Submissions

Author Guidelines

Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil (abbreviated: Rev Psiquiatr Infanto-Juv), published quarterly, is the official publication of the Spanish Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AEPNYA), and aims to contribute, through its publication, in improving the quality of clinical care, research, teaching and management of all aspects (theoretical and practical) related to child and adolescent psychiatry. Therefore, it is interested in the publication of manuscripts related to the study of these contents from different points of view: genetic, epidemiological, clinical, psychotherapeutic, pharmacological, health care, etc., as well as from a social, cultural and economic perspective.

All manuscripts will be preliminarily reviewed through the Crossref Similarity Check system. Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil has no article processing charges (APC). The journal is fully managed and sponsored, since its creation, by the Spanish Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AEPNYA).

Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil will consider for publication manuscripts submitted to the following Sections: Original Articles, Review Articles, Case reports, Brief Comments, Letters to the Editor, Special Sections, Monographic Issues and Clinical Perspective Articles.

Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil adheres to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (5th edition, http://www.icmje.org): International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, the Vancouver Reccomendations (1997) and  . 

Manuscripts for publication should be sent through the Journal's web page, http://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/about/submissions, through the "Submissions" section, by clicking Login or Register, as required. Editors will acknowledge receipt of the originals submitted and will inform in due time about their acceptance and the date of possible publication.

On submission and preparation of manuscripts

These publication Guidelines cover the general aspects most commonly used in the writing of scientific papers. In those cases where the guidelines prove insufficient to solve a specific issue, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors web should be consulted ( http://www.icmje.org; in Spanish http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/translations/spanish2016.pdf ).

Manuscripts should be submitted double-spaced and with sufficient margins of 2,54 cm in every side, written in a standard word processor (preferably Microsoft Word). Document pages should be numbered. At least 3 independent documents should be sent: on the one hand, a Cover Letter, the Title Page and on the other hand the Main Manuscript. All documents should be sent independently to facilitate the peer review process. If there are images, tables or figures, each one should be sent with a separate and numbered file.

The cover letter should be addressed to the journal's Editor-in-Chief to briefly present the article and the interest of its publication in the journal.  

Title Page should include the following information in this order:

1. Original title (in English and Spanish).
2. Author(s) name(s) initials, and surname(s).
3. Place of work. City. Country
4. Address of the first author and of the corresponding author (including an institutional e-mail address).
5. ORCID number of all authors (The basic information of the authors should be accessible on the ORCID.org page).
6. Disclosures. All financial relationships related to the subject of their paper must be disclosed.
7. If a part or the preliminary results of the work have been previously presented in scientific meetings, congresses or symposia, the name, city and date of the event should be indicated, and a manuscript with the work presented should be attached, to certify that the original contains different data or extended results from those of the scientific communication.
8. Each author’s contribution to the manuscript should be detailed, it is suggested to use the CRediT taxonomy.

The manuscript should be arranged including the Title page, Abstract, Keywords and the complete text of the article with its different sections.

The abstract should be in Spanish and English, presented on a separate page and no longer than 250 words. It should be structured under similar headings of the main manuscript (e.g., in the case of original articles: Introduction, Objectives, Material and Methods, Results and Conclusions).

A maximum of five keywords according to the standards of the most frequently used medical indexes (i.e. Medical Subject Headings in Index Medicus) should be included for the correct coding of the manuscripts.

Only a minimum number of abbreviations should be used, accepting internationally recognized terms. Abbreviations should be defined at the time of their first appearance in the text. In case of three or more abbreviations, listing them in a table in a separate page is recommended.

Drugs should be referred to by their generic name. The use of Neuroscience-based Nomenclature (NbN-2) is recommended.

The equipment used to perform laboratory and other techniques should be identified by the brand name and address of their manufacturers.

Evaluation tools should be identified by their original name, the Spanish translation if any, their author/s, year, and indications on how to obtain them (publisher, source web site, etc.) and the corresponding reference should be included.

Manuscripts can be submitted for any of the of the Journal’s Sections: Original Articles, Review Articles, Case Reports, Letters to the Editor, Bibliographic Notes and Clinical perspective articles. However, the Editorial Committee will make the final decision regarding the Section of correspondence of each manuscript.

Manuscripts submitted for evaluation must be unpublished; papers that have been published or submitted for evaluation in another journal will not be accepted. The journal is Open Access and provides immediate and free access to its contents through this website, based on the fact that promoting free and open access to research and academic content allows its information to be widely disseminated, which also contributes to the globalization of knowledge.

The articles published in the journal are available for use under the Creative Commons license, which defines the terms of use of the original works, the rights that the authors want to deliver and the conditions under which this is done. For the Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, they are, specifically, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Taking this into account, we invite authors and readers to make a non-commercial use of the articles published here, as well as to share them in the same way, acknowledging at all times the authorship and source, and licensing the new creations under the same conditions.

Manuscripts submitted must be unpublished and sent exclusively to the journal. The corresponding author is required to submit all the materials requested below, organized and correctly filled out. Submitting manuscripts with incomplete documentation implies immediate rejection of the article.

All articles must contain a statement from all authors proving that:

• The manuscript is submitted exclusively to the Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil and has not been submitted simultaneously to any other journal (nor submitted for consideration), and has not been previously published in whole or in part. This last restriction does not apply to those papers derived from presentations at congresses or other scientific meetings, nor to originals that are an extension of the preliminary results of work previously presented at meetings, congresses or symposia. In such a case the name, city and date must be indicated, and the previously submitted presentations must be sent together with the manuscript to certify that the original article contains different data or extended results from those of the communication.
• The authors are responsible for the research.
• The authors have participated in the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of the data, drafting and revision, as well as approving the final final version of the manuscript that is to be published. It is suggested to structure this section based on the CRediT taxonomy.
• If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors assign their rights to the Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, which will henceforth retain permanent ownership of the manuscript.

Authors must specify if there is any conflict of interest in relation to their manuscript. Especially, in studies with commercial products, authors should declare if they have (or not) any agreement with the companies whose products appear in the submitted manuscript or if they have received (or not) financial support of any kind from them. If the work has been funded, the origin and quantities of such funding should be included.

Data supporting the results and analyses of articles published in the Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil should be available for consultation. Authors should ensure that all key data are in the main text of the article, in the supplementary material, or in an open access repository. In addition, they should commit to share these data, if requested, whenever this is legally and ethically possible.

Likewise, authors should specify, in their manuscripts, the approval received by the institutional Ethics Committee (if applicable), following this model:

• “This article exposes the results of the research <name of the research> endorsed by the Ethics Committee of <institution>, on <date>, with approval code <#>. The authors agree to comply with international, national and institutional guidelines and requirements for studies practiced in humans.”

Authors should confirm that approval of the research has been requested and obtained from an Ethics Committee in addition to obtaining and providing the corresponding permission to reproduce any content from other sources. The Journal and the Association also request Informed Consent for Case Reports.

To promote impartiality, the authors' names and affiliations must be kept separate from the rest of the manuscript, as previously explained. The manuscript will be initially reviewed by the Editorial Committee, and if deemed acceptable, it will be revised and submitted to at least two external reviewers, considered experts in the field. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to reject works it deems inappropriate and to propose any necessary modifications, either after the initial review or after the completion of peer review.
If the article is approved, before publication in print or electronically, the corresponding author will receive the proofs of the layout article by email for corrections. These must be returned within 7 days of receipt. If corrections to the galley proofs are not received from the authors within this period (or notification of the need to extend it for justified reasons), these proofs will be deemed to be accepted as final versions.

The publisher will send a digital facsimile copy of each paper in PDF format to each author who has provided his or her e-mail address.

General review and external review (peer review)

Upon receipt of the articles, these will be initially reviewed by the Editorial Committee, to be accepted or rejected in the first instance. All accepted manuscripts in the first instance by the Committee will be sent for external review. Manuscripts will be sent to at least two reviewers considered as experts by the Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil. The choice of reviewers for each paper will be based on the content of the manuscript. Depending on the content of the manuscript, specialized technical, statistical and pharmacological evaluations may be requested when the papers refer to clinical trials and drug use. In any case, the entire review process will be confidential and anonymous, and manuscripts sent to reviewers will not contain authorship information.

Based on the reviewers' reports, the Editorial Committee will decide whether or not to publish the work, and may ask the authors to clarify some points or modify different aspects of the manuscript. In this case, the author has a maximum period of one month to submit a new version with the proposed changes. After this period, if a new version has not been received, the article will be considered withdrawn. Likewise, the Editorial Committee may propose the acceptance of the paper in a section other than the one proposed by the authors.

The publisher will review the formal aspects of the paper, as described in these guidelines. A manuscript may be returned to its authors for non-compliance with the submission guidelines.

Once the manuscripts have been accepted, they undergo a morpholinguistic and stylistic correction. Authors will be able to check the changes made upon receipt of the proofs, and thus approve such changes or suggest modifications.

On other contents or components

Tables and figures

Tables should be numbered consecutively according to their order of appearance in the text using Arabic numbers, and should contain a title describing their contents, so that they are understandable in isolation from the text of the manuscript. All those acronyms used should also be explained at the foot of the table. Tables should be cited in the text where appropriate (for example: 'See Table 1').

Graphs and figures should be presented in appropriate electronic format (preferably jpg or tiff). Should be numbered separately from the tables, also using Arabic numerals, and should be properly cited in the text (for example: 'See Figure 1'). Graphs and figures should have a title describing their content and those acronyms used should also be explained at the foot of the table.

Decimal numbers in the text, tables and figures should be marked with commas in Spanish texts and with dots in the English abstracts.

A maximum of 5 documents (including tables and figures) will be accepted. If the author believes more than 5 documents are required, they must be added as supplementary material.

References

Bibliographical references should be presented at the end of the manuscript, numbered in order of appearance in the text. Arabic numerals will be used for citations in the text (in the form of numbers in parentheses and of the same size as the rest of the text) to indicate that the content of the text is related to the reference cited. It is recommended to include in the Bibliography the citation of Spanish articles that the author(s) consider relevant, and in particular those from the Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil.

Citations should follow the following general standards (Vancouver standards: http://www.icmje.org):

1. Standard Article:Surname(s) and initial(s) of the author(s)* (without punctuation and separated by a comma). Full title of the article in the original language. International abbreviation** of the journal followed by the year of publication, volume (number***), initial and final page of the article. (DOI) https://doi.org/10....

Example: Dunn JD, Reid GE, Bruening ML. Techniques for phosphopeptide enrichment prior to analysis by mass spectrometry. Mass Spectr Rev 2010; 29: 29-54. https://doi.org/10.1002/mas.20219

*All authors should be listed when there are six or less; when authors are seven or more, the first six should be cited and the words ''et al.'' should be added afterwards. A similar style should be used for books and book chapter citations. Include the DOI link whenever possible at the end of the reference as follows: https://doi.org/10.....

**International abbreviations for journals can be found in the "List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus", (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journals).

*** The issue number is optional if the journal has a volume number.

2. Book:Author(s) or publisher(s). Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year.

Example: Hassani S. Mathematical physics. A modern introduction to its foundations. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1999

3. Book chapter:Author(s) of the chapter. Title of the chapter. In: Director/s or Compiler/s or Editor/s of the book. Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year. Initial page-final page of the chapter

Example: Tsytovich VN, de Angelis U. The kinetic approach to dusty plasmas. In: Nakamura Y, Yokota T, Sukla PK. Frontiers in dusty plasmas. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2000. p. 21-28.

4. Congress communications, Meetings, etc..:Author(s). Full title of the communication. In: complete name of the Congress, Meeting, etc. Venue, dates.

Example: Coon ET, Shaw BE, Spiegelman M. Impacts of faulty geometry on fault system behaviors. 2009 Southern California Earthquarke Center Annual Meeting. Palm Springs, California. September 12-16, 2009.

5. Electronic citations:see http://www.ub.es/biblio/citae-e.htm. Basic format: Author of the page. (Date of publication or revision of the page, if available). Title of the page or place. [Means of communication used]. Publisher of the page, if available. URL [Date accessed]

Example: Land, T. Web extension to American Psychological Association style (WEAPAS) [online]. Rev. 1.4. <http://www.beadsland.com/weapas> [Accessed 14 March 1997].

Note: When referencing articles in press, these should be described as [in press], and the authors are responsible for its accuracy.