Submission Guidelines
Article
For the initial submission the article must be sent in a single combined Word file containing manuscript text, figures and tables (that must be inserted in the appropriate place, with the caption). If the article contains equations, a supplementary pdf file should also be sent.
Manuscripts must be preferably submitted in English, although manuscripts in Portuguese or Spanish can also be accepted.
Prepare manuscripts to be submitted in the following form:
- Manuscript text should be double-spaced.
- Do not format text in multiple columns
- Include page numbers and line numbers in the manuscript file.
- Limit manuscript sections and sub-sections to 3 heading levels. Make sure heading levels are clearly indicated in the manuscript text.
- Avoid footnotes. If your manuscript contains footnotes, move the information into the main text or the reference list, depending on the content.
- Define abbreviations upon first appearance in the text. Do not use non-standard abbreviations unless they appear at least three times in the text. Keep abbreviations to a minimum.
- When appropriate refer to Supporting Information. The article should be structured in relatively short texts. Longer texts should be in Supporting Information.
- Manuscripts should be organized as follows.
- Title (no more than 200 characters)
- Abstract and resumo (for non Portuguese speaking authors the Editorial Board can take in charge the translation for Portuguese)
- Introduction (with shorts state-of-art and characterization of the working area if needed). In this item more detailed longer texts should be transferred to Supporting Information.
- Materials and Methods (can be renamed as needed). In this item more detailed longer texts should be transferred to Supporting Information.
- Results. In this item more detailed longer texts, figures and tables not strictly essential to support the conclusions should be transferred to Supporting Information.
- Discussion. In this item more detailed longer texts, figures and tables not strictly essential to support the conclusions should be transferred to Supporting Information.
- Conclusions, that must be fairly concise and objective.
- Acknowledgments (optional).
- References.
Preparing a manuscript for submission