Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- The need to send an Ethics Committee Opinion was verified.
- The Copyright Declaration Form has been completed.
- The Publication Data Form was filled in.
- The authors must all be identified with ORCID and affiliation (ROR if applicable).
- All metadata (title, abstract, descriptors, areas of knowledge) must be in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Author Guidelines
PDF version | Vídeo: Article submission | Article template | Publication Data | Copyright Statement | Template - filling instructions
1.1 - Description of Procedures
2 – Instructions for Article Submission
2.2.1 - Metadata Structure and Formatting
2.2.2 - Structure and Formatting of the Body Text
Choosing the Portuguese Rehabilitation Nursing Journal (PRNJ) guarantees you success in the national and international dissemination of your research, as it is indexed in several scientific bases. Therefore, we propose that you follow the instructions carefully to facilitate the analysis process and thus meet the established deadlines.
Instructions for authors are structured in two parts: editorial considerations and instructions for article submission.
Any situation not foreseen or contemplated in this regulation must be exposed to the Editor-in-Chief during the submission process by filling in the field “Comments to the Editor”.
1.1 - Description of Procedures
Submission, review and publication procedures are fully managed on the journal's online platform . Authors can follow the article evaluation phases on the online platform.
The stages of the process are:
- Submission / Pre-analysis
Each article submitted to the Journal is initially analyzed by a member of the Editorial Committee regarding compliance with the rules established in the Instructions to Authors, being returned for rectification, in case of non-compliance with the rules.
If approved at this stage, the article is forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief who designates the associate editor. This will start the evaluation of the content from a scientific point of view and the contribution to the development of Nursing science, by appointing two reviewers for the article from the body of national and international external reviewers .
- Peer review
The article is then forwarded to two external reviewers, who evaluate it based on the PRNJ analysis instrument. If there is disagreement in the opinions, the article is forwarded to the Editor. The reviewers' opinions are analyzed by the Editor who, if necessary, indicates the changes to be made and which should be re-submitted for evaluation. The review process is double blind and anonymity is guaranteed throughout the judging process.
- Publication
The works go on for publication only after the final approval of the Editor-in-Chief. In this phase, a final evaluation will be carried out regarding the text, layout and formatting. Scheduling and preparation of the article for publication and assignment of DOI.
The entire content of the magazine is owned by APER, with copyright reserved for it.
Regarding use by third parties, PRNJ is governed by the terms of the Creative Commons license “Attribution – Non-Commercial Use – Prohibition of Derivative Works (cc-by-nc-nd)”. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.pt
It is the author's responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce content from other publications.
All material that has been previously published and protected by copyright, namely illustrations, figures and tables, must be accompanied by written permission for reproduction from the copyright holders. Any conflicts related to copyright are the sole responsibility of the authors, and PRNJ is never responsible for judicial or extrajudicial indemnity proceedings arising from the failure of the authors to verify the legal framework.
Authors must ensure that the work is unpublished and is being sent exclusively to the Portuguese Rehabilitation Nursing Journal. The authors agree that, in case of acceptance of the article, the copyright referring to it will become the exclusive property of the Portuguese Rehabilitation Nursing Journal. This acceptance must be carried out when submitting the article.
Authors are authorized to make their articles available in repositories of their institutions of origin, as long as they always mention where they were published and in accordance with the Creative Commons license .
When submitting the article, the authors must send the duly completed Copyright form as an attachment.
Submission and publication fees vary according to whether one of the authors is a member of APER:
- Member of APER (updated fees): Article submission: 50€; Article publication, after approval: 100€;
- Non-member of APER: Article submission: 50€; Article publication, after approval: €150.
The submission fee will only be issued after the submission has been validated and sent for review.
Decision-making on articles is not influenced by whether or not the authors are members of APER.
PRNJ recommends reading the Editorial Policies that are published at https://rper.aper.pt/index.php/rper/politicaseditoriais
2 – Instructions for Article Submission
Submission of a paper includes assurance that the work described has not been previously published (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not being considered for publication in another journal, that the manuscript has been approved by all authors and, tacitly or explicitly, by the competent authorities where the work was carried out and that, if accepted for publication, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically.
PRNJ uses Crossref Similarity Check from Ithenticate to verify the originality of submitted articles. This check is based on comparing the text of the article with existing documents in the Crossref and Ithenticate databases .
Submissions that do not comply with these instructions may be returned for rewriting and resubmission.
At least one of the authors must be a rehabilitation specialist nurse or work in the area of rehabilitation. Maximum of 6 authors.
PRNJ accepts articles of the following typologies, and it is necessary to indicate which type of article is being submitted:
- Original article reporting clinical or basic research - Any research study in a clinical context, including clinical trials, cohort studies, case studies, multicase studies or case-control studies. In the case of a clinical trial report, it is mandatory to send the approval opinion of the Ethics Committee on Research Involving Human Beings as a supplementary document. Recommended maximum length of 5000 words, excluding bibliographical references (maximum 25 references);
|
Registration of Clinical Trials Registration in a public database of clinical trials is a necessary condition for the publication of clinical trial data in PRNJ, in accordance with the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE, http://www.icmje.org ). Trials should be registered prior to or at the beginning of the patient enrollment period. Purely observational studies (those where the assignment of a health intervention is not at the discretion of the investigator) do not require registration. The clinical trial registration number (TRN) as well as the date of that registration must be referenced at the end of the article abstract. Priority will be given to articles registered with the respective addresses. |
- Literature review - Systematic with or without Meta-Analysis, Integrative, Narrative, Historical Reviews, Scoping and other typologies. Recommended maximum length of 6000 words, excluding bibliographical references (maximum 80 references);
|
Registration of Systematic Reviews Systematic reviews must follow the PRISMA protocol ( http://www.prisma-statement.org/Protocols/ ) and must provide the protocol registration number in the PROSPERO database ( https://www.crd.york.ac. uk/prospero/ ), OSF (https://osf.io/ ) or similar. The registration number as well as the date of that registration must be referenced at the end of the article abstract. Priority will be given to articles registered with the respective addresses. |
- Report of experience, updating and/or technological innovation - Description of experiences of teaching practices, care delivery, or description of technological innovation products (teaching, provision, research or management in the field of rehabilitation nursing) . The content must present an introduction, method, results of the experience or innovation and conclusion. Recommended maximum length of 3000 words, excluding bibliographical references (maximum of 15 references);
- Perspective/reflection - In-depth discursive enunciation, focusing on a concept or theoretical construct of Nursing or a related area; or discussion on a specific topic matter of opinion or analysis of issues that may contribute to the deepening of topics related to the area of health and rehabilitation nursing. The content must be presented in such a way as to contemplate the introduction, development of the reflection and conclusion. Maximum recommended length of 3000 words, excluding bibliographical references (maximum of 15 references).
- Recommendations for clinical practice ( guidelines ) - Description of emerging clinical guidelines working groups organized within scientific meetings or associations, or groups of authors with specialized work carried out on the topic in question. The content must present an introduction, method, results, discussion and conclusion. Recommended maximum length of 6000 words, excluding bibliographical references (maximum 80 references).
The article must be constructed in Microsoft® Word® format from the template provided. It is important that the file is saved in the template 's original format (. docx ).
The title, abstract and keywords must be presented in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The body of the article can be presented in Portuguese or in English. They must be written in a clear, concise, direct style so that they are intelligible to the reader.
2.2.1 - Metadata Structure and Formatting
The completion of the template must respect the following format:
- Font used: Calibri ;
- The title in the original language of the article must be bold, size 14, centered; can be supplemented with a subtitle that identifies the type of study or article, which is not counted towards the 16-word limit;
- The translation of the title must appear on the next line, in bold and centered. If there are more translations, write each one on a different line;
- Skip 1 line to separate title from abstract;
- The abstract must come after the title, aligned to the left, size 12. The word “Abstract:” must come in bold, with or without the colon (:). The text must start in the next paragraph, size 12. For structured abstracts (contains sections such as Introduction, Method, Conclusions), each section title must be in bold, with or without a colon (:). The text of each section of the abstract must be indicated in different paragraphs. It must be presented in Portuguese (resumo), English ( abstract ) and Spanish ( summary ), up to 250 words in each language.
- The descriptors must be after the abstract, size 12. The text “Descriptores:” must be in bold followed by a colon (:). Each of the keywords must be separated by a comma or semicolon. The descriptors of the article, between three and six, that allow identifying the subject of the work, following the language of the abstracts: Portuguese (descriptors), English (descriptors ) and Spanish ( descriptors ), extracted from the DeCS vocabulary (Descriptors in Health Sciences) , prepared by BIREME, or MeSH (Medical Subject Headings ), prepared by NLM ( National Library of Medicine).
Search in:
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/
- Between each summary and keywords of the different languages, a line must be skipped.
2.2.2 - Structure and Formatting of the Body Text
The completion of the template must respect the following format:
- Sections: Font size 16, centered, bold, with the first letter capitalized;
- Subsections: Font size 14, centered, bold, with the first letter capitalized;
- Body text: Font size 12. There should be no line breaks between paragraphs;
- Image title: Font size 12, centered and bold. Description of images: Size 12;
- Images: They must be in the body of the text, inserted in png or jpg format and centered. Images must be in line with the text. Recommended formats are . png and . jpg with a resolution of 300dpi;
- Text tables: The title of the columns in the tables must be bold and the data of the table's content in normal font. Scientific names must be italicized;
- Equations can be in image;
- Citations must be numbered according to the order of appearance in the body of the text. Numbering must be in parentheses and in superscript format .
- Introduction: it should be brief, it should contextualize the topic and, if applicable, define the problem studied, highlighting its importance and gaps in knowledge, followed by the objective(s) of the article;
- Methods: when applicable, include the methodological strategies used, the population studied, the data source and the selection criteria, which must be objectively and completely described. It is necessary to specify that the study was conducted in accordance with the required ethical and legal standards;
|
Authors should follow the recommendations available at https://www.equator-network.org/ taking into account the type of article. In studies with a Methods section, the point “study design” must indicate the Equator instrument used to conduct the methodology. If this rule is not met, the manuscript will be rejected. 1. |
- Results: when applicable, they must be presented in a clear and objective way, describing only the data found, without interpretations or comments. They can be accompanied by tables (for direct data; example: description of the sample, inclusion or exclusion criteria), charts (for processed data; example: statistical results, comparison with other authors) and figures (from the author, adapted and/or referenced ). The text must complement and not repeat what is described in the figures;
- Discussion: when applicable, it should be restricted to the data obtained and the results achieved, emphasizing new and relevant aspects observed in the study and discussing the agreements and disagreements with other research already published. In the discussion, the comparison between the author's results and other studies must be clear;
- Conclusion: must respond to the objectives or hypotheses of the study, based on the results and discussion, consistent with the title, proposition and method adopted. Study limitations should also be highlighted.
-References: according to the Vancouver standard (see standard here ); whenever the theme has already been dealt with in PRNJ, it is suggested that the authors refer to these same articles. The maximum number of references depends on the type of article in question and is specified in “Typology of Articles”. It is suggested to use automatic bibliography referencers such as Mendeley or Endnote . In Mendeley, the style “Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Reabilitação” can be searched for and installed . Bibliographic references must be in ascending order, aligned to the left, in size 12.
Tables and Figures
The article may have included Tables and/or Figures and they must be numbered (Arabic numerals) in the order in which they are cited in the text (Example: Table 1, Chart 1, Figure 1).
Tables, Charts and/or Figures must be accompanied by the respective caption, succinct and clear. Captions should be self-explanatory (no need to refer to the text).
Captions for Charts and Tables must be placed at the top. The legend of the Figures must be placed at the bottom.
For the explanatory notes in the Tables, the following symbols and sequence must be used: *, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, **, ††, ‡‡
The tables must comply with the following indications:
- If the tables are complex, they can be presented as an image;
- The caption and/or source of the table is encoded in XML, so it must not be included in the image;
- All texts and symbols that appear in the original image must be visualized;
- The column title of the tables must be in bold;
- Data in the body of the table must be in normal font;
- Scientific names in the table must be in italics.
dpi is suggested for graphics and 300 dpi minimum for photographs ) . Possible formats for isolated submission are: jpg , png , tif , docs , xlsx , pptx and pdf .
Articles must be submitted through the PRNJ website at:
https://rper.aper.pt/index.php/rper/about/submissions
Steps to follow:
1st - Select Language;
2nd - Select section (article typology);
3rd - Validate submission requirements;
4th - Comments to the Editor: guarantee must be given that the manuscript is not under simultaneous consideration by any other journal. Authors must declare their potential conflicts of interest;
5th - Submission of documents:
- Article text, tables and figures (template);
- Opinion of the Ethics Committee (if applicable);
- Declaration of Copyright;
- Publication Data (Ethical Disclosures and Author Contribution – CrediT )
6 - Introduction of Metadata : Titles, Descriptors, Abstract, Knowledge Area and References;
7th - Identification of contributors (indicate ORCID ( mandatory for all authors ) and affiliation with identification of Institution ( ROR ), city and country. At least one of the authors must be a rehabilitation specialist nurse or work in the area of rehabilitation. Maximum of 6 authors.
Downloadable files:
PDF version | Article template | Publication Data | Copyright Statement | Template - filling instructions
Last Review 30 of April of 2023
Original article reporting clinical or basic research
Any research study in a clinical context, including clinical trials, cohort studies, case studies, multi-case studies or case-control studies. case studies consist of descriptive and contextualized contributions based on a case, which can be in the area of care, teaching or research in rehabilitation nursing.
Literature review
Systematic Reviews with or without Meta-Analysis, Integrative Reviews, narrative reviews, historical revisions, and other types Scoping Reviews.
Reporting of experience, updating and / or technological innovation
Writing of experiences of teaching practices, extension or provision of care, or description of technological innovation products (teaching, provision, research or management in the context of rehabilitation nursing).
Perspective / reflection
In-depth discursive enunciation, focusing on a concept or theoretical construct of Nursing or related area; or discussion on a specific subject matter of opinion or analysis of issues that may contribute to the deepening of topics related to the area of health and rehabilitation nursing.
Recommendations for clinical practice ( guidelines )
Description of emerging clinical guidelines working groups organized within the scope of meetings or scientific associations, or groups of authors with specialized work carried out on the topic in question.
Preliminary note and protocol
Represents a study proposal or the theoretical protocol for a review or investigation.
Preprint
Version of a scientific article that precedes formal peer review. The pre-publication is available online immediately after acceptance of the submission by the Editor-in-Chief of RPER, but will only be published in one of the RPER issues if it is subjected to the peer review process.
Copyright Notice
I declare, as the first author, that the work is unpublished and is being sent exclusively to the Portuguese Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.
The authors agree that, in case of acceptance of the article, the copyrights referring to it will become the exclusive property of Portuguese Rehabilitation Nursing Journal.
This journal uses the Creative Commons licencing "CC BY-NC-ND 4.0" - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.pt .
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
