Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Sena Aires Journal of Scientific Dissemination (REREVIS) receives the following contributions: Editorials (texts written by members of the editorial board or by authors, by invitation only); Original articles (laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological research); Review articles (critical and systematized evaluations of the literature); Update or dissemination (current information such as new techniques, legislation, etc.); Case reports/case series (well-documented clinical cases); Essays (reflection, questions, hypotheses for future research);

REVISA adopts the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication" (the Vancouver style) prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (http://www.icmje.org). All articles, including tables, illustrations, and references, must follow these requirements.

The full texts of the articles are available free of charge at http://revistafacesa.senaaires.com.br/index.php/revisa. Articles must be unpublished and intended exclusively for REREVIS, and their simultaneous presentation to another journal in printed or electronic format is not allowed.

The concepts and opinions expressed in the articles, as well as the accuracy and provenance of the citations, are the sole responsibility of the author(s). Articles that refer to parts of the same research are discouraged from submission by this Journal.

The articles will be submitted to consultants chosen within the specialty and will be accepted only after their opinion, in a confidential procedure as to the identity of both the authors and the rapporteurs (double-blind peer evaluation). Consultants will be able to request textual changes if necessary. The texts may also be modified to suit REREVIS's editorial-graphic style, without altering its technical-scientific content. The published articles will become the property of REREVIS, and their reproduction, even partial, in other journals, such as their translation for publication in other languages, without prior authorization from the latter, is prohibited. If the article includes tables and illustrations previously published by other authors and in other vehicles, it is the duty of the author(s) to provide proof of reproduction authorization, signed by the copyright holders of the same.

It is the sole responsibility of the author(s) to make the concepts and statements regarding facts and opinions contained in the article, authorizations regarding image rights and the proper permission for the use of material published in other sources. Readers of biomedical journals deserve the confidence that what they are reading is original, unless there is a statement that the article is being republished at the choice of the author and editor. The bases for this position are international copyright laws, ethical conduct and the use of resources, obeying a logic of cost-effectiveness. When part of the material of the article has already been presented in a preliminary communication, in a symposium, congress, conference, etc., this fact should be cited as a footnote on the title page and a copy of the text of the presentation should accompany the submission of the article.

In the submission of clinical, basic and applied research, translation research; laboratory and epidemiological studies (prospective or retrospective); use of data from medical records, database search; case reports; interviews, questionnaires, population surveys; It is mandatory to include a document, with the approval protocol number, stating that all ethical procedures required by CNS Resolution 466/2012 have been complied with and approved by the Research Ethics Committee (CEP). For clinical trials, a description of the research registration number obtained from the online platform of the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (ReBEC) will be required.

In the submission of clinical, basic and applied research, translation research; laboratory and epidemiological studies (prospective or retrospective); use of data from medical records, database search; case reports; interviews, questionnaires, population surveys; It is mandatory to include a document, with the approval protocol number, stating that all ethical procedures required by CNS Resolution 466/2012 have been complied with and approved by the Research Ethics Committee (CEP). For clinical trials, a description of the research registration number obtained from the online platform of the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (ReBEC) will be required.

The author must send the CEP Approval Letter through the REVISA platform as a complementary document The date of receipt and acceptance of the article must be stated at the end of the article, when it is published.

Conflicts of interest must be acknowledged and mentioned by the author(s) during the article submission process. When present, they will be described in the published manuscript. Among these situations, we mention the shareholding in the companies that produce the drugs or equipment mentioned or used in the work, as well as in competitors of the same. Also considered sources of conflict are the aid received, subordinate relationships at work, consultancies, etc. The occasional citation of products and trademarks does not express a recommendation for their use by the Journal.

Anti-Plagiarism Policy

REVISA has a consistent and systematized anti-plagiarism policy. After receiving the manuscript, it is evaluated for the presence of plagiarism using the iThenticate software. If it is free of plagiarism, it will be forwarded to the reviewers for evaluation. 

2. Submission and evaluation of Papers by peers

Articles must be submitted through the REVISA platform with the full text, containing the name(s) of the author(s) only on the title page. As a supplementary document, a Declaration of Public Responsibility and Transfer of Copyright and Submission Checklist must be submitted, signed by all authors and scanned in jpeg or pdf. In the case of studies involving human beings, a Letter of Approval by the Research Ethics Committee must be submitted. Papers that do not comply with the instructions or documents will not be accepted. Figures and illustrations should be included in the manuscript according to the order in which they are cited in the text. They must be in TIF file with a resolution of 300dpi for images and 1200dpi for graphic schemes.

The journal has a Technical and Scientific Committee made up of prominent professionals with significant scientific production in the area of knowledge under the journal's focus. Some of the reviewers are external to the journal's publishing institution, which includes Brazilian and foreign researchers, who are responsible for evaluating the papers. The evaluation process begins with the verification of the manuscript for its compliance with REVISA standards. If approved, it will be forwarded to at least two AdHoc Consultants.  The evaluation system is classic based on the rules of "blind review" (scientific evaluation without identification of authors and/or reviewers). In case of discrepancy in the opinions, a third Consultant, from an area related to the theme of the manuscript, will be located to issue a third opinion.

For editors and members of the editorial board, up to three publications per issue are allowed in co-authorship with other researchers and students. In these cases, the evaluation takes place through the evaluation of three partners (under the blind-review system), with approval of the manuscript in at least two of the three reviews.

After evaluation of the articles, they may be classified as: a) approved without restrictions; b) approved with restrictions: will be forwarded to the author(s) with the adjustment requests by e-mail. The revised article must be resubmitted by the author(s) to REVISA, by e-mail, accompanied by a letter informing the changes made or, when not made, presenting the appropriate justifications. If there is no return of the work in fifteen (15) days, it will be considered that the authors are no longer interested in the publication and; c) Not approved: the author will receive a notification of rejection by e-mail. The approved article will be published according to the flow and editorial schedule of the Journal. Once classified for publication, the articles proceed to the stages of revision, layout, translation and subsequent publication in the electronic content of the journal.

All authors must have participated in the work sufficiently to take public responsibility for its content. The credit as author will be based on the contributions, namely: a) the conception and development, analysis and interpretation of the data; b) the writing of the article or the critical review of an important part of its intellectual content; c) the final approval of the version to be published. Participation solely in obtaining resources or collecting data does not justify participation as an author. The general supervision of the research group is also not enough. Editors may request justification for the inclusion of authors during the article review process, especially if the total number of authors exceeds six (6).

Preparation of Articles

The article must be written in Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish or English, in A4 format, Bookman Old Style font, size 12, 1.5pt spacing in the text and simple in the abstract, margins of 2 cm. Articles should have the following structure: introduction, objective, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgments (optional) and references.  All pages should be numbered, above and to the right, starting from the title page. The use of headers and footers is not allowed. Articles must be typed in Microsoft Word.

The title page is the first page of the manuscript. It should contain the information in the following order: a. Title in Portuguese, English and Spanish, complete and with a maximum of 15 words. The Title must be written in lower case, with only capital letters, except for proper names, centered and in bold; b. Short title, with up to 60 characters, including space and in bold; c. Full name of the authors, separated by a comma; d. Name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the correspondent; Abstract in all three languages; f. Numbered indication of the institutional affiliation of each author (up to three hierarchical levels. E.g. University A, Center B, Department C), without abbreviations; g. Acknowledgments to sources of aid, scholarships and equipment mentioning the number of the process; h. Declaration of the absence of conflicts of interest.

After the credential of each author, present on the title page, it is mandatory to describe the ORCID ID number (https://orcid.org/ ) and Research Id http://www.researcherid.com/  ). The maximum number of authors allowed per article is 8 (eight), regardless of the category.

Abstracts

Abstracts in Portuguese, Spanish and English should appear on page 2 and be presented in a structured format, with a maximum of 200 words. They should contain the items described below, in a single paragraph, with bold headings, within the text and single spaced:

• Objective: objectives based on fundamental references;
• Methods: description of the object of the work (patients, animals, plants, etc.) and the methodology used;
• Results: logical order without author's interpretation;
• Conclusiones/Conclusions: respond to the objective of the study;
• Descriptors: indicate between three and five descriptors.

To indicate them, see "Descriptors in Health Sciences" (DeCS)-Bireme (http://decs.bvs.br/ ) or "Medical Subject Heading" (MESH) - Index Medicus (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh ). When absent from these databases, authors may make use of established terms.

Illustrations

They are understood by illustrations, tables, graphs and figures. The figures, with their legends, should be numbered, consecutively, in Arabic numerals, and be inserted in the manuscript, immediately after their indication in the text. Photographic images must be submitted in the form of a digital file in TIF format, with a minimum dimension of 10x15 cm and a resolution of 300 dpi. Tables and tables should be represented by the words Table or Table, numbered consecutively in Roman numerals, in the order in which they appear in the text. Captions and explanatory notes should be placed at the bottom of them. The title must appear at the top of Tables and Tables and at the bottom in the case of Figures. The "Tabular Presentation Standards" of the IBGE must be followed. Tables that have been extracted from published works must have written permission from the author and the source of origin must be acknowledged. Names of drugs and registered materials, as well as commercial products must be written in full. Only generic names should be included, followed in parentheses by the name of the manufacturer, the city and the country in which it was manufactured, separated by a comma. For abbreviations, the standard form should be used, and for units of measurement, the legal units of the International System of Units should be used. Footnotes will be indicated by asterisks and restricted to the essential.

Category of Articles

Editorials: Papers written by invitation, at the suggestion of the Editorial Board, or by one of its members. The maximum number of pages is 3 (including references and illustrations) and should not exceed 10 (ten) references.

Original articles: present the results obtained in research of an empirical or experimental nature, those carried out with secondary data, qualitative methodology research and discursive formulations of theoretical effect. The maximum number of pages is 15 (including references and illustrations), a maximum of 25 references.

Review article: a systematized and up-to-date review of the literature on a specific topic, which can be integrative, systematic, and meta-analysed. The maximum number of pages is 20 (including references and illustrations), a maximum of 40 references.

Reflection articles: discursive studies with a theorizing character based on solid foundations about the current state of a given research object. It includes manuscripts that reveal thoughts, opinions, and questions that, under a logical chain, contribute to the deepening of health issues. Maximum limit of 10 pages, including references and illustrations. A maximum of 15 references.

Case Reports/Case Series: detailed description and critical analysis of one or more cases, typical or atypical, based on a broad and current literature review on the subject. The author must present a problem in its multiple aspects, its relevance. Structurally, they should present: introduction, brief review of the literature, case report, discussion and conclusions that may include recommendations for the management of the reported cases. The maximum number of pages is 15 (including references and illustrations) and should not exceed 20 (ten) references.

Experience Report: Study involving conceptual implications, description of health intervention strategies or methodological evidence focused on health care, management and education. The maximum number of pages is 15 (including references and illustrations) and should not exceed 20 (ten) references.

Essays: refer to works that bring a reflection and discussion on a certain subject that can generate questions and hypotheses for future research. Maximum limit of 12 pages, including references and illustrations. A maximum of 15 references.

Observação: Todo o texto deve ser redigido na terceira pessoa e de forma impessoal.

5. Article Qualification Strategies

REVISA has the following strategies for the qualification of the writing of research studies: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research (EQUATOR network). Such strategies increase the potential for publication and the use of publications in references of other research. Below are some validated international protocols to be used according to the research design:

Experimental studies: CONSORT http://www.consort-statement.org/downloads and identification of Clinical Trial Registries. The identification number must appear at the end of the abstract.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: PRISMA http://www.prisma-statement.org/2.1.2%20-%20PRISMA%202009%20Checklist.pdf

Observational studies in epidemiology: STROBE http://strobe-statement.org/fileadmin/Strobe/uploads/checklists/STROBE_checklist_v4_combined.pdf

Qualitative studies: http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/6/349.long

Note: Protocols for studies with other designs can be found in the EQUATOR http://www.equator-network.org/ network

6. Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments should appear before references. In the case of financial support from public or private institutions that have provided financial support, technical assistance and other assistance, it is mandatory to inform the name of the project, the number of the process and the funding agency of the research. When there is no funding, authors should record this information as follows: This research did not receive funding for its realization. This information should be inserted on the title page of the manuscript.

7. Quotes

Use a numerical system to identify the works cited. Represent them in the text with the numbers without parentheses and superscripts, after the period, without spaces.

Note: The name of the authors should not be mentioned in the text.

Sequential citation - separate numbers by hyphen. E.g.: 1-4

Interleaved citations - must be separated by a comma. E.g.: 1,4,5

8. References

References should be cited in the order they appear in the text, numbered in ascending order, and standardized according to the Vancouver style (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html  ).

Journal titles should be abbreviated as "List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus" (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ ). In the case of national and Latin American journals, http://portal.revistas.bvs.br  should be consulted.

Reference Samples

1. Artigo padrão com DOI

Santos EV, Frazão RCMS, Oliveira SC. P Sentimento de mulheres em relação ao uso do Método de Ovulação Billings. Rev Rene. 2017; 18(1):11-8. doi: 10.15253/2175-6783.2017000100003

2. No indication of authorship

Pelvic floor exercise can reduce stress incontinence. Health News. 2005;11(4):11.

3. With more than six authors

Teixeira CC, Boaventura RP, Souza ACS, Paranaguá TTB, Bezerra ALQ, Bachion MM, et al. Vital signs measurement: an indicator of safe care delivered to elderly patients. Texto Contexto Enferm. 2015; 24(4):1071-8. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-0707201500003970014

4. Institution as Author

American Diabetes Association. Diabetes update. Nursing. 2003;Suppl:19-20,24.

5. Bulking with supplement

Crawford M, Mullan J, Vanderveen T. Technology and safe medication administration. J Infus Nurs. 2005;28(2 Suppl):37-41.

Books

6. Individual as author

Marquis BL, Huston CJ. Administração e liderança em enfermagem: teoria e prática. Porto Alegre: Artmed; 2010.

7. Organizer, Editor, Coordinator as author

Nietsche EA, Teixeira E, Medeiros HP, organizadores. Tecnologias cuidativo-educacionais: uma possibilidade para o empoderamento do(a) enfermeiro(a). Porto Alegre: Moriá; 2014.

8. Book Chapters

Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. p. 465-78.

9. Article in electronic format

Menezes FG, Abreu RM, Itria A. Cost-effectiveness analysis of paricalcitol versus calcitriol for the treatment of SHPT in dialytic patients from the SUS perspective. J Bras Nefrol [Internet]. 2016 [cited Dec 12, 2016]; 38(3):313-9. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/jbn/v38n3/0101-2800-jbn-38-03-0313.pdf

10. Printed Legal Documents

Ministry of Health (BR). National Health Council, National Research Ethics Commission. Resolution No. 466 of December 12, 2012: approves the guidelines and regulatory standards for research involving human beings. Brasilia: Ministry of Health; 2012.

11. Electronic Legal Documents

Brazil. Law No. 8,080, of September 19, 1990. It provides for the conditions for the promotion, protection and recovery of health, the organization and functioning of the corresponding services, and makes other provisions [Internet]. Brasilia; 1990 [cited 2014 Mar 10]. Available at: http://portal.saude.gov.br/portal/arquivos/pdf/Lei8142.pdf.

Check-list (antes de submeter o artigo):

• Check if the article is formatted according to the publication rules;
• Check all references (Vancouver style);
• Verify the inclusion of ORCID iD and Research iD in the authors' credentials;
• Attach, as a supplementary document, the declaration of public responsibility and transfer of copyright signed by all authors;
• Attach, as a supplementary document, a letter of approval of the study by the Research Ethics Committee (if applicable);