Directrices para Autores
SINAPSIS periodically publishes original works on scientific topics in which there are research results. It is designed to disseminate research results related to the Humanities Sciences and Education in all its branches. The approved manuscripts will be published in the following sections:
Social Sciences and Education
Information and communication technologies
Humanistic Sciences
The magazine has a semi-annual publication periodicity (two editions a year).
The average time in weeks between the submission of the article and the publication of the work is 20 weeks.
Evaluation of the works:
The evaluation will be done through peer review scientific arbitration. A group made up of active researchers from various parts of the world who will respond to the evaluation of the work, which commonly includes suggestions on how to improve it. The proposed options will be the following:
absolute acceptance of the document
acceptance despite difficulties
conditional rejection to improve detected difficulties
total rejection. (unconditioned)
Requirements that the article must meet
The article will carry a previous analysis of the editor; who can make general suggestions to the authors regarding its structure before sending it for review. If the work does not comply with the instructions for its structure, it will not be accepted for evaluation.
1. The manuscript of the article must be included in a Word file, Times New Roman 12.0 points with initial capital letter, without indentation, spacing of 1.5 with 12.0 points of distance between paragraphs. For all subtitles, bold must be used, only capital initial letter. These should appear on the left margin, do not use underlining. Paragraphs adjusted to margins: top, bottom and inside 2.5 cm; outside 1.5 cm. A4 size paper with symmetrical margins. Extension up to 5,000 words maximum and 3,500 as a minimum.
The format of the Research manuscripts should be divided into parts entitled "Introduction", "Materials and methods", "Results", "Discussion", "Conclusions" if relevant and "Bibliography" (only the referenced).
The official language of the SINAPSIS journal is Spanish, and manuscripts are also published in English and Portuguese.
The ordering of each manuscript will be as follows:
The first page of the manuscript features:
a) The title of the work, which must be concise, but informative about the central content of the publication and stimulate the interest of the reader. Do not use abbreviations in the title. Add in a separate line the same title in English (with the exception of articles that are presented entirely in English). In another separate line, an "abbreviated title" of no more than 60 characters (including spaces), which summarizes said title and can be used as a "footer"
b) The author or authors, identifying them with their first name and paternal last name and/or maternal last name if deemed necessary by each author. Authors are encouraged to write their name in a consistent format in all their journal publications.
c) After each name of the author, the scientific or academic degree will be named. At the end of each name it must be identified with Arabic numerals in bold and in "superscript". This will serve for the identification of each one in the subsequent part, where the name of the Institution to which said author belonged during the execution of the work, Faculty or Department, State or Province, Country and email will be written, leaving a space. In an independent line and with justification to the right, the email of the contact who will handle the correspondence will be written.
eg
Jose Roman Arango. PhD (1)
Luisa Rodríguez Estupiñán. M.Sc. (2)
(1) Autonomous University of Madrid, Faculty of Human Sciences, Madrid – Spain, jroman@uam.edu.es
(2) Agrarian University, Department of Phytology. Havana – Cuba, lrodriguez@ua.edu.cu
Contact: jroman@uam.edu.es
The abstract will be written in a block with an extension of no more than 250 words. This must include the fundamental aspects of the investigation, the problem studied, the object of study, the research field and the objective(s) proposed. Reference should also be made to the methodology used and the conclusions reached in summary.
Keywords. This term will be written in italics followed by a colon. Only 5 to 8 descriptors are accepted, only capital initial in the first. Do not put an end point
Abstract. Before writing the abstract in English (Abstract), the long title should be written in this language, as well as the keywords (Keywords) in the same way they were written in Spanish. Manuscripts submitted in their entirety in English are excepted from the Abstract and Keywords.
Introduction. Summarize the background that gives rationality or relevance to your study. When relevant, make explicit the hypothesis whose validity you intended to test. Do not review the subject extensively and cite only the bibliographical references that are strictly necessary. The Introduction should end with a sentence that clearly summarizes the purpose of the study and identifies its objectives. Do not mention the results or conclusions of this study in the Introduction. If you use abbreviations, make their meaning explicit the first time you mention them.
Materials and methods. The methods used by the author, whether quantitative or not (interviews, observations, documentary analysis, others) will be explicitly stated for what they were used. Identify them with adequate precision to allow other observers to reproduce your results.
7.1 If well-established and frequently used methods (including statistical methods) were used, simply name them and cite the respective references.
Results. Present your results following a logical and consistent sequence in the text. Data can be displayed in Tables or Figures, but not simultaneously in both. In the text, highlight important observations, without repeating all the data presented in the Tables or Figures. Do not mix the presentation of the results with your discussion.
Discussion. Highlight new and important aspects of your work. Do not repeat in detail the data you showed in “Results”. Clearly refer to the fulfillment of the objectives that you explained in the "Introduction" of your manuscript. Make explicit the agreements or disagreements of your findings and their limitations, comparing them with other relevant studies, identified through the respective bibliographic references. Make new hypotheses where appropriate, but clearly label them as such. When appropriate, propose your recommendations.
conclusions. It should conclude by responding to the objectives set out in the introduction and summary. These must constitute generalizations. The writing must be no more than two paragraphs through the techniques for scientific writing in the past tense. Connect your conclusions to the purpose(s) of the study, which you highlighted throughout the paper.
Bibliography. Limit references (bibliographic citations). Try to make these fully justified. You must cite no less than 15 authors. Prefer those that correspond to original works published in referenced journals. Order the references alphabetically and number them at the end of the work. (See APA standards 6th edition)
Important note:
The manuscript must be sent by the OJS platform, and the main author of the manuscript must first register. Parallel to sending the manuscript for review, the authors must send a scanned Conflict of Interest Declaration, the format of which can be found on the main page of the journal.
Disclaimer:
Use synonymy and antonymy writing techniques to avoid repetition in paragraphs. Write relatively short paragraphs that do not exceed 6 sentences.
Write in a separate document, a review of your research and/or academic work, which will be filed in the journal's memories.
