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Publishing Rules

Revista Portuguesa de Otorrinolaringologia their publication. The editor reserves the should be identified in the list of references
e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial publishes original right to amend or introduce minor changes by Arabic numerals, and the text of the
research, review articles, case reports and to the text, which do not adversely affect its article by numbers in superscript without
editorials, among others, with a focus meaning, with a view to its improvement. parentheses. Articles accepted but not yet
on clinical, scientific, social, political and International guidelines are considered in published should be designated (in press
economic factors, covering the different this process: CSE Editorial Policy Statements / in press). The information contained in
areas of otorhynolaringological knowledge by the Council of Science Editors, ICMJE, manuscripts yet to be accepted must be
and coming from different countries, in COPE. registered with (unpublished observations
order to spread the highest standard of / unpublished observations).
information and improve medical care. The preparation of manuscripts must
comply with the rules set out in the uniform The abbreviations of journal titles should
This publication follows the guidelines of requirements for manuscripts submitted to be abbreviated according to the Index
the biomedical edition of the International biomedical journals, JAMA 1997; 277:927- Medicus available on www.nim.nih.gov. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUTHORS
Committee of Medical Journal Editors 34. This document is available at www.
(ICMJE), the Committee on Publication icmje.org. ARTICLE:
Ethics (COPE) and the EQUATOR Network 1. Eriksson PO, Li J, Ny T, Hellstrom S.
Resource Centre Guidance on Good Authors should submit the articles Spontaneous development of otitis media
Research Report. in electronic form, with numbered in plasminogen-deficient mice. Int J Med
pages, formatted in Microsoft Word (or Microbiol. 2006 Nov;296(7):501-9.
The journal’s official language is Portuguese, equivalent), double-spaced, aligned on the
although work is also accepted in English, left, with wide margins and font size of 12. BOOk CHAPTER:
French and Spanish. For the purposes 2. Manning SC. Surgical Therapy for
of greater international dissemination, The first page, unnumbered, must include: Sinusitis and Its Complications. In: Cotton
authors are strongly encouraged to submit • The title of the work (maximum 15 RT and Myer CM (Eds.) Practical Pediatric
an English version of the manuscript. words) in Portuguese, French or Spanish Otolaryngology, Philadelphia, Lippincott-
and English Raven; 1999:pp405-25.
Statements and opinions expressed in the • The authors’ names and degrees
articles contained in this publication are • The authors’ affiliations and their BOOk:
the sole responsibility of their authors and numerical index 3. Bluestone CD. Eustachian Tube.
do not necessarily reflect the opinions of • Name, address, telephone, fax and Structure, Function, Role in Otitis Media.
the editor. Articles are the property of the e-mail address of the corresponding Hamilton, BC Decker; 2005.
journal. author
• Reference to financial support or ONLINE JOURNALS:
When submitting a work, the authors agree scholarships 4. Sousa LC, Piza MT, Coutinho-Netto J,
that it has not been previously published or • Indication of scientific meeting where Ruiz DB, et al. Biomembrana de látex: novo
is not under consideration for publication the work has previously been shown (if método para o revestimento da cavidade
in another journal or book. Likewise, any applicable) aberta nas timpanomastoidectomias.
conflict of interest of the authors should be Ver Bras Otorrinolaringol (Online Engl
identified in a written statement. The second page, unnumbered, must Ed). 2007;73(3):331-6. www.rborl.org.
comprise: br/conteudo/acervo/acervo_novas.
Articles that include human experimentation • The title of the work asp?id=3515 Acedido em Julho 1, 2007
should mention the approval of the local • Summary structured in Portuguese,
ethics committee and respect for the French or Spanish and also in The illustrations, figures or tables and
Helsinki Declaration of 1975 and its revision English (maximum 150 words) with the the respective subtitles, duly numbered
in 1983. Animal experiments should also following sequence: Objectives, Study according to the entry in the text should be
provide the appropriate approval by the Design, Material and Methods, Results and inserted into the Word file at the end of the
local ethics committee. Conclusions. article after the references. Only images of
• In clinical cases only the case should be graphs or tables in JPEG, Word and Excel
Authors should classify their articles in described in abbreviated form (maximum 10MB per element) will be
one of the following categories: Original; • Key words accepted with a total maximum of eight
Review; Clinical case; Opinion; ORL History. • Short title such elements per manuscript.
All material for publication should be The manuscript text (maximum 12 Failure to comply with these publication
submitted online to: numbered pages) should also be divided rules and guidelines will lead to the outright
www.journalsporl.com into: Introduction, Methods, Results, rejection of the article.
Discussion, Conclusions (one paragraph
The SPORL Journal adopts a single blinded only), Acknowledgements, References
peer review with no cost associated. The (maximum 25 citations). Clinical cases are
works submitted must comply with the to be structured as follows: Introduction,
instructions to authors provided (including Description(s) of Case(s), Discussion and
the conflict of interests, copyright and References.
authorizations). Each submission is then
reviewed by at least 2 reviewers of the References should follow the Vancouver
specialty within 20 days and the final standards. Up to 4 authors should be listed.
decision is defined by the Editor-in-Chief. If there are more than 4 cited, the first 4
After this stage, the corresponding author followed by et al. References should be
will be informed of the acceptance of the numbered consecutively in the order they
work or of any changes required to enter are mentioned in the text. References

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