Authors Requeriments

The academicians interested in publishing their research’s findings regarding population and health, can send their contributions. Original and unpublished works will be accepted. They must fulfill the following norms:

1. Title and subtitle that represents the content of the work.
2. First name and last names (separated by a hyphen – e.g.: Carlos Lopez-Vargas), the author’s institutional affiliation, email address, and country should be included.
   
3. Include an abstract (maximum 250 words) in English and Spanish; it will describe the purpose of the article, methodology employed, obtained results, discussion, and conclusions.
   
4. Include at least three key words in English and Spanish; they will identify the content of the article. It is recommended to take them from the POPIN's Multilingual Thesaurus. 
5. Themes and sub-themes should be well-defined. The following format sections are suggested: Introduction, Methodology and Data, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References.
   
6. It is advisable that all works follow our  publication numbering system for parts and sections, that is: 1., 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.:

    

   • 1. First part 
   • 1.1 First section of the first part 
   • 1.1.1 First subsection of the first section 
   • 1.1.2 Second subsection of the first section 
   • 1.2 Second section of the first part 
   • 2. Second part 
   • 2.1 First section of the second part

    

7. References should be arranged in strict alphabetical order. Only references to relevant documents, that were quoted and/or discussed, should be included. The format of American Psychological Association (APA) in French paragraph should be used:

   Books:

   • last name (s), name. year (in parenthesis). title (in italics). publisher: city.

     Nicol, A. A. M., & Pexman, P. M. (1999). Presenting your findings: A practical guide for creating tables. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

   Journals:

   • last name (s), name. year (in parenthesis). title of the article. title of the Journal (in italics), volume / vol (number), pages.

     Baldwin, C. M., Bevan, C., & Beshalske, A. (2000). At-risk minority populations in a church-based clinic: Communicating basic needs. Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health, 6(2), 26-28.

     Bonilla, R. (2006). Efecto de la Escolaridad sobre la Fecundidad en Nicaragua. Población y Salud en Mesoamérica, 4(1), artículo 2. Consulta del 18 de setiembre, 2007, de http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/revista/volumenes/4/4-1/4-1-2/index.htm

    

8. The acknowledgements are placed in a single paragraph with an unnumbered title and after the bibliography. Names and institutional affiliations of those acknowledged should be included as well as the specific assistance provided.
9. Charts, graphs, tables, pictures, etc. should  be included at the end of the article and be sequentially numbered (table 1, table 2… table n).
10. In-text quotations should also follow the APA format. Short quotes (around 40 words) should be included in the text between quotation marks and written in italics. At the end of the paragraph, in parenthesis, indicate the author’s name, year of publication and the page number. Example: (Coleman, 1990, p. 27). If the citations exceed more than 40 words, they should be placed in a separate paragraph, indented five spaces and without quotation marks. These long quotes should be single-spaced. Specify the author or authors’ name (s), year of the publication and page number. Example:
    
    La insistencia en la solidaridad en la red social de migrantes, se debe a que esta es el factor de capital social que se mantiene a lo largo y ancho de las relaciones en la red de migrantes. Desde que un individuo decide trasladarse fuera de su país de origen y solicita información mediante diferentes canales, su solicitud es respondida de manera tácita por el conglomerado de la red mediante las posibilidades de acceder a sus diferentes recursos (Borge, 2005, p. 7).
    
    The author’s name might be placed at the end of the quotation or at the beginning as in the example above. For example, the previous quote can begin: Borge (2005, p. 7) points out that: (include the in-text citation)
11. All works should be sent in MS-Word or RTF from any Mac or Pc application and with an average length of 15 pages. All works should come without page number; and written in plain text format, single space and in Times New Roman, font size 12. Paragraphs should not be indented and will be separated by one blank line.
12. Author or authors’ résumé (one page) and their institutional affiliation should be attached.

• It will be published.
• It will be published when recommendations accepted.
• It will be pending for publishing (comments will be included)
• It will not be published (comments will be included)

This publication is indexed and registered internationally. All articles in this journal are protected under the Creative Commons license. The partial or complete reproduction of this text is allowed, if the source is cited.

All works can be emailed to:

Ricardo Chinchilla Arley, Editor. revista@ccp.ucr.ac.cr