Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Purpose and editorial policy

Visa in Debate publishes original multi and interdisciplinary texts that contribute to the study of Health Surveillance and related disciplines.

The publication of the manuscripts depends on peer review and approval by the members of the Editorial Board. It will based on the scientific content and format of the manuscript. We accept texts in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

In order to avoid possible conflicts of interest with the reviewers, we ask that the authors do not identify themselves in the body text.

This is a quarterly journal, and thematic issues related to critical and reflective subjects can be published.

This is an online, open and free journal, so anyone is free to read, download and disseminate the texts for educational and academic purposes.

The manuscripts should be included within the four thematic axes guiding health surveillance (http://www.anvisa.gov.br/divulga/reportagens/pep-visa.pdf):

1. Policies, organization and management of the National Health Surveillance System;
2. Intervention Objects;
3. Intervention technology or instruments;
4. Health Surveillance and Society.

2. Sections

Manuscripts submitted for analysis should be included in the following sections:

Article - Result of empirical, experimental or conceptual research on a given topic (maximum 7,000 words and 5 illustrations);

Letter - Comment on the previous edition (maximum of 1,200 words);

Short communication - includes preliminary research results, or results of original studies that can be presented succinctly (maximum of 1,700 words and 3 illustrations);

Debate - Discussion about a relevant topic that expresses the position an invited author and that can be confronted or complemented by one or more texts with equal or different point of views (maximum 7,000 words and 5 illustrations);

Experience Report - Presentation of a certain practical activity or laboratory experience that occurs during the implementation of a program, project or problematic situation, without the objective of testing hypotheses. It must be based on a theoretical contribution (maximum of 3,500 words and 3 illustrations);

Synopsis - Critical review of a book published in the last two years linked to sanitary surveillance and related disciplines (maximum of 1,200 words);

Abstract – Summary of a research previously presented at a congress or published in congress annals;

Revision - Critical literature review about topics relevant to sanitary surveillance with description of methods and procedures (maximum of 7,000 words and 5 illustrations).

3. Manuscripts submission

Manuscript format

The file with the manuscript text should be in .doc (Microsoft Word), .rtf (Rich Text Format) or .odt (Open Document Text) formats.

The formatting of the text should follow these standards: Arial font, justified alignment and line spacing of 1.5. Font should be bold and size 16p for the title and 14p for the subtitles. Italics and size 12p should be used for identifying the authors. Normal font and size 12p should be used for body text. Please avoid writing title and subtitle in capital letters. The text should be numbered by lines.

The figures should be sent in high quality.tiff or .jpg formats, uncompressed and with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Tables and legends of figures must be submitted in the body of the text, close to where they were cited. The illustrations should be forwarded as additional files. Footnotes and attachments will not be accepted.

Structure

Depending on the section in which the manuscript to be published, it must contain: name of the section to which the manuscript is submitted, title, running title, structured abstract, keywords (a maximum of five), introduction, method, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments and references.

Title – it should be brief, precise and clearly reflect the content of the manuscript (in the original language and in English).

Running title – It should have a maximum of 50 characters with spaces.

Name (s) of the author (s) - full name and institutional affiliation of all authors should be included (in ascending order, for example: Department, Faculty and University), city, state and country, in addition to e-mail. The corresponding author responsible for the submission must inform her/his address, telephone and e-mail.

Structured abstract – it should be prepared in a concise manner, describing the purpose and results of the study. The abstract should contain a maximum of 200 words and the following items: introduction, objective, methods, results and conclusions. The texts in Portuguese and Spanish must present an English version. If the original is in English, a Portuguese version of the abstract should be presented.

Keywords - at least 3 and a maximum of 5, translated in each language (keywords, Palavras-chave), giving preference to Descriptors for Health Sciences (DeCS, http: //decs.bvs.bvs. br /) at the base of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) with the objective of indexing the text.

Introduction - It should briefly determine the purpose of the study, clearly presenting the justification, objectives, state of the art and information that allow the reader to properly understand the presented results.

Method (*) - Original articles should describe the details of the techniques used so as to favor the understanding, evaluation and validation of the study. The revisions should have an appropriate methodological design in which criteria for inclusion and exclusion of studies are specified and a consistent bibliographic search strategy compatible with the purpose of the study is performed. Experience reports should describe the institutional context, place and time of the experiment, as well as the procedures used to achieve the objectives proposed in the intervention.

Results (*) – They should offer a punctual description of the results obtained in the experiments that were performed to support the research findings. The section can be divided into subsections, each with a subtitle. Do not repeat in the text all data contained in tables and illustrations.

Discussion - It should be limited to the importance of new information, in relation with existing knowledge. Only indispensable quotes should be included.

Results and discussion – They should be presented together.

Conclusions - They should be presented in a clear and concise manner.

Acknowledgments - They should be brief and composed of people, grants, projects and support received from development agencies. The names of funding organizations must be written in full. This section is optional.

Citations in the text - They should be indicated in superscript, using Arabic numerals, in correspondence with the references listed, according to the sequence in which they are presented in the text. In the case of a nominal citation, if it includes more than three authors, only the first one should be cited, followed by the expression "et al.". Examples: Boas et al .¹⁰; Silveira e Silva²¹; Corção, Dantas and Silva⁵.

(*) Manuscripts submitted to the Article section should include all the items that appear in the structure. In the case of manuscripts submitted to the Debate and Report of Experience sections, it will not be necessary to include the “methods” and “results”.

 References

References must follow the Vancouver Style, being consecutively numbered according to the order in which they are quoted in the text. For more information, see http://www.bu.ufsc.br/ccsm/vancouver.html (in Portuguese) or http://www.icmje.org. Unpublished results should not be included in the list of references. Journal names should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/).

Some examples of references:

I - Articles in journals

a) Standard article (include up to six authors followed by et al. if this number is exceeded). For example:

Pelegrini MLM, Castro JD, Drachler ML. Eqüidade na alocação de recursos para a saúde: a experiência no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva. 2005;10(2):275-86. doi:10.1590/S1413-81232005000200002

Maximiano AA, Fernandes RO, Nunes FP, Assis MP, Matos RV, Barbosa CGS, et al. Utilização de drogas veterinárias, agrotóxicos e afins em ambientes hídricos: demandas, regulamentação e considerações sobre riscos à saúde humana e ambiental. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva. 2005;10(2):483-91. doi:10.1590/S1413-81232005000200026

b) Organization as Author:

The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clinical exercise stress testing: safety and performance guidelines. Med J Aust. 1996;164(5):282-4.

c) Unknown Author:

Cancer in South Africa [editorial]. S Afr Med J. 1994;84:15.

d) Supplement issue:

Duarte MFS. Maturação física: uma revisão de lilteratura, com especial atenção à criança brasileira. Cad Saúde Pública 1993;9(Supl 1):71-84. doi:10.1590/S0102-311X1993000500008

e) Indicating text type, when necessary:

Enzensberger W, Fischer PA. Metronome in Parkinson's disease [letter]. Lancet. 1996;347(9011):1337. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90987-3

II - Books and other monographs

a) Single Author:

Cecchetto FR. Violência, cultura e poder. Rio de Janeiro: FGV; 2004.

Minayo MCS. O desafio do conhecimento: pesquisa qualitativa em saúde. 8a ed. São Paulo:Hucitec/Rio de Janeiro: Abrasco; 2004.

b) Edited Book with organizer or compiler as Authors:

Bosi MLM, Mercado FJ, organizadores. Pesquisa qualitativa de serviços de saúde. Petrópolis: Vozes; 2004.

c) Institution as Author:

Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis - Ibama. Controle de plantas aquáticas por meio de agrotóxicos e afins. Brasília, DF::Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis; 2001.

d) Book chapter in an Edited Book:

Sarcinelli PN. A exposição de crianças e adolescentes a agrotóxicos. In: Peres F, Moreira JC, organizadores. É veneno ou é remédio:agrotóxicos, saúde e ambiente. Rio de Janeiro: Fiocruz; 2003. p. 43-58.

e) Abstract in congress annals:

Kimura J, Shibasaki H.ecent advances in clinical neurophysiology. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology; 1995 Oct 15-19; Kyoto, Japan. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1996.

f) Complete papers published at scientific events:

Coates V, Correa MM. Características de 462 adolescentes grávidas em São Paulo. In: Anais do V Congresso Brasileiro de adolescência; 1993; Belo Horizonte. p. 581-2.

g) Dissertation and thesis:

Carvalho GCM. O financiamento público federal do Sistema Único de Saúde 1988-2001 [tese]. São Paulo: Faculdade de Saúde Pública; 2002.

Gomes WA. Adolescência, desenvolvimento puberal e sexualidade: nível de informação de adolescentes e professores das escolas municipais de Feira de Santana - BA [dissertação]. Feira de Santana: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana; 2001.

III – Other types of publications:

a) Newspaper article:

Novas técnicas de reprodução assistida possibilitam a maternidade após os 40 anos. Jornal Brasil. 31 jan 2004; ; p. 12

Lee G. Hospitalizations tied to ozone pollution: study estimates 50,000 admissions annually. The Washington Post. 21 jun 1996;Sect. A:3 (col. 5).

b) Audiovisual materials:

HIV+/AIDS: the facts and the future [videocassete]. St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book; 1995.

c) Legal Documents:

Brasil. Lei nº 8.080 de 19 de setembro de 1990. Dispõe sobre as condições para a promoção, proteção e recuperação da saúde, a organização e o funcionamento dos serviços correspondentes e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial União. 19 set  1990.

IV – In press material:

Leshner AI. Molecular mechanisms of cocaine addiction. N Engl J Med. In press 1996.

Cronemberg S, Santos DVV, Ramos LFF, Oliveira ACM, Maestrini HA, Calixto N. Trabeculectomia com mitomicina C em pacientes com glaucoma congênito refratário. Arq Bras Oftalmol. No prelo 2004.

V – Electronic format material:

a) Article in electronic format:

Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis. 1995[acesso 5 jun 1996];1(1).  Disponível em: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm

Lucena AR, Velasco e Cruz AA, Cavalcante R. Estudo epidemiológico do tracoma em comunidade da Chapada do Araripe - PE - Brasil. Arq Bras Oftalmol.  2004[acesso 12 jul 2004];67(2). Disponível em: http://www.abonet.com.br/abo/672/197-200.pdf

b) Monograph in electronic format:

Reeves JRT, Maibach H. CDI, clinical dermatology illustrated [CD-ROM]. . 2a ed. Version 2.0. San Diego: CMEA; 1995.

c) Computer program:

Hemodynamics III: the ups and downs of hemodynamics [programa de computador]. Version 2.2. Orlando: Computerized Educational Systems; 1993.

4. Unpublished Material

Visa in Debate only accepts original and unpublished manuscripts. Thus, during the submission process, authors must declare that their text has not been and will not be proposed or sent concomitantly to any other journal. Any further disclosure of the manuscript in another publication should be specifically approved by the editors of both journals. The secondary publication should indicate the source of the original publication.

If a publication or simultaneous submission is identified in another journal, the manuscript will be disregarded, remembering that such an episode constitutes a serious lack of ethics by the author.

5. Scientific Ethics

In addition to complying with the specific legislation of the country in which the research was carried out, ethical issues concerning research publications with human beings are the sole responsibility of the authors and must be in accordance with the principles contained in the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association (1964, reformulated in 1975, 1983, 1989, 1989, 1996 and 2000). The manuscript should contain the case number and name of the Ethics Committee to which it was submitted and declare, when applicable, that the persons involved in the research signed the free informed consent form. Visa Editorial Board reserves the right to request additional information about the ethical procedures performed in the research.

Editors will accept manuscripts describing experiments conducted using animals. These experiments must be carried out in accordance with the current legislation and authorized by the Ethics Committee on the Use of Animals. It is recommended that authors follow the guidelines of the ARRIVE Guide (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments).

6. Conflicts of interest

Authors should report any potential conflict of interest with peers and institutions. It includes political or financial interests associated with patents or property, provision of materials or inputs and equipment used in the study by the manufacturers.

7. Registration of biological reference material and DNA sequences

In the case of manuscripts using biological reference material and DNA sequences, we recommend that the registration and prior deposit of such material and sequences to be carried out in registered and publicly accessible collections, in addition to the inclusion of the respective identification number in the manuscript.

8. Authorship

Each author should specify in detail the type of contribution given in the elaboration of the research and the resulting manuscript. Such specification should come together with the "Letter of authorization for publication", signed by all authors, scanned in .pdf format and sent as a supplementary document.

9. Online Submission

Submission of manuscripts is done through the Visa in Debate page (https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br). Initially, it is necessary to sign-up as an author, in the option sign-up. After signing-up, the author must confirm all conditions for the submission, including the "Letter of authorization for publication" and the "Copyright Statement", fulfill the manuscript data (see steps below), and complete the submission.

a) Start submission;

b) Transfer manuscript;

c) Include metadata;

(d) Transfer supplementary documents;

e) Confirm.

The author may also suggest potential reviewers (name, e-mail and institution) for evaluating the manuscript. This document should be attached when transferring supplementary documents. It will be up to the editors of the journal to decide whether or not to follow the authors' suggestions.

10. Conditions for submission (authors must verify and comply with the conditions of submission)

As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify compliance of the submission with respect to all items listed in the submission conditions and in this document. Submissions that do not conform whit the regulations will be returned to the authors.

Some considerations should be observed:

a) The manuscript must contain metadata (structure of the manuscript) according to the section to which it will be submitted. However, some metadata are pertinent to all sections, and should be written in Portuguese and English, such as: title, abstract and keywords. Manuscripts submitted in other languages should also present metadata in Portuguese.

b) In the metadata of the submission it is of utmost importance the complete inclusion of all the authors involved in the manuscript. The author's and co-authors' registers must be filled in with full name for the issuing of documents.

c) In the item Indexation, all the fields must be properly filled out.

d) At submission, a letter of authorization for publication is needed, scanned in .pdf format and inserted as a supplementary document, at the time of submission, specifying in detail the type of contribution that the research performed and the resulting manuscript are, and signed by all those involved. See model below:

LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FOR PUBLICATION

To the Editorial Board of the Journal Health Surveillance in Debate - Society, Science & Technology (Visa in Debate)

Title of the article:

Name (s) of the author (s):

The author (s) of the present manuscript agrees to comply with the following standards:

1) All the above authors have participated in the elaboration of the manuscript and are publicly responsible for it.

2) All authors reviewed the final form of the manuscript and approved it for publication in the Journal Health Surveillance in Debate - Society, Science & Technology (Visa in Debate).

3) These data or others, substantially similar in content, has not been published, is not being submitted to another journal, or has been published as part of a book.

4) The contribution of each author should be specified.

5) The author (s) agree (s) to transfer the copyrights article’s to the Journal Health Surveillance in Debate - Society, Science & Technology (Visa in Debate).

Place / Date

Signature of Responsible Author

Signature of Co-author (s)

f) Sending of the Copyright Statement, all authors agree to the terms of the Copyright Statement at time of submission. See model below:

Copyright Statement

COPYRIGHT ALLOWANCE The author (s) hereinafter designated as the ASSIGNOR hereby assign and transfer, free of charge, the ownership of the copyrights related to this WORK to the Journal of Health Surveillance in Debate - Society, (hereinafter referred to as ASSIGNEE), under the conditions set out below: (a) The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall apply to the following: 1. The ASSIGNOR declares that they s(he) is (are) the author (s) and owner (s) of the copyrighted property of the WORK submitted. 2. The ASSIGNOR declares that the WORK does not infringe the copyrights and / or other property rights of third parties, that the disclosure of images (if any) has been authorized and that they s(he) assume(s) full moral and / or property liability for its content, before third parties. 3. THE ASSIGNOR assigns and transfers all copyrights relating to the WORK to the ASSIGNEE, especially the rights of editing, publication, translation into another language and reproduction by any process or technique. The ASSIGNEE becomes the exclusive owner of the rights related to the WORK, and any reproduction, totally or partially, is prohibited in any other means of publicity, printed or electronic, without prior written authorization from the ASSIGNEE. 4. The assignment is free and, therefore, there will be no remuneration for the use of the WORK by the ASSIGNEE.

Privacy Policy

The names and addresses informed in this journal will be used exclusively for the services provided by this publication and are not available for other purposes or to third parties.

11. Manuscript’s peer review process

Submitted manuscripts that meet the "Guidelines for authors" and are in accordance with the journal's editorial policy will be forwarded for evaluation. In case of submission to a peer-reviewed section (for example articles), the instructions available under Securing the blind peer review will be followed.

To be published, the manuscript must be approved according to the following steps:

Pre-analysis: the first analysis is carried out by the editorial nucleus. It consists of the review of aspects of form and scientific writing, based on the uniqueness, pertinence, academic quality and relevance of the manuscript for field of Sanitary Surveillance;

External peer review: the manuscripts selected in the pre-analysis will be submitted to the evaluation of specialists on the subject matter. At this stage, the ad hoc reviewers will evaluate the scientific merit and the content of the manuscripts, for improving their quality. The opinions will be analyzed by the assistant editors, who may propose to the Scientific Editors if the manuscript is to be approved or not;

Writing / Style: The technical reading of texts and standardization in the style of the Journal finalize the review process.

It should be noted that, at all stages, more than one review round may be required.

At all stages of the editorial process, the considerations will be sent to the authors with a definite deadline for the return of the reformulated version of the manuscript. The authors are advised to check the communications that will be sent to the e-mail address informed at the time of submission, as well as to observe deadlines for response. Failure to observe deadlines for response, especially when not justified within the deadline, may be grounds for discontinuation of the manuscript's editorial process.

Manuscripts refused, but with the possibility of reformulation, may be submitted again as a new manuscript when another process of judgment will be initiated.