About the Journal

Focus and scope

Medical Column is an electronic scientific journal specialized in medical and biomedical research, edited by the Mayabeque Provincial Information Center for Medical Sciences and constitutes the scientific-student body of the Facultad de Ciencias M?dicas Mayabeque. It publishes articles with a continuous frequency in order to socialize research results and scientific information in all spheres of Health Sciences. All volumes are published in electronic version so that they are visible on the journal's website www.revcolumnamedica.sld.cu and are managed through the Open Journal System (OJS).

The magazine aims to disseminate the scientific-technical production and research of Cuban and foreign students and health professionals. The target audience is readers and authors, students, professionals and technicians linked to the health sphere. The official language of publication is Spanish, although articles in English are accepted and it also publishes all metadata in English.

Columna M?dica only accepts originals that have not been previously published, and that are not being evaluated for possible publication in another journal. Whenever an article has been published totally or partially on event or conference websites, on a preprint server (PMC, Scielo Preprints, Plos, MedRxiv) or an academic social network, the Editorial Team must be immediately informed.

It is a journal of international scope, open access, under the principle of making research freely available to the public, which encourages greater exchange of global knowledge and allows authors and readers to copy, reuse and distribute its contents as long as they maintain the recognition of their authors, and no commercial use is made of the works.

Accepted manuscripts may not be submitted for consideration by another publisher for publication. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to introduce style modifications and/or limit the texts that require it, committing to respect the original content.

Furthermore, the journal does not publish experimental, quasi-experimental studies or clinical trials if they do not have the registration and approval of the institutions in charge of regulating such research.

Any ethical violation related to the publication will be resolved using the protocols established by the International Committee on Ethics in Scientific Publication (COPE).

The works are selected and reviewed by external reviewers and a scientific committee through double-blind peer review arbitration management.

The editorial team is committed to providing professional and ethical treatment to authors and readers. Any information or decision during the editorial process will be duly informed by email to the authors, contributing to communication between the parties and in order to leave a record on the platform.

Medical Column promotes the openness of research data and invites authors to publicly post and reference the data they consider in their research so that they can be shared and reused, which facilitates transparency and credibility.

This magazine DOES NOT APPLY FEES for publication at any stage of the editorial process.

  • MISSION

Columna M?dica is a continuous electronic publication, with the mission of disseminating the scientific-technical work of students and health professionals, Cubans and foreigners; covering all aspects of Medical Sciences.

  • VISION

Columna M?dica aims to achieve a publication that disseminates quality scientific material, with transparency and accessibility that is a framework of reference at a national and international level for health sciences researchers. Additionally, achieve and maintain better positioning.

Peer evaluation process

Columna M?dica Magazine follows the double-blind peer review policy, a process in which neither the reviewer nor the author has any data that allows them to identify themselves; Special care is taken with established ethical standards to avoid conflicts of interest. The magazine has the collaboration of external evaluators outside the publishing institution.

The article evaluation process is fully automated and the author will be able to receive and exchange with the editorial committee, as well as monitor the evolution of the process, necessarily through the electronic platform (Open Journal System).

Each work is submitted to the consideration of two or more referees who issue the verdict on the scientific articles sent by the authors, which comply with the publication standards. The corresponding author will receive notification of receipt of the manuscript, with his or her identification number, which he or she must use from that moment on.

The articles are received by the director, who performs the first reading and determines whether the manuscript meets the general requirements according to the journal's publication standards and submits it to evaluation in a specialized plagiarism detector. It is referred to the section editors and these to each of the pairs of referees or trios, if a third evaluation is necessary.

If these requirements are not met, methodological deficiencies are present or the general requirements of content, form and structure are not met, according to the journal's publication standards. The director or executive editor determines whether the editorial course continues or is rejected. In this case it will be returned to the author for correction before beginning the evaluation process.

The maximum time agreed upon by the magazine is 30 business days. The date of receipt of the article will not begin to be counted until it is correctly received. The responsible author is informed so that he can correct these first comments. Peer review will only begin for manuscripts that meet the required requirements.

The director or executive editor and/or the section editor maintains contact with the reviewers, the section editor selects the pairs of evaluators and controls the times and the evaluation cycle. First you are asked about your availability for the review and once accepted, you are given a period of 30 business days, extendable only upon express request. If necessary, a third evaluator will be requested. The executive editor receives feedback by contacting him systematically and externally through user criteria.

Compliance with the methodological requirements of the different types of articles:

  • Originality, novelty and validity of the proposed study.
  • Methodological quality and content of the work.
  • Compliance with ethical and anti-plagiarism standards.
  • 70% of bibliographic references updated.
  • Importance for research or practice in the treated field.

Each referee is sent a guide to facilitate the review, where they must define one of the following categories: accept this submission, publishable with modifications, re-evaluable or unpublishable.

The observations and suggestions of the Editorial Board and the reviewers will be sent to the responsible author, who must respond as soon as possible (maximum 30 days).

The Editorial Committee will rule on the final decision to publish the manuscript, taking into consideration the decision of the referees.

Once the manuscript is accepted, it is sent for editing and style correction and subsequently goes to production to prepare the proofs. Once the author gives approval to upload the proof, it will not be downloaded from the platform.

About the evaluation process

Manuscripts that are accepted after the first evaluation will be submitted to peer evaluation. If the document is accepted with modifications, the authors will have up to 30 calendar days to return it with the corrections. Otherwise, you will have to make a new shipment and the process will begin again. The Editorial Team undertakes to give a verdict on the evaluation process within a period of no more than 120 days.

Evaluation cycle of articles and participants

Referees and editors participate in the evaluation process. The evaluation period must not exceed 120 days. During this period, the authors will be informed about the conclusion of the evaluation of the articles. They have 30 business days to make the corrections suggested by the referees or editors, if not, the editorial committee has the power to withdraw the article from the journal for contravention of the provisions.

The decision of acceptance, acceptance with modifications or rejection is communicated by the editor to the author. If it is rejected, the editor sends the contact author the results of the evaluation with the reviewers' suggestions regarding improvements that could be applied to the article. If accepted, the article goes to the editorial processing stage.

The maximum time for publication of an article from its submission, if accepted, is one year.

Posting Frequency

Columna M?dica has a continuous publication, where the articles after being evaluated, if accepted, are edited, produced and published in a single annual issue. This process is carried out without sacrificing the quality required during the editorial process. For this reason, the call to send your contributions is permanently open.

Open access policy

This is an open access journal, meaning that all content is freely available and at no charge to the user or their institution. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without seeking prior permission from the editor or author. This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research contributes to greater global exchange of knowledge.

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