Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
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RESS publishes scientific articles in the field of public health, including epidemiology, social and human sciences in health, management and planning, and which present evidence relevant to the SUS. The abbreviation of its title is Epidemiol Serv Saude , which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references and bibliographic captions. |
Brief background
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RESS is the continuation of the SUS Epidemiological Report (IESUS) initiated in 1992 by the National Epidemiology Center (CENEPI), predecessor of the Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat of the Ministry of Health. In 2023, from volume 12, number 1, the journal was renamed Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde. Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde: revista do SUS (RESS) is an open access scientific journal, published annually and continuously, at no cost to authors and readers, which is edited by the General Coordination of Technical-Scientific Publishing in Surveillance in Health, Department of Strategic Epidemiology and Health Surveillance Actions, Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat, Brazilian Ministry of Health. It is governed by Ordinance No. 14, of August 13, 2015, and by its Statute. |
Open science compliance
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This journal follows the Diamond Open Access model , at no cost to authors or readers. RESS aligns with open science practices. Manuscripts deposited on reliable preprint servers, such as SciELO Preprints and medRxiv are welcomed, before or in parallel with submission. The corresponding author must inform about such deposit in the Open Science Compliance Form, a document that must accompany the submission. The availability of research data must be declared in this form and in the manuscript, in the “Data availability” section, with appropriate citation and referencing. As a standard, the RESS submission system follows a double-blind peer review model , in which authors and reviewers are not identified. The opening of the evaluation process is planned according to the following steps:
All published articles inform the name and ORCID ID of of all editors involved in the process, as well as of the reviewers who agreed to such disclosure. Assessment opinions can be published in the “Peer Review Opinion” format, with the identification of the reviewers in the authorship, for cases where the reviewer agreed to the publication of the opinion. |
Ethics in publication
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The RESS Declaration on Publication Ethics, available at: https://ress.iec.gov.br/files/1722614466088-308027317.docx, expresses the journal's commitment to adopting best practices and ethics in scientific publishing. The authors, when submitting articles to RESS, undertake and are aware of this declaration. RESS adopts the principles of ethics in publishing the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to guide its editorial procedures. For research with human beings in Brazil, authors must fully comply with the standards contained in the Resolutions of the National Health Council. The manuscript must include a box containing (i) name of the research ethics committee that approved the study, (ii) opinion number, (iii) date of approval, (iv) certificate of presentation of the ethical assessment, (v) informed consent record. Studies without ethical assessment must present a justification. |
Focus and scope
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RESS publishes scientific articles in the field of public health, including epidemiology, social and human sciences in health, management and planning, and which present evidence relevant to the SUS. The target audience is researchers, professors and undergraduate and postgraduate students in the area of Public Health; managers and health professionals; and others interested in discussing topics related to public health. |
Digital preservation
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This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program's Digital Preservation Policy program . All volumes of the journal are preserved digitally, at the Evandro Chagas Institute (IEC) and in the SciELO Collections, from its admission into the collection in 2014 (volume 23). RESS, as part of the SciELO Brasil and SciELO Public Health Collections, relies on digital preservation within the structure of the Cariniana Network , created by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology ( Ibict /MCTI) and which operates as a digital preservation system based in the distributed network model, with storage by the LOCKSS open source system, created by Stanford University. |
Indexing sources
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Articles published in RESS are indexed or summarized by:
Indexers: Directories:
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Bibliographic journal information
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Websites and social media
The following networks are available, accessed via the username @revistadosus: |
EDITORIAL POLICY
Preprints
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Manuscripts deposited on reliable preprint servers, such as SciELO Preprints and medRxiv are welcomed, before or in parallel with submission. The corresponding author must inform about the deposit by completing the Open Science Compliance Form, which must be submitted as a supplementary file to the manuscript. This practice aligns with continuous publishing as a mechanism to accelerate research communication. Preprints share the originality of the publication of articles with the journal. |
Peer review process
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After submission by authors, manuscripts go through the following evaluation stages:
The estimated time for editorial evaluation is 90 days from submission within the journal's rules. The manuscript is accepted after it has been accepted into the system by the executive secretariat against the checklist (step 2 above). Such verification reflects the instructions to authors. Revisions to the stages of the editorial process will be sent to authors via the ScholarOne System , with definition of the deadline for reformulation. Authors are advised to pay attention to communications sent to the email address provided in the submission and observe the response deadlines. As a standard, the RESS submission system follows a double-blind peer review model , in which authors and reviewers are not identified. The opening of the evaluation process is planned according to the following steps:
All published articles inform the name and ORCID ID of all editors involved in the process, as well as of the reviewers who agreed to such disclosure. Assessment opinions can be published in the “Peer Review Opinion” format, with the identification of the reviewers in the authorship, for cases where the reviewer agreed to the publication of the opinion. |
Open data
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Research data (databases, codes, methods and other materials used and resulting from research) should ideally be deposited in reliable data repositories such as the (list available at https://wp.scielo.org/wp -content/uploads/Lista-de-Repositorios- Recomendados_pt.pdf ), preferably with a persistent identifier such as digital object identifier (DOI). If authors choose to publish data in the SciELO Data repository, the deposit must only occur after acceptance of the article, following the Research data preparation guide. Access to such data with the link to the repository must be informed in the “Data availability” section. Examples of text to fill out this section are in the 1st topic of the Curation guide and also in item 2.2 of the Guia TOP Guide. The data must be cited in the text, preferably in the “Methods”, and the complete reference must be included in the “References” section, following example:
During the editorial process, editors can request access to study databases from authors to support the evaluation. |
Fees
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RESS operates under the diamond open access model, in which there are no charges for authors or readers. It does not charge fees for submission, evaluation or publication of articles. All manuscripts are accessible free of charge, without charging fees or registration to the reader. The articles are translated free of charge into English and the abstract into Spanish. Publication costs are covered by the supporting institution, the Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat of the Ministry of Health (SVSA/MS), in alignment with the SciELO Declaration on Financial Sustainability . |
Ethics and misconduct, correction and retraction policy
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RESS follows the guidelines of the Recommendations for the preparation, writing, editing and publication of academic works in medical journals, from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and adopts the principles of ethics in publishing the Committee's code of conduct on Publication Ethics (COPE) to guide its editorial procedures, including conduct in the event of errors or bad practices in research and scientific communication. Such procedures are in line with SciELO's Guide to good practices for strengthening ethics in scientific publishing . By submitting the manuscript, authors commit to the quality and integrity of their work. This includes using appropriate language and ensuring that the text reflects research procedures and comparison with the literature. When identifying errors, authors must notify the editors in order to make corrections through the preparation and publication of errata. Practices that violate scientific integrity, such as plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication of data, redundant publication and undisclosed conflicts of interest, among other bad practices, will be evaluated by the RESS editorial board in accordance with COPE recommendations ensuring communication to authors about the stages and decision of the process. If misconduct is suspected, RESS editors will initiate an investigation in accordance with COPE guidelines, which, depending on the severity and stage of submission or publication, may result in:
RESS authors undertake to cooperate with editors in corrections and retractions. |
Policy on conflict of interest
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Authors must declare the presence of conflicts of interest, reporting the existence of interests – apparent or not – capable of influencing the process of preparation and review of manuscripts, and which may be of a diverse nature – personal, commercial, political, academic or financial. The declaration of conflicts of interest will be published in the final version of the manuscript. Authors must send the completed Declaration of Potential Conflicts of Interest Form after approval of the manuscript. Reviewers involved in editorial processing must declare in the evaluation system their potential conflicts of interest with the manuscript under consideration. Annually, all members of the RESS editorial board present their declaration of conflicts of interest and the associated editors renew their term of commitment to act as such, which includes ethical and research integrity commitments in the handling of manuscripts. As a way of ensuring the journal's editorial independence in relation to the supporting institution, the decision on approving manuscripts for publication is the responsibility of the chief and scientific editors, researchers with institutional autonomy and academic independence. |
Adoption of similarity software
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The Journal uses the iThenticate system to identify plagiarism. Authors are encouraged to remove similarities to previous texts, especially complete sentences. It is recommended to keep the final text below 30% similarity with other documents. In cases of text derived from academic works that fail to meet this threshold, such deliberation will be up to the editors. Similarity verification is carried out during peer review, with the iThenticate system report forwarded together with the opinions for adjustment by the authors. The final version of the accepted manuscript is checked to ensure that the journal's recommendations have been followed. |
Adoption of artificial intelligence software
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Authors must inform whether they used artificial intelligence technologies in the cover letter and in the “Use of generative artificial intelligence” section of the manuscript. If such tools have been used, authors must guarantee the accuracy of citations and the originality of content generated with the aid of artificial intelligence, ensuring the absence of plagiarism. |
Gender and sex issues
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RESS observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board. The RESS editorial team and its authors must observe the principles of the Guideline on Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER), whose official translation into Portuguese was carried out and published by RESS. Per this guideline, the terms sex (biological attribute) and gender (shaped by social and cultural circumstances) must be used carefully in order to avoid inaccuracy in their use. |
Ethics committee
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Compliance with ethical precepts in conducting and publishing research results is the sole responsibility of the authors, and the ethical recommendations contained in the Declaration of Helsinki must be respected. Research involving human subjects must be approved by the competent research ethics committee, at the regional or national level. For research with human beings in Brazil, authors must fully comply with the standards contained in the Resolutions of the National Health Council. The manuscript must include a box containing (i) name of the research ethics committee that approved the study, (ii) opinion number, (iii) date of approval, (iv) certificate of presentation of the ethical assessment, (v) informed consent record. Studies without ethical assessment must present a justification. Clinical trials must inform the protocol number registered in one of the registries validated by the World Health Organization (WHO, available at: https://www.who.int/clinical-trials-registry-platform/network/primary-registries , among which includes the Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry, available at: https : //ensaiosclinicos gov.br. |
Copyright
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The authors retain the copyright of the published article, and grant RESS the right of first publication, under the license Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0. This license assignment allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. All authors complete and sign the Copyright Assignment Term after approval of the manuscript. |
Intellectual property and terms of use
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All journal content and articles published by RESS, except where otherwise specified, are licensed under the Creative License Commons Attribution CC BY, which allows reuse and distribution without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. The authors maintain the copyright, and RESS, the right of first publication. The data, opinions and concepts expressed in the articles, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographic references, are the sole responsibility of the authors. RESS encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts, publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories and academic social media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, as long as the full citation is included in the journal website version. |
Support institution
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Secretariat of Health and Environmental Surveillance of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (SVSA/MS). |
Editor-in-chief
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Scientific editors
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Executive editor
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Executive secretariat
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Associate editors
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Editorial committee
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Technical team
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Language review
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Diagramming, normalization and electronic publishing
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Epidemiology and Health Services: SUS journal (RESS) publishes scientific articles in the field of public health, including epidemiology, social and human health sciences, management and planning, and which present evidence relevant to the SUS. |
Types of documents accepted
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RESS welcomes manuscripts in the modalities described below. Manuscripts must be submitted in Portuguese and may have been published as preprints , deposited on reliable servers.
In addition to the modalities above, submitted by the scientific community, editors are responsible for preparing Editorials (limit: 1,500 words) and Interviews (limit: 3,500 words) with personalities or authorities. The characteristics of the types of manuscripts accepted by RESS are summarized below. In justified cases and in manuscripts with citations restricted to scientific articles, references above the limit may be accepted, depending on the editors' decision. Characteristics of accepted manuscript categories
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Authors' contribution
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Authors must meet the authorship criteria in line with ICMJE deliberations , namely:
In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work 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. All those designated as authors must meet the four authorship criteria. Other cases must be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments , with the consent form to be forwarded in the submission system. RESS adopts the Contributor Roles Taxonomy specification system ( CRediT , available at: https://credit.niso.org ) which defines 14 roles or authorship functions:
Conceptualization: Ideas; formulation or evolution of relevant research goals and objectives. |
Manuscript preparation
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After observing whether the research aligns with the scope of RESS, authors must choose the modality and adapt the manuscript within the permitted structure. Manuscripts must be written in Portuguese, in single space, Times New Roman 12 font, in DOC or DOCX format (Word document). When preparing manuscripts, authors must be guided by the ICMJE Recommendations. To allow transparency of the project and analysis , the structure of the manuscript must comply with the guidelines contained in scientific writing guides, according to their design. Enhancing Network website the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR), available at: http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines). Below, the main guides relevant to the scope of RESS are listed.
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Article submission format
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Manuscripts must be submitted to RESS through the ScholarOne System. Before submission, in a single document contaning:
The following data should be entered directly into the submission system and must not appear in the manuscript to allow for blind review. After approval, the data will be extracted directly from the system, which is why we recommend that you register carefully:
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Digital assets
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Tables and figures are accepted as illustrations in RESS, observing the modality limit and the instructions below. Up to two supplementary tables and figures may be sent in a single file, cited in the text and in sequential order, in the format: “Supplementary figure n”; “Supplementary table n”. The supplementary material must follow the same instructions for creating illustrations, ensuring precision in its preparation and review, as this resource is not diagrammed. In justified cases, supplementary tables or figures above the limit may be accepted, depending on the editors' decision. Tables and figures titles should be clear, informative and present the content of the tables or figures. Inform the location, year(s) and total number of participants included in the illustration. Separate terms with commas and do not include periods at the end of titles. Titles must be self-sufficient for illustration, without needing to consult the text. Essential acronyms for understanding the illustration should preferably appear in the title, as shown in the example: “Table 3. Prevalence ratios (PR) unadjusted and adjusted and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) for the [outcome] by the study variables. Location, year (n=xx)”. Do not include methodological details or type of illustration (e.g. flow chart; map) in the title of tables and figures. The names of the federative units (UF) must be written in full. Do not use the word “municipality” before the name of cities or “state” before the UF, with the exception of cities and states with identical names (e.g.: “municipality of Rio de Janeiro”, “state of São Paulo”). Footnotes must be used to clarify the results presented, identified by lowercase and superscript letters of the alphabet, in sequential order and separated by a semicolon. The authorship of the illustrations must belong to the authors, dispensing with such indication in a footnote, similar to the source of the data and other methodological details, which must appear in the methods. Tables Present relevant and sufficient information; avoid long or complex tables. The title, table and notes must fit on a maximum of two A4 pages, with minimum margins of 1.5 cm, in portrait or landscape mode. The default font is Times New Roman, minimum size 10pt, with single spacing. Use Word's “Repeat Header Rows” option, without manually breaking two-page tables. Table rows and columns must be created using a table resource, without using space or breaking paragraphs. Titles and footnotes must be outside the table gridlines. Avoid merging table rows or columns, which impacts the layout. Use the same terms as in the manuscript in the columns and lines of the table and keep the table format identical when presenting the same information from different groups or analysis. Check that the data in each cell is consistent across columns and rows. Include columns or rows with descriptive or inferential statistics, measures of association, and confidence intervals when appropriate. Present data that complement each other in a single column, such as absolute and relative frequency: “| N (%) |” and measure of association and dispersion: “| PR (IC95%) |”. Avoid columns with reciprocal data already presented (redundant information), for example: only one column with the absolute and relative distribution of the disease, without the need for another column with the distribution among healthy people. Maintain consistency when aligning data, symbols, and text. Create short, self-explanatory headers with units of measurement, if applicable. All cell data must have the same nature as what was entered in the table header. It is not allowed, for example, in a table whose header reports counts, to include mean and standard deviation. Specify the statistics reported in the headers (e.g. “Mean±SD”, “Median (IIQ)”, “n (%)”) and enter the of measurement in the columns, when applicable; without repeating units in each cell (e.g.: %). Enter the unit in the variable line (e.g.: “Income (minimum wages)”; “Age group (years)”) and remove repetitions in the variable categories. Use a hyphen (“-”) for numerical ranges of the categories (e.g.: 0-4) and ensure compatibility between the categorizations presented in the tables and those informed in the methods, with consistency throughout the text. Reference variables or categories in association investigations must be indicated in the table cell by “1.00”. Organizing data is a good practice. Align numeric data to the right and text data to the left in cells. Organize rows and columns in a logical and intuitive way, applying hierarchy to organize variables. Group similar variables and order columns and rows logically (e.g. alphabetical, chronological, ascending or descending order). Data accuracy is also important. Present them with the correct number of significant digits (observe the standard of decimal places in the Guidelines for preparing the text, below), grouping categorical variables as relevant to the distribution to avoid excess lines. Prefer median and quartiles to describe continuous variables, except for normally distributed data. Columns or lines with constant values, without variation, must be excluded and reported directly in the text (e.g.: “All participants were consulted by a doctor in the last year”). For samples smaller than 100, present only absolute numbers, without percentages. Review the table carefully to ensure clarity, consistency, and appropriateness of formatting. Keep the formatting and presentation of data coherent, preferably in the same order of presentation of the variables, in all tables in the manuscript. Ensure that the data presented in the table is relevant; Not all data available in the output of the statistical program are relevant to a scientific article table. Consulting previous manuscripts that employed a similar analytical approach is recommended. Figures Make sure all images, graphs, figures, and maps are clear, legible, including your text, have compatible scales, and are of high quality, readability, and font size suitable for publication. Do not make prints or transform graphic or vector materials into images. Figures composed of shapes (e.g. flowcharts, cycles, processes, etc.) must be sent as Word elements, with editable text and without converting to image. If accepted, the figures must be sent in separate files for layout. Graphs, maps and other figures must be sent in PDF, SVG and EPS format, exported in one of the formats directly from the software used to create them. Charts created in Excel should be sent in XLSX format. In the case of photos, the minimum resolution is 300 dpi, in JPEG format. The title, figure and caption must fit on a maximum A4 page, in portrait or landscape mode, with margins of 1.5 cm on all sides. All symbols, arrows, numbers or letters used in the figures must be identified and explained clearly in the legend, which must be concise and with sufficient detail to understand the figure. Acronyms and abbreviations should preferably be explained in the figure title. For composite figures (mosaics), identify each part with capital letters and describe them in the caption, in full text (e.g.: “Medicine consumption in men (A) and women (B)”). Preferably use the same scale in the figures that make up the mosaic. Minimize the number of elements within the data field and ensure they are all clearly labeled. Label each axis clearly with the name of the variable, the units in which the variable is plotted, and any multipliers associated with the units. Clearly indicate the zero point of the X and Y axes of the graph, especially if one or both axes do not start at zero. Arrange the scales so that Y-axis values increase from bottom to top and X-axis values from left to right. Adjust scales to maximize data field usage. Include only essential, logical, and generally equidistant divisions and labels across scales. Minimize unnecessary divisions and unlabeled tick marks. Avoid using 3D presentations unless a third dimension is essential to representing the data. When interpreting graphs with two different vertical axes, clearly note the different scales and highlight whether visual differences or similarities accurately reflect relationships between the data. Ensure that data are visually distinct and clearly identifiable. When inserting maps, present the scale with the relationship between the distances on the map and the real distances and cartographic orientation, include the indication of North (N) and legend with all the symbols, colors and information represented. Use a standardized color gradient to indicate density across all maps in the manuscript, to avoid inducing errors by changing the meaning of colors for each map. If map mosaics are included, provide a single legend that is common to all maps. Guidelines for preparing the text As the SUS journal, RESS recognizes the importance of clarity and precision in scientific communication. The text must be free from stigmatizing or depersonalizing terms; adopt appropriate and current terminology, using terms such as “enslaved people” instead of “slaves”, or “people with obesity” instead of “obese”. Foreignisms, even if common, should be avoided, opting for the term in the vernacular. Prioritize short, direct sentences, with just one main idea in each one. Limit the use of appositives: explain complex terms objectively, without excess information between commas. If the sentence takes up too many lines, review it and look for ways to make it more concise: break it up into smaller sentences or eliminate unnecessary words. Prioritize clear and direct terms, without compromising scientific precision. Avoid complex constructions. Avoid hyperbolic language or exaggerations – bring relevance through factual data and remove adverbs and adjectives. Remove indefinite articles to indicate definite situations (e.g., “an increase,” “a decrease”). Sentences must have complete meaning, using an appropriate textual connector (preposition, conjunction, etc.) instead of symbols or punctuation. Do not use telegraphic text or try to induce meaning: present constructions using words to translate the desired meaning. Opt for active voice and direct, positive statements over passive voice and negative or indirect constructions (e.g., "it's common" instead of "it's not uncommon"; "it's allowed" instead of "it's not prohibited"). Strive for clear communication that conveys understandable information. Be particularly careful with the naming of variables. Use terminology that is appropriate to the technical-scientific standard and within the formal norm. Negative outcomes require special attention: naming a variable as “negligence in foot examination” would be more appropriate than the options “the foot was not examined”, “no foot examination” or “the professional did not examine the patient’s foot”. Clarity and simplicity of communication should guide the standardization adopted. Make sure that the sentence structure makes logical sense semantically, avoiding inconsistent or paradoxical constructions, such as “presence of absence” (e.g.: opt for “negligence was greater in the elderly” instead of “the presence of negligence was greater in the elderly”). Ideas should flow logically and sequentially throughout the paragraphs, with textual cohesion. Conjunctions at the beginning of sentences that intend to bring this connection should be avoided, such as “In addition to”, “However”, “In that regard”, “As regards”, “However”. When presenting and discussing results, avoid announcing the topic at the beginning of the sentence. Get straight to the point, as in the example: prefer “Women were the majority” to “In relation to sex, women were the majority”. Avoid using “respective” or “respectively”, whether when comparing with the literature or presenting results – bringing the data closer to their correspondence, which makes the text clearer for readers. In the text of the results, do not make inferences, interpretations or comparisons with the literature. Both in the full text and in the summary, each statement presented in the results must be accompanied by numerical data that supports it, indicating the relevant illustration. Present exact and not approximate results, without using constructions such as “about”, “approximately”, etc. Avoid non-specific text such as “it was associated” or “an association was found”, inform the direction of the association through informative text, such as “the outcome was greater in children”, immediately presenting the measure of association and confidence interval, without interpretations such as “it was twice as big”. In the literature review sections (introduction and discussion), the focus should be on scientific data. Avoid highlighting organizations, authors or names of reports, whose information is found in the references. Constructions such as “other authors”, “other studies”, “the literature points out”, etc. should be avoided: present the data clearly and cite the reference next to the statement. Categorical statements about the absence of previous studies should be avoided in designs that are not systematic literature reviews. Acronyms or acronyms should only be used if established in the literature and in cases where use contributes to clarity of communication. Even though it is jargon in the area, authors should give preference to expressions that communicate clearly and objectively to the reader in any area. The text must be free of compound terms that do not add information (e.g.: “diabetes mellitus” instead of “diabetes”, “systemic arterial hypertension” instead of “hypertension”), minimizing the need for acronyms. Acronyms to replace unique terms (e.g.: “TB” instead of “tuberculosis”) must also be excluded, as well as acronyms that are not used or are infrequent in the text. The acronyms essential to the text must be explained at the first mention in the abstract, full text and each table or figure (preferably in the title), using the full term, followed by the acronym in parentheses. To indicate the odds ratio acronym, the following standard must be used: “odds ratio (odds ratio, OR)”. The time-to-event hazard association measure ratio must be written in English and in italics, indicating at first mention as follows: “hazard ratio (HR)”. Spelling rules must be followed when constructing the text: the use of capital letters should only occur in cases provided for in the Portuguese language, such as the beginning of sentences, cities, countries, etc. If there is a need to use parentheses within a section between parentheses, brackets must be used, as in the example: “(black [black and brown])”. Use period as thousands separator and comma for fractions. Standardize the number of decimal places in methods, results and illustrations: percentage 1 decimal place, association measure: 2 decimal places, p-value: 3 decimal places; present exact p-value to 3 decimal places; “0.000” occurrences should be written as “<0.001”. In the introduction and discussion, as it is a comparison with data external to the research, preferably present data without decimal places. Do not include spaces before and after signs (=, <, >, ≤, ≥, etc.). Present frequency or association and dispersion measures following the standard: indicate the acronym of the measure without an equal sign or colon, with a space between the acronym and the number: “RP 1.52”. Separate intervals with a semicolon, and with a space between the punctuation and subsequent numeral: “(95%CI 1.14; 2.23)”. If both measures are presented in parentheses, include a semicolon to separate the measures: “(RP 1.52; 95%CI 1.14; 2.23)”. |
Citations and references
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RESS follows the Vancouver style (ICMJE format and Manual of citations and references in the field of medicine from the United States National Library of Medicine) for formatting and citing references in the manuscript, in which: References must be cited in a numerical system, according to the order of citation in the text, with the numbers written in parentheses, immediately after the passage in the text in which the citation is made, and before the punctuation of the text, separated from each other by commas; if sequential numbers, separated by a hyphen, enumerating only the first and last references of the sequential citation interval; example: (7,10-16). The list of references must contain all references listed in the order of citation in the text. For references to more than six authors, list the first six, followed by the Latin expression “et al.” for the others. Periodical titles must be written in an abbreviated form, according to the style used in Index Medicus or in the Health Scientific Journals Portal . Book titles and publisher names must appear in full. It is strongly recommended to use a bibliographic reference manager , such as EndNote , Mendeley and Zotero , which minimizes reference errors and facilitates the process of adjusting the manuscript by authors, a stage in which insertions and deletions of references are common and can introduce errors in the manuscript if they are performed manually. Vancouver style is available in all these software. The format for citing scientific articles follows the standard: Author(s). Title. Abbreviated name of the periodical. Year; Volume (Number): page. (with abbreviated final page [e.g.: 123-5] or e-page). Below are examples of document types in the standard. In parentheses is the type of reference as identified in reference management software. Journal article Morehouse SI, Tung RS. Statistical evidence for early extinction of reptiles due to the K/T event. J Paleontology. 1993;17 (2):198-209. Book Billoski TV. Introduction to Paleontology. 6th ed. New York: Institutional Press; 1992. 212 p. Book chapter Schwartz MT, Billoski TV. Greenhouse hypothesis: effect on dinosaur extinction. In: Jones BT, Lovecraft NV, editors. Extinction. New York: Barnes and Ellis; 1990. p. 175-89. Web page Foley KM, Gelband H, editors. Improving palliative care for cancer [Internet]. Washington: National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10149/improving-palliative-care-for-cancer. Dataset Kraemer MUG, Sinka ME, Duda KA, Mylne A, Shearer FM, Brady OJ et. al. The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence [dataset]. 2015 Jun 30 [cited 2015 Oct 23]. Dryad Digital Repository. Available from: https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.47v3c Referenced in doi : 10.7554/eLife.08347 In addition to observing the citation and referencing style, authors must observe criteria for selecting references. The cited references indicate updating and connection with relevant investigations by the authors and their text. It is recommended to cite relevant scientific research (methodologically well conducted, which was fully evaluated by the authors), updated (up to 5 years), and accessible (articles published in indexed journals, avoiding websites and reports that may become unavailable). Good practice in literature review and text construction prohibits the practice of citation (apud), which often occurs when citing information present in the introduction or discussion of the publication. This procedure constitutes indirect citation and introduces factual errors into the text. |
Supplementary documents
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When submitting the manuscript, authors must forward the following files through the ScholarOne System:
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Financing statement
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Provide sources of support for the work, including names of sponsors and process number. Suppliers of materials, equipment, inputs or medicines, free or with discounts, must also be described as sources of financing, including the city, state and country of origin of these suppliers. |
Additional information
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Speed in scientific dissemination is an ethical principle and integrity in research respected by RESS. All editorial activities are guided by these principles – including these instructions –, with the aim of improving the manuscript candidate for publication in processing time that favors the authors and the effort made in submission. Contributions from the community are welcomed via email at revista.svs@saude.gov.br , where criticism, suggestions for improvement and praise can be sent. After approval , the manuscript goes to editorial production, consisting of the following steps:
1) Language review: review and edit for clarity, grammar and style. Authors may contact the RESS executive secretariat using the contact details below if they have any questions about the instructions or request information about the progress of the manuscript, which is also available in the ScholarOne System . |
Contact
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Epidemiology and Health Services: SUS journal (RESS) |