Author Guidelines

Revista Mexicana de Física publishes articles in English, but occasionally also in Spanish. Submitted manuscripts must contain:

-A title1

-An abstract1

-Name, institution, address, ORCID* and e-mail of the contact author

-Name, institution, address, ORCID* and e-mail of the co-authors, if any2

-One to five keywords

1 Articles in Spanish must include a title and abstract in English

2 It is imperative that you register all co-authors from the beginning, otherwise changes in the list of authors at any stage of the editorial process, will be subjected to the approval of the Editorial Board based on a solid request by the corresponding author.

* Mandatory, otherwise we will not process the paper.

NOTE: Please avoid writing acronyms in the title and abstract.

Manuscripts should be organized in numbered sections, with subtitles and references. References must be presented as follows: authors’ name, manuscript title, journal’s name (abbreviated according to international conventions), volume number in bold face, year (within parentheses), first page number, and DOI hyper-link. For books the reference must include: author´s name, book's name, publisher, place of publication and corresponding pages. Examples:

E. Ley-Koo, Recent progress in confined atoms and molecules: Superintegrability and symmetry breakings, Rev. Mex. Fis. 64 (2018) 326.

D.J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 2nd ed. (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989), pp. 331–334.

References and footnotes should be numbered consecutively.

To submit an article to Revista Mexicana de Física, authors are encouraged to use our website:

https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf/about/submissions

Please register as an author and upload your work, in pdf format, following the instructions. You must classify your article in one of the corresponding sections: Letters, Advanced Light Sources, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Condensed Matter, Fluid Dynamics, Gravitation, Mathematical Physics and Field Theory, High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Material Sciences, Medical Physics, Nuclear Physics, Optics, Other areas of Physics, Plasma Physics, Solid State Physics, Reviews (are requested by invitation) Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, Comments, Errata.

The Journal will notify the author upon receipt of the manuscript and a reference number will be assigned which should be used in any further communication. In this manner, you will be able to follow up on line the progress of the editorial process.

By submitting an article to Revista Mexicana de Física the author(s) agrees that the article has not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted to another journal. In order to check the originality content of submitted papers, Revista Mexicana de Física runs each contribution through relies on the Crossref Similarity Check tool, powered by Ithenticate, to detect possible plagiarism. The manuscript must be accompanied by a cover letter addressed to the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Dr. Alfredo Raya, signed by the author to whom correspondence should be addressed. In this letter, they must ensure that their research is original and written by the author(s), without the aid of systems such as AI, for example. They must also responsibly confirm that the submitted material is known to the co-authors. Likewise, if text or figures from a work previously published in another journal are used, they must obtain the appropriate consent for their use, in addition to mentioning the corresponding citation. If this letter is not included, the paper will not be processed.

Articles submitted to the Revista Mexicana de Física undergo a review process by worldwide specialized, independent, anonymous referees. The final decision on the publication of a paper is the sole responsibility of the Journal Chief Editor. Authors may appeal an editor's decision by sending an appeal letter. The Chief Editor will consider the appeal and in case this is sustained, she/he will seek the opinion of the corresponding section editor and if necessary of a second reviewer.

Papers are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

Originality

A clear separation of hypothesis, methods and conclusions

Clarity of analysis

An adequate number of references

Appropriate length

Information conveyed by legible and understandable wording

Once an article is accepted, authors will be requested for the final files. The list of authors and/or affiliations at this stage is subject to the approval of the Editorial Board based upon a solid request by the corresponding author. Once the article is published, no further changes can be done. Only LaTeX files will be considered since LaTeX speeds up the editing process. For this purpose you can see the RMF template (also available at: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-revista-mexicana-de-fisica/qwvrqzsbdtfq). In case you use LaTeX without the template we provide, it is recommended to include the \documentclass{article} in the preamble and write the text in a single column. If the paper contains illustrations (figures, drawings, photographs, etc.), these files are required to be sent in bmp or jpg formats with their respective legend and must be numbered consecutively. Tables must also contain their respective legend and be numbered consecutively.

Revista Mexicana de Física strives to shorten the time elapsed between the receipt and the ruling for papers to be accepted or not. Papers are submitted for peer review within one to two week after receipt and weekly reminders are sent to reviewers within two weeks of the original request.

02 Letters

Letters. Original investigation reports (maximum length four pages)

03 Advances in Light Sources

Advances in Light Sources. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Advances in Light Sources area.

04 Atomic and Molecular Physics

Atomic and Molecular Physics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Atomic and Molecular Physics area.

05 Condensed Matter

Condensed Matter. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Condensed Matter area.

06 Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Dynamics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Fluid Dynamics area.

07 Gravitation, Mathematical Physics and Field Theory

Gravitation, Mathematical Physics and Field Theory. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Gravitation, Mathematical Physics and Field Theory area.

08 High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the High Energy Physics area.

09 Instrumentation

Instrumentation. Articles reporting original contributions on design and construction of scientific instruments. They should present new instruments and techniques oriented to physical science problems solutions. They must also report measurements performed with the described instrument.

10 Material Sciences

Material Sciences. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Material Sciences area.

11 Medical Physics

Medical Physics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Medical Physics area.

12 Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Physics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Nuclear Physics area.

13 Optics

Optics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Optics area.

15 Plasma Physics

Plasma Physics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Plasma Physics area.

16 Solid State Physics

Solid State Physics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Solid State Physics area.

17 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics. Papers showing original results in physical science, particularly in the Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics area.

22 Comments

Comments. Short papers (maximum length four pages) addressing the results of other authors who previously published in our journal. A comment should state clearly to which paper it refers.

23 Errata

Errata. Contains notices regarding errors or omissions in papers previously published in Revista Mexicana de Fisica. An erratum should consist of a statement by the authors of the original paper that briefly describes the correction(s) and, where appropriate, any effects on the conclusions of the paper.

Authors retain copyright and grant the Revista Mexicana de Física right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Privacy Statement

Revista Mexicana de Física will handle and use information solely with the purpose of spreading scientific research and by no means will share personal information other than de one related to the affiliation of published authors.

Peer Review Process

Articles submitted to the Revista Mexicana de Física undergo a strict review process carried out by worldwide specialized, independent, anonymous referees. The final decision on the publication of a paper is the sole responsibility of the Journal's Chief Editor. Authors may appeal an editor's decision by sending an appeal letter. The Chief Editor will consider the appeal and in case this is sustained, she/he will seek the opinion of the corresponding section editor and if necessary of a second reviewer.

Papers are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

Originality.
A clear separation of hypothesis, methods and conclusions.
Clarity of analysis.
An adequate number of references.
Appropriate length.
Information conveyed by legible and understandable wording.

Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

“Open Access Journal”