Additional guidelines for authors
Title: It should contain between 5 and 15 words, be in Portuguese and English, be objective, written in lowercase, with only the first letter of the first word in uppercase.
Abstract: It should be structured using the sections Introduction, Objectives, Methods and Materials, Results, and Conclusion/Final Considerations. It should be written with single spacing and contain a maximum of 200 words. Below the abstract and keywords, the translated version (Abstract and Keywords) should be inserted.
Descriptors: A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5. They should be selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) or the Virtual Health Library (BVS). They should be grouped in Portuguese as Palavras-chave and in English as Keywords. The first letter of each keyword should be in uppercase, and the terms should be separated by a period.
Body of the text: It consists of the body of the manuscript, with the following structure: Introduction, Objectives, Methods and Materials, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (quantitative research) or Final Considerations (qualitative research). All subtitles should be highlighted in bold.
Method: Describe the study design, context/location, population/sample, sample selection criteria, measurement instrument, data collection, collection period, analysis processes, and ethical aspects.
Method: Describe the study design, context/location, population/sample, sample selection criteria, measurement instrument, data collection, collection period, analysis processes, and ethical aspects.
The methodology should be based on international guidelines for preparing scientific articles. The use of these guidelines should be declared by the authors in the Methods section:
- Qualitative studies - COREQ
- Observational studies - STROBE
- Randomized clinical trial - CONSORT
- Systematic review - PRISMA
- Scoping review - PRISMA SCr
- Other studies - EQUATOR Network
Results: Describe the results found without including interpretations, comments, or comparisons. The succinct description of the results should be made in the paragraph preceding the presentation of a table, graph, or figure.
In qualitative study results, respondents' statements should be presented with a 4 cm indent, in italics, without brackets or quotation marks, with a period after the respondent's identification, in the same font as the manuscript, size 10, and single spacing.
Tables, figures, charts, and graphs: Should be included in the text, in their proper places, and properly identified. The number of tables and figures is limited to five in total.
For tables only:
In qualitative study results, respondents' statements should be presented with a 4 cm indent, in italics, without brackets or quotation marks, with a period after the respondent's identification, in the same font as the manuscript, size 10, and single spacing.
Tables, figures, charts, and graphs: Should be included in the text, in their proper places, and properly identified. The number of tables and figures is limited to five in total.
For tables only:
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- They should be provided in an editable format and preferably created with the MS Word table tool (do not use jpg format).
- Data should be separated by rows and columns, so that each data point is in a cell. No empty cells.
- Present each table incorporated into the text, with a sequentially numbered title.
- Internal lines only below and above the header, and at the bottom of the table.
- Tables should be mentioned in the text.
- The title should be informative, clear, and complete, located above the table, indicating what is represented in the table, location (city, state abbreviation, country), and date, followed by a period.
- The consulted source should be included below the tables only if there is a reference to secondary data.
- Avoid extensive tables that occupy more than one page.
- Explanatory notes should be placed at the bottom of the table.
Discussion: It should be presented in a separate section, distinct from the results. At the end, the study's limitations should be informed.
Conclusions or final considerations: They should respond to the study's objectives, restricting themselves to the data found.
References: The reference limit for each section should be considered. Original articles: 15 to 30; Reviews: up to 50; Experience reports and Reflection: up to 20.
Conclusions or final considerations: They should respond to the study's objectives, restricting themselves to the data found.
References: The reference limit for each section should be considered. Original articles: 15 to 30; Reviews: up to 50; Experience reports and Reflection: up to 20.
- It should comply with the Vancouver/ICMJE style, available in the Citing Medicine guideline;
- Prioritize updated citations (published in the last five years) from journals indexed in national and international databases.
- Insert the DOI number or, if unavailable, provide the access date and URL (electronic address).
- In the text, citations should be numbered consecutively, in superscript, using Arabic numerals, without parentheses. Example: mortality.1 Sequential citations should be separated by a hyphen (e.g., 1-3); when interspersed, use a comma (e.g., 2,4,7).
- Avoid citations from course completion works (theses, dissertations, academic papers), newspapers or non-scientific magazines, and other sources (handouts, conference proceedings, etc.).
- References to articles published in Latin American journals with an English version should preferably be cited in English.
