Guidelines for authors

Submission Process

Revista Movimiento Científico appreciates your interest in publishing the results of your research. The journal accepts original and unpublished manuscripts in Spanish and English related to the health sciences and related fields. All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process, ensuring scientific quality, editorial transparency, and compliance with the ethical principles of scientific publication.

Double-Blind Peer Review

A process designed to ensure scientific quality, editorial transparency, and publication integrity.



Quick Guide For Authors

Requirement Specification
Accepted Languages Spanish and English
Publication Frequency Biannual (two issues per year: January–June and July–December)
Peer Review Double-Blind Peer Review
File Format Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)
Font Arial, 10 pt
Line Spacing Single
Reference Style APA Style (latest edition)
Reference Manager Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, or Microsoft Word
Open Access Yes
Article Processing Charges (APCs) No submission, processing, or publication fees.

 


Before Submitting Your Manuscript

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Author Registration

To submit a manuscript, authors must first register on the journal's editorial platform. If you already have an account, you can directly start the submission process through the OJS system.

Once registered, you can submit your manuscript by following the five-step submission procedure available on the platform.

 

Before beginning the submission process, please carefully verify that your manuscript meets the following requirements:

The manuscript must be original and unpublished.

It must not be simultaneously submitted to another journal.

It must comply with the focus and scope of Revista Movimiento Científico.

It must comply with the journal's editorial and ethical standards.

It must be submitted completely anonymized to ensure double-blind peer review.

All manuscripts must be prepared according to the guidelines provided in the format entitled Article Submission Guidelines (Annex 2) .

Manuscripts must not exceed 6,000 words or be fewer than 4,000 words. This does not include titles, abstract, keywords, or references.

If the document contains tables or graphs, these must not exceed a total of six, and their source must be specified.

All articles must manage their references using reference management tools such as Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote, or the reference management tool in Word.

Authors must complete the format entitled Declaration of Originality (Annex 3)  and Letter of Assignment of Copyright and Economic Rights and Authorization for Publication (Annex 4) .

Complete information for ALL authors must be provided. This information must be entered directly into the OJS platform (NOT in the Word document) when submitting the manuscript, in order to ensure double-blind peer review, proper authorship attribution, and the correct order of appearance.



Please verify all requirements before completing your manuscript submission.

 

Submission Checklist

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Before completing the submission, please carefully check that all the requirements established by the journal have been met.



The submission has not been previously published and is not under consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments for the Editor).

The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.

URLs are provided for the references whenever possible.

The text has single line spacing, a 10-point font size, italics are used instead of underlining (except for URLs), and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the appropriate locations within the text rather than at the end.

The text meets the stylistic and bibliographic requirements included in the Recommendations for Authors for Article Publication.

If the manuscript is being submitted to the peer-review section, the instructions included in Ensuring an Anonymous Review are followed.

The Declaration of Originality, Copyright, Economic Rights, and Authorization for Publication form is submitted.

It is an original article written by the undersigned author on research topics in Physiotherapy, and it complies with the journal's requirements for article publication.

It is an unpublished article that has not been submitted for review and is not published, either partially or entirely, in any other national or international scientific journal.

There are no conflicts of interest with government or private organizations that could affect the content, results, or conclusions of this publication.

The article has been read and approved by each of the authors, and therefore the data and references to previously published materials have been properly identified with the corresponding credit and included in the bibliographic notes and citations as appropriate.

In the event of publication, I freely assign all economic rights derived from the aforementioned article, understanding the assignment of the following rights: reproduction in all its forms, transformation or adaptation, public communication, distribution, and, in general, any type of exploitation of the work by any means currently known or that may become known.

Manuscript Preparation

General Format

  • Microsoft Word file.
  • Letter size.
  • Single column.
  • Arial 10-point font.
  • Single line spacing.
  • Justified text.
  • Follow the journal's official template.

Manuscript Structure

  • Title in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
  • Abstract (maximum 250 words) in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
  • Keywords (minimum 3 and maximum 5) in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
  • Introduction.
  • Methodology.
  • Results.
  • Discussion.
  • Conclusions.
  • Conflicts of interest.
  • Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence.
  • Acknowledgments (when applicable).
  • References according to APA style.
Note: Manuscripts must be no longer than 6,000 words and no shorter than 4,000 words, excluding titles, abstract, keywords, and references. Please follow the Article Submission Guidelines (Annex 2) .

Figures and Tables

  • Maximum six (6).
  • They must be numbered consecutively.
  • They must include a title.
  • They must indicate the corresponding source.
  • Figures created by the authors must be explicitly identified as such.

Required Documents

  • Originality Declaration (Annex 3).
  • Copyright Assignment (Annex 4).
  • Additional documents requested by the journal.

Copyright and Open Access

Authors retain the copyright to their works and grant the journal the right of first publication. All articles are published under a Creative Commons license, promoting open access to scientific knowledge.

Publication Without Charges (No APC)  

Revista Movimiento Científico does not charge fees for manuscript submission, evaluation, processing, or publication.

Editorial Contact

For inquiries related to the editorial process, manuscript preparation, or the OJS platform, please contact the editorial team of Revista Movimiento Científico through the official channels published on the journal's website.