Revista Ecuatoriana de Medicina y Ciencias Biológicas

(REMCB)

 

General Information

 

Presentation

REMCB is a platform for scientific dissemination sponsored by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión[2]  (CCE), and Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Biología[3]  (SEB). It is published through PUCE’s Publication Center.

In March 1963, REMCB’s first volume was published, promoted by CCE. Since 2005, the journal scientific editorial team is composed of academics from PUCE.

REMCB publishes original papers resulting from scientific and experimental research in all areas of Medicine and Biological Sciences.

The journal operates under a peer-review system, releases biannual publications, and provides freely accessible content distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internacional License. Authors retain exclusive rights to the publications featured in the journal. REMCB utilizes Turnitin as an anti-plagiarism system and assigns a DOI (Digital Object Identifier System) to each article. Publication of scientific articles in REMCB is free of charge.

REMCB is published in electronic format (e-ISSN 2477- 9148) (http://remcb-puce.edu.ec/index.php/remcb) and is cataloged in Latindex 2.0, Dialnet, and REDIB.

 

Scope and Publication Policies

Topics

REMCB welcomes papers from all areas of Medicine and Biological Sciences, catering to both national and international scientists, as well as Life Sciences students.

REMCB considers manuscripts that show a significant contribution to scientific knowledge by describing processes and solving problems, synthesizing current and relevant information in the areas of Medicine and Biological Sciences. Additionally, the journal is interested in short investigations that generate emerging information for researchers in these areas.

 

Contributions

REMCB publishes original scientific research that has not been submitted for publication in any other printed or electronic media, whether in Spanish or English. Authors are required to provide a written declaration affirming the originality of their manuscripts.

 

REMCB is interested in scientific papers from all areas of Medicine and Biological Sciences. The journal requests the validation of quantitative and qualitative results through scientific methodologies and/or statistical analysis.

 

REMCB accepts manuscripts under three modalities:

 

• Scientific Articles: These are investigations that report original results and are the product of an experimental research process, demonstrating a contribution to scientific knowledge. Length: 7000-8000 words of text, including the body of the manuscript without references. Limit of 3 figures and 3 tables.
• Scientific Notes: These are short investigations or reports of preliminary results from experimental research processes or exceptional events that, due to their novelty, can be published independently of the final results. Length: 4000-5000 words of text, including the body of the manuscript without references. Limit of 1 figure and 1 table.
• Review of Scientific Literature: These are studies in which relevant information from previous research on a specific topic of current interest is reviewed and synthesized in a detailed, critical, and selective manner. Length: 8000-9000 words of text, including the body of the manuscript without references. Limit of 2 figures and 2 tables.

 

Manuscripts are accepted throughout the year and are processed in the order in which they are submitted.

  

Editorial Process

Manuscripts submitted to REMCB undergo a peer-review process (double-blind). The Editorial Board conducts an initial evaluation within the first 30 days from the date of submission. The Board may reject a manuscript without peer review if the content falls outside the relevant areas or accepted modalities of the journal. The Board also reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the format or requirements established by the journal. Articles deemed suitable will be assigned reviewers based on the specific content of the manuscript. The opinion of a third reviewer will be sought when there is no consensus between the opinions of the first two reviewers. The final decision rests with the Editorial Board.

The entire editorial evaluation process takes 150 days. Papers that receive positive evaluations but require modifications will be returned to the authors for the necessary corrections or revisions as requested by the reviewers. The corrected manuscript must be resubmitted within a maximum of 15 days, accompanied by a response letter to the reviewers.

Accepted articles will undergo layout design. Authors will receive layout drafts for review and approval within a maximum of 48 hours. Once the layout is approved, authorization for publication will be requested, which the corresponding author must submit to the journal prior to publication. All accepted articles will be assigned a DOI.

The criteria for acceptance or rejection of manuscripts are as follows:

Currentness and novelty

Contribution to scientific knowledge

Originality of the research

Scientific reliability

Internationalization of the research team

Logical organization

Correct writing

Authors agree to be REMCB reviewers for two years after the publication of their manuscript.

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