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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Must be send in a separate word document and should include:
    - Title (in Spanish and English)
    - Abstract of maximum 250 words (in Spanish and English)
    - Keywords (3-5) in Spanish and English
    - Structured text body with introduction and/or background, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusion
    - Acknowledgments (when necessary)
    - References according to Vancouver Standards
    - Tables and numbered figures with corresponding legends
  • Articles must be send in Word format using plain font (Arial or Times New Roman, 10-11-point, double space).
  • The complete submission must include the following documents in separate files:
    - Title page.
    - Blinded manuscript.
    - Figures.
    - Completed copyright transfer format.
    - Conflict of interest declaration format.
  • Must be send in a separate word document and should include:
    - Full title of the article, concise but informative (in Spanish and English).
    - Full author list according to the order in which you want them to appear in the publication:
    - Complete name of each author with academic titles and current affiliation(s) (Institution, department).
    - Authors´ contributions (optional).
    - Name of the department and the institution to which the work is attributed.
    - Corresponding author: name, physical address, email and telephone number.
    - Declarations. The following statements should be included under this heading:
    - Funding: specify information of whether and by whom the research was supported.
    - Ethics approval or waivers accordingly. When the experiments include human subjects, it should be noted that the procedures followed the ethical principles of the Committee on Human Experimentation (institutional or regional) and adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975. Do not use patient names, initials or history numbers , especially in illustrative material.
    - Availability of data and material in case of needed.

Author Guidelines

Articles must be send in Word format using plain font (Arial or Times New Roman, 10-11-point, double space).

Tables should be included in the main document and figures must be submitted in separate files

Do not include the name of the institution or the authors in the title or body of the article. This information should ONLY be included in the title page and can then be consulted in the footer at the beginning of the article.

Images must have a minimum 300 dpi resolution, and should be uploaded in jpg or tiff format. Any image of a patient showing face or any part of the body requires informed consent.

Any type of plagiarism will be grounds for rejection of the work. Plagiarism includes paragraphs, sentences, complete ideas, figures or tables where their original source is omitted or is not adequately cited.

Permission to reproduce previously published material or to use identifiable illustrations must be included.

All authors of the article must sign the transfer of rights form published in https://rcr.acronline.org/index.php/rcr

After signing, it can be emailed (scanned).

Keep a copy of everything sent, because the material will not be returned.

Structured text body   

Abstract

The abstract must be presented in Spanish and English and must be structured (purpose, methods, results and conclusion). Its maximum length, both in Spanish and English, is 250 words.

Keywords

Three to five key words (in Spanish and English) should be included that help to classify the article in the databases.
For keywords in Spanish, the Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) must be used  available at the address http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm.
For keywords in English, the terms included in Medical Subject Hedings (MeSH) available at the address http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/ should be used.

Introduction and theoretical framework or background

This section briefly presents the purpose of the study and gives a clear and concise background of the subject, without including data or conclusions from the work being presented.

Methods

This section describes the study design and the experimental or observation subjects (patients, animals, controls) as well as the steps for developing the study. Bibliographic search strategy and the databases consulted should be included. Please describe the sample size selection method, the implemented devices (name of the manufacturer and address in parentheses) and the procedures for data collection, processing and analysis in sufficient detail to allow others to reproduce the results. Reports of randomized clinical trials should be submitted with all major elements, including the protocol (study population, interventions, and statistical analyzes).

Statistic analysis

This section describes the statistical data in sufficient detail to allow the reader to verify the results provided. If possible, quantify the findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error (eg, confidence intervals). Avoid relying solely on the measurement of statistical assumptions, such as the use of p-values, which do not take into account other important quantitative factors.

Discuss the eligibility of the experimental subjects, giving details about the randomization. Report the sample size, the number of observations, and the number of missing cases. The references for the study design and statistical methods should preferably be from standardized works. Specify any Softwares used.

Results

This section presents the results in an ordered sequence with corresponding tables and images. The data in the tables and images should not be repeated in the text (but a clear reference should be made so that the reader is directed to the corresponding table or image). Highlight and summarize only important observations. If data is summarized in this section, specify the statistical procedures used to analyze it. Use graphs as an alternative to tables, but avoid duplicating data in tables and graphs. Define relevant statistical terms, abbreviations, and symbols.

Discussion and Conclusions

The discussion emphasizes the new and important aspects of the study, comparing them with the evidence found so far. Do not repeat the data or materials that were mentioned in the introduction or in the results. Include the implications of the findings and their limitations, and among these, those for future research, comparing them with other relevant studies. Include limitations of the study and further developments.

The conclusions must be sufficiently supported by the data and linked to the purposes of the study. In particular, claims of economic benefits and costs should be avoided, unless the manuscript includes economic data and their analyzes. State new hypotheses originating from work, but clearly label them as such. Recommendations can be included where appropriate.

Acknowledgments

As an annex to the article specify:
• Contributions that need recognition, but do not justify authorship, such as general support from the department head.
• Acknowledgments for technical assistance.
• Acknowledgments for financing or support material.
• Those who have contributed intellectually to the article, but whose contribution does not justify being included as authors, for example, the scientific advisor, the reviewer, the data collector or the participant in clinical trials. Such persons must give their permission to be named.

Bibliographic references

The article must present the bibliographic references of all consulted sources, strictly following the format of the Vancouver Standards. These standards —with their respective examples for each case— are available in Spanish at the address http://www.fisterra.com/recursos_web/mbe/vancouver.asp#examples and in English at the address http://www. nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html. In the case of article references, it is also possible to transcribe exactly the way they are cited in PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/citmatch.html).

Examples

Article from one to three authors

  • Karmazyn B. Scrotal ultrasound. Ultrasound Clin. 2010;5:61-74.
  • Akhlaghpoor S, Arjmand A, Shojaei M. Low dose of rectal thiopental sodium for pediatric sedation in spiral computed tomography study. Pediatrics Int. 2007;49:387-91.

Article with more than three authors

  • Petrovic VD, Nemeth AJ, McComb N, et al. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and venous thrombosis. Radiol Clin N Am. 2011;49:63-80.

Book

  • Kaplan J. Kaplan’s cardiac anesthesia, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2006.

Chapter of the book

  • Morillo AJ. Neuroimágenes en psiquiatría: tomografía computarizada, resonancia magnética. En: Gómez C, Hernández G, Rojas A, et al. Psiquiatría clínica: diagnóstico y tratamiento en niños, adolescentes y adultos, 3ra. ed. Bogotá: Médica Panamericana; 2008. pp. 139-44.

References must be numbered in the same order in which they appear for the first time in the article. Within the text, the corresponding number will be mentioned in parentheses. Avoid using summaries or abstracts and personal communications as sources. References to accepted but not yet published articles should be labeled "in press".

Tables

Tables must be written using the Word "Tables" tool, with their respective title and numbered according to their appearance in the text. Use only those strictly necessary. Explanatory notes on the topic and unusual abbreviations should be included in the footer of the table. If data from other sources, published or not, are used, permission must be obtained and acknowledgment given. Failure to do so will be considered plagiarism and the article will be rejected.

Figures (Images and graphics)

Images (including photographs) and graphics must have high quality and must not be copied without permission from other publications. Otherwise, it will be considered plagiarism and the article will be rejected.
They must be send in separate files for each image in jpg or tiff format.
Minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Photographs inserted in Word or Power Point do not work.
Each image and graphic must be numbered consecutively and in this way must be mentioned within the text (to facilitate the location).
The images and graphics files must be perfectly identified and numbered as mentioned in the text. The arrows should contrast with the background.
Every image should have a legend or caption explaining its finding, symbols, shapes, letters, and scales used in images and graphs. All figure captions should be included at the end of the blinded manuscript.

Any image of a patient that shows their face or any part of the body requires informed consent.

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Research articles

Designed to answer a specific question. They are supported by statistical work. They are the result of a properly designed protocol, followed by data collection, analysis and discussion according to a complete literature review. Meta-analysis articles for critical review of the existing literature are also enlisted.

Structured presentation includes: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusions.

Maximum length of the text (without counting references or figure captions): 3300 words. This article can have a maximum of 24 images.

Review articles

Reviews are valuable documents because they are the result of a careful and critical evaluation and analysis of the existing literature on the subject of interest. They give the reader an update with the most relevant information and suggest what guidelines should be taken for further research. It is convenient that these articles present at least 50 bibliographic references.
Structured presentation includes: introduction, methods (definitions, search methods, databases and article selection, studies consulted, etc), etiology and pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis workup (laboratory and imaging tools), imaging findings, conclusions. Another possible way of presentation is to show the problem of the general data in a particular way or to describe the most common manifestations initially and then the rarer ones.
Maximum length of the text (without counting references or figure captions): 2100 words.
This article can have a maximum of 18 images.

Case series analysis

It is a retrospective study of cases usually collected in an institution, which can be described as short case reports followed by the generalizations that may emerge from them and perhaps similar cases described in the medical literature.
Sometimes the objective is to solve a specific question regarding a topic. If the review is of sufficient scientific character (hypotheses, case controls, statistical analyzes), the research format described above should be used.
Maximum length of the text (without counting references or figure captions): 2100 words.
This article can have a maximum of 18 images.

Case reports

Cases are considered for publication if they represent unusual, medically important findings, and educational experiences. Types: single case, case of unexpected association (rare case in which unexpected events occur) and presentation of minor cases.
Structured presentation includes:  introduction, case presentation, discussion and conclusion. The introduction should be a short paragraph with a reference to the case. Only one case should be described in detail, emphasizing the radiological information and its usefulness. The discussion should focus on the specific message of this case and the importance of radiology in it. If the author has found other cases, these can be mentioned and illustrated, but not described in detail.
No more than eight references should be included.
Maximum length of the text (not counting references or figure captions): 1200 words. 
This article can have a maximum of 12 images.

Technical notes

They are brief descriptions of new techniques or significant modifications of old ones, directly applicable to radiological practice. They do not need to have a summary.
Maximum length of the text (not counting references or figure captions): 900 words.
This article can have a maximum of 12 images.

Historical notes

Works related to the historical development of radiology, biographical notes and comments on the scientific development of radiology.
Maximum length of the text (not counting references or figure captions): 1200 words.
This article can have a maximum of 9 images.

Resident Page

In this section, the research update or presentation of cases carried out by personnel in training in radiology (at least as the main author) or in related specialties are published.
Maximum length of the text (not counting references or figure captions): 1200 words.
This article can have a maximum of 9 images.

Correspondence

In this section appear those letters that make pertinent annotations on published articles, news and comments of general interest to radiologists.

Events (edit)

Includes unpaid announcements about scientific events in radiology and specialties

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