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The journal accepts research articles, preferably on experimental surgery, clinical research and review requested by the Editorial Board. Systematic review and meta-analysis focusing on surgical topics of current interest will be considered for publication. All contents published on Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira are under license from Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0).
Experimental Research: It should follow the Animal Research Reporting of in Vivo Experimental (ARRIVE) guideline, that allows the planning of animal experiments, ensuring a robust design of the study and reliable and reproducible results.
Clinical Research: Depend on the type of the study, the authors need to follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines. For instance, Randomized controlled trials should include a Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) showing the number of participants in each intervention group, as well as a detailed description of how many patients were excluded at each step of the data analysis. All clinical trials must be recorded and made available on an open-access website. The trial protocol (including the complete statistical analysis plan) should be submitted with the manuscript. The clinical trial must be registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry platform at or before the time of first patient enrollment. The trial registry name and URL, and the registration number must be included in the submission document.
Review Article: Systematic methods and explicit criteria to identify, select, and critically evaluate relevant research. This category includes Systematic Review with and without meta-analyzes. Protocols of systematic reviews should be registered with PROSPERO, or made available on an open access site. Systematic reviews should be reported in accordance with PRISMA guidelines, and should include the flow chart as a figure and the checklist as supplementary material.
Presentation of the manuscripts
Author should review accurately the manuscript before submitting it for publication, otherwise, the manuscript will be unsubmitted by the Editorial Office, during the desk review.
The Main document in the electronic system must contain title abstract and the manuscript.
Title page, figures with legends, and tables with title should be uploaded in the specific file.
Title Page
In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.
The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that contributions of all authors are correct, and it is expected that all authors will have reviewed, discussed and agreed to their individual contributions and institutional affiliations as shared by the submitting author.
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira encourages to consider acknowledgment for contributors that does’ not fit all those criteria.
Authorship Changes: Any addition, deletion or reorganization of author names in the authorship list should be done only prior to acceptance of the manuscript and only if approved by the Journal Editor. To request such change, the Editor must receive the following email from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in the author list and (b) written confirmation (email, letter) from all authors that they have agree to the addition, removal or reorganization. In the case of adding or removing authors, this includes confirmation of the author being added or removed. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider adding, deleting, or rearranging authors after acceptance of the manuscript. While the Editor considers the request, the publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online edition, any requests will be accepted.
Main Document
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Must contain title of the article;
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Abstract: Must not exceed 250 words and should be presented in a structured format:
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Purpose: clear, precise and concise, without comment.
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Methods: sample and procedures.
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Results: main findings with specified data and statistical significance.
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Conclusion: clear, precise and concise, answering the purpose, without comment.
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Key words: should be provided 3 to 6 terms based on Medical Subject Headings – Mesh. Terms that are not part of MeSH impede the location of the article.
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Introduction: Clearly state the purpose of the study and give only pertinent citations, and do not review the subject extensively. Authors should be presented in lowercase or simply cited by superscript numbers, without the year article.
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Methods: Ethical information should be included here. The sample (quantity and quality) and procedures in sufficient detail should be included to allow other researchers to replicate the results. Identify precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including generic name(s), dosage(s), and route(s) of administration. Do not use patient's names, initials, or hospital numbers. Describe statistical methods with detail and provide references to established procedures. Main author is responsible for the accuracy of the data including all statistical calculations.
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Results: In the text, emphasize the important findings. Include the statistical significance.
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Tables: are open and numbered in sequence (use arabic numerals), and supply a brief title for each at the top. Use only approved abbreviations. Explain in footnotes all non-standards abbreviations that are used in each table. Must be without vertical lines.
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Figures (illustrations, photos, photomicrographs, and graphics): must be with good quality. Digital files are recommended to have 350 dpi or higher, and TIFF or JPEG (editable formats).
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Do not repeat in the text all the data in tables and figures. Figures should also be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. The legends must be in the bottom of the figure.
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Discussion: Emphasize the new and important aspect of the study. Compare the method and the results with those formerly published. Do not repeat results.
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Conclusion: It should be clear and concise and answer the purpose of the study. Avoid repeat data and comments.
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Funding: The financial support received for the elaboration of the manuscript must be declared in this item. The funding agency should be written out in full, followed by the Funder registry DOI and the grant number. Multiple grant's number of same agency or multiple agencies should also be informed. If the research is not funded by a specific project grant include this information: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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Acknowledgements: Recognize those who contributed to the work, but without holding the characteristics of authors.
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References
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References should be updated, select and use the most important relevant research published in peer-reviewed journal;
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The rules of Vancouver must be followed, including doi;
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The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in MEDLINE/PubMed;
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References should be numbered consecutively in the order they were first mentioned in the text;
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References to abstracts are not accepted, personal communication or any other non-indexed source (text books and thesis).
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Correspondence author: Full name, phone number and e-mail address
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Declaration
Conflict of interest: Visit http://www.icmje.org/ to obtain the form.
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Home Institution/Laboratory
At the end of the manuscript, mentioning the venue of the research: laboratory, research center, school, department and institution. If it is a thesis or part of the thesis, it should be informed the name of the Tutor and the Post Graduate Program.
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