About the Journal

It is a periodic publication of the Departamento de Enfermería de la Universidad de Chile of an academic and scientific nature and subject to the Open Access policies. It is aimed at professionals and students of Health Sciences and other related ones. Its purpose is to develop knowledge of Nursing and Health Sciences by disseminating original articles, review articles, essays, case studies, thematic updates, student contributions, and letters to the editor.

The abbreviation of its title is Rev. chil. enferm, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, legends, and bibliographical references.

It is a digital publication, and its ISSN is 2452-5839. It is financed by the Departamento de Enfermería de la Univerdidad de Chile.

The average publication time is nine weeks from the submission of the article until its publication.

Editorial Policy

The Revista Chilena de Enfermería Universidad de Chile is the continuation of the Department's first initiative called "Revista Chilena de Enfermería Universidad de Chile", created in May 2016, with its special edition for the 110th anniversary of the School of Nursing.

It is a periodic publication of the Departamento de Enfermería de la Universidad de Chile of an academic and scientific nature and subject to Open Access policies. It is aimed at professionals and students of Health Sciences and other related ones. Its purpose is to develop knowledge of Nursing and Health Sciences by disseminating original articles, review articles, essays, case studies, thematic updates, student contributions, and letters to the editor.

The Editorial Committee and peer reviewers will review the articles, and if accepted, they will be published in the Journal. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to request modifications to the primary author or reject the publication. This publication has been annual since 2023, with a publication date in December, receiving articles in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

Specialists in Nursing and Health Sciences arbitrate the Journal through the double-blind system, in which an opinion is requested from two external evaluators for each article received. In the event of a difference in opinion, a third evaluator is sent to settle the result. The names of the authors and evaluators remain anonymous throughout the evaluation process and after the publication of the manuscripts.

Contributions must be original works (not previously published or submitted for evaluation to another journal).

The Journal is open to the reception of papers throughout the year and is published twice a year.

The evaluation, editing, translation, and publication process is free of charge for the authors.

Journal sections

All manuscripts must be submitted via the journal platform: https://revistachilenaenfermeria.uchile.cl/index.php/RCHE/about/submissions

Original articles: original primary research and systematic reviews.

Other types of systematization: integrative-narrative reviews, essays, case studies, thematic updates, student contributions, letters to the editor, and others.

In Norms for Authors, the characteristics of each section are specified.

Article evaluation criteria

Our Journal meets the requirements of the most relevant indexing catalogs in the Health Sciences.

The evaluation criteria of the articles are:

1) They must be original works that report research advances and are not original but relevant to the Health Sciences.

2) The content of the manuscripts must refer to the analysis and discussion of topics that contribute to Nursing and Health Sciences at a national and international level.

3) The articles will be evaluated considering the following criteria:

- Clear objective that is achieved with the development of the investigation and responds to a question or knowledge gap.

- Offers relevant contributions to the development of Nursing and Health Sciences in terms of conceptual approaches, development of clinical cases, educational experiences, approach to interventions and research in public health, and analysis of health phenomena from interdisciplinary perspectives, among others. Contributions.

- Develop relevant content for national and international audiences. It contains an appropriate contextualization for understanding the topic outside the author's country of origin.

- The text is structured coherently and is written fluently and clearly. In addition, the introduction, methodology, results, discussions, and conclusions (according to the Standard for Authors) are observed.

- The references used are relevant, up-to-date, and pertinent in Vancouver style.

Additionally, the articles that report research results will be evaluated considering the following criteria:

- Gives an account of the rigorously used methodology. The type of study is described, and the methodological decisions and steps taken to achieve the results are justified.

- Ethical standards are met in data collection and processing (informed consent, anonymized informants, the confidentiality of sensitive information, etc.)

- Declares the approval of the institution's ethics committee sponsoring the research.

- The results presented support the proposed conclusions.

4) All manuscripts must comply with the formal and specific citation requirements indicated in the Guidelines for Authors section.