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Original article: Complete prospective, experimental, or retrospective works. In this modality, authors must comply with the guidelines in the Preparation Guide for original articles in addition to presenting the checklist related to the study design.
Scope review: This type of manuscript explores the main concepts of the topic, verifying the dimension, scope, and nature of the studies, condensing and publishing the data, and pointing out the gaps in existing research. In this modality, authors must follow and present the JBI Scoping Review Network's Template for Scoping Review, registering the document in PROSPERO.
Integrative review: Manuscript with a broad analysis of the literature, aiming to obtain a complete understanding of a given phenomenon based on previous experimental or non-experimental studies.
Systematic review: This is a review designed to answer a specific question using a systematic methodology to critically identify, select, and evaluate published studies, and analyze the data to be included. Meta-analysis: Statistical methods (meta-analysis) may (or may not) be used in the analysis and synthesis of the results in the included studies. In this modality, authors must follow and present the PRISMA checklist and register the document at the PROSPERO.
1. Documents for online submission
a) Cover letter: in this letter to the editor-in-chief, the author must explain why his/her manuscript should be published in Acta, summarizing the contribution of its results and conclusions to the current knowledge, and pointing out their applicability [File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: supplemental files not for review];
b) [In case of Original Article] Research conducted in Brazil involving human beings must present a project approval document by the Research Ethics Committee and/or CONEP as applicable (Ministry of Health, National/Brazilian Commission of Health: Res. CNS 466/2012, ch. XII.2). In studies with human beings, all patients (or their legal representatives) must agree to their participation in the study, signing the free and informed consent form (Ministry of Health, National/Brazilian Health Commission, CNS, Res. 466 /2012). Research involving human beings conducted in other countries must present local ethical documentation;
Research conducted in Brazil involving animals must present a document proving approval of the project by the Research Ethics Committee in the Care and Use of Animals, as applicable (CONCEA Normative Resolution, 30/2016). Research involving animals conducted in other countries must present a local ethical document (File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: CEP or CONEP Approval);
In the case of an Integrative and Systematic Scope Review Article, authors do not need to present the document mentioned above. However, authors must attach their statement informing that presentation of the ethical proof document is not necessary as it is a review article [File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: CEP or CONEP Approval];
c) Invoice of payment of the adequacy and compliance fee (File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: Payment voucher);
d) Attach the tax invoice related to the adequacy and compliance fee. The tax invoice must be requested at the link https://acta-ape.org/taxas-de-publicacao/; authors must click on Electronic Tax Invoice, fill out the form, and wait for contact from the Editorial Office (File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: Payment voucher);
e) Manuscript (see Main Document below) (File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: Main document);
f) Title Page (File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: Title Page);
g) Open Science Compliance Form (Template: File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: Copyright letter);
h) For the clinical trials below, authors must attach the corresponding checklist: randomized clinical trial (CONSORT); observational study in epidemiology (STROBE); qualitative study (COREQ); scope review [JBI Scoping Review Network Template for Scoping Review (File Name ScholarOne Manuscripts: Title Page)], and systematic review and meta-analysis (PRISMA).
2. Title Page must contain:
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Manuscript title (≤12 words; do not use capital font);
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The full names (without abbreviations) of the authors (≤8) and the Institutions to which they belong (required);
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Specification of the contributions of each author in preparing the manuscript according to the criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: recognition based on substantial contribution concerning the following:
1. Conception and design or analysis and interpretation of data;
2. Writing of the manuscript or critical review of relevant intellectual content;
3. Final approval of the version to be published. These three conditions must be fully met;
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Acknowledgments: The authors must thank all institutional or private sources of funding or support to carry out the study. Suppliers of free or discounted materials or equipment can be thanked including their origin (city, state, and country). In the case of a development agency, it can be specified that author AB received a grant, e.g.: To the National/Brazilian Council of Science and Technology, CNPq (or Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, CAPES, etc.); scholarship (research productivity, master's degree, etc.) for AB. In the case of a study carried out without institutional and/or private financial support, the authors must declare that the research received no funding for its completion.
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Conflicts of interest: authors must disclose any potential conflict of interest, including political and/or financial interests associated with patents, ownership, provision by manufacturers of materials and/or inputs, equipment, etc. used in the study;
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Clinical trials: studies conducted in Brazil containing partial or full results must present proof of clinical research registration or submission to the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (ReBEC) database. In cases before the date of publication by the Health Surveillance Agency (RDC 36; 06/27/2012) or studies conducted in other countries, proof of registration on other platforms (International Clinical Trials Registration Platform, ICTRP/OMS) will be accepted;
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In the case of systematic and scope review manuscripts (PROSPERO);
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Corresponding author: full name and email;
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The Orcid ID of all authors must be included.
3. Abstract
The abstract is an abbreviated presentation of a study. Its purpose is to facilitate communication with readers. It should provide the context or basis of the study, basic procedures, main results, and conclusions, emphasizing new and important aspects of the study. This is the most read part of the article after the title. The abstract must be written in the same language as the manuscript with ≤250 words and structured as follows:
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Objective: a sentence containing the main question and/or hypotheses to be tested;
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Methods: describe the study design, population, and basic procedures;
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Results: present the main result in a concise sentence. Levels of statistical significance and confidence interval, only when necessary;
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Conclusion: simple and direct phrase in response to the objective question based on the results.
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Five descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) that represent the study (list of descriptors in the LILACS Database, Bireme, available at http://decs.bvs.br/); the Nursing Thesaurus (International Nursing Index) or MeSH Keywords (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html) can be consulted as a supplementary list if necessary.
4. References
References to printed and/or electronic documents must follow the Vancouver Style, as developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org). References must be aligned to the left margin. Periodical titles must be abbreviated according to the List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus and International Nursing Index.
References contribute to convincing readers about the validity of the facts and arguments presented. They give credibility to the report when appropriately chosen. Therefore, only references from scientific journals indexed in international databases (which were fully consulted by the authors and have a direct and relevant relationship with the manuscript subject) should be cited. In the list of references, studies such as theses, dissertations, course conclusion works, handouts, annals, etc. should not be included. They cannot be retrieved in the original by readers, have not been published in scientific journals, and did not fully comply with the peer review process, thus having a reduced scientific expression.
The currentness of references must be considered as the citation of recent works (less than five years) is essential in original articles.
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In the text, citations must appear after the period at the end of the sentence (not in the middle of the sentence, if possible) being consecutively numbered (superscripted Arabic numerals, in parentheses) without mentioning the name of the authors. Citation numbers must be separated by a hyphen when the citations are sequential (3-7) or by a comma if they are interspersed (1,4,6,9) or sequential with two citations (3,4). In the final list, References must be numbered in the same order as the citation in the text. References to articles with full text in Portuguese (or a language other than English) must have the title in English (within square brackets), indicating the text language at the end of the reference (examples are available below). All references must be presented without any highlights (bold, italics, or underlined).
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References must be carefully checked so that readers can consult the material referenced in the original. Isolated publications or supporting materials (dictionaries, statistics, etc.) should not be referenced.
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