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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • Authors' agreement

    All authors of the submitted manuscript must agree to content exclusivity, that is, the manuscript must not have been published before nor currently being considered for publication in another journal.

    The author submitting the article assumes all and any responsibility for the provided information, and assures that all the other authors agree with the submission and that the article is currently unpublished elsewhere. The concepts and statements issued in the article are the author’s sole responsibility. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to request or suggest changes to the original text.

  • Authorship of the figures

    Graphs, maps, images, figures and photographs will be published with the author's agreement, along with credits to his/her name.

  • Evaluation

    Manuscripts submitted to the Biodiversidade Brasileira journal are received by the editors of the issue, who evaluate whether the work is in accordance with the publication guidelines and the specific theme of the issue, if any. Subsequently, the manuscript is forwarded for evaluation by at least two referees, experts in the field, in a double-blind reviewing process.

    Once accepted, the manuscript will be sent to grammar, language, and overall text and layout revision before being published in digital format and, eventually, in print.

  • Copyright declaration

    Biodiversidade Brasileira is a free-access journal. All texts published in it can be partially or totally reproduced, as long as the sources are properly cited.

  • Privacy policy

    The names and addresses informed to the journal by the authors will be used exclusively for publication services and will not be made available for other purposes or to third parties, except in the published articles themselves.

  • DECLARAÇÃO DE ÉTICA

    The Biodiversidade Brasileira journal is committed to the ethics and quality of publications, and demands that all parties involved in the editorial process follow the same ethical principles.

Author Guidelines

  1. Types of accepted manuscripts

 

Type

Description*

Structure

 

 

 

Original scientific article

This type of article is prepared as a result of the development of unpublished research or progress obtained in a given investigation, seeking to respond to specific objectives based on a study hypothesis. The original scientific article is written so that other researchers can reproduce the experiments, described in the topic materials and methods. In addition, scientific results are shown, discussed based on data analysis. In the discussion, the strengths and weaknesses of the study can be addressed, where the findings of the study are explained, the meaning of the main findings compared with those of other published studies.

Pre-textual elements:

- title (in the three languages);

- abstract (in the three languages);

- keywords (in all three languages)

 

Textual elements:

Introduction

Material and methods

Results and Discussion (together or separately)

Conclusion

Thanks (optional)

References

 

Literature review

Textual production developed in a complete, structured and simple way. The scientific article of bibliographic review uses the literature survey to obtain articles, books, book chapters, among other types of documents, to subsidize the theme of the research work. The author provides his readers with a general and systematic view of a given subject, considering different theoretical and practical perspectives from classical and current studies.

Pre-textual elements:

- title (in the three languages);

- abstract (in the three languages);

- keywords (in all three languages)

 

Textual elements:

Introduction

Material and methods

Results and Discussion (together or separately)

Conclusion

Thanks (optional)

References

 

Case study

It approaches a research based on information and descriptions of individual cases (a disease, a technical procedure) or multiple cases, in which several studies are conducted simultaneously: several individuals, several organizations, for example, accompanied by analysis and discussion. It is also necessary to dialogue the case report with theoretical references on the topics covered. The case study presents several applications and utilities in exploratory and comparative research.

Pre-textual elements:

- title (in the three languages);

- abstract (in the three languages);

- keywords (in all three languages)

 

Textual elements:

Introduction

Case description

Discussion

References

 

 

Opinion article

It uses the discursive genre and is considered suitable for the exposition, description and discussion of themes with collective relevance and that promote public debate. This type of scientific article seeks to defend an opinion that presupposes arguments or evidence, and build a good argumentative text presenting the problem-situation, discussion and solution-evaluation.

Pre-textual elements:

- title (in the three languages);

- abstract (in the three languages);

- keywords (in all three languages)

 

Textual elements:

Introduction

Case description

Discussion

References

 

*Definitions presented in the content of the Scientific Article Reviewers course, from ICMBio and ENAP.

 

 

 

  1. Writing of the article: language and gramatical correction

Authors must observe the rules of culture of the language in which the article will be written. The text must be objective, clear and without grammatical errors. We recommend special attention to the following elements:

 

- verbal and nominal agreement;

- sentence length (one should opt for shorter and more direct sentences);

- sentence order (we suggest direct use, without many intercalations, which end up causing confusion due to lack of cohesion);

- special care with punctuation, especially the use of commas: do not separate subject from predicate by comma.

 

Before submitting articles, we recommend authors that the text undergo a careful review and editing of texts, preferably by a professional. The journal Biodiversidade Brasileira may make corrections to the text whenever it deems necessary.

 

 

  1. Journal Standardization

Units of measurement: insert space after number (8 km, 27 ha).

The word habitat: always in the singular and in italics (the habitat, the habitats).

Conservation unit: lowercase initials (Ex.: Conservation units...).

Type of conservation units: All capital letters (PARNA, RESEX, FLONA, REBIO etc.).

Hours: For full hours, put the h next to the number, without the s. For hours with minutes, put: hour + h + minutes (15:00, 15:30).

Acronyms and acronyms: the first time they appear, they must be placed in parentheses, after the full name. Eg: Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). In the plural, the ending -s must be inserted: the UCs, the FLONAs, the PARNAs.

 

  1. Formatting rules

File type: Articles must be sent in Word or DocX files. Supplementary files may be sent at the time of submission.

Article size: Up to 8,000 words.

Number of authors/co-authors: there is no maximum.

Font: Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 spacing from the introduction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2 Citations and references

Number of authors

Example

One author

Pereira (2020) ou (Pereira, 2020) 

Two authors

Pereira e Torres (2020) ou (Pereira e Torres, 2020) 

Three or more authors

Pereira et al. (2016) ou (Pereira et al., 2016) 

       Obs.: the Latin expression et al. (meaning “among others”) is de-italicised.

For citing authors with the same surname and date, such as: Alonso, 2001; Alonso, 2001, should use the letter of the alphabet to differentiate citations (Alonso, 2001a and Alonso, 2001b).

 

References

The Brazilian Biodiversity Journal uses the Vancouver standard. Footnotes are not accepted. Below is a list of the main citation and reference situations.

 

Book

One author

Pereira MG. Artigos científicos: como redigir, publicar e avaliar. Porto Alegre: Guanabara Koogan; 2018. 

Two authors

Cervo AL, Bervian PA. Metodologia científica. 5 ed. São Paulo: Prentice Hall; 2002. 

More authors

Nelson B, Holmes PB, Mzadeh M, Xavier MSV, Esteves JC, Zhang L. Medical microbiology. 6thed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002. 

Ebook

Sangenis LFC, Oliveira EFR, Carreiro HJS, editores. Formação de professores para uma educação plural e democrática: narrativas, saberes, práticas e políticas educativas na América Latina [Internet]. Rio de Janeiro: EdUERJ; 2018. [citado em 2019 set. 2]. Disponível em: http://books. scielo.org/id/ngnq4/pdf/sangenis- 9788575114841.pdf 

Book chapter

Arellano MAM. OJS/SEER: uma ferramenta de software livre para periódicos científicos. In: Miranda A, Simeão E. Informação e Tecnologia: conceitos e recorte. Brasília: Universidade de Brasília; 2005. P. 220-228.

 

 

Scientific article in printed jornal

Lange E et al. Assistência domiciliar a idosos: fatores associados, características do acesso e do cuidado. Rev. de Saúde Pública. 2010; 44(6): 1102-1111.

Scientific article in electronic journal

Scucuglia CL, Creste JE. Diagnosis and recommendation integrated system (DRIS) of tomato in greenhouse. Hortic Bras. [Internet]. 2014 June [cited 2019 June 17]; 32(2):200- 4. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102- 05362014000200200&lng=en&nrm=iso 

Scientific article with DOI

Carapeba MOL, Junior BR, Cervelatti MV, Guaresemin FAL, Guaresemin PAL, Abreu MAMM. Cutaneous epithelioid hemangioma of atypical location: a case report. J Bras Patol Med Lab. 2015 Feb;51(1):44-7. doi: 10.5935/1676-2444.201500 

institution as author

Academia Brasileira de Letras. Vocabulário ortográfico da língua portuguesa. Brasília: Academia Brasileira de Letras; 2009. [acesso em 11 abr 2022]; Disponível em http://www.academia.org.br. 

Site

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística [homepage na internet]. Análise da disponibilidade domiciliar de alimentos e do estado nutricional do Brasil [acesso em 27 mar 2005]. Disponível em: http://www.ibge.gov.br. 

Event annals

Kibana C, Corrêa R. Contribuição energética de um gerador fotovoltaico de grande porte conectado à rede para uma edificação de alto consumo e para seu alimentador. Anais do 3 Congresso Brasileiro de Energia Solar; 21-24 set 2010; Belém. Porto Alegre: ABENS; 2010. p.1-2. v.1. 

 

Dissertation/thesis

Godinho AMM. Análise da simulação computacional da produtividade de cultivares de cana-de-açúcar no Oeste Paulista [tese]. Presidente Prudente: Universidade do Oeste Paulista; 2019. 72 f. 

Legislation

 

Federal Constitution

Presidência da República (Brasil). Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988. Brasília: Senado Federal; 1988. 

Decree

Decreto n. 9.977, de 19 de agosto de 2019 (Brasil). Dispõe sobre a Estratégia Nacional de Investimentos e Negócios de Impacto e o Comitê de Investimentos e Negócios de Impacto. [Internet]. Diário Oficial da União. 2019 ago. 19 [citado em 2019 ago. 23]. Disponível em: http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2019- 2022/2019/ decreto/D9977.htm

Law

Presidência da República (Brasil). Lei complementar no 168, de 12 de junho de 2019. Autoriza, no prazo que específica, o retorno ao Regime Especial Unificado de Arrecadação de Tributos e Contribuições devidos pelas Microempresas e Empresas de Pequeno Porte (Simples Nacional) dos optantes excluídos desse regime tributário em 1º de janeiro de 2018. [Internet]. Diário Oficial da União. 2019 jun. 12 [citado em 2019 ago. 22]. Disponível em: http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/

 

 

  1. Exemple of article formatting

Título do Artigo, com as Primeiras Letras Maiúsculas, Exceto Preposições e Artigos

 

Aqui não deve ter nenhuma informação. Não identifique os autores nem suas instituições.

RESUMO – Texto direto, simples, de fácil leitura. Idioma principal do texto é o primeiro. Deve conter: Contextualização – uma ou duas sentenças que identifique onde seu trabalho está inserido dentro da grande área; Lacuna – sentença sobre o que ainda será trabalhado, o que necessita de pesquisa, o que ainda não foi entendido, o que ainda precisa ser estudado nesse campo de pesquisa; Propósito – principal objetivo do trabalho, o que foi feito. Tem que ter ligação com a lacuna; Metodologia – uma ou duas frases discorrendo sobre a metodologia utilizada; Resultados – identifica os principais resultados da pesquisa; Conclusões – como o resultado pode colaborar com o avanço da grande área em relação a sua área de pesquisa.

Palavras-chave: Palavras relevantes; não podem repetir as palavras do texto; separadas por ponto-e-vírgula; até quatro palavras-chave.

 

 

Title of Article in English, with First Capital Letters, Except Prepositions and Articles

ABSTRACT – Simple and direct text. Main language of the papers goes first. Must contain: Context – one to two sentences identifying its insertion in the discipline; Gap –sentence on what is still under work, what requires research, what hasn’t been understood yet, what needs to be studied in the field; Purpose – work’s main objective, what was accomplished. Must have connection with the gap; Methodology – one or two sentences on the approach; Results – presents the research’s main results; Conclusions – how the result can collaborate with the discipline in relation to the research field. Keywords:  Relevant words; they cannot repeat the words of the text; separated by semicolons; up to four keywords.

 

Título del Artículo en Español, con Primeras Letras Mayúsculas, Excepto Preposiciones y Artículos

RESUMEN – Texto simple y directo, con un máximo de XXX palabras. Idioma principal es el primero. Debe presentar: Contextualización – una o dos oraciones que identifiquen donde el trabajo está inserido dentro de la disciplina; Vacío – oración sobre lo que aún será trabajado, lo que necesita de investigación, lo que aún no fue comprendido, lo que aún necesita ser estudiado en el campo de investigación; Propósito – principal objetivo del trabajo, lo que fue hecho. Tiene que relacionarse con el vacío; Metodología – una o dos frases explicando la metodología utilizada; Resultados – identifica los principales resultados de la investigación; Conclusiones – como el resultado puede colaborar con el avanzo de la disciplina en relación a su área de investigación.

Palabras clave: palabras relevantes; no pueden repetir las palabras del texto; separados por punto y coma; hasta cuatro palabras clave.

 

Introduction

 Article introduction. It may have titles and subtitles, if the author(s) are interested. The font is Times News Roman 12, with 1.5 line spacing.

 

Material and Methods

Description of the methodology used.

 

Results (or Results and Discussion)

Analysis and discussion of the results obtained in the study. In case it is necessary to insert figures, it is necessary to quote like this: Figure 1 shows the cover of BioBrasil magazine. It is preferred that the image be in color (Fig. 1).

 

Discussion

Insert the text. It can be together with or separate from the conclusion.

Conclusion

Insert the conclusion here.

 

Thanks

Acknowledgments are not mandatory.

 

References

It is the responsibility of the author to send revised references in accordance with the BioBrasil journal standard.

 

 

  1. Contact

If you still have doubts, talk to the BioBrasil team:

biodiversidade.brasileira@icmbio.gov.br

 

  1. References of this guide

Oliveto FA, Araújo EPO, Paixão C, Mendes KR. Introdução à comunicação científica. In: Oliveto FA, Araújo EPO, Paixão C, Mendes KR. Curso avaliadores de artigos científicos. Brasília: ENAP [E-book]; 2021. p. 14-20. 

Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 - [updated 2022 Apr 12]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicineNL.

 

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