About the Journal

• Focus and Scope
• Section Policies
• Peer Review Process
• Publication Frequency
• Open Access Policy
• Archiving
• Indexing and inclusion
• Policy on plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplication and fragmentation
• Ethical-regulatory aspects
• Code of Conduct
• Journal history

 

Focus and Scope

The Journal of the Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD) is a peer-reviewed scientific publication, through a double-blind system, published quarterly by the SAD (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Its objective is to communicate research and scientific updates from Argentina and Latin America on Diabetes Mellitus and related branches, to promote debate on problems related to the specialty and to provide the medical population with scientifically verifiable information.

The journal publishes original and unpublished articles on clinical or experimental research, reviews, updates, guidelines, consensus and recommendations, among other aspects related to the health of people with Diabetes.

Aimed at medical specialists in the pathology of reference, researchers and teachers, the publication is published in Spanish and English.

The SAD Journal was created in 1966 and, since then, it has been published in printed format. As of 2014, it is also published in electronic support.

The journal reserves the right to accept or not the contributions received, in accordance with its thematic scope and compliance with its editorial standards.

It declares its openness to the participation of authors outside the publishing entity. At least 60% of the content of the publication is original research within the scientific and academic field.

The Journal has no charges for article processing (APC) or for article submission.

The opinions expressed by the authors of the articles are their sole responsibility.

 

Section Policies

Editorial

Article of 2 or 3 pages that expresses the scientific editorial line of the SAD Journal and its point of view on relevant issues related to the health of people with diabetes

Open submissions

Indexed

Peer Review

Conferences and Symposia

The abstracts of the conferences and symposia of the Argentine Diabetes Congress and the Argentine Diabetes Conferences are published in this section.

Open submissions

Indexed

Peer Review

Symposium Part 1

Open submissions

Indexed

Peer Review

Conference and Bernardo Houssay Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Basic Research in Diabetes

Open submissions

Indexed

Peer Review

Symposium Part 2

Open submissions

Indexed

Peer Review

Epidemiological Conference

Open submissions

Indexed

Peer Review

Situation of obesity and diabetes in Latin America

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Debate: Something more than insulin to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus?

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Miniconferences: Heart failure and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Miniconferences: Special situations in obesity

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Expert Dialogue

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Miniconference: Early gestational diabetes mellitus: what is it and what does it matter?

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

2022 guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and complications of diabetic macular edema and diabetic retinopathy of the

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Miniconferences 

Open submissions

Indexed

Peer Review

6 voices in 10 minutes part 1

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

6 voices in 10 minutes part 2

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

6 voices in 10 minutes part 3

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

6 voices in 10 minutes part 4

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Symposiums Part 3

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Plenary Conference part 1

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Technology applied to psychosocial aspects in type 1 diabetes mellitus

Open submissions  Indexed Peer Review

Symposium Part 4

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Clinical Conference

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Selected works. Poster presentations

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Trabajos seleccionados. Presentaciones pósteres

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Selected works. Annex: Subsidies 2020

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Recommendations

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Masters of Diabetology

Brief biography of an important argentine doctor, with a recognized career in the care of people with diabetes and related pathologies

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Original Article

It corresponds to a research work (it tries to find an answer to one or several questions raised, it must describe in a complete but concise way the results of a clinical or laboratory research that fits within the criteria of the scientific methodology). The manuscript must conform to the following format: Summary and keywords: in Spanish and English they will accompany the work separately. It must be structured and up to 250 words. The structured summary contains: The backgrounds are an update of the current state of the problem, that is, what is the problem that leads to the study; the objective: explains what was wanted to be done, with whom and for what purpose; the design: is the type of study carried out; the methods: describe the way in which the study was conducted; the results: should include the most important findings and conclusions: are the direct response to the objectives and should be supported by the results

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Review articles

The structure of these works has a free organization with the development of the different aspects of the topic and if the author has made a critical analysis of the information, a section of Discussion will be included. Subtitles can be used to achieve a better didactic presentation. Authors who submit this type of article should include a section describing the methods used to locate, select, collect and synthesize the data. It will have a maximum length of 10 pages (text) and the bibliography should be as complete as necessary for each topic. Requires summary and keywords

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Team group

Activities and scientific publications of team groups dedicated to the study of Diabetes in Argentina, which belong to the SAD or are related to this institution

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Recommendations

Guidelines for the treatment of patients with diabetes, written by the Committees of the SAD, based on the study of scientific evidences and related studies

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Conferences and Congresses

Scientific papers that have been presented in conclaves about Diabetes

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Obituary

Tribute to a prominent Argentine doctor, recently deceased, with a recognized career in the care of people with diabetes and related pathologies

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Selected papers

Abstracts of selected papers from the Argentine Diabetes Congress and the Argentine Diabetes Conference are published in this section.

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Minidebate

Open submissions  Indexed Peer Review

Plenary Conference part 5

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Oral

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Poster

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

6 voices in 10 minutes

Abstracts of 6 symposia on a specific topic of Diabetes Mellitus are published, each 10 minutes long, presented at the Argentine Diabetes Congress or at the Argentine Diabetes Conferences

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Plenary Conference part 2

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Discussions and Mini-Conferences

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Plenary Conference part 3

Open submissions  Indexed Peer Review

Symposium Part 5

Envíos abiertos  Indexed Peer Review

Plenary Conference part 6

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Selected papers: oral presentations

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Selected papers: poster presentations

Envíos abiertos  Indexed Peer Review

Clinical cases

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Meetings

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

1st Block: Physiology and molecular biology of the beta cell and the islet

Especial section of the Argentine Society of Diabetes National Congress

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

2nd Block: Physiology and molecular biology of the beta cell and the islet

Especial section of the Diabetes National Congress 2021

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Mini conference

Especial section of the Diabetes National Congress 2021

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Intersociety Document

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Conference 1

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

E-posters y Clinical Cases

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

Expert dialogue: Maternal, fetal and postnatal risk in diabetes mellitus 

Open submissions Indexed  Peer Review

PLENARY CONFERENCE: Controversies in the use of metformin in pregnancy and the role of triglycerides

Open submissions Indexed Peer Review

 

Peer Review Process

Preliminary review: all the articles received by the journal are subjected to a preliminary review by the Directors of the Journal, through which it is determined if the original is part of the objectives and editorial policy of the publication, and if it complies with the requested presentation rules. If the article is accepted in this first instance, the authors are notified and the originals are sent to two or more external reviewers for evaluation. Those that do not meet these criteria are rejected or, as the editorial tem deems appropriate, returned to the authors for adjustment.

Peer review: for the evaluation of the works that are sent to sections that have peer review, the journal uses the double-blind arbitration system (the anonymity of the authors and evaluators is preserved).

Based on the opinions issued by the reviewers, the articles may be accepted for publication, rejected, or their publication may be subject to compliance by the authors with the modifications requested by the reviewers. When modifications are requested, the authors must re-elaborate their works and present them within the indicated period to be evaluated again. In case of discrepancy between the evaluators, the Directors of the Journal decide. The evaluation process lasts between two and four months. At the end of the year, the list of external evaluators who participated during said period is published.

The final decision regarding the publication of the articles and reviews is made by the Directors of the Journal, based on the opinions of the external evaluators.

 

Publication Frequency

The SAD Journal is a refereed scientific publication, published every four months.

Its scientific editions are published in the following periods of each year: January-April, May-August and September-December. It is published in the last month of each period.

In the course of the year, supplements or special editions are also published.

The call to receive articles is permanently open.

The SAD Journal does not charge fees for submission of papers, nor fees for the publication of its articles.

 

Open Access Policy

Openness/free of charge: access to the content published in this journal is open, free and free, in full text and without temporary embargoes. SAD Journal upholds its commitment to open access policies to scientific information, considering that both scientific journals and publicly funded research should circulate on the Internet freely, free of charge, and without restrictions.

This Journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Archiving

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create an archive distributed among participating libraries, allowing those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

In addition, backup copies of all the journal's numbers are made and archived privately and publicly deposited in the Conicet Digital Institutional Repository.

 

Indexing and inclusion

The SAD Journal integrates the following indexes, bases and catalogues:

Biblat: Revistas científicas y académicas publicadas en América Latina y el Caribe

DIALNET: Fundación Dialnet

 

SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online, Sao Paulo, Brasil

Malena:  Políticas de jerarquización, acceso y archivo de las publicaciones científicas

NB: Núcleo Básico de Revistas Cientificas Argentinas

Latindex | Sistema Regional de Información en Línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

Crossref

REDIB: Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico

Periódica: Índice de Revistas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias

Amelica

LILACS | Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud

Google Académico

RIMA: Red Informática de Medicina Avanzada

MIAR: Information Matrix for Magazine Analysis

Scopus

 

Policy on plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplication and fragmentation

As mentioned in “Theme and scope”, the policy of SAD Magazine is to publish works that, in addition to being original (that is, written by those who declare their authorship), are also unpublished (that is, that have not been published previously, in another scientific journal).

Anti-plagiarism programs measure percentages of correspondence with another text in the same language, so they only control the condition of originality in a language, without responding to other aspects such as translations, “fragmentation” of results or “salami slicing”. duplication, etc.

To avoid the publication of articles that engage in practices of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplication, fragmentation, etc., SAD Magazine implemented the following procedure:

In the “Declaration of ethical aspects and conflict of interest”, at the time of submitting an article, the authors are asked to explain whether they have already published other works derived from the same research and, in those cases in which other articles have been published, they are asked to describe the differences and similarities in relation to the article submitted for review.

Additionally, Internet search tools are used, in which other works by the authors are tracked (to avoid duplication) and the title, fragments of the abstract, the methodological section and the results of the article submitted for review are compared, with the purpose of detecting possible correspondences and thus avoiding plagiarism and self-plagiarism practices.

Ethical-regulatory aspects

As established in the Declaration of Helsinki (point 23, http://www.wma.net/es/30publications/10policies/b3/), all medical research studies in human beings, regardless of their experimental or observational nature , including the investigation of human material and identifiable information, must be submitted for consideration, comment, advice and approval to the relevant Ethics Committee before initiating the study. When presenting clinical cases, informed consent must be requested for the publication of personal information. If it is a study related to the use of drugs, devices, supplies or any other element with economic value or the study received some type of partial or total subsidy from a third party (University, Foundation, pharmaceutical industry or other), the corresponding conflict of interest letter.A conflict of interest letter must also be submitted if you have received scholarships, fees for consulting, dissertation or training of speakers or if you have received non-monetary support such as registration for conferences or trips, books, photocopies, equipment, administrative support or any another element of personal or institutional support in the last three years and has a direct or indirect relationship with the potential publication. These requirements are essential to begin the review process of an article sent to the SAD Magazine. Studies carried out with experimental animals must have the approval of the corresponding institutional Bioethics Committee.It should be noted that the SAD Journal follows the Recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), for example regarding “Author Responsibilities-Conflicts of Interest” (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse /roles-and-responsibilities/author-responsibilities--conflicts-of-interest.html).

Code of Conduct

General duties and responsibilities of Editors

In accordance with the COPE Code of Conduct, the Editors of the Journal of the Argentine Society of Diabetes are responsible for everything published in this journal. Editors commit to:

• Strive to meet the needs of readers and authors.
• Constantly improve the journal.
• Ensure the quality of the material they publish.
• Champion freedom of expression.
• Maintain the integrity of the academic record.
• Preclude business needs from compromising intellectual standards.
• Always be           willing   to           publish corrections,        clarifications,     retractions         and apologies when               needed.

Relations with readers

Readers are informed about who has funded research and on the role of the funders in the research.

Relations with authors

Editors take all reasonable steps to ensure the quality of the material they publish, recognising that journals and sections within journals will have different aims and standards.

Editors’ decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication are based only on the paper’s importance, originality, and clarity, and the study’s relevance to the remit of the journal.

A description of peer review processes is published, and Editors are ready to justify any important deviation from the described processes.

SAD Journal has a declared mechanism for authors to appeal against Editorial decisions.

Editors publish guidance to authors on everything that is expected of them. This guidance is regularly updated and refer or link to COPE Code of Conduct.

Editors  don’t     reverse decisions             to           accept  submissions       unless   serious problems            are identified                with       the         submission.

New Editors don’t overturn decisions to publish submissions made by the previous Editor unless serious problems are                identified.

Relations with reviewers

Editors publish guidance to reviewers on everything that is expected of them. This guidance is regularly updated and should refer or link to COPE Code of Conduct.

Editors have systems to ensure that peer reviewers’ identities are protected.

 

The peer-review process

Editors have systems to ensure that material submitted to their journal remains confidential while under review. 

Complaints

Editors follow the procedure set out in the COPE flowchart.

Editors respond promptly to complaints and ensure there is a way for dissatisfied complainants to take complaints further. This mechanism is made clear in the journal and include information on how to refer unresolved matters to COPE.

Encouraging debate

Cogent criticisms of published work are published unless Editors have convincing reasons why they cannot be. Authors of criticised material are given the opportunity to respond.

Studies that challenge previous work published in the journal are given an especially sympathetic hearing.

Studies reporting negative results are not excluded.

Encouraging academic integrity

Editors ensure that research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.

Editors seek assurances that all research have been approved by an appropriate body (e.g. research ethics committee, institutional review board). However, Editors recognise that such approval does not guarantee that the research is ethical.

Protecting individual data

Editors  protect the         confidentiality  of individual            information       (e.g.      that       obtained through                the         doctor–patient relationship). It is therefore almost always necessary to obtain written informed consent from patients described in case reports and for photographs of patients. It is possible to publish without explicit consent if the report is important to public health (or is in some other way important); consent is unusually burdensome to obtain; and a reasonable individual is unlikely to object to publication (all three conditions must be met).

Pursuing misconduct

Editors have a duty to act if they suspect misconduct. This duty extends to both published and unpublished papers.

Editors don’t simply reject papers that raise concerns about possible misconduct. They are ethically obliged to pursue alleged cases.

Editors first seek a response from those accused. If they are not satisfied with the response, they ask the relevant employers or some appropriate body (perhaps a regulatory body) to investigate.

Editors follow the COPE flowcharts where applicable (link to flowcharts).

Editors make all reasonable efforts to ensure that a proper investigation is conducted; if this does not happen, Editors make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.

Ensuring the integrity of the academic record

Whenever it is recognised that a significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distorted report has been published, it must be corrected promptly and with due prominence.

If, after an appropriate investigation, an item proves to be fraudulent, it should be retracted. The retraction should be clearly identifiable to readers and indexing systems.

Relations with journal owners and publishers

The relationship of Editors to publishers and owners is based firmly on the principle of Editorial independence. Notwithstanding the economic and political realities, Editors make decisions on which articles to publish based on quality and suitability for readers, rather than for immediate financial or political gain.

Commercial considerations

Editors have declared policies on advertising in relation to the content of the journal and on processes for publishing supplements.

Misleading advertisements are refused, and Editors are willing to publish criticisms, according to the same criteria used for material in the rest of the journal.

Reprints are published as they appear in the journal unless a correction is to be added.

Conflict of interest

Editors have systems for managing their own conflicts of interest as well as those of their staff, authors, reviewers and Editorial board members.

Editors also agree with the “Process for dealing with complaints against Editors referred to COPE” and “Appeals procedure” specified in the COPE Code of Conduct. 

Journal´s history

The Journal of the Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD) celebrates 53 years of consecutive scientific editions on Diabetes Mellitus and related branches. Since its founding in 1967, it has become the most important specialty publication in our country and one of the most prestigious in Latin America.This is the official publication of SAD, an association founded in 1954 by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Bernardo Houssay and Prof. Dr. Pedro Escudero, with the aim of promoting, disseminating and deepening scientific knowledge on topics related to Diabetes Mellitus. Currently this institution brings together Argentine doctors specializing in reference pathology.

Advertising policy

The Journal is financed through advertisements of biomedical products, which are previously supervised and approved by the Directors of the Journal. These ads are displayed randomly, are not linked to content or reader behavior, are not related in any way to editorial decision-making and are always kept separate from published scientific articles.