Submissions
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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- Manuscript in flat format, Word file. The text is single-spaced; uses a 11-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Scientific Articles
The document will have a maximum of 15 pages and a minimum of 8. It includes the following items: summary, abstract, introduction, materials and method, results, discussion of results, conclusions, acknowledgments, contribution of authors (when applicable), supplementary materials ( when applicable) and references (minimum seven).
Review Articles
Review articles present important topics treated by experts and are only accepted by invitation of the Editorial Board. The maximum length is 20 pages and its content is as follows: Summary, abstract, introduction, content, conclusions, authors' contribution (when applicable), supplementary materials (when applicable) and references.
Case Report
The case reports present in detail special cases of interest to the scientific community of the journal. The maximum length is 10 pages and its content is as follows: Summary, abstract, introduction, presentation of the case, discussion and references.
Essay
Essays are works in which the author addresses his or her interpretation of a relevant topic. He raises arguments and opinions, based on the scientific literature, concluding with a position on the selected topic. Maximum extension of 20 pages and its content is as follows: Summary, abstract, introduction, content, conclusions, contribution of authors (when applicable), supplementary materials (when applicable) and references
Reviews
Reviews are reviews and comments on new books with ISBNs, videos or other works. Maximum extension two pages and free format. Its content is as follows: Complete bibliographical reference, the photograph of the work and electronic address when applicable
Posters
This section allows the publication of scientific posters, the document will carry out the entire editorial process of a scientific manuscript (blind peer review), so the author must be sure that the work is ready to be published (it is not a preprint).
The results of the poster must not have been published in another scientific journal and if the poster had been presented at an academic event (Congress or scientific meeting), the type of event and date must be indicated.
The authors must own the publishing rights for all images used in the poster.
The latest version of APA should be used for references.
The publication of the poster is carried out under the license of use, distribution and reproduction of the magazine.
Posters can only be removed before they are assigned a DOI. This is assigned when authorizing its publication. Once a DOI is assigned to the content, the poster cannot be removed from the platform.
The shipping document format must be PDF.
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Comité Editorial
Revista Científica Agua, Saneamiento & Ambiente (ASA) de la Escuela Regional de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Recursos Hidráulicos, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
En relación con el manuscrito que someto para su publicación ante el Comité Editorial de Revista Científica Agua, Saneamiento & Ambiente (ASA) de la Escuela Regional de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Recursos Hidráulicos, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
DECLARO QUE:
- El manuscrito es inédito y constituye un resultado de investigación o producto intelectual realizado por su autor (es).
- El documento no está siendo considerado para su publicación por otra revista científica y su contenido es responsabilidad exclusiva de su(s) autor (es).
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