Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions for Authors

The Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science is a continuous-publication, online-only journal published exclusively in English by the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo (FMVZ-USP), with financial management support provided by the Veterinary Medicine Foundation (FUMVET).

The journal publishes original scientific contributions in Veterinary Medicine and related disciplines.

 Editorial Policy

All submitted manuscripts undergo editorial evaluation and external peer review by specialists in the relevant field.

Manuscripts requiring revision will be returned to the authors for modification before a final editorial decision is made.

Once accepted for publication, manuscripts become part of the journal's published collection. Responsibility for the scientific content, opinions, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in each article rests solely with the authors.

Studies involving animal experimentation must include documentation demonstrating approval by an institutional Animal Ethics Committee.

Regardless of manuscript category, submissions must:

• Be original
• Not have been previously published
• Not be under consideration by another journal

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the USP Journals Portal. (URL: http://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras.)

Research Involving Human Participants

 Research involving interviews, surveys, questionnaires, or similar procedures involving human participants must include:

•  Corresponding Informed Consent Form (ICF)
•  Approval by an appropriate Research Ethics Committee (CEP)
•  Approval protocol number
•  Copy of the questionnaire or interview script (blank version)

When the authors develop questionnaires, the manuscript should describe the theoretical basis for their development and any pilot testing conducted. If a previously validated instrument has been used, the source must be cited. For studies conducted in Brazil, authors must also provide proof of registration in Plataforma Brasil (https://www.gov.br/conselho-nacional-de-saude/pt-br/camaras-tecnicas-e-comissoes/conep/plataforma-brasil).

Copyright

Upon acceptance, authors are required to grant BJVRAS an exclusive license to publish the article electronically.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material—including figures, tables, photographs, or illustrations—previously published elsewhere.

After acceptance, the journal will provide the Copyright Transfer Agreement, which must be signed by all authors and uploaded to the submission system as a supplementary file.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

After acceptance, an Article Processing Charge (APC) of BRL 1,250.00 will be charged. Copyediting, language editing, bibliographic standardization, layout production, and publication procedures will begin only after payment has been confirmed.

 Submission Requirements

 As part of the submission process, authors must ensure that all of the following requirements have been met.

Submissions that do not comply with these requirements will be returned before peer review.

•  The manuscript is original and unpublished.
•  The Instructions for Authors have been fully followed.
•  All figures and tables have been inserted after the References in the same manuscript file.
•  Documentation of Ethics Committee approval has been uploaded.
•  The manuscript category (Original Research Article, Review Article, Systematic Review and Meta- analysis, or Case Report) has been identified before the manuscript title.
•  A separate Title Page has been submitted.
•  The manuscript file contains no author-identifying information.
•  The manuscript has been prepared in Microsoft Word format.
•  Complete metadata has been entered for all authors during submission.

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

General Requirements

All manuscripts submitted to BJVRAS must be written in English and prepared in accordance with the journal's formatting requirements.

Only official scientific nomenclature and internationally accepted abbreviations should be used. Abbreviations should not appear in the manuscript title.

Original Research Articles must:

•  Be written in English
•  Not exceed 15 typed pages, excluding pages containing tables and figures
•  Use only official scientific nomenclature and standard abbreviations
•  Avoid abbreviations in the title

The manuscript should be organized in the following order:

1.  Title (English and Portuguese)
2. Authors and Institutional affiliations
3. Abstract and Keywords (English and Portuguese) -  maximum of five keywords
4. Introduction
5. Materials and Methods
6. Results
7. Discussion (The Results and Discussion sections may be combined when appropriate)
8. Conclusion
9. Conflict of Interest
10. Acknowledgments
11. Ethics Statement
12. Financial Support
13. References 

Case Reports must:

•  Be written in English
•  Not exceed five typed pages;
•  Use official scientific nomenclature only
•  Avoid abbreviations in the title

Unlike Original Research Articles, Case Reports should not be divided into separate sections such as Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, or Discussion.

Each manuscript must include:

• Abstract (English)
• Resumo (Portuguese)
• Keywords and Palavras-chave
• References

  Review Articles must:

•  Be written in English
• Use official scientific nomenclature
• Avoid abbreviations in the title

 Review Articles should not be divided into conventional research sections (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, etc.).

 They must include:

•  Abstract
• Resumo (Portuguese)
• Keywords
• Palavras-chave
• References

 Review Articles are published by invitation only and are accepted exclusively from recognized experts invited by the Editorial Committee.

 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses must:

•  Be written in English
• Use official scientific nomenclature
• Avoid abbreviations in the manuscript title

These manuscripts should not follow the traditional section structure used for original research articles unless justified by the reporting guideline adopted.

Each manuscript must include:

• Abstract
• Resumo (Portuguese)
• Keywords
• Palavras-chave
• References 

Requirements Applicable to All Manuscripts

 If the manuscript is derived from a Master's dissertation or Ph.D. thesis, this information must be provided in a footnote, including the complete bibliographic reference to the original academic work.

 Manuscript Formatting

•  Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx)
• A4 page size
• 1.5-line spacing
• 2 cm margins on all sides
• Times New Roman, 12-point font
• No tracked changes or revision marks

 Title Page

 The Title Page is a mandatory document and must be submitted separately from the anonymized manuscript.

It should contain:

• Title in English 
• Title in Portuguese
• Full names of all authors (without abbreviations)
• Institutional affiliations (in the original language)
• E-mail address of each author
• ORCID of each author
• Complete institutional mailing address of the Corresponding Author

Language

All manuscripts submitted to BJVRAS must be written in English.

Authors whose first language is not English are strongly encouraged to have their manuscripts professionally edited before submission.

Tables

 Tables must:

• Be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals
• Include a concise title
• Identify the location and date whenever applicable

Normally, a manuscript may contain up to five tables.

Additional tables may be accepted at the discretion of the Editorial Committee.

Within the text, tables should be cited as follows:

• (Table 1) when enclosed in parentheses
• Table 1, when incorporated into the sentence

All tables must be placed after the References, within the same manuscript file.

Figures (Photographs, Graphs, Charts, Diagrams, Drawings or Schematic illustrations)

 Figures must:

•  Be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals
• Be cited in the text
• Include a title
• Acknowledge the original source whenever applicable 

Graphs should include the numerical values from which they were generated.

Within the text, figures should be cited as:

• (Figure 1) when enclosed in parentheses
• Figure 1, when incorporated into the sentence

 All figures must appear after the References, in the same manuscript file.

Ethics Statement

 An Ethics Statement must be included whenever the study involves animals, human participants, biological samples, or data requiring ethical approval.

The statement should identify the approving ethics committee and the corresponding protocol number.

 Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments are optional and may be included at the authors' discretion.

Funding

Funding information is optional but strongly recommended.

Authors should identify all funding agencies that supported the research and report grant numbers whenever applicable.

Authors should also comply with any acknowledgment wording required by the funding agency.

References

•  Beginning in 2019, BJVRAS adopted the Vancouver referencing style, in accordance with the recommendations of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) – (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/).
• Journal titles must be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus/Medline journal abbreviations (http://www2.bg.am.poznan.pl/czasopisma/medicus.php?lang=eng).
• All authors of each cited work must be listed (do not use et al. in the reference list).
• When a cited article has been published in more than one language, the English version should be cited whenever available.
• Abstracts published in conference proceedings are not accepted as references.
• References must be arranged alphabetically at the end of the manuscript.
• The Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science citation style is available for both Mendeley and Zotero.

 For document types not illustrated below, authors are encouraged to consult previously published articles in the journal.

Journal articles

Mähler M, Berard M, Feinstein R, Gallagher A, Illgen-Wilcke B, Pritchett-Corning K, Raspa M. FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of mouse, rat, hamster, guinea pig and rabbit colonies in breeding and experimental units. Laboratory Animals. 2014;48(3):178-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0023677213516312. PMid:24496575.

Book

Boon JA. Veterinary Echocardiography. 2nd edition. Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011.

Book chapters

When the author of the chapter and the book are the same

Boon JA. Veterinary Echocardiography. 2nd edition. Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011. Chapter 4, Assessment of size, function, and hemodynamics; p. 153-266.

When the author of the chapter is different from the author of the book

Ackermann MR. Inflammation and healing. In: Zachary JF, McGavin MD. Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease. 5th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2012. p. 89-146.

Dissertations and theses

Molina CV. Surveillance of pathogens (Leptospira spp., Rotavirus, Hepatitis E virus, and Norovirus) in a wild population of golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) from an urban Atlantic Forest park in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [thesis]. São Paulo: University of São Paulo, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science; 2018. 137 p.

Legal documents

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Brazil). Normative Instruction No. 31, of June 29, 2018. Official Gazette of the Union [Internet]. Brasília; July 2, 2018 [accessed on April 15, 2019]. Available at: http://www.in.gov.br/materia/-/asset_publisher/Kujrw0TZC2Mb/content/id/28166433/do1-2018-07-02-instrucao-normativa-n-31-de-29-de-junho-de-2018-28166402

Citations

Citations must be presented in the text following the (Author, date) format, such as “(Santos, 2001)” or “Santos (2001)” when appearing within the body of the text. When using multiple citations, they must be listed in chronological order and separated by a semicolon (;). Refer to the guidelines for citing documents with more than one author.

EXAMPLES

 Citations should follow the author–date system.

 Single author

          Valberg (1996) or (Valberg, 1996)

 Two authors

          Strunk & White (1979) or (Strunk & White, 1979)

 Three or more authors

          Carvalho et al. (2003) or (Carvalho et al., 2003)

 Multiple publications by the same author in the same year

          Carvalho et al. (2003a, 2003b) or (Carvalho et al., 2003a, 2003b)

 Multiple citations within the same parentheses should be listed chronologically and separated by semicolons

          (Strunk & White, 1979; Santos, 2001; Carvalho et al., 2014a, 2014b)