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Peer Review Process

About the editorial process with authors

In order to publish in the journal, the first author and co-authors must be registered in the system. The manuscript, within fifteen (15) days from its entry into the system, must be defined as ACCEPTED, RE-SENT FOR REVIEW or REJECTED to the editorial process. Exceptionally, up to twenty (20) additional days, depending on its complexity, will be available for expert consultation. Manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated by double-blind peer review, the process is performed by external reviewers, and is in charge of specialists in the corresponding topics, for which the authors must guarantee an anonymous review at the time of uploading the submission file. Once ACCEPTED, there are 90 days for the editorial process which may be suspended in case of non-response by the author/co-authors to the referee comments or communications from the editors. The extension of the deadline may be cause for rejection, mainly due to the loss of validity of the selected topic, its relevance or the timeliness of its citations.

The possibility of an article proposal being accepted depends on two main aspects: the adequate scientific level of the information it offers, and a correct structure of the writing according to the presentation, scientific style, that is, the substance (what is said), the form (how it is said) and the bioethical aspects, which will define its quality for the expected final decision.

Accepted manuscripts must be unpublished, the authors maintain the intellectual property rights over the article and guarantee the first right of publication of their article to the Journal, therefore, they cannot submit the article to the consideration of another journal for publication, except with the due authorization of the Editorial Team of the journal. However, as the scientific journal 2 de Diciembre adheres to the policy of open access to scientific publication, it allows their copy and distribution as long as it maintains the recognition of their authors, does not make commercial use of the works and does not make any modification of them. The Editorial Board reserves the right to introduce modifications of style and/or to limit the texts that require it, committing itself to respect the original content.

The scientific journal 2 de Diciembre does not contain or accept advertising materials, is not responsible for the opinions or criteria of the authors, and does not accept works that have been previously published or are under the consideration of the editorial team of another national or foreign journal. The publication rules can be consulted before sending an article on-line in the section policy.

Conflicts of interest
The author and co-authors should ensure that their submissions are following the policies of the journal and therefore considered accepted. The use of institution and individual names in submissions is the responsibility of the author who assumes any potential conflict as well as the information provided, the validity, accuracy, reliability, and permission to publish the information contained in the submission, which must be compatible with the mission of the journal.

OFFICIAL EVALUATION FORMS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARTICLES

Originals

Evaluation parameters

1. Relevance.

• Contributes to solve an important ongoing problem in the local, national, or international context.
• Opens up new perspectives to solve unresolved aspects.
• It is a contribution or an innovation.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that providing the public with free access to research, supports greater global knowledge exchange. The entire contents of the Journal are granted under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 

Archiving

We have 3 ways to preserve the publications in PDF and XML format (last updated April 18, 2020):

1. Internally. it is stored on external hard disks that renew its content quarterly.

2. Long-term preservation. This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create an archive distributed among the participating libraries, allowing them to create permanent journal archives for preservation and restoration purposes. The Keepers Registry.

3. The scientific journal "2 de Diciembre" is governed by the current digital data preservation policy established by the "Editorial de Ciencias Médicas (ECIMED)" with the "Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas" (Infomed).

Publication Frequency

The scientific journal "2 de Diciembre" publishes a volume divided into four issues every year. Each issue will be available every 3 months. Sometimes special issues or supplements are published separately from those planned. Its issues begin on the first day of the starting month and finish on the last day of the final month of the period. The journal follows a continuous publication model. Likewise, the journal follows an advance publication model, publishing articles that have already been processed but have not yet been incorporated into an issue.

Mission and vision

The mission of the student scientific journal "2 de Diciembre" is to disseminate the scientific findings made by medical science students, whose articles meet the requirements established for serial scientific publications; to achieve a stable and quality operation based on the fulfillment of its editorial policy and the work of the reviewers, the constant improvement of its editorial board members, experts and users and to favor its consultation by the readers as well as the reference of its articles by the researchers; all of which contributes to the development of the medical profession and favors the scientific student's production exchange in the region of the Gulf of Guacanayabo in Granma, Cuba.

Our vision is to achieve prestige in the national and international scenario, to index in databases that confer visibility to the scientific-educational work of the medical science students, and the reference of their articles by authors of other national and international publications.

ORCID and author's contributions

Each article must be presented with the corresponding database, in an Excel (.xlsx or .xls) or SPSS (.sav) modifiable format, this requirement is essential for its publication. In addition, authors must include the authorship contribution elaborated based on the CREdiT Taxonomy of contributor's roles.

Checklist:

All authors must have a registered ORCID.

**All authors must declare their participation according to the CRediT Taxonomy of contributor roles".

Plagiarism policy

Authors are asked to declare through the letter of originality and assignment of rights, that they own the moral rights over it and that it has not been sent for review nor is it published, partially or totally, in any other national or foreign journal. If it has been deposited in any preprint server or in any congress, this must be made clear at the time of submission. The signers will be responsible for ensuring that their contribution complies with these requirements.

The editors of the scientific student journal 2 de Diciembre perform the plagiarism detection process through the URKUND system prior to acceptance or rejection for the editorial process. In addition, the editors will use it before starting the editing and proofreading process of the articles and will check the bibliographic references to detect possible plagiarism.

If the percentage of similarity between texts is higher than 20%, it could be plagiarism, in which case they will contact the authors of the paper to clarify the circumstances or consider rejecting it. If a previous version of an article has been published previously, this should be expressly indicated in the notes. The new version must have substantial novelties and the reasons for its recovery must be stated. The journal will reject plagiarized articles, informing the authors and their institutions, as well as establishing regulations for authors about publishing in the journal.

References

The journal adheres to the Vancouver 2012 guidelines for the elaboration of the bibliographic references of each article received. Authors should use this standard in the preparation of their research.

The references consulted online should contain the URL, dates of publication and access to the article, to facilitate the editors, firstly, and the readers in due course, to be able to access the article referred to.

Medical Journal: Authors. Title of the article. Journal. Year; Volume: Pages. Up to six authors, all authors will be included; if there are more than six, the first six will be included and the Latin particle "et al." will be added. Example:

• Moreno-Martínez S, Aladro-Miranda IF, Ibargollín Hernández RS, Vega-Fleites LF, Nodarse-Valdivia JR, Lara- Pérez NR, et al. Angioplastía de circunfleja en paciente con doble arteria descendente anterior tipo IV. Propuesta para actualizar la clasificación de Spindola-Franco. Arch Cardiol Mex. 2012;82:297-302.

Medical Journal in electronic format:

• Medina-Campaña CE, Hernández-González E. La diabetes mellitus en el contexto de la COVID-19. Revdosdic [Internet]. 2020 [cited (AAAA MM DD)];3(3):[aprox. 8 p.]. Available on: http://revdosdic.sld.cu/index.php/revdosdic/article/view/81

Book chapter: Authors of the chapter. Title of the chapter. In: Editors. Title of the book. Edition. City: Publisher, Year; Pages. Example:

• Valencia-Serrano FM, Moreno-Martínez FL. Guía de presión en lesiones intermedias del tronco coronario izquierdo y lesiones coronarias en tándem. In: Gómez-Menchero AE, Sánchez-González C, eds. Manual de técnicas de diagnóstico intracoronario. Madrid: Ergon; 2014. p. 89-97.

Book: Cite specific pages, if applicable. Example:

• Calvo DM, Cires M, Cruz MA, Delgado I, Freijoso E, Pérez J, et al. Formulario nacional de medicamentos. Ciudad de La Habana: Editorial Ciencias Médicas, 2003; p. 293-6, 302, 325

Additional value

In addition to the entire editorial and publication process, the Journal performs numerous value-added tasks:

* The top publications of each issue are promoted on web 2.0 (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and Instagram).

* Comments are allowed on each published article after prior authentication on the journal's website.

* Impact studies are carried out through statistics offered by Google Scholar and Google Analytics.

Ethical principles

Any ethical violation related to the document or the process will be resolved using the protocols established by the International Committee on Ethics in Scientific Publication (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines).

The scientific journal 2 de Diciembre promotes good practices based on ethical standards of publication among all contributors. Each article submitted for publication must comply with the following requirements:

1. Consent: all authors give their consent for the submission and publication of the article submitted for review, having completed the attached document (see letter of authorization for publication).

2. Authors' contribution: all authors contributed with the article without omission of any author, indicating the contribution of each author.

3. Originality of the work: the article submitted for review is original, has not been previously published and has not been sent simultaneously for evaluation in another journal (see originality form).

4. Consent to reproduce a paper: the article does not include original material copied from other authors without their consent. In case the article contains material from other authors, the consent of these for its printed and electronic reproduction must be clearly indicated.

5. Previous research: all the information included in the article submitted for review, which comes from previous studies, has been referenced. In case the article submitted is an analysis of a previously published proposal, this must always be cited (see instructions for authors).

6. Journal archives: the article submitted for review will be kept in the archives of the scientific journal 2 de Diciembre and will be considered a valid publication as long as it meets each of the above criteria.

7. Reviewing Committee: the members of the Reviewing Committee do not have any labor, academic or personal relationship with the authors.

8. Ethical Principles for Publication: please read the Ethical Principles for Publication in the scientific journal December 2 and complete the Ethical Principles Form (see ethical principles form).

If the article does not adhere to all criteria, authors should notify 2 December Scientific Journal to withdraw the publication.

Ethical principles for publication

Institutional authorization

In studies where institutional authorization is required, investigators should provide information on the approval of their proposed work, with the corresponding authorization from the institution prior to the start of the study. The research should adhere to the protocol authorized by the institution.

2. Informed Consent

The investigators should explicitly state whether or not they have the written consent of the participants involved in the research.

a) For the research

1. The consent should inform the participant of the following: (1) the purpose of the research, the procedures, as well as the expected duration; (2) their right to decline to participate in the research and to be able to withdraw even once the application has begun; (3) the possible consequences of declining to participate or withdrawing from the research; (4) foreseeable factors that may affect their willingness to participate, such as potential risks, discomfort, or adverse effects; (5) the potential benefits and incentives of their participation in the research; (6) the limits of confidentiality; and (7) contact information for the study sponsor(s) who can address questions about the research and about the rights of study participants. Participants should be given the opportunity to ask questions before giving consent.

2. When conducting studies involving the use of experimental treatments, authors must inform participants at the beginning of the research about: (a) the experimental nature of the treatment; (b) the services that will or will not be available to the control group(s), if any; (c) the means by which designations of treatment(s) and control group(s) will be made; (d) alternative treatments available if a participant does not agree to participate in the study or wishes to withdraw once implementation has begun; and (e) compensation for participation.

b) For the recording of voices and images in research

Researchers must obtain informed consent from participants before recording their voices or images for data collection unless: (i) the research consists solely of naturalistic observations in public spaces, and it is not possible to use the recording in a way that could harm or identify individuals; or (ii) the study design involves deception as a methodological strategy and therefore consent for the use of the recordings is obtained during the debriefing session (See section 6: deception in research).

c) Waiver of informed consent for research:

Researchers may waive informed consent only when:

1. It would not be reasonably practicable for the research to cause discomfort or harm, and it involves: the study of current educational practices, curriculum, or methods of classroom supervision applied in educational settings; the use only of anonymous questionnaires, field observations, or archival studies for which the significance of responses would not place participants at risk of civil or criminal liability or other harm; the study of factors relating to organizational work or effectiveness conducted in an organizational setting, where there is no risk that the employability of participants would be affected. O

2. When authorized by law or by institutional or federal regulations.

3. Client/patient, student, and subordinate research participants.

When investigators conduct studies with clients/patients, students, or subordinates as participants, they must take precautions to defend potential participants from the consequences of declining or withdrawing their participation. Likewise, when participation in research is a course requirement or leads to the possibility of additional credit, the participant should be given a choice among equivalent alternatives.

4. Offering Incentives for Study Participation

a) Investigators should make every effort to avoid offering excessive or inappropriate incentives, financial or otherwise, for study participation when such incentives could influence participation.

b) When professional services are offered as an inducement for participation, investigators should make clear the nature of the services, as well as the risks, limitations, and obligations.

5. Research Deception

a) Researchers may only use deception when it is justified by the expected scientific, educational, or practical value, and the use of non-deceptive techniques is not possible.

b) Researchers should not use deceptive instructions if the research could cause physical pain or severe emotional distress.

c) As an integral part of the design, researchers should make participants aware of deceptive techniques as soon as possible, preferably after their participation has ended and never before the completion of data collection. Moreover, participants should be allowed to decline participation in the research if they feel it is necessary.

6. Research Closure (Debriefing)

a) Researchers should offer participants the opportunity to obtain adequate information about the nature, results, and conclusions of the study, taking the necessary measures to avoid misunderstandings.

b) If the scientific or humanitarian value of the research justifies delay or withholding of information, investigators should seek to reduce the risk of harm.

c) When investigators become aware that the procedures used in the research have harmed a participant, they should implement measures to minimize the harm.

7. Ethical principles in scientific articles

a) Human rights, privacy and confidentiality: when necessary, authors should specify that they adhere to recognized standards, in order to minimize possible harm to participants, avoiding the use of coercion or exploitation, and protecting confidentiality according to the Declaration of Helsinki, the United States Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Rights and the European Medicines Agency Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice. Similarly, when appropriate, investigators should openly communicate any information that may influence the willingness of the participant, such as: sponsorship, purpose of the study, expected results, and possible consequences of publication of the research.

b) Cultures and heritages: authors should not include any images of objects that could have cultural significance or that could be interpreted as offensive, such as religious texts or historical events. Likewise, researchers should be careful not to include names or photographs of deceased persons when this is contraindicated in the culture.

c) Clinical trial registration: Clinical trials should be registered in a publicly accessible database before participants are enrolled, as agreed by the World Health Organization and the Declaration of Helsinki. Clinical trial registration numbers should be provided at the end of the abstract. If the clinical trial has not been registered, or was registered retrospectively, an explanation should be provided.

d) Animal research: research involving animals should adhere to the following standards: Replacement -the use of alternative methods to animal involvement-, Reduction -methods that reduce the number of animals to be used-, and Refinement -methods that improve animal welfare. Authors should report the study design, statistical analyses, experimental procedures applied and experimental animals used, steps followed in animal experimentation, characteristics of animal housing, and mating techniques employed. In addition, investigators should report the manner in which discomfort and pain were avoided and minimized, as well as confirm that the animals did not experience any unnecessary suffering during the study. Evidence of ethical and legal approval obtained by the institution endorsing the research should be included in the manuscript. The authors should declare whether the experiments were conducted in accordance with institutional and national ethical rules and regulations.