Submissions

Author Guidelines

GENERAL PUBLICATION RULES

The Editorial Committee of the GESTAR Arbitrated Scientific Journal in Health Research has established the following rules for articles that will be submitted to arbitration for publication.

The GESTAR Arbitrated Scientific Journal in Health Research agrees to review scientific articles related to the focus and scope of the journal.

✅ INVESTIGATION SECTION

• The papers submitted must be original and unpublished scientific research articles, results or advances of a research process or of a deep theoretical reflection that constitutes a significant contribution to the development of knowledge in the area of health.
• Additionally, the last section of the magazine is intended for the publication of contributions and essays on topics related to the academic or social area.
• At the beginning of each year, the index corresponding to the articles and trials published in the last year will be published.

✅ EXTENSION, FORMAT AND STRUCTURE

• The article will have a minimum length of ten (10) and a maximum of twenty (20) written pages, including notes, charts and references.
• When the support of graphs, tables, charts, photos or maps is required, without exceeding two, the author must send it by internet to the email indicated above, (without importing them from Word; the charts, tables and charts in the original format and the photos or maps, in PNG or JPG format, keeping the structure of the document) and indicating the place and the page where they will be placed, or if they will be included as an annex or appendix to the article. In any case, they must be of sufficient quality and legible to allow optimal reproduction.

✅ ASPECTS THAT THE ARTICLE MUST CONTAIN

• Abstract: The works will have a summary in Spanish and English (abstract), of an informative type, where the problem studied, the objective, the methods used and the main results and conclusions, with a length of no more than (200) words and in a single paragraph to a single space. Under both summaries and in the respective language, no less than three descriptors (03) or keywords and a maximum of (5) keywords of the article / essay must be indicated. * The Abstract must be a coherent translation, not the product of an internet translator.
• Introduction: It must contain the clear and simple approach to the problem, the previous references to approach it, the possible questions and assumptions that guided the work, objective and approach that the author used.
• Body (theory and concepts, methodology, analysis of results and discussion): This section describes how the work was done. The activities, materials, and procedures that were used or performed are incorporated into the narrative as the procedure followed is explained. In general, the sequence to present the details could be: definition of the methodology, object and subject of study, procedure and way to collect and analyze the results.
• Conclusions: Here the author extracts and formulates with precision the conclusions reached in the discussion, but without stating the reasons that allowed him to reach them. If the work allows it, recommendations can be made. By reading this section, anyone can quickly learn about the findings of the investigation. This section can be written separately or incorporated into the discussion. Also, at the author's discretion, it may be omitted. * There will be no premature conclusions of work still in progress.
• References: References must comply with the APA (American Psychological Association) rules, following the guidelines indicated below in general: First last name, First name initial. (year). Title of the article in bold. City and Country where it was published: Name of the Publisher, first and last pages, pages. xx-xx. (The links or hyperlinks must function correctly and contain the aforementioned information).

¨¨* Every article must have an Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusions and References.

✅ ACCEPTANCE OF ORIGINALS

• All the proposed texts will be submitted to a preliminary review by the Editorial Commission, which will determine if they comply with the guidelines indicated here. Otherwise, they will be returned to the authors with the appropriate signs so they can make the necessary adjustments and send their collaboration again.
• The accepted contributions will be subject to style and content correction, and their publication will be subject to the availability of space in each issue. Sending any collaboration to the journal implies not only the acceptance of what is established in this document, but also the authorization of the Academic Editorial Committee of the Arbitrated Scientific Journal on Health Research GESTAR to include it in its electronic page.
• The proposed texts that comply with the above guidelines will be sent, for their opinion or arbitration, to two external judges or arbitrators, with the double-blind system: the judge will not have knowledge of the author's identity and vice versa.
• The accepted works with observations will be returned to their authors, who must incorporate the indicated modifications, which will be verified by the Editorial Committee.
• Each author or authors will receive a copy in PDF format of the number of the journal in which their article or essay is published, together with the Proof of Publication.

✅ DICTAMINATION CRITERIA

• The judges will be international researchers and academics, with recognized Master's or Doctorate studies, whose lines of work coincide with the theme addressed in each text. The anonymity of evaluators and authors is maintained at all times.
• Reviewers are guaranteed to have no relationship with the author or the institution to which it belongs.

The evaluation criteria suggested to the judges will be the following:

• Attention to its content. Consider the originality, rigor, interest and topicality of the approaches, with a maximum of (5) years of the documents used, as well as their relevance to the field of education.
• Attention to the general structure of the work. The exposition must be done with a coherent logic that achieves its analytical cohesion.
• Attention to the writing. Expository quality, careful writing and spelling.

The final opinion may be:

1. Publishable with in-depth corrections. In this case, the author will be indicated what profound modifications must be made to the work in order to publish it in the journal. The author or authors will have a period of 7 days, counted from the date of return, to present the corrected version of their text, which will be sent again to the judges, to determine the relevance of the new version.

2. Publishable with revision. In this case, the author or authors will be informed if the work needs minor modifications, which will be indicated exactly. The author will have a period of 7 days, counted from the date of return, to present the corrected version of his text, which will be sent again to the judges, to determine the relevance of the new version.

3. Publishable without objection. The text will automatically be scheduled for publication in the magazine.

4. It is not publishable. Here the examiner will clearly state the reasons why he considers that the text cannot be published.

Articles or essays that are considered NOT PUBLISHABLE, by the Academic Editorial Committee or, as the case may be, the highest authority of the requesting area of the Arbitrated Scientific Journal in Health Research GESTAR, will not make adjustments or agreements of any kind.

* The resolution of the judges is final.

✅ ESTIMATED TIME OF PUBLICATION

* The time that elapses between receipt of the article and the first response of the arbitrators is from one (1) month to two (2) months; and the time between receipt and the estimated time for publication is from three (3) months to six (6) months. Once the article is finally accepted, the authors are sent a letter of acceptance of their article with the date it will be published.

The issues of the GESTAR Arbitrated Scientific Journal on Health Research are published periodically (semi-annually) on the 10th (working) day of January and July.

✅ PUBLICATION ETHICS AND DECLARATION OF NEGLIGENCE

The GESTAR Scientific Arbitrated Journal of Health Research is dedicated to publishing articles under the highest quality and ethical standards. We maintain these standards of ethical behavior at all stages of publication and with all members of our journal, including: the author, the journal editor, the reviewer, and the publisher.
* Plagiarism or any other unethical behavior is strictly prohibited.

✅ OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

The GESTAR Arbitrated Scientific Journal in Health Research provides immediate free access to its content under the principle of making theoretical research and reflection freely available to the public, thus favoring the exchange of knowledge through the journal. 

✅ DIGITAL PRESERVATION POLICIES

SOARCI: SOCIEDAD ACADÉMICA DE REDES DE REVISTAS CIENTÍFICAS E INVESTIGACIÓN, sponsor of the Arbitrated Scientific Journal on Health Research GESTAR, through digital preservation methods, ensures the intellectual content of electronic archival documents, for long periods of time, maintaining their attributes such as integrity, authenticity, inalterability, originality, reliability and accessibility.

✅ ABOUT THE CREATIVE COMMONS (CC) LICENSE

Users can mix, transform and create from the content of our publication for non-commercial purposes, under the condition that any work derived from the original publication is distributed under the same CC-BY-NC-SA license. The GESTAR Scientific Journal of Arbitration in Health Research must be clearly identified as the owner of the copyright of the original publication. Any commercial use of the content of our publication will require the prior written authorization of the Editor.
* The GESTAR Arbitrated Scientific Journal in Health Research is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

✅ COPYRIGHT NOTICES

The Author (s) transfer (assign) the publication rights toSOARCI: SOCIEDAD ACADÉMICA DE REDES DE REVISTAS CIENTÍFICAS E INVESTIGACIÓN, to reproduce, edit, publish, distribute and make available through intranets, internet or CD said work, without any limitation of form or time and with the express obligation to respect and mention the credit that corresponds to them in any use that is made of it. (The article cannot appear in any mass media without the express authorization of SOARCI: SOCIEDAD ACADÉMICA DE REDES DE REVISTAS CIENTÍFICAS E INVESTIGACIÓN).
The authors accept the terms of this Copyright Notice, which will be applied to this submission as long as it is published by this magazine.

Shipment Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify that their submission meets all of the elements shown below. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will be returned to authors.

✅ As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify submission compliance with all of the following:
1. For manuscript submission, all articles are required to be original and unpublished and not to be submitted simultaneously in other journals or editorial bodies until a final decision is made (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments for the editor).
2. The submission file is in: Microsoft Word (* .doc, * .docx), OpenOffice (* .odt), or rich text (* .rtf) format.
3. The manuscript has a Title in Arial font, in size of twelve (12) points; Centered; in normalized spelling (capital letters are not accepted) and bold (maximum 15 words). This should be concise, easy to understand and strictly correspond to what is presented in the Article.
4. The name of the author or authors must appear justified on the right side of the page. The following data must be included for each author, in full: names and surnames, institutional affiliation (without abbreviations), email (in lowercase), geographic location (city, country).
5. The abstract will have a maximum of 200 words (in Spanish and English).
6. Keywords must be between three and five, separated using the spelling and punctuation, semicolon ";" and in lowercase, these may include short sentences that describe significant topics in the manuscript.
7. The manuscript will be sent in letter size, on one side only, the text will have a line spacing of 1.5; the Arial font will be used, in twelve (12) point size; margins are used: 4 cm (top and left) and 3 cm (bottom and right) and all illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, instead of at the end.
8. The sections of the article must be organized using the decimal system: Eg: 1. Introduction, 2. Theory and concepts, 2.1. Integrated system, 2.2. Contingency theories, 3. Methodology, etc.
9. Expressions in a language other than Spanish must be presented in italics and must not exceed twenty-five (25) words throughout the article.
10. When acronyms are used, the corresponding name must be written inextensive the first time it appears, followed by the acronym in parentheses.
11. Citations and references meet the criteria set forth in the APA Rules.
12. Wherever possible, URLs will be provided for referrals. (The links or hyperlinks must function correctly and contain the aforementioned information).
13. The author or authors must include at the end of the work a brief review of the author's professional career, which should not exceed 100 words, with a digitalized photo in high definition PNG or JPG format, on a white background, color card type, including: full names and surnames, email, city and country of birth.
17. Once the necessary adjustments have been made to your article or essay, proceed to send: the Letter of Originality, the Letter of Assignment of Rights filled and signed, the Declaration of conflict of interest, the Resume of the author / s and Co-author / s of the manuscript, the digital image of the national identity document (in color) and the document adapted to the template of the GESTAR Arbitrated Scientific Journal in Health Research.

✅ It should be understood that, throughout the review process, it is forbidden for the contribution to follow a parallel review process in another journal.

✅ Texts that do not comply with the guidelines of these guidelines will be rejected without any academic evaluation. The authors will be notified of the reason for the rejection, and they may resend the text, once they have made the pertinent changes to adapt it to the terms of these guidelines.

✅ No more authors can be added in the editing process. The magazine is not responsible for the authors omitted during the submission process.

✅ The Author (s) assign (assign) the publication rights to SOARCI: SOCIEDAD ACADÉMICA DE REDES DE REVISTAS CIENTÍFICAS E INVESTIGACIÓN, to reproduce, edit, publish, distribute and make available through intranets, internet or CD said work, without any limitation of form or time and with the express obligation to respect and mention the credit that corresponds to them in any use that is made of it.