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The
“Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia” is the official journal of the
Portuguese Society of Surgery. Results of multicentric
studies shall be presented under the name of the primary group organizing
the study. Methods for recognizing contribution to papers have been
proposed (Lancet 1995; 345: 668). The Editors consider that those
with a peripheral association with the work should simply be acknowledged
(BJS- 2000; 87: 1284-1286). It
is also important to note that research works must respect international
rules on clinical investigation (Declaration of Helsinki of the World
Medical Association) and about animal research (from the American Society
of Physiology); also randomized studies must follow CONSORT rules (http://www.consort-statement.org/home/)
Names
of the authors must follow always this order: last name, first name
intial of the middle name (if existing); last name will be the professional
name chosen by the author – example: Smith Jones, James M. Because of
consistence of indexing, the Editors will make this corection if the
final version of authors will not be sent on time.
A
cover letter (or letters) signed by all authors, asking
for publication of the paper. This letter must indicate which section
of the Journal the authors believe is the most appropriate for its
publication and their reasons for this, as well as the indication
of the paper’s originality (or not, depending on the type of paper);
it must also mention if any abstract of the paper has been published
or not (with inclusion of all appropriate references). This letter
(or letters) must mention if there is any potential, actual, personal,
political or financing interest associated with the material, information
or techniques described in the paper. It must also include the name(s)
of sponsor(s) of any part of the contents of the paper, as well as
the reference number(s) of eventual grants Agreement
of Copyright transferral, with original signature(s); without
this document it will not be possible to accept the paper’s submission.
Permission
Letters – it is author or authors responsibility to obtain
written permission for reproduction (under any way, including the
electronic one) of any material which has been published in any other
publication. Editorial Secretariat may provide, if asked for, a draft
of these letters. Name and contacts (address, e-mail address and phone
contact) of the author responsible for correspondence must also be
supplied. All these
must be sent in electronic version – scanned – to; secretariado.revista@spcir.com Electronic
Submission of the version for appreciation and publication Each
image must be saved as a separate file, preferably, as JPEG format. Legends
of images and tables shall be included at the end of the manuscript
with the corresponding relation legend/image. The placement of the
images within the text shall also be indicated; it is necessary to
stress that, because of printing reasons this correspondence may not
be total. Categories
and Types of Papers Editorials To be done
by Editorial invitation. They are to be related with subjects and
themes of actuality and with important subjects published in the correspondent
issue of “Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia”. It should not exceed 1800
words. Opinion
and Revision Papers The
Editors will directly invite Opinion and Revision Papers which shall
be focused on topics of current interest. Opinion
papers will be, mainly, reflection papers on medical education, and
on professional ethics or deontology. Revision papers will constitute monographs on actual subjects, recent advances, concepts under rapid evolution or new technologies. The Editors support and encourage the submission of Revision papers or meta-analysis on interesting topics. Non invited papers of this type, submitted for publication, will be sent to peer review by the Editorial Board before being accepted and the Editors reserve the right to alter the style and of shortening the length of texts for publication. These papers shall not exceed, respectively, 5400 and 6300 words. Original
Papers They are
original papers where research work is developed, as well as studies
on specific pathologies and also those in which, because of some clinical
situations research is done on causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, evolution,
prognosis, treatment or prevention of medical situations. These texts
shall not exceed 6300 words. Controversies It
is work produced by Editorial invitation. It will relate with subjects
regarding which no consensus exists and where opposed or markedly different
positions exist on how to manage it. Two points of view will always
be asked for, each covering one of the opposed options. The text of
each one of the authors shall not exceed 3600 words. This section
maybe complemented by an editorial comment and reader’s comments on
the subject will be received at the “Forum de Controvérsias” which
will be published in the next two issues. There will be a limit of
4 pages of the Journal for this Forum and, by this reason, the comments
sent may have to be edited. Clinical Cases Relates
of Clinical Cases, preferentially rare, didactic or on unusual forms
of presentation. It shall not exceed 1800 words, five bibliographic
references and two illustrations. Introductory Notes Brief communications,
short research papers or casuistic or original clinical observations,
or description of technical innovations, where the highlight shall
be on some specific elements like clinical associations, preliminary
results showing important trends, reports on adverse actions or other
relevant associations. All shall be presented in a brief style and
not exceed 1500 words, five bibliographic references and three illustrations. Letters
to the Editor Its
existence is strongly stimulated by the Editors. It shall
contain, exclusively, scientific comments, comments or critical reflections
about papers published in the Journal, regarding the 4 last issues.
These letters are limited to 900 words, a table/illustration
and six bibliographic references. Editors reserve the right of publication,
as well as the right to edit it for space reasons. To the authors
of the papers object of the comments will be given identical conditions
for answering. Images
for Surgeons This section
is reserved for publishing images (clinical, radiological., histological,
surgical) related with surgical cases. The maximum amount of images
and tables is five. The images must be of very high technical quality
and of didactical value. It must accomplish the publishing criteria
for images mentioned below (see 9. Images). Accompanying text is limited
to 300 words. Other
types of Papers Still,
within the different types of papers to be published in the Journal,
there are areas like “History and Careers”, “Selected Readings” and
“Special Files”, besides the fact that the Editors can include others.
In general the texts for these areas will be by Editorial invitation
but authors’ submission can be considered. The Journal also has agreements
with other similar Journals for cross publication, with full reference,
of papers being considered of interest by the Editors; authors must
note that this type of cross publication is automatically accepted
by publishing in “Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia” Structure
of Manuscripts All papers
sent must follow the usual scientific structure including Introduction,
Material and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions followed
by the listing of Bibliographic References, as mentioned before considering
the diverse types of papers. If the
paper is based in work done through questionnaires these must be included
and all materials used as Methods must also be validated. All papers
sent for publication will be submitted to peer revision. Articles
written under Editorial invitation will not be submitted to peer revision
but have to acomplish Journal’s publication rules. Peer
review will lead papers submitted to be: Copies
of the submitted work will be sent, anonymously, to 3 reviewers, kept
also anonymous, chosen by the Scientific Editor, who will receive
the papers under “confidential information”; whenever possible it
will also be electronically “erased” by the Editors any references
in the work which may identify the authors, not changing any of the
sense or statements of it. Only submitted papers fulfilling all editorial
rules will be considered for revision. Any work nor fulfilling the
rules will be re-sent to the authors with information on the omissions.
Paper reviewing is done under the same rules for all, within specified
timings. The author responsible for contacts will be notified of Editor’s
decision. Only papers fulfilling all mentioned criteria will be considered
for publication. These criteria will be checked: initially, regarding
completeness of all technical demands, after this, by Reviewers acceptance
and by the inclusion of any changes eventually proposed by Reviewers
or Editors (authors will be given 6 weeks to introduce these changes).
If the changes are not accepted by the authors the paper will not
be published. Reviewers
Board has been established by the Editors, following suggestions from
the Chief-Editor and the Scientific Editor and it is constituted by
the Scientific Board and, preferably, by Portuguese surgeons with
recognised dedication and experience in the main field of the Paper
in question. Copyright Other
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