Sections

Foreword

Preview of the issue.

Editorial

Article written by the editor, a member of the editorial committee or a guest researcher (guest editor) on orientations in the thematic domain of the journal or of public interest in methodological or scientific theories. And / or topics for debate and action socio-political, academic science and technology. The article should not exceed 2000 words and must have a minimum of 5 references cited.

Original article

It is the result of research and develops a topic of interest for the magazine, with solidity, originality, actuality and in a timely manner. It should have the following structure: summary, key words, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and bibliographic references. The abstract should not exceed 250 words and the article 4000 words. It should have a maximum of 6 between tables and figures, and a minimum number of 25 bibliographic references cited.

Short article

It is the product of an investigation in which preliminary or partial original results of a scientific or technological research are presented, which usually require a prompt diffusion. It has the following structure: unstructured summary, key words, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and bibliographic references. The abstract does not have to exceed 150 words and the article 3000 words. It should have a maximum of 4 between tables and figures, and a minimum of 15 cited bibliographic references.

Case Report

The case reports are the result of a local study that limits itself to describing in detail a natural event or result of human interventions of special and particular interest in a locality. It has the following structure: summary, key words, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, bibliographic references. The abstract does not have to exceed 150 words and the article 3000 words. It should have a maximum of 5 between tables and figures, and a minimum of 15 cited bibliographic references.

Review article

The reviews will be conducted by experts in the field. Generally, the Editorial Committee of the Revista de Investigaciones Altoandinas makes invitations to write. They should include an exhaustive, objective and systematized exploration of current information on a given topic of interest (where the results of published or unpublished research on a field in science or technology are analyzed, systematized and integrated in order to account for advances and development trends). It has the following structure: summary, key words, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions and bibliographic references. The abstract does not have to exceed 250 words and the article 5500 words. It should have a maximum of 5 between tables and figures, and a minimum number of 60 bibliographic references cited.

Symposium

Symposia are a set of structured articles on a topic approved by the Editorial Committee of the Revista de Investigaciones Altoandinas and commissioned to an invited researcher. The theme and orientation of the articles will be coordinated with the guest editor for the issue. It has the following structure: summary, key words, body of the article and bibliographic references. The abstract should not exceed 250 words and the article 5500 words. It should have a maximum of 4 between tables and figures, and a minimum number of 25 bibliographic references cited.

Letters

Section open to all readers of the Revista de Investigaciones Altoandinas who send contributions that complement or discuss critical, analytical or interpretative positions, documents published in the Journal, which in the opinion of the Editorial Committee constitute an important contribution to the discussion of the topic by the scientific community of reference. The letters should develop, without being divided into sections, the approach to the problem, its discussion and the conclusion with its recommendation. The article does not have to exceed 1000 words. It should have a maximum of 1 between tables and figures and a minimum number of 5 cited bibliographic references.