Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions for authors

Manuscripts submission: the articles must be elaborated in the Microsoft Word text processor, in a flat format, with the figures and tables, and their respective legends, in the corresponding place within the document. Articles written in Spanish and English are accepted, which must be sent via email to the address revistabme@eia.edu.co.

Peer review process: every article goes through an initial revision process by the Editorial Board. Approved articles will be sent to evaluation by two experts from the relevant field and external to University EIA, which will decide if the manuscript is suitable for publication. To facilitate this step, the authors must send the name and address of three possible peer expert evaluators in the subject. Once the author receives the comments from the reviewers, it will have to proceed to answer every item and incorporate the corresponding modifications in the text.

In order to facilitate the review process, it is required to send a detailed document summarizing all the changes introduced in the article and responding to each comment of the peer reviewers. Revista Ingeniería Biomédica reserves the right to accept or reject manuscripts under evaluation and it may suggest modifications that aim to improve the clarity of the article. Once the manuscript is accepted, the authors will receive the proofs of the article, which should be carefully reviewed and returned to the Editorial Board within a maximum of 48 hours.

Articles classification: The main two types of manuscripts considered include: original research and review. In addition, case report articles are accepted. A brief explanation of the mentioned article types is given below:

- Original research article: Shows the results of a concluded research conducted in some field of biomedical engineering or preliminary results when their prompt diffusion is relevant.

- Review article: Shows the state of the art and new developments in some biomedical engineering area, which has great dynamism and has shown considerable growth during recent years. The review could be the result of the research experiences of the authors by referencing their work, but should also include a critical review of the available literature (which may include gray literature such as technical reports and white papers).

- Case report: The author presents the results of a study on a current situation relevant to Biomedical Engineering, with the purpose of communicating the technical and methodological experiences considered for this specific case. It is recommended to include a critical review of the available literature on similar cases.

Preparation of manuscripts

In this section, the principal details regarding the edition and structure of the article are presented. For those authors who desire more orientation regarding the technical content of the article, a special guide was developed by the Editorial Board, which is available online at http://revistabme.eia.edu.co.

1. Length: the unformatted article should be prepared using Microsoft Word with the font Times New Roman, size 12, and margins adjusted to 3 cm. The manuscript may not exceed 20 letter-sized pages with one and a half line spacing (1, 5) (without figures and tables).

2. Sections: all original research articles require title, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgment (optional) and references. It should be noted that the presented structure may change significantly for other types of articles, where the sections may be defined by the authors for the best comprehension of the manuscript content.

The title may not exceed 15 words. Besides, an abbreviated title that best defines the work without the specificity needed in the complete version is required. As mentioned, both the complete and abbreviated titles must be translated to Spanish and Portuguese. The authors listed below the manuscript title must be in the order as they wish to appear and indicating their highest academic title, institutional affiliation, and research group (if applies). The email address of the corresponding author is required.

The abstract should be presented in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. The content should state the main purposes and research questions of the study (the methods used, the main results, and the key conclusions), and not exceed 250 words. They must not contain references and acronyms without to define.

For the keywords in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, around four words or short sentences that describe the work must be included for each language. In Spanish, the keywords must be organized in alphabetical order, and in English and Portuguese, they must maintain the same order that in Spanish, in such a way that they coincide.

3. Images: should be delivered in digital format (JPEG), embedded within the text and in corresponding places. The legend of the figures will be included under the figure, starting with “Fig. #.” (the symbol “#” represents any natural number), in bold, followed by two spaces to start its description. Figure legends should be self-explanatory. Similarly, tables are called with “Table #.” Table legends should be placed above the table, in bold. If figures or tables are reproduced or modified from an article, book or web page the original reference must be cited. Likewise, the figures are named in the text using the abbreviation "Fig. " accompanied by the corresponding number according to its order of appearance.

High-contrast line figures and tables (processed as images) should be prepared with 600 dpi resolution, 1 bit per pixel. For photographs and grayscale a minimum 220 dpi, 8 bits per pixel resolution is required and 400 dpi (8 bits per pixel) for color images. However, the lasts are mainly used for the electronic version of the journal, and their use in the printed version will only be considered by the Editorial Board in extraordinary cases. So the graphs, diagrams, maps, or similar should be interpretable without a reference to the full-color image if possible.

4. References: authors should distinguish between references and bibliography (which is not accepted). A minimum of 15 references for original research articles is required, and 80 references as a minimum for the review type are recommended. The abstract does not include references. The information required depends on the type of reference, like this:

- Scientific articles in journals: author (s); surname and initials of the names, title of the article, magazine (in cursive), volume, pages, year.

- Scientific articles in events: author (s); surname and initials of the names, title of the article, event where it was published (in cursive), city, country, year.

- Books: author (s), title, publisher, year, chapter (s), pages.

- Web pages: author (s) (if they appear), institution that backs it, the title of the article, year of publication, date of last access, and full address.

- Undergraduate work: author (s), the name of work, level (e.g. Master's Thesis), academic degree obtained, endorsement institutions, year.

Below are examples for some types of references:

Books:

[1] Guyton A.C., Hall J.E. Tratado de Fisiología Médica. McGraw-Hill, 2001. Capítulo 10, 129-136.

Scientific articles in journals:

[2] Stieglitz T., Gross M. Flexible BIOMEMS with electrode arrangements on front and back side as a key component in neural prostheses and biohybrid systems. Sensors and Actuators B: chemical, 83, 8-14, March 2002.

Scientific articles on events:

[3] Kelly S., Burke D., Chazal D., Reilly R. Parametric models and classification for direct brain interfaces. Proceedings of the Irish signal and systems conference, Cork, Ireland, June 2002.

Thesis dissertations

[4] Lamus C., Meza C.B. Diseño y construcción del prototipo de un sistema electrónico intraoral como apoyo a pacientes con discapacidad de miembro superior. Tesis de Grado, Ingenieros Biomédicos, EIA-CES, 2005.

Web pages:

[10] Asiaín J.L. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Encoders: Construcción, montaje y programación (2000). Consultado el 1 de julio de 2006 en: http://isa.umh.es/temas/micros/doc/encoders.pdf

5. Equations: should be numbered on the side of the equation with the number in parentheses. To refer to an equation, it should not say, “as in the Eq. 1” or “in the Equation 1”, just refer it as “(1)”, except when is used at the begging of a sentence. Equations should be prepared with an appropriate editor and a font size of 10 points.

6. Units and decimal points: The International System of Units must be used. The central point is used to separate composed units, as in the example “A m2”. To express a range write “7 cm- 9 cm” or (7-9) cm. Decimal fractions should be given after a point and use the comma for thousands.

7. Abbreviations and acronyms: they should be defined at the point of first use and accompanied by a complete explanation of its meaning in the original language.

8. Footnotes: they will be used for presenting the corresponding authors' information in the final version of the article. Although not prohibited to clarify concepts or extend information poorly mentioned on the main text, their use is not encouraged.

For more information, please contact revistabme@eia.edu.co.