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Authors must submit their contributions in the Microsoft Word text processing format, using font size 12 (Arial or Times New Roman). The text must contain, in this order:
1) Title and short title
The English title should contain up to 120 characters (including spaces and punctuation) and be accompanied by a brief title of up to 80 characters.
Widely accepted abbreviations may be used in the title.
Avoid citing the region or location where the work was conducted.
Clinical trials and meta-analyses should include the study design in the title.
2) Author(s)
Complete given names and surnames.
The family names must be stated exactly how they should appear in indexation systems.
3) Complementary information
Authors’ affiliations: name of the institution in the native language or in the English version when Latin words are not used, with up to three levels (for example: University, School, Department), City, State or Province, Country.
Sectors in which the work was performed should not be stated (clinic, laboratory, outpatient service).
Corresponding author, with the respective e-mail.
ORCID of all authors of the manuscript
Funding agency(ies).
Declaration of conflict of interest.
Indication of authors’ contributions.
4) Abstract and Resumo (in Portuguese) or Resumen (in Spanish):
For original articles, the abstract should be presented in a structured format: Background; Objective; Methods; Results; Conclusions. Only refer to relevant data, in a clear and concise manner.
Avoid abbreviations, unless they are used universally. This is the most important part of the study: if readers do not read the complete text, they should have access through the Abstract/Resumo/Resumen to the relevant information of the article. The Resumo or Resumen should be placed after the Abstract and Keywords.
5) Keywords and Palavras-chave (in Portuguese) or Palabras-Clave (in Spanish):
Only use terms that are include in the Medical Subject Headings – MeSH or Health Science Descriptions – DeCS.
6) Text
Manuscripts submitted from the Original Articles section should present the following structure in the body of the text: Introduction; Methods (with explicit reference to compliance with ethical standards, including the name of the Ethics Committee that approved the study and the statement of informed consent provided by patients or their relatives); Results; Discussion including a paragraph with conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Do not repeat in the text the data expressed in tables and illustrations. For the other sections, there is no predefined structure for the body of the text.
7) Acknowledgments
This section should be concise and restricted to acknowledgments that are necessary.
8) Citation and References
In the body of the text, citations should be identified by Arabic numerals, superscripted (e.g., superscript1).
References should be listed at the end of the article and numbered in the order they appear in the text. Do not use underlining, bold, or italics. The DOIs of cited articles should be indicated in the references.
References should follow the style of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – ICMJE. The abbreviation of journal titles should adhere to the style presented by the Index Medicus: journal title abbreviations.
Reference format:
a) Articles: Author(s). Title of the article. Title of the journal. Year; volume(number): first page-last page of the article;
b) Books: If there are up to six authors, list all of them; if more than six, list the first six followed by et al. Author(s). Title of the book. Edition (from the 2nd edition onwards). City: Publishing house; year of publication;
c) Chapters of books: When the author of the chapter is the same as the author of the book: Author(s) of the book. Title of the book. Edition (from the 2nd edition onwards). City: Publishing house; year of publication. Title of the chapter; first page-last page of the chapter. Different authorship: Author(s) of the chapter. Title of the chapter. In: author or editor of the book. Title of the book. Edition (from the 2nd edition onwards). City: Publishing house; year of publication. First page-last page of the chapter;
d) Books in electronic media: Author(s). Title of the book. Edition (from the 2nd edition onwards). City: Publishing house; year of publication [date of access, using the expression “accessed on”]. Available at: link.
e) Studies presented at events: Author(s). Title of the study. In: Annals of the number of the event title of the event; date of the event; city, country where event was held. City of publication: Publishing house; year of publication. First page-last page of the study;
f) Dissertations, theses or academic studies: Author. Title of the thesis [degree level]. City of publication: Institution at which it was defended; year of defense of the study.
9) Tables
Tables In their electronic version, tables should be presented in .doc (Microsoft Word) or .xls (Microsoft Excel) format. Send tables as separate files or after the references. Include sequential number, title, and caption.
10) Illustrations
Illustrations All figures should be submitted in JPG or editable file format. Diagrams and flowcharts should be submitted in editable formats. No patient or institution identification is allowed. Photos of recognizable individuals must be accompanied by written permission, and a copy of the document should be submitted along with the manuscript. Each image should be placed in a separate file, with the figure number indicated in the file. Captions should be provided after the references, and figures should be numbered in the order they are mentioned in the text. Images should be uniform in size and magnification and should not be redundant. Significant findings should be appropriately marked in the images. Written permission for the use of previously published images must be provided, and the original citation should be included in the caption.
Images must have the following resolution:
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Line art: 1,200 dpi/ppi.
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Halftones: 300 dpi/ppi.
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Combination of halftones: 600 dpi/ppi.
Videos should meet the following specifications:
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Preferred video formats: MP4 (MPEG-4 - .mp4 extension) or AVI (Audio Video Interleave - .avi extension), accompanied by a representative thumbnail. Any necessary video editing will be the responsibility of the author.
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Limit the file size to 50 MB.
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