Volumen 79 Número 1 - Sociedad Argentina de Oftalmología

General Conditions for publishing in Archivos de Oftalmología de Buenos Aires
be quantified whenever possible, presenting
them with adequate indicators regarding error
or uncertainty measures (such as confidence
intervals). The suitability of the experimentation
subjects must be discussed, providing details
on randomisation. Describe also the methods of
any type of blind observation technique and any
treatment complications. Specify the number of
observations and mention any cases lost therein
(such as dropouts in clinical essays). Specify
the utilisation of any computer programme of
general use.
· Results
Describe only the results extracted from
the previous section. Refrain from repeating
all data tables and/or illustrations. Restrict the
amount of tables and figures to illustrate and
support the reasoning of the article. Use graphs
as an alternative to tables with many data, and
avoid duplicating data in graphs and tables.
· Discussion
This section should refer only to data
obtained in the results, the possible limitations
thereof and a comparison with those of other
authors. Emphasise the novel and relevant
aspects of the work and the conclusions derived
from it. Avoid speculations which, if made, must
be clearly identified as such and not as a proven
fact. Do not claim priority or refer to unfinished
work.
· Acknowledgements
The persons who made an intellectual
contribution to the article but do not merit
authorship can be named here, provided
they have given their authorisation. The
authors are responsible for obtaining written
authorisation from the persons mentioned in the
acknowledgements because readers can infer
their support to the data and conclusions.
Technical support is to be acknowledged
in a separate section, together with other
contributions.
o Bibliography
It must be ordered and numbered
with Arabic numbers by order of appearance
in the text. Any entry in this section must
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have its counterpart in the text, just like any
quote in the text must have its matching
bibliographical entry if published in a standard
publication. References to personal or poster
communications, summaries of programmes
and unpublished discussions must be kept to a
minimum and identified in the text, although not
in the bibliography. In these cases, the author
must supply the documentation object of the
reference or the author’s acceptance in writing.
The format of the quote shall follow
that of the Index Medicus.
· For the Archives
Regarding journals, the quote must
include: a) Author/s, with surname/s and
name initial/s, without separation by periods
or commas. When quoting several authors, a
comma shall be used to separate each name,
avoiding the use of «and». If the number of
authors exceeds six, the first six shall be named
followed by «et al». The last shall be followed
by a period; b) Article title in original language,
with its own signs and accentuations, followed
by a period; c) Indexed journal name. After each
abbreviation of the journal name no period
shall be included, not even between the last
abbreviation and section d). To facilitate the
denomination of the abbreviated title of each
journal quotes, see list of abbreviated titles
at the end of these rules; d) Year; e) Volume
number. The separation between this section
and section f ) shall be made with a colon; f ) First
and last pages, separated by a dash (-).
For instance: Josselson J. Kyser BA, Weir
MR, Sadler JH. Hepatitis B surface antigenemia in
chronic haemodialysis program: lack of influence
on morbidity and mortality. Am J Kidney Dis
1987; 9: 4 6461.
· For books
a) Author, followed by a period; b) Title,
followed by a period; c) Edition, if more than one;
d) Publisher city and house; e) Year; f) Volume,
if more than one, and pages, if referring to a
specific quote and not the entire book.
Example: Boyd B. Atlas de Cirugía Ocular.
Panama: Highlights of Ophthalmology; 199 ; II; 4
· For book chapters
a) Chapter author; b) Chapter title; c) In: book
author; d) Book title; e)Publisher city and house;
f) Year; g) Volume, if more than one, and pages.