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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 manuscript is original and has not been simultaneously submitted for evaluation by other journals. The text follows the bibliographic requirements and style described in Guidelines for Authors.

  • Animal breeding and use in teaching and scientific research, throughout the Brazilian territory, comply with the criteria in Brazilian Law nº. 11.794 (October 8, 2008). If the research refers to the use of animals, the authors must include the protocol number with the approval granted by the institution´s Ethics Committee.

  • The author guarantees that the work submitted to this journal is original and was not prepared in violation of any third party rights, having obtained all necessary authorizations for the inclusion of additional content, such as translations, illustrations, pictures and quotations, with the author committing to indicate the precise source from which they were obtained.

Author Guidelines

 

Revista Acadêmica Ciência Animal is a scientific journal with Open Access and no APC (free charges for authors). 

Papers must be original and can not be simultaneously submitted for evaluation by other journals. Ethical guidelines must be followed. 

The review process takes around 2-6 months. After acceptance, it currently takes a week to the article be published. The rate of approved and rejected articles can be found in the statistics section. For more information, check our Peer Review Process.

If approved for publication, the manuscript must be obligatorily accompanied by a certified document translation whether will be only the abstract (for papers submitted in Portuguese) or the full text in English. The certified doc translation must be indexed during submission or sent to [email protected] after paper approval. 

Suggested translation agencies:
American Journal Experts
Editage
Elsevier


Types of manuscripts accepted


Article: Coming from empirical, theoretical and review inquiry. It is a fully documented report of an original research. Its structure should contain title, abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, and references.

Book Review: Critical analysis of literary/scientific productions that are within the scope of the journal. Free text between 5,000 and 25,000 characters.

Case Report: Rare diagnoses, pioneering treatment or unusual results. The structure should contain Title, Abstract, Resumo, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and References. Text should be have between 5 and 7 pages and contain up to three illustrations.

Review Article: From July 1, 2020, review articles will no longer be accepted, except at the invitation of the Editorial Committee, highlighting the relevance of the topic and the scientific merit of the authors. It will be accepted only by invitation or approval of the editors of the Acadêmica. It comes from studies with a defined delimitation or based on a review of the literature, and consists of findings that may contribute to the state of the art. Lenght: up to 10,000 words, excluding title, abstract and references.

Short Communications: A short communication is for a concise, but independent report representing a significant contribution to Animal Science, originated from preliminary results of an original research. The text should have between 5 and 7 pages and contain up to three illustrations.

Technical Note: the structure should contain title, abstract, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and references. The text should not exceed 8 pages and containup to three illustrations.

 

Manuscript style


Papers must be submitted online, in Portuguese or English. Papers must be typed in Word, font Arial, size 12, 1.5 line spacing and justified paragraph. Pages must be numbered and configured in the A4 format.

When submitting your paper, inform each author´s current institutional affiliation/enterprise, city, state, country, e-mail and ORCID ID, that we highly recommend researchers to register for.



Title page


Title of the article in English and in Portuguese.
The titles should be sufficiently specific and descriptive. Do not forget to mention the animal species and try to avoid constructions like “Effect of”, “Contribution of”, and “Influence of”. 

Abstract in English and Portuguese

Authors must provide two abstracts, being one in English and a second in Portuguese. The essential contents of each article must not differ from each other and it should be outlined in an abstract between 150 and 350 words, with Arial font, size 11, simple spacing and one justified paragraph. Abstract must include: objectives, methodology (briefly), results and conclusion. In the last line, 3 to 5 keywords must be indicated, presented in low letters (first letter of the terms in capitals) and separated by dots.


Body text


Introduction: It should point the object and purpose of the study, describing the achievements gained with the research. Research reports should use the introduction to present the contextualization of the problem through the literary review.

Material and methods: It should present the methodological theory path, which guides the research, referencing the standard techniques. Essential guidelines must be provided in order to other researchers could repeat the procedures. If that´s the case, insert Statistical Analysis topic at the end of Methodology with the intent of exhibiting statistics parameters to achieve the results.

Results: It must offer a description of the new discovering. Tables and graphs must be included in this item, without interpretations and comparisons.

Discussion: It must nterpret the data and present the results comparing with the existing knowledge.

Conclusion: This is the closing of the text, which indicates the results and express the inherent relation among title and objectives.

Acknowledgments: It should be succinct and mentioned before the bibliographic references. Full identification of researching and funding agencies/institutions must be made.

References: Only citations contained in the text should be referenced. It must be organized and presented in alphabetical order, according to the first author’s surname. Internet, books, thesis and dissertations references should be avoided whenever is possible. In order to prepare the list of references, the examples below should be observed: 

 

Quotations

Quotations should be made by the author-date system as it follows:
One author
a) According to Jordan (1985), the cycle of K...
b) The cycle of K... (Jordan, 1985).

Two authors
a) According to Magalhães e Blum (1999)...
b) Whatever will be the reason that triggered the differences... (Magalhães e Blum, 1999).

Three authors or more
a) In accordance to Floss et al. (1999), the studies about...
b) The studies about... (Floss et al., 1999).

 

Sample of references


ARTICLES IN JOURNALS 


Author(s). Title. Journal (abbreviated title). Year;volume(issue):first-last pages.

- Up to six authors

Naylor CD, Williams JI, Guyatt G. Structured abstracts of proposal for clinical and epidemiological studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 1991;44(3):731-7.

- More than six authors

Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl HP, Ivanov E, et al. Childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer. 1996;73:1006-12.

- Issue with supplement

Payne DK, Sullivan MD, Massie MJ. Women ´s psychological reactions to breast cancer. Semin Oncol. 1996;23(1 Suppl 2):89-97.

- Eletronic material

Al-Balkhi K. Orthodontic treatment planning: do orthodontists treat to cephalometric norms. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2003 [cited 2003 Nov 4]. Available from: www.thejcdp.com.



BOOKS

Author(s). Title. Edition (if applicable). Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication. Pagination.

Annas GJ. American bioethics: crossing human rights and health law boundaries. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005. 244 p.

- Chapiter in book

Israel HA. Synovial fluid analysis. In: Merril RG, editor. Disorders of the temporomandibular joint I: diagnosis and arthroscopy. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1989. p. 85-92.

- Editor(s), compiler(s) as author

Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people.  New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996. 584 p.

 

DISSERTATIONS AND THESES

Author. Title [document type]. Place of publication: Publisher (Universty); Date. Total number of pages.

Kaplan SJ. Post-hospital home health care: the elderly´s access and utilization [dissertation]. St. Louis: Washington University; 1995. 200 p.

 

CONFERENCE PROCCEDINGS

Author(s). Title. Conference title; Date of conference; Place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication.

Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editores. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.


LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Brasil. Lei 8080 de 19 de setembro de 1990. Dispõe sobre as condições para a promoção, proteção e recuperação da saúde, a organização e o funcionamento dos serviços correspondentes e dá outras providências. Brasília: Diário Oficial da União; 2 set 1990.

Social Security Administration (US). Evidentiary requirements for making findings about medical equivalence. Final rules. Fed Regist. 2006 Mar 1;71(40):10419-33.

 

 

Copyright Notice

O(s) autor(es) transfere(m), por meio de cessão, à EDITORA PUCPRESS, pessoa jurídica de direito privado, inscrita no CNPJ/MF sob o n.º 76.659.820/0009-09, estabelecida na Rua Imaculada Conceição, n.º 1155, Prado Velho, CEP 80.215-901, na cidade de Curitiba/PR, os direitos abaixo especificados e se compromete a cumprir o que segue:

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        - Reproduzir em quantidades que julgar necessária, de forma tangível e intangível.

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        - Incluir em fonograma ou produção audiovisual.

        - Distribuir.

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  1. Os autores concordam em conceder a cessão dos direitos da primeira publicação (ineditismo) à Revista Aacadêmica Ciência Animal, licenciada sob a CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION LICENSE, que permite o compartilhamento do trabalho com reconhecimento da autoria.
  2. Os autores autorizam a reprodução e a citação de seu trabalho em repositórios institucionais, página pessoal, trabalhos científicos, dentre outros, desde que a fonte seja citada.
  3. A presente cessão é válida para todo o território nacional e para o exterior.
  4. Este termo entra em vigor na data de sua assinatura e é firmado pelas partes em caráter irrevogável e irretratável, obrigando definitivamente as partes e seus sucessores a qualquer título.
  5. O não aceite do artigo, pela EDITORA PUCPRESS, tornará automaticamente sem efeito a presente declaração.

 

 

Obs: Não é necessário enviar a Declaração de Direito Autoral em arquivo separado, uma vez que, durante o processo de submissão, será solicitado ao autor que concorde com os termos acima citados antes do envio do manuscrito.

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