Submissions
Author Guidelines
Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.
Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.
An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.
Publish rules
The journal will publish:
- Complete original articles, whether prospective, experimental or retrospective
- Case reports of great interest, provided they are well documented clinically and in the laboratory.
- Special issues with annals, collections of papers presented at conferences and supplements with papers on topics of great interest.
- Review articles, including meta-analyses and editorial comments, upon invitation, when requested from members of the editorial board.
Processing
All submitted material will be reviewed by the journal's Editorial Board, which is made up of: journal editors, editorial board, associate editors, collaborators and assistants. The reviewers are not allowed to identify the authors or the department where the work was developed, and the reviewers will not be identified by the authors, except when requested by the latter. Upon receipt, the articles will be dated and coded, and their authors will be notified of receipt. Articles that do not meet the editorial standards will be rejected at this stage. Those that do meet the standards will be sent to two reviewers indicated by the Editor. The authors will be informed of the acceptance and of any modifications suggested by the Editorial Board. When modifications are requested, the authors must return the corrected work within 15 days, and must justify if any suggestion is not accepted.
Copyright
It is a condition of publication that authors transfer the copyright of their articles to the Goiás State Medical Residency Commission. The transfer of copyright to the journal does not affect the authors' patent rights or related agreements. Figures, photos or tables from other publications may be reproduced, provided that they are authorized by the owner. The published material becomes the property of CEREM-GOIÁS and may be reproduced with its consent.
Ethical aspects
The Editorial Board follows the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and we recommend that authors of submitted articles comply with the ethics committee and fulfill the regulatory and legal requirements for human drug experiments, including informed consent, in accordance with the procedures required in their institution or country. All patient information must be anonymous, in particular, check whether the patient's identification number and name have been removed from the photos. For further details, access the Ethics and Research Committee website
Authority and responsibility
The intellectual content of the works is the sole responsibility of their authors. The Editorial Board will not assume any responsibility for the opinions or statements of the authors. Every effort will be made by the Editorial Board to avoid incorrect or inaccurate data. The number of authors should be limited to six.
Submission of articles
Authors must send copies together with sets of figures, photos or tables and keep a copy for reference. The text must identify an author as the correspondent to whom notifications from the journal will be sent. It must contain the full name, institution, unit, department, city, state, country, link to CV Lattes, ORCID number of all authors and full address, telephone number and email of the person responsible for the work. The works must be sent to the email revistacientificacerem@gmail.com .
Presentation
Articles must be typed in double space and must contain the following topics:
Title (Portuguese and English), abstract (Portuguese and English), introduction, methods, results, discussion, acknowledgments and references. Each topic must begin on a new page. Case reports must be structured as follows: abstract, introduction, case report, discussion, conclusion and references. The first page should include: title, first and last names of the authors and their affiliations, titles (no more than 20 letters), keywords (5-8) and the email address. The second page should contain the title of the manuscript in the header and care should be taken in the rest of the text so that the service or the authors cannot be identified (suppressed).
Abstract
The abstract of original articles should be divided into sections containing information that allows the reader to have a general idea of the article, divided into the following topics: objectives, methods, results and conclusions. It should not exceed 250 words. The abstract of case reports should be in a single paragraph. An English version of the abstract and key words should be provided.
Style
Abbreviations should be in capital letters and do not use periods after letters, e.g.: US and not U.S.. Statistical analyses should be detailed in the section on methods. The use of footnotes will not be permitted, except in tables. The Editorial Board reserves the right to change manuscripts whenever necessary to adapt them to the bibliographic style of the journal.
Cited literature
References should be numbered consecutively as they appear in the text and then in figures and tables, if necessary, cited in superscript numerals, e.g.: “Recent work on the effect of ultrasound 22 shows that ”. All references should be cited at the end of the article following the information below:
- et al. is not used. All authors of the article should be cited.
- Abbreviations of medical journals should follow the Index Meddicus format.
- Unpublished works, articles in preparation or personal communications should not be used as references. When absolutely necessary, only cite them in the text.
- Do not use articles that are difficult or restricted to access by readers, selecting the most relevant or recent ones. In original articles, the reference number should be limited to 25 and case reports and letters to 10.
- The accuracy of the reference data is the responsibility of the authors. References should follow Vancouver style as in the examples below: Journal articles: Cook CM, Ellwood DA. A longitudinal study of the cervix in pregnancy using transvaginal ultrasound. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1966; 103:16-8. In press: Wyon DP. Thermal comfort during surgical operations. J Hyg Camb 20-;in press (insert current year). Article in edited book: Speroff L, Glass RH, Kase NG. In Mitchell C, ed. Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility. Baltimore, USA: Willliams & Wilkins, 1994:1-967.
Acknowledgements
Addressed to scientific or material contributions from others that do not justify co-authorship.
Illustrations
All illustrations must be identified with the name of the main author and the figure number. All illustrations must be cited in the text and numbered according to their appearance, e.g.: figure 3.
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
- All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
- All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
- Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.
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