Information For Authors

Authors guidelines

POLIBOTÁNICA , the international botanical journal of the National Polytechnic Institute, exclusively includes articles that represent the results of original research in the area. It has a periodicity of two issues a year, with distribution and International Editorial Committee.

All articles sent to the journal for possible publication are submitted to at least a couple of referees, recognized national or international specialists who review and evaluate them and are the ones who ultimately recommend the relevance or otherwise of the publication of the article. that this is the means we have to take care of the level and quality of the published works.

FOR THE PUBLICATION OF WORKS

Originals that meet the following requirements will be accepted:

POLIBOTÁNICA exclusively includes articles that represent the results of original research that have not been published.

1. The author must attach a letter headed and signed addressed to the Editor, where the manuscript is presented, as well as the indication that the work is original and unpublished, since works published or presented previously or simultaneously in another journal are not accepted. circumstance that the author(s) must expressly declare in the presentation letter of their article.

2. When a work is accepted, its author will no longer be able to send it to any other national or foreign magazine.

3. Articles must be written in Spanish, English, French or Portuguese. In the case of being written in languages other than Spanish, a comprehensive summary must be included in this language.

4. As part of the CONACYT requirements, POLIBOTÁNICA now uses the Open Journal platform System (OJS); for the management of the articles submitted to it . So we kindly ask you to register and send your article in the following link: www.polibotanica.mx/ojs/index.php/polibotanica


  1. a) upload the work in an office- word electronic file , there is not a maximum number of pages with the following characteristics:
    b) in letter-size pages, times new roman font 12 points double spaced and 2 cm margin

  2. The figures, images, graphs of the work must be included in the original Word document:
  3. a) in jpg format
    b) with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and a minimum size of 140 mm wide c) the letters must be perfectly legible and contrasting

  4. All work must be headed by:

  5. a) A title in both Spanish and English that clearly expresses the problem to which it refers. The format for the title is: bold, size 14 and centered.;

    b) The name of the author or authors, with their corresponding initials, without expression of titles or academic degrees. The format for the authors is: aligned to the left, each one in a different paragraph and size 12. Each author must have a number in superscript format indicating to which affiliation it belongs;

    c) The designation of the laboratory and institution where the work was carried out. The affiliation(s) must be below the group of authors. Each affiliation must ́ be in a paragraph and size 12. At the beginning of each affiliation there will be ́ the number in superscript that relates it to one or more author(s).

    d) The corresponding author should be in the following paragraph, aligned to the left, size 12.

  6. All work must be made up of the following chapters:
  7. a) SUMMARY and ABSTRACT . Keywords and Key Words . The abstract must come after the affiliation of the authors, aligned to the left, size 12. The word “Abstract: / Abstract : ” must come in bold and with a colon. The text of the abstract must begin in the following paragraph, size 12 and justified. The text “Palabras claves / Key Words :” must come in bold followed by a colon. Each of the keywords must be separated by commas or semicolons, ending with a period.

    b) INTRODUCTION and METHODS In the case of already known techniques or methods, they will only be mentioned by the citation of the original publication in which they were disclosed. The format for all sections in this list is: bold, size 16, and centered.

    c) RESULTS obtained. Presentation accompanied by the necessary number of graphs, tables, figures or diagrams of a size very close to that of its printed reproduction (19 x 14 cm).

    d) Concise DISCUSSION of the results obtained, limited to what is original and other data directly related and considered new.

    e) CONCLUSIONS .

FORMAT SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE BODY OF THE PAPER

 

  1. Sections/Paragraph Subheadings : Font size 16, centered, in bold, with the first letter capitalized.
    2. Subsections/Subheadings of secondary paragraphs : Font size 14, centered, in bold, with the first letter capitalized. When there are subsections of subsections, format in size 13 bold and centered.
    3. Body of the text : Font size 12, justified. There should be NO line breaks between paragraphs.
    4. Footnotes must be at the end of each page, font size 12 justified.
    5. Textual quotation with more than three lines : Font size 12, left margin of 4 cm.
    6. Title of images : Font size 12, centered and in bold, separated by a colon from its description . Description of the images : size 12.
    7. Footnotes of the images : Font size 12 and centered with respect to the image, the first letter must be in capital letters .
    8. Images : they must be in the body of the text, inserted in png or jpg format , at least 300 dpi resolution and centered. Images must be in line with the text . Images are considered : graphs , charts, photographs , diagrams, and in some cases, equations.
    9. Text type tables : The title of the columns of the tables must be in bold and the data of the body of the table with normal font. Scientific names should be in italics . Tables are not accepted as images.
    10. Footnotes to the table : Font size 12 and centered with respect to the table, the first letter must be in capital letters .
    11. Equations can be in Mathtype 1 or in image. In the latter case, follow the instructions in point 8.
    12. Citations of the author and year type must be in parentheses , with the author's last name followed by the year (Souza, 2007), first letter capitalized .
    13.  Table titles, table footnotes and figure footers in articles in Spanish with their corresponding translation into English.

 

  1. LITERATURE CITED , The APA Style for Bibliographic References will be taken as a basis, formed by the references mentioned in the text of the work and in alphabetical order. It is mandatory to use Mendelay ® (bibliographic software). The purpose of using this type of software is to ensure that the data contained in the references is correctly structured and corresponds to the citations in the body of the text.

STRUCTURE AND FORMAT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

 

  1. Acknowledgmentsshould be after the last section of the body of the text. This information must have the word "Acknowledgments" as its title , or its equivalent in another language, in bold, size 12 and centered. The text of this information must be in size 12 justified.
    2. The Bibliographical References must be in alphabetical order without paragraph line break , aligned to the left, in size 12. 3.
    Appendices , annexes, glossaries and other materials must be included after the bibliographical references . In case these materials are extensive they should be created as PDF files.
  2. REVIEW AND PUBLICATION

All articles sent to the journal for possible publication will be subjected to a "double blind" review, they will be sent to at least a couple of referees, recognized national or international specialists who will review and evaluate them and will be the ones who finally recommend their relevance. or not of the publication of the article, it should be noted that this is the means we have to take care of the level and quality of the published works.

Once the work is accepted, the author(s) will be charged the corresponding amount according to the institutional catalog per page plus VAT , regardless of the number of photographs it contains.