Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission process

Before submitting your article to Rev. SOBECC, please read these instructions carefully and check the items using the Checklist for authors, available at the end of this page. Furthermore, it is the author's obligation to read the journal's editorial policies in detail before submission, as they contain essential information about the editorial process and ethical issues in scientific publications.

Submissions will be carried out exclusively online through the Open Journal Systems (OJS). At the time of submission, the following additional documents must be present:

1.1 Declaration of Responsibility, Author Contribution and Conflict of Interest

1.2 Document of approval from an Ethics Committee in compliance with Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council, which provides instructions for research involving human beings, when applicable

1.3 Authorization to reproduce photos, when applicable

In any submission, authors must observe that the number of tables, charts, figures, photos, and attachments must not exceed five in total. However, as the electronic version allows hypermedia resources, the use of audios, videos, and dynamic tables is welcome to be published in this format.

Original photos will be sent for publication; however, reproduction of material published in Rev. SOBECC is only permitted with authorization from the entity or owner and due citation of the source.

The originals received will be analyzed by the Scientific Editor, Associate Editors, Editorial Board, and ad hoc consultants in the double-blind review system. These actors in the editorial process are responsible for evaluating articles and determining whether they are accepted or rejected, taking into account the editorial scope and policy in addition to technical and methodological content. The editorial process is detailed on the page about the Peer Review Process, which is mandatory reading for all potential authors.

Presentation of manuscripts

The presentation must follow the order specified below. The manuscript must be attached in a Word file, typed in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, respecting the official spelling, with the following format: Arial font, size 12, 1.5 cm spacing between lines, 2.5 cm margins (right, left, top, and bottom), observing the word limit according to the type of manuscript: original article (up to 4,500 words); review article (integrative or systematic) (up to 4,500 words); experience report (up to 2,000 words). The word count includes references, tables, charts, figures, photos, and attachments.

2.1 Guidance on filling out some fields on the submission form:

2.1.1 Article title: In Portuguese, without abbreviations or acronyms (maximum fourteen words)

2.1.2 Authors’ full names, without abbreviations, registered in the order in which they should appear in the publication

2.1.3 Correspondence address of one of the authors, including telephone numbers and email

2.1.4 Complete identification of all authors, separated by commas, in the following order: profession, most recent academic title, institutional affiliation (without using acronyms or abbreviations), city, state, and country. The e-mails of all authors must be included for publication. It is desirable that authors include their ORCID identification as well as the URL of their Lattes Curriculum.

2.1.5 Conflicts of interest: it is mandatory for authors to inform any potential conflict of interest, including political or financial interests (related to intellectual property, the provision of materials or inputs, equipment used in the study by manufacturers, funding for conference participation, or similar); academic prestige; institutional power; recognition among peers and in society; studies and research about the institutions themselves. If not, they must write a sentence stating that there are no conflicts of interest in the appropriate field on the submission form.

2.1.6 Studies financed by a funding agency must identify the funding agency by its full name (without using acronyms or abbreviations), as well as the process number, in the specific field of the submission form.

2.1.7 Classification of the submission: select the correct section for submission, i.e., original, review (integrative or systematic) or experience report

2.2 Original file to be submitted: must not contain the name(s) of the author(s)

2.2.1 Abstract: only in Portuguese, containing a maximum of 180 words. The abstract must be structured, that is, divided into: Objective(s), Method, Results and Conclusion;

2.2.2 Keywords: three to five keywords, in the following order: Portuguese, English, and Spanish, prepared according to the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) of BIREME (Centro Latino Americano e do Caribbean of Health Sciences Information). If they are composed, only the first word must be in capital letters, and they must be separated from each other by a period. Use three to five keywords.

2.2.3 Original: produced according to the individual characteristics of each work, that is, original articles, experience reports, and literature reviews, but structured and in different paragraphs with: Introduction, Objective(s), Method, Results, Discussion, conclusion, and/or Final considerations and References. Pay attention to the number of words and references according to the article’s classification.

Guidelines for preparing the original

3.1 Introduction: brief, with problem definition highlighting the relevance of the study and knowledge gaps

3.2 Objective: indicates what the research intends to achieve. Clear and direct.

3.3 Method: research method used, population, inclusion criteria, and data source According to the classification of the manuscript, it is necessary to inform readers that the research was carried out in accordance with ethical precepts and mention the approval number by the Research Ethics Committee.

3.4 Results: clear and objective description of relevant data without interpretations or comments Tables, charts, and figures may be used, however, with appropriate indication in the text.

3.5 Discussion: should be limited to the data obtained and the results achieved, with emphasis on the new discoveries provided by the study and discussing agreements and divergences in relation to the literature. Highlight the limitations of the study

3.6 Conclusion: must respond to the objectives or hypotheses of the study based on the results and discussion, consistent with the title, the method used, and the proposed objectives.

3.7 References: must be developed according to the Vancouver standards, developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), based on the ANSI standard adapted by the US National Library of Medicine. See instructions here. References must be indicated numerically in the sequence in which they appear in the text, identified by superscript Arabic numbers without parentheses. If they are sequential, use a hyphen between the numbers; if they are non-sequential, use a comma between the numbers. The accuracy of references is the authors’ responsibility. References must be primary and at least 50% updated (less than five years old). All references must indicate the URL or DOI for access to the full text, if available on the web.

4 Declaration of Responsibility, Author Contribution, and Conflict of Interest

Click here to download the declaration template. This declaration must contain the signatures of all authors and be sent during the article submission process.

5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure

Authors must disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding a statement at the end of the manuscript in the main document file before the list of references.

This statement does not apply to basic grammar, spelling, and reference-checking tools.

Declaration:

During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] for [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) have reviewed and edited the content as necessary and take full responsibility for the publication's content.

 If there is nothing to disclose, include the statement that the statement does not apply.

6 Checklist for authors

Before uploading the original manuscript to the system, compliance with the Journal’s standards is necessary. To simplify the consideration process, we present the following checklist in order to streamline the editorial process.

We recommend that all the information regarding the authors and the original manuscript to be submitted, as well as additional documents (approval of the Ethics Committee, Declaration of responsibility and assignment of copyright, permission to reproduce photos, etc.), be ready for consideration.