As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
Make sure that your manuscript complies with the Autor Guidelines/a, provided by the journal.
Double-check that all references cited in the manuscript are accurate and complete.
Verify that all figures and tables are included in the manuscript and that they are properly labeled.
Include any supplementary material that supports the manuscript, if applicable.
Author Guidelines
The scientific article must present:
Title Centered, in capital letters and bold, in Spanish, English and Portuguese with a maximum of 20 words. It is suggested to avoid the use of subtitles, ambiguous expressions and abbreviations.
Author's data First names and then last names. If there are several authors, they are placed one below the other and on the far right, with textual numbering for further information on the researchers. The journal will respect the order chosen by the authors. Font in Calibri italics, 11 points.
Membership Example: Biochemistry and Pharmacy Career, Faculty of Sciences, Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo, Riobamba 060155, Ecuador
Abstract In Spanish, English and Portuguese, it reflects the main elements of the content of the article. It must be written in the third person and have a maximum length of 250 words. It must include: Objectives, research setting, methodology, results and conclusions. It is recommended to use words that express the content in a timely manner, omit abbreviations, acronyms, symbols or formulas and avoid citations and author references. With writing in Calibri italics, 10 points.
Keywords (keywords) In Spanish, English and Portuguese. Up to five (5) key words or phrases must be included in Spanish and English, which describe the most important topics or thematic areas of the research. Keywords must be presented in alphabetical order. With writing in Calibri italics, 10 points. It is recommended to use 3 to 6 keywords, in alphabetical order and standardized with a thesaurus (UNESCO is recommended).
1. Introduction It must contain: a brief panoramic description of the research topic and problem, the objectives and purposes of the work and its scope, justification, analysis of other possible previous studies on the same research topic, theories that support the research, well-known citations and authors. selected. It does not include data or conclusions of the work.
2. Material and methods The characteristics of the sample, the ethical component, the place, the period of the study, description of the approach, the method and the research materials, the techniques and instruments for collecting information, the population, the sample and the process for analyzing the information. In quantitative research, it is necessary to include information on the variables studied and the measurement methods and statistical methodology.
3. Results Relevant research results are reported, described and ordered. Presents categories that serve to classify: Subjects, situations, categories along with numerical distributions, statistical format. Sometimes it is required to distribute them in tables and figures, without repetitions. "The results must be written in accordance with the proposed objectives and in order to the described methodology."
4. Discussion Comparisons of the results themselves with similar studies are made, preferably citing current scientific articles. Discuss whether the results agree or disagree with what was found in your study and highlight exceptions and points that still cannot or have not been sufficiently clarified by the results. Suggest new research possibilities, brainstorm ideas for new studies.
5. Conclusions The conclusions are the final balance of the investigation. Therefore, the Researcher must record the fulfillment of the proposed objectives and the synthesis of the results obtained throughout the research process. Avoiding repeating the numerical results found.
6. References Present the list of authors and titles of all the sources cited in the research. Write according to the updated international standard APA. They have to go in strict alphabetical order and include only the sources that support the research and that were used for the preparation of the article. At least 80% of the bibliography used must be scientific articles, 25% of articles must be published in journals indexed in Scopus; at least 20 current