Information For Authors

When submitting it to the INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVE TRANSFERENCE JOURNAL, it is considered that the article has not been previously published or submitted for consideration by any other journal. All articles received for review will go through an originality review software, excluding anyone with a report greater than 20%.

• Language: Articles will be received in Spanish, Portuguese or English.

• Font: Use an arial font, size 12 points and single line spacing. Scientific names are written in italics.

• File type: The articles are sent in Microsoft Word text format (doc or docx) through the journal's website, not accepting any other means of delivery, nor will correspondence be maintained about the originals, which are not sent through of the portal or in other formats.

• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses will be considered for the original articles section.

1. ORIGINAL ARTICLE

• Title: In original language and English, Written in highs and lows. The title must be brief and include, in parentheses, the scientific names (if applicable). Do not use local names in the title. It should be limited to a maximum of 20 words or 100 characters.

• Name Authors and affiliation: They must include names and surnames of each author. Submit as a footnote to the document the institutional affiliation, ORCID code, institutional mail for correspondence.

• Summary: It must include five sub-contents briefly detailed: introduction; objective; methods (include study period and sample size); Results and conclusions. It must include a maximum of 250 to 400 words. The English version of the Abstract must be included.

• Keywords: Consider four to eight keywords (these three sections must also be translated into English). Referentially, make use of indexed databases to later increase the citation of your article. The English version of the keywords must be included.

• Abbreviations: Define those that are not standard in this field in a footnote that will be placed on the first page of the article. Abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract should be defined on their first mention as well as in a footnote.

• Extension: It will have a minimum length of 3,000 words, not including tables, figures, the abstract, bibliographic citations and references.

• Introduction: It must summarize the recent findings in chronological order and end with the objective of the study and a comment on the results and conclusion.

• Material and methods: Include the information required to repeat the study. If mention is made of previously disclosed methods, only a brief description and reference is sufficient. Only include a map for studies with several sampling locations, otherwise only mention geographic coordinates. Only include the model and manufacturer of the equipment when it affects the results. In the case of chemical products, only indicate the manufacturer. Make a description of each component of the formulas that are registered. If you use acronyms, explain them the first time. In more detail, protocols (or similar) for new or not well known methods can be included in appendices as supporting information.

• Results: They must be written clearly and concisely. Actual analytical data must be reported. All factors used in calculations and all components used in aggregations must be specified. It should explain how the results relate to the hypothesis presented as the basis of the study and provide a succinct explanation of the implications of the results.

• Discussion: You should explore the importance of the results of the work (without repeating them). It should establish the relationship with previous related studies (avoid long citations) and possible future directions for research. If considered necessary, results and Discussion can be written together.

• Conclusions: The main conclusions of the study are presented.

• Acknowledgments and funding information: Indicate optionally.

• Authorship contribution: Brief description of the role of each author in the research.

• Conflicts of interest: If there are no interests to declare, indicate it: "None of the authors has a financial conflict or other type of interest that could inappropriately influence the results of this study." If there are conflicts of interest, it must be mentioned, referring to the author and what type of conflict of interest it presents.

• Citations and references: APA 7th edition regulations will be applied. Updated information on the citation form can be found on the official page of the APA (American Psychological Association). Only 10% of own citations and references will be accepted.

• Appendices: support material referenced in material and methods will be included. (Optional).

2. REVIEW ARTICLE

It is a succinct presentation of current literature (or state of the art) on the subject being reviewed by one (or several) professional experts in the field. The body of the text can be divided into: introduction, different sections with the main contributions of the topic, conclusions and references. It must include a sufficient number of bibliographical references according to the length of the text (recommended at least 20 references). The length of the abstract is a maximum of 250 words and the content between 3,500 and 7,000 words.

3. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Section open to all readers of the journal with contributions that complement or discuss original or review articles published in the last issue. In these cases, up to three authors and an extension of up to 500 words are allowed. The journal's editorial policy allows the aforementioned authors to make a reply.

Communications with preliminary research results that have not been published or submitted for publication in another journal will also be accepted; these are considered as scientific cards. Up to 800 words, one table or figure will be allowed, they will be subject to peer review and can include up to five authors and at least six bibliographic references. The content must include the objective, methodology, results, limitations and conclusions.