected immediately.
Any manuscript whose content is found to be fraudulent will be removed immediately from the indexing systems and it will not be available for reading.
Complaints
Any author, reader or reviewer may send complaints by email to Revista de la Facultad de Medicina : revistamedicina@ufm.edu
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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina allows self-archiving of accepted and published manuscripts. Authors retain copyright ownership and may archive pre-published or post-published versions or publisher's pdf versions in personal or institutional repositories or libraries at any time without the express permission of the journal or publisher.
Authors of articles published in Revista de la Facultad de Medicina have the right to deposit accepted or published versions of manuscripts in institutional repositories. Authors may make them publicly and immediately available upon citation as the site where they were originally published.
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina participates in the Public Knowledge Project Private LOCKSS Network (PKP PLN) digital preservation that allows for long-term digital preservation should the journal go offline. The LOCKSS programme allows for decentralised and distributed preservation of long-term access to manuscripts. It also allows for the digital preservation of authentic versions of manuscripts.
