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Manuscripts should be digitalized using a Word *.doc-compatible software
program and submitted online in English.
Authors are strongly advised to submit the manuscript in its final form
after performing a spell check for English (US). Submissions with excessive
spelling or syntax mistakes as well as articles in which the meaning is
not sufficiently clear shall be returned to authors for correction.
Authors are also strongly advised to use abbreviations sparingly whenever
possible to avoid jargon and improve the readability of the manuscript.
All abbreviations must be defined the first time that they are used. Only
terms or expressions that are used at least 5 times throughout the text
should be abbreviated. Never use abbreviations that spell common English
words, such as FUN, PIN, SCORE, and SUN.
Please make sure to submit your manuscript in the exact format that is
described below. Failure to do so will cause the submission to be returned
to you during the preliminary examination by the Editorial Office.
Manuscripts are invited in the following categories:
ORIGINAL STUDY: Complete original studies should be submitted in
this category. Three sections are offered: basic, clinical, and surgical
research. Original studies must conform to the following format:
Title page:
- Title (up to 250 characters);
- Running title (up to 40 characters, letters and spaces);
- Full address of corresponding author only;
- Authors' names (without titles or graduations). Authors should
have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility
for appropriate portions of the content. Such participation must
be declared in this section of the manuscript.
Manuscript:
- Abstract: Abstracts are limited to 250 words and structured
into objectives, method, results, and conclusions. Citations or abbreviations
(except internationally recognized abbreviations, such as weights, measures,
and physical or chemical abbreviations) are not permitted. Authors are
strongly encouraged not to display numerical statistical information
but to merely state what is significantly different (or not) between
the described parameters.
- Keywords: For keywords, 3-6 items from the Medical Subject
Headings (MeSH) should be used.
- Introduction: The introduction should set the purpose of the
study, provide a brief summary (not a review) of previous relevant studies,
and state the new advances in the current investigation. The introduction
should not include data or conclusions from the work being reported.
A final sentence summarizing the novel finding to be presented is permissible.
- Materials and Methods: This section should briefly give clear
and sufficient information to permit the study to be repeated by others.
Standard techniques need only be referenced. Previously published methods
may be briefly described following the reference.
- Ethics: When reporting experiments on human subjects, indicate
whether the procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards
of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional
or regional) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, which was revised
in 1983. When reporting experiments on animals, indicate whether the
institution's guide, a national research council's guide, or any national
law on the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.
- Results: The results section should be a concise account of
the new information that was discovered, with the least personal judgment.
Do not repeat in text all the data in the tables and illustrations but
briefly describe what these data comprise.
- Discussion: The discussion should include the significance
of the new information and relevance of the new findings in light of
existing knowledge. Only unavoidable citations should be included. Citation
to review articles are not encouraged in this section.
- Acknowledgements: This section should be short, concise, and
restricted to acknowledgements that are necessary.
- References in text: CLINICS adopts the Vancouver format. Cite
references in the text using Arabic numerals in the order of appearance,
within parentheses, (1) after the previous word, with spacing as in
this example: "Diabetes (2), hypertension (3,4) and alcoholism
(5-9) are complex medical problems (10)." Under exceptional circumstances,
authors' names may appear in the text: Single author: "Einstein
(11) proposed a new theory …", Two authors: "Watson
and Crick (12) reported on the structure of …", or Three
or more authors: "Smith et al (13) described …""
- Reference List: Only citations that appear in the text should
be referenced. Unpublished papers, unless accepted for publication,
should not be cited. Work that is accepted for publication should be
referred to as "in press", and a letter of acceptance from
the journal must be provided. Unpublished data should only be cited
in the text as "unpublished observations", and a letter of
permission from the author must be provided. Authors are responsible
for the accuracy and completeness of their references and for correct
text citation. CLINICS adopts the Vancouver format. References must
be restricted to directly relevant published works, papers, or abstracts
that have been accepted for publication. Usually the total number of
references should not exceed 35. For up to 6 authors, list all authors.
For more than 6 authors, list the first 6 authors followed by "et
al".
- Tables and Figures: The maximum number of tables and/or figures
is 6 tables and/or figures. Tables: Do not incorporate tables
into the manuscript. Upload each table individually into the system.
Tables should be constructed using the table feature in your word processor
or using a spreadsheet program such as Excel. The tables should be numbered
in order of appearance in the text, using Arabic numerals. Each table
should have a title and an explanatory legend, if necessary. All tables
must be referenced and succinctly described in the text. Under no circumstances
should a table repeat data that are presented in an illustration. Statistical
measures of variation (i.e., standard deviation or standard error) should
be identified, and decimal places in tabular data should be restricted
to those with mathematical and statistical significance. Figures:
Do not incorporate figures into the manuscript. Photographs, illustrations,
charts, drawings, line graphs, etc. are all defined as figures. Number
figures consecutively using Arabic numerals in order of appearance.
Upload each figure individually into the system. Figure legend(s) should
be descriptive and should allow examination of the figure without reference
to the text. Legends should be incorporated into the main document after
the tables (if any) or after the references. Images must be of professional
quality and uploaded as *.tiff files. Typewritten or hand-lettered notations
or figures that are generated by dot matrix printers are unacceptable.
Generally, figures will be reduced to fit one column of text. The actual
magnification of all photomicrographs should be provided, preferably
by placing a scale bar on the print. Line graphs and charts should never
be sent as *.jpeg illustrations. We recommend preparing line graphs
and charts as Excel® files and copying these files into a Word *.doc
sheet.
- Comments: Authors should use this space to describe the novelty
of their original study. Only the editor of CLINICS has access to this
section of the submission.
FAST TRACK ARTICLES: Fast-track articles should follow the same
format described above for original studies. Fast track articles must
be complete, original studies with justifiable urgency for publication.
The Editorial Office will produce a first-action response in the shortest
possible time and will publish accepted fast track articles in the next
available issue. Only one article may be submitted as a fast track in
any calendar year by any author or co-author. In the Comments section,
the authors must explain the justification for fast track publication.
Rejection by journals with a higher impact factor than ours is an acceptable
reason for requesting fast-track status. However, the reviewers' reports
from the previous submission must be included in the current submission.
Information contained in the comments is limited to the editor and shall
remain confidential. No publication fee discount is allowed for accepted
fast track articles.
REVIEW ARTICLES: Review articles should cover themes that are
relevant to medical practice. Spontaneously submitted reviews are welcome;
however, potential authors should bear in mind that they are expected
to have expertise in the reviewed field. The sections should be arranged
as follows:
- Title page: As described in the Original Study section.
- Manuscript: Abstract, keywords and text should be arranged
to cover the subject that is being reviewed. If appropriate, the method
of reference collection should be described. The use of headings, subheadings,
and paragraph titles is encouraged to improve clarity. Abbreviations,
acknowledgements, tables and figures should be formatted as described
in the Original Study section. The number of references is at the discretion
of the authors. No publication fee discount is allowed for spontaneously
submitted review articles that are accepted for publication.
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS:
- Title page: As described in the Original Study section.
- Manuscript: Rapid communications are limited to 1,500 words,
not including the reference list. Authors should format rapid communications
based on the subject at hand. No abstract or keywords are required.
Please copy an introductory sentence into the abstract box on Page 1
of the submission procedure.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Letters to the editor expressing comments
or dissenting opinions concerning articles that have been recently published
in CLINICS are not submitted to peer review and are published at the discretion
of the editor. A letter is a single section containing untitled text concerning
the article under discussion, followed by references. No publication fee
is charged for this class of manuscripts.
EDITORIAL: Editorials should cover broad aspects of medical or
biological sciences. Such manuscripts are not submitted to peer review
and are published at the discretion of the editor. No publication fee
is charged for this class of manuscripts.
COMMENTARY: A commentary is an invited text with respect to an
article that is being published by CLINICS. No publication fee is charged
for this class of manuscripts.
INVITED REVIEW: These reviews are by invitation only and follow
the format proposed for general reviews. No publication fee is charged
for this class of manuscripts.
SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE: Special issue articles are by invitation
only and follow a specific format that is set by the editor in charge
of the collection.
Currently CLINICS does not accept: Case Reports, Technical Notes, Retrospective Studies, Translations and Validations of Questionnaires, and articles referring to First Demonstration in Brazil.
Peer Review: Manuscripts are reviewed by at least two expert consultants.
Accepted manuscripts are edited to comply with the journal's format, remove
redundancies, and improve clarity and understanding without altering meaning.
The edited text will be presented to the authors for approval.
Submission: A copyright transfer form, signed by all authors, must
be submitted by fax (55-11-2661-7524) or by mail as soon as the manuscript
is submitted. Any financial or other relationships that may lead to a
conflict of interest must be disclosed in the copyright transfer form.
If the editor considers this conflict of interest relevant to the paper,
a footnote will be added to show the equity interest in or affiliation
with the identified commercial firm(s). Click
here to download the Copyright Transfer Form.
When the authors are satisfied that the manuscript complies with the journal
format, our site should be accessed using the website www.clinics.org.br.
The system will guide authors through the manuscript submission process
and will prompt authors to input information into specific fields as they
submit their manuscript. The editorial office will be automatically notified
of the submission and will send an email confirming the submission when
the submission letter reaches the office. The progress of the manuscript
through the Editorial Office's procedures will be available to authors
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