PAPER TITLE

PAPER TITLE (Spanish)

Author’s name 1
Author’s institutional affiliation
City, Country,
Author’s institutional e-mail
ORCID

Author’s name 2
Author’s institutional affiliation
City, Country,
Author’s institutional e-mail
ORCID

ABSTRACT

This document provides a guide for preparing their contributions for the Ciencia e
Ingeniería Neogranadina Journal. The Title has to be written in capital letter, 20
point bold Arial font and centered at the top of the first page, having a maximum
length of 15 words and clearly indicating the paper main topic, avoiding data,
formulas, abbreviations and symbols. A maximum of six authors is permitted
appearing in consecutive order accordingly to the relevance of their contribution to
the paper, and have to be written in 10 point Arial font. The abstract should contain
a maximum of 250 words and have to be written in both English and Spanish. The
abstract should present the addressed problem, the methodology, the main results
and relevant conclusions. The abstract should not include data, formulas,
abbreviations, symbols, citations or references to figures and tables that appear in
the text.

Keywords: component; formatting; style; key words for bibliographic search (a

minimum of 3 words is required and a maximum 10 words is permitted. The key
words facilitate the bibliographical search in the information databases).

RESUMEN

Es necesario escribir el resumen en inglés y español, al igual que las palabras

clave. Se recomienda a los autores tener especial cuidado con la redacción en
inglés, de manera que el artículo sea claro y presente una estructura gramatical
adecuada. Errores gramaticales pueden ser causa del rechazo de su artículo.

Palabras clave: componentes; formato; estilo; palabras para revisión bibliográfica

(mínimo tres, máximo diez palabras útiles para la indización del artículo).
 INTRODUCTION

This title should not be numbered, it is written in bold and centered using capital
letters. The introduction includes the following aspects: description and a brief
justification of the addressed problem, background and related literature, relevance
and contribution of the developed work, fundamental concepts, and the document
organization.

1. PRESENTATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT

Articles should include: preliminary section, body of the manuscript and final
section.

1.1 PRELIMINARY SECTION

The preliminary section includes title, author’s information, written abstract in

English and Spanish, and the key words in English and Spanish.

1.2 BODY OF THE MANUSCRIPT

The body of the manuscript is composed of the following subsections: introduction,

materials and methods, results and discussions, and conclusions.
Materials and methods subsection describes the materials, the techniques or the
applied methodologies, with samples, variables, measurement instruments and
protocols used during the research. The content of this subsection depends on the
nature of the research (Scientific and technological research paper, Reflective
paper and Review paper).
The results should be clearly presented and supported by data, figures, photos,
diagrams and other necessary elements with their corresponding explanations
accordingly to the presented problem. The analysis should present the strengths of
the results and the contributions in the field of study.
Conclusions should summarize the main results and highlight the importance of the
research results.

1.3 FINAL SECTION

The final section includes the acknowledgments (optional) and references.

2. FORMATTING THE DOCUMENT

The document must be written using this template, and it should not exceed 20
letter sized pages (21.5 cm x 25 cm). Please use Arial font at 12 points and single
spaced paragraphs. Tables, graphics, pictures and images can be presented in
color or gray scale.
Please avoid submitting contributions that are under publication or peer reviewed
process on other journals or conferences.

2.1 TITLES, SUBTITLES AND SECTION

All main titles (Sections) should be numbered with exception of the Introduction,
Acknowledgements and References. These titles must be centered and written in
bold Arial font and using capital letters (i.e., 1. MATERIALS AND METHODS).

All Subtitles (Subsections) are numbered and aligned to the left using bold capital
letters (i.e., 1.1 METHODOLOGY).

The subtitle sections are numbered and aligned to the left using bold letters (i.e.,
1.1.1 Component proportions). Avoid further heading levels and if necessary
please use bulleted lists.

It is recommended to use transition paragraphs between subtitles and subtitle

section.

2.2 EQUATIONS, TABLES AND FIGURES

2.2.1 Equations
Equations should be written with any equation editor and presented through
consecutive numbers written within parentheses, as in (1). Equations, symbols and
mathematical expressions written in paragraphs have to be presented in italic. The
equation symbols and variables must be described before or immediately after the
equation is presented. To cross reference the equation within the paper use “(1)” or
“Equation (1)” when beginning a sentence.

ax 2  bx  c  0. (1)

2.2.2 Tables y figures

Tables and figures must be centered and they have to be presented after their
corresponding citation in the text. Figures and tables caption must be organized
consecutively according to their placement within the document.
Figure captions are positioned under the image using Arial font at 10 points as
presented in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Acquisition and signal processing Module.

Source: Lina Peñuela, 2014 [1].
Figures must be submitted in one of the following formats: PostScript (PS),
Encapsulated PostScript (.EPS), Tagged Image File Format (.TIFF), Portable
Document Format (.PDF), or Portable Network Graphics (.PNG), with a minimum
resolution of 300dpi. Please remember the importance of clear and readable
images for your contribution; the author is responsible for submitting high quality
figures.
When required, variable magnitudes can be expressed within parentheses (i.e.,
Volume (ml)) using the SI units.
Table captions must appear above the table and centered using Arial font at 10
points. Remember to give credit to the authors by placing the source below de
table as presented in Table 1.

Table 1. Frequency vs Amplitude

Frequency Range Amplitude (V)
(MHz)
xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx
xxxx xxxx
Source: The authors.

3. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

Authors are invited to send their contribution by using the Open Journal System
http://revistas.unimilitar.edu.co/index.php/rcin: The main document must
correspond to a copy of the manuscript without including the data of the authors
and the acknowledgments to ensure an anonymous evaluation. As complementary
files, you must send a copy of the manuscript that includes the data of the authors
and the acknowledgments, and the Copyright form. In the Copyright from all
authors must sign ensuring the novelty of the paper, non-infringement of any other
copyright from the authors or third parties, or has not been published elsewhere or
submitted for publishing to any other printing or electronic media.
The reviewing process is composed of the following procedures: The Editorial
Committee assesses the quality and relevance of the contribution; if approved
peers are selected for double blinded reviewing process. From the process, the
author may be notified with one of the following results:

Accepted, with minor changes

Accepted, with relevant changes and second review
Rejected

Once the peer evaluation is received, the Editor sends the decision and the peer
observation to authors. In case of acceptation, the authors correct and return the
article to the Editor, including a letter listing the corrections and responses to peer
comments about the article. Whether it is required, the Editor sends back the
authors' modifications to the peers for approval. When the article has the final
approval, it is sent to style review. If the article is rejected, the Editor sends the
peers' observations and evaluation to the authors.

4. CONCLUSIONS

This title is written in Arabic numbers, bold and centered using capital letters. The
conclusions should be based on the presented objectives and obtained results
within the context of the problem.

AKNOWLEDGMENTS

This title should be centered and bold, using capital letters without numeration. In
this section authors may acknowledge any recognitions to people, institutions,
projects, funds, research scholarships, etc. that supported the development of the
research.
REFERENCES

The title should be centered and written with bold capital letters without numbers.
References should appear through the text consecutively within brackets (i.e., [1]),
and if required several references may be cited using the form [1-5]. The
references must follow the IEEE format and they should include the DOI of each
document, if available. For references, note:

Book:
[1] A.A. Surname, Title of book. City of publication, Country of publication:
Publisher, year, pp. xxx-xxx.

Journal article:
[2] A.A. Surname, B.B. Surname & C.C. Surname, “Title of Article,” Title of
Journal, vol. xxx, no. xxx, pp. xxx-xxx, month, year. https://doi.org/xxx

Article presented in conference:

[3] A.A. Surname & B.B. Surname, “Title of Article,” in Conference title, City,
Country, month, year, pp. xxx-xxx. doi: xxx

Internet pages:
[4] A.A. Surname, B.B. Surname & C.C. Surname. Title of the document or the
website. [Online]. Available: URL, accessed Month, day, year.

Thesis:
[5] A.A. Surname, “Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis,” Ph.D.
dissertation, Department or Area, Name of Institution, Location, Country,
year.