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Arquivos de
Neuro-Psiquiatria adopted
the editorial standards of the
International Committee of
Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
for manuscripts submitted to
journals in biomedical fields,
as update in October 2005
(www.icmje.org).
Authors
must submit their originals in
the Microsoft Word text
processing format, using font
size 12 (Arial or Times New
Roman). The text must contain,
in this order:
1) Title:
Avoid
citing the region of place where
the work was conducted, except
in regional studies; otherwise,
the work may cease to have
universal interest.
Avoid correlating the topic with
the methods used: "Neurotuberculosis
in the Brazilian prison
population".
Preferentially correlate the
topic with the conclusion: "Mortality
due to neurotuberculosis is
higher in the prison population".
The title in Portuguese or
Spanish must be placed below the
title in English.
2)Author(s):
Complete
given names and surnames.
The family names must be stated
exactly how they should appear
in indexation systems.
3)
Complementary information:
Affiliation: name of the
institution in the native
language, with up to three
levels (for example: University,
School, Department), City, State
or Province, Country.
Sectors in which the work was
performed should not be stated (clinic,
laboratory, outpatient service).
Complete address for
correspondence and e-mail
address.
Funding agency(ies).
Declaration of conflict of
interest.
4)
Abstract and Resumo (in
Portuguese) or Resumen (in
Spanish):
Up to 250
words for Original Articles and Views
and Reviews and 150 words
for Historical Notes.
Images in Neurology and Letters do
not have Abstract or Resumo
/ Resumen.
Presentation in structure
format: Background; Objective;
Methods; Results; Conclusions.
Only refer to relevant
data, in a clear and concise
manner.
Avoid abbreviations, unless
they are used universally.
This is the most important
part of the study: if readers do
not read the complete text, they
should have access through the
Abstract/Resumo/Resumen to
the relevant information of the
article.
The Resumo or Resumen should
be placed after the Abstract and
Keywords.
5) Keywords
and Palavras-chave (in
Portuguese) or
Palabras-Clave (in
Spanish):
Only use
terms that are include in the
English-language Medical Subject
Headings (MeSH) and the
Portuguese-language Health
Science Descriptions (http://decs.bvs.br/).
6)
Text
a)
Original Aticles: up to
3,000 words*. Introduction
methods (with explicit
reference to compliance with
ethical standards, including
the name of the Ethics
Committee that approved the
study and the informed
consent declaration made by
patients or members of their
families); results;
discussion; acknowledgments;
references. Do not repeat in
the text data are expressed
in tables and illustrations.
b) Views and Reviews: up to
5,000 words*. Systemetic
reviews or meta-analysis on
data from the literature;
critical analysis of the
present state of knowledge;
purely descriptive surveys
of data in the literature
will not be accepted.
c) Historical Notes:
up to 1,000 words*. Concise
presentation of original
data of historical interest
to neuroscientists;
manuscripts with excessively
regional interest should be
avoided.
d) Images in Neurology:
up to 100 words*. Only
relevant images should be
sent with a summary of the
clinical data and comments
on the images.
e) Letters: up to
700 words*. Comments on
studies published in Arquivos
de Neuro-Psiquiatria.
*The maximum number of words
refers only to the study and
excludes the abstract,
resumo/resumen and the
reference list.
7) Tables
a) Original Articles and Views
and Reviews: up to 5.
b) Historical Notes:
up to 2.
Submit
tables as complementary files,
include sequential number, title
and legend.
8) Illustrations
a) Original Articles and Views
and Reviews: up to 5.
b) Historical Notes and
Letters: up to 2.
c) Images in Neurology:
up to 4.
All
figures must be submitted in JPG
, TIFF or PNG format.
No identification relating to
patients or institutions is
permitted.
Photos of people who might be
recognized on the image need to
have been authorized in writing.
Each image must be placed in a
separate file, with the figure
number indicated in the file.
Images must be uniform in size
and magnification and must not
be redundant.
The significant findings should
be properly marked out on the
images.
Authorization in writing must be
provided for use of images that
have previously been published
and the original citation must
appear in the legend.
Images need to have the
following resolution:
a. artwork
in black and white: 1,200 dpi/ppi.
b. half-tones: 300 dpi/ppi.
c. combination of half-tones:
600 dpi/ppi.
Legends should be typed with
double spacing and figures
should be numbered in the order
in which they are referred to in
the text.
9) References
a) Original
Articles: up to 40;
b) Views and Reviews:
up to 60;
c) Historical Notes:
up to 20;
d) Letters and Images
in Neurology: up to 5.
References must:
Be listed
at the end of the article in the
order in which they appear in
the text.
Not use underlining, boldface or
italics.
Reference format:
a)
Articles: Author(s). Title
of the article. Title of the
journal. Year; volume(number):
first page-last page of the
article;
b)
Books: If there are up to
six authors, list all of
them; if more than six, list
the first six followed by et
al. Author(s). Title of the
book. Edition (from the 2nd
edition onwards). City:
Publishing house; year of
publication;
c)
Chapters of books: When the
author of the chapter is the
same as the author of the
book: Author(s) of the book.
Title of the book. Edition (from
the 2nd edition onwards).
City: Publishing house; year
of publication. Title of the
chapter; first page-last
page of the chapter.
Different authorship: Author(s)
of the chapter. Title of the
chapter. In: author or
editor of the book. Title of
the book. Edition (from the
2nd edition onwards). City:
Publishing house; year of
publication. First page-last
page of the chapter;
d)
Books in electronic media:
Author(s). Title of the
book. Edition (from the 2nd
edition onwards). City:
Publishing house; year of
publication [date of access,
using the expression
“accessed on”]. Available at:
link.
e)
Studies presented at events:
Author(s). Title of the
study. In: Annals of the
number of the event title of
the event; date of the event;
city, country where event
was held. City of
publication: Publishing
house; year of publication.
First page-last page of the
study;
f)
Dissertations, theses or
academic studies: Author.
Title of the thesis [degree
level]. City of publication:
Institution at which it was
defended; year of defense of
the study.
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