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Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

  1. Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas will accept methodologically rigorous papers related to the journal's general aims. Review articles are strongly recommended to be systematic and to follow the PRISMA protocol. Exceptionally, at the discretion of the Editorial Board, theoretical papers that are relevant and/or contribute to scientific development and progress in any of the journal's areas of interest will be published.
  2. Only original, unpublished articles that have not previously been published as scientific articles or are not simultaneously under review by another journal will be accepted. Depositing an earlier version of the manuscript on a preprint server or in a scientific repository will not preclude editorial consideration, provided that this is explicitly disclosed at submission and HAAJ's self-archiving policy is followed.
  3. Research articles must contain the sections characteristic of scientific research.
  4. Review articles must contain: a) Introduction; b) Development of the Topic; c) Discussion and Conclusions; d) References.
  5. Papers must not exceed 30 pages, including figures and tables, and must be submitted using the journal template (link). The author information sheet (link) must also be attached through the platform together with the article text.
  6. Language: manuscripts will be accepted in Spanish and English.
  7. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the APA Publication Manual, 7th Edition. Some of the most significant changes are:
  • There is no need to provide the geographical location of the publisher in book references.
  • Do not include “retrieved from” in website references.
  • DOIs must be presented as URLs.
  • Do not omit authors using an ellipsis in references unless there are more than 20 authors.
  • In-text citations of works with more than three authors may be shortened to the first author's surname followed by “et al.”
  1. The number of Tables and Figures must not exceed 5.
  2. At submission, authors must suggest 2 reviewers for consideration, based on their suitability for the article's subject matter, and include the full names and email addresses of the proposed reviewers in the author information document.
  3. Authors must explicitly provide a data availability statement at submission, including it on the author information sheet. Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas has a policy of transparency and requires authors to include this statement in their work. The statement must explain how the data supporting the study's results can be accessed. If the data are held in an open repository (e.g., OSF), the relevant link or DOI must be provided. If the data cannot be shared publicly for any reason (e.g., anonymity concerns), authors must clearly explain why. Both original data generated in the study and secondary use of data must be covered.
  4. Authors must disclose any substantial use of generative artificial intelligence tools in the research process or preparation of the manuscript, specifying the tool used, its purpose, and the tasks performed. Authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the submitted content.
  5. The author submitting the manuscript through OJS must enter the ORCID identifier of every author in addition to the contact email addresses and affiliations of all coauthors, completing the user details in the website system.
  6. Manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously by independent experts under a double-anonymous procedure. Authors must ensure that the text contains no clues or suggestions that could identify them.
  7. Upon receipt of a manuscript, the system will send an acknowledgment to the corresponding author. The initial review and plagiarism screening stage will take no longer than two months. Once the review process has begun, and provided there have been no unforeseen circumstances, authors will receive a decision of acceptance, resubmission, or rejection within a maximum of six months. Final acceptance may depend on improvements or changes suggested to the author by the production team or Editorial Board. Once the paper has been definitively accepted, it will be published in the Online First section with its corresponding DOI and remain available until it is included in the next issue in which it can appear.
  8. The review process will be conducted through OJS. Updates to the manuscript and actions required to continue the process will be communicated through the platform. Authors have 15 days to make changes requested by reviewers or respond to any request from the editorial team. If authors need more time, they must communicate this and provide an adequate justification in a timely manner. Failure to attend or respond to communications within the prescribed deadlines will result in the article being withdrawn from the review process.
  9. Copyright in published material will remain with the respective authors. Articles published in HAAJ may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, which permits reading, copying, distributing, printing, searching, or linking to the journal's full texts without prior permission from the editor or author, provided that HAAJ and the authors are properly credited and the material is not used for commercial purposes. Authors may include the work in institutional repositories or other publications provided that the journal is properly acknowledged and cited. The HAAJ editorial team encourages authors to disseminate their published work through any medium (conferences, classes, lectures, etc.) and/or platform (social networks, repositories, websites, etc.).
  10. The opinions expressed in articles are the sole responsibility of their authors and do not reflect the views or scientific policy of the journal. Authors must accept the Code of Conduct, Best Practices and Ethical Statement of Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas.

FORMAL AND FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS TO CONSIDER

  • Structure both the Spanish resumen and the English abstract using Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
  • Use periods rather than commas for numerical values (i.e., 4.3 instead of 4,3).
  • Use a consistent number of decimal places throughout the text and tables.
  • Use “&” instead of “and” in references, both throughout the manuscript text and in the reference list (i.e., Díaz & Ramírez instead of Díaz and Ramírez).
  • Review the use of local or regional expressions.
  • Tables and Figures mentioned in the text must be capitalized (i.e., Table 1 instead of table
  • To give examples in the text, use the abbreviation e.g. (equivalent to “for example”).
  • To clarify in the text, use the abbreviation i.e. (equivalent to “that is” or “in other words”).

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors must verify and confirm that their manuscript meets the editorial, scientific, formatting, and ethical requirements established by Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas (HAAJ). Failure to comply with any applicable requirement may result in the manuscript being returned for correction or rejected during the editorial screening process.

  • Originality and unpublished status. The manuscript is original, has not previously been published as a scientific article, and is not simultaneously under consideration or in the process of publication elsewhere. If a previous version has been deposited in a preprint server or repository, this has been explicitly declared and the corresponding link or identifier has been provided.
  • Relevance to the journal's scope. The manuscript falls within the aims and scope of HAAJ, makes a relevant scientific contribution, and meets the methodological standards required by the journal.
  • Official templates. The manuscript has been prepared using the official anonymized HAAJ template, and the author information sheet has been completed. Both documents will be uploaded as separate files during the submission process.
  • Manuscript anonymization. The main manuscript file does not contain author names, institutional affiliations, identifying acknowledgments, document properties, or any other information that could reveal the authors' identities, thereby ensuring compliance with the double-anonymous peer review process.
  • Authorship and contributions. All listed authors meet the journal's authorship criteria, have made substantial contributions to the work, have reviewed and approved its content, and have explicitly authorized its submission. Individual contributions have been identified using the CRediT taxonomy in the author information sheet.
  • Author information. The full name, institutional affiliation, email address, and ORCID identifier of every author are available and will be entered into the OJS metadata in the same order as they appear in the author information sheet, with the corresponding author clearly identified.
  • Suggested reviewers. The author information sheet includes the full names and email addresses of two potential reviewers with expertise in the manuscript's subject area, with whom the authors declare that they have no current or previous personal or professional relationships.
  • Formatting requirements. The manuscript is written in English or Spanish, follows APA guidelines (7th edition), uses the official journal template, does not exceed 30 pages including tables and figures, and complies with the journal's limit of five tables and figures. The Spanish and English abstracts follow the structure specified in the Author Guidelines.
  • Methodological quality and transparency. The manuscript provides sufficient information about its objectives, design, participants, instruments, procedures, and analyses, as applicable, to enable a rigorous scientific evaluation. Relevant reporting guidelines, such as PRISMA for systematic reviews, have been followed where appropriate.
  • Ethical approval and informed consent. The research complies with applicable ethical principles and regulations. Approval from the relevant research ethics committee is identified, or an appropriate justification for exemption is provided where applicable. All necessary informed consent procedures have been followed, and the confidentiality and protection of participants' personal data are ensured.
  • Data availability. A data availability statement has been included in the author information sheet, explaining how the data supporting the study's findings may be accessed. Where data can be shared, access information is provided; where ethical, legal, or confidentiality restrictions apply, these are explicitly justified.
  • Funding and conflicts of interest. All sources of funding and support have been disclosed, including any involvement of funding bodies in the research, or their absence has been explicitly stated. All authors have declared any potential conflicts of interest or confirmed that none exist.
  • Use of artificial intelligence. Any substantive use of generative artificial intelligence tools in the research or preparation of the manuscript has been disclosed, identifying the tool, its purpose, and the tasks performed. The authors accept full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the submitted content.
  • Research integrity and references. The manuscript does not contain plagiarism, fabricated or falsified data, unjustified manipulation of results, or undisclosed redundant publication. All citations and bibliographic references have been verified, correspond to genuine sources, and are accurately presented in both the text and the reference list.
  • Copyright and publication license. All authors understand and accept HAAJ's copyright policy, under which they retain copyright ownership of their work and authorize its first publication through a non-exclusive license under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
  • Acceptance of editorial policies. All authors have read and agree to comply with the Author Guidelines and the Code of Conduct, Best Practices and Ethical Statement of Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas, including the journal's policies on peer review, research integrity, conflicts of interest, artificial intelligence, and editorial procedures.

 

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The rights of the published material shall belong to their respective authors. Articles published in HAAJ may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, and may be read, copied, distributed, printed, searched, or linked to in the full text of this journal without prior permission from the publisher or author, provided that HAAJ and the authors are acknowledged and not used for commercial purposes.

Authors may include the work in institutional repositories or other publications as long as this journal is acknowledged and properly cited.

The HAAJ editorial team encourages authors to disseminate their published work through any means (conferences, classes, lectures, talks, etc.) and/or platforms (social networks, repositories, websites, etc.).

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