Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions to authors

General instructions to authors

Article category

REPEn accepts original articles, literature reviews, professional experience reports, reflections, letters to the editor and reports on the implementation of evidence.

Original articles: originate from original and unpublished research. The following structure must be followed: Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion (quantitative research) or Final considerations (qualitative research), and References, with all subtitles highlighted in bold in the text. The text is limited to 6,500 words, including references and appendices. The maximum number of authors is seven. Research involving human beings must comply with the provisions of the Resolution of the National Health Council (CNS nº 466/2012 (http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/saudelegis/cns/2013/res0466_12_12_2012.html).

Literature review: is a summarized and critical evaluation of the literature on subjects that still need to advance in the scientific understanding of the topic. In the Methods section, the type of review used must be described: narrative, integrative, systematic, scoping review, with the flow and strategies of the search process and categorization of the articles related in the review. These must be presented in the Results section, in the form of a table, with a summary of the articles found. In the Discussion, a reflection on the contribution of the review and implications for professional practice must be made. With a maximum of 8,000 words (including Abstracts --with a maximum of 150 words-- and a maximum of 50 References), with up to 10 Authors.

Report on professional experience: Report on Experience, Update and/or Technological Innovation – describing situations of practice and/or technological innovation in the areas of teaching, care, research or management, intervention strategies, evaluation of effectiveness, which are of interest to professional practice. Maximum of 6,000 words and 10 References, including Abstracts (maximum 150 words), up to four authors.

Reflection: report on a situation of practice and/or technological innovation in any instance (care, management, teaching, research, extension), which is of interest to nursing professionals and which can be reproduced in other services and settings. Must contain a maximum of 6,200 words including Abstracts (maximum 150 words), Introduction, Objective, Method, Results, Discussion, Final Considerations and 16 References, up to 5 authors.

Letter to the Editor: maximum 700 words.

Evidence implementation report: report on the implementation of best scientific evidence in health services, according to the methodology of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI https://jbi.global/). It should follow the following structure: Introduction, Method, Results (which should include the results of baseline and follow-up audits), Discussion and Conclusion. Limited to 8,000 words (including Abstract --with a maximum of 150 words--, tables, figures and up to 35 References).

Erratum: within 30 days of publication, request by email (apoio.repen@gmail.com)

Authorship

REPEn considers authors to be those who participated substantially in the process of preparing the manuscript, so that they can assume all responsibility for its content. REPEn adopts the 4 (four) criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/) in conducting:

1. -Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work;
2. Preparation of the work or critical review for intellectual content;
3. Final approval of the version to be published;
4. Responsible for all aspects of the work, ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are properly investigated and resolved.

Letter to the Editor-in-Chief (Cover Letter and interest in publishing)

Letter to the Editor-in-Chief with information on the reasons why REPEn was chosen for the submission of the manuscript.

Declaration of conflicts of interest

These may be political, academic, commercial, personal, and financial in nature. Declaring conflicts of interest leads to a judgment process free from influences that may compromise publication. Therefore, authors, reviewers and editors must declare any conflicts out of respect for the reader.

Preparation of Manuscripts

References should be in accordance with the Vancouver Standards guidelines, available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/

The REPEn editorial board is concerned with the quality of articles to be published and for this purpose advises:

General formatting

The preparation of the manuscript should be done in two different files. One containing authorship data (Title page / Cover page) and another without identification (Main document / Article text).

Identification page / Cover page

It should contain only the Title, Abstract, Description