Author Guidelines

1. Originality and Integrity

• Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not concurrently submitted to another journal.
• The submission of articles derived from theses or dissertations is permitted, provided that the manuscript presents an original scientific contribution.
• The content must respect the principles of academic integrity, with no plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation.

2. Open Science

• Prepublication of manuscripts in the form of preprints is permitted, provided that, at the time of submission, the author informs the repository used, the access link, and the DOI, when available.
• The full availability of the data and materials underlying the research results is encouraged, including datasets, software code, and other content underlying the manuscript, whether within the manuscript itself, as supplementary material, or in reliable and recognized repositories (such as SciELO Data, Zenodo, Figshare, and institutional repositories), prior to or at the time of publication, with the indication of the respective access links, persistent identifiers, and/or DOIs, when applicable.
• The opening of the peer review process may be carried out with the prior agreement of the authors and the reviewers.

3. Research Ethics

• In the Methodology section, authors must declare compliance with the ethical principles of research involving human participants, including approval by a Research Ethics Committee, indicating the responsible institution and the approval number.

4. Use of Artificial Intelligence

• In the Methodology section, authors must declare the use of artificial intelligence tools and the function performed (e.g., translation, language editing, data analysis, or code generation), when applicable.

5. Authorship and Identification

• Undergraduate or graduate students may submit manuscripts exclusively in co-authorship with holders of a master’s or doctoral degree.
• Holders of a master’s or doctoral degree may submit manuscripts as sole authors or in co-authorship.
• All authors must have an ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor ID).

6. Editorial Process

• Preliminary editorial assessment (up to 15 days): verification of compliance with the Submission Guidelines, alignment with the journal’s scope, and textual similarity analysis using the CopySpider software.
• Peer review: manuscripts approved at the preliminary stage are forwarded to peer review under the double-blind review system.
• Editing and proofs: accepted manuscripts undergo language revision and editorial standardization and may be subject to a new textual similarity check, when necessary. The final proof is sent to the corresponding author for approval.
• Translation: the English version of manuscripts submitted in Portuguese is provided by the journal at no cost to the authors.
• Follow-up: editorial decisions are communicated by e-mail and recorded in the journal’s editorial system. Contact with the editorial office should preferably occur through the system or via the institutional e-mail: ciads@fiocruz.br

 

Submission Checklist (download here)

1. Publication sections

• Original articles: ≤ 6,000 words; up to 5 illustrations; Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion.
• Review articles: ≤ 8,000 words; up to 5 illustrations; Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion.
• Brief communications: ≤ 1,700 words, 1 illustration.
• Case Law and Commented Health Legislation: ≤ 3,000 words.
• Book reviews: ≤ 3,000 words, 1 illustration.

Note: references are not included in the word count.

2. Language of publication

• The article must be submitted in Portuguese, English, or Spanish.

3. Authorship

• All authors must have an ORCID iD.
• If they do not yet have one, create it at: https://orcid.org/register

4. Mandatory documents

(i) Full manuscript (download the template) – updated on 19 December 2025

• Submit an editable file in .doc or .docx format.
• Keep authorship properly anonymized.
• Structure the manuscript with Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion, and Conclusion (for original or review articles).
• Tables, charts, figures, and graphs: (i) editable; (ii) inserted in the body of the text; (iii) also sent as separate files; (iv) identified with title and source.

(ii) Title page (download the template) – updated on 19 December 2025

• Provide author identification, ORCID iD, conflicts of interest, use of AI and ethics approval (when applicable), individual contribution, funding, and acknowledgments.
• In the case of co-authorship, include the information of all co-authors.

(iii) Copyright Agreement (download the template) – updated on 19 December 2025

• All authors must sign the Copyright Agreement.
• Signatures may be scanned or electronic/digital.

(iv) Open Science Form (download the template) – updated on 19 December 2025

• Provide information regarding preprints, data and code availability, and openness of peer review.
• The corresponding author must submit the form, reflecting the decision of all authors.

5. Article formatting

Font and layout

• Use Times New Roman, size 12.
• Set line spacing to 1.5.
• Apply paragraph indentation of 1 cm.
• Set margins of 2 cm on all sides.

Title

• Write a concise title of up to 150 characters.
• Do not use acronyms.
• Provide the title in three languages: Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
• Capitalize only the first word; the remaining words in lowercase, except proper nouns.

Structured abstract

• Write the abstract with up to 250 words.
• Provide the abstract in three languages: Portuguese (Resumo), English (Abstract), and Spanish (Resumen).
• For original or review articles, include in the abstract: objective, methodology, results, and conclusion.
• For Brief Communications or Case Law and Commented Health Legislation, include in the abstract: objective and conclusion only.

Keywords

• Provide between 3 and 5 keywords.
• Extract the terms from the DeCS database.
• Do not use acronyms.
• Present the keywords in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
• Separate the terms with semicolons.

Tables, charts, figures, and graphs

• Send all elements in an editable format.
• Insert each element in the text at the point where it is cited.
• Also send each element as a separate file.
• Number sequentially by type (e.g., Table 1, Figure 1).
• Identify each element with title and source.
• For images without editable elements, submit in JPEG or PNG format, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

6. Citations

• Strictly follow the Vancouver guidelines.
• Present citation numbering in parentheses, in superscript, using Arabic numerals. Example: Brazilian public health was born in the 19th century⁽¹⁾.
• Assign numbers according to the order of first appearance in the text, in ascending sequence, starting from number 1 and corresponding to the reference list.
• Do not insert out-of-sequence numbers. Example: do not cite number 2 before 1.
• Keep the same number when the reference is cited again.
• Indicate multiple consecutive references in the same citation with a dash. Example: ^(3–5) → includes 3, 4, and 5.
• Separate multiple nonconsecutive references with a comma, in ascending order, and without spaces. Example: Brazilian Public Health was born in the 19th century^(1,3,5).
• Format direct quotations with more than three lines as a block, with 4-cm indentation, single spacing, font size 10, without quotation marks.
• Indicate emphasis or translations in brackets or parentheses immediately after the quotation and before the reference number.

7. References

• Strictly follow the Vancouver guidelines.
• Number the references exclusively according to the order of first appearance in the main text, without using alphabetical order.
• Include only references actually cited in the text.
• Do not use footnotes for bibliographic references.
• Ensure exact correspondence between all in-text citations and the reference list.
• After revisions, deletions, or insertions, review and update numbering throughout the manuscript and the reference list.
• For online documents, it is mandatory to include the access date and access URL, in the standardized format: “[cited 2 May 2020]”; “Available from: URL”.
• Provide the DOI whenever available.

7.1 Examples by type of document

PRINT BOOK

Model: Author(s). Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Total number of pages.

Example:
Almeida Filho N, Rouquayrol MZ, Oviedo RAM, Iverson C, Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, et al. Introduction to law. 4th ed. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Jurídica; 2006. 220 p.

PARTS OF PRINTED BOOKS (chapter, introduction, preface, etc.)

Author of the part and the book are the same

Model: Author(s) of the part. Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Number of the part (if any), Title of the part; Pages of the part.

Example:
Almeida MHT, Peçanha LT, Moreira GS. Brazilian democracy: balance and perspectives for the 21st century. 5th ed. Belo Horizonte: UFMG; 2007. Chapter 3, The state in contemporary Brazil: a journey through history; p. 203–223.

Author of the part and the book are different

Model: Author(s) of the part. Title of the part. In: Author(s) of the book, editor(s). Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pages of the part.

Example:
Silva MHT, Peçanha LT, Moreira GS. The state in contemporary Brazil: a journey through history. In: Almeida Filho N, Rouquayrol MZ, editors. Brazilian democracy: balance and perspectives for the 21st century. 5th ed. Belo Horizonte: UFMG; 2007. p. 203–223.

E-BOOK

Model: Author(s). Title of the book [Internet]. Edition (if any). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [cited day month year]. Total number of pages (if any). Available from: URL

Example:
Araújo Neto GH, Silva AB. Public health in Brazil [Internet]. 2nd ed. Rio de Janeiro: Fiocruz; 2002 [cited 5 Mar 2010]. 302 p. Available from: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-1647-0

Parts of e-books (with or without DOI)

Author of the part and the book are the same

Model:
Author(s). Title of the book [Internet]. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Number of the part, Title of the part; [cited day month year]; [pages of the part (if any)]. Available from: URL

Example:
Elisabetta B, Yassin G. Collective health [Internet]. 4th ed. São Paulo: Mosby Ltda; 2012. Chapter 2, Primary health care; [cited 7 Jan 2019]; [p. 69–98]. Available from: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/monash/reader.action?docID=10574606

Author of the part and the book are different

Model:
Author(s). Title of the part. In: Author(s), editor(s). Title of the book [Internet]. Edition (if any). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [cited day month year]. [pages of the part (if any)]. Available from: URL

Example:
Elisabetta B, Yassin G. Primary health care. In: Silva AB, Paranhos MS, editors. Panorama of collective health in Brazil [Internet]. 4th ed. São Paulo: Mosby Ltda; 2012 [cited 7 Jan 2019]; [p. 69–98]. Available from: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/monash/reader.action?docID=10574606

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Printed article

Model:
Author(s) of the article. Title of the article. Title of the journal. Date of publication (day month year, if available); volume(issue):page range.

Example:
Arretche MTS, Silva AF. Emergence and development of the welfare state: explanatory theories. Boletim Informativo e Bibliográfico de Ciências Sociais. 12 May 1995;39(1):3–40.

Online article (with or without DOI)

Model:
Author(s). Title of the article. Title of the journal [Internet]. Date of publication [cited day month year]; volume(issue):page range. Available from: URL. doi: (if any)

Example:
Viana AL, Castanho MR. The reform of the health system in Brazil and the Family Health Program. Revista Physis de Saúde Coletiva [Internet]. 1998 [cited 8 Apr 2015];8(2):11–48. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/physis/v8n2/02.pdf. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1647-0

In press and preprints

In press model:
Author(s). Title of the article. Abbreviated journal title. In press year.

Preprint model:
Author(s). Title of the article. Journal name [Preprint]. Year [cited day month year]; [number of pages, if any]. Available from: URL. doi: (if any)

Examples:

Silva JLF, Santos AG, Araújo PC. Public health in Brazil: a case study. Revista de Saúde Pública. In press 1990.

Silva JLF, Santos AG, Araújo PC. Public health in Brazil: a case study. Revista de Saúde Pública [Preprint]. 2017 [cited 8 Apr 2015]; [22 p.] Available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/physis/v8n2/02.pdf

LEGAL DOCUMENT — PRINT

Legislation

Model:
Jurisdiction (or heading of the issuing body). Title, number, date. Summary. Publication information.

When citing constitutions and amendments, insert: Constitution (year) between the jurisdiction and the title.

Examples:

Brazil. Law No. 10,406, of 10 January 2002. Establishes the Civil Code. Official Gazette of the Union: Section 1, Brasília, DF, year 139, n. 8, p. 1–74, 11 Jan 2002.

Brazil. Constitution (1988). Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Roma Victor; 2005.

Case law

Model:
Jurisdiction. Competent court. Title (nature of the decision or ruling) and number. Summary. Parties involved (if any). Rapporteur. Place, date. Publication information.

Example:
Brazil. Federal Regional Court (5th Region). Civil appeal No. 42.441-PE (94.05.01629-6). Appellant: Edilemos Mamede dos Santos et al. Appellee: Federal Technical School of Pernambuco. Rapporteur: Judge Nereu Santos. Recife, 4 Mar 1997. Lex: Case Law of the STJ and Federal Regional Courts, São Paulo, v. 10, n. 103, p. 558–562, Mar 1998.

DIGITAL LEGAL DOCUMENT

Legislation

Model:
Jurisdiction. Title, number, date. Summary. Publication information [cited day month year]. Available from: URL

Case law

Model:
Jurisdiction. Competent court. Title (nature of the decision or ruling) and number. Summary. Parties involved (if any). Rapporteur. Place, date. Publication information [cited day month year]. Available from: URL

Example:
Brazil. Superior Court of Justice. Precedent No. 333. A writ of mandamus is admissible against an act carried out in a bidding process conducted by a mixed-capital company or public enterprise. Brasília, DF: STJ; 2007 [cited 25 Sep 2014]. Available from: https://www.stj.jus.br/docs_internet/revista/eletronica/stj-revista-sumulas-2012_28_capSumula333.pdf

Legal doctrine

The citation format will depend on the type of document in which the legal doctrine appears — monographs, journal articles, court decisions, books, etc. — and must follow the model appropriate to the respective type of digital publication.

MONOGRAPHS, DISSERTATIONS, AND THESES

Print

Model:
Author(s). Title of the work [Type of work]. Place of publication: Institution/Publisher; Year of publication. Total number of pages or leaves.

Note: Use the indication in brackets after the title: [Undergraduate monograph]; [Master’s dissertation]; [Doctoral thesis].

Example:
Oliveira AMC. Health surveillance, social participation and citizenship [Dissertation]. São Paulo: Graduate Program in Public Health, University of São Paulo; 2010. 80 f.

Digital

Model:
Author(s). Title of the work [Type of work on the Internet]. Place of publication: Institution/Publisher; Year of publication [cited day month year]. Available from: URL

Example:
Bianchi M. Multiscale fabrication of functional materials for regenerative medicine [Dissertation on the Internet]. Bologna, Italy: University of Bologna; 2011 [cited 7 Dec 2019]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22881-0

ARTICLES AND POSTERS PRESENTED AT CONGRESSES, SYMPOSIA, MEETINGS, ETC.

Article published in printed proceedings

Model:
Author(s). Title of the article. In: Editor(s), editor(s). Title of the Proceedings (if any). Title of the event; Date of the event; Place of the event. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pages of the paper.

Example:
Deslandes SF, Mendonça EA. Concepts of risk. In: Santos AG, Araújo PC, editors. Risk and Collective Health. VII Brazilian Congress of Collective Health; 24–28 Mar 2003; Recife. Rio de Janeiro: Abrasco; 2004. p. 189–189.

Article published in online proceedings

Model:
Author(s). Title of the paper. In: Title of the Proceedings [Internet]. Title of the event; Date of the event; Place of the event. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication [cited day month year]; [pages]. Available from: URL or database name

Example:
Deslandes SF, Mendonça EA. Concepts of risk. In: Risks in Collective Health [Internet]. VII Brazilian Congress of Collective Health; 25–27 Mar 2003; Recife. Rio de Janeiro: Abrasco; 2004 [cited 7 Dec 2019]; [p. 189–199]. Available from: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/085-144e.htm

Model:
Author(s). Title of the paper. In: Proceedings of the Title of the event [Internet]; Date of the event; Place of the event. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication [cited day month year]; [pages]. Available from: URL

Example:
Deslandes SF, Mendonça EA. Concepts of risk. In: Proceedings of the VII Brazilian Congress of Collective Health [Internet]; 25–27 Mar 2003; Recife. Rio de Janeiro: Abrasco; 2004 [cited 7 Dec 2019]; [p. 189–199]. Available from: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/085-144e.htm

Unpublished works (articles and posters)

Model:
Author(s). Title of the work. Article/Poster presented at the Title of the event; Date of the event; Place of the event.

Examples:

Article:
Deslandes SF, Mendonça EA. Concepts of risk. Article presented at the VII Brazilian Congress of Collective Health; 24–28 Mar 2003; Recife.

Poster:
Deslandes SF, Mendonça EA. Concepts of risk. Poster presented at the VII Brazilian Congress of Collective Health; 24–28 Mar 2003; Recife.

INTERNET DATABASES

Model:
Name of the database [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher. Start year of the database–End year of the database (if any) [cited day month year]. Available from: URL

Examples:

EARSS: the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System [Internet]. Bilthoven: RIVM. 2001–2005 [cited 1 Feb 2007]. Available from: http://www.rivm.nl/earss/

Dryad Digital Repository [Internet]. Durham: Dryad. 2008– [cited 1 Feb 2007]. Available from: http://www.datadryad.org/

TECHNICAL OR SCIENTIFIC REPORT

Print

Model:
Author(s). Title: subtitle. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication (full date or year). Total number of pages. Report number (if any).

Examples:

Deslandes SF, Mendes CHF. Construction of evaluation indicators for addressing intrafamily and sexual violence by the management of small-population municipalities. Rio de Janeiro: Abrasco; 2013. 23 p.

Ministry of Health. Construction of evaluation indicators for addressing intrafamily and sexual violence by the management of small-population municipalities. Brasília: Ministry of Health; 2013. 23 p.

Digital

Model:
Author(s). Title: subtitle [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication [cited day month year]. Total number of pages. Report number (if any). Available from: URL

Example:
Silva B, Santos L. Accidental deaths due to drug use – 1997–2001 [Internet]. Rio de Janeiro: National Research Center on the Use of Illicit Drugs; 14 Nov 2003 [cited 7 Dec 2019]. 46 p. Report No.: 53-3198-3-003. Available from: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/085-144e.htm

WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Website

Model:
Author (or website name). Title of the page [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication [updated day month year; cited day month year]. Available from: URL

Example:
Diabetes Australia. Diabetes globally [Internet]. Canberra ACT: Diabetes Australia; 2012 [updated 15 Jun 2012; cited 8 Jan 2019]. Available from: http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/en/Understanding-Diabetes/Diabetes-Globally/

Part of a website

Model:
Title of the page [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Section title; Date of section publication [cited day month year]; [Section location]. Available from: URL

Example:
Australian Medical Association [Internet]. Barton ACT: AMA; 2012. Crisis in medical residency training; 22 Oct 2012 [cited 8 Jan 2019]; [News]. Available from: https://ama.com.au/media/junior-doctors-and-medical-students-call-urgent-solution-medical-training-crisis

Wikis

Model:
Title [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher. Start date of the wiki [cited day month year]. Available from: URL

Example:
Medpedia [Internet]. San Francisco: Medpedia Solutions. 17 Feb 2009 [cited 6 Nov 2019]. Available from: http://www.medpedia.com/

Tweet (X)

Model:
Author (or @username or institution name). Full text of the tweet. [Twitter]. Date of the tweet [cited day month year]. Available from: URL

Example:
Cochrane S. What are systematic reviews? New @Cochrane3R video explains #SRs for informed health decisions. [Twitter]. 2 Feb 2016 [cited 8 Jan 2019]. Available from: https://twitter.com/cochranecollab/status/694506899631382528

NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Print

Model:
Author(s) (if any). Title: subtitle of the article. Name of the newspaper. Date of publication of the article (day month year); Section name (if any):[Page].

Example:
Dimenstein G, Krausz R. 65% of public school students drink alcohol. Folha de São Paulo. 18 May 1998; Editorial:[p. 3].

Without authorship

Example:
Decrease in death cases. O Globo. 20 Apr 2006; Cities:[p. 2].

Institutional author

Example:
Associated Press. Flu cases increased during winter. New York Times. 20 Apr 2006:[p. 8].

Digital

Model:
Author(s) (if any). Title: subtitle of the article. Title of the newspaper [Internet]. Date of publication of the article [cited day month year]; Section name (if any):[Page (if any)]. Available from: URL of the article

Example:
Soares MMR. Psychiatrists discuss mental health. New York Times [Internet]. 17 Dec 2008 [cited 19 Dec 2008]; Health:[about 3 p.]. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/health/18psych.html

Institutional author

Example:
Associated Press. Flu cases increased during winter. New York Times [Internet]. 17 Dec 2008 [cited 19 Dec 2008]; Science. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/health/research/18flu.html

Without authorship

Example:
Flu cases increase during winter. O Estado de São Paulo [Internet]. 17 Dec 2008 [cited 19 Dec 2008]; Science. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/health/research/18flu.html