Instructions to authors

Scope

The ICIDCA journal on sugarcane derivatives, created in 1967, is a scientific and technological publication with vast experience in the dissemination of topics such as: chemistry, microbiology, informatics, biotechnology, automation, energy, industry, environment, mathematics, quality and agriculture, applied to sugarcane and its derivatives.

The papers are submitted to an open peer review process, carried out by specialists of high national and international prestige in the topics covered by the journal.

The referees and the Editorial Committee of the ICIDCA journal on sugarcane derivatives reserve the right to accept or reject the material, this decision will be final. It also reserves the right to reproduce it, in whole or in part, and to make any modifications it deems convenient; in this case, the main author will receive in writing the suggestions and recommendations of the evaluators, as soon as possible.

If the author accepts these recommendations, he/she must submit the article with the adjustments made, on the date set by the Editorial Committee and, thus, guarantee the inclusion of the material in the corresponding issue of the journal.

The journal will accept unpublished contributions in Spanish and English. In the case of publications in English, the title and abstract must be submitted in Spanish. The main author of the manuscript will be responsible for its content and will declare that there is no plagiarism, conflict of interest or ethical conflict, in order to exonerate the journal from any ethical and legal commitment.

The submitted manuscript must be original and must not have been published before or be in the process of evaluation for publication in another journal.

The Instructions to Authors stated in the ICIDCA journal on sugarcane derivatives must be complied with, so bibliographic references should be presented according to the rules and style indicated by the journal.

Published articles are freely accessible. The journal does not charge for receiving or publishing the manuscripts it receives and all the content published in the journal is freely available. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, translate, search or link to the full text of published articles in accordance with the license under which the journal is licensed: Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0)..

Contributions of the following types will be accepted: original scientific articles and literature reviews.

The ICIDCA journal on sugarcane derivatives is in favor of Open Science, as it receives manuscripts from preprints repositories, promotes the placement of research data in dataservers, among other manifestations and it is in favor of open peer review.

Privacy statement

ICIDCA Journal on Sugarcane Derivatives will use the names of authors, postal addresses of institutions and e-mail addresses for the purposes stated therein, exclusively, and will not be provided to third parties for using with other purposes.

Manuscripts submission

A copy, in electronic format, should be sent to the editor of the journal: Georgina Michelena Álvarez; georgina.michelena@icidca.azcuba.cu.

Manuscripts should be submitted in Spanish or English, in Arial, 11 point, double-spaced, with a maximum length of 15 pages. The format to be used should be 8.5 x 11″, the lateral, top and bottom margins should be 2 cm. The word processor to be used will be Microsoft Word. Tables should be created in the same software. Photographs, graphs, drawings, diagrams, maps and other graphic representations will be called figures, will have consecutive Arabic numbering, in jpg or tif format, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. and will be sent in a separate folder. The units of measurement should be those specified by the International System of Units (SIU). Bibliographic citations should be included in the text, with Arabic numerals, in parentheses, according to their order of appearance. Bibliographical references should be numbered consecutively, follow the order of appearance of the citations in the text and be prepared in accordance with the International Standard ISO 690 and ISO 690-2.

Contributions structure

Review articles

Review articles, which do not present original research results, but rather narrative and analytical essays summarizing existing information on specific topics, will be accepted. They are compendiums of information on a particular topic of interest to the majority of scientists. They should be presented with an organized sequence of ideas and arguments, following the structure: title, abstract and key words in Spanish and English, introduction, conclusions and bibliographical references. All authors referenced should be cited in the text, in order of appearance, with Arabic numerals in parentheses. Figures (photographs, graphs, drawings, diagrams, maps and other graphic representations) and tables may be used, provided that an internal reference to them is made in the text.

Original scientific articles

Original scientific articles that communicate the results of a research, in which scientifically valid methods and procedures are used, that contribute something new to the field of knowledge, and that have not been published before, will be accepted. They should be written with the following structure: introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion; in addition to title, abstract and key words in Spanish and English, conclusions and bibliographical references. All the authors that are referenced should be cited in the text, with Arabic numerals in parentheses, in order of appearance. In this case, the author may use figures (photographs, graphs, drawings, diagrams, maps and other graphic representations) and tables, in which symbols, numbers, calls, asterisks or letters may appear and their meaning must be clarified in the legend at the foot of the table; likewise, and in all cases, they (figures and tables) must be stated in the text.

  • Title (in English and Spanish): concise and informative.
  • Authors: full names and two surnames (no more than 6 authors will be accepted). The author for correspondence should be indicated with an asterisk.
  • Authors’ institution and postal address.
  • Author’s e-mail address for correspondence.
  • Abstract/Abstract: It should be presented in no more than 250 words, structured as follows: Introduction – Objective – Materials and Methods – Results – Conclusions, as shown in the example below:

Introduction In the forage yeast production process nitrogen contributing salts represent a high impact on production costs due to their high prices in the market.

Objective. To evaluate nationally produced ammonium nitrate as a nitrogen source for the growth of Candida utilis (C. utilis) in final honey and stillage media at laboratory scale.

Materials and Methods. A comparative study was carried out between the traditional scheme with ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate as nitrogen source. The C. utilis NRRL Y-1084 strain was used. A simple ANOVA analysis and an LSD multiple range test were performed in Statgraphics Centurion XVII to determine if significant differences exist. Each experimental condition was performed in triplicate.

Results and Discussion. C. utilis responds favorably in the presence of ammonium nitrate with net biomass gain values in honey medium of 5.90 and 7.22 g.L1 and in vinasse medium of 4.45 and 4.12 g.L1. Yields based on ART consumption were 22 and 25 %, higher than those obtained in the traditional scheme with ammonium sulfate (15 %). The COD removal levels achieved were higher (29.21 % and 34.39 %) than those obtained with ammonium sulfate (28.92 %).

Conclusions. Ammonium nitrate as a nitrogen source does not cause changes in the propagation of the strain and represents a saving in production costs for the purchase of raw materials of 2 534 654 CUP/year.

  • Keywords. Three to five terms will be accepted; separated by comma, in lower case and the last term is not coordinated.
  • Introduction: the research problem, its importance and objective should be stated.
  • Materials and Methods: explain what was used and how it was done.
  • Results and Discussion: the relevant findings will be presented and analyzed.
  • Conclusions: the evidence provided by the results and their interpretation will be shown numbered (not in a single paragraph) and consecutively.
  • Recommendations: justified suggestions will be made, if appropriate.
  • Acknowledgements: significant support from institutions should be acknowledged, if appropriate.
  • Conflict of interest: the author should declare whether there is any kind of conflict of interest or not.
    • Authors’ contributions: all authors will declare, very briefly, their specific contribution to the article, according to the CRediT specification system (Taxonomy of Contributor Roles), which considers 14 roles:
  • Project management
  • Conception of the idea
  • Acquisition of funds
  • Literature search and review
  • Research
  • Methodology
  • Validation
  • Resources
  • Preparation of tables, graphs and images
  • Software
  • Drafting of the original (first version)
  • Revision of the final version of the article
  • Translation
  • Application of the bibliographic standard stated by the journal
  • Bibliographic citations: the numerical method is declared as the system of order of mentioning citations in the text; these will be written with Arabic numerals and in parentheses. Citations will be numbered successively in the text, according to the order in which they appear for the first time and, in the same order, the bibliographical references will appear, in which all the data of the author and the referenced publication will be indicated. If there are citations in the tables or figures, they should be numbered in the same consecutive order as in the text (Arabic numerals in parentheses). To cite one or more authors in the text, expressions such as: according to…, indicates…, recommended by, according to the studies of,… shown by…, among other expressions, followed by the number in parentheses, should be used. If two or more authors appear, the surname of the first author can be written, followed by the Latin expression et al (in white italics and with a period).

Continuous citations may appear in the text that include several non-consecutive references, in which case the numbers will appear in parentheses separated by commas. Example: (1, 10, 15). In the case of consecutive references, the numbers in parentheses will be separated by a hyphen, which replaces the bibliographic citations that are not explicit between the two numbers. Example: (1-9).

Preferably, primary references should be cited, instead of secondary references (citation of citation, articles or documents that, in turn, cite other references).

When an author is cited through another author, the first author cited should be named, the other author should be referred to and then the corresponding number should be added according to the bibliographic reference: (Last name of the first author, cited by last name of the other author and reference number in parentheses). Example: Rodriguez, cited by Fernandez (15

In the case of a corporate author, the name of the organization is used instead of the last name. The first time the full name is cited and the acronym is indicated in parentheses. The second time it is cited, only the acronym of the corporation should be included. Example: The United Nations Organization (UN)(5)… the UN (5) affirms that… 

  • Bibliographic references: should be numbered consecutively, according to the order of appearance of the citations in the text and should be prepared in accordance with the International Standard ISO 690 and ISO 690-2. Each of the citations in the text must refer to its respective bibliographic reference, likewise, each bibliographic reference must refer to its respective citation; in addition, only and exclusively the references of the sources that have been cited or paraphrased in the text will appear.

Annexes should be placed after the bibliographical references, if applicable.

In the bibliographical references, if there are more than three authors, only the first one should be indicated and the abbreviation et al. should be added (in white italics and with a period). Bibliographical references should be structured as follows:

MONOGRAPHS (books, pamphlets).

Surname, Initial of the name. Title of the book. Edition number. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Number of pages.

PARTS OF MONOGRAPHS (Book chapters)

Last name, first name initial. Title of the part. In: Responsibility for the complete work. Title of the work. Edition. Place of edition: publisher, year of edition. Pages of the chapter.

SERIAL ARTICLES

Last name, first name initial. Title of the article. Title of the serial publication, year, volume, number, pages.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Last name, First name initial. Title of the paper. In: Name of the Conference (Conference number: year of the conference, days and month of the conference: place where the conference was held). Title of the complete work (example: Memoirs). City or place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Pages (in case it is a physical document, e.g. pp. 34-45).

THESIS

Last name, First name initial. Title of the thesis. [Type of thesis] Academic institution where it was presented, place, year. Number of pages.

REPORTS

Last name, First name initial. Title of the report. [Type of report, Code] Institution responsible, place, year. Number of pages.

LEGISLATION

Country. Title. Publication, date of publication, number, pages.

PATENTS

Mention of main responsibility. Designation of the patented element. Subordinate liability. Document identifier (country or office of registration). Type of patent document. Number. Year-month-day of publication of the document.

STANDARDS

Entity responsible for the standard. Title. Number or code of the standard. Edition. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication.

DATABASES AND SOFTWARE

Main responsible person. Title [media type]. Edition. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication, date of update or revision, [date of consultation] Availability and access. DOI.