The journal admits only scientific articles whose language is Spanish or English. The manuscript, a cover letter, all the supporting information, letters of consent, and list of contributions of each author should be submmited separately. The manuscript must contain the funding sources, declaration of conflict of interest and declaration of data availability.

 

Manuscript Organization

All manuscripts submitted to this journal must be organized as follows:

1. Beginning Section. They consist of the Title, list of authors and affiliations, abstract keywords and introduction.
2. Middle section. It consists of the following elements which can be renamed and presented in any order: Materials and Methods (Basic concepts and proposed Methodology), Results, Discussion and Conclusions.
3. Final section. Acknowledgments, funding sources, declaration of conflict of interest, declaration of data availability and
4. Other elements. Figures, Tables and Support Information.

In addition, the submission must include in separate files the cover letter, all the supporting information, letters of consent, and list of contributions.

 

Cover letter.

The cover letter is limited to one page and must be included in a file that will be uploaded separately into the online system. This letter should contain the main contributions of the research to the scientific field and to the solution of problem as well as its relationship with previously published works.

 

Contributions from the authors.

Provide at least one contribution for each author in the submission system. The contributions of the authors must be substantive in the development of their research to justify the adjudication of authorship. Read the policy on authorship and contributions.

 

Parts of a Submission

Title

The title of the manuscript must be presented in both Spanish and English. This cannot be more than 15 words and must express as accurately as possible the topic of discussion of the author.

 

List of authors

All authors must comply with the author's policies. Those who contributed to the manuscript but do not comply with these policies can be mentioned in the acknowledgments.

• Authors and affiliations. Enter in the manuscript as in the online submission system, the full name of all the authors, their affiliation and the country. If an author has multiple institutions, enter only the preferred or main institution. If the authors have an ORCID identifier they should be indicated immediately after the previous information.
• Corresponding author. If multiple authors have participated in your manuscript, select the author with whom the Journal should contact to follow up on the submission.

 

Abstract

The abstract must be written in both Spanish and English, with the exception of the English manuscripts in which it must only appear in English. The summary must contain the following elements in the order indicated below:

• Objective of the manuscript
• Design, methodology or approximation of the research
• Most important results
• Limitations or implications of the study
• Originality or value of the research
• Findings or conclusions

 

Keywords

Authors should include a maximum of five keywords separated by semicolons (;) that are linked to the content of the manuscript. Avoid repeating those found in the title of the manuscript. The keywords must be presented in both Spanish and English.

 

Introduction

It is recommended that the introduction contain the following information:

• Present the background that allows to know the context of the manuscript
• Define the addressed problem and its importance
• Explain if there is any relevant controversy or disagreement in the field to which the problem is related
• Declare the objective of the research.

 

Materials and methods (Basic concepts and proposed methodology)

This section should contain sufficient and detailed information to allow other researchers to replicate the results of the research. If the authors use well-established materials, methods or protocols, citations to the articles can be included where they are described in detail, but the manuscript must contain sufficient information to understand the proposal independently of these references. It is important to remember that all materials and methods that describe research using humans or animals must have their corresponding ethics statements. Finally, all the information and databases that are generated in the research should be available without any restriction.

 

Results, Discussion and Conclusions

In these sections, the authors must present and explain the results obtained as well as their relationship with the hypothesis, its relationship with previous studies and future work. Finally, the conclusion must synthetically present the findings of the research. It should also include a comment on whether the overall objective was achieved.

 

Acknowledgements

In this section, authors should include those who contributed to the development of the manuscript and do not meet the author's criteria. In addition, funding sources should be added if necessary.

 

Source funding.

Must be includes explicitly in the manuscript. 

 

Declaration of conflict of interest

Must be included explicity in the manuscript.

 

Declaration of data availability

Must be included explicity in the manuscript.

 

References

The Journal of the Research Center of La Salle University uses the reference style that the American Psychological Association establishes in its Publications Manual. The references must comply with the following general considerations:

• Be ordered in alphabetical order, taking into account the author's surname.
• Articles by the same author must be accommodated chronologically
• Each reference must have the French paragraph format of half an inch, double spaced.

The sample formats of the most common references are listed below:

Source	Format
Published articles with (DOI)	Demopoulos, A. W. J., Fry, B. & Smith, C. R. (2007). Food web structure in exotic and native mangroves: A Hawaii–Puerto Rico comparison. Oecologia, 153(3), 675-686. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0751-x.
publised articles without DOI	Cintrón, G., Lugo, A. E., Pool, D. J. & Morris, G. (1978). Mangroves of arid environments in Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Biotropica, 10(2),110-121. Recuperado de http://www.jstor.org/pss/2388013.
Online articles	Duhigg, C. (2009, 13 de septiembre). Toxic Waters: Clean Water laws are neglected, at a cost in human suffering. The New York Times. Recuperado de http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html?em
Books	Levinas, E. (2009). Oeuvres Complètes. Tome 1. Paris: Ed. Bernard Grasset/IMEC.
Edited Book	Castillo Ortiz, A. M. (Ed.). (2000). La inteligencia emocional: Por qué es más importante que el cociente intelectual. México: Ediciones B.
book chapters	Villoro, Luis (Trad.). (1993). Reglas para la dirección del espíritu. En Descartes, Rene (1993). Descartes. Obras completas: 1993 (1-72). Madrid: Gredos.
INFORMS	Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. American Childrens: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009. Washington, DC: US. Gobernment Printing Office. Recuperado de http://www.ecoportal.net/content/view/full/…
Tables	The Nielsen Company. (2011). Sales of vitamins/minerals & herbal supplements in New Zealand, 11 Septiembre­ 2010 – 11 de septiembre de 2011[Tabla]. Recuperado de: ACNielsen Market Information Digest New Zealand.
Figures	Euromonitor International. (2013). Youth unemployment rate vs. Total unemployment rate: 2006-2011[Gráfico]. Recuperado de http://www.portal.euromonitor.com

   

 

Style and Format

Consider the next style and format recommendatios while preparing your manuscript.

File format

The submitted manuscripts can be in the following formats: DOC, DOCX, RTF. These files should not be blocked or protected.

 

Font

Manuscripts should be submitted in Times New Roman font at 12 points.

 

Headings of sections

It is recommended to limit the sections and subsections of the manuscript to 3 heading levels. It is necessary that the headings levels can be identified clearly.

 

Alignment

The title of the manuscript must be aligned to the right. The abstract and body of the manuscript must be justified.

 

Spacing

The text of the manuscript must be double-spaced, except for captions of figures and tables. Read the guidelines of Figures and Tables.

 

Page numbers

Include the page numbers in the manuscript file.

 

Footnotes

Footnotes should be used only to provide relevant additional content or to recognize the state of law for the author's permission.

 

Language

Manuscripts must be submitted in Spanish or English.

 

Abbreviations

Use the standard abbreviations of the area to which your research belongs. Define the abbreviations in the first occurrence in the text. Avoid its use in the title and abstract of the manuscript.

 

Reference style

The reference style used is APA sixth edition. See examples of reference format.

 

Equations

It is recommended to use MathType to add the equations to the manuscript. If that is not possible, you can use the equation editor provided by the text processor. All equations must be numerated.