ABOUT THE PUBLICATION

Focus and Scope

Journal Description and Objective

Anales de la Facultad de Medicina (AnFaMed) is a semiannual peer-reviewed journal with continuous publication. It is published online and accepts articles in Spanish, English, and Portuguese on topics related to biomedical and health sciences. It is produced by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Republic (Uruguay).

Its objective is to contribute to and invigorate the field of biomedical academic publishing worldwide by publishing original research and professional practice articles in medicine and related professions, as well as various articles, such as reviews and others, aimed at improving public health and facilitating the communication of knowledge and experiences among faculty, students, and professionals.

Audience:

Academics and professionals from all areas of biomedical and health sciences (clinical, medical, and surgical sciences, basic biomedical sciences, biological sciences with health-related work, epidemiological sciences, and medical science education). Specifically: physicians, professionals in related fields, students, researchers, and teachers.

Peer Review Process

Peer Review

AnFaMed has a single-blind peer review policy. This means that the reviewers know the identity of the authors, but not the other way around.

Articles accepted for review will be sent by the editor assigned to review and edit the article to at least two anonymous reviewers, experts in the field and external to the journal. They will propose the steps to be taken in accordance with AnFaMed's editorial policies: accept, reject, or request modifications to the article, and, in the latter case, will indicate the modifications they consider necessary.

If the reviewers' suggestions are conflicting or very different, a third person will be asked to review the article. This person may be one of the associate editors or another researcher deemed valid by the editor in charge and the executive committee. Ultimately, the editor, together with the full executive committee, will determine whether the article should be included or rejected.

If articles are accepted for publication, the authors must correct them according to the reviewers' and editor's comments within the allotted timeframe. Comments not accepted by the authors must be adequately substantiated, which will be reviewed by the corresponding editor. The editor and the executive committee reserve the right to reject or accept submitted materials for publication.

If the article is ultimately accepted for publication, the author will be informed of the issue of AnFaMed in which it will be included. Before publication, they will be sent a copy for final review.

Publication Frequency

The AnFaMed journal is published semiannually. Starting in 2020, the Continuous Publication modality for content has been adopted.

Open Access Policy

This journal's electronic edition is published in Open Journal System (OJS) format, an open-source platform that will ensure wider dissemination, in compliance with the free software support and adherence policies of the University of the Republic, Uruguay.

APC Policy

There will be no charge to the author for publishing, nor to the reader for reading or downloading articles published on this platform.

Copyright

Authors retain their copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows sharing of the work as long as the initial publication in this journal is acknowledged.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Digital Preservation Policies.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proposes a notion of Digital Preservation as "the processes intended to guarantee the permanent accessibility of digital objects."

AnFaMed recognizes the importance and interest of preserving the content of our publication for future generations of readers and complies with the following procedures:

1 - Identify the final electronic documents for publication.

2 - Back up the final files, in non-proprietary formats, on an external hard drive.

3 - Once published, weekly backups of the software (Open Journal System) and its complete content are made on the institution's servers.

4 - The complete publication of the journal is stored on external hard drives, and its content is updated quarterly.

5 - Stored in the Colibrí institutional repository.

6 - As a SciELO-accredited journal, you will have access to LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe).

History of the Journal

Brief Historical Overview of the Anales de la Facultad de Medicina

The main concern of the Faculty of Medicine authorities at the beginning of the 20th century was the lack of space in the old building on Sarandí Street. After intensive efforts, the law for the construction of the new Faculty was approved. In 1904, the cornerstone was laid, and the construction work was completed in 1910.

Once the new building on General Flores Avenue was inaugurated, without the pressure of having to solve a practical problem, and classes began to be held there in 1911, a period of intense development began for the Faculty of Medicine. Led by deans Manuel Quintela and Américo Ricaldoni, it quickly rose to the forefront of Latin American medicine.

One of the milestones that marked this development was the creation of the Anales de la Facultad de Medicina. Since 1898, an excellent medical periodical, the Revista Médica del Uruguay, had existed, but the Faculty felt that, without attempting to invade the space that the journal had gained, a new publication was needed. This would reflect the activities of all sectors of the Faculty, allow for the exchange of knowledge between the different departments, contribute to the cultural development of the students, and offer information on all the Faculty's activities.

Manuel Quintela was appointed Dean for the period 1909-1912 and re-elected for the period 1912-1915. This six-year term marked Quintela's first deanship, as he served again as Dean from 1921 to 1927. During his first deanship, in 1913, Quintela presented a project for the creation of a journal published by the Faculty, which would be its official publication. Although the Council approved the project, its implementation had to be postponed due to a lack of material resources.

In 1915, with Américo Ricaldoni as Dean, the initiative was revived and a committee composed of two councilors, Drs. José Scoseria and Alberto Vázquez Barriere, was appointed to draft a final project. The project was then left to the Dean to direct the Annals, and Drs. Arnoldo Berta and Domingo Prat were appointed as editorial secretaries. At the time of the Council's approval of the project, Américo Ricaldoni made the following statement, outlining the integration policy he would pursue during the remainder of his two terms as Dean: "For my part, I also propose that, as an appendix, a Student Page be published, intended to collect observations or reflections that students of our Faculty wish to make on anything related to the curriculum, teaching methods, class and laboratory activities, etc., etc., that is, on anything related to the very life of the Faculty. On this Page, students would express not only their own opinions, but also those of the professors or any other technical or university authority they might be interested in consulting."

The first issue of Annals was published in 1916. It consists of two parts: the first, entitled "Memoirs, Lessons and Conferences," contains the scientific contributions; and the second, the "Supplement to the Anales de la Facultad de Medicina," details the academic, administrative, and cultural activities carried out by the Faculty. Six issues were published that year, with their respective supplements, which were bound together as Volume 1, corresponding to 1916. From then on, one volume per year was published until Volume 51, in 1966, after which it ceased publication due to a lack of financial resources.

This early period of the Annals was a brilliant one for national medical bibliography, during which both national and international authors were able to access the dissemination of their experiences and during which the Faculty of Medicine was able to record its activities, resolutions, tributes, and visitors from abroad. To give an idea of ​​the journal's importance, it is enough to recall that among the foreign medical authorities who published works in the Annals during its early years were Joseph Babinski, Raoul Bensaude, Emile Boix, Jules Case, Anatole Chauffard, Aloysio de Castro, Rodolfo Erausquin, Jules Froment, Georgos Guenaux, Helme, Rodolfo Kraus, Pierre Lereboullet, René Lutembacher, Achille L. Martinet, P. Ranque, Angel Roffo, Henri Louis Roger, M. Senez, Louis Henri Vaquez, and Ferdinand Widal.

Regarding national medical scientific production, in its 50 years of existence, the journal has covered every medical advance in our country. The first issue, for example, featured the excellent monograph by Américo Ricaldoni and Arnoldo Berta on amoebic dysentery in Uruguay. The 160-page monograph describes the emergence of this disease in Uruguay, with more than 60 recorded cases, and updates diagnostic tests and therapeutics for the disease. Also in that issue, you can read Domingo Prat's detailed thesis on gastric and duodenal ulcers, a topic of fundamental importance at the time. The list of Uruguayan authors in the first issue of Anales is completed with: Miguel Becerro de Bengoa, Carlos Butler, Carlos Carlevaro, Justo González, Lorenzo Mérola, Alfredo Navarro, Prudencio de Pena, Juan Pou y Orfila, Juan Rómulo Silva, Vicente Rubino, Luis Surraco and Alberto Vázquez Barriere.

Also published in that first issue, but in the Supplement, were various literary and musical lectures, among which we must highlight "The Romantic Generation and Its Hero" by the poet Raúl Montero Bustamante; "Mozart" and "Shakespeare" by the Brazilian ambassador to our country Cyro de Azevedo; "Metchnikoff" by Héctor Rossello; "The Physician in Society" by Francisco Soca; "Professional, Moral and Social Responsibility in Gynecology-Obstetrics" by Augusto Turenne; "The Field Doctor as a Cultural Factor" by Santín Carlos Rossi; and "The Evolution of Surgery Through Time" by Alfredo Navarro.

The publication of Anales was a success in the local medical community, quickly becoming the most important medical publication in the country, especially after the closure of the Revista Médica del Uruguay in 1932. Over time, several editors and publishers succeeded one another, striving to maintain the same high level of quality. In 1966, due to a lack of financial resources, Anales ceased publication. In 1978, it reappeared during the dictatorship's takeover of the University, but its life was short; only four volumes were published, until 1981. Since then, it has remained silent.

We hope that the new stage that begins today will be as lasting and fruitful as the first. This will depend on the support we receive from the teachers and researchers in our community.

Eduardo Wilson