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.

Have the following data at hand, from each author, to enter during the manuscript submission process: full name, home institution, academic background (or mini resume), email and ORCID ID.
Ensure that the contribution is original and unpublished, and that it is not being evaluated for publication by another journal; otherwise, it must be justified in "Comments to the editor".
Ensure that the submission file is in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF format and that its text and metadata do not have indications of its authorship.
Make sure that the text is set to A4 size page, 2 cm margins on all sides with 1.5 pt line spacing; to use Times New Roman font, size 12; that is using italics instead of underlining (except in URL addresses); and that the figures and tables are inserted in the text, not at the end of the document in the form of attachments.
Ensure that the text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Authors Guidelines.
The review of the English language (spelling and grammar) and the translation of titles and abstracts into Portuguese and Spanish were carried out by qualified professionals.
Where available, URLs for references have been provided.
Have at hand the supplementary submission documents: Approval by the Ethics Committee or "Declaration of non-involvement of Human Beings in Research", "Declaration of Responsibility and Transfer of Copyright"; and the "Conflict of Interest Statement".

Author Guidelines

The Revista Chronos Urgência (Rev. Chronos Urg.), linked to the Center for Permanent Education of the Emergency Mobile Care Service (SAMU 192) - Regional Fortaleza (NEP SAMUFor), is a semiannual scientific journal in continuous flow that aims to contribute to the strengthening of activities aimed at emergency care and emergency, through the sharing of evidence, practices, reflections, experiences and their results, for the development of this same area of knowledge and for better professional performance in the pre, intra and post-hospital environment.

As a scientific journal, the Rev. Chronos Urg. follows a submission flow that involves editors and reviewers (see the Flowchart of Editorial Activities here). The evaluation of the submissions is criterion-referenced and the Checklist for the Evaluation of Articles is available to the authors by clicking here.

Articles are received in a continuous flow, that is, we receive texts at any time of the year. The articles are published on the magazine's website, exclusively in PDF format.

The originality of the material

The content of articles sent for publication cannot have been previously published or forwarded to another journal at the same time. Revista Chronos Urgência, following the guidelines of the Committee On Publication Ethics (COPE), adopts the practice of checking similarities using the “iThenticate” anti-plagiarism software.

Still in Phase 1 of conformity assessment and ethical evaluation, the articles submitted will be analyzed by the Section Editor and those manuscripts that exceed 15% of similarity with some existing academic material will undergo an analysis process to verify the occurrence or not plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Read our Policy of Retraction and Ethical Publication
for more information about how Revista Chronos Urgência deals with plagiarism.

Authored

The maximum number of authors of the manuscript is limited to six (06).

The persons designated as authors must have participated in the preparation of the articles so that they can take public responsibility for their content. The qualification as an author should be based on the deliberations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org) which guides the following aspects to be considered in the substantial contribution to the recognition of authorship: 1. Conception and design of work; 2. Obtaining, analyzing and interpreting the data; 3. Participation in the discussion of results; 4. Writing of the manuscript and critical review of its content; 5. Approval of the final version of the manuscript.

Submission

The submission consists of four steps, described in Information for Authors.

FORM AND PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Guidelines for presenting text

The texts of the articles must be presented according to the Equator Network guidelines, according to the type of study carried out:

For all types of studies, use the Revised Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0 – checklist) guideline.
For randomized clinical trials, use the following CONSORT (checklist and flow chart).
For systematic reviews and meta-analyzes, follow the PRISMA guideline (checklist and flow chart).
For observational studies in epidemiology, follow the STROBE guideline (checklist).
For qualitative studies, follow the COREQ guideline (checklist).

Introduction: the purpose of the introduction is to present the research context, the theoretical foundation on the topic of study (last 5 years) and demonstrate the originality and validity, purpose and applicability of the contribution to scientific knowledge. The objective must be placed at the end and each objective must be addressed in the Conclusion / Final Considerations section.

Methods: describes how the research was carried out, type or design of the study, population (estimating selection criteria), calculation of the sample size or number of participants, data collection instrument (with information on validity and accuracy), collection process data and data analysis. In qualitative studies, explain the referential or conceptual framework used for the analysis. In the case of research involving human subjects, the authors must declare that the research was approved by an Ethics in Research Committee, without providing their approval number in the text.

Results: description of what was found in the research, without citations or comments or personal (subjective) interpretations.

Discussion: the writing has to follow a critical style whose essence is the search for the interpretation of the results found and its relation with previous knowledge (concordances and divergences), in order to reach a conclusion. Conclude by explaining the limitations of the study, according to the method chosen and the contribution (new and important aspects) and its applicability.

Conclusion / Final Considerations: must be written in a clear, simple and direct way, demonstrating the fulfillment of the proposed objectives, being restricted to the data found and without further citations.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Format

The file containing the manuscript must be prepared in the Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF Text Editor with the following page configuration: A4 size paper, 2 cm margins on all sides with 1.5 pt spacing; use the 12-point Times New Roman font; paragraphs aligned with 1 cm; use italics instead of underlining (except in URL addresses); figures and tables are inserted in the text and not as attachments at the end of the document.

Structure

The order of the elements that make up the body of the manuscript must obey the following standard: a) title and subtitle (if any) in English, Portuguese and Spanish; b) summary, keywords and descriptors; c) resumo, palavras-chave and descritores; d) resumen, palabras clave and descriptores; e) text (according to Equator Network guidelines mentioned above); and f) references. The preparation of titles and abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish are the responsibility of the authors.
- Title of the article with a maximum of 20 words in each language (English, Portuguese and Spanish). Abbreviations in the title should be avoided.
- Abstract should contain 200 words in each language and be structured: research objective, methodology adopted, main results and conclusions. Abbreviations in the summary should be avoided. The new and most important aspects of the study should be highlighted. The preparation of abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish are the responsibility of the authors. However, modifications can be revised and requested based on the opinion of the Editorial Board of Revista Chronos Urgência. Abstracts in Editorials and Reviews are not required.
- Keywords: words that, totally related to the research problem and / or theoretical framework and / or methods, communicate the core concepts of the study.
- Descriptors: include 3 to 5 descriptors according to the Health Sciences Descriptors index - DeCS (http://decs.bvs.br), separated by semicolons.
- The text must not include any information that allows the identification of authorship, such as the approval number in the Research Ethics Committee, as well as authorship information in the metadata of the text file itself;
  - Tables and charts should be given a brief title. Explanatory notes can be placed below the table / table. If there is a table extracted from another work, previously published, the authors must quote the author and the magazine; they must be prepared for direct reproduction by the Layout Editor, without colors, inserted in the text, with the first letter of the caption in uppercase described at the top, numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order in which they were cited in the text. Content in Times New Roman font, size 12, with the first letter in capital letters, presented in A4 size, margins of 2 cm on all sides with 1.5 pt spacing.
  - Illustrations (photographs, drawings, graphs, etc.) must be cited as figures. They must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, in the order in which they were cited in the text; the illustrations must be clear enough to allow their reproduction, use gray scale and other resources for printing in black and white. Figures are not allowed to represent the same table data. In the legends of the figures, the symbols, arrows, numbers, letters and other signs must be identified and their meaning clarified. If there is a figure extracted from another work, previously published, the authors must quote the author and the magazine.
  - The number of Tables and Figures must not exceed 5, each.
  - The full terms to which the abbreviations correspond must precede their first use in the text, unless they are units of standardized measures.
  - Reference Citation: number only the references used in the manuscript, consecutively according to the order in which they are mentioned for the first time in the text. Identify references in the text by superscript Arabic numbers and before the necessary punctuation, without identifying the author and year, without using parentheses and without space after the word that precedes it (example¹³). When dealing with sequential quotation, separate the numbers by a dash (example^3-6); when merged, use a comma (example^1,3,5). When the quotation is direct, the page number in parentheses must be added after the superscript reference, as normal text (example⁶ (p. 54)). The inclusion of an excessive number of references in the same citation should be avoided.
  - DO NOT use footnotes, notes or spacing between paragraphs.
The data of all authors must be informed only in the specific fields of the submission form (Step 3 - Inclusion of Metadata).
To guarantee the state of the art in the subject, the authors must mention in their theoretical framework a minimum, but sufficient, number of recent references (up to 10 years), extracted from national and / or international scientific journals.

References

It is recommended to include only those that are strictly relevant and relevant to the problem addressed. The maximum number of references varies according to the Submission Categories, mentioned below. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references.

I. References follow the Vancouver style, based on the standards adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (Vancouver style), published in the ICMJE - Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/index.html).
II. Journal titles should be abbreviated, according to the Index Medicus: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journals.
III. For the abbreviation of the titles of national and Latin American journals, consult the website: http://portal.revistas.bvs.br eliminating the points of the abbreviation, with the exception of the last point to separate from the year.
IV. References must be numbered consecutively, in the order they were first mentioned in the text.

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

Revista Chronos Urgência publishes editorials, original articles, integrative and systematic reviews, reflection and experience or case reports and reviews. The presentation of the manuscripts must obey the formatting rules defined below:

Editorial

Text under the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief of the Magazine, its Editorial Committee or professionals invited by him.

Original article

Contributions designed to disseminate results of original and unpublished research, with the possibility of replication. They must comply with the principles of objectivity and clarity of objectives, hypotheses and guiding question and obey the following textual structure: introduction, method, results, discussion, conclusion or final considerations. Limited to 15 pages (including graphs, charts and tables), except abstracts and references (maximum 25).

Revisions

Narrative review articles: these are broad publications, without systematic methodology/search criteria, as they do not aim to exhaust the sources of information, or critical analysis, being subject to the subjectivity of the authors. They are qualitative analyzes on the "state of the art" of a particular subject published in books or articles, under the theoretical-contextual point of view of the same, as a way of quick update. They consist of: Introduction, Development (text divided into sections defined by the author with titles and subtitles according to the approach to the subject), Comments and References. Limited to 15 pages (including graphs, charts and tables), except abstracts and references (maximum 25).

Narrative review articles: these are broad publications, without systematic methodology/criteria of search, as they do not aim to exhaust the sources of information, or critical analysis, being subject to the subjectivity of the authors. Basically, they are qualitative analyzes on the "state of the art" of a particular subject published in books or articles, under the theoretical-contextual point of view of the subject, as a way of quickly updating it. They consist of: Introduction, Development (text divided into sections defined by the author with titles and subtitles according to the approach to the subject), Comments and References. Limited to 15 pages (including graphs, charts and tables), except abstracts and references (maximum 25).

Integrative review or scope review articles: research that presents the synthesis of multiple published studies and allows general conclusions about a particular area of knowledge, carried out in a systematic and orderly manner that contributes to the deepening of the knowledge of the investigated topic. It is necessary to follow standards of methodological rigor, clarity in the presentation of results, so that the reader can identify the real characteristics of the studies included in the review. Stages of the integrative review: identification of the theme and selection of the hypothesis or research question for the preparation of the study, establishment of criteria for inclusion and exclusion of studies / samples, or search in the literature, definition of the information to be extracted from the selected studies / categorization of studies, evaluation of studies included in the review, interpretation of results, presentation of the review / synthesis of knowledge. Limited to 15 pages (including graphs, charts and tables), except abstracts, and have no limit on references.

Systematic review articles: research conducted through the synthesis of results from original studies that aim to answer a specific question of relevance to health. The systematic review may be characterized by meta-analysis and / or meta-synthesis, depending on the type of methodological approach of the manuscript and the purpose of the study. The methodological procedures must be detailed in all the steps recommended by the primary framework adopted (for example PRISMA). Limited to 15 pages (including graphs, charts and tables), except abstracts, and have no limit on references.

Reflection Article

Discursive formulations, with theoretical, historical and philosophical basis on the state of the art in which a given subject is found. They must present the argumentation and interpretation of the author (s) of the article in the face of the debated thought. They are limited to 15 pages (including graphs, charts, tables and references), except abstracts, and must contain a maximum of 25 references.

Experience Reports

Or Case Reports, are descriptive and contextualized contributions based on a case, experience or innovation, and may be in the area of care, teaching or research. In the case of a clinical case report, it is mandatory to send the approval report of the Research Ethics Committee Involving Human Beings as a supplementary document. They are limited to 15 pages (including graphs, charts, tables and references), except abstracts, and must contain a maximum of 25 references.

Review

Reviews of classic and contemporary works are accepted, as well as doctoral theses. The review must contain a maximum of 4 pages and must come with the title (bold and lower case) in English, Portuguese and Spanish and the reference of the reviewed book. It should present a description of the content of the work, elucidating for the reader the main assumptions and theoretical-methodological foundations of the same, as well as possible criticisms of the approach supported by the author.

Copyright Notice

The copyright for articles published in this magazine belongs to the respective author (s), with first publication rights assigned to Revista Chronos Urgência. As they appear in this publicly accessible journal, the articles are free to use, with mandatory recognition of the original authorship and initial publication in this magazine and for educational and non-commercial applications. The magazine grants the authors the rights to download, copy, print, share, reuse and distribute, provided that it is for educational and non-commercial use, citing the source and granting due copyright.

The journal will allow the use of published works for non-commercial purposes, including the right to submit the work to publicly accessible databases. Published articles are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the authors, including their opinions:

The author (s) authorizes the publication of the article in the journal;
The author (s) guarantee (s) that the contribution is original and unpublished and that it is not being evaluated in another magazine (s);
The magazine is not responsible for the opinions, ideas and concepts emitted in the texts, as they are the sole responsibility of its author (s);
The editors reserve the right to make textual adjustments and adapt the article to the publication's rules.
Respecting the authors' writing style, and with a view to maintaining the journal's linguistic standard and credibility, it reserves the right to make the necessary normative, orthographic and grammatical changes to the originals, respecting, however, the style of authors' writing.

Changes, corrections or suggestions of a conceptual nature will be sent to the authors, when necessary. In such cases, the articles, after being adequate, should be submitted to a new appreciation.

Revista Chronos Urgência is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Creative Commons License

This license allows others to remix, adapt and create from their work for non-commercial purposes, and although new works must be given due credit and cannot be used for commercial purposes, users do not have to license these derivative works. under the same terms.

Plagiarism Policy

The magazine adopts the CrossRef system to identify plagiarism and or similarity. For plagiarism, it is considered to copy a study, or part of it, by another author or even by its own publication (self-plagiarism). For more information on plagiarism, access the link http://www.dsce.fee.unicamp.br/~antenor/Plagio.pdf

The authors will assume the consequences of any nature resulting from the breach of the obligations indicated in these editorial rules. In cases where plagiarism is incurred, the Editorial Coordination will follow the following procedures: a) the evidence of the detected plagiarism will be sent to the author (s), requesting an explanation about it; b) if the answer is not satisfactory, the article will not be published; and c) if applicable, the media in which the original plagiarized article was published will be informed.

The assumptions of plagiarism are: a) presenting others' work as yours; b) adopt the words or ideas of other authors without due recognition; c) do not use quotation marks in a literal quote; d) paraphrase from a source without mentioning it; e) abusive paraphrase, even if the source is mentioned. The general assumptions of scientific fraud are as follows: a) fabrication, falsification or omission of data and plagiarism; b) duplicate publication; and c) conflicts of authorship. All accepted papers are submitted to plagiarism detection software.

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