Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The contribution is original and unpublished and not being evaluated for publication by another magazine; otherwise, you must justify in "Comments to the editor."
- The submission file is in format Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF.
- URLs for references were informed when possible.
- The text has the following settings: pages in A4 paper (210x297mm) and 2 cm margins on all sides, Cambria font, size 12, single line spacing, 1.25 cm paragraph indentation.
- The text follows the standards of style and bibliographic requirements outlined in on the page About the Journal.
- In case of submission to a peer review section (e.g. articles), the instructions available in Ensuring the blind peer review were followed.
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The REFACS is a quarterly publication and trilingual (Portuguese, English and Spanish).
For versions in English and Spanish, translations are the responsibility of the author, and the translator will be indicated by the Journal
- All authors must declare possible conflicts of interest. The declaration of conflict of interest must be informed at the time of submission of the manuscript through the submission system.
- Brazilian authors must mention it in the manuscript and send a copy of the study approval by the Research Ethics Committee recognized by the Comissão Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa, the Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CONEP-CNS) or by an equivalent institution, if the research has been carried out in another country.
- All authors must complete and sign the Copyright Declaration and forward it as a supplementary document that must be inserted in step 2 of the submission (2. Transfer of the manuscript) together with the other submission files.
Original Articles
The dissemination of scientific production resulting from original research. The following contributions are considered to be researches: discursive contributions with a theoretical effect, qualitative, quantitative and quali-quantitative researches. This modality is limited to 35,000 characters, including spaces.
Review
These are publications conducted through the compilation of results of original studies, whether quantitative or qualitative, which aim at answering a specific and relevant question. The search format of the studies, their selection criteria and the procedures employed in the synthesis of the results obtained need to be carefully described. Only systematic and integrative reviews will be accepted in this section. These manuscripts should not exceed 40,000 characters, with spaces.
Debate
Theoretical article coming from an author (a guest author featured in the main theme of the issue) that will receive comments signed by up to three invited experts, which will receive a replica from the main author. The original text should have at most 20.000 characters with spaces. The text of the three panellists and the replica will have a maximum of 5.000 characters each, adding up to a total maximum of 40.000 characters with spaces.Reflection
A publication that discusses the in-depth description of themes of interest: health, social sciences and humanities. Must contain a maximum of 20,000 characters, including spaces.
Case Study
A careful description of experiences that can be replicated. This type of manuscript is limited to 20,000 characters, including spacesBrief communication
Essay presentation, reviews, events and others. Must not exceed 5,000 characters, including spaces.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for articles published in this Journal belongs to the author, with first publication rights for the Journal. REFACS is a free and public access journal, the articles are free to use and are licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC) BY-NC type.