ISSN: 1405-888X ISSN-e: 2395-8723

About the Journal

About the Journal

Focus and Scope

TIP is a semiannual periodical specialized in Chemical-Biological Sciences, edited by the Publishing Department in FES Zaragoza, UNAM. It has a public resources funding. Its editing formats are PDF and XML. This periodical is mainly addressed to researchers, professionals and students interested in the development of chemical-biological sciences.

Its aim is to disseminate information in the following areas, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Genetics, Physiology, Toxicology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany and Zoology, Ethology, Ecology, Soil Science, Geology, Geophysics, Environmental Geochemistry, Global Warming, Paleontology, Archaeozoology and Evolution, Pharmacy, Physiochemical, as well as, General, Organic, Inorganic, Molecular and Industrial Chemistry.

This periodical mainly publishes papers about original scientific research, but also educational reports and reviews, as well as, the results from research projects of graduate students. 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides free immediate access to its content under the principle of making research freely available to the public, supporting a bigger knowledge interchange globally.

Ethics principles and statement of negligence

Responsibilities or behavior of the Editorial Board

●    The description of the peer review process is defined and released by the Editorial Committee for the authors to know what the evaluation criteria are. The Editorial Board is always willing to justify any controversy in the evaluation process.

Responsibilities or behavior of the Editor
●    The editor should be responsible for everything published in the journal. The editor  should strive to meet the needs of readers and authors; to constantly improve the magazine; to ensure the quality of the material published; to boost academic and scientific standards. Moreover, the publisher must be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.
●    The editor's decision to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based only on the importance of the article, originality, clarity and relevance the work represents for the magazine.
●    The editor is committed to ensuring the confidentiality of the evaluation process. The editor may not reveal to the reviewers the identity of the authors; neither the identity of the reviewers at any time.
●    The editor is responsible for deciding which items can be accepted in the Journal,  and the Editorial Committee will make the final decision about the articles to be published.
●    The editor is responsible for properly informing the author of the editorial process phase in which the sent text is, as well as the resolutions of the opinion.
●    An editor should evaluate manuscripts and their intellectual content regardless the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, nationality or political philosophy.
●    The editor and any editorial staff shall not divulge any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers or other editorial advisers.
●    All unpublished materials disclosed and sent in a manuscript shall not be used for personal research of a publisher, without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review shall be confidential and not used for personal gain. Editors must make fair and impartial decisions and shall ensure a fair and appropriate pair revision review.

Responsibilities of Authors
●    The authors must ensure that their manuscripts are the product of their original work and that the data have been obtained in an ethical manner. Besides, they must ensure that their work has not been previously published or is not being considered for any another publication. It is considered a job as previously published in any of the following situations:
1)    When the full text has already been published.
2)    When extensive fragments of previously published materials are part of the text sent to the Journal.
3)    When the work submitted to the Journal is contained in memoirs published verbatim.
4)    These criteria refer to previous publications in printed or electronic form and in any language.
●    For the publication of their works, authors should strictly follow the article publication norms defined by the Editorial Committee.
●    The authors of the original research reports should present a precise description of the work performed, as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be accurately represented in the article. A document must contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to use their work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
●    The authors should ensure that they have entirely written the original works, and if the authors have used the work and /or words of others, they have referenced them properly. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Consequently, any script that incurs in plagiarism shall be removed and will not be considered for publication.
●    An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. The presentation of the same manuscript to more than one magazine constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
●    The sources should be properly recognized. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in the nature of the work presented. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence or discussions with third parties should not be used without express written permission from the source.
●    Authorship should be limited to those who significantly contributed to the conception, design, execution and interpretation of the study. All those who have significantly contributed should be listed as co-authors. The main authors or author must ensure that all co-authors are included in the article, and that everybody has read and approved the final version of the document and agreed to its submission for publication.
●    All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial fund conflict or other interest that may influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
●    When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his published work, it is his/her duty to immediately notify the Director of the magazine or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the document.

Responsibilities of Reviewers
●    Reviewers are committed to notify any unethical behavior committed by authors and to point out all the information that may be reason to refuse the publication of articles. They must also commit to keeping confidential any information related to the articles reviewed.
●    When reviewing the articles, reviewers should follow the existing guidelines for this task. Such guidance should be provided by the publisher and are those that should be considered for evaluation.
●    All selected reviewer must notify the possible editor as soon as possible if he/she is qualified or not to review a document´s research.
●    Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. Should not be shown or discussed with other experts, except when authorized by the publisher.
●    The reviewers should be objective. All personal criticism to the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly and will support them with valid arguments.
●    Any privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and shall not be used for personal benefit.
●    The reviewers should not evaluate manuscripts where any conflict of interest may appear.

Journal History

At the beginning of the nineties of last century, in the School of Higher Studies Zaragoza, UNAM, a project called Editorial Program was launched, which sought to be a vehicle for the dissemination of scientific articles; this project came from the General Coordination of Postgraduate Studies, Research and Academic Development (COEPIDA) that, with the funding of the Postgraduate Studies Divisions Support Program (PADEP) and under the coordination of the Research  and Postgraduate Secretariat, managed to print TIP Research and Postgraduate Topics for the first time in September 1989. This magazine was restructured in 1997 with the purpose of defining its profile by specific area of knowledge, it became known as “TIP Revista Especializada en Ciencias Químico-Biológicas” and only kept the initials “TIP” from the original magazine. This happened in what was then called the Research Division and still as Editorial Project, which in 1998 became the Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research and Editorial Program, the year in which the first issue of the magazine appeared.