About the Journal
History of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Valladolid and the edition of the Journal.
Royal Academies were created in the Age of Enlightenment, although in 1697 the 'Royal Society of Medicine y other Sciences' was founded in Seville, the first Spanish medical institution devoted to the dissemination of new medical ideas, whose initial ordinances were approved by Charles the IInd in 1700 and which achieved the royal protection of Philip the Vth in 1701.
The Academy of Medicine of Valladolid is the second oldest in Spain; its origins can be documented in the year 1731 on 27 January, when Dr. Lorenzo Pinedo, Professor Prima de Avicena, acted as spokesman for the Professors of the Faculty of Medicine in the Senate of the University of Valladolid. Lorenzo Pinedo, professor of Avicenna's cousin, acted as spokesman for the professors of the Faculty of Medicine inside of the University of Valladolid; and the third is the Academy of Medicine of Madrid, founded in 1733 as part of a gathering of doctors, surgeons, apothecaries and the 'Curious' in José Hortega's pharmacy, encouraged by the Enlightenment movement that favoured the new Bourbon Dynasty in Spain, which would later become the National Academy.
The difference between these three Academies is, however, not only the date when they began their activities, but also something much more important: How and by whom their beginnings were carried out. The Academy of Medicine of Valladolid is the only one formed within the University and the purpose from its beginnings was to present and discuss new advances in science, while those of Sevilla and Madrid were born from a meeting of friends, not all of them doctors, who spoke by chance about the most varied subjects, not always scientific, which is why they were both called "gathering" (tertulia in spanish language) in their beginnings. The one in Madrid "Literary gatherings" and the one in Sevilla “Revered Hispalense Medical-Clinical-Anatomical and Mathematics gatherings".
Another difference is, that both had a "homely" character, being based at the home of the gathering persons, who brought together the other members of the gathering at the beginning. The one in Valladolid began as the "Royal practice Academy" and its first meetings were held at the University itself.
Several reorganisations took place in the Academies until 1796, when Charles the IVth established a plan of activities for the Academies to assist the Royal Council in matters of medical topography, reports on endemic and epidemic activities, organisation of hospitals, care of the medical bibliography, medical policy, control of drugs and specific therapies and the fight against intrusion.
On the return of the liberal triumph, the academies were suspended by Ferdinand the VIIth in order to recover them, but incorporated into the health organisation, by means of the Royal Decree on 28 August 1830, which approved the General Regulations for the literary and internal regime of the Royal Academies of Medicine and Surgery of the Kingdom under the control of the Supreme Governmental Board. The birth years later of the branch of health by the Royal Organisational Decree on 1847 required the Academies to be divested of some administrative functions.
The Permanent Commissions of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Valladolid during the vice presidency of Mr. Eugenio Alau y Comas were the following:
One of Health and Public Hygiene, another of Pathology of the Faculty, one third of Legal Medicine composed of four sections, such was the importance given at that time to the relationship of the Academies with the Administration of Justice, another of Topographies and Mineral Waters. Another for Vaccination and Inspection of Epidemics and, a last one for Statistics and Sub-delegations. It is understandable that these Commissions would have been very active, given the period in which they were created.
It should be borne in mind that the highest authority of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Valladolid was held by the Vice-President, as the presidency was honorary and corresponded to the Civil Governor of the Province. As indicated in the biography of Don Eugenio Alau y Comas, this doctor was Vice-President for two consecutive two-year periods (1865-1866 and 1867-1868).
From 1865 to the present time, the Presidency of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Valladolid has been held by the Honourable Mrs.:
Don Andrés Laorden López (1865-1877)
Don Nicolás de la Fuente Arrimadas (1877-1895)
Don Vicente Sagarra Lascurain (1895-1911)
Don Eloy Durruti Saracho (1912-1921)
Don Federico Murueta Goyena (1921-1930)
Don Salvino Sierra y Val (1931-1939)
Don Isidoro de la Villa y Sanz (1939-1944)
Don Blas Sierra Rodríguez (1944-1961)
Don Vicente González Calvo (1961-1989)
Don José María Beltrán de Heredia y Onís (1989-1993)
Don Pedro Álvarez-Quiñones Caravia (1993-2004)
Don Ángel Marañón Cabello (2004-2021)
Don Luis Javier García Frade (2021-Present)
Creation of the journal “Anales de la Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Valladolid”
The journal "Anales de la Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Valladolid" was founded in 1963 by the President of the Corporation, Vicente González Calvo. Throughout the period (1963-1993) it was published on a quarterly or four-monthly basis; since 1994 a single volume has been published.
In 1982, an extraordinary issue was published in book format (ISBN: 84-600.2659-0), on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Foundation of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Valladolid. The journal was publicly funded, although in the period 1963-1994 it contained advertising.
National and international scientists of the highest prestige have collaborated in the journal, among them Prof. Dr. Severo Ochoa, who has been an Honorary Academician of the Corporation.
The journal, above all, has served as a loudspeaker for young students, doctoral students, or people who have won prizes or second prizes from our Corporation and have needed the journal's publications to give a boost to their scientific careers.
Although it is a local journal with no impact factor, it plays a very important role in the cultural life of Castilla y León, and it is to be hoped that the Institutions will continue to support its continuity.
In March 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the publication of the journal suffered an important cessation, and it is now recovering, in which publications will be made biannual until the lost rhythm is recovered.
The person in charge of the publication of the journal has been the Academic Librarian, who in 2021 was elected by vote of the Annual Ordinary General Meeting, the Honourable Dr. Mrs. Mercedes Martínez León.
She will be in charge of introducing the journal in digital format so that it can reach as many people as possible.
Institutional affiliation
This journal is owned by the University of Valladolid (Spain), which provides its digital hosting and is responsible for its maintenance and management through Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid (EdUVa) and the Servicio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid (STIC). The University of Valladolid guarantees open access to the contents of the journal. The works published in the journal will be included in the Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Valladolid, guaranteeing their long-term preservation.
Frequency of publication
The Journal Anales de la Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Valladolid is an annual publication.
The deadline for submitting scientific articles to the volume corresponding to a given year will be immediately after reading.
Code of Conduct
The journal will comply with the ethical code established in the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines, which adheres to the principles proposed by the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE). This guide establishes the ethical way of proceeding by authors, editorial committees and reviewers, the content of which is summarized below:
- Authors
Authors of articles must undertake to conduct their research in an ethical and responsible manner, in compliance with prevailing legislation and the aspects included in section 1 of the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines. Work shall be original and unpublished, and shall be duly attributed to those who have prepared it, avoiding plagiarism (misappropriation of others' work or ideas), self-plagiarism (taking advantage of ideas or previous works of one's own authorship without citing the source) and multiple or redundant publication of the same work. Clear reference should be made to the sources used and to previous papers on the same subject matter, explaining the origin of the data and ideas, of the literal quotations or of other resources (such as graphs, images, tables, etc.). Failure to comply with these aspects may lead to the public disavowal of the articles, as explained in section 2. 2 of the aforementioned guide.
Information from private conversations or discussions with others in academia or science may not be used without their explicit permission. If images or graphics that are not originally from the author are included in the work, they must have express permission to use them and cite the authorship appropriately.
Woks that are being evaluated in whole or in part by another publisher cannot be submitted. Once submitted to Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid, the originals cannot be sent to another journal or publisher until the evaluation process has been completed.
- Editorial committee
The members of the editorial committee must ensure the quality of the publications, promoting good practices in research, trying to avoid malpractice and trying to speed up the publication processes.
The evaluation process must be managed fairly and impartially, respecting the thinking of those who have written the work and guaranteeing them the right to disagree with the evaluation reports.
It is the responsibility of the editorial committee to manage the evaluation process of publications fairly and impartially, respecting the thinking of authors and guaranteeing them the right to disagree with the evaluation reports.
Members of the editorial committees must respect the confidentiality of the articles and their contents until the time of publication and may not use the data in the work for their own research, unless they have the express permission of the authors.
The editorial committees may consider the refusal of authors to have their work evaluated by certain persons, evaluating whether the reasons provided are justified, but they are not obliged to dispense with the use of these persons.
The editorial committees shall recognise the work of the reviewers, issuing, where appropriate, the corresponding accreditations to those who have adequately carried out their work.
The editorial committee must try to avoid malpractice in research (redundant publication, plagiarism or selfplagiarism, omission of cited sources, invented, misrepresented, manipulated or unauthorised use of data ...). Where instances of research malpractice are noted in manuscripts received, the author will be invited to correct them if the misuse affects a small part of the article, and the manuscript will be rejected if it affects a substantial part.
If malpractice is discovered after publication, the editorial committee will request clarifications from the author and, after evaluating their explanations, will make a decision on the matter. If only part of the work contains errors, this can be resolved by publishing an erratum. If the malpractice affects a substantial part of the article, it must be retracted, in accordance with the procedure described in section 2. 2 of the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines.
Likewise, the editorial committee will try to resolve any possible conflicts of interest described in section 2. 4 of the aforementioned guide.
- Reviewer/s
Reviewers must refrain from reviewing the works if they had any relationship with the authors that would advise against it, as explained in section 3 of the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines.
The work of reviewers must be confidential, both during the evaluation process and after the eventual publication of the evaluated work. Reviewers will not be able to use the evaluated content for their own personal benefit or that of other people, and they must respect the opinions and intellectual position of those who have written the articles, judging the work objectively and impartially, arguing their judgements appropriately, showing respect, constructively correcting possible errors and providing suggestions for improvement with regard to the contents, formal presentation, writing and bibliography used in the work.
In the event that any malpractice is detected in the work reviewed, reviewers must notify the editorial committees so that their members can take the corresponding decisions.
Reviewers are required to submit their reports within the agreed time. If they are unable to complete their task on time, or if they do not consider themselves capable of evaluating the work, they should inform the members of the editorial committees as soon as possible.
Plagiarism prevention tool
The journal has an plagiarism prevention tool provided by the Servicio de Tecnologias de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid (STIC).
Good editorial practices on gender equality
The journal is committed to promoting gender equality, by ensuring balance gender representation in its different boards and committees (editorial, managing, and scientific), considered jointly. It will also ensure that gender representation among the reviewers of the submissions is balanced.
The journal includes the full name of the authors of the works it publishes.
In accordance with the principle of gender equality, the journal uses inclusive language and encourages its use by authors. It recommends replacing the use of the generic masculine with non-discriminatory terms (such as collective nouns or gender-neutral adjectives), avoid expressions that perpetuate gender stereotypes and implement strategies aimed at favoring the most inclusive form of language. Authors are advised to follow the guidelines for the use of gender-inclusive language established by the United Nations.
When writing research works, authors must avoid gender biases whereby the masculine is used as a universal reference. They are advised to consult the European Union toolkit Gender in research and, where appropriate, provide information about the sex variable in research concerning persons, presenting the results disaggregated by sex.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by this journal (namely, those relating the processing of manuscripts submitted for publication, their evaluating process, or the distribution of information concerning the published works) and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Under REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), users can exercise their rights to request access to, and to rectification and erasure (right to be forgotten) of their personal information, restriction of and/or objection to data processing and portability, as well as not to transfer and/ or share your information with third parties individually.
Open Access Policy and copyright notice
This journal enables free and immediate access to its content to foster global knowledge.
The articles published at Anales de la Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Valladolid will have a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
The authors continue as owners of their works, and can republish their articles in another medium without having to request authorization, as long as they indicate that the work was originally published in Anales de la Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Valladolid.
The published contents do not represent the thinking of the journal's editors, but that of its authors.
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and preservation of digital files
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) will be assigned to the articles published in the journal. The articles will also be housed in the Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Valladolid and in other databases, and will be archived by the Servicio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid (STIC).
Interoperability protocol
The journal has an OAI-PMH interface (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) that enables databases or information services to access the metadata of published works. Path to obtain the metadata: https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/anamedi/oai?verb=Identify. (tener cuidado de poner en este enlace el nombre de cada revista).