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About the journal

 

Brief History

 

The journal "Arquivos de Gastroenterologia," founded in 1964 by Prof. Dr. José Fernando Pontes, was initially published quarterly. Starting in 2024, it will adopt a continuous publication flow system, expediting the publication of already approved papers.

The institution directly responsible for the journal is the Brazilian Institute for Studies and Research in Gastroenterology and Other Specialties (IBEPEGE). The journal is the official publication body for the following entities:

  • Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery (CBCD)
  • Brazilian Society of Digestive Motility and Neurogastroenterology (SBMDN)
  • Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology (FBG)
  • Brazilian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SOBED)
  • Brazilian Society of Hepatology (SBH)
  • Brazilian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (SBNPE)
  • Brazilian Academy of Dysphagia (ABD)
  • Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease of Brazil (GEDIIB)

Committed to stimulating scientific production and valuing medical literature, it aims to publish original scientific papers from national and international researchers.

The abbreviated title of the journal is "Arq. Gastroenterol.," which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliographic captions.

 

 

Compliance with Open Science

 

Authors must fill out and submit the Open Science Compliance Form with their manuscript. In this form, authors are asked to indicate:

(a) whether the manuscript is a preprint and, if so, its location.

(b) whether data, program codes, and other materials underlying the manuscript text are correctly cited and referenced; and,

(c) whether they accept options for openness in the peer review process.

Open Science Compliance Form.

 

 

Ethics in Publication

 

The "Arquivos de Gastroenterologia" adopts and uses the guidelines and recommendations of the COPE Committee on Publication Ethics.

Research articles involving human beings must indicate, in the Methods section, their express agreement with ethical standards and with the participants' due free and informed consent. Research with humans must include the approval number from the Research Ethics Committee. Brazilian studies must comply with Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council of the Ministry of Health (Brazil), which deals with the Code of Ethics for Research on Human Beings. For studies outside Brazil, they must comply with the Helsinki Declaration.

Studies involving animals must explicitly agree with international ethical principles (e.g., Committee for Research and Ethical Issues of the International Association for the Study of Pain, published in PAIN, 16:109-110, 1983) and national instructions (Laws 6638/79, 9605/98, Decree 24665/34) regulating research with animals and include the approval number from the Animal Research Ethics Committee.

The journal "Arquivos de Gastroenterologia" supports the policies for clinical trial registration of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the registration and international dissemination of information about clinical studies, in open access. Approval by an appropriate Ethics Committee is an indispensable requirement for any research involving human beings or any human material. Authors must include in the manuscript the name of the ethics committee responsible for the approval, along with the project's reference number. Additionally, all authors must strictly adhere to the requirements set by the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors).

Therefore, only clinical research articles that have received an identification number in one of the Clinical Trials Registries validated by the criteria established by the WHO and ICMJE, whose addresses are available on the ICMJE website, will be accepted for publication. The identification number must be registered in "Methods".

To ensure that the study complies with good practice standards, it is recommended to use the checklist below. Other guides are listed at https://www.equator-network.org/.

a. CONSORT for randomized trials;

b. STARD for diagnostic studies;

c. PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses;

d. ARRIVE for pre-clinical studies in animals.

 

 

Focus and Scope

 

The journal's objective is to publish studies of an original nature, clinical or surgical, techniques, and epidemiological studies in the areas of Endoscopy, Surgery, Hepatology, Digestive Motility, Clinical Gastroenterology, Experimental Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Clinical Pathology of Gastroenterology, and finally, Nutrition.

In addition, it publishes Editorials, Letters to the Editor, Consensus, Brief Communications, Systematic Review Articles, and E-Videos.

 

 

Digital Preservation

 

This journal follows the standards defined in the Digital Preservation Policy program of the SciELO Program.

 

 

Indexing Sources

 

The journal is affiliated with ABEC - Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors.

 

 

Bibliographic Information

 

Journal Title: Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Abbreviated Title: Arq. Gastroenterol.

Published by: Brazilian Institute for Studies and Research in Gastroenterology and Specialties

Frequency: Annual.

Publication Mode: Continuous Publication

Year of Journal Establishment: 1964

Print ISSN: 0004-2803

Online ISSN: 1678-4219

 

 

Websites and Social Media

 

Website: https://revistaarquivosdegastro.com.br

Email: secretariaarqgastr@hosppitaligesp.com.br

 

 

Editorial Policy

Preprints

 

The use of "preprints" is an option and choice of the authors, and the journal accepts the submission of manuscripts previously deposited on the SciELO Preprints server.

 

 

Peer Review Process

  The evaluation of the work is conducted impartially and anonymously, meaning the authors' identities are concealed from the reviewers. In the case of Preprints, it is impossible to guarantee the authors' anonymity; therefore, the evaluation may be single-blind or open. An Associate Editor will be assigned to each article, who will select reviewers, oversee the review process, and approve the final text. The name of this Editor will be published alongside the work. At least two reviewers evaluate original articles (double-blind peer review). The estimated time for the process is 90 days from submission. The decision on acceptance for publication is made by the Editorial Board.  

 

Open Data

 

As a good practice, following Open Science to ensure security and transparency, the Arquivos de Gastroenterologia encourage the "sharing of data, codes, methods, and other materials used and resulting from research that generally underlies the texts of articles published by journals."

The research data from manuscripts approved for publication may, as of 2024, be stored in the SciELO Data repository (in progress).

It is recommended to store observed, collected, or generated data to validate the results of the original research, whether raw data, processed data, audio, video, code, software, algorithms, protocols, and methods.

 

 

Fee Charging

 

No fees are required from authors for submission or article evaluation.

The application of article processing charges (APCs) is reserved for after the final text of the article is approved, with the Editorial Committee reserving the right to waive fees based on the authors' origins or lack of funding in response to the authors' request. The fees are published on the website https://revistaarquivosdegastro.com.br.

The Arquivos de Gastroenterologia are available online with open and free access. It is unnecessary to request permission from the journal for electronic copying if appropriate credit is given to the source.

 

 

Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Errata, and Retraction

 
  • The Arquivos de Gastroenterologia adopts the publication ethics principles included in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct. The Editorial Body will assess and address ethical issues and/or issues that may harm the journal's reputation.
  • In cases of misconduct, the journal will apply the retraction policy per the Best Practice Guide proposed by SciELO.
  • The Registration and Publication of Errata will follow the recommendations proposed by SciELO.
  • The Registration and publication of Retraction will be as proposed by SciELO.
 

 

Policy on Conflict of Interest

 
  • Conflicts of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial nature. Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that could influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts.
  • Authors, reviewers, and editors involved in the evaluation and processing of the article must disclose a summary statement of interest on the title page file. If there is no interest to declare, then it should be mentioned: "Declarations of interest: none." This statement will ultimately be published if the article is accepted.
  • Reviewers and editors involved in the process must disclose in a statement whether there is any conflict of interest involved in the evaluation and processing of the article. If there is a conflict of interest, even potential, it must be reported in a separate signed document attached to the processing process. This information will be published if the article is approved.
  • All authors, reviewers, and editors involved in the evaluation and processing of the article must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Potential competing interests include employment, consultancy, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
  • When editors have conflicts of interest, they should delegate decision-making to other editors.
  • For more information, see Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest.
 

 

Adoption of Similarity Verification Software

 

The Arquivos de Gastroenterologia adopts professional tools for similarity detection (Grammarly, Plagius, or similar). At the authors' discretion, certifications offered by anti-plagiarism software may be used.

 

 

Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Manuscript Preparation

 

Artificial intelligence (AI) or similar technologies do not qualify for authorship. The author must carefully supervise the use of AI to assist in writing texts and formatting. Any AI tool cannot be included as a co-author. They must be described if used to create content or assist in writing or editing. If they are part of the design or formal research methods, they should be included in the Methods section.

 

 

Sex and Gender Issues

 

The editorial team of the Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER). The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, and the results and interpretation of findings. Additionally, the Arquivos de Gastroenterologia observes the policy of gender equity in the formation of its editorial body.

 

 

Ethics Committee

 

Authors must attach a statement of approval from the institution's ethics committee responsible for approving the research.

 

 

Copyrights

 

Authors of articles published by the Arquivos de Gastroenterologia retain the copyrights of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, if the original work is correctly cited.

The authors grant the journal the right of first publication under the CC BY 4.0 License, which allows access, printing, reading, distribution, remixing, adaptation, and development of other works with acknowledgment of authorship.

Authors are granted the right to enter separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work, such as publishing in an institutional repository, with proper acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Readers may read, download, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles without prior permission from the authors or editors.

 

 

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

 

Responsibility of the Website:

The Arquivos de Gastroenterologia reserves the right to make normative orthographic changes to the originals to maintain the cultured standard of the language while respecting the authors' style. The original files will be returned to the authors.

Responsibility of the Author:

Authors retain full rights over their works published in the Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, with total or partial reprinting, deposit, or replication subject to indication of first publication in the journal under the CC BY 4.0 License. The opinions expressed by the authors of the articles are their sole responsibility.

The journal adopts the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License, preserving the integrity of the articles in an open-access environment. The author is allowed to retain publication rights without restrictions.

Authors of articles published by the Arquivos de Gastroenterologia retain the copyrights of their works, allowing the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction as long as the original work is correctly cited.

The journal encourages Authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts, publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as on their social media, as long as the complete citation to the journal's website version is included.

 

 

Sponsors and Funding Agencies

 

The publication receives funding from:

Brazilian Institute for Studies and Research in Gastroenterology and Other Specialties – (IBEPEGE).

 

 

Editorial Board

 

Founding Editor

 
  • José Fernandes Pontes, Brazilian Institute of Studies and Research in Gastroenterology and Other Specialties - IBEPEGE, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
 

 

Scientific Editor

   

 

Editor-in-Chief

   

 

IBEPEGE Assistant Editor

   

 

Secretariat and Publishing

 
  • Isabella Coelho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
 

 

Art and Layout

 
  • Pubmind Projects and Publications Ltda.
 

 

XML Production

   

 

Associate Editors from Societies

 

Surgery - CBCD

Gastroenterology-FBG

Endoscopy-SOBED

Nutrition-BRASPEN

Digestive Motility- SBMDN

Hepatology - FBG

Dysphagia - ABD

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - GEDIIB

 

 

Associate Editors

 

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Surgery

Endoscopy

Pathology

Hepatology

Dysphagia

Nutrition

Gastroenterology

Experimental Surgery

Digestive Motility

Pediatric Gastroenterology

 

 

International Consultants

 
  • Daniel Sifrim, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom. Orcid: 0000-0002-4894-0523.
  • Jose Alejandro Piscoya Rivera, Faculty of Medicine, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, Lima, Peru. Orcid: 0000-0002-4420-2419.
  • Juan Sebastian Lasa, Medical Education and Clinical Research Center (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Orcid: 0000-0002-8995-1659.
  • Julio Yarmuch, University of Chile Clinical Hospital, Santiago, Chile. Orcid: 0000-0001-7858-3929.
  • Luis Soifer, University Institute CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Orcid: 0000-0002-9690-835X.
  • Peter Malfertheiner, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany. Orcid: 0000-0001-8439-9036.
  • Francis Megraud, INSERM - U853, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. Orcid: 0000-0002-2481-1612.
  • Steven Wexner, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, United States. Orcid: 0000-0001-8046-5753.
  • Mark Scott, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Orcid: 0000-0002-7997-1533.
  • Etsuro Yazaki, Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, London, United Kingdom. Orcid: 0000-0002-5315-4957.
  • Eamonn Martin Quigley, Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates, Houston, Texas, United States. Orcid: 0000-0003-4151-7180.
 

 

Instructions for Authors

 

 

The Arquivos de Gastroenterologia now promote and progressively require adherence to good practices of open science communication in the policies, management, and editorial operation of journals guided by SciELO. This includes the adoption of open science practices in four dimensions of scientific communication to ensure that the quality journals it indexes follow the state of the art in scientific communication.

 

 

Types of Articles

 

The Arquivos publish original and unpublished contributions (from national and international researchers) that are compatible with the journal's objectives and meet scientific and editorial standards.

The manuscript submission implies that the work in its entirety or in part has not been published in another source or communication medium and that it is not under review in another journal for publication.

The journal's objective is to publish studies of an original nature, clinical or surgical techniques, and epidemiological studies in the areas of Endoscopy, Surgery, Hepatology, Digestive Motility, Clinical Gastroenterology, Experimental Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Clinical Pathology of Gastroenterology, and finally, Nutrition.

In addition, it publishes Editorials, Letters to the Editor, Consensus, Brief Communications, Systematic Review Articles, and E-Videos.

The evaluation of the work is done impartially and anonymously, meaning any identification of the article's origin is concealed from the reviewers. At least two reviewers evaluate original articles (double-blind peer review). The estimated time for the process is 90 days from submission. The decision on acceptance for publication is made by the Editorial Board.

 

 

Author Contributions

 

The authors must submit a statement file from each author describing their contributions to the article using the relevant roles from CRediT: Conceptualization; Data Curation; Formal Analysis; Funding Acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project Administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Writing - Original Draft Preparation; Writing - Review & Editing.

The authorship statements should be formatted with the authors' names first followed by the CRediT roles.

More information at https://credit.niso.org/.

 

 

Form and Preparation of Manuscripts

 

General Rules

The texts must be in English.

The number of authors is limited to six for Original Articles, and three for Brief Communications. Exceptions can be made in the case of multicenter or multidisciplinary studies.

For Brief Communications, it is recommended not to exceed more than 2500 words. It may contain one figure and one table. References should not exceed 15.

The submitted manuscript must be sent in Microsoft Word format and organized as follows, with these items being mandatory:

A cover letter to the Chief Editor will be included, with a general presentation of the article, its importance within the context, highlights of originality, main findings, and final considerations. Moreover, this letter must include a statement of non-concurrent submission to another journal and the absence of conflicts of interest.

1. Title in English and Portuguese. For foreign authors, the translation to Portuguese will be done. The title should be simple, concise, clear, short, and impactful. Do not use more than 140 characters, including spaces.

  • It is recommended to add the article's “running title”. More information can be obtained at: [https://www.aje.com/arc/editing-tip-crafting-appropriate-running-title/](https://www.aje.com/arc/editing-tip-crafting-appropriate-running-title/)
  • Names of the authors and their complete affiliations. Do not insert positions, functions, or adjectives.
  • Contact author's email
  • Report on the funding source of the article.

2. Each author's participation in the study should be described in English. Contributions are, for example, data collection, research execution, text writing, statistical analysis, etc.

3. Department and Institution where the work was carried out.

4. The ORCID of all authors is mandatory.

5. Declare whether or not there is a conflict of interest, subsidy, or other financial support; sponsors should be declared.

6. Authors must inform or deny the use of Artificial Intelligence for the preparation of the text.

7. Insertion of a box containing the key points or highlights of the article in question. It should be constructed with a maximum of 4 sentences, summarizing objectives, methods, results, and conclusions.

8. Structured Abstract (Background, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion). The Abstract should be submitted in both English and Portuguese (200 to 600 words). Abbreviations, notes, and references should be avoided. For foreign authors, the translation to Portuguese will be done.

9. Keywords in English (3 to 10). Use terms from MEDLINE's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list whenever possible. The search can also be done on the Health Science Descriptors portal.

10. We recommend the following division within the article: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and Acknowledgments.

11. All collaborators who are not authors may be mentioned in the Acknowledgments section.

12. References - The Arquivos de Gastroenterologia adopts the Vancouver style. Cite the references in the text using Arabic numerals in the order of citation, in parentheses. The first six authors should be cited. After the 6th author, include "et al.".

13. Tables and Figures should be cited in the text in Arabic numerals. Preferably attached to the article in JPG or PNG. They should come at the end, after the references if they are within the article. They should never be placed in the middle of the text.

14. Tables (in Microsoft Word or Excel format) - Titled "Table" only when there are numerical results. Explanations and abbreviations should be placed in table footnotes.

15. Figures – Name as "Figure" whenever it is a written questionnaire, photographs, graphs, and drawings. They must be sent in high-resolution digital format (2 MB). The figures should contain a short text about the subject.

 

 

Submission of Manuscripts

 

Submissions must be made only through the ScholarOne interface, on the SciELO portal: http://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ag-scielo

Among the files sent, authors must include the fully completed Open Science Compliance Form. This is available in the Instructions and Forms tab or through the links:

English: https://wp.scielo.org/wp-content/uploads/Open-Science-Compliance-Form_en.docx

We reiterate that no fee is charged to authors for submission and article evaluation. The Arquivos de Gastroenterologia is available online with open and free access: https://www.scielo.br/j/ag/. Or on the journal's website: https://revistaarquivosdegastro.com.br/.

The application of article processing charges (APCs) is reserved for after the final text of the article is approved, with the Editorial Committee reserving the right to waive fees based on the authors' origins or lack of funding in response to the authors' request. The fees are published on the journal's website (https://revistaarquivosdegastro.com.br).

 

 

E-videos

 

Authors:

  • E-video can have a maximum of six authors.
  • Include author identification as per general instructions of the journal: do not insert personal positions or similar adjectives.
  • Include the department and institution where the work was carried out.
  • The name, telephone number, and email address of the author to whom proofs and requests for possible revision should be sent.

Main Text:

  • Title in English and Portuguese. For foreign authors, the translation will be done.
  • Text: no more than 400 words.
  • Place the video caption below the main text, and it should be as short as possible (maximum of 40 words).

Video:

  • Only one video is allowed per submission.
  • Ensure there is no identification such as name or institutional number of the patient.
  • Only AVI or MP4 formats are acceptable.
  • The length of the video should not exceed 4 minutes. It may contain narration in English.
  • Ensure that the steps and/or main findings are explained and highlighted in the video with overlay titles and indicative arrows.

Figures:

A maximum of six images can be submitted separately in PNG or JPEG format with at least 300 dpi. Each should have a number and a caption.

References:

The reference rules (no more than six) are the same as for original articles. Please refer to the general rules above. They should be cited in the main text.

 

 

Additional Information

 

Finally, any questions can be clarified through the journal's secretariat email: secretariaarqgastr@hospitaligesp.com.br.

 

 

Contact

 

Brazilian Institute for Studies and Research in Gastroenterology and Other Specialties - IBEPEGE.
Rua Dr. Seng, 320, ZIP Code: 01331-020
São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Phone: (+55 11) 3147-6227
E-mail: secretariaarqgastr@hospitaligesp.com.br

 

 

Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia e Outras Especialidades - IBEPEGE. Rua Dr. Seng, 320, 01331-020 São Paulo - SP Brasil, Tel./Fax: +55 11 3147-6227 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
E-mail: secretariaarqgastr@hospitaligesp.com.br
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