LAJEC publishes Editorials, Original Articles, Reviews for the Emergency Physician, Review Articles, Case Reports, Letters to the Editor, and Brief Communications. Editorials are prepared by invitation of the editorial board of the journal, and the spontaneous submission of this type of manuscript will be refused. Contributions must be previously unpublished and original and cannot be undergoing evaluation for publication in another journal at the same time.

 

Language

The journal receives manuscripts for evaluation in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. All articles must have a title and abstract in all three languages. Once an article is accepted for publication, authors are encouraged–but not required–to submit translations of the article to the other two languages. 

 

Author Contributions

In Original Articles, Reviews for the Emergency Physician, Review Articles, and Case Reports, it is necessary to detail the contribution of each author in the following items: conceptualization; investigation (data collection); formal data analysis; writing of original draft; review and editing; and approval of the final version to be published. You may also add other roles based on CRediT criteria.

 

Conflict of interest

All types of manuscripts must mention whether there has been a conflict of interest, and except for editorials and letters to the editor, articles must also disclose sources of funding.

 

Institutional Review Board

At the time of submission of Original Articles and Case Reports, documentation must be sent that proves the evaluation/waiver and approval of a Research Ethics Committee or Institutional review board.

 

Formatting

Text files must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.docx) format. Manuscripts should be typed in Arial 12 font, with 1.5 spacing, justified, with margins of 2.5cm on each side, on page A4.

 

The table presents the main characteristics of each type of manuscript. The maximum number of pages excludes titles, abstracts, descriptors, references, tables, and illustrations. Different formatting must be justified through a Cover Letter attached to the manuscript during submission.

 

Type	Authors	Words	References	Summary	Figure	Tables and tables	Conflict of interest	Funding source	Contribution of each author	Evaluation of the Research Ethics Committee
Editorial	4	2.000	30	No abstract	2	2	Declare if there was	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Original Article	8	5.000	50	With a structured abstract, 250 words	4	4	Declare if there was	Declare if there was	Indicate	Indicate
Review for the Emergency Physician	8	5.000	Unlimited	In summary, 250 words	4	4	Declare if there was	Declare if there was	Indicate	Not applicable
Review Article	8	5.000	Unlimited	In summary, 250 words	4	4	Declare if there was	Declare if there was	Indicate	Not applicable
Case Report	8	3.000	30	In summary, 250 words	6	4	Declare if there was	Declare if there was	Indicate	Indicate
Letter to the Editor	6	2.000	30	No abstract	2	2	Declare if there was	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Brief Communication	6	2.000	30	No abstract	2	2	Declare if there was	Declare if there was	Not applicable	Not applicable

 

The title page must contain the title of the manuscript; authorship and orcid of each author; the name of the corresponding author with e-mail; funding sources;  and conflict of interest statement. If any author does not have orcid, register at https://orcid.org (will not be published without).

 

Authorship

To be listed as an author the contributor must have participated in: conception and design of the study; data collection; data interpretation; drafting of the text; and approval of the final version to be published. All authors should ensure that issues related to the accuracy or integrity of the work are investigated and clarified. Contributions to the work that do not meet the contribution criteria above should be listed in the Acknowledgments Section. The inclusion or exclusion of additional authors during the review process can only be done with approval from the editor and all other authors on the manuscript. Such changes are not allowed after acceptance of the article. Authors may only list one institution as their affiliation. 

 

Title

The title of the manuscripts must be up to 20 words long and be submitted in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

 

Abstract

For original articles, Review for the Emergency Physician, Review Articles, and Case Reports, the presentation page must also include an abstract with a maximum length of 250 words.  Abstracts of Original Articles should have the following sections: background, methods, results, and conclusion. The abstract should be submitted in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

 

Keywords

The article should have three to five keywords.

 

Illustrations

Illustrations, charts, photographs, diagnostic images, etc., are considered figures and should be numbered with Arabic numerals. All should have a title, brief description, and source. If it has been prepared by the authors of the manuscript, indicate "Source: prepared by the authors". If it has been copied from any other manuscript, even if from the same author, obtain and provide LAJEC with written authorization for publication from the copyright holder. Illustrations composed of more than one image should be identified with letters (A, B, C, etc.) and each item should be mentioned in the description.

Photographs must be submitted in the original color and scanned in .jpg or .tiff format with at least 300 dpi.

 

References

The author is responsible for the accuracy and pertinence of the references listed at the end of the manuscript. Citations should be identified with superscript Arabic numerals in ascending order, in the body of the text, according to the Vancouver Standards prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). It is requested not to cite as references personal communications, abstracts, and oral presentations at conferences, as they cannot be retrieved by readers. Articles should not include more than 30 references, with rare exceptions.