Normas de Colaboración
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
AUTHORS
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE
PARASITOLOGIA VETERINÁRIA
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
The Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology is the
official journal of the Brazilian College of Veterinary Parasitology (CBPV).
The journal is a quarterly
publication that covers topics on helminths, protozoans and arthropods as well
as other related subjects. Manuscripts can be submitted in English by
researchers from any country regardless of CBPV affiliation. The Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology offers free
online access to all its archives dating back to 1992, which was its first year
of publication.
EDITORIAL GUIDELINES
The Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology accepts articles
that focus primarily on animal parasites. Authors are required to send a signed
cover letter in
which they declare that they were responsible for the whole process of
producing the manuscript and that it is entirely an
unpublished original article. If the abstract of the manuscript has been
presented in scientific meetings, this should be stated in the signed cover
letter as well.
Author
consent forms for manuscripts that have more than one author are required, to
ensure that all authors agree with the publication. All authors need to have made substantial contributions to the study design, data acquisition, data analysis and interpretation, and drafting of the article,
and need to have given final approval of the version to be submitted.
Collaborators who did not actively participate in the process described above
may be listed in the Acknowledgements
section. Researchers who provided technical support or suggestions or a
department head who made the research work possible should be acknowledged.
Manuscripts with a number of authors that does not
seem justifiable will
be assessed by
our assistant scientific editors in
relation to the experimental research protocol.
The
manuscript review process will follow the journal’s Editorial Guidelines and
consider the editors’ and/or ad hoc reviewer’s opinions.
The Editor-in-chief and assistant scientific editors may make suggestions or
request changes to the manuscript but the authors are ultimately responsible
for the entire text content. Articles that are submitted for publication will
be reviewed by at least two
anonymous reviewers, of
whom one will be a foreigner. The reviewers will be selected
by the editor-in-chief and assistant scientific editors. If
the reviewers’ opinions are discordant with each other, the article will be sent
to a third reviewer.
The Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology accepts
manuscripts as Full Articles, Short
Communications and
Review Articles. Review Articles are submitted by experts on
request from the
editors. Unsolicited review articles will not be accepted but the editors or
assistant scientific editors may accept suggestions for a review topic.
Paper submission:
The
articles submitted must undergo English-language revision, done by reviewers
accredited by the RBPV (http://cbpv.org.br/rbpv/revisoes_traducoes.php). A certificate of English-language revision should be sent
together with the submitted article. The
authors will be expected to bear the costs of the revision. If
one of the coauthors is a foreigner who is a native English speaker, this
author should review the English-language content of the study and send a
formal certifying letter to the RBPV.
Publication fee:
After the article has
been accepted, the following publication fees will be charged:
R$
250,00 (associados do CBPV em dia com as anuidades);
R$
500,00 (não-associados do CBPV).
For foreign authors:
US$ 92.00 (for
associates of CBPV who are up-to-date with their membership dues);
US$ 184.00 (for
non-associates of CBPV).
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IBAN 001026900000288489
Address: Via de acesso
Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Zona Rural. CEP: 14884-900. Jaboticabal –
SP, Brazil.
Bank data for deposit:
Name: Colégio
Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária/ Revista
Bank: Banco do Brasil
(001)
Branch: 0269-0
Current account:
28848-9
Peer review process
The
manuscript review process will follow the journal’s Editorial Guidelines and
consider the editors’ and/or the ad hoc reviewer’s opinions. Articles that are
submitted for publication will be reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers, of whom one will be a foreigner. The
reviewers will be selected by the editor-in-chief and
assistant scientific editors. If the reviewers’ opinions are
discordant with each other, the article will be sent to a third reviewer.
The
reviewer should fill out the RBPV’s evaluation form, which is available in the
online submission system (http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/rbpv-scielo).
The author will receive evaluations from at least two reviewers, as
statements on
evaluation forms and possibly as
corrections made directly in the text. The reviewer may then correct the
article, if necessary. After
the
manuscript has been accepted by the
ad hoc reviewers, but before
it is sent for the authors’ responses, it will undergo a final analysis by one
of the assistant scientific editors. It should be noted that the assistant
scientific editors have autonomous authority to suggest corrections and/or
reject publication of an article, even if the reviewers have already approved
it.
After
the layout and editing processes, the assistant scientific editors and
editor-in-chief of the journal will make any final corrections.
Transfer
of author’s rights:
At
the time of submission, the article must be accompanied by a formal letter
signed by all the authors, in which they declare
that they were responsible for the whole process of producing the manuscript
and that it is entirely an unpublished original article; and that they all
agree with the submission and, if approved, publication of the article only in
the RBPV.
ETHICS
Experiments
using animals should be conducted following the Brazilian College of Animal
Experimentation guidelines (http://www.cobea.org.br).
Articles should include the protocol number approved by the Animal Ethics
Committee.
MANUSCRIPT
PREPARATION
The following guidelines should be
followed during manuscript preparation:
All
articles should be submitted in United States English. Always use concise and
impersonal language. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the
corresponding page and numbered with Arabic numerals in an ascending order. All
manuscripts should be typed in Times New Roman font, size 12, page setup with
2.5-cm top and bottom margins, 3-cm left and right margins, and 1.5-cm line
spacing. All pages should be numbered. Full Articles must
not exceed 17
pages in
the final layout. Short
Communications must
not exceed 6
pages in the final layout. All tables and illustrations should be presented
separately from the main text body and attached to the final manuscript without
captions. The related captions should be included in the text after the
References. It is the authors’ responsibility to make sure that submitted
papers are reviewed by one of the English language reviewers certified by RBPV.
Full Articles should be structured as follows: Original
Title,
Translated Title,
Author(s),
Affiliations,
Abstract (Keywords),
Introduction, Materials
and Methods,
Results,
Discussion,
Conclusions (or a
combination of the last three), Acknowledgements
(optional), and References. Short
Communications
should follow the same structure as described above, but
they can be presented as a continuous stream of text without
the need
to include headings. For
this category, manuscripts that are submitted will only be accepted if they
have a high degree of novelty
and originality that brings to
light new findings of
evident importance. The
Editor-in-chief will determine whether these submissions may proceed.
Description of each
item of the manuscript
Original
title
The
full title and subtitle, if any, should not exceed 18
words. The title should not include any abbreviations, and species names and
Latin words should be italicized. Titles that start with “Preliminary studies,”
“Notes about,” and the like should be avoided. Do not use the author’s name and
date of citation in scientific names.
Author(s)/Affiliations
List
all authors’ full name (with no abbreviations). Affiliations should include the
original institution names, not their English translations, in the following
order: laboratory, department, college or school, institute, university,
city, state and country.
Include at the bottom of the page the corresponding author information: full
address, telephone number, and current e-mail.
References
References
will only be accepted if they are reader-friendly. References of papers
published in conference proceedings will not be accepted and theses only if
they are available for consultation at official websites such as the CAPES
thesis bank: http://www.capes.gov.br/servicos/banco-de-teses. All
cited references in the text should be carefully checked for the authors’ names
and dates exactly as they appear in the reference section.
Abstract
Abstracts
are limited to 200 words and should be structured in a single paragraph with no
indentation. The abstract should not include references. Acronyms or abbreviations should be written out in full and the abbreviation given in brackets the first time they are used in abstract, for
example, indirect fluorescence assay (IFA). The abstract should be informative
and present the objectives, a brief description of methods, the main results,
and a conclusion. All manuscripts written in English should also have the
abstract and keywords written in Portuguese.
Keywords
Keywords
should accurately reflect the text content. Limited to a maximum of 6 (six).
Introduction
Should
have a clear and concise justification of the study including its relevance and
objectives and should keep the number of citations to a minimum.
Materials
and Methods
A
concise description including core information for the understanding and
reproduction of the study. Well-established methods and techniques should be
cited and referenced but not described. Statistical analyses should be
described at the end of the section.
Results
The
content of this section should be informative rather than interpretative. The
results should be accompanied by self-explanatory tables, figures, or other
illustrations if necessary.
Discussion
Its
content should be interpretative and based on the study results only. The
discussion can be a single section or it can be presented together with the
results and conclusions. It should emphasize the relevance of new findings and
new hypotheses clearly supported by the results.
Tables
Tables
must be in editable format (e.g., Excel list format) and supplied in separate
files. The word “Table” should precede the table title. Tables should be
numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and have a concise and descriptive
title placed above them. They should be typed using double spacing and should
have horizontal rules separating the header and the last row. The number of
tables in the manuscript should be limited to a minimum.
Figures
Figures
consist of drawings, photographs, boards, charts, flow charts, and diagrams and
should be supplied in TIF, GIF, or JPG format with a minimum resolution of 300
dpi. They should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and the word
“Figure” should precede the legend placed below them. List all numbered legends
with their symbols and standard icons in a separate file with double spacing.
Figures should be limited to a minimum. Digital pictures should be supplied in
separate files. A graphic bar scale instead of a numerical one should be used
in all illustrations, as it can be adjusted with size reduction.
Conclusions
All
conclusions may be presented in the Discussion section or in the Results and
the Discussion sections when presented together, at the authors’ choice. If
this is the case, there is no need for a separate Conclusions section.
Acknowledgments
Should
be limited to a minimum.
References
References
should be listed alphabetically and then sorted chronologically, if necessary.
More than one reference by the same author(s) in the same year must be
identified by the letters “a,” “b,” “c,” etc., placed after the year of
publication. Titles of journals should be abbreviated according to Index
Medicus, http://www2.bg.am.poznan.pl/czasopisma/medicus.php?lang=eng.
Reference to book
Levine JD. Veterinary protozoology.
Ames: ISU Press; 1985.
Reference to book
chapter
Menzies PI. Abortion in
sheep: diagnosis and control. In: Youngquist RS, Threlfall WR. Current therapy in large
animal theriogenology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia:
Saunders; 2007. p. 667-680.
Reference to full
article
Paim F, Souza AP,
Bellato V, Sartor AA. Selective control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
in fipronil-treated cattle raised on natural pastures in Lages, State of Santa
Catarina, Brazil. Rev
Bras Parasitol Vet 2011; 20(1): 13-16.
Reference to thesis or
dissertation
Araujo MM. Aspectos ecológicos dos
helmintos gastrintestinais de caprinos do município de patos, Paraíba - Brasil
[Dissertação]. Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal
Rural do Rio de Janeiro; 2002.
Reference to internet URLs
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. Epi
Info [online]. 2002 [cited 2003 Jan 10].
Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/ei2002.htm.
Citations
All citations must follow the
author–date system:
One
author: author’s name and year of
publication
Levine (1985) or
(LEVINE, 1985)
Two
authors: authors’ names and year of
publication
Paim and Souza (2011)
or (PAIM & SOUZA, 2011)
Three
or more authors: first author’s name followed by et
al. and year of publication
Araújo
et al. (2002) or (ARAÚJO et al., 2002)
Layout
proof
The final layout of the article in PDF format will be
provided by email to the corresponding author. Changes to the article accepted
for publication will only be considered at this stage if permission from the
Editor is granted. The proof must be carefully checked for accuracy as
inclusion of subsequent corrections (e.g., a new author, change of paragraphs
or tables) cannot be guaranteed.
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