Basic information
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CoDAS (Communication Disorders, Audiology and Swallowing) is a technical and scientific publication of the Brazilian Society of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia), São Paulo, Brazil, the continuation of the Jornal da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia - JSBFa. (2011 – 2012) and of the Pró-Fono Revista de Atualização Científica (online from 2005 to 2010). Articles in CoDAS are published in two languages: Portuguese and English or Spanish and English. It is published bimonthly, with six issues per year volume, in order to contribute to the disclosure of scientific and technical knowledge in the Communication Disorders and Sciences - specifically in the areas of Language, Audiology, Voice, Orofacial Motricity, Dysphagia and Public Health - produced in Brazil and abroad. Its abbreviated title is CoDAS, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips. The oficial Website of CoDAS can be accessed at https://www.codas.org.br. |
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Intellectual property
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All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY. |
Sponsors
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Chief-editors
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Executive Editors
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Production Editor
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Associated editors
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Editorial comission
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Editorial production
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Desktop Publishing and Editorial Consulting Editorial Assistant Rua Conde do Pinhal 1762, Centro CEP 13560-648 São Carlos – SP - Brasil |
Scope and policy
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CoDAS (online ISSN 2317-1782) is a scientific and technical open access journal published bimonthly by the Brazilian Speech-Language pathology Society (SBFa). It is a continuation of the former “Pró-Fono Revista de Atualização Científica” – ISSN 0104-5687, until 2010 and “Jornal da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia (JSBFa)” – ISSN 2179-6491, until 2012. The journal's mission is to contribute to the dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders - specifically in the areas of Language, Audiology, Voice, Orofacial Motricity, Dysphagia, and Public Health. The journal's name CoDAS was created based on the "Communication Disorders, Audiology and Swallowing" main areas and was conceived to be short and easy to remember. The abbreviated title of the journal is CoDAS, which might be used in bibliography, notes, references and citations. The journal is a publication of the Brazilian Society of Speech-Language pathology. CoDAS accepts original submissions in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Accepted articles originally submitted in Portuguese or Spanish will be translated and published both in their original language and English. Translation will run at the authors' expense and should be conducted by companies appointed by CoDAS or companies with proven experience in the translation of scientific articles in the area. Native or native-like speakers of English may submit their manuscript directly in English; in which case, the publication will not be translated into Portuguese but the English version will be evaluated and, if necessary, English language revision will be required at the authors' expense. Complete journal's policies may be found in the Instructions for Authors. |
Types of articles
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The following types of manuscripts are accepted for publication: "Original articles", “Review Articles” (Systematic reviews with or without meta-analyzes, Scope Reviews and Critical Review), "Brief communications", "Case reports", and "Letters to the editor". A. Original article: Original and unpublished articles intended for dissemination of scientific research outcomes. Article structure must comprise the following sections: abstract, keywords, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements and references. The abstract should provide information that encourages the reading of the article and, therefore, it should not contain abbreviations, numerical or statistical results. The introduction should present a brief review of the literature addressing the objects of study, in addition to clearly providing a justification. The methods should be described with sufficient detail and include only relevant information to allow reproduction of the study. The results should be interpreted, aiming to evidence the statistical significance for the data found, and should not, therefore, be a mere presentation of tables, charts, and figures. The data presented in the text should not be duplicated in tables, charts, and figures and/or vice versa. It is recommended that data be submitted to inferential statistical analysis whenever appropriate. The discussion should not repeat the results or the introduction, and the conclusion must respond concisely to the proposed objectives, indicating clearly and objectively the relevance of the submitted study and its contribution to the advancement of science. When pertinent, acknowledgments should be added to contemplate the research funding agencies, as well as companies/institutions that collaborated to the study development. Of the cited references (30 at the most), at least 90% should consist of articles published in indexed journals of the national and international literature, preferably in the past five years. Citations of theses/dissertations or papers presented at scientific meetings shall not be included. The document must not exceed 30 pages, including tables and figures (graphs and images). It is suggested that the scientific writing of this type of study follow guidelines according to the type of scientific study, namely, CONSORT Statement (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) for randomized clinical trails, STROBE Statement (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) for observational studies, and STARD (Standards for Reporting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy) for diagnostic studies. The approval number of the Research Ethics Committee, as well as a statement informing that all individuals (or their caregivers) involved in the study signed the Informed Consent Form, in the case of research involving humans or animals (as well as medical records or documents of an institution), are mandatory and must be included in the methods section. The approval document of the Research Ethics Committee and the Informed Consent Form should be scanned and attached to the system at the time of manuscript submission - only the editors will have access to these documents. B. Review article
Articles intended to respond to a research question and critically analyze all scientific evidence on the research theme. They result from a methodological survey that aims to identify, collect, and analyze, with appropriate search strategy for this type of research, studies that tested the same hypothesis, gather the same data, present these data in graphs, tables and/or tables, and interpret the evidence. The systematic reviews should describe in detail the data collection method, justify the choice of the databases consulted, and indicate the relevance of the theme and its contribution to science. The numerical results of the studies included in the review may, in many instances, be statistically analyzed by means of meta-analysis. Articles with meta-analysis should comply strictly with the set of rules indicated for this technique. Systematic and meta-analysis reviews shall present the following structure: abstract, keywords, introduction, purposes, search strategy, selection criteria, data analysis, results, conclusion, and references. All works selected for a systematic review should be listed in the references. The file must not exceed 30 pages. It is suggested that the scientific writing of this type of study follow the PRISMA - Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist so that the recommended flowchart is also included. For further information visit the Guest Editorial at: https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-1782/20152275.
The article must have a descriptive-discursive character and is dedicated to the critical discussion of topics of scientific interest, respecting the scope of CoDAS. It must present a clear formulation of a scientific object of interest, theoretical-methodological criticism of the consulted works and a conclusive synthesis, or present a revision of consensus or scope. It must be prepared by specialist researchers of recognized knowledge, at the invitation of the Chief Editors or indicated by Associate Editors. The article must contain up to 30 pages (including abstracts, tables, figures and references). Maximum number of tables and figures: 5 and Number of references: unlimited. Abstracts with up to 150 words. C. Case report: Articles presenting unprecedented, unusual, or innovative cases or experiences - single or series of cases - with unique features of interest to professional practice, describing their aspects, history, management, and outcomes. Their structure shall comprise abstract, keywords, introduction (with brief literature review), case presentation, discussion, final comments, and references (maximum of 15). The document must not exceed 20 pages. The presentation of the clinical case must contain a statement informing that the individuals (or their caregivers) involved have signed the Informed Consent Form, thus agreeing with the completion and dissemination of the study and its results. In case patient images are used, a copy of the Informed Consent Form stating their approval for reproduction of images in scientific journals must be attached (separately in the system) at the time of article submission. It is suggested that the scientific writing of this type of study follow the CARE guidelines: Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting Guideline Development. D. Brief communication: Short research articles aiming to present interesting preliminary results of impact to the area of communication disorders, audiology, and swallowing. Files are limited to 2,500 words (from introduction to conclusion). They follow the same format of the original articles, comprising abstract, key words, introduction, method, results, discussion, conclusion, and references. They should contain two tables/charts/figures at the most and a maximum of 15 references, of which at least 80% should consist of articles published in indexed journals of the national and international literature, preferably within the past five years. E. Letter to the editor: Constructive, objective, educative criticism of published material or discussion of current specific topics. The letters will be published based on Editorial decision and should be short (up to 1,200 words). F. Editorial Thematic text under the responsibility of the editors or guest researchers (containing a maximum of 2,000 words). Other information CoDAS supports the policies for registration of clinical trials of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors(ICMJE), recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the registration and international dissemination of information on clinical trials in open access. Therefore, only clinical research articles that have received an identification number in one of the Clinical Trial Registries validated by the criteria established by WHO and ICMJE will be accepted for publication. Clinical Trial Registries addresses are available at the ICMJE website or at http://www.who.int/ictrp/network/primary/en/index.html. The identification number must be provided at the end of the abstract. CoDAS is in line with the good policy for scientific practices and, therefore, attentive to cases of suspected scientific misconduct, whether regarding the preparation of projects, research performance, or dissemination of science. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are forms of scientific misconduct involving the appropriation of intellectual ideas or contributions of others without due recognition in the form of citation. To this end, we adopted the iThenticate system with the intention of identifying text similarities that may be considered plagiarism. It is worth noting that authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscripts. Preprint Authors should submit their manuscripts to SciELO Preprints prior to or in parallel with the submission to CoDAS. The preprint does not undergo a formal peer review on the open access preprint server operated by SciELO. In these cases, the manuscript is automatically uploaded if meeting the basic selection criteria or if approved after a basic assessment by the area editors, and it will receive a digital object identifier (DOI) assigned by SciELO Preprints. CoDAS can also submit the manuscript previously approved in the final evaluation, editing and/or publication process. In the latter case, the manuscript is automatically uploaded and will have the same DOI as the final article. Design and preparation of manuscripts The following rules must be followed for all types of manuscripts. They were based on the format proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE),published in the article “Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical journals” in its version of April, 2010, available at http://www.icmje.org/. |
Submission of manuscripts
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Manuscripts should be submitted exclusively through the Online Publishing System available at http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/codas-scielo. Evaluation of manuscripts submitted to CoDAS follows a three-phase process: 1. Technical assessment: All submitted manuscripts are verified with respect to the requirements described in the submission rules. Those not in compliance with the rules or not presenting all requested documents are returned to the authors for adjustments. Articles in accordance with the rules and accompanied by all necessary documents are forwarded to the next phase. 2. Evaluation of scope and interest: The manuscripts approved in the technical evaluation are sent to the Editors-in-chief along with the similarity report (via iThenticate). At this time, similarity, scientific validity, thematic-methodological compliance (within CoDAS editorial policy), and publication priorities at the time of submission will be evaluated, and the manuscript may receive a status of "Immediately rejected” by the editorial board. Articles with potential for publication are forwarded to peer review. 3. Peer review: The received manuscripts are assessed according to the peer review policy, involving the participation of at least two reviewers in the area of knowledge, from national and international education and/or research institutions with proven scientific production. CoDAS adopts the double-blind peer review process, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. Referees’ opinions on the manuscripts are as follows: “Accepted”, “Accepted with minor adjustments”, “Accepted with major adjustments”, “Rejected”. “Rejected” or “Accepted with minor/major adjustments” opinions are always accompanied by the referees’ assessment comments; blind review is guaranteed throughout the trial process. After corrections and possible suggestions, the article will be accepted if it received two favorable opinions and rejected if it received two unfavorable opinions. In the event of conflicting reviews, one of the Associate Editors of the area may be consulted. If doubt or dispute regarding editorial decision still remains, the authors may contact the Editors-in-chief, who will receive the justifications and clarify the process doubts. Manuscripts under review should not be submitted for publication to any other national or international journal until they are accepted for publication or rejected by the editorial board. Only one Editor-in-chief can authorize the reproduction of articles published in CoDAS in other media. In case of doubt, authors should contact the executive secretary via e-mail: codas@editoracubo.com.br. |
Documents required for submission
The following documents must be included in the submission process: a) a letter signed by all the authors containing permission to reproduce the material and the copyright transfer, as well as a short clarification on the contribution of each author. This document must be scanned. In the system, enter it as “Supplemental File NOT for Review” (To access the model, click here); b) the approval of the Research Ethics Committee from the institution where the study was conducted, in case of research involving humans or animals. This document must be scanned. In the system, enter it as “Supplemental File NOT for Review”; c) a copy of the Informed Consent Form signed by the study participants (or caregivers) stating their approval for reproduction of images when the case. This document must be scanned. In the system, enter it as “Supplemental File NOT for Review”; d) a declaration of conflicts of interest, where appropriate. This document must be scanned. In the system, enter it as “Supplemental File NOT for Review”; e) manuscript title page. All authorship data must be in the title page (click here to download the template). The manuscript shall not contain authorship data. In the system, enter it as “Title Page”; f) tables, charts, figures, graphs, photographs, and illustrations must be cited in the text and presented in the manuscript, after the references. They should also be presented in an annexed copy in the submission system. Tables and charts must be submitted in DOC or DOCX format. Graphics, charts, illustrations, and photographs must be submitted in at least 300 dpi, with good resolution and sharpness. In the system, enter it as “Table”, “Figure”, or “Image”; g) manuscript (see ahead how to prepare this document). In the system, enter it as “Main Document”. h) Regarding the submission of the revised Manuscript after the reviewers' suggestion, it is suggested that the authors write a “Letter of reply to the reviewers” in order to answer possible questions and justify it when necessary. In the text of the revised version, point out the occasional changes highlighted in yellow throughout the text. The “Letter of reply to the reviewers” must be inserted in the article submission system in the item “Supplemental File for Review”, together with the submission of the new version of the manuscript. |
Preparation of manuscripts
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The text should be created in Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect, ISO A4 size paper (212x297 mm), Arial font, size 12, double space between lines, 2.5 cm side margins, justified, pages numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals; each section should begin on a new page, in the following sequence: article title in Portuguese (or Spanish) and English, abstract, key words, text (according to the items needed for the section to which the manuscript was submitted), references, and tables, charts, and figures (graphs, photographs, and illustrations ) cited in the text and annexes or appendices with their respective captions. Check the section "Types of articles" in this page for to prepare your article accordly with types and manuscript size. Tables, charts, figures, graphs, photographs, and illustrations must be cited in the text and presented in the manuscript, after the references. They should also be presented in an annexed copy in the submission system as previously indicated. Apart from the manuscript, on a separate page, present the title page as previously indicated. The manuscript should not contain authorship data - these data should be presented only on the title page. Title, abstract, and keywords The manuscript must begin with the title of the article in Portuguese (or Spanish) and English, followed by the abstract in Portuguese (or Spanish) and English, of no more than 250 words. It should be structured according to the type of article, briefly showing the main parts of the work and highlighting the most significant data. Manuscript structure according to type of article: original article - purpose, method, results, conclusion; systematic and meta-analysis reviews - purpose, research strategies, selection criteria, data analysis, results, conclusion;case reports - unstructured abstract followed by a minimum of five and a maximum of ten keywords which define the study theme. The keywords shall be based on the DeCS (Health Sciences Descriptors) published by Bireme, which is a translation of the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) of the National Library of Medicine, available at the website: http://decs.bvs.br. Text The text should follow the structure required for each type of work. Citation of authors in the text should be numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals in parentheses and superscript, undated and preferably without reference to the name of the authors, as in the following example: “...Any speech disorder associated either with an injury of the nervous system or with a dysfunction of the sensorimotor processes underlying to speech can be classified as a motor disorder(11-13) ...” Words or expressions in Portuguese that do not have official translation into English shall be written in italics. Numbers up to ten should be spelled in full. The insertion site of the tables, charts, figures, and attachments should be mentioned in the text as they are numbered, sequentially. All tables and charts should be in black and white; figures (graphics, photographs, and illustrations) can be colored. Tables, charts, and figures should be arranged at the end of the article, after the references, as well as in attachment in the submission system, as previously described. References References should be numbered consecutively in the order they appear in the text and identified with Arabic numerals. Their presentation must be based on the “Vancouver Style” format, as in the examples provided ahead, and the titles on Journal Indexed in Index Medicus, of the National Library of Medicineand made available at ftp://ftp.nlm.nih.gov/online/journals/archive/ljiweb.pdf. All references should mention all of the authors up to six; above six, the first six should be mentioned followed by et al. General recommendations:
Tables Display the tables separately from the text, one per page, at the end of the document. Present them also in attachment in the submission system. Tables should be created in double space, Arial font, size 8; they should be sequentially numbered using Arabic numerals in the order they are mentioned in the text. All tables should have reduced, self-explanatory titles inserted above them. All columns of a table must be identified with a header. The table footer must contain captions showing the abbreviations and statistical tests used. The number of tables should be kept to the minimum necessary to describe the data concisely, and they should not repeat information presented in the text. Regarding presentation, they should have horizontal strokes separating the header, body, and conclusion. Table sides must be open. A maximum of five tables will be accepted. Charts Charts should follow the same structure orientation of tables, differing only in format; they can have vertical strokes and be laterally closed. Display the charts separately from the text, one per page, at the end of the document. Present them also in attachment in the submission system. A maximum of two charts will be accepted. Figures (graphics, photographs and illustrations) Figures should be submitted separately from the text, at the end of the document, sequentially numbered in Arabic numerals, according to the order they appear in the text. All figures shall also be presented in attachment in the submission system. They should be created in adequate quality graphics (they can be colored, black and white, or grayscale, always with a white background), and present caption title, in Arial font, size 8. To avoid problems that might compromise the standard of publication of CoDAS, the image scanning process must meet the following parameters: for graphics or schemes, use 800 dpi/bitmap for strokes; for illustrations and photographs, use 300 dpi/RGB, or grayscale. In all of the cases, charts must be provided in .tif and/or .jpg file extensions. For curve illustrations (graphics, drawings, and diagrams), .xls (Excel), .eps, and .wmf file extensions will also be accepted. If the figures have already been published elsewhere, they must be accompanied by written permission of the author/editor, and the source should be displayed in the figure caption. A maximum of five figures will be accepted. Captions Captions should be presented using double space, accompanying their respective tables, charts, figures (graphs, photographs, and illustrations), and annexes. Abbreviations and acronyms They should be preceded by the term in full when cited for the first time in the text. Abbreviations and acronyms used in tables, charts, figures, and annexes must be included in the captions together with the term in full. They shall not be used in the title and/or abstract of the articles. ORCID iD All authors must have their ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) associated with their respective profiles in ScholarOne |
Intellectual property
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All contents of this journal, except where otherwise specified, are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. CoDAS is an open access online journal. |
Article Processing Charges, after APPROVAL for publication
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Upon manuscript approval, an article processing fee will be charged (Article Processing Charges - APC). Fee exemption criteria: it is necessary that at least two of the manuscript authors be active members of the SBFa, and at least one of them be a “professional member”.
The publication fee shall only be paid after the authors receive the acceptance letter, which will be sent via private link. |
