The authors should follow the editorial process of the article through the Journal online system and will be notified of editorial decisions by e-mail. Contacting the editorial team should preferably be done through the online system or by e-mail: cadernos.direitosanitario@fiocruz.br.

Desk review

• Documentation (cover page and author copyright agreement).
• Compliance with the Article Format.
• Compliance with the Editorial Policies.
• Scope of the manuscript.
• Similarity check.

Double-blind Peer review

The manuscript will be reviewed by the editorial team for compliance with the Editorial Policies and Guidelines for Authors. Submissions that do not comply with both will be rejected.

If the preliminary evaluation is positive, the article will be sent for double-blind peer review by two external reviewers selected by the editor-in-chief. In case of disagreement between the reviewers, the editor-in-chief might select a third reviewer or make the final editorial decision. The reviewers' comments are returned to the authors with a request for changes to the text or a rationale for maintaining the original text. The article is published after final approval by the editor-in-chief and guest editors (for special issues).

Publication

• The article is subjected to a new similarity check.
• If necessary, the Journal reserves the right to adjust the manuscript in terms of grammatical corrections, orthographic and bibliographic standardization.
• The galleys are sent beforehand for the author's approval.
• The Journal reserves the right to select the issue in which the approved article will be published.
• The authors of the articles accepted for publication are invited to be a ad hoc reviewer.

(updated on 01/03/2023)