Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The original manuscript has not been published in whole or in part (significant parts) previously, nor has it been submitted for consideration by any other journal. If the editorial decision of the journal is to accept the manuscript, the signatories agree not to submit it to another journal.
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As part of the submission, the following files shall be uploaded separately:
a. Data sheet. Format with data that may compromise the anonymity of the manuscript and other required inputs.
b. Full-text manuscript, anonymized and according to the template.
c. Declaration of compliance with the Editorial Policies. Format that includes statements on originality and authorship, copyright, informed consent and conflict of interest.
d. Files of images, videos, tables or figures. Whenever possible, URL addresses are provided for references. - Citations and bibliographic references. Citation standards according to Vancouver format have been complied with. All bibliographic references are cited in the text and all citations appear in the bibliographic references at the end of the text. The active link to the DOI of the cited articles has been added, if any, with the format: https://doi.org/10xxxxxxxxx.
- Language. Manuscripts must be written in Spanish and must have a spell check and eliminate double spaces.
- Images and videos. All the indications and specifications established by the magazine have been followed.
- Keywords. The Descriptors in Health Sciences/Medical Subject Headings DeCS/MeSH (DeCS) have been used for the keywords.
- Metadata in English. Title, abstract, key words should be in both English and Spanish.
Copyright Notice
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Authors who publish in the Journal of Practical Echocardiography and Other Cardiac Imaging Techniques (RETIC) agree to the following terms:
COPYRIGHT
Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant RETIC a non-exclusive right of first publication, as well as the rights necessary for the reproduction, distribution, public communication, and dissemination of the article in any format or medium.
Authors may enter into additional non-exclusive agreements for the distribution of the published version of the article, provided that the original publication in RETIC is properly acknowledged.
The opinions expressed in published articles are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board.
PUBLICATION LICENSE
Articles published in RETIC are distributed under the following license:
Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
This license permits:
- sharing, copying, and redistributing the material in any medium or format,
- adapting, remixing, and transforming the material,
under the following conditions:
- Attribution: appropriate credit must be given to the authors and to the journal, a link to the license must be provided, and any changes made must be indicated.
- NonCommercial: the material may not be used for commercial purposes.
No additional legal or technological restrictions may be applied that would restrict the uses permitted by this license.
SELF-ARCHIVING POLICY
RETIC encourages the dissemination of published articles in order to enhance visibility, impact, and citation, under the following conditions:
- Authors may not deposit preprint versions (prior to peer review) or postprint versions (peer-reviewed and accepted manuscripts) before publication.
- Once the article has been published, authors may deposit and share the final published version in:
- institutional or subject repositories,
- personal or institutional websites,
- academic and scholarly networks,
provided that the full citation of the original publication in RETIC is clearly stated and the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license are respected.
Privacy Statement
Personal data provided during the registration and manuscript submission process in RETIC will be incorporated into the journal’s user database and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Spanish data protection legislation.
- Access to information:
RETIC Editorial Team and technical support staff of Grupo Editorial CTO. - Purpose:
Personal data will be used exclusively for purposes related to editorial management, communication with authors, and access to journal content. - Legal basis:
Explicit consent of the data subjects. - Rights:
Users may exercise their rights of access, rectification, restriction of processing, and erasure of personal data by contacting:
redaccioncto@ctoeditorial.com
