Instructions for Authors

1.1 Types of Publications

The main article types considered for publication are:

Original Article:The journal considers all original articles provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments and provides a substantial amount of new information. Original Article submissions include a full Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions sections. Complete research findings where aims/hypotheses are fully addressed. Authors should not unnecessarily divide their work into several related manuscripts. Original research is encouraged to follow these guidelines:

Review:This is a comprehensive overview of a specific hot topic aligned with addressing the aims and hypothesis through the current literature. They are often written by leaders in a particular discipline. Reviews are often widely read (for example, by researchers looking for a full introduction to a field) and highly cited.

Short Report:Original studies and/or clinical studies that do not require a full paper, but are completed studies, may be submitted as Short Reports. These papers may detail a smaller number of observations or may include a smaller number of patients. They may also add a small amount of new information but which is still considered important.

Editorial:Editorials are typically commissioned articles curated by the journal's editorial board. They may include opinion pieces (intended to refine or complement the conclusions of one or more scientific articles), reflective essays (sharing personal insights or expertise on a topic of interest), or informative/analytical reviews (providing an in-depth overview of a specific theme while offering original conclusions), among other formats. They should be brief and focused. Editorials may have a maximum of 3 authors. The body of the Editorial can be continuous text or divided into subsections. Editorials on topics of current interest are welcome.

Letter to the Editor:Letter to the Editor should address issues of interest to the journal's readers and must relate directly to the original article published in RN. They should not duplicate content that has been published or submitted elsewhere and must not include unpublished data. Letters that do not meet these criteria are generally not considered. Additionally, the journal does not accept Letters to the Editor on articles published in other journals. Authors of the original article may provide a reply, and the journal will publish the letter and the reply together whenever possible.

Case Report:Case Report is typically a detailed and focused account of a specific clinical case or a small subset of cases. These articles are usually written to share unique, interesting, or rare clinical experiences that contribute to the medical literature. The main purpose is to provide valuable insights, raise awareness, and contribute to the collective knowledge of the medical community.

Neuroimaging:Neuroimagings provide detailed descriptions and analyses of imaging data, offering insightful commentary on images with significant clinical relevance.

For other article types (such as Guideline, Conference Communications, Consensus Document, History and Humanities, Obituary,et al.), please contact the Editorial Office (RN@imrpress.com).

1.2 Accepted File Formats

Authors may use the Microsoft Word template available on our website to prepare their manuscript. If this requirement presents a problem, please contact the Editorial Office (RN@imrpress.com). Accepted file formats are:

Microsoft Word:Manuscripts must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in Microsoft Word, please ensure the use of the RNMicrosoft Word template in the following format:Manuscript Template.

La Te X:Manuscripts prepared in La Te X must be collated into one ZIP folder (including all source files and images, so that the Editorial Office can recompile the submitted PDF).

Figures:Please save and submit figures as jpg. or tif. files (see below Link to3.4.5 for further details).

Videos:The videos should be submitted separately as individual files (see below Link to3.4.6 for further details).

Supplementary Materials:These materials may be in any format, but it is recommended that authors use common, non-proprietary formats where possible (see below Link to4 for further details).

This journal is published in Spanish and in English language. Manuscripts can be sent in both languages. English titles, abstracts, and keywords are mandatory for all articles.

Authors may request translation services for their articles from the Revista de Neurología by requesting a formal quote via email at RN@imrpress.com.

Title.Should contain a concise but informative title, typicallynot exceeding 110 characters. The use ofabbreviations should be avoided. Arunning title not exceeding 60 lettersand spaces should be included.

Author information.The authors' names should be listed below the title, with the first or middle name of each author spelled out in full. Following the names, provide the address of the laboratory (or laboratories) where the work was carried out, either in the language of the country or in English. Affiliations should follow the Pub Med/MEDLINE standard format, including complete address information such as city, zip code, state/province, and country. If the work was conducted in multiple laboratories, authors' names should be followed by superscript numbers, which correspond to the names of the respective laboratories. Equal contributions can be indicated by a dagger symbol (†). Designate at least one author as the corresponding author and provide their full postal address and other relevant details.RNencourages the listing of authors’ORCIDand keep their Contributor Identification information updated, ensuring that their identity is uniquely linked to their research work.

Please note that the corresponding author should respond promptly to the editor's inquiries and any feedback during the submission and peer review process. They must also cooperate with the journal's requirements to provide any necessary data or other relevant information to prevent issues after the paper is published.

Since February 2025, the journal has not encouraged the listing of more than two co-first authors or co-corresponding authors. If there is a special reason to list more than two corresponding authors, please submit a cover letter providing a reasonable justification.

Availability of data and materials.This section is strongly encouraged that all datasets on which the conclusions of a manuscript depend should be available to readers, unless they are already provided as part of the submitted article. Authors who do not wish to share their data must state this fact, and also provide an explanation as to why the data are unavailable. More information about Availability of Data and Materials Policy.

Author contributions.The individual contributions of authors to the manuscript should be specified, and initials should be used to refer to each author’s contribution,RNencourages the use of the roles defined in the Contributor Roles Taxonomy from CRedi T(CRedi T in no way changes the journal’s criteria to qualify for authorship). See more details about thecriteria to qualify for authorship.

Ethics approval and consent to participate.In this section, please add the Institutional Review Board Statement and approval number for studies involvinghumans or animals. Please note that the Editorial Office might ask you for further information.

Acknowledgment.In this section you can acknowledge any support given which is not covered by the author contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments).

Funding.List funding sources. As this section contains important information and many funding bodies require inclusion of grant numbers here, please check carefully that manuscript details are accurate and use standard spelling of funding agency names athttps://search.crossref.org/funding, as errors may affect your future funding.

Conflicts of interest.All authors should disclose in their paper any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the paper. In particular, any sources of financial support must be disclosed and reported in the appropriate section of the published version. This section is required for all manuscripts. If there are no interests to declare, please use the following wording: “The authors declare there are no conflicts of interest” or “The author declares there are no conflicts of interest”. The text in this section should match the text provided in the Declaration of Interests form in the publishing agreement. In addition, the ICMJEhas also developed a uniform Disclosure Form (www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf) that RNhas adopted. See more about the Conflict of Interest policies.

Declaration of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process.In accordance with COPE’s stated positionon AI tools and ICMJE‘s authorship criteria, artificial intelligence chatbots, such as Chat GPTand similar AI tools based on large language models (LLMs), cannot be listed as an author of a paper. If the author(s) have used AI tools in drafting of the manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, the authors must be transparent concerning the use of AI tools. Furthermore, AI tool use must be disclosed in this section. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those portions produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics. Final decisions concerning whether the use of an AI tool is appropriate, or permissible, in a submitted manuscript lies with the journals’ editors. Specifically, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for decisions concerning regular journal submissions, or an Editorial Board member may be appointed by the Editor-in-Chief to make such judgements in the case of a conflict of interest or for other circumstances.

Word count.A word count for the paper’s text, excluding its abstract, acknowledgments, tables, figure legends, and references, allows editors and reviewers to assess whether the information contained in the paper warrants the paper’s length, and whether the submitted manuscript fits within the journal’s formats and word limits. A separate word count for the abstract is useful for the same reason.

Specification of number of figures and tables.These numbers allow editorial staff and reviewers to confirm that all figures and tables were actually included with the manuscript.

Must not exceed 350 words and should be intelligible without reference to other parts of the paper. Abbreviations that appear once only, should be defined in full, unless they correspond to a gene name. If abbreviations appear more than once, the definition should be provided once, and then subsequently used throughout the abstract. Please do not cite references, figures or tables, website, equations or other graphical elements included. The abstract should give both a qualitative but also a quantitative summary of the work, including number of replicates or animal/human subjects involved, and major results (numbers andp-values), followed by a more general conclusion.

Original articles, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses are suggested to use structured abstracts. The structured abstract must include the following separate sections:

Background:The context and purpose of the study.

Methods:How the study was performed, including the study design, setting and population (if applicable), main methodological approaches, and any statistical tests used.

Results:Succinct presentation of key results, including all pre-specified primary outcomes; please include effect sizes, exactp-values, and sample sizes throughout.

Conclusions:Brief summary and potential implications.

Clinical Trial Registration:When applicable, include a fifth heading, “Clinical Trial Registration”. Please include the Unique Identifier and the URL of the publicly accessible website on which the trial is registered. If the data have been deposited in a public repository and/or are being used in a secondary analysis, authors should state at the end of the abstract the unique, persistent data set identifier; repository name; and number.

IMR Press encourages authors to provide a Graphical Abstract to visually present the core content and key findings of the manuscript. The Graphical Abstract should clearly convey the main message of the paper, attract readers' attention, and be suitable for display in the journal's table of contents. For detailed requirements, please refer to the “Preparing Graphical Abstracts”.

Immediately after the abstract, provide 3–10 keywords, using avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of').

The purpose of the work in relation to other research in the field should be briefly but clearly stated (research hypothesis must become clear), avoiding thereby an extensive review of the literature (typically less than 2.5 pages in length). The information in this section should always be referenced and must discuss the literature.

This section should be brief but include enough information to permit repetition of the work. Origin of important materials and chemicals should be clearly stated (i.e., supplier with location). In order to abbreviate lengthy methods,earlier references clearly describing the methodcan be cited. SI Units should be used throughout the text. This section must include adescription of data treatment/statistics. Reports of experiments involving patients and healthy volunteers must describe the steps taken to obtain consent and to maintain confidentiality. Experiments involving animals must conform to accepted ethical standards.

Results may also be presented in tables or figures and especiallyfigures are encouraged to enhance reader-friendliness, but many simple findings can be mentioned directly in the text. Results should be presented separately from the discussion. Reporting results in the text that are presented in figures/tables should be avoided.

Tables:Must carry a title and should be included on separate sheets following the reference section of the main manuscript, and be intelligible without reference to the text – abbreviations (not in theterminology list), and detailed explanations (e.g. number of replicates, statistical interpretation) should be moved to the footnotes.

Figures:Should be presented separately from the main manuscript and be given after the tables. One set of figures with lettering should be suitable for dublication, i.e., sharp glossy prints, drawings in black ink, good quality computer printouts or halftone figures. Figures should already be the size of their later reproduction. No more than one figure should be presented on each page. If not, one figure is now a mandatory part for any origingal article (or review).

Important note:The sum of the number of figures and tables should not exceed 7 in one article.

Figure legends(i.e., figure titles) should be included on a separate sheet within the main manuscript following the table section and must be intelligible without having to consult the main text. Preferably, if generated with a separate program, figures should not be copied into Word/Excel etc. but be attached as e.g. JPEG, TIF or EPS files with a sufficiently high resolution of at least 300 dpi.

Thediscussion should be separate from the results. It should not consist of a recapitulation of the results but deal with their interpretation. Excessive speculation should be avoided. Relevant literature should be cited.Strengths and weaknessesof the research should be briefly stated toward the end of the discussion.

3.3 Cover Letter

Summarize briefly the important points of the submitted work including a brief description of the study to be submitted, that it is an original study presenting novel work, that it has not been previously submitted to or accepted by any other journal, that is has been approved by all authors, that ethics approval and written informed consent have been obtained, and explain whether any author has a conflict of interest.

3.4 Format of Manuscript

3.4.1 General Formatting Guidelines

3.4.2 References

Must be cited in the text bynumbers in square brackets, e.g. [1], in numerical order of their citation. For original contributions,no more than 60 referencesshould be cited. Only up to six authors of each reference can be listed, the rest must be abbreviated by “et al.” The use of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) is recommended, as they provide a permanent link to the referenced electronic article. In the reference list, they should be cited in numerical order as follows:

① Less than 6 authors

② More than 6 authors

[1] Le Doux JE. The emotional brain. Simon and Schuster: New York. 1996.

② Chapter in books

[1] Eccles JS, Adler TF, Futterman R, Goff SB, Kaczala CM, Meece JL,et al. Expectancies, values, and academic behaviors. In Spence JT (ed.) Achievement and achievement motives (pp. 75–146). W.H. Freeman: San Francisco. 1983.

[1] Cho ST, inventor; Hospira, Inc., assignee. Microneedles for minimally invasive drug delivery. USA: United States patent US 6,980,855. 27 December 2005.

(4) If there are non-English journals in the reference, please insert the journal language as the ending:

[1] Zhou Y, Liu M, Liang WN. Progress on the epidemiological study of epilepsy. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2007; 28: 92–94. (In Chinese)

Please use a new line for every reference.

3.4.3 Abbreviations

Figure File Requirements

Solid lines should not be broken up. Any lines in the graphic should be no smaller than 2 points wide.

Photomicrographs should have internal scale markers. Symbols, arrows, or letters used in photomicrographs should contrast with the background. Explain the internal scale and identify the method of staining in photomicrographs.

For radiological and other clinical and diagnostic images, as well as pictures of pathology specimens or photomicrographs, send high-resolution photographic image files. Before-and-after images should be taken with the same intensity, direction, and color of light.

Authors must provide the original, uncropped and unadjusted images supporting all blot and gel results reported in an article’s figures and supporting information files.

Please create a zip folder that contains all the original blot and gel images contained in the manuscript’s main figures and supplemental figures. Authors should annotate each original image, corresponding to the figure in the main article or supplementary materials, and label each lane or loading order.

All labeling and annotation should be performed without obscuring any data or background bands. All experimental samples and controls used for one comparative analysis should be run on the same blot/gel image. The different images should not be spliced together to illustrate the results.

In-text Citations

If you have any questions or are experiencing a problem with figures, please contact:RN@imrpress.com

The inclusion of original videos demonstrating techniques, diagnostic processes, or treatments that significantly enhance the study's information is permitted.

Videos should be submitted separately as individual files, removing any identifying patient information. If this is not feasible, it should be ensured that informed consent has been signed. For videos originating from other sources, explicit permission for reproduction/publication within the article must be attached.

Videos will be numbered sequentially in Arabic numerals according to their appearance in the text (e.g., Video 1, Video 2, etc.), and each video should include a title. The numbering, titles, and captions (if applicable) should be included within the article and not embedded in the video itself. For more details, please refer to "Preparing Multimedia Materials".

Labels must be prepared according to our in‐house style, be phrased in accordance to the manuscript, and free of spelling and other language errors.

*: Correspondence.

†: These authors contributed equally.

§: The author's own special request.

The SI system of units is preferred. For detailed advice please refer to the guidelines in Baron DN, Clark HM. Units, Symbols, and Abbreviations: A Guide for Authors and Editors in Medicine and Related Sciences, 6th edn (2008). CRC Press, ISBN 9781853156243.

Additional data and files can be uploaded as "Supplementary Files" during the manuscript submission process. The supplementary files will also be available to the referees as part of the peer-review process. We encourage researchers to archive data in data repositories wherever possible, such as large dataset files, video and audio files, archives, and any other file containing information that cannot easily be incorporated into the main manuscript. Please ensure that any Supplementary Materials submitted with the article are in compliance with the Research data policy. Any file format is acceptable, however, we recommend that common, non-proprietary formats are used where possible.

In order to ensure the integrity and scientific validity of blotting techniques (including, but not limited to, western blots) and gel data reporting, original, uncropped, and unadjusted images should be uploaded as Supporting Information files at time of initial manuscript submission.

A single PDF file or a zip folder containing all the original images reported in the main figure and supplemental figures is suggested. Authors should annotate each original image, corresponding to the figure in the main article or supplementary materials, and label each lane or loading order. All experimental samples and controls used for one comparative analysis should be run on the same blot/gel image. Different images should not be spliced together to illustrate the results.

6.1 Research Ethics

If the research being described involves procedures, chemicals, or equipment that might be associated with any unusual hazards, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, it must have been approved by appropriate institutional and ethical committee(s); authors must include in the manuscript a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that institutional and ethical approval had been obtained. A statement must also be included in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation involving human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed in accordance with data protection and other applicable legislation. For more information, please see Publishing Ethicsand Research Ethics and Informed Consent.

6.2 Publication Ethics Statement

RNfollows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals.

Publication of a scientific article represents the means through which the contribution of the scientists is recognized. Along with this recognition, the authors of a scientific article bear the responsibility to make certain that their contribution is original, reproducible, and clearly and honestly represented. It is not always possible to detect erroneous nature of a set of data during the peer-review process. Therefore, it is vital that all authors carefully review the accuracy of the data that they present.

Authors of the manuscript are obligated to:

For more information, please see Publishing Ethicsand Research Ethics and Informed Consent.

Potential disputes over borders and territories may have particular relevance for authors in describing their research or in an author or editor correspondence address, and such issues should be respected. Content decisions are an editorial matter and where there is a potential or perceived dispute or complaint, the editorial team will attempt to come to a resolution that satisfies all parties involved.

RNstays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Research articles and non-research articles (e.g., Review, Letter to the editor and Editorial articles) must cite appropriate and relevant literature in support of the claims made, see more guidelines about Citation.

According to the ICMJE guidelines, to qualify as an author a contributor should meet each of these four criteria: they have (i) made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;and(ii) been involved in drafting the manuscript or reviewing it critically for important intellectual content;and(iii) given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content;and(iv) agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not usually warrant authorship, they should be named in the acknowledgments section.

The individual contributions of authors to the manuscript should be specified, and initials should be used to refer to each author’s contribution. If any changes to the list of authors of a manuscript are necessary after the initial submission but before publication, the corresponding author must contact the journal staff and provide a clear reason for the change.

RNwill individually inform anyone who is added or removed from the author list.

See more details aboutauthorship.

Authors can recommend two peers who could potentially be called upon to review the submitted manuscript. Recommended reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to):

Please note that the Editors are not obliged to invite/reject any recommended/opposed reviewers to assess your manuscript.

Journal editors will check to make sure there are no conflicts of interest before contacting reviewers, and will not consider those with competing interests. Reviewers are asked to declare any conflicts of interest. The editorial team will respect opposed reviewer requests as long as this does not interfere with the objective and thorough assessment of the submission.

All authors should disclose in their paper any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the paper. In particular, any sources of financial support must be disclosed and reported in the appropriate section of the published version.

In accordance with the updated National Institutes of Health (NIH)policies, all manuscripts accepted for publication that report research funded, in whole or in part, by the NIH must be submitted to Pub Med Central (PMC). If your research is funded by the NIH or other organizations, we would be happy to assist you in depositing the published version of your article into the relevant repository to ensure compliance with the applicable archiving requirements. For more details, please refer to Self Archive.

IMR operates rigorous and transparent peer-review process and editorial process that aims to maximize quality. Peer-review is handled by researchers and scholars. For more details, see our Editorial Process.

RN is consistent with the principles of editorial independence presented by the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). For more details, see our Editorial Policies.

RNrequires that editorial staff or editors not be involved in processing their own academic work.

A conflict-of-interest section is required for all manuscripts. If there are no interests to declare for a Editorial Board member’s manuscript, please use the following wording: “Given their role as Editor [in Chief]/Editorial Board member, had no involvement in the peer-review of this article and has no access to information regarding its peer-review. Full responsibility for the editorial process for this article was delegated to ”. See more details about Process for in-House Submissions.

Our Managing Editors encourage the Editors-in-Chief to appoint diverse and expert Editorial Boards. We are proud to create equal opportunities without regard to gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, or socio-economic status. There is no place for discrimination in our workplace, and editors of RNare to uphold these principles in high regard.

We publish Supplements in accordance with guidelines from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)and Conflict of Interest Disclosure and Journal Supplements in MEDLINEby the US National Library of Medicine. For more details, see our Policy.

Article Processing Charges are required after a manuscript has been accepted for publication. The journal will not issue refunds of any kind after the acceptance of the manuscript.

Updated on 4 November 2025

Conclusión

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