Submissions

Author Guidelines

Adicciones is published by Socidrogalcohol (Sociedad Científica Española de Estudios sobre el Alcohol, el Alcoholismo y otras Toxicomanías; Spanish Society for Studies on Alcohol, Alcoholism and other Drug Addictions).

Adicciones publishes original articles on treatment, prevention, policy, basic studies and descriptive studies in the field of addictions, including those to illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco and any other addiction, and originating from various disciplines (medicine, psychology, basic research, social research, etc.). All articles are selected after undergoing an anonymous review process by experts on each topic.

Adicciones publishes four issues per year in March, June, September and December. The journal has the following sections: Editorial, original articles, brief reports, review articles and letters to the Editor.

1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Languages

The journal accepts articles in Spanish and in English. The final edition of the articles will be published in both languages.

Conflicts of interest and Ethical Guidelines

The journal’s policy is that all articles and editorials expressly state whether or not there are conflicts of interest in the corresponding section. All conflicts of interest are important, but particular care should be taken in cases of having received funding for the study from the pharmaceuticals, drinks or tobacco industries, or comparable sources. The existence of a conflict of interests does not mean the article cannot be published. In cases of doubt over this issue, please contact the Editorial Board.

In this regard Adicciones follows the recommendations and the Ethical Guidelines of the ISAJE (International Society of Addiction Journals Editors): https://www.isaje.net/ethical-guidelines.html

Authorship.

The articles must be original. It is very important to consider as authors only those who have made substantial contributions: 1) to the conception and design, data collection, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) to the writing of the article or its critical review; and who have given their approval to the version submitted for publication.

All manuscripts will be evaluated with plagiarism control tools. The authors should ensure that significant portions of the material have not been published previously. In case of doubt about the fulfilment of this requirement, copies should be provided of the material in question previously published or submitted elsewhere before the article can be considered for review.

Any further doubts about these aspects can be clarified by consulting the Farmington Consensus, to which Adicciones subscribes: https://www.isaje.net/farmington-consensus.html or the publication rules of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (2020).

2. PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Authors should exclusively follow the Publication Guidelines of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (2020) (www.apastyle.org).

Adicciones respects and encourages diversity. Authors should use inclusive language that is free of bias and stereotypes. There is NO precise limit on the number of words for articles submitted. However, great care should be taken to include only the information that is strictly necessary. It is important for articles to be of interest to the scientific community in the field of addictions. Authors should refrain from submitting articles referring to highly specific aspects – unless that is precisely their interesting feature – or that are basically descriptive – unless they deal with a novel issue. It is recommended that manuscript preparation follow the guidelines for research in addictions from the ISAJE: https://www.isaje.net/reporting-guidelines.html and the Equator network https://www.equator-network.org/

Types of articles

Original Articles

These will preferably be works on clinical or experimental research in the field of drug dependence or addictions. Empirical manuscripts with large samples and solid methodologies will be especially valued.

Review Articles

Review articles should serve to update an issue in rigorous and exhaustive fashion. hese reviews should be governed by systematized methods (e.g., PRISMA criteria) and be registered in review protocol databases (e.g., PROSPERO).

Letters to the Editor

These will normally have a maximum of 800 words, 10 references and a table or figure. They may consist in a brief presentation on a new issue, an original research study, or a reply or comment in relation to an article published in the journal. In this last case the letter should arrive normally within the 6 weeks following publication of the article in the journal.

3. SUBMISSION PROCESS

All articles should be submitted through www.adicciones.es. In the platform it could be find all the instructions for manuscripts preparation and for submission. All the follow-up of the review and editorial process will be done through the web platform of Revista Adicciones. All authors and co-authors must be registered in the journal's platform and their contact information (e.g., e-mail and telephone) must be indicated in the first step of the submission to initiate the process. This is the only way to send articles (if you have any doubts or technical problems, please contact revistaadicciones@socidrogalcohol.org).

Structure of the works submitted to the Journal

The following documents must be prepared and attached for the submission of manuscripts:

A) Cover Letter. It should contain the purpose of the work, the rationale for why it was conducted and what contribution makes to already-existing knowledge, the potential audience for the study findings and the implications for the development of potential new works, and how the main findings of the study contribute to the development of new knowledge in the field of addictions.

B) Authorization document from all authors. All manuscripts submitted for consideration for publication in Adicciones will be accompanied by a letter signed by all authors. This document will state that:

1. The manuscript is original and has not been published previously, in whole or part, nor is it being considered for publication in another journal.
2. The funding that the study has received (direct or indirect) and whether it has connections with the tobacco, alcohol or pharmaceutical industry, or other relationships that could result in a conflict of interest.
3. That the manuscript has been written, read, and approved by the authors as submitted, and that authorship corresponds to all signatories.
4. That all ethical principles have been complied with in relation to the protection of persons or patients, or animals, when animal experimentation is involved.
5. That all the corresponding permissions to reproduce previously published material to be included in the manuscript, such as text, tables, figures, etc., are attached.
6. That correspondence concerning the manuscript submitted for publication will be handled by the corresponding author whose name, address, telephone number and e-mail address will be indicated. At the same time, this author will be responsible for contacting the other authors to request review and final approval of the article.
7. That the copyright of the article will be transferred to Adicciones in case it is published in the journal Adicciones.
8. The policy of the journal Adicciones is to disseminate its articles, thus authors can send their published articles to other people in electronic format. The reproduction and commercial dissemination of the journal’s articles is restricted by copyright and requires permission from the journal.

C) Tittle Page. On the first page of the article the following information will appear, in the order as stated:

• Title of the article, in lower case (in Spanish and English), except initial letter.
• Authors’ full forenames (not initials only), and one or two surnames (e.g.: Miguel García or Miguel García Rodríguez, or even Miguel García-Rodríguez, bearing in mind that the way in which the name appears is how it will be sent to the databases) in lower case, except for the first letter. The different authors’ names will be separated by semicolons. After each author’s surname, without an intervening space and in superscript, there should be an asterisk (1 for the first, 2 for the second, etc.). These asterisks are necessary for indicating the institution at which the work has been carried out (see following point).
• Preceded by one or more asterisks, as applicable (see previous point), the names of the institution(s) where the work has been carried out or where the authors work will be indicated. 

At the bottom of the first page (not as a footnote), the following text will appear: “Send correspondence to: ...”, indicating the name and postal address, e-mail or other contact information. This is the author with which the secretary will correspond during the review process, unless other arrangements are made by mutual agreement.

D) Manuscript. All pages should be numbered consecutively at top right. The order of presentation followed in the manuscript will be as follows:

1. The first page of the manuscript should indicate: Title of the article, in lower case (in Spanish and English), except initial letter.
2. The second page of the article will include an abstract in both Spanish and English, of between 120 and 250 words in length. Following the international publication rules set out above, the abstract should specify the objectives of the study or research, the basic methodology employed, the main results, and the most important and/or novel conclusions.

The abstract should be written in one or more paragraphs according to the APA publication rules, but not divided into antecedents, method, etc.

The abstract will be followed by a list of around 5 Key words, first in Spanish and then in English, in lower case and separated by commas. Where possible, these words should be in line with those normally used in well-known indices (e.g., Mesh terms).

3. The article proper will begin on the third page.

Review process will be anonymous, confidential and blinded, it is recommended that the authors delete any information that they consider could help to identify them, such as, for example, place of selection of participants, institution of membership of the Ethics Committee that has approved the study, etc. This information can be concealed by replacing it with the expression "[AUTHORS]" or similar. It is recommended for articles to be written in the passive voice, where appropriate. The text should be clearly divided into sections, following – as far as possible depending on the characteristics of the study – the general scheme: Introduction (though the word should not appear as a heading), Method, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, Conflict of interests and References.

Introduction

This section should be relatively brief, but provide the necessary and introductory explanation so that readers can understand the state of the issue prior to the research, and so that they can see the need for such research and how it was approached. This section should not include tables or figures, unless they are essential to the understanding of the text. It should include a final paragraph setting out clearly the objective(s) of the work.

Method

This section should clearly describe the methodology employed (selection of the sample, collection of data, data-collection or assessment instruments, timeframe, etc.). It should also identify the methods, assessment instruments, treatments, drugs used, apparatus, assessment system, statistical methods where they are new, new types of method, and so on. The author should specify the type of study (descriptive, epidemiological, experimental, clinical trial, etc.), system of assignment of participants to groups, randomization, etc. All submissions should indicate the reference of the Ethics Committee or Research Office which has approved the adequacy of this research to the corresponding ethical and legal framework. It is important that experimental studies and clinical trials are registered and the registration number is indicated in the trials database (e.g., Clinicaltrials.gov). Authors should state the type of statistical analysis used, describe it where it is new or little known, and indicate the statistics package employed. It is strongly recommended to indicate, when possible, the exact significance data obtained in the results (as opposed to formulas such as p < .05 or p < .01) as well as to include, also when possible, effect size statistics.

Results

The results should be presented in a logical sequence with regard to text, tables and figures. Use only those tables and figures that are strictly necessary, that clearly express the results of the study. Do not duplicate data in tables and figures. Do not repeat in the text all the data from the tables and figures, only the most important. Emphasize and summarize only the most important observations.

Adicciones adopts the conventional system of 5% as the value for statistical significance, and does not accept the consideration of trends with lower values.

Randomized clinical trials should follow the CONSORT guidelines (www.consort-statement.org) and studies with non-experimental designs should follow international guidelines (e.g.,STROBE https://www.strobe-statement.org/), to provide greater clarity for readers and reviewers. Likewise, effect size statistics will be presented.

Discussion

It is necessary to start with the general objective of the study. This section will emphasize the novel and important aspects of the study and the conclusions deriving from it. It should not repeat in detail the results presented in either the previous section or the introduction. The discussion should highlight the most important and controversial aspects and relate them to other relevant studies on the matter. Do not make assumptions if they are not supported by the data. Where appropriate, this section can include recommendations. Indicate the implications of the study’s findings and its limitations (these will preferably be contained in a paragraph at the end of the article).

Acknowledgements          

This section will be situated after the end of the article proper, and just before the Conflicts of interest. Where considered necessary, it will include the names of persons, institutions or bodies that have collaborated with or supported the research. It may include mention of those people who have helped in the preparation of the article, but not with the intensity required for being considered as authors. Sources of funding, call for proposals and reference of such funding, indicating whether it is competitive or not, should also be indicated here. 

Conflicts of interest.

All articles, editorials, comments, opinions, book reviews and letters published in the journal will be accompanied by a declaration about possible or actual conflicts of interest or a statement to the effect that the authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

References

These will follow strictly the norms of the American Psychological Association [American Psychological Association (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC. http://www.apastyle.org

Tables and Figures

These will appear at the end of the text, numbered, and each one on a different page. The place where they should be placed should be indicated in the text of the manuscript. Both tables and figures should be submitted in a format that can be modified during the article editing process.

Data management and supplementary material

Addicciones is an open Access journal, and therefore committed to open science. Authors are encouraged to share datasets used in research work and supplementary material in open access institutional or thematic repositories, federated in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).  This will allow data to be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable in accordance with FAIR principles. In the case of having datasets or materials in any repository, the web links to these files or data as well as the permissions and conditions of use of these data must be provided.  These links will be included in a section of the journal entitled “Data management and supplementary material”. The supplementary material will be reviewed by the journal's editorial board. After publication this material cannot be modified, and a copy will be registered in the journal itself. Authors may request that the material be published on the journal's platform as well.

4. MANUSCRIPT REVIEW PROCESS

Articles are submitted to the journal via www.adicciones.es. Authors and other co-authors must register in the journal's web platform in order to submit their manuscripts. On submitting the manuscript, authors receive a code for accessing the web and checking the situation of their article. However, the Editor will send them a message once a decision has been made or there is a need to query some matter. Once the manuscript has been received by the journal’s offices, the review process will begin.

The Editor, normally in consultation with the Associate Editors, can reject an article immediately after its submission if it is not felt to be of sufficient quality or of priority interest for the journal.

All manuscripts, in order to be considered for publication in Adicciones, should adhere strictly to the publication rules of the journal (which are those of the APA). The Editor reserves the right to reject immediately (without progression to the review stage) those articles that fail to meet this requirement.

During the submission process, authors will be asked to provide the name of at least two possible reviewers for their article (name, institution, e-mail and ORCID). The proposed reviewers must be experts in the topic and not be linked to the research being developed in the submitted work. They should not belong to the current Editorial Board of Adicciones. The journal reserves the right to decide whether or not to use these proposed reviewers.

Manuscripts shall be sent by the Editor or Associate Editors to two or more experts in the field (reviewers), who will make the pertinent comments and recommend the changes they deem necessary; they may also give their opinion as to the acceptance or rejection of the article. The final decision, based on the report from the reviewers or from the Associate Editor in charge of the review process, will be taken by the Editor of the journal, who may also consult the Associate Editors. The review process will be "double blind". Throughout the review process the principle of confidentiality will be maintained by the reviewers towards the work they review, as well as the confidentiality of the names of the reviewers among themselves or to the authors of the manuscript. In this sense, the reviews will be anonymous, confidential and blind also for the reviewers, who will not know the names of the authors at any time.

The result of the manuscript review will be sent to the corresponding author, indicating its acceptance or rejection or the need for a new review once the author has taken into account all the comments by the reviewers and the Editor. Authors must make all the changes indicated as soon as possible (unless otherwise indicated the period will be two months, though this may be extended subject to justification by the authors) via the journal’s electronic management system, sending: 

• A copy of the final manuscript
• A copy of the revised manuscript.
• Another document setting out in detail the principal modifications made, together with authors’ own comments on the main aspects of the review.

5. PUBLICATION PROCESS

Once the article has been accepted, the following procedure will be followed:

1. The authors will receive a version with possible format and style corrections, to which they must respond within a maximum of 10 days.
2. After receiving a reply from the authors, they will be informed of the estimated number of pages that will comprise the final version of the article, along with the article process charges.
3. Once payment has been received, the article will be translated into English or Spanish, depending on the original language of the article.
4. A final document or galley proof will be generated, which the authors must also review.
5. A DOI will be assigned to the work and it will be published in advance online, until pages are assigned within a specific volume in which the manuscripts will finally be published.

In the case that authors share their papers in pre-print and post-print servers, and  if the manuscripts are accepted for publication in the journal Adicciones, they should indicate that the final version of these documents can be found on the journal's website, adding the corresponding link to their article.

Authors are fully responsible for the final published version. The authors are free to distribute the article, as long as all pertinent information about the journal in which it was published is clearly stated. In the event that the authors would like to propose any modification or rectification, once the articles have been published, they should communicate it to the journal's editors.  In addition, the journal reserves the right to accept such changes or to withdraw any publication that may contain erroneous information or the result of research misconduct.

Publication fees

The journal Adicciones is Open Access, which means that once published, the articles will be freely available on the web and other search platforms, allowing them to be sent and shared with the entire scientific community. This means that a number of expenses for editing, layout and distribution rights must be covered by the authors. The Open Access publication process complies with the requirements and recommendations established by the most recent calls for scientific funding such as Horizon 2020 and the Science Act of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, which promote open access to science.

The publication of new articles is subject to the payment of 50€ per printed page (VAT included) with a 30% discount if first author is a member of Socidrogalcohol. For those cases in which at least 50% of the authors belonging to developing countries (according to World Bank) will pay half the listed price. Exceptionally, when dealing with high quality articles, publication fees might be negotiated if facing serious economic problems.

6. COPYRIGHT

All copyright rights for articles published in Adicciones will be transferred to the journal. The authors agree to include in the manuscript all necessary permissions to reproduce previously published material, such as text, tables or figures.

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