Submissions

Author Guidelines

Introduction

"Ictus - The Journal of Cerebral Vascular Disease" is the official journal of the Mexican Association of Cerebral Vascular Disease A.C and publishes scientific contributions in the field of vascular neurology.

Format and preparation of manuscripts

Ictus publishes the following types of manuscripts: 1) Editorials, 2) Original articles, 3) Review articles, 4) Clinical case, 5) Images, 6) Controversies in Ictus, 7) History of Vascular Neurology and 9) Letters to the editor.

Original Articles

They are articles intended to report original researches results in the area of ​​vascular neurology, including clinical, basic, applied, and epidemiological research. Systematic Review can also be published in this section. This type of articles must be accompanied by a front letter with the signature of all the authors (this can be a digital or scanned signature) in which they approve the final version of the writing and its sending to Ictus. Send in the following order:

1. Title, authors, affiliation of the authors and corresponding author with address, telephone, and electronic address. All communication between publishers and authors will be by email.
2. Summary in Spanish (include five keywords at the end). Must be between 200 and 250 words
3. Title and summary in English (include five keywords at the end).
4. Introduction.
5. Material and methods.
6. Results.
7. Discussion.
8. Acknowledgments.
9. Bibliographic references. It is also recommended to limit the number of bibliographic references (if possible, to a maximum of 80 citations)
10. Tables. Maximum 5 tables
11. Figures. Maximum 5 figures.
12. Maximum extension of 3500 words

Review article

This section aims to present a review article on topics relevant to vascular neurology (narrative reviews can be included in this section). The editorial committee reserves the right to invite authors to publish particular review topics. Each review article must be written by a maximum of 6 authors. A maximum of 6 figures, 6 tables and 100 bibliographic references will be accepted.

Case Report

Case Report that are relevant not for their rarity but for their contribution to knowledge or teaching of a particular topic of vascular neurology will be published. They should be described in detail. References to drugs must be made through active ingredients. Paraclinical and laboratory parameter units must conform to international standards and systems.

Each Clinical Case must be written by a maximum of 5 authors. Maximum 3 figures and 2 tables and 25 bibliographic references.

The Case Report format is as follows:

• Title
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Case Report
• Discussion
• Bibliographic references

Image

Images that are relevant for their educational content will be published. Each image must be accompanied by a small clinical vignette and a maximum of 3 authors per manuscript will be accepted. Maximum 2 images and 10 bibliographic references Stroke controversies Without a defined periodicity, this section will be published, which will be chosen by the editorial committee and choosing by invitation the speakers on a topic of vascular neurology that will be discussed. History of Vascular Neurology Articles on the history of vascular neurology will be accepted for publication. A maximum of 3 authors per manuscript will be accepted for this section. Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor are short communications with various purposes. 1) Stimulate the discussion of the articles published in Ictus (The text in question should be no more than two pages); 2) Communication of brief scientific observations in which the author considers that the space of an original article is not required. In this case, a maximum of 3 pages, a table or figure and five bibliographic references and a maximum of 5 authors will be allowed. Editorials The magazine publishes editorials at the invitation of the editor.

Ictus - The Journal of Cerebrovascular Disease is an open access journal and is under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which allows the material to be shared and adapted as long as it is appropriately credited and indicated if changes have been made.

Ictus adheres to the recommendations for the preparation, presentation, edition, and publication of academic papers in medical journals of the International Committee of Directors of Biomedical Journals (ICMJE), as well as the Committee on Ethics for Publications (COPE for its acronym in English). At the following link you can access the ICMJE recommendations: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/. For the translation of the ICMJE recommendations into Spanish at the following link: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/translations/spanish2016.pdf, and for the COPE guides at the following link:

https://publicationethics.org/ resources / guidelines / principles-of-transparency-and-best-practices-in-academic-publications

It is necesary that the authors use the guidelines for reporting and publishing health research (EQUATOR) for each type of study or manuscript. At the following link you can access these recommendations: https://www.equator-network.org. For example, for randomized studies: CONSORT; for observational studies: STROBE; for systematic reviews: PRISMA; for case reports: CARE; for clinical practice guidelines: AGREE; among other.

Peer Review

Except for the editorials and the controversies section, all manuscripts are submitted for peer review on the subject: peer review, double blind which means that both authors and reviewers are anonymous for the review process. For this reason, please include the following information on a separate front page from the rest of the manuscript: Initial page (with data from the authors): title, name, affiliation of all authors, acknowledgments, Declarations of conflict of interest of all authors, full postal address and email of the corresponding author.

Blind manuscript (without authors): the body of the manuscript (with the figures, tables, references and acknowledgments) must not include any type of identification of the authors or their affiliations.

Interest conflict

According to the ICMJE, There is a conflict of interest when the professional evaluation of a primary interest (such as the well-being of the patients or the validity of the research) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as an economic benefit). The suspicion that a conflict of interest exists is as important as its actual existence.

” Thus, the authors must explicitly declare whether or not there is a conflict of interest that may bias their work.

Authorship

According to the ICMJE, the author of a manuscript must meet the following 4 criteria:

• Substantive contributions to the concept or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data for the job;
• Writing the work or critical review of the most important intellectual content;
• Final approval of the version to be published;
• Agreement to assume responsibility for all aspects of the work, ensuring that inquiries regarding the accuracy or completeness of any part of the work are properly investigated and resolved.

In addition, it is highly recommended that the ORCID identifier of each author be added, as well as the function that each author carried out in the realization of the document.

Acknowledge

People who have contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but who do not meet all the aforementioned criteria, may be cited in the "Acknowledgments" part of the manuscript.

Plagiarism detection

Ictus takes plagiarism very seriously. In cases where this is detected, the manuscripts will be rejected and the authors and their respective institutions will be notified.

Ethical issues and informed consent

In cases where humans are used in clinical experiments, the authors must have the authorization of the ethics committee of their respective institutions. Furthermore, the authors must adhere to the “Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association - Ethical Principles for Medical Research in Human Beings”; Last update in 2013. In the following link you can access this document: https://www.wma.net/es/policies-post/declaracion-de-helsinki-de-la-amm-principios-eticos-para-las -medical-research-in-human-beings/

The categories "Case Report" and "Clinical Snapshot" must be accompanied by an informed consent signed by the patient, guardian, or person responsible, in cases where the patient's identity cannot be protected. In the following link you can download the informed consent: