Submissions

Author Guidelines

ARP recommends publishing guidelines from EQUATOR network (http://www.equator-network.org), namely CONSORT statements and extensions (randomized studies, http://www.consort-statement.org/), STROBE (Observational studies such as cohort studies, case-control, cross-sectional, http://www.strobe-statement.org/), STARD (diagnostic accuracy studies, http://www.stard-statement.org/), PRISMA (systematic reviews and meta-analyses, http://www.prisma-statement.org/), SQUIRE (quality improvement studies, http://www.squire-statement.org/) and CARE (clinical cases, http://www.care-statement.org/).

Reporting statistical aspects of the studies must comply with Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature (SAMPL Guidelines, http://www.equator-network.org/2013/02/11/sampl-guidelines-for-statistical-reporting/).

Manuscript organisation

All manuscripts must be organised as follows:

First page:

a) Title in Portuguese or English, concise and objective, preferably, less than 10 words

b) Names of all authors (clinical or Professional name), including the academic and / or professional titles and their affiliation (department, institution, city, country)

c) Sources of funding contributing to the completion of the work

d) Address and email of author responsible for the correspondence regarding the manuscript

e) Short title for header

f) Type of paper

Second page:

a) Abstract in Portuguese (maximum words according to type of paper). Abstracts should have no references and abbreviations should be kept to those indispensable.

b) Three to six keywords referring to the paper submitted for publication, intended for indexing, according to the keywords mentioned in Medical Subject Headings MeSH (available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/

Third page: This page is the English version of the second page.

Following pages: The following pages should include the text according to the specific sections of each type of paper. The text may be presented in Portuguese or English. Acknowledgements, sources of financial support, any awards or previous presentations should be listed after the text and before the references. After the References, there should be a new page individually listing first the tables and then the figures.

Types of Papers

Manuscripts not conforming to the journal’s guidelines cannot be considered for publication.

The following types of papers are considered for publication: Editorials, Original Articles, Clinical Cases, Images of Interest, Letters to the Editor, Reviews, Technical Innovation, Continuous Training, Opinions, Perspectives, Guidelines.

Text

Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

Text should be in simple font such as Times New Roman.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should neither be used in the titles nor in the abstract and when used in the text they should be restricted to a minimum. Abbreviations should be defined in the text where first used, in full and abbreviated in parentheses and consistently thereafter. No points should be placed among the letters.

Scientific style

The trade name of pharmaceutical products should be followed by its chemical name.

Units and measures should be expressed in the International System.

References

Authors should provide direct references to the original sources whenever possible.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy and rigor of their references and for the correct citation in the text.

As recommended in ICMJE Requirements, the Vancouver style should be used. References should be listed in order of reference in the text, numbered in superscript, sequentially and in order of citation in the text.

Example:

This effect has been widely studied.^1-3,7

If there are more than six authors, list the first six followed by “et al.”.

For papers published in journals: 1. Last name followed by initials of first names; 2. Complete title of the paper; 3. Abbreviation of Journal’s name; 4. Year of publication; 5. Volume (in Arabic numerals); 6. Number of first and last page.

Shetty AS, Grajo JR, Decker S, Heitkamp DE, DeStigter KK, Mezwa DG, et al. ABR core examination preparation: results of a survey of fourth-year radiology residents who took the 2013 examination. Acad Radiol. 2015;22:121-9.

Book Chapter: 1. Authors last names, followed by first names initials; 2. Complete title of paper 3. Last name and initials of Editor; 4. Complete title of the book; 5. Place of publication; 6. Year of publication; 7. Number of first and last page.

Brown B, Aaron M. The politics of nature. In: Smith J, editor. The rise of modern genomics. 3rd ed. New York: Wiley;2001. p 230-57.

Book: 1. Authors last names, followed by first names initials; 2. Complete title; 3. Place of publication: Publisher’s name; 4. Year of publication.

Sahani DV. Abdominal imaging. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2011

Homepage/Website: Cancer-Pain.org [homepage in Internet]. New York: Association

of Cancer Online Resources [consulted 2013 9 Jun]. Available at: http://www.cancer-pain.org/.

Non-published data such as those in papers that have been submitted but not yet accepted for publication, as well as personal communications, should not be included in the references. They may be cited in the text in parentheses (e.g.: Caseiro-Alves F, personal communication).

Tables

Tables are identified with Arabic numbers by order of appearance in the text.

Titles must be short but self-explanatory and placed above the table’s body.

Authors should place notes below the table’s body and not in the title.

For table notes, the following symbols and sequence must be used: *, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, **, ††, ‡‡ .

Figures

Figures are numbered with Arabic numbers and consecutively as they appear in the text.

Figures are submitted in TIF format, and may be integrated into the text document. Original files must be submitted separately. Figure files must be of high quality, with a minimum of 300 DPI.

The most relevant parts of figures must be highlighted with visible signs (arrows, circles among other).

Photographs of patients must be presented blindfolded, preventing the patients from being identified, unless they are accompanied by a letter authorizing their publication.

The good quality of the photographs is of essence, minimum resolution must be 300 dpi.

If the Editor considers the quality to be poor, he may require that the originals be reproduced at the Author’s expense.