Avances

Avances journal accepts national and foreign contributions in Spanish language to full text, of the following types:

• Scientific articles: It includes works of original results of development, research and application, up to 15 pages.

• Short communications: short works on results of ongoing research or other contributions that deserve a rapid disclosure, include up to 10 pages.

• Revision: synthesis and discussion of the most current scientific information regarding a relevant topic in the scope of the journal. The maximum length of the manuscripts will be 20 pages, considering all their contents.

The originals can be sent in different ways:

• Previous registration of the author in the editorial management platform (OJS) available in http://www.ciget.pinar.cu/ojs

• Sending to the e-mail of the journal: Avances@ciget.vega.inf.cu o gcastillo@ciget.vega.inf.cu

• Personally in: Center of Information and Technological Management. CIGET. Colón 106 between Maceo and Virtudes, Pinar del Río Cuba. Zip Code: 20100

The submission of any work to the writing of the journal must meet the following requirements:

• Originality of work.

• Commitment of the author if he has not submitted to the consideration of other publications.

• Acceptance of the journal's copyright policy.

Avances is not responsible for the inclusion by the authors of content that may be considered restricted or confidential by the institutions to which they have attached themselves.

The authors must be open to dialogue and reconsider the opinions of the referees, in addition to taking responsibility for the non-authenticity of the data.

Structure of the manuscripts

The organization of articles and short communications must follow the following structure:

All publication proposals must include title, abstract and key words in Spanish and English, it also includes a list of authors, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, and bibliographical references. The recommendations are optional.

For the review modality, it is not necessary to follow the structure indicated above. In any case, it must contain the sections of title, authors, summary, keywords, introduction, the development of the work properly divided into chapters, acknowledgments and references.

• Title. The title must be precise and concise. Choose very carefully all the words in the title; its association with other words should be carefully reviewed. Due to the international access of the journal, it is recommended to include in the title relevant information on the geographical location of the study when appropriate, concise and computerized, avoid using more than 15 words.

• Authors. Indicate the name and surname of all the authors in bold with lowercase letters, only, initial letters in upper case. Separate authors with commas. Sort the data of each author mentioning the necessary data, first the academic titles, scientific and teaching categories, parent institution (for example, the university) and then the dependencies within that one in decreasing order (for example, faculty, department, laboratory) ; Next, indicate the city and the country of residence of the author. Point the author for correspondence with an asterisk*. Apply the format of the following example:

Name1 Surname1^1*, Name2 Surname2², Name3 Surname3¹

¹Doctor of Science Tqqqq, Professor HT of the Hhh University, Ffff Faculty, Department of Dddd, City, Country. Phone: 53-48-754655, correo@electronico.cu

• Summary. It must contain the approach of the problem, the objective, methodological foundations, results and most relevant conclusions, with a maximum of 250 words. Avoid long descriptions of methods and do not include bibliographic citations, abbreviations or levels of statistical significance, written in the third person, in Spanish and English.

• Keywords. At most seven words (may include one or two short sentences of a maximum of three words) that clearly identify the topic of the work. It is suggested to use new words not included in the title of the manuscript, in Spanish and English, organized thematically from the general to the particular. Review Directory for keywords: http://thes.cindoc.CSIC.es/indexSPINesp.php

• Introduction. It includes an approach to the problem, importance of the topic, hypothesis if it is relevant, objectives, scope of work and limitations for its development, if there were any. In this section, a synthesis and interpretation of the literature directly related to the title and objectives of the work will be carried out as a basis for the topic citing the authors.

• Materials and methods. It will provide sufficient and concise information so that the problem or experiment can be reproduced or easily understood by specialists in the field. The technical specifications and origin of the materials used must be clearly indicated, without describing trivial materials. It should clearly indicate the experimental or data collection procedure and the statistical methods, as well as the computer programs. If the method is not original, it will be indicated bibliographically; if it was original or modified, it will be conveniently described. In any case, the presentation of several methods will be chronological.

• Results and Discussion. It includes the synthetic, ordered and elaborated presentation of the obtained information. It delivers results in the form of written text with the support of tables and figures, together with analysis and interpretation of the data. Both the repetition of details given in other sections and the description of what is evident when examining the tables or figures presented should be avoided. It includes the integrated interpretation of the results and, when appropriate, the comparison of them with those of previous publications. It is a critical analysis of the results according to the objectives and the hypothesis, if applicable. The meaning and validity of the results should be discussed, according to the scope defined for the work and the methods applied. In this section, the results obtained should not be repeated.

• Conclusions. They can be included in a single section of conclusions or integrated into the results and discussion. In case of presenting them as a section, they will include there in a precise and concise form those most relevant ideas that are derived directly from what was contributed by the work. They must respond to the hypotheses or objectives set out in the introduction. They must be written in a clear and objective way without including bibliographic citations. They may include recommendations for future work.

• Gratefulness. In this section, briefly mention should be made of people and institutions that contributed with financing or another type of collaboration to carry out the work. It's not mandatory.

• Bibliographic references. The references of all the bibliographical references indicated in the text, alphabetically ordered, will be indicated. The accuracy and veracity of the data delivered in the bibliographic references are the responsibility of the author(s) of the contributions and must correspond to original publications. The maximum number of references will be 25. Use modern literature, relevant and directly related to your work. At least 2/3 of the references should correspond to mainstream scientific journals. Follow the instructions of the Bibliographic Style Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), in its version 6.