Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Submitted articles will be evaluated according to double blind peer review standards.

2. The identification of the author of the work must be removed from the file and from the Properties option in Word, guaranteeing the journal's confidentiality criteria for blind peer review.

3. Authors must submit their texts to the journal in accordance with the following criteria:

3.1 The article must be written in Portuguese or English.

3.2 Author composition: Maximum of 10 members, at least one of whom must have a master's degree or doctorate.

3.3 The work must be standardized according to Vancouver norms, in the author-date citation pattern, references at the end of the text, with only explanatory footnotes.

3.4 The file must be sent in Word format, with Arial, Times New Roman font, size 12, single line spacing, A4 standard pages, following the grammatical rules of the vernacular chosen by the author and Vancouver rules for citations and references.

The article must be formatted using the journal's template (SEE TEMPLATES).

3.5 The article must have a minimum of 10 pages and a maximum of 20 pages, including references.

3.6 The article must be divided as follows:

title in English and in the chosen vernacular
abstract in English and the chosen vernacular
five key words in English and in the chosen vernacular
introduction
literature review or theoretical basis
methodology
results
conclusion
references

3.7 The abstract must be no longer than 250 words and must follow the following unstructured pattern.

3.8 At the author's discretion, part (F) Development may be dealt with under a heading other than "Development or data analysis" and may be subdivided into as many subheadings as deemed necessary, described in alphanumeric sequence, in accordance with Vancouver formatting standards.

3.9 The author must ensure that the tables and images are the correct size and length so that there are no page breaks.

A) Articles submitted are the sole responsibility of their authors and do not reflect the opinion of the journal.

B) Permission to use illustrations, images, tables, etc. taken from other publications, as well as any other licenses or approvals from copyright holders is the responsibility of the authors of the articles.

C) Publication does not imply any kind of remuneration for authors or researchers.

D) The contribution must be original, unpublished and cannot be submitted for simultaneous publication in another journal, book chapter or academic event of any kind. If this is not the case, the editor must be informed.

All questions and omissions will be dealt with by the editors, who will provide the e-mail address [email protected] for communication.

4 Submission documents:

4.1 Title page

a) Type of manuscript;
b) title of the manuscript, in Portuguese and English;
c) short title in Portuguese;
d) full name, ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) and e-mail address of each author;
e) affiliation institution (up to two hierarchical levels; city, state, country), listed below the list of authors with superscript numbers; include only one institution per author;
e) correspondence with author's name, address, number, city, state, country, zip code and e-mail address
f) pagination and maximum number of words in abstracts and text;
g) information on the academic work (course completion work, monograph, dissertation or thesis) that originated the manuscript, naming the author, type and title of the work, year of defense and institution;
h) Funding, or support, with a statement of all the sources, institutional or private, that contributed to the study; cite the number of the respective files. Suppliers of free or discounted materials, equipment, inputs or medicines should also be described as sources of funding, including the city, state and country of origin of these suppliers. This information should be included in the Declaration of Responsibility and on the title page of the article.

i) Acknowledgements

j) Author contribution according to CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy)

Templates

Case report

Original Article

Systematic Review

Short Communication

Mini Review

Letter to the editor

Title page

Peer review policy

Double-blind peer review is carried out through the Open Journal Systems (OJS). To ensure blind peer review, all possible care must be taken not to reveal the identity of authors and reviewers to each other during the process. We ask authors to exclude names from the text, replacing them with "Author" and the year in references and footnotes, instead of authors' names, the title of the article, etc.

The MPJ Journal has its own form consisting of several questions to be answered by referees. The Editorial Team is responsible for selecting referees.