The motivations for writing this article were the difficulties found in producing and publishing Nursing knowledge and also to present scientific authors with suggestions that improve and streamline the process of elaborating and synthesizing knowledge, research results and reflections. Besides discussing the content of components that form the structure of a scientific text, this article will also provide publishing policies that assist authors in choosing the correct journal for publishing, the desirable characteristics of language and text elaboration, and the procedures for publishing a manuscript. This article will also evidence the partnership between authors, reviewers and editors on the process of creating and publishing articles, which is not always appraised by the main agents of the development and publishing of scientific texts that portray the development and the performance of the profession.
Nursing research; Publications for science diffusion; Periodicals as topic; Systems for evaluation of publications; Scientific and technical publications; Publication components