Author Guidelines

EDITING PROCESS

In order to publish, you need to send your work to the email rics@cenid.org.mx in extensive Word format.

RICS publishes research articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese that have not been previously published. They clearly and precisely report the results of an investigation, the purpose of which is to provide information that contributes to the educational development or the area of ​​knowledge in which it is applied. The context of the work (findings from the existing literature) and the choice of methods should be clear in the text. Quantitative, qualitative or mixed approaches are equally accepted. All manuscripts must make it clear how the findings advance the understanding of the subject studied.

Types of contributions

Article: Result of a complete and original investigation. The text is recommended to have a maximum of 30 pages, including tables, figures and references.

Essay: Critical, analytical and documented contribution of the current state of knowledge on a topic. It must contain novel, unpublished contributions and clearly differentiated personal interpretations. Manuscripts without bibliographic references are not accepted in RICS. The maximum length will be 20 pages.

Preparation of manuscripts

1. The limit on the length of the article is recommended to be 30 pages.

2. In the section corresponding to the first page, write down the following information:

a) Title of the manuscript in Spanish and English.

- It should be unambiguous, understandable by specialists in other fields, and should reflect the content of the article.
- It should be specific, not generic or imprecise.
- Be no more than 20 words

b) Author List

• All persons who were substantially involved in study planning, data collection, or interpretation of results and who wrote or critically analyzed the manuscript by reviewing and approving the final version and agree to be responsible for all aspects of the work.
• Authors who have contributed the most should be listed first. The order of the authors' names should be agreed upon before submitting the manuscript. Changes made after delivery must be approved by all authors and explained to the editor of the publication.

c) Institutional affiliation (s) of each author
• Authors' names should be supplemented with their affiliations (during the study) and come without abbreviations or acronyms.
• The author's current email address so they can be easily contacted.
• We ask authors to register for a ORCID identification key - a unique identification code that links each author to their articles (http://www.orcid.org). Institutional affiliation(s) of each author without abbreviations or acronyms.

3. In the corresponding section of the Abstract (Spanish and English):

• Have a maximum of 250 words.
• Be presented in a maximum of two paragraphs.
• Briefly explain why you conducted the study (BACKGROUND), what questions you wanted to answer (OBJECTIVES), how you conducted the study (METHODS), what you discovered (RESULTS: very relationships) and the interpretation and consequences of their findings (CONCLUSIONS).

4. Keywords list:

• They are indicative of the content of the contribution, and include a maximum of six terms (simple or compound).
• Are useful to identify the essence of a contribution.
• Keywords must be specific. Add more generic terms if your study has interdisciplinary significance.

5. Introduction

- Explain why the study was necessary and specify the objectives of the research or the question(s) you wanted to answer. Start with more general questions and gradually focus on the question(s) of your research paper. If possible, state the hypothesis you have tested.

6. Materials and Methods

• Describe in detail how the study was conducted (for example: study area, data collection, criteria, origin of the analyzed material, sample size, number of measurements taken, age and sex of the participants or tissue or cell donors, equipment, data analysis, statistical tests, and software used).
• All factors that could influence the results must be taken into account.

7. Results

• Are presented in an orderly, clear and precise manner.
• The description of results does not repeat the information in the tables or figures that are presented.
• Contains the discussion of the results, which consists of offering an adequate interpretation, as well as comparing the most relevant results with those of other authors who have worked on a similar topic in the same or in other species. Failure to do so is reason enough to decline a contribution.

8. Discussion

• This section is not the place to present the main results, including statistical results. Answer the research paper questions (asked at the end of the introduction) and compare the main results with published data as objectively as possible.
• Discuss their limitations and highlight their main findings.
• All findings should be considered including those who disagree with your point of view.

9. Conclusion

• He talks about the results that he has obtained from his statistical analysis, establishing a relationship between the results and the initial objectives-hypotheses, if they are achieved or answered or not, detailing the findings or novelty of the study in this conclusion that are in turn reinforced by the results presented.
• Speculations or deductions not demonstrated in the text are omitted.
• The conclusions are not presented in numbered form.

10. Acknowledgment

• List all people who contributed significantly to the study but cannot be considered co-authors, and also list all sources of financial support.
• It should be noted that they are not responsible for the final version of the article. You must ensure that you receive the consent of all persons who are named in that section.

11. List of References

Make sure you have specified the sources of all information taken from other publications. In the list of references, include all the necessary data so that they can be found in libraries or on the Internet. Never list works that were not cited.

It is requested that they be presented in APA Format Seventh Edition.

A reference generally contains 4 basic data:

Authors/s: Who is responsible for the work? Individual, group or institutional.
Date: When was it published? Minimum year of publication
Title: How is the work titled? Development name
Provenance: Where can I retrieve this work? Be it a physical or virtual place.

Order of references

The authors are presented in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author. The works of the same author or author are ordered chronologically, and if they were from the same year, a, b, c, etc. are added to the same. Hanging indentation is used.

12. The manuscript must be 1.5 lines, justified, Times New Roman 12 point font, with margins of at least 2.5 cm in letter size. Avoid the use of unconventional abbreviations, if necessary describe them when using them for the first time. Scientific units must be expressed in the International System of Units. Before sending the manuscript, please eliminate the fields of computer programs to automate references and disable the “track changes” of the word processor.

Limit the sections and sub-sections of the manuscript to 3 heading levels. Make sure heading levels are clearly indicated in the manuscript text.

Sections/Paragraph Headings: Font Times New Roman, size 16, centered, bold, first letter capitalized.

Secondary Subsections/Paragraph Headings: Font Times New Roman, size 14, centered, in bold, with the first letter in capital letters.

Limit the sections and sub-sections of the manuscript to 3 heading levels. Make sure heading levels are clearly indicated in the manuscript text.

13. Section of tables and figures:

Please note if all tables and figures are required. The data presented in the tables should not be repeated in the figures (or vice versa). Long data listings should not be repeated in the text.

a) Tables must be created in Word (using the table function), and must be written in a closed line (one space), likewise, for the use of equations it must be reflected with the Word tools (images will not be accepted) . The title of each table must be understandable regardless of the manuscript and must have a title, numbering and source.

Example of how to present a table:

b) All photographs, graphs, diagrams and diagrams must be referred to as Figures and be in .png format, and numbered consecutively in the text with Arabic numerals (eg Figure 2).

Example of how to present a Figure:

14. To add symbols to the script, use the Insert → Symbol function in your word processor or paste the appropriate Unicode character.

Essays

They are writings generated from a reflective and critical academic exercise, where the author develops his interpretation of a relevant topic in the social sciences, art or humanities. He presents arguments and opinions based on scientific literature, concluding with a position on the selected topic. The maximum length is 20 pages and includes the following:

a. Abstract: no more than 200 words. Include keywords.

b. Abstract (English). Include keywords (key words).

c. Introduction. You must clearly explain what the essay is about, specifying the component parts and a short description of each of them.

d. Contents. Present broadly all suggested points in the assigned topic.

e. conclusions. Includes personal opinions combined with bibliographical arguments.

f. References (APA Guidelines, 7th ed.)

Once the manuscript has approved the final opinion of the peer review by the evaluation committee, the author must cover the publication fee:

No. of Authors          Fee (mexican pesos)

         1                     $5,700
         2                     $10,200
         3                     $13,200
         4                     $17,200
         5                     $20,200

If you are an active higher level student, you do not have to cover the publication fee.