Guideline for Authors

Revista Mexicana de Física E is a scientific journal published every six months by Sociedad Mexicana de Fìsica, A. C. The journal publishes original papers of interest to a worldwide audience of the physics scientific community in the following fields: Education in Physics, History of Physicsand Philosophy of Physics. 

By submitting an article to Revista Mexicana de Física E the author(s) agrees that the article has not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted to another journal. Signed papers are the authors' sole responsibility.

There is no publication fee.

On this page:

• Submission Process
• Review Process
• Fees and Open Access
• Manuscript format
• Article classification
• Cover Letter
• Policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence
  
  

Submission Process

Manuscripts must be submitted exclusively through the Revista Mexicana de Física E web portal, which runs on Open Journal Systems (OJS) 3.3. The corresponding author must register and create an account at:

https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf-e

Once logged in, click "Make a New Submission" on your dashboard and complete the five steps described below. The system saves your progress automatically; you may pause and resume at any time before final submission.

Step 1. Start

Select the Article Classification on the "Section" drop-down menu. Then read and check each of the submission requirements:

• The manuscript has not been previously published and is not under review elsewhere.
• The file is in PDF format and uses the LaTeX RMF template.
• All metadata for the contact author and all co-authors, without exception, including the ORCID identifier. Otherwise, your contribution will not be processed.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• A graphical abstract (cover image) is included as a separate file. It must be a single, clear image that represents the manuscript.

At the bottom of this step, paste your cover letter into the "Comments for the Editor" text box. It must include: article title, brief summary of the scientific contribution, confirmation of originality, and a statement that all authors have approved the submission.

Step 2. Upload Submission

Upload your files using the file manager. Each file must be assigned a component type:

Click "Upload File", select the component type, choose the file, and confirm. Repeat for every file. When all files are listed, click "Save and Continue".

Step 3. Enter Metadata

• Title and abstract in Spanish or English.
• Keywords: enter 1–5 keywords per language, pressing Enter after each one.
• Contributors: add all co-authors with full name, email, affiliation, country, biography, and ORCID iD. Mark the corresponding author with the "Primary Contact" checkbox.
• References: paste the full reference list in plain text, one reference per line. OJS will parse DOIs automatically.

Step 4. Confirmation

Review all uploaded files and metadata. Use "Back" to correct any step. Once ready, click "Finish Submission". A confirmation email will be sent to the corresponding author.

Step 5. Next Steps

After submission, the manuscript enters the RMF-E editorial workflow with four stages visible in your dashboard:

• Submission: The editor-in-chief checks scope and format compliance.
• Review: A section editor invites peer reviewers. Authors receive notifications at each decision point.
• Copyediting: The production team requests editable source files (.tex) for copyediting.
• Production: Galley proofs (PDF) are shared via OJS for author approval before publication.

Track your manuscript status anytime under "My Submissions" on your dashboard.

Review Process

Revista Mexicana de Física E uses an Open, Anonymous Reviewer/Anonymous Author or Anonymous Reviewer/Disclosed Author (default) system. The process follows these stages:

The editorial decision may be: Accepted without changes, Accepted with minor revisions, Major revisions required, or Rejected. If revisions are requested, authors have 2-3 calendar weeks to submit the revised version.

Fees and Open Access

The RMF is an open-access journal. No article processing charges or submission fees are charged.

All published content is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which allows redistribution and reuse of the material provided the original source is cited.

Manuscript format

Submitted manuscripts must be prepared using the official template of Revista Mexicana de Física and must include:

• Title of the manuscript¹
• Abstract¹
• Full name, institutional affiliation, postal address, ORCID*, and e-mail address of the corresponding author
• Full name, institutional affiliation, postal address, ORCID*, and e-mail address of all co-authors, if applicable²
• Between one and five keywords

¹Manuscripts written in Spanish must also include the title and abstract in English.

²It is mandatory to register all co-authors at the time of submission. Any modification to the list of authors during the editorial process will require approval by the Editorial Board and must be supported by a formal justification from the corresponding author.

* Important:  ORCID registration is mandatory; manuscripts without ORCID information will not be processed.

Note: Authors are strongly encouraged to avoid the use of acronyms in both the title and abstract.

Figures and tables

Figures and tables should be relevant, clear, and useful for understanding the manuscript. Captions and titles must adequately describe their content, and all figures and tables should be properly cited within the text. In addition, the figure legends and tick labels on the plots must be clear, properly formatted, and easily legible.

References

Manuscripts must be organized into numbered sections and subsections, including properly formatted references.

References should follow the format established in the official template of Revista Mexicana de Física E, preferably using BibTeX.

• Journal references must include:

  Author(s) name(s), article title, Journal title abbreviated according to international conventions, volume number in bold, year of publication in parentheses, initial page number, DOI hyperlink.

• Book references must include:

  Author(s) name(s), book title, publisher, place of publication, edition (if applicable), relevant page numbers, ISBN (if available). 

Examples:

[1] E. Ley-Koo, Recent progress in confined atoms and molecules: Superintegrability and symmetry breakings, Rev. Mex. Fis. 64 (2018) 326. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFis.64.326

[2] D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd ed. (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999), pp. 331–334. ISBN 0-13-805326-X

References and footnotes must be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript.

Article Classification

You must classify your article in one of the corresponding sections:

1. Education in Physics
2. History in Physics
3. Philosophy of Physics

Cover Letter

By submitting an article to Revista Mexicana de Física E 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 E 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. Ramón Castañeda-Priego, 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).  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.

Policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence in research and scientific writing

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools and systems may not be listed as authors or co-authors of a manuscript, as they are unable to assume responsibility for the scientific content, data integrity, conflict-of-interest disclosures, copyright obligations, or compliance with the ethical and legal principles associated with academic authorship.

Revista Mexicana de Física E permits the limited use of artificial intelligence tools exclusively as auxiliary support for spelling correction, grammatical revision, language editing, or improvement of writing style, provided that such use does not involve the substantial generation of scientific content, results, interpretations, analyses, discussions, or conclusions.

The use of artificial intelligence tools is strictly prohibited for:

• generating scientific manuscripts totally or partially;
• producing scientific results, interpretations, discussions, or conclusions;
• create, modifying, manipulating, or misrepresenting data, images, figures, or scientific evidence;
• generating fictitious, nonexistent, or unverifiable bibliographic references;
• replacing the critical interpretation, scientific analysis, intellectual contribution, or ethical responsibility of the authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and validity of all submitted material, regardless of whether automated linguistic or editorial support tools were used during manuscript preparation.

Whenever artificial intelligence tools have been used to assist in the linguistic or editorial preparation of a manuscript, authors must explicitly disclose such use, specifying both the tool employed and the precise purpose for which it was used.

The editorial team reserves the right to request additional information or clarifications concerning the use of artificial intelligence at any stage of the editorial process. Undeclared, misleading, inappropriate, or unethical use of artificial intelligence tools, contrary to accepted standards of scientific integrity and editorial ethics, may result in rejection of the manuscript or, in the case of published articles, the issuance of corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, or article withdrawal.

Revista Mexicana de Física E will maintain this policy under continuous review in light of technological developments, international discussions on publication ethics, and recommendations issued by organizations specialized in scholarly publishing and research integrity.