The Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (JBP, Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology) ISSN-1806-3756, published on a rolling basis, is the official organ of the Brazilian Thoracic Association for the publication of scientific papers on pulmonology and related areas. The JBP is indexed for PubMed (
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/2395) and for SciELO (
http://www.scielo.br/jbpneu).
After an initial analysis, manuscripts will, at the discretion of the Editorial Board, be sent to qualified reviewers. Anonymity (of authors and reviewers) will be preserved throughout the review process, except when the article submitted has already been deposited on a preprint server, in which case the JBP employs a single-blind peer-review process (the authors being blinded to the identity of the reviewers). Articles that fail to present sufficient merit, have significant errors in methodology, or are not in accordance with the JBP editorial policy will be directly rejected by the Editorial Board, with no recourse.
All manuscripts must be submitted in English (American or British usage is acceptable but not a mixture of the two). It is essential that the text is written in good-quality English. If the authors are not fluent in the English language, it is recommended that the article be edited by a professional editing service before submission or evaluated by a native English-speaking colleague. Evaluation by a professional editing service is not a prerequisite for publication in the Journal, nor does it imply or guarantee that the article will be sent for review or accepted for publication.
Any submission written in a language other than English will be returned to the authors. All articles accepted for publication will be made available in English and Portuguese on the Journal website (www.jornaldepneumologia.com.br). At submission, each article will be assigned a manuscript number for future reference.
*No fees are charged for article submission or processing, and eventual publication.
The JBP upholds the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) policies regarding the registration of clinical trials, recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the registration and international, open-access dissemination of information on clinical trials. Therefore, the JBP accepts only those clinical trials that have been registered with one of the clinical trial registries that meet the criteria established by the WHO and the ICMJE. Links to those registries are available on the ICMJE website. This registry identifier must be included at the end of the abstract.
Within this context, the JBP adheres to the definition of a clinical trial as described by the WHO, which can be summarized as "any research study that prospectively assigns human beings to one or more interventions to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related outcomes. Such interventions include the administration of drugs, cells, and other biological products, as well as surgical procedures, radiological techniques, the use of devices, behavioral therapy, changes in treatment processes, preventive care, etc."
In human studies, the Methods section should include a statement that the study was approved by the relevant local or national research ethics committee, preferably with the reference number, and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Experimental animal studies must comply with the pertinent ethical principles.
Manuscripts are accepted for consideration by the JBP with the understanding that they have not been published previously and are not being considered for publication elsewhere. The JBP uses Crossref Similarity Check software (iThenticate) to assess the degree of similarity between submitted manuscripts and previously published articles.
Preprints
The JBP accepts submissions of articles deposited on preprint servers. For these articles, the peer-review process will be single-blind. The corresponding author must complete an authorization form stating that the article submitted was previously deposited on a preprint server.
AUTHORSHIP
An individual may be listed as an author of an article submitted for publication only if they have made a significant intellectual contribution to its creation. The individual must have participated in at least one of the following phases: 1) design and planning of the study, as well as interpretation of findings; 2) writing and/or revision of all preliminary drafts and the final version; and 3) approval of the final version.
Mere data collection and cataloging do not constitute authorship. Likewise, authorship should not be conferred on technicians performing routine tasks, referring physicians, doctors who interpret routine exams, or department heads who are not directly involved in the research. The contributions made by such individuals may be acknowledged in a section at the end of the text (before the references). The contribution of each author to the study and any acknowledgments must be included in the title page (see Title Page).
The JBP allows up to 10 authors for original articles, although exceptions can be made for papers considered to be extremely complex. For papers with more than 10 authors, a letter should be sent to the JBP describing the participation of each. The accuracy of all concepts presented in the manuscript is the sole responsibility of the authors.
PRESENTATION AND SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically via the ScholarOne submission system:
https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/jbpneu-scielo. The instructions and submission process are described below: The copyright transfer form must be electronically signed by each of the authors and uploaded to the ScholarOne. The form is available
here.
Authors are requested to follow the JBP editorial guidelines carefully, especially regarding the maximum number of words, tables, charts, and figures allowed, as well as the preparation of references. Failure to comply with the instructions for authors will result in the manuscript being returned to the authors so that the pertinent corrections can be made before it is submitted to the reviewers.
Special instructions apply to the preparation of guidelines and consensus statements, and authors should consult these instructions on the JBP homepage before preparing such documents. Guidelines and consensus statements will be published on a rolling basis as special articles.
The JBP reserves the right to make stylistic, grammatical, and other changes on accepted manuscripts.
ARTICLE TYPE SPECIFICATIONS
Main text files should be submitted in Word (.doc or .docx). The table below shows a summary of specifications for the
types of manuscripts that can be submitted to the JBP.
Guidelines and Consensus submission information
click here.
| Specification |
Original Articles |
Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses |
Review Articles |
Pictorial Essays |
Letters to the Editor |
Correspondence |
Editorials |
Images in Pulmonary Medicine |
| Authors, max # |
10 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Abstract, max # of words |
250 structured |
250 structured |
250 unstructured |
250 unstructured |
No abstract |
No abstract |
No abstract |
No abstract |
| Body of text, max # of words |
3,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
3,000 |
1,200 |
500 |
1,200 |
200 |
| References, max # |
40 |
80 |
80 |
30 |
10 |
3 |
12 |
3 |
| Tables, charts, and figures, max # |
6 |
8 |
8 |
12 |
2 |
- |
1 |
1 |
Original Articles
For original articles, the text, excluding the abstract, references, and illustrations (i.e., tables, charts, and figures), should consist of 2,000 to 3,000 words. Illustrations should be limited to a total of 6. The number of references should not exceed 40. The main text should be structured as follows: Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgments (if applicable); and References. The Methods section should include a statement that the study was approved by the relevant human or animal research ethics committee. In addition, this section should describe the statistical analysis, with the respective references. Subheadings are allowed in the Methods and Results sections, as long as they are not used excessively, but they are not allowed in the Introduction or Discussion.
Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
For systematic reviews and meta-analyses, abstracts should be structured the same way as abstracts for original articles. The text (excluding the abstract, references, and illustrations) should be no longer than 5,000 words. The total number of illustrations should not exceed 8. The number of references should be limited to 80.
Reviews and Updates
Reviews and updates are by invitation only from the Editorial Board. The text (excluding the abstract, references, and illustrations) should be no longer than 5,000 words. The total number of illustrations should not exceed 8. The number of references should be limited to 80.
Pictorial Essays
Pictorial essays are by invitation or by permission from the Editorial Board. The text (excluding references and illustrations) should be no longer than 3,000 words. The total number of illustrations should be limited to 12, and the number of references should not exceed 30.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor are original contributions containing preliminary results. They should be no longer than 1,000 words, with up to 10 references and 1 illustration.
Correspondence
Comments and suggestions regarding materials previously published by the JBP will be considered for publication. Papers submitted as correspondence should be no longer than 500 words, with up to 3 references.
Editorials
Editorials are by invitation. The text (excluding references and illustrations) should be no longer than 1,000 words. The total number of illustrations is 1, and the number of references should not exceed 12.
Images in Pulmonary Medicine
For images in pulmonary medicine, the text, including the title and the body of text, should be limited to 200 words, with up to 3 references. Authors should include only 1 figure with up to 5 images, bearing in mind that the entire document will be published on a single page.
Case Reports, Case Series and Brief Communications are not accepted by the JBP.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Title Page
The title page should include the title of the paper (in English); the names and institutional affiliations of all authors; the complete address, including telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address, of the corresponding author; and, if applicable, the name of the funding body and the funding identifier. The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) of each author should be provided. For instructions on how to obtain an ORCID, visit
https://orcid.org/. The places where the study was conducted should be included. In addition, the contribution of each author to the study and any acknowledgments must be included on the title page. Acknowledgments and contributions will be published at the end of the body of the manuscript, before the references. The title page should be sent as a separate Word file.
Abstract
The abstract should present information in such a way that readers can easily understand it without referring to the main text and should not exceed 250 words. Abstracts for original articles and meta-analyses should be structured with the following headings: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Abstracts for review articles and pictorial essays should be unstructured.
Keywords
Authors should provide three to six keywords in English describing the subject of the paper. Keywords must be taken from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list, available at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html
Body of text
Abbreviations other than those for units of measure should be avoided as much as possible and only widely accepted abbreviations should be used. The JBP provides a list of abbreviations and acronyms accepted without definition
(List of Abbreviations and Acronyms). Abbreviations other than those on the JBP list are allowed if the term to be abbreviated is used at least three times (in the abstract and in the body of text). Such abbreviations must be defined at first mention-for example, C-reactive protein (CRP). Thereafter, the term in full should not be used. Single-word terms-such as tuberculosis (TB)-should not be abbreviated.
Whenever any substance or uncommon piece of equipment is mentioned in the text, authors should include the catalogue number/model, the name of the manufacturer, and the city/country of origin. For example: "...ergometric treadmill (model ESD-01; FUNBEC, São Paulo, Brazil)." For products coming from the United States or Canada, the name of the state or province should also be included. For example: "... guinea pig liver tTg (T5398; Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA)."
Tables, Charts, and Figures (Illustrations)
All tables, charts, and figures should be in black and white. Illustrations should be submitted electronically in their original format. Tables should be submitted as Microsoft Word files, whereas figures should be submitted as JPEG files, with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Photographs depicting surgical procedures, as well as those showing the results of exams or biopsies, in which staining and special techniques were used, will be considered for publication in color, at no additional cost to authors. All tables and figures should be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order of their appearance in the text.
Legends
Legends should accompany all illustrations. Legends for figures (graphs, photographs, etc.) should be placed below the corresponding figures, which should be submitted in Word files. Titles for tables and charts should be placed at the top of the corresponding illustrations. All legends should be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order of their appearance in the text. Footnotes should be as follows: first, spell out all abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols; indicate details and extra information regarding the illustration with lower-case, superscript letters-e.g., aValues expressed as n (%); and indicate statistics with typographic characters, all of which but * should be superscript-e.g., *p < 0.05. Typographic characters should be used in the following sequence: *; ┼; ┼┼; ¶; §; ||; and #.
References
References should be listed in the order of their appearance in the text and should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. When referencing in the text, avoid names of authors-instead, use "one study" or "one author/group of authors", for example. References should be presented in Vancouver Style, as illustrated below. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus list, available at
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals/. All authors should be listed when there are six or fewer. When there are more than six authors, list the first six, followed by "et al."
Examples:
Original Articles
1. Neder JA, Nery LE, Castelo A, Andreoni S, Lerario MC, Sachs AC et al. Prediction of metabolic and cardiopulmonary responses to maximum cycle ergometry: a randomized study. Eur Respir J. 1999;14(6):1204-13.
Abstracts
2. Singer M, Lefort J, Lapa e Silva JR, Vargaftig BB. Failure of granulocyte depletion to suppress mucin production in a murine model of allergy [abstract]. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161:A863.
Chapter in a Book
3. Queluz T, Andres G. Goodpastures syndrome. In: Roitt IM, Delves PJ, editors. Encyclopedia of Immunology. 1st ed. London: Academic Press; 1992. p. 621-3.
Official Publications
4. World Health Organization. Guidelines for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis. WHO/Tb, 1994;178:1-24.
Theses
5. Martinez TY. Impacto da dispnéia e parâmetros funcionais respiratórios em medidas de qualidade de vida relacionada a saúde de pacientes com fibrose pulmonar idiopática [thesis]. São Paulo: Universidade Federal de São Paulo; 1998.
Electronic Publications
6. Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12]; 102(6): [about 3 p.]. Available from: http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/Wawatch.htm
Homepages/URLs
7. Cancer-Pain.org [homepage on the Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.; c2000-01 [updated 2002 May 16; cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.cancer-pain.org/
Other situations
In situations other than those mentioned above, authors should follow the ICMJE recommendations (last updated December 2017), available at
http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/archives/
Supplementary material
Supplementary material may be added to original articles and review articles. This material should be submitted simultaneously with the main manuscript as a Supplementary File. Supplementary data on methodology and results, including tables, charts, figures, and videos, may be included and will be evaluated by the editors and reviewers. Illustrations added to the supplementary material should be designated (Supplementary Figure 1), (Supplementary Table 1), and so on.
IMPORTANT: Supplementary material such as applications, images and sound clips, can be published with your article to enhance it. Submitted supplementary items are published exactly as they are received (Excel or PowerPoint files will appear as such online). Please submit your material together with the article and supply a concise, descriptive caption for each supplementary file. If you wish to make changes to supplementary material during any stage of the process, please make sure to provide an updated file. Do not annotate any corrections on a previous version. Please switch off the 'Track Changes' option in Microsoft Office files as these will appear in the published version.
All correspondence to the JBP should be addressed to:
Marcia Margaret Menezes Pizzichini - Editor-in-Chief
SCS Quadra 01, Bloco K, Salas 203/204 - Ed. Denasa.
CEP 70398-900, Brasília (DF) Brasil.
Tel./Fax: +55 61-3245-1030 or +55 61-3245-6218.
JBP e-mail address
[email protected]
Editorial Analyst: Luana Campos
