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The manuscript must be written in English only. If the authors don’t have experience writing in this language, we suggest that the manuscript to be reviewed by an expert before its submission, preferably with scientific experience in the knowledge area.
The BABT journal is strict to the format of initial submissions, it must be using the template attached here.
Important: Manuscripts that do not comply with the standards set for submission will be unsubmitted and returned to the authors until it is correct to be sent to the reviewers’ appreciation.
All the information must be presented in a single file .docx format, including all author information and ORCID ID’s All the figures and tables must be presented along the text, and the manuscript must have less than 15 pages total.
While using the template please use the Styles gallery to format your manuscript.
A guide to the styles contained in the template is shown below.
Title
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Must fit on maximum 3 lines in print
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Font: Arial, 20 pt, Bold, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space After: 12 pt,
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Must be precise, clearly reflecting the content of the manuscript. (Put each word in upper case).
Author's name
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Without titles or graduations, preferably without abbreviations
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Font: Arial, 11 pt, Bold, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space After: 0 pt,
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Corresponding author(s) should be identified with an asterisk.
Author’s ORCID
IMPORTANT: If there is more than 4 Authors you can put the list in two columns
Affiliation
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The names of institutions and programs must be presented in full and in English. For Latin-written institutions the names could be in the original language of the institution.
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Format: University, College, Department, City, State, Country.
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Font: Arial, 10 pt, Left, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space After: 8 pt,
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It’s mandatory to all authors.
Highlights
Research highlights concisely summarize the core findings and provide readers with an overview of the paper. They include three to five bullet points describing the main achievements of the research (e.g., results or conclusions) and highlight what is unique about the study.
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Include 3 to 5 highlights.
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Maximum 85 characters in each highlight including spaces.
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Only the core results of the paper should be covered.
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Write the research highlight in the present tense.
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Be concise and specific.
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Font: Arial, 11 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space After: 12 pt,
Abstract
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Font: Arial, 11 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space After: 12 pt.
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The word "abstract" before is Bold.
A single paragraph of about 250 words maximum. For research articles, abstracts should give a pertinent overview of the work. We strongly encourage authors to use the following style of structured abstracts, but without headings: Background: Place the question addressed in a broad context and highlight the purpose of the study; Methods: Briefly describe the main methods or treatments applied; Results: Summarize the article's main findings; and Conclusion: Indicate the main conclusions or interpretations. The abstract should be an objective representation of the article, it must not contain results which are not presented and substantiated in the main text and should not exaggerate the main conclusion.
Keywords
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keyword 1; keyword 2; keyword 3. List three to six pertinent keywords specific to the article; yet reasonably common within the subject discipline.
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Font: Arial, 11 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space After: 12 pt. The word Keywords before is Bold.
Graphical Abstract (Optional)
A Graphical Abstract is a single, concise, pictorial and visual summary of the main findings of the article. This could either be the concluding figure from the article or a figure that is specially designed for the purpose, which captures the content of the article for readers at a single glance.
Main Sections
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Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Patents, References.
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Font: Arial, 11 pt. Bold, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 6 pt.
Subsections
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Subsection
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Font: Arial, 11 pt. Bold, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 6 pt.
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Subsubsection
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Font: Arial, 11 pt. Italic, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 6 pt.
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Subsubsubsection
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Font: Arial, 11 pt., Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 6 pt.
Introduction
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Font: Arial, 11 pt., Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. First line indent de 0,75cm.
The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully, and key publications cited. Please highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the work. References should be numbered in order of appearance and indicated by a numeral or numerals in square brackets, e.g., [1] or [2,3], or [4–6]. See the end of the document for further details on references.
Materials and Methods
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Font: Arial, 11 pt., Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. First line indent de 0,75cm.
Material and Methods should be described with sufficient details to allow others to replicate and build on published results. Please note that publication of your manuscript implicates that you must make all materials, data, computer code, and protocols associated with the publication available to readers. Please disclose at the submission stage any restrictions on the availability of materials or information in cover letter. New methods and protocols should be described in detail while well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately cited. This section may be divided by subheadings as reported below.
Results
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Font: Arial, 11 pt., Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. First line indents de 0,75cm.
It should provide a concise and accurate description of the experimental results, their interpretation as well as the experimental conclusion that can be drawn.
Figures Tables and Schemes
Put all figures tables and schemes in their correct place in the text
All figures and tables should be cited in the main text numbered consecutively in Arabic digits as Figure 1, Table 1, etc
Tables
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Table Caption Font: Arial, 10 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 0 pt.
Each table should be accompanied by a short title sentence describing what the table shows. Further details can be included as footnotes to the table.
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Table Body Font: Arial, 11 pt., Centrered, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt.
Vertical and Diagonal lines must not be used in tables
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Table Footer Font: Arial, 10 pt, Centered, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 12 pt.
IMPORTANT: The tables must be elaborated and edited in cells, using the resources of the text editor.
Observation: Tables in figure format are not accepted, or that contain lines drawn.
Tables that are too large for portrait pages should be placed on a separate page in the sequence they appear in the text, in landscape mode, as in the example page below.
Figures and Schemes
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Figure Caption Font: Arial, 10 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 12 pt.
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If there are multiple panels, they should be listed as: (a) Description of what is contained in the first panel; (b) Description of what is contained in the second panel.
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Images should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
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A caption on a single line should be centered.
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Figures should be submitted preferably in color, the texts inside the figures must be legible.
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When figures present different parts, each one must be indicated by uppercase (Fig. 1 A, B, C, etc.).
Equations and Theorems
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Equations must not be in image format.
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They must me numbered
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Equation: Arial, 11 pt, Centered, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 6 pt. Space After: 6 pt.
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Theorems: Arial, 11 pt, Italic Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 8 pt. The word Theorem nº in the beginning of the sentence is Bold
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Proof of Theorems: Arial, 11 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 8 pt. The word Proof of Theorem nº in the beginning of the sentence is Bold
Discussion
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Font: Arial, 11 pt., Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. First line indents de 0,75cm.
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Authors should discuss the results and how they can be interpreted in perspective of previous studies and of the working hypotheses. The findings and their implications should be discussed in the broadest context possible. Future research directions may also be highlighted.
Conclusions
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Font: Arial, 11 pt., Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. First line indents de 0,75cm.
This section is not mandatory but can be added to the manuscript if the discussion is unusually long or complex.
Patents
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Font: Arial, 11 pt., Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. First line indents de 0,75cm.
This section is not mandatory but may be added if there are patents resulting from the work reported in this manuscript.
Funding
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Arial, 10 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 0 pt. The word Funding in the beginning of the sentence is Bold
Please add: "This research received no external funding" or "This research was funded by NAME OF FUNDER, grant number XXX". Check carefully that the details given are accurate.
Acknowledgments
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Arial, 10 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. The word Acknowledgments in the beginning of the sentence is Bold
In this section you can acknowledge any support given which is not covered by the author contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments).
Conflicts of Interest
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Arial, 10 pt, Justified, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 12 pt. Space After: 0 pt. The word Conflicts of Interest in the beginning of the sentence is Bold
Declare conflicts of interest or state:
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"The authors declare no conflict of interest." Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results.
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Any role of the funders in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section.
If there is no role, please state, "The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results". “ The “Authors have authorization by the company <Name of the company> to disclose the data and images used in this article”
Supplementary material
These are files related to a specific article, which the authors provide for clarification or publication with the article. In general, they should be complements to the article that could not be included in the edition, such as appendices, spreadsheets, tables, figures that could not be produced in the article. These materials will be sent to the reviewers for peer review, along with the other files of the article, and may be only for the reviewers' clarifications or for publication.
When there is supplemental material to be published, it should be noted in the manuscript after the conflict-of-interest statement, as indicated in the template. Please also indicate in the cover letter whether the supplementary material is informative or for publication.
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Font: Arial, 10 pt, justified, line spacing: 1.0 (single), space before: 0 pt, space after: 12 pt. The words "Conflicts of Interest" at the beginning of the sentence should be in bold.
We recommend that supplementary files uploaded to the system be in the following format:
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Supplementary texts should be uploaded in PDF format.
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Excel or any spreadsheet should be uploaded in PDF format or in case of large files upload in .csv format, with the data dictionary in PDF
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Five or more supplemental figures, provide a PDF file with as many figures as possible.
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We recommend providing small file sizes for download purposes
References
References must be numbered in order of appearance in the text (including citations in tables and legends) and listed individually at the end of the manuscript. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote, Reference Manager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3].
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Arial, 10 pt, Left Aligned, Line Spacing: 1,0 (Simple), Space Before: 0 pt. Space After: 0 pt. Numbered
Reference list should be in Font 10, with organized in numerical order. The full list of references, at the end of the article, must follow the Vancouver style:
References Guide
Manuscripts may be submitted following the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" produced by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors also known as the Vancouver Style. In this case, authors should follow the guidelines in the link bellow and will be responsible for modifying the manuscript where it differs from the instructions given here.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html
IMPORTANT: There will be no restrictions on the reference article source language, despite the recommendation be in English, however the title should be translated and presented in English, between square brackets
Important: Save the file in .doc or .docx format.
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