Author Guidelines

The manuscript must include the following specifications:

Languages

Spanish (only in the case that submissions are proposed in English and Portuguese)

Orthotypographic Guidelines

The manuscript, along with references and tables, must be written and submitted in word processors such as: Word, OpenOffice or similar, letter size, in black ink, double-spaced, and with Arial font no smaller than 12 points. Margins at 3 cm and pages shall be numbered consecutively including all material. Words shall not be divided at the end of the line.

The components of the manuscript and their sequence must be: title in Spanish, English and Portuguese, identification of the author(s), abstract and keywords in Spanish, English and Portuguese, text structure according to the contribution being submitted to our journal (research, case study and review), references, tables, illustrations and figures with their identification.

General Instructions

Title and Authors

Use the first page for the title and authors. The title must not exceed 15 words. It must describe the article's content clearly and concisely, avoiding ambiguous words, abbreviations, and question or exclamation marks.

Author is considered anyone who has contributed to or developed the study or design, in addition to analyzing results, drafting the manuscript, and reviewing and approving it.

For each author appearing in the header, provide: full name, institutional affiliation, location address (postal, or office or workplace-street, avenue or equivalent-, or telephone, or fax or email and (ORCID). This information is indispensable and only this information. Omit positions, academic degrees, research group names, acknowledgments, etc. It is essential that if a student is participating in research, they be accompanied by a team of experts; otherwise, authors who are only students are not admitted.

Indicate who will be the corresponding author for receiving or sending correspondence; otherwise, the first listed author will be assumed responsible for this action.

Conflict of Interest Statement

Manuscripts will include on the title page a statement in which authors declare that they are independent with respect to funding and supporting institutions, and that during the execution of the work or drafting of the manuscript, no interests or values different from those usually associated with the research have influenced. Only manuscripts in which authors have no conflict of interest will be considered.

In some cases, it will be necessary for authors to specify supports received (financial, equipment, work personnel, in-kind, among others), from individuals or public or private institutions for conducting the study, as well as personal or institutional relationships that may influence the conduct, results, interpretation thereof, and manuscript drafting.

The editor and Editorial Committee will monitor potential conflicts of interest that may affect peer reviewers' capacity or disqualify them from evaluating a specific manuscript.

The editor, Editorial Committee, or reviewers formally declare themselves prohibited from using for private or personal purposes any information obtained or gained while working with manuscripts.

Abstract and Keywords

Once the manuscript is identified on the first page, the next page should contain the abstract and keywords in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, with a maximum length of 250 words for the abstract and 3 to 5 for the keywords. Since the abstract is the most read part of an article when entered into bibliographic information systems, it must meet the following requirements:

Language: Manuscripts in Spanish, English, and Portuguese must include abstracts in the other two languages.

Length: From 150 to 250 words.

For manuscripts containing research results, a structured abstract is required, which must necessarily and exclusively include introduction, objectives, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, or an adaptation of this format to the respective discipline. Abstracts for other types of manuscripts, such as essays, reviews, or case studies, may be presented in a different format, but must contain the necessary information to understand the scope and significance of the topic.

Abstracts must not contain information or aspects not covered in the text, abbreviations, references to the text, or bibliographic citations. They should be written in the third person.

After the abstract, a list of three to five keywords must be included. Only keywords accepted by international databases should be used, which can be consulted at the following addresses:

Keywords (Spanish and Portuguese):

http://decs.bvs.br/E/homepagee.htm

Keywords (English):

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/

Citation System

The journal's citation system is numeric, in square brackets.

Example: Jones (8) has argued that…

  • References are numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first used in the text. Full citations will be included in the Reference List at the end of your document, with matching numbers identifying each reference.
  • When citing multiple references together, use a dash to indicate a range of inclusive numbers. Use commas to indicate a series of non-inclusive numbers. Citation with these references (4,5,6,7,14,19) is abbreviated to (4-7,14,19).

Example: Multiple clinical trials (4-6, 9) show...

  • The original number used for a reference is reused each time the reference is cited.

Example: "... the theory was first presented by Lee (7) in 1999, but there was disagreement (3,5,8) about its importance."

  • Include the page number for any direct quote or specific ideas.

Example: "... has been shown to be false." (4, p23)

  • The parenthetical citation is placed after any comma or period, and before any other period or semicolon.

Example: ... a new definition. (13, p111-2)... this option is preferred (11);

  • Do not use superscripts or subscripts for the respective citation.
  • When references are placed at the end of a paragraph, they must be placed before the final period: (8).
  • Do not use any type of underlining.
  • A publication and its author(s) will be cited only once. Do not use multiple citations of the same publication with the term Op. cit.
  • Do not include texts or comments as footnotes. Everything presented in this way should be appropriately incorporated into the text.
  • Do not place citations as endnotes at the end of the text.
  • When citing a study, mention only the surname of the first author, without adding et al. or col.
  • Do not cite other citations. Example: 8. Cited by Comte: Chedwin R. Scientific disciplines....

Indirect Citations

An indirect source is when an author is cited within the text of another author. This type of citation is generally not accepted in Vancouver Style; therefore, please seek your instructor’s permission. Include the author and date of the original source in the text. Use "as cited in" or "as discussed in" to indicate where you found the citation and provide the citation for that reference.

Example: James Wallace (2001) argued (as cited in 5, p26), that...

References

Only published material should be referenced. Authors are expected to reference material published in journals from Bolivia and Latin America, including VIVE Journal of Health.

The reference list should be placed on a separate sheet at the end of the article, in the same numerical order in which they were cited. References should not use any automatic numbering system or bullets, and authors must ensure this requirement. The reference number and a period should be placed directly, without any additional formatting.

Strictly apply the following guidelines:

Journal Articles: Provide the first surname and initials of the given names for each author. Do not use a comma between the surname and the initials. Include the article title, journal name, year of publication (followed by a semicolon), volume, issue number in parentheses (if necessary), and page numbers. Include only six authors; if there are more than six, add "et al." after the sixth author. Do not use "and" before the last author.

Examples: Journal Articles, Journal articles can be accessed in three different ways:

(1) From the printed (paper) copy;

(2) from the journal’s website; or

(3) from an online article database such as Medline. You will cite the article differently depending on how you accessed it.

Standard format for journal articles: Author’s initials. Article title. Abbreviated journal title. Publication date: Volume number (issue number): page numbers.

Finding the Journal Abbreviation

Vancouver Style does not use the full journal name, only the commonly used abbreviation: for example, New England Journal of Medicine is cited as N Engl J Med. If the abbreviation is not indicated, use the PubMed Journals database to find your journal: https://goo.gl/4T4rpn.

Books

Provide the first surname and initials of the given names of each author or editor. Do not use a comma between the surname and the initials. Include the book title, edition number, place of publication, publisher, (place a semicolon before the date) date, and if necessary, the pages after the abbreviation p.

Standard format for books: Author’s surname Initials. Title: subtitle. Edition (if not the first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year.

Book with one author or editor:
  1. Mason J. Concepts in dental public health. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.
  2. Ireland R, editor. Clinical textbook of dental hygiene and therapy. Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard; 2006.
Two to six authors/editors:
  1. Miles DA, Van Dis ML, Williamson GF, Jensen CW. Radiographic imaging for the dental team. 4th ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier; 2009.
  2. Dionne RA, Phero JC, Becker DE, editors. Management of pain and anxiety in the dental office. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2002.
More than six authors/editors:
  1. Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL, et al., editors. Harrison’s principles of internal medicine. 17th ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 2008.
Organization as author:
  1. Canadian Dental Hygienists Association. Dental hygiene: definition and scope. Ottawa: Canadian Dental Hygienists Association; 1995.
No author/editor:
  1. Scott’s Canadian dental directory 2008. 9th ed. Toronto: Scott’s Directories; 2007.
Government document:
  1. Environmental Health Directorate. Radiological protection in dentistry: recommended safety procedures for the use of dental X-ray equipment. Safety Code 30. Ottawa: Health Canada; 2000.
Chapter in a book:
  1. Alexander RG. Considerations for creating a beautiful smile. In: Romano R, editor. The art of the smile. London: Quintessence Publishing; 2005. p. 187-210.
Internet Sites

Verify that the provided internet address is active and accessible; otherwise, it should be removed.

  1. Irfan A. Protocols for predictable aesthetic dental restorations [Internet]. Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard; 2006 [cited 2009 May 21]. Available from: https://goo.gl/WvRuC3.
  2. Irfan A. Protocolos para restauraciones dentales estéticas predecibles [Internet]. Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard; 2006 [cited 2009 May 21]. Available from: https://goo.gl/WvRuC3.
Journal Article in Print:
  1. Haas AN, de Castro GD, Moreno T, Susin C, Albandar JM, Oppermann RV, et al. Azithromycin as adjunctive treatment of aggressive periodontitis: 12-month randomized clinical trial. J Clin Periodontol. 2008 Aug;35(8):696-704.
Journal Article from a Website:
  1. Tasdemir T, Yesilyurt C, Ceyhanli KT, Celik D, Er K. Evaluation of apical filling after root canal obturation using two different techniques. J Can Dent Assoc [Internet]. 2009 Apr [cited 2009 Jun 14];75(3):[about 5 pp.]. Available from: https://goo.gl/fRH8sU
Journal Article from an Online Database:
  1. Erasmus S, Luiters S, Brijlal P. Oral hygiene and dental students’ knowledge, attitude and behaviour in managing HIV/AIDS patients. Int J Dent Hyg [Internet]. 2005 Nov [cited 2009 Jun 16];3(4):213-7. Available from Medline: https://goo.gl/Je6xKH
  2. Monajem S. Integration of oral health into primary health care: the role of dental hygienists and the WHO stewardship. Int J Dent Hyg [Internet]. 2006 Feb [cited 2009 Jun 21];4(1):47-52. Available from CINAHL with Full Text: http://tinyurl.com/kudbxw
Website with Author:
  1. Fehrenbach MJ. Dental hygiene education [Internet]. [Place unknown]: Fehrenbach & Associates; 2000 [updated 2009 May 2; cited 2009 Jun 15]. Available from: http://www.dhed.net/Main.html
Website without Author:
  1. American Dental Hygienists’ Association [Internet]. Chicago: American Dental Hygienists’ Association; 2009 [cited 2009 May 30]. Available from: http://www.adha.org/
Part/Article within a Website:
  1. Medline Plus [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): U.S. National Library of Medicine; c2009. Dental health; 2006 May [cited 2009 Jun 16]; [about 7 screens]. Available from: https://goo.gl/3jGhzM
Blog:
  1. Skariah H. The dental booth blog [Internet]. Mississauga (ON): Hans Skariah; 2004 - [cited 2009 Jun 20]. Available from: http://dentaldude.blogspot.com/
Article within a Blog:
  1. Skariah H. The dental booth blog [Internet]. Mississauga (ON): Hans Skariah; 2004. Dental did you know: breastfeeding duration and non-nutritive sucking habits; 2009 May 18 [cited 2009 Jun 20]; [about 1 screen]. Available from: https://goo.gl/ygF2XJ.
Image on the Internet:
  1. McCourtie SD, World Bank. SDM-LK-179 [image on the Internet]. 2009 Apr 29 [cited 2009 Jun 14]. Available from: https://goo.gl/e4fruq.
Newspaper Articles:
  1. Fayerman P. Women now must wait until 40 for publicly funded amnio test. Vancouver Sun. 2009 Jun 9; Sect. A:5.
  2. Health Canada issues warning on fake toothbrushes. The Globe and Mail [Internet]. 2009 Apr 10 [cited 2009 Jun 23]. Available from: https://goo.gl/XXdokF.
  3. Waldman D. Mouth is ‘window to the rest of the body’: oral health, dental hygiene linked to more than teeth, gums. The National Post [Internet]. 2009 Apr 14 [cited 2009 Jun 22]. Available from Canadian Newsstand: https://goo.gl/VvLRzw
Video Recordings:
  1. Dental dam: still the best dry-field technique [DVD]. Provo (UT): Practical Clinical Courses; 2007.
  2. Cuaron A, director; Abraham M, producer. Children of Men [DVD]. Universal City (CA): Universal; 2006.
Personal Communications

Personal communications should be indicated within the body of the text. Include the name of the person providing the communication followed by the words "personal communication" in parentheses, along with the institution to which they belong and the date. Do not use footnotes for personal communications.

Personal communication (except for email) should not be included in the Reference List because they are unpublished and cannot be easily traced by the reader. Instead, acknowledge personal conversations and letters within the text in parentheses.

  1. Conversation: "... in a conversation with a fellow student from the Dental Hygiene Program (Affleck, Ben. Personal communication with: Matt Damon. 2008 Sep 07)."
  2. Personal letter: "... this information was later confirmed in a letter (Hepburn, Katherine. Letter to: Spencer Tracy. 2005 Mar 03. 4 pages)."
Email

Email correspondence should be included in the Reference List since emails are easy to trace and date.

  1. Bloom, Orlando. Searching Medline for dental hygiene articles [Internet]. Message to: Johnny Depp. 2008 Nov 11 [cited 2009 Jun 22]. [3 paragraphs].
Unpublished Theses

These are not considered reference material but may be cited as footnotes with the respective information as follows:

  • 1 Escudero I, [Accessibility of dispersed rural communities of Meridiano and Playa Rica to the outpatient service of Nanegal Health Center – June to December 2016] Master’s thesis in Public Health [2018]. Available at: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador.

Do Not Include as References:

  • Unpublished documents or abstracts, even if presented at conferences or congresses.
  • Articles submitted for publication but not yet accepted.
  • Book reviews.

References to material "in press" must include the name of the journal that accepted it and the probable volume, issue, or publication date. If this date is earlier than the publication date in VIVE Journal of Health, the precise reference will be requested.

The appropriate way to present other types of material not covered above should be consulted on the indicated internet sites.

For indexing platform evaluation, manuscript references must be free of formatting errors. Otherwise, the material will be returned.

Tables and Charts

Tables contain text and numerical values; charts contain text only. All tables and charts must be created using a word processor’s table format. Tables in image format are not accepted. Generally, no more than three tables or charts per article, essay, or review should be included.

Each table and chart must be cited in the text with an initial capital letter, a number, and in the order they appear, and presented on a separate page identified with the same number. For example: "As shown in Table 1 or Chart 1."

Tables must be self-explanatory and should not duplicate the text but rather substitute or complement it. Abbreviations used in headings must be explained in a footnote of the table and identified exclusively with lowercase letters in superscript. Only simple, visible horizontal lines in black should be used.

Do not place the % symbol or any other symbol inside cells containing numerical values; these should appear only in the headers. Table size must fit the journal’s page and print area (19.5 x 12 cm).

Tables must be part of the same electronic file containing the manuscript text and other components.

Figures

Photos, graphs, maps, diagrams, drawings, and similar illustrations are used to illustrate or expand information, not duplicate it. Generally, no more than three figures per article, essay, or review should be included.

All graphs, photos, drawings, etc., are called figures. They are cited in the text with an initial capital letter and Arabic number in the order they appear. Figures must be presented separately with their respective legends but included in the manuscript text and electronic file. This also applies to original photos or drawings, which must be fully identified on the back and accompanied by the respective file in common electronic formats (gif, tiff, jpeg, etc.).

VIVE Journal of Health does not use color (polychromy) in figures. All figures must be designed in black and white, grayscale, or similar, in high resolution and quality.

All electronic figure files must be editable for editorial work.

Graphs should be submitted in editable formats, preferably Excel. Do not send graphs as image files.

Figures, photos, drawings, etc., not produced by the authors or taken from journals, books, websites, or similar sources with copyrights must be accompanied by written authorization from the respective publisher or authors.

Percentages, Units of Measurement, and Abbreviations

Percentages are written with a comma, with one decimal place, leaving a space between the last numeric value and the % symbol. Do not write 23.53%, 56.78%, 62.1%, but rather 23,5 %, 56,8 %, and 62,1 %.

Measurements of weight, height, length, and volume must be presented in metric units (meter, kilogram, liter, etc.). Authors must use the International System of Units in all cases, whose unit abbreviations have no plural or punctuation marks. In this system, numeric values are written in groups of three separated by spaces.

Example: 1.234, 432.654, and 1.814.032 are written as 1 234, 432 654, and 1 814 032. This does not apply to years, which are written as 1998 and 2006.

Decimals are indicated by a comma. Use only one decimal place, rounding the last digit if necessary.

When abbreviations are indispensable, they must be preceded by their full expanded form and placed in parentheses the first time they are used.

Ethical Aspects

When necessary, an explanation of the procedures followed in the study to ensure compliance with the ethical principles and standards of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent revisions, the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) published in 1982, and finally the Proposed International Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects document will be included.

In the case of articles reporting studies in which informed consent forms were used for patients or individuals, a copy of these forms must be attached.

Selection for Publication

Receipt of a manuscript does not guarantee its publication. Manuscripts received will be reviewed by the Editorial Committee and subjected to peer review by external experts, usually specialists in the topic. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to accept, reject, or request modifications deemed necessary to adjust the manuscript to the journal’s style, which will be communicated to the responsible authors.

Manuscript review will respect the authors’ right to confidentiality regarding information, results, and creative effort. Likewise, the confidentiality of reviewers and editors will be respected.

Clarifications and Corrections

VIVE Journal of Health accepts comments and opinions that dissent from published material, accepts reasoned retractions by authors, and will timely correct typographical or other errors that may have occurred when publishing an article.

Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts are received exclusively through the portal https://revistavive.org/index.php/revistavive for submission and subsequent publication by electronic means only.

Steps for electronic manuscript submission:

  1. Author registration: Access https://revistavive.org/index.php/revistavive. Follow the instructions and register your profile.
  2. Register all authors (this step is essential to avoid later delays in manuscript handling and publication).
  3. Submit the manuscript with all its components (tables, figures, photos, etc.) in a single file. The manuscript file must be created using a word processor compatible with Microsoft Office Word.
  4. Submit the cover letter as a scanned file including the names and signatures of all authors.

The cover letter must include the following:

  1. Indicate that all authors agree with the content, organization, and presentation of the manuscript.
  2. Indicate that the manuscript has not been previously published, nor submitted or will be submitted for publication to any other national or international journal while under review and decision by the Editorial Committee of VIVE Journal of Health.
  3. Specify that publication of the manuscript by VIVE Journal of Health is authorized, if accepted, under the editorial conditions established by the journal.
  4. Indicate that permission has been obtained to reproduce text, figures, or any other copyrighted material and attach the respective authorization.
  5. Attach a copy of the informed consent form used, when applicable.

VIVE Journal of Health  Editor: Ivett Yamira Ramos Zambrana

editor@revistavive.org

Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify that their submission meets all the following elements. Submissions not meeting these guidelines will be returned to the authors:

  1. The submission has not been previously published nor previously submitted to another journal (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submitted file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
  3. All URLs in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are active and clickable.
  4. The entire manuscript, including references and tables, must be prepared on letter-size paper, in black ink, single-sided, double-spaced, and with font size no smaller than 11 points. Margins must be no less than 3 cm, and pages must be numbered consecutively including all material. Words must not be hyphenated at line ends.
  5. Manuscript components and their sequence must be: title and authors, abstract and keywords, text, acknowledgments, references, tables and legends, illustrations and figures with captions. Each component starts on a new page.
  6. The text complies with the bibliographic and style requirements indicated in the Author Guidelines, available in About the Journal.
  7. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section, ensure that the instructions for ensuring a blind review have been followed.