Perspect Nut Hum - Instructions to authors

Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana is an academic journal that aims to publish research studies concerning dietetics, nutritional, and related specializations for an audience consisting of, primarily, Dieticians, Nutritionist, researchers, students and field professionals that make use of the knowledge presented in this journal in all the regions of Colombia and other Latino American countries. Only original articles that are not simultaneously submitted to other journals will be accepted, in English or Spanish.

Instructions for authors are based on the requirements of the Permanent Indexing Services of Colombian Scientific and Technological Journals of Colciencias, and of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. http://www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf, http://www.cpicmha.sld.cu/bvs/monografias/vancouver_2010.pdf

The journal publishes the following types of articles, based on the classifications and requirements of the Administrative Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (Colciencias):

Articles of technology and scientific research. Detailed Documents presented with original results of research projects.
Review article: refers to research documents where results have been analyzed, classified and integrated the published (or unpublished) research, in order to give an account of developments and trends in the area of food and nutrition. Its objective is to analyze bibliography on a specific subject matter and place it in some specific perspective. It is characterized by a careful literary review of at least 50 references.
Article of reflection: Documents that present research results compiled from an analytical perspective, and author's critical interpretation concerning a specific subject matter using original resources.
Case Report: Document that presents results of a study on a particular situation in order to acknowledge the technical and methodological experiences considered on a specific case via instruction, source of aide and administration.
Editorial. Document written by a member of the Editorial Board or a researcher invited to help guide on thematic matters of the journal.
Biographical review: Document brief describing the contents and the characteristics of a book or other publication and offers an opinion about its content value.
Letters to the director: Critical, analytical dispositions or interpretations of journal documents that constitute an important contribution to the subject discourse by the scientific community of references.
Other: Track diet-related issues, news, opinions, notable reviews, academic and scientific events and chronicle.

Peer review Process

The receipt of a manuscript does not constitute an obligation on the part of the Editorial Board to publish it, nor does it constitute a commitment to the release date.

All manuscripts submitted to Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana are peer-reviewed in a double-blind process in which both the authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the review. Evaluators are selected based on experience, reputation, and recommendation by their academic peers.

The manuscript evaluation procedure is as follows. When a manuscript arrives to Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana, a member of the Editorial Board analyzes the manuscript to verify compliance with the requirements of the Journal and to assess the quality of the article. The manuscript is then discussed with the Editorial Board, who may decide to reject it based on lack of interest or more specific deficiencies. If there are needed some changes, authors are notified. Manuscripts that meet the requirements of the Editorial Board are sent out for review by two national or international academic peer, who must give a written concept in the established format for this, through the platform Open Journal System. If there is disagreement between the first two reviewers, then the manuscript is sent to a third reviewer. The expert reviewers make recommendations based on academic rigor, whether the manuscript meets the objectives of the Journal, and the overall quality of the manuscript. Finally, the reviewers make one of three conclusions: accept unchanged, accept conditionally, or reject.

Manuscripts accepted conditionally are returned to authors with a letter requesting the authors to make specific changes and to provide an explanation if specific suggestions are not be followed. The authors must send the new version using the platform within 10 (ten) calendar days since the date of notification. After receiving the revised manuscript, the editor inspects the changes and then either accepts or rejects the manuscript.

Relevant editorial changes will be made to accepted manuscripts. Following editing, the authors will receive galley proofs of the article, which should be carefully checked and returned observations to the Director within a maximum of 48 hours.

The manuscript is published online and in printed version.

Copyright notice

Manuscripts submitted for publication in Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana must not have been previously published or considered for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the authors(s) agree that copyrights for their articles are automatically transferred to our journal, if and when the articles are accepted for publication. All manuscripts published in Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana may be freely reproduced. However, reproduction of an article requires a citation suitable.