Submissions

Author Guidelines

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Guidelines for authors are mandatory. An excerpt about style considerations follows.

A) MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Submissions to Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra must be prepared according to the following instructions:

A1) Format. The manuscript will be in Word or compatible format, vertical DIN-A4 size, with double spacing and 2.5 cm margins, Arial/Courier/Times New Roman font, size 12. Use bold only for section headings, and italics only for words not written in the original language. All pages must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals.

A2) Tables. They will be attached at the end of the manuscript, numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals according to the order of appearance in the text; the exact place where each table will be located will be specified. Tables will be well designed and self-explanatory, their information must not duplicate that shown in text or figures. The title and a footer containing definitions of the whole abbreviations and symbols present in the table will be included. Vertical layout is recommended. Each line must correspond to a row of the table; do not enter spaces or line breaks within cells.

A3) Figures. They will be attached at the end of the manuscript, numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals according to their order of appearance in the text; the exact place where each figure will be placed will be specified. The figures, in shades of gray except on justified occasions, must provide significant information not shown in text or tables. A caption must be provided for each figure. In case of images, the caption will indicate the technique and those graphic elements (as arrows) used to highlight certain relevant elements. In case of graphics, the caption will include the definitions of all the abbreviations and symbols used in it. For copyrighted images, the caption must state that the copyright owner has granted permission for their use.

The figures must be sent as independent files, one per figure, in addition to be attached at the end of the main text. Formats: images in editable JPEG format and graphs in editable format, according to the Microsoft Office program used to generate them (Excel, Power point, Word). Avoid figures with low resolution and/or in non-optimized formats for screen viewing. Recommended minimum resolution: 300 dpi for color or grayscale images (halftone), 900 dpi for line graphics and 600 dpi for a combination of both types. Choose a size that allows for optimal viewing into the manuscript.

A4) Gender perspective. The journal Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra encourages using concise and fluid scientific communication from a gender perspective. Manuscripts must be written in Spanish with inclusive and non-sexist language; it is encouraged to as much as possible using colective nouns (las personas enfermas, la ciudadanía, profesionales de Medicina, el personal de ...) instead of the generic masculine noun (los enfermos, los ciudadanos, los médicos, los profesionales). Moreover, the language must be precise, avoiding substantive and/or adjective splitting (las enfermeras y los enfermeros) as well as using bars (los/las enfermeros/as). Notwithstanding, once the gender perspective was stablished, and given that effective communication is the priority, authors must follow the guidelines from the Real Academia de la Lengua española RAE and use the generic masculine noun or that of the predominant sex in a group (las enfermeras).

About design and analysis, the journal encourages to follow the SAGER guidelines (Heidari y col. 2016: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-016-0007-6). If the sample size allows it, present data disaggregated by sex (and/or gender) and discuss their implications; if a sex (and/or gender) analysis was not conducted, authors should give the rationale, and further discuss the implications of the lack of such analysis on the interpretation of the results. If the study is carried out in a single sex, it must be clearly specified and justified the reasons for any exclusion of males or females (also if one sex is not adequately representated).

B) MANUSCRIPT LAYOUT

B1) The first page must show the following elements:

• title in Spanish and English, maximum 20 words,
• full name and surname(s) of each author, as they wish to be cited,
• Affiliation of each of authors(name of the institution in which the research was developed and/or where the author works) indicated by correlative lowercase letters in superscript after the last name of each author; maximum three per author,
• email address and (if available) ORCID of each author,
• correspondence: name and surname(s) of the author of correspondence, telephone and full postal address (institutional or private), permanent electronic address,
• acknowledgements, or indicate not applicability,
• funding, with this format: This work has been funded by Institution 1, city, country [project number xxxx] and Institution 2, city, country [project number yyyy], or indicate not applicability,
• conflicts of interest: list them or indicate not applicability,
• number of words of the abstract and the text of the article (not including bibliography, abstract or legends/footnotes of tables and figures).
• type of contribution made by each author; CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) or another system can be used.
• type of approach followed in the order of authors if other than FLAE.

B2) Article text. It will be arranged into the following sections:

Abstract. Authors must follow the specifications for each type of article to prepare it. In Spanish and English; authors can delegate its translation to the Draft Board of the journal. when it is structured, it must comprise the following sections: Background (objective of the study), Methodology (sample selection, measurement and analysis methods), Results (main findings, preferably showing statistical parameters) and Conclusion (relevance of the study and/or results). In Case Reports, the Abstract should give the context to the pathology, make a brief presentation of the patient and state the relevance of the presented case. In Special Collaboration, the Abstract will reveal the main contributions of the study.

Keywords. After the Abstract, authors should indicate a maximum of 5 keywords that will be used for indexing the article; they must be obtained from the DeCS (Descriptors in Health Sciences) or MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) for keywords in English) thesauri.

Introduction. It should briefly provide the necessary context for the reader to understand the text that follows, highlighting the knowledge gaps that justify the study. The last paragraph will clearly state the objectives of the work. In Case Reports, it should be very brief: a paragraph to explain the context of the pathology and another one to justify the presentation of the case. Must not contain tables or figures.

Material and methods. Wrote in past tense. This section indicates the location (anonymized) and the temporal context of the study, and the target population. The criteria for selecting the sample, the estimation of the sample size, the variables to be analyzed, the techniques used, the measurement instruments, and the statistical methods to analyze the results obtained must be described in sufficient detail to replicate the study. The ethical aspects that regulated the study should always be declared.

Results. Wrote in past tense. They describe, without interpreting, the observations made with the method used. The most relevant results will be highlighted, and the use of tables and figures will make it possible to lighten the text of numerical data and descriptions; Avoid duplicating the information presented. Case Report: it will contain a clear, sequential and justified description of the case presented.

Discussion. Authors should compare their results with those from similar articles and interpret areas of agreement and disagreement, without repeating the results. Authors will indicate their own opinions on the findings, supporting them with the published literature. A critical appraisal of the limitations of the study should be made, including how certain aspects of the methodology may affect the relevance and validity (internal and external) of the obtained results. This section includes the conclusion, which must be derived from the results and highlight the meaning and clinical application of the most relevant results; guidelines for future research may be indicated. Please, avoid generalities. In Case reports, the Discussion should focus on the case presented, support or discuss the findings and actions taken, and avoid becoming a review of the topic; it should end with a conclusion that highlights the relevance of the presented case.

References. Ideas and data from others must be adequately referenced through the corresponding bibliographical references. Reference to textbooks and meeting minutes will be avoided as much as possible; “unpublished observations” and “personal communication” cannot be listed, but can be cited in parentheses within the text. Its format can be consulted here. As a general rule, up to the first six authors are listed, followed by the expression et al if more than six authors. Journal names must be abbreviated according to the style used in Index medicus/Medline, and whenever it exists, the DOI must be included in URL format (https://doi.org/10.etc.). References will be arranged into the text according to the order of appearance, with consecutive Arabic numerals in floating numbers (superscript) and, if a reference manager is used, without field codes.

Annexes. They contain extended information about the work or the research process: applied questionnaires, tables of less relevant data, in-depth descriptions of methods, apparatus or mathematical calculations. They will be numbered as I, II, etc.

Supplementary material. Authors can attach information related to their article (raw data, descriptions, statistical results, tables with ancillary data, additional calculations, infographics, etc.) that will be available online as a different file than the text of the published article.