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Publishing Rules

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in order to spread the highest standard in this process: CSE Editorial Policy with (unpublished observations /
of information and improve medical Statements by the Council of Science unpublished observations).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

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