RFMH

Revista de la Facultad
de Medicina Humana

Instructions
FOR THE
AUTHORS
JOURNAL OF HUMAN MEDICINE - RICARDO PALMA UNIVERSITY
Revista de la Facultad
Instructions for the authors
Updated on March 23 rd , 2022.
These norms go into effect on the 3 rd number of volume 22 in the year 2022.

GENERAL NORMS Sex and gender

Ricardo Palma University, Journal of Human Medicine Ricardo Palma University Journal of Human Medicine has
(http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH) is a quarterly adopted the recommended guidelines developed by the
scienti c journal that publishes original articles in Spanish European Association of Science Editors (EASE) used to
maintain Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER
and English and will consider articles that are related to
Guidelines). The guidelines apply to both original research
public health, surgery, clinical sciences and basic sciences,
articles as well as articles that are up for review.
for publication. Said works must be unedited and
unpublished in the past. They should also not be sent The SAGER guidelines aim to improve sex and gender
simultaneously to other scienti c journals. equity in research, thus contributing to the integrity of a
Ricardo Palma University Journal of Human Medicine research article, and increasing its performance. The
adheres to the recommendations offered by the recommendation is to report information on sex and
International Committee of Medical Journal (ICMJE) gender in the study design, data analysis, results and
(http://www.icmje.org). throughout the interpretation of the ndings.
Once the nal draft has been accepted. The editorial
The recommendations and guidelines can be found on the
committee reserves the right to edit the manuscript with
E q u a t o r ’s w e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w. e q u a t o r -
the purpose of optimizing the quality of writing, style, and network.org/reporting-guidelines/sager-guidelines/
format of the article.
Please consult the recommendation guidelines before
RESOURCES submitting your manuscript as they will be considered
Your manuscript must be sent along with the documents when reviewing your publication. This can be found at:
indicated below. You can download the formats from the (https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/arti
following sites: cles/10.1186/s41073-016-0007-6).

Affidavit Form Open Access

The Journal of Human Medicine from Ricardo Palma
ICMJE’s Con ict of Interest Declaration Form (1 per author)
University is open access: all articles can be accessed
Cover Letter
immediately and will remain permanently accessible to
facilitate its reading and downloading. Permitted
reproduction is de ned under the following Creative
Authors are recommended to use the following guidelines Common Use License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
to improve the presentation of their manuscripts: International (CC BY 4.0). This means that copying, editing,
transforming, and building on top of current work is
Research on humans: WMA Declaration of Helsinki revised allowed for any purpose.
in 2013
This is an open access journal under the CC BY 4.0 license:
Observational studies: STROBE
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Observational studies: STROBE (combined)
Observational (Cohort) studies: STROBE (Cohort)
Types of Studies
Observational (Case-control) studies: STROBE (Case-
Articles published in the Journal of Human Medicine may
control)
refer to any of the following thematic areas: 1) PUBLIC
Observational (analytical cross-sectional) studies: STROBE HEALTH; 2) CLINICAL SCIENCES; 3) SURGICAL SCIENCES; 4)
(analytical cross-sectional) BASIC SCIENCES; 5) MEDICAL EDUCATION; 6) RESEARCH /
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: PRISMA guidelines INNOVATION IN MEDICINE, 7) HEALTH ECONOMICS.
Case reports: CARE guidelines
Clinical trials: CONSORT Articles can belong to one of the following categories:
Research on animals: ARRIVE Editorial; Original Articles; Short Reports; Review Articles;
Diagnostic studies: STARD Special Section; Symposium; Historical tribute article; Case
Report; Photo Gallery and Letters to the Editor. Research
studies may be presented at the author’s initiative, by
You can review additional guidelines according to the type
petition or at the request of the Editorial Committee of the
of manuscript to be submitted, at https://www.equator- magazine. Systematic reviews with or without meta-
network.org/reporting-guidelines/. analysis will be considered in the Original Articles section.

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Sending or Submitting Articles
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ICMJE con ict of interest declaration form (1 per author):

Manuscripts, in Spanish or English, must be submitted Duly completed by each author. You can download the
electronically through the editorial management system, form from the Resource section (located above).
which can be found at the following website:
http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/about/submi Cover Letter: Addressed to the editor-in-chief of the
ssions, donde el autor encontrará toda la información journal article, you must indicate: 1) the section of the
necesaria para realizar el envío (ver video tutorial: journal in which you wish to publish; 2) the explanation, in
https://youtu.be/2DBnO69J3LQ). The use of this resource
2 paragraphs maximum, of what the original contribution
will allow you to track the status of the manuscript. In case
is and the relevance of the article to the journal; 3) in case of
you were to have difficulty submitting articles through this
preliminary results that have been previously published,
platform, you can contact the journal’s support via email.
these must be declared and the new contributions must be
You may nd this information in the "Contact" section. If
you have any questions or queries, you may also write to justi ed (to avoid redundant publications); 4) whether the
[email protected]. The les that must be manuscript has been previously published as a pre-print or
uploaded as part of the submission of your manuscripts to part of a thesis. If the latter, indicate if it is available online
our journal are: and provide its URL address. You can download the format
from the Resource section (located above).
Anonymous peer review: Files in .docx format that contain
the title of the manuscript, summary, abstract, keywords, Other les: If there are images or photographs, they must
body of the manuscript, references, charts, and gures be uploaded as independent les in the highest possible
( gures must be uploaded independently). This document quality format (preferably .tiff or .png formats). In the case
does not share the names of the reviewers, nor their where diagrams are made, for example, in MS Word or PS
institutional affiliation, nor the information of the Powerpoint, they must be attached independently in a
corresponding author.
format that allows editing and possible improvement of its
quality. If you have any questions regarding this, you can
First informative page: File in .docx format that contains
contact the magazine’s support via email found in the
the names of the authors in the order in which they will
"Contact" section.
appear in case the article is published, institutional
affiliation for each one, academic degree (optional),
nancing, contributions of authorship, declaration of Review Process
con ict of interests, ORCID for each author and Original articles, and short reports, review articles, case
information of each corresponding author (including reports and special articles will be evaluated by two or
name, email, telephone number and postal address-which more external reviewers. Letters to the editor, in addition
can be private or institutional) to the editorial team, may be evaluated by at least one
external reviewer. Only those articles with favorable
Affidavit of authorship: Duly lled out and signed by the
evaluations and that have resolved the observations
corresponding author, it must indicate that the author
mentioned, will be published. Also, in most cases, the
knows and accepts the instructions given, that the
journal has the support of expert peers in biostatistics and
manuscript is an original work and has not been previously
published, that all authors meet the authorship criteria epidemiology who will focus on the methodological
suggested, according to the CRediT taxonomy, that they aspects of the studies. More details of the review process
possess permission from the institution where it was can be found in the Review Process section.
carried out, that it complies with the ethical considerations
for research and that the publication’s rights are The average response time between receipt of the article
transferred to the Ricardo Palma University Journal of and the decision of the editorial committee varies
Human Medicine. All the authors’ rights are reserved. You between one to four months, depending on the swiftness
can download the format from the Resource section of our reviewers, the response of the authors, and the
(located above). number of articles received and their review process.

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The corresponding author of the article has the right to
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Editorial
consult us at any time about the status of the review of With few exceptions, the editorials’ themes will be chosen
by the Editorial Committee on a current topic or issue that
their article. The review processing time must be taken into
refers to an article that may or may not be published in the
consideration. This information will be shared with the same journal. It should have a maximum of 1500 words, a
author upon receipt of their article. The authors must have minimum of 3 references and a maximum of 15 references.
It is preferred that only one or two authors be included.
a response to the observations given by the reviewer and
editors as soon as possible. If they require more time, they Original Article
must communicate it beforehand. If there is no response Only a byproduct of research and must be written with a
maximum of 3,500 words (not considering the abstract,
within ve weeks of sending the communication with the
references, tables, and charts). As a unit, the total number
observations, the article will be rejected. If you have any of words, including the summary, references, tables, and
questions, you can contact us by email at: charts, must not exceed 5,000 words. It should be
structured according to the following scheme:
[email protected]
Abstract: In Spanish and English, with a maximum of 250
words in each language. It must be structured and concise,
and it must include the following sections: introduction,
Speci c norms for each section objectives, methods, results, and conclusion.
The maximum number of words (without counting
Keywords: Between three and ve. The "descriptors in
abstracts, references, tables, and charts), for each chart,
health sciences" (DeCS) of BIREME
bibliographic reference and/or charts can be seen below: (http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm ) should be used for
keywords in Spanish and Medical Subject Headings
Table 1. Maximum length of words, tables and charts and (MeSH) of NLM ( http: //nlm.nih.gov/mesh/ ) for English
number of references according to each section. keywords. The abstract must be a correct English
Maximum Maximum Maximum translation of the summary in Spanish.
Section words in the words in the number of tables References
Abstract Content and charts

Editorial a -- 1500 2 3-15

Introduction: Brief statement (less than 25% of the length
of the article) of the current state of the problem,
Original Articles 250 3500 6 20-40 b
background, and justi cation. It must end with the
Short Reports 150 2500 4 10-20 objective of the study.

Review Article 250 4000 10 30-70

Methods: Describe the methodology used in such a way
Special Section 150 3000 8 20-50 that it allows the reproduction of the study and
subsequent evaluation of the quality of the information by
Symposium 250 4000 4 20-30
readers and reviewers. It is necessary to describe the type
Historial tribute article -- 1800 -- -- and design of the study, the characteristics of the
Case Report
population and the form of selection of the sample when
150 2000 5 10-15
necessary. In the methods section, it is recommended to
Photo Gallery 100 800 4 5-10 include the subtitles: Design and Studied Area, Population
Letters to the
-- 1000c 2 5-10
and Sample, Variables and Instruments, Procedures,
editor
Statistical Analysis and Ethical Aspects. Other subtitles
a
Section requested by the editor of the magazine. may be included if the article requires it.
b
In the case of systematic reviews, a greater number of
bibliographical references may be accepted. Sometimes it is convenient to describe the eld of study. If
c 2000 words will be permitted in scienti c letters (in other words, medicinal plants are used, the collection and identi cation
those documents that contain personal and original facts).
procedures should be described and the measurements

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and de nitions of the variables of interest must be

indicated. Describe the procedures performed in detail. If
and/or charts in its entirety and between 10 to 20
references.
párr
tabl
these have been described previously, make the
corresponding reference. The statistical procedures used Review Articles Art
must be mentioned. The ethical aspects involved in its May be done at the request of the Editorial Committee or Pue
performance must be submitted. These may include an through the author’s initiative, who must be experts in los a
Institutional Ethics Committee approval form, the use of their area. It must include complete exploration, inc
informed consent, among others. objectivity, and systematization of current information on sist
a topic of interest within the scope of the journal. The dete
Results: The presentation of the ndings must be clear
structure of the article is at the discretion of the author, but revi
and objective, without opinions or interpretations, except
it must be written in less than 4,000 words (without deb
in those of statistical scope. They can be supplemented
counting abstract, references, tables, and charts). The resu
with up to eight tables or charts. The information in the
tables and/or charts should not exceed ten altogether. It que
tables and charts should not repeat the information
must include an abstract in Spanish and English, resu
presented in the text.
unstructured, with a limit of 250 words, and three to ve lími
keywords. There may be between 30 and 70 references. Pod
Discussion: In this section, the results are interpreted,
highlighting the most important ndings of the
investigation, comparing them with the ndings of other Special Section Sec
authors, sharing the suggestions, hypotheses or Articles that do not t into other sections of the magazine Se
conclusions reached by the author. The limitations and will be included here. These may include essays, opinions, secc
biases of the study should be included in the nal part. systematizations, points of view and experiences that are opi
of interest to the health of our country. The structure of the exp
Conclusion: The conclusion must be presented in an article is at the discretion of the author, but it must not país
orderly manner, in accordance with the objective of the exceed 3,000 words (without counting the abstract, cual
study. references, tables, and charts). The tables and/or charts sin c
should not exceed eight altogether. It must include an y/o
Acknowledgements: When applicable, research support abstract in Spanish and English, unstructured, with a limit un r
should be acknowledged in detail, indicating the type of of 150 words, with three to ve keywords. 20 to 50 lími
support that was given and who gave it. references may be used. Pod

Con icts of interest: Any con ict of interest should be

Symposium Sim
mentioned here.
They are written at the request of the Editorial Committee Son
for a particular topic that will be developed in a speci c en
References: It is suggested to use a minimum of 20
issue of the journal. These may include opinions or essays espe
references. A maximum of 40 references will be accepted.
on a chosen topic. The structure of the article is at the sob
References should have been previously cited in text.
discretion of the author. The symposium must be written in crite
less than 4,000 words (without counting abstract, pala
Short Reports
references, tables, and charts). It must contain an abstract Deb
These articles are the result of research. These can also
include outbreak reports or preliminary research advances in Spanish and English, unstructured, with a limit of 150 estr
that, due to their importance, require rapid publication. words, with three to ve keywords. It may contain between cinc
These have a maximum cap of 2,500 words (not counting 20 and 30 references and a maximum of four tables and/or refe
abstract, references, tables, and charts). The abstract in charts together. con
Spanish and English may or may not be structured and has
a limit of 150 words with three to ve keywords. It should Historical Tribute Article Art
contain an "Introduction" section, a section called In this section, tributes to people who have contributed to En e
"Methods" - referring to materials and methods-, then the theme of health in Peru, or the world are published. que
"Results" - focused on the results and, nally, the This includes biographical notes highlighting the main aba
"Discussion", which includes the discussion and a nal actions in the realm of academics, professional and acci
paragraph of conclusion. It may include up to four tables scienti c life of the person in mention. It should also pers

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Instructions for the authors

photograph. It does not require an abstract and may or

Article Preparation
Informational First Page
may not have references. Its length can be up to 1,800 The rst page of the text should include:
words. Title of the work in Spanish and English.

Case Report Authors: First and last names of all authors should be
The cases presented must be of diseases or situations of provided. The authors’ names should go in the order in
interest in health. These must be written in up to 2,000 which they wish to appear in the article. It must be
words (not counting abstracts, references, tables, and considered that the format that the authors choose for
charts). The abstract in Spanish and English may be their signature will be, in case of publication of the article,
unstructured and should have a limit of 150 words with the same one that will be indexed in the different
three to ve keywords. It contains an introduction, a bibliographic databases in which the journal is included.
section called "Case Report" and a discussion that The maximum number of authors will depend on the
highlights the contribution or teaching of the article. Up to section of the magazine. The names of the authors must
four tables and/or charts can be included altogether and each have one or two institutional affiliations (with
between 10 to 15 references. numbers in superscript) and, separately, their profession
and academic degree (with letters in superscript), not
Photo Gallery including job description. First names should be provided
Photos of interest on a particular health topic can be sent, rst and then last names.
accompanied by a brief comment on topic and an
explanation of the origin of the presented image (no more Institutional affiliation of each author. Each author
than 800 words). In addition, the photos must be should include a maximum of two affiliations relevant to
accompanied by an explanatory caption. The Editorial the proposed article. The city and country must also be
Committee reserves the right to limit the number of included. They should be placed in superscript fashion
illustrations. If a photograph of an individual or patient is after the name of the respective author. In case there is
included, measures must be taken to prevent the person more than one author with the same institutional
from being identi ed. Only photographs in which a person affiliation, it must be indicated with the same number in
is recognized will be accepted if the signed permission of superscript (see model).
the person is included (they must have informed consent
and/or assent). Up to four tables and/or charts may be Profession and academic degree: Each author should
included altogether and between 5 to 10 references. indicate their profession and the highest academic degree
completed. Do not include work occupations.
Letters to the editor
Corresponding authors: The postal address (either
This section is open to all readers of Ricardo Palma
private or institutional), telephone and email of the
University Journal of Human Medicine, to whom
corresponding author must be indicated.
questions, comments and contributions to the articles that
have been published in the latest issues may be sent. It
Keywords in Spanish and English (minimum and
should be considered that there is a possibility that the
maximum as indicated in the speci c regulations section).
authors may respond. Communication on preliminary
investigations or interventions in research articles that
Financing: When applicable, it should be indicated in the
have not been published or submitted for publication in
same fashion as the affidavit.
another journal may be accepted; as well as some
comments on problems of public health, ethics, medical
Authorship contributions: It should be indicated in the
education, or others that are within the scope of the
same fashion as in the affidavit of authorship according to
journal. The maximum acceptable length is 1,000 words
the CRediT taxonomy.
(not counting references, tables or charts) or 2,000 if it is a
letter to the editor that presents unpublished results
(scienti c letter), with 5 to 10 references (including the Declaration of con ict of interest: It should be indicated
reference of the article that motivated this letter) and two in the same way as in the affidavit and in accordance with
tables and/or charts. the speci c formats sent.

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Other relevant information regarding the submitted work.

When applicable, for example, include if the article has
The p-values should be named as “p-value” and should
include three decimal places. Do not represent p values as
been previously presented at a conference, congress or if it “0.000", in case the p value is very small, it should be
has received an award. In case the study has been represented as "<0.001"
presented as an abstract to a congress or is part of a thesis,
it must be speci ed with the corresponding citation. The The values of OR, PR, RR, HR or other measures of
journal accepts articles that have been published as association must have two decimal places (ex: OR: 2.45;
preprints without peer review (MedRxiv, Scielo Preprints, 95% CI: 1.15-2.98).
or others); however, this must be explicitly shared by the
authors at the time of the manuscript submission. In case
Percentages and means must have a decimal and there
of publishing, this information may be included as a note at
must not be a space separating the number from the
the end of the manuscript.
percentage sign (ex: 51.2%; 21.1 years).

Body of the manuscript (anonymous manuscript)

Tables and Charts
Written as double-spaced in Arial 12 font, in A4 format with
The tables should only have horizontal lines to separate
3 cm margins. It must include the title of the article, but it
the header from the body of the table. Vertical lines should
must not contain data on the authors. Each section should
begin on a new page, numbered consecutively; the text not be included under any circumstance. Tables should
should preferably be written in MS Word program. appear at the end of the text, after the bibliography, and
should be as simple as possible and not duplicate
Use acronyms appropriately, which implies: information presented in the text. They should be self-
The rst time an acronym is referenced, it must be de ned, explanatory, with a brief title that describes their content.
for example: Its structure should be as simple as possible and present
According to the World Health Organization (WHO).... information in a logical sequence, which usually means
From the second time onwards, only the acronym should ordering it from left to right and top to bottom. The rows
be written and columns must be preceded by a short or abbreviated
As recommended by the WHO.... heading, which identi es exactly the material it contains.
Consistency must be maintained in the punctuation or
Review the writing, it must have clarity, conciseness, abbreviations of the words, or in the units of measurement
coherence, cohesion, and appropriate use of punctuation or decimals of the numerical data. It is advised to present
marks. only the signi cant digits and to do so only with a decimal.

Use commas to separate decimals when writing in If abbreviations or symbols are used and they are not self-
Spanish. If written in English, use periods. explanatory, they must be made understandable using
footnotes. If there is data included that does not come
Measurement units: The measurements of the from the study, it should be clearly indicated with a
magnitudes used must be those of the International footnote identifying the source. Tables should not be in
System of Units (SI); for example: g/dL, mg/L, mg/Kg, etc. image format, but as editable tables.
Blood pressure, by exception, will be expressed in
millimeters of mercury (mmHg). When more than one table is presented, it is advised to use
a similar format to make it easier for the reader to
To express numbers of ten or less, it is suggested to use understand. It should be con rmed that all the tables are
letters (one, ve, nine). If they are 11 or greater, it is referenced to in the text, and that the data presented
suggested to use digits (34 or 534 or 100,000) agrees with that which it is cited for. The way to mention a
table within the text of the manuscript can be done at the
Use spaces to separate numbers with more than three end of its description by naming the table in parentheses,
digits. For example, the number thousand should be for example, “(Table 1)”. It may also be mentioned at the
represented as 1 000 and not as 1,000 o 1’000. The same beginning of the paragraph or sentence, for example, “In
goes if they have more digits, for example: 1 345 899 Table 1 we can observe…”.

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The gures will be presented separately from the text in The way to mention a chart within the text of the
the article, each one in a separate le. The numbering of manuscript can be done at the end of its description by
tables and gures must be done separately and in Arabic naming the chart in parentheses, for example, “(Chart 1)”. It
numerals. Photographs, data graphs and diagrams will be may also be mentioned at the beginning of the paragraph
considered charts. or sentence, for example, “In Chart 1 you can see…”. If
abbreviations or symbols are used and they are not self-
The photographs will be carefully selected, omitting those
explanatory, they must be explicitly clari ed through
that do not contribute to a better understanding of the
footnotes on the gure. If there is data being shared that
text. It is important that the copy sent has the best possible
does not originate from the study, the source of the gure
quality (at least 300 dpi), to ensure the standard of the
should be clearly indicated with a footnote.
reproduction. If photographs or patient data are
reproduced, these should not be identifying to the patient.
In all cases, the authors must have obtained the patient's Acknowledgment
written informed consent and/or assent authorizing its Only the persons or entities that have contributed to
publication, reproduction, and dissemination on paper making the work possible will be mentioned here. A) the
and on the Internet in Ricardo Palma University Journal of contributions that should be acknowledged, but do not
Human Medicine Likewise. justify inclusion as an author, and B) acknowledgment for
technical support. B should be recognized in a different
The authors are responsible for obtaining the appropriate paragraph. All the people speci cally mentioned in
permissions to reproduce the material (text, tables, or “Acknowledgments” must know and approve their
charts) previously published in Ricardo Palma University inclusion in said section.
Journal of Human Medicine. These permissions must be
requested from both the author and the editorial agency
References
that has published said material. Each one will go in a
separate le, preferably in .tiff or .png formats; or whatever The reference style to be used is based on the second
allows the highest possible quality. edition of “Citing Medicine. The NLM Guide for Authors,
E d i t o r s a n d P u b l i s h e r s ”, a v a i l a b l e a t :
Data graphics should only be used when the information https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/ .
cannot be clearly presented in any other way. Data already Elaborated by the International Committee of Medical
presented in tables or text should not be repeated in Journal Editors ( ICMJE ) and with the bibliographic
graphs. In the elaboration of the graphs, special care must reference format prepared by the United States National
be taken not to distort what is intended to be shown, since Library of Medicine ( NLM ).
the visual presentation can lead the reader to an erroneous
interpretation. Measurement scales must be clear and The authors are responsible for the references to be
consistent. They should preferable be attached in a format
detailed according to the texts consulted and developed
that allows others to edit as much as possible, such as the
in their research, only references to the authors cited in the
le in the same statistical program that generated it (.xlsx
presented article should be recorded.
for Excel or .gph for Stata, for example).

Likewise, the organizational charts should be presented, References must be recent (it is recommended that at least
preferably, in the program in which they were prepared; for 70% of references correspond to the last ve years, which
example, MS Word or MS PowerPoint. They must be will be evaluated by the editorial committee depending on
attached independently in a format that allows editing and the topic) and relevant and carefully written according to
ability to improve its quality. Vancouver style citation. They are numbered the same as in
the text using Arabic numerals and maintaining the
The title of the gure must be indicated at the bottom of sequence used. They must be numbered as they appear
the gure (Vancouver style). It must be brief and describe
consecutively in the text and added to the “References” list
its content. It should be veri ed that all the gures are
at the end of the document. These directions should follow
mentioned in the text, and that the data presented agrees
the Vancouver style.
with that which is cited.

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Journal titles must be written according to the official

abbreviated form; you can consult the NLM catalog if the
Example:
Husain-Syed F, McCullough PA, Birk HW, Renker M, Brocca
journal is: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/jour A, Seeger W, et al. Cardio-Pulmonary-Renal Interactions: A
nals/. Multidisciplinar y Approach. J Am Coll Cardiol .
2015;65(22):2433–48 doi: http://10.1016/j.jacc.2015.04.02
In each reference, the authors must rst include their last 4
name (or last names), separated by a space and it should be
followed by the initials of their rst names, without putting If the article does not have a DOI, indicate instead the
periods. An author will be separated from another using a article’s link (URL) preceded by the words “Available at:”. If
comma, only at the end of the last author should a period this is the case, use the online journal article format shown
be placed. If there are more than 6 authors, only the rst six below: If it has a supplement, it must be speci ed in an
should be registered, ending with et al. The order of abbreviated manner in the place where the journal
authors must be kept as recorded in the document used. number should be located. For example: 77(Suppl 1):7-14.
For example :
Online magazine article:
Husain-Syed F, McCullough PA, Birk HW, Renker M, Brocca Author/s. Title of the Article. International abbreviation for
A, Seeger W, et al. Cardio-Pulmonary-Renal Interactions: A [Online] magazine. Year of publication [cited on …];
Multidisciplinar y Approach. J Am Coll Cardiol. volume (number): initial- nal page of the article.
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