ISSN 1516-8913 printed version
ISSN 1678-4324 online version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• General Information
• Organization of the manuscript
• Preparation of the manuscript

The submission of a manuscript to the Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology implies that:

- the manuscript is presented in English;
We suggest the manuscript to be reviewed by someone whose first language is English and that, preferably, be a scientist in the area;
- the manuscript hasn't been partial or entirely published; not to be in selection process for publishing in another journal and/or another language;
- the submission must have been approved for all the co-authors and whenever necessary, by the authorities of the institution where the work was developed;
- the veracity of the information and of the bibliographic citations is of exclusive responsibility of the authors.

Submission of manuscripts will only be accepted when submitted electronically using the following link: http://www.babt.tecpar.br

The submitted manuscripts are pre-evaluated in its content referring to scientific relevance and/or technological and originality. Also referring to its form, observing the conformity to the norms, grammatical quality and English language. Manuscripts accepted in this stage will be forwarded for review with specialists, and sent for judgment for at least two referees.

The manuscript must be organized according to the following categories: Title, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgments, References.

Title
Must be precise, clearly reflecting the content of the manuscript.

Abstract
Must be prepared as concise as possible, describing the goal and the results of the study.

Key-words
Must be presented terms or subjects which represent the content of the manuscript which will be used in the index of the article.

Introduction
Must present the purpose of the study, clearly presenting the explanations and objectives of the article, offering information which allows the reader to properly evaluate the presented results, specifying what new progress was obtained from research. The introduction must not contain data or conclusions from the referred manuscript.

Materials and Methods
Must offer, in a clear and concise way, enough information that allow other researches to copy the study. Standardized techniques don't need to be described in details.

Results and Discussion
Can be presented separately or in a combined way.

Results
Must offer a concise description of the results obtained in the necessary experiments to sustain the conclusions of the research. The section can be divided in sub-sections, each of them with a subtitle. Don't repeat in the text all the data obtained in tables and illustrations, using them only when it's necessary.

Discussion
Should be limited to the content of the new information, relating them to the pre-existing knowledge. Only the indispensable citations must be included.

Conclusions
The main conclusions must be presented concise and clearly.

Acknowledgments
Must be brief, used to thank/quote people, scholarships, projects and support received from organisms of promotion. The names of the financing organizations must be fully written. This section is optional.

References
Only the citations included in the text must be presented, being referenced and organized in alphabetic order, considering the last name of the first author.
Non-published results must not be included in the references list.

The manuscript must be prepared in one column with 12 pages in most for original and review manuscripts; 2 to 4 pages for short notes (including tables, graphics, figures, images and references), in MS-Word (.doc) format, simple line spacing, paper size A-4 (210x297cm), with margins (2,5cm left, right 2,0cm, top and bottom 3,0cm).

The entire article must be written in Times New Roman font.
*Save the file in doc. Format. Do not send docx files.
**The journal is only published in gray scale.

Title (Font 18 and Bold)
With initials capitalized up to 250 characters.

Running title: with up to 40 characters (letters and spaces).

Authors and institutional affiliation
There must not be information which identify authorship, institutional address or e-mail, because these information are registered at the moment of the submission of the manuscript.

Abstract (Font 12 and bold)
Text - Font 10, italicized with up to 200 words (100 words for short notes). The Font style must be normal for scientific names, being highlighted in the text.

Key-words (Font 10 and bold)
Font 10, separated by a semicolon.
There must be at least 3(three) and up to 6(six) terms.

INTRODUCTION (Font 12, bold, and caps lock)
Text - Font 11, 1 column, simple space and no retreat in the paragraphs.

MATERIAL AND METHODS (Font 12, bold and caps lock)
Text - Font 11, one column, simple space and no retreat in the paragraphs.
For Titles and Subtitles, use the following levels:

• First level - Other sections can be created: uppercase, font 12, bold.
• Second level: only the first letter of each word is uppercase, font 11, bold
• Third level: only the first letter of each word is uppercase, font 11, italicized.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (Font 11, bold, and caps lock)
Text - Font 11, 1 column, simple space and no retreat in the paragraphs.

CONCLUSIONS (Font 12, bold and caps lock)
Text - Font 11, with up to 100 words.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (Font 12, bold and caps lock)
Text - Font 11, simple space and no retreat in the paragraphs.

REFERENCES (Font 12, bold and caps lock)
Text - Font 10, with special retreat of 0,3cm.

The titles of the journals must be abbreviated. There is a list of abbreviations to be consulted:

• Biological Journals and Abbreviations
• Index Medicus - abbreviations of journal titles
• For abbreviations of titles of national and Latin-American journals: "Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde".

- For citation, use the author's last name and the date:
An author:
Bacila (1946) or (Bacila 1946).

Two authors:
(Maack and Bodziak 1946) or Maack and Bodziak (1946).

Three or more authors:
Last name of the first author followed by et al.
Bacila et al. (1946) or (Bacila et al. 1946).

Obs: more than one reference from the same author (s) in the same year, must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc, put after the year of publication. (Bacila et al. 1910a) e (Bacila et al. 1910b) e. (Bacila et al. 1910c).

- List of references:
The full list of references, at the end of the article, must follow the Vancouver style (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html).

Examples of references:

Journal Article
Author(s) of the article. Title of the article. Title of the journal, abbreviated italicized. Date of publication; volume (number/supplement): initial-final page of the article.

Examples:
- One author up to six authors:
Pandey A. Recent developments in solid state fermentation. Process Biochem. 1992; 27: 109-117.

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002; 347(4): 284-7.

- More than six authors: (list the first six authors followed by "et al.")
Arakaki AH, Vandenberghe LPS, Soccol VT, Masaki R, Rosa Filho EFda, Gregório A, et al. Optimization of Biomass Production with Copper Bioaccumulation by Yeasts in Submerged Fermentation. Braz Arch Biol Technol. 2011; 54(5): 1027-1032.

Web article
Author(s) of the article. Title of the article. Title of the journal abbreviated italicized [journal in the internet]. Date of publication [date of access]; volume(number): number of pages. Available from: address of the website.

Example:
Nandan A, Gaurav A, Pandey A, Nampoothiri KM. Arginine specific aminopeptidase from Lactobacillus brevis. Braz Arch Biol Technol [Internet]. 2010 [cited 2011 Oct. 19]; 53 (6): 1443-1450. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S151689132010000600021&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en

Thesis
Author. Title of the work [type of document]. City of publication: Publisher; year of thesis defense.

Example:
Chang CW. Effect of fluoride pollution on plants and cattle [PhD Thesis]. Varanasi, India: Banaras Hindu University; 1975.

In books
Authors. Book title. Edition. City: Publisher; Year.

Example:
Bacila M. Bioquímica Veterinária. 2nd ed. São Paulo: Robe; 2003.

Chapter in book
Authors. Chapter Title. In: Editors. Book title. Edition. City: Publisher; Year. Pages of citation.

Example:
Tengerdy RP. Solid substrate fermentation for enzyme production. In: Pandey A, editor. Advances in Biotechnology. New Delhi: Educational Publishers & Distributors; 1998. p. 13-16.

In conferences
Author(s) of the work. Title of the presented work. In: responsible editor(s) for the event (if any). Title of the event: Proceedings or … title of the event; date of the event; place of the event. City of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Initial-final page of the work.

Example:
Gazda TL, Dittrich JR, Oikawa M G, Thomaz-Soccol V. Helminthes sheep distribution in the pasture:effect of the species and height of the plants. In: IX World Conference on Animal Production: Proceedings: Contributed papers-abstracts; 2003 Oct; Porto Alegre, Brazil. Porto Alegre: World Association of Animal Production: ALPA: SBZ: UFRGS; 2003. v. 2. p. 102-104.

Part of Website/ homepage
Author(s) of the homepage (if any). Title [homepage on the internet]. City: institution; date(s) of register [date of the last update with the expression "updated in"; date of access with the expression "accessed in"]. Title of the part of the homepage. Available from: website address.

Example:
The family impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) [Internet]. 2009 Nov 1 [updated 2010 Jan 1; cited 2010 Apr 8]. Available from: http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com.au/healthandlifestyle.asp?sid=192&title=The-Family-Impact-of-Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder-%28ADHD%29&page=2.

List of the new approved ingredients [Internet]. 2009 May [updated 2009 Mayo; cited 2011 Oct.20]. Available from: http://www.anvisa.gov.br/alimentos/comissoes/novos_ingredientes.htm.

Homepage/Web site
Author(s) of the homepage (if any). Title of the homepage [homepage on the internet]. City: institution; date(s) of register [date of the last update with the expression "updated in"; date of access with the expression "accessed in"]. Title of the part of the homepage. Available from: Web site address with the expression.

Example:
Ciiagro Online [homepage on the internet]. São Paulo: Agronomic Institution; c1988- 2003 [cited 2007 Apr. 10]. Available from: http://www.ciiagro.sp.gov.br/ciiagroonline/.

UNITS AND ABBREVIATIONS
The "SI" system must be used. In the case of other units, these must be added in parentheses. Only the standard abbreviations for the units must be used. Dots must not be included in the abbreviations, also must be used % and / instead of "per cent" and "per".

TABLES
Must be numbered consecutively in Arabic digits and inserted in proper place in the text. A brief and descriptive title must be included above each table and the explanations put below as a subtitle.

Formatting of Tables:
- Font Times New Roman 10, title and content.
- Font Times New Roman 9, footnotes.
- Width 16,5 cm.
- Vertical and Diagonal lines must not be used in tables.
- The tables must be elaborated and edited in cells, using the resources of the text editor.
Obs: Tables in figure format (jpg, tif or png) are not accepted or that contain lines drawn

FIGURES
Must be numbered consecutively in Arabic digits and cited in the text in numerical order.
- Parts of figures must be indicated by uppercase (A,B,C, etc).
- The figures must be presented in gray scale, clear and with high contrast.
- Letters and numbers must have readable size after reduction or print, use the following fonts: Arial or Times New Roman.
- The image must be adjusted to the width (16,5 cm) of the page, and must be smaller than the page to allow the inclusion of the subtitle.

The illustrations must be cited in the text with the word "Figure", without being abbreviated when it is part of a sentence. When it appears in parentheses , it must be abbreviated "(Fig.)".

The text file containing the final paper submitted should not exceed 400kB.

- Page charges: There will be no page charges.
- Proofs: After the layout, the manuscript in converted to pdf (proof sheet) and forwarded to the authors for approval. The Proofs must return to the Editorial Production in the stipulated date. Other changes in the original manuscript won't be accepted in this stage.

Prof. Dr. Carlos R. Soccol

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Rua Prof. Algacyr Munhoz Mader 3775-CIC
81350-010 Curitiba-PR, Brazil
Tel.: +55-41-3316-3012/3316-3052
Fax +55-41-3346-2872
Email: babt@tecpar.br.