Rules for submission
Dear author, please read this message before submitting your article!
As of January 1, 2021, Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva will be even more aligned with the so-called Open Science criteria, gradually adopting its principles and practices. What does that mean?
(1) Adherence by authors who so wish to the dissemination of their articles in the preprint format;
(2) Suggestion of authors’ dissemination of the primary data of the research that gives rise to their article in certified repositories;
(3) Valuation of the reviewers by disclosing their opinions whenever they wish.
When submitting your article, you should be aware of what a preprint is and how you should introduce yourself to this first stage of Open Science. The preprint makes articles and other scientific communications available immediately or in parallel with their evaluation and validation by the journals. This procedure accelerates the communication of research results, guarantees intellectual authorship, and allows authors to receive comments that improve their work before submitting it to any journal. While the article may remain only in the preprint repository (if authors do not want to submit it to a journal), the journals continue to exercise the fundamental functions of validating, preserving, and disseminating research. Therefore:
(1) You can submit your article now to the SciELO preprints server (https://preprints.scielo.org) or another trusted server. In this case, it will be evaluated by a team of specialists from these servers to verify whether the manuscript follows the essential criteria regarding text structure and types of documents. If approved, it will receive a doi that guarantees his immediate international dissemination.
(2) Concomitantly, should you wish so, you can submit it to Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. Both processes are compatible.
(3) You could choose to submit the article only to Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. Submission to the preprint repository is not mandatory.
As of January 20, 2021, a submission fee of R$ 100.00 (one hundred reais) for national articles and US$ 25.00 (25 dollars) for international articles will be charged. The amount will not be refunded in case of refusal of the material. This support from the authors is indispensable to finance the Journal’s cost, enabling publication with universal access for readers. No publication fee is charged.
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