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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  • The article is unpublished, it has not been published in another journal or other form of disclosure. Access the letter of originality and prepare your declaration according to the model. Subsequently the attached in the step of sending number 4 as a supplementary file.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format, Verdana 9 with single spacing, left alignment and spacing of 6 points between paragraphs.
  • References have been prepared following the requirements of ISO 690 2010. Wherever possible, URLs are provided for references.
  • All illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, rather than the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and biliográficos requirements outlined in the Guidelines of the author, which appear in About the Journal.
  • If sent to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, should follow the instructions in Ensuring an anonymous evaluation

Author Guidelines

The article submission process will be conducted exclusively online through the OJS platform of the Cuban Journal of Forestry Sciences, published on the intranet and internet. The author must complete all requested metadata to obtain the required information about the authors and the manuscript.

The editorial team of this journal estimates the time between five (5) and six (6) months for the manuscript evaluation and publication process.

To submit a manuscript electronically, please consult and follow the instructions available in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscript Submissions to CFORES.
Submitting and receiving relevant corrections through the online submission system implies compliance with the journal's policies and, among other points, compliance with the following ethical and rigor aspects:

The submitted manuscript is original and has not been previously published nor is it being evaluated for publication in another journal. A letter of originality will be attached as a supplementary file to the submission (step 4).
The manuscript complies with all the publication standards of the "Cuban Journal of Forestry Sciences." The manuscript meets the bibliographic and style requirements indicated in the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to the Cuban Journal of Forestry Sciences."
The documents cited in the manuscript are issued by authorized sources such as: prestigious organizations recognized by national or international bodies; peer-reviewed national or international scientific journals; repositories; as well as books and other documents that provide elements identifying the authors or editors responsible for the published content.
The principal author of the manuscript is responsible for all its contents and declares that there are no plagiarism, conflicts of interest, or ethical conflicts, releasing the Journal from any ethical or legal obligations.

The Cuban Journal of Forestry Sciences provides free and immediate access to its contents. The contents may be copied and distributed by any means, provided that the authors are acknowledged, the works are not used for commercial purposes, and the contents are not modified without prior authorization.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) developed the ISO 690:2010 standard, Information and documentation - Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources. It was translated into Spanish as UNE-ISO 690 Information and documentation. Guidelines for writing bibliographic references and citations to information resources, in May 2013 by the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR).

ISO-UNE 690:2013 accepts three in-text citation methods. Choosing one of them changes where the publication date should be noted.

Name and date system (Harvard)
Number system
Continued notes.

Examples for the bibliographical references according to the standard set by this magazine offered.

  • Book

LAST NAME, Name. Book title in italics. Edition. Place of publication: publisher, year. International Normalized Number (ISBN ...)

Example:

BERNSTEIN, L. The teacher invites a concert. 4th ed. Madrid: Siruela, 2004. ISBN 978-84-7844-701-5.

  • Chapter in a book

LAST NAME, Name. Chapter title. In; the name

SURNAMES. Title in italics of the work containing the chapter. Edition. Place of publication: publisher, year numbering (volume, etc.), first and last pages of the chapter. International Normalized Number (ISBN ...)

Example;

PENA, M. The assessment of student self-regulatory powers. In: C. MONEREO, coord. Pisa as an excuse: Rethinking evaluation to change teaching. Barcelona: Graó, 2009, p. 55-69. ISBN 978-84-7827-706-3.

  • Doctoral theses and unpublished final papers

SURNAME, name. Title of work in italics. Class unpublished thesis, academic institution in which it is presented, place, year. Note: The place is only necessary if it is not implied in the name of the institution.

Example:

ARDEVOL GONZÁLEZ, J. F. Flora and vegetation of the municipality of Icod (Tenerife). Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of La Laguna, 1990.

  • Magazine articles

SURNAME, name. Article title. Journal title in italics. Year number is included in the article, in bold volume, issue number is included in the article between parentheses first and last pages of the article. ISSN

Example:

ALONSO LOPEZ, m. Effects of biochar in the physical properties of various organic substrates. Cuban Journal of Forestry, 2013, 1 (1): 1-10 ISSN: 2310-3469.

  • Electronic documents

PRIMARY AUTHOR. Title [online]. secondary authors. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication [update or revision]. [Consulted day month year]. Availability and access.

LAU, J. International Guidelines for information literacy [online]. Mexico: Universidad Veracruzana. [Accessed 13 September 2012]. Available in: http://bivir.uacj.mx/dhi/DoctosNacioInter/Docs/Directrices.pdf

  • Web Sites 

Author. Title [online] [Accessed: day month year]. Availability and access.

Example:

Library of the University of Alicante [online]. [Accessed September 8, 2010]. Available in: http://biblioteca.ua.es/

  • Maps Online

AUTHOR, name. Title Map [Map]. [Consulted]. Availability

Example:

Tindal, R. Plan of the city and castle of Alicante [Map]. [Accessed 13 September 2012]. Available in: http://cartotecadigital.icc.cat/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/espanya&CISOPTR=809&CISOBOX=1&REC=10

  • Digital images

AUTHOR, name. Image title Year [digital image]. Location: Editorial [Consulted]. Availability. , Size

Example:

CHAGALL, Marc. Paris Through the Window. 1913 [digital image]. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York: Artists Rights Society (ARS) [Accessed 13 September 2012]. Available in: http://emuseum2.guggenheim.org/media/full/37.438_ph_web.jpg#TB_inline?height=657&width=525&inlineId=full-image. JPEG, 298 px.

Copyright Notice

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission meets all the elements listed below, and they know that shipments that do not meet these guidelines may be returned to the author.

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

The author Authorship and author who refers or shipping to UPR Magazines, CERTIFY:

  • That each of the people in it are listed as author or author has contributed directly to the intellectual content of the work, approves the contents of the manuscript is submitted to editorial process and gives its consent that their name appears on the authorship thereof.
  • That the request has not been previously published, it is not under review in another journal, nor included in another paper accepted for publication by another publisher.
  • That in the event that the content has been presented in a communication or congress, the current request is a substantial modification thereof and has properly been cited text on which it is based. This circumstance an explanation is provided to the publisher at the right place of the submission form (box "Comments to the Editor").
  • That each of the people listed as author agrees not to submit this work for consideration by another publication while in the Cuban Journal of Forest Science editorial process.
  • It has been recognized in a note the article, by way of thanks, the contribution of those which are not signatories to the same or responsible for the final version, have contributed substantially to the development of labor so and have given their permission to such mention.
  • Data and publications in which the information contained in the work, or who have had a significant influence on it is based have been cited in the text and in the list of references, being responsible, in respect of rights author refers, of any dispute or claim relating to intellectual property rights, exonerating from liability Cuban Journal of Forest Science.

Likewise, the author who submitted work must confirm compliance with the following points:

  • The text meets the style and bibliographic requirements outlined in the "Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to the journal."
  • If the text is attached to a section of the journal subject to peer review (see policy sections), has made sure to follow the directions given in Ensuring Blind Review.
  • The file is sent in DOC or DOCX format.
  • Where it has been possible, they have been added and DOI web addresses in the references.

 Copyright Notice:

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  • The authors retain copyright, ensuring Cuban Journal of Forest Science the right of first publication of the work that refer to the magazine to be submitted to the editorial process.
  • Authors know that his work is published under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International that allows others to share it with a recognition of the authorship of the work and its initial publication in this journal.
  • The authors give to the Cuban Journal of Forest Science the rights of exploitation of the work which has been published in this journal, authorizing the publishing of it for the exercise of a free reproduction, distribution and public communication without commercial purposes.
  • Authors know that their work will be stored on servers and reproduced in digital format for inclusion in institutional repositories and databases that will facilitate free access to the full text of the work.
  • Authors can distribute the version of the work published in Cuban Journal of Forest Science (for example, to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an express acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.