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Manuscripts should only be submitted online using the appropriate interface of ABO. The following guidelines were based on the format suggested by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and published in the document: Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
Only the manuscripts complying with these guidelines will be considered for analysis.
The text should be sent as a digital file. Only the following formats are accepted: .doc. The text should be typed double-spaced, in 12 point font. The pages should be numbered in Arabic numerals, starting each section on a new page.
The sections should be presented according to the following sequence: Title page (as a separate document); Abstract and Keywords; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements (if any); References; Tables (optional) and Figures (optional) including legends.
1. Title Page. It should contain: a) title (no more than 135 characters with spaces); b) authors' names as they should appear in print; c) each author's affiliation* (city, state, country and, if applicable, department, school, university); d) corresponding author's name, address, phone number, and email; e) sources of financial support (if any); f) project number and institution responsible for the approval of the Research Ethics Committee; g) statement of conflicts of interests of all authors; h) clinical trial registration number on a public trials registry.
* Professional or academic degrees, as well as job position will not be published.
Approval of the Institutional Review Board (IRB). All retrospective, cross-sectional, or prospective studies involving primary data collection or clinical and surgical reports should include the project number and name of the institution that provided the approval of the IRB on the title page. Studies involving humans should be compliant with the Declaration of Helsinki, whereas studies involving animals should be in accordance with the principles suggested by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
As a supplementary document, the corresponding author should send the IRB approval or its report stating that the evaluation of the project by the Committee is not necessary. The author cannot decide on the need for evaluation by the Research Ethics Committee.
Statement of Conflicts of Interest. The title page should contain the statement of conflicts of interest of all authors (even if there is no conflict of interest). For more information about potential conflicts of interest, refer to: World Association of Medical Editors: Conflict of interest in peer-reviewed medical journals.
All authors should send the Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest as supplementary documents.
Clinical Trials. All Clinical Trials shall include on the title page the registration number in an international registry that allows free access to trial information (examples: U.S. National Institutes of Health, Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number - ISRCTN, University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry - UMIN CTR, Nederlands Trial Register, Registros Brasileiros de Ensaios Clínicos).
2. Abstract and Keywords. Structured abstract (Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusions) with no more than 300 words. Unstructured abstract with no more than 150 words. Five keywords in English listed by the National Library of Medicine (MeSH - Medical Subject Headings).
3. Optional Abstract and Keywords in Portuguese. Optional structured abstract (Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusions) with no more than 300 words. Unstructured abstract with no more than 150 words. Five keywords in Portuguese listed by BIREME. Portuguese translation may be provided by ABO at publication.
4. Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Citations in the text should be numbered sequentially in superscript Arabic numerals and in parentheses. The names of the authors should not be cited in the text.
5. Acknowledgements. This section should include the collaboration of people, groups or institutions that deserve to be acknowledged but do not meet the criteria for authorship. Statisticians and medical editors may meet the criteria for authorship and, in this case, should be acknowledged as authors. When they do not meet the criteria for authorship, they should be mentioned in this section. Writers who are not identified in the manuscript cannot be accepted as authors; therefore, professional writers should be acknowledged in this section.
6. References. Citations (references) of authors in the text should be numbered sequentially in the same order as they are cited and identified using superscript Arabic numerals. References should be in accordance with the format suggested by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), based on the examples below.
The titles of the journals should be abbreviated according to the style provided by the List of Journal Indexed in Index Medicus of the National Library of Medicine.
The names of all authors should be cited for references with up to six authors. For studies with seven or more authors, cite only the first six authors followed by et al.
Examples of references:
Journal Articles
Costa VP, Vasconcellos JP, Comegno PEC, José NK. O uso da mitomicina C em cirurgia combinada. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 1999;62(5):577-80.
Books
Bicas HEA. Oftalmologia: fundamentos. São Paulo: Contexto; 1991.
Book Chapters
Gómez de Liaño F, Gómez de Liaño P, Gómez de Liaño R. Exploración del niño estrábico. In: Horta-Barbosa P, editor. Estrabismo. Rio de Janeiro: Cultura Médica; 1997. p. 47-72.
Annals
Höfling-Lima AL, Belfort R Jr. Infecção herpética do recém-nascido. In: IV Congresso Brasileiro de Prevenção da Cegueira; 1980 Jul 28-30, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. Anais. Belo Horizonte; 1980. v.2. p. 205-12.
Dissertations
Schor P. Idealização, desenho, construção e teste de um ceratômetro cirúrgico quantitativo [dissertation]. São Paulo: Universidade Federal de São Paulo; 1997.
Electronic Documents
Monteiro MLR, Scapolan HB. Constrição campimétrica causada por vigabatrin. Arq Bras Oftalmol. [online journal]. 2000 [cited 2005 Jan 31]; 63(5): [about 4 p.]. Available at: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492000000500012&lng=pt&nrm=iso
7. Tables. Tables should be numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals in the order they are mentioned in the text. All tables should have a title and a heading for all columns. Their format should be simple, with no vertical lines or color in the background. All abbreviations (even if previously defined in the text) and statistical tests should be explained below the table. The bibliographical source of the table should also be informed when the table is extracted from another study.
Do not include tables in the main document of the manuscript, they should be uploaded as supplementary documents
8. Figures (graphs, photos, illustrations, charts). Figures should be numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals in the order they are mentioned in the text. ABO will publish the figures in black and white at no cost to the authors. Manuscripts with color figures will be published only whether the color figure is considered necessary, otherwise, it will be published in black and white.
Graphs should be in shades of gray, on a white background and without three-dimensional or depth effects. Instead of using pie charts, the data should be included in tables or described in the text.
Photos and illustrations should have a minimum resolution of 300 DPI for the size of the publication (about 2,500 x 3,300 pixels for a full page). The quality of the images is considered in the evaluation of the manuscript.
The main document should contain all figure legends, typed double-spaced and numbered using Arabic numerals.
Do not include figures in the main document of the manuscript; they should be uploaded as supplementary documents.
9. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Abbreviations and acronyms should be preceded by the spelled-out abbreviation on first mention and in the legends of tables and figures (even if they have been previously mentioned in the text). Titles and abstracts should not contain abbreviations and acronyms.
10. Units of Measurement: Values of physical quantities should be used in accordance with the standards of the International System of Units.
11. Language. Texts should be clear to be considered appropriate for publication in a scientific journal. Use short sentences, written in a direct and active voice. Foreign words should be in italics. Therapeutic agents should be mentioned by their generic names with the following information in parentheses: trade name, manufacturer's name, city, state and country of origin. All instruments or apparatus should be mentioned including their trade name, manufacturer's name, city, state and country of origin. The superscript symbol of trademark ® or ™ should be used in all names of instruments or trade names of drugs. Whenever there are doubts about style, terminology, units of measurement and related issues, refer to the AMA Manual of Style 10th edition.
12. Original Documents. Corresponding authors should keep the original documents and the letter of approval from the Research Ethics Committee for studies involving humans or animals, the consent form signed by all patients involved, the statement of agreement with the full content of the study signed by all authors and the statement of conflict of interest of all authors, as well as the records of the data collected for the study results. 13. Corrections and Retractions. Errors may be noted in published manuscripts that require the publication of a correction. However, some errors pointed out by any reader may invalidate the results or the authorship of a manuscript. If substantial doubt arises about the honesty or integrity of a submitted manuscript, it is the editor's responsibility to exclude the possibility of fraud. In these situations, the editor will inform the institutions involved and the funding agencies about the suspicion and wait for their final decision. If there is confirmation of a fraudulent publication in ABO, the editor will act in compliance with the protocols suggested by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Checklist
Before submitting their manuscript, authors should make sure that all the following items are available:
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Manuscript prepared in accordance with the instructions to authors.
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Maximum number of words, tables, figures, and references according to the type of manuscript.
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Title page including the clinical trial registration number is not included in the main document
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No figures and tables are included in the main document of the manuscript.
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All figures and tables were uploaded separately as supplementary documents.
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Author Contribution Statement completed and saved as a digital file to be sent as a supplementary document.
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Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest of all authors completed and saved as digital files to be sent as supplementary documents.
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Digital version of the report provided by the Institutional Review Board containing the approval of the project to be sent as a supplementary document.
List of Websites
Princípios de Autoria segundo ICMJE
Formulário de Declaração de Contribuição dos Autores
CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials)
STARD (Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies)
PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)
STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology)
Interface de envio de artigos do ABO
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals
Declaração de Helsinque
Princípios da Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Chamon W, Melo LA Jr, Paranhos A Jr. Declaração de conflito de interesse em apresentações e publicações científicas. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2010;73(2):107-9.
World Association of Medical Editors: Conflict of interest in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Formulários para Declaração de Conflitos de Interesse
U.S. National Institutes of Health
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry
International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number - ISRCTN
University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry - UMIN CTR
Nederlands Trial Register
Registros Brasileiros de Ensaios Clínicos
MeSH - Medical Subject Headings
DeCS - Descritores em Ciências da Saúde
Formatação proposta pela International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
List of Journal Indexed in Index Medicus
AMA Manual of Style 10th edition
Protocolos da International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
Protocolos da Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
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