- PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
All manuscripts must be written in English or Portuguese and submitted as a Microsoft Word document only using the template (CLICK HERE) of the Journal. Manuscripts should be written following the guidelines below.
Preparation of Manuscripts
Please, observe the following points in preparing manuscripts. Papers not conforming strictly to these instructions may be returned to their authors for appropriate revision or may be delayed in the review process.
Readability: Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English (British or American English throughout). The editors can not undertake wholesale revisions of poorly written papers. Every paper must be free of unnecessary jargon and readable by any specialist in the related field. The Abstract should be written in an explanatory style that will be comprehensible also to readers who are not experts in the subject matter.
PROOFREADING. Please proofread carefully for both errors and inconsistencies in the following: spelling (especially of scientific terminology, proper names, and foreign words), mathematical notation, numerical values in tables and text, and accuracy of quotations. The Journal will perform an evaluation of the file seeking issues on English grammatical, correctness, clarity, and engagement errors. There will be a tolerance of up to 100 errors in all manuscripts. In case more errors were found, editors will allow the authors to resubmit again and, in case these errors persist, a proofreading fee will be charged.
General format: The completed paper has to be written in English and submitted as a Word document only using the template (click here) of the Journal. Page size: A4, line spacing: single, font type: Arial. Please leave headers and footers unchanged, since the editors should fill it. Please check guidelines for accurate information based on all different categories (review articles, technical notes) available. A single file of the whole manuscript should then be submitted through JLPPHS's e-mail (jlpphs@gmail.com). The Journal no longer accepts submissions in any other form.
Format for Initial Submission: Title, Author(s), Abstract (maximum 300 words), Keywords (at least 3, maximum 6), Main text (Introduction, Review of Literature, Definitions (if any), Materials and Methods or Methodology, or Development, or Background, Results and Discussion or Findings, Conclusions), Acknowledgements (if any), References, Appendix (if any). This structure of the main text is not obligatory, but the paper must be logically presented. Footnotes should be avoided. The main text must be written with font size 11, justify. Within each main section, three levels of subheadings are available, and the titles must be bold, bold and italic, italic, respectively. The manuscript should contain the whole text, figures, tables, and explanations. For more details, please check the template (click here) of the Journal.
The first page of the material
Title: PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, and the third language in case the author's native language is not English or Portuguese. The editors can provide the title in Portuguese for those whose Portuguese is not the first language. It should be brief and informative. The title should reflect the most essential aspects of the article, in a preferably concise form of not more than 100 characters and spaces: font size 12, capital letters, center alignment.
By-line: Names (size 12, small capital) of the authors. No inclusion of scientific titles is necessary. In the case of two or more authors, place their names in separate rows as shown in the template of the Journal. Please indicate the corresponding author with * in superscript. The corresponding author should be the one submitting the article online and an e-mail given (only one e-mail) below the addresses of all authors. Affiliations must be typed in Arial 9, italic, below the author's name, as shown in the template of the Journal.
Abstract: PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, and a third language in case the author's native language is not English or Portuguese. The editors can provide the title in Portuguese for those whose Portuguese is not the first language. Required for all manuscripts in which the problem, the principal results, and conclusions are summarized. The abstract must be self-explanatory, preferably typed in one paragraph, and limited to 300 words. It should not contain formulas, references, or abbreviations. The name ABSTRACT should be written in capital letters, Arial, size 12, bold, left alignment. The Abstract should be written font Arial, size 10, justify.
Keywords: PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, and a third language in case the author's native language is not English or Portuguese. The editors can provide the title in Portuguese for those whose Portuguese is not the first language. Keywords should not exceed six, not including items appearing in the title. The keywords should be supplied, indicating the scope of the paper. Size 10, italic, justify, only the word Keywords must be bold, left alignment.
Authors should include Abbreviations and Nomenclature listings when necessary
The main text part of the material
The words Introduction, Review of Literature, Definitions (if any), Materials and Methods or Methodology, or Development, or Background, Results and Discussion or Findings, Conclusions must be written in capital letters, Arial, font size 12, left alignment, bold.
Introduction: The introduction must clearly state the problem, the reason for doing the work, the hypotheses or theoretical predictions under consideration and the essential background. It should not contain equations or mathematical notation. A brief survey of the relevant literature so that a non-specialist reader could understand the significance of the presented results.
Materials and Methods or Methodology, or Development, or Background: Provide sufficient details to the reader to understand how the study was performed. The technical description of methods should be given when such methods are new.
Results and Discussion or Findings: Results should be presented concisely. Also, point out the significance of the results, and place the results in the context of other work and theoretical background.
Conclusion: Summarize the data discussed in the Results and Discussion or Findings section showing the relevance of the work and how different it is from other researches. Also, point out the benefits and improvements that can be observed to develop new science standards that can change something in the related field.
Acknowledgments: (if any) These should be placed in a separate paragraph at the end of the text, immediately before the list of references. It may include funding information too.
References: References should be cited in the text using the name-and-year system (Author, year). Alternatively, the author's surname may be integrated into the text, followed by the year of publication in parentheses. Examples: Grasslands are regarded as important foraging areas for many insectivores in Europe, such as birds (Vichery, 2001; Barnet et al., 2004), bats (Guttinger, 1997) or amphibians and reptiles (Langton and Burton, 1997). However, the knowledge of the overall arthropod availability in such grasslands is scarce, since many studies about insect populations concentrate on extensive grasslands on poor, dry or wet soils include only few species or systematic groups (Ellgsen et al., 1997; Gibson et al., 1992; Hansel and Plachter, 2004; Manhart et al., 2004; Kruess and Tscharntke, 2002a, b; Wingerden et al., 1992; Sjodin, 2007a, b; Perner et al., 2005).
Carbon dioxide produced by the combustion of biodiesel can be recycled by photosynthesis, thereby minimizing the impact of biodiesel combustion on the greenhouse effect (Korbitz, 1999; Agarwal and Das, 2001).
Cite only essential resources, avoid citing unpublished material. References to papers "in press" must mean that the article has been accepted for publication. At the end of the paper list references alphabetically by the last name of the first author. Please, list only those references that are cited in the text and prepare this list as an automatically numbered list. The word References with size 12, bold, capital letters, left alignment.
Guidelines for References
The Journal uses the APA (American Psychological Association) FORMAT CITATION for the reference list; The Journal recommends to visit the websites below for more detailed information.
General Rule for academic papers
Author's surname, initial(s). Year of publication after the name of the authors (between parentheses). Followed by the title of the paper, name of the Journal in italic, number of the edition also in italic, volume between parentheses and finally initial and final page, and, if the case, retrieved from (what website) or DOI
For example:
1. Nikolaeva, L.P., Cherdantsev DV., Titiv K.S. (2017). Characteristics of bone marrow stem cells in patients with complicated diabetes mellitus. The Russian biotherapeutic journal, 16(1): 47-50.
2. Mitchell, J.A. (2017). Citation: Why is it so important. Mendeley Journal, 67(2), 81-95. Retrieved from https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/reference-manager
3. Karthiga, N., Rajendran, S., Prabhakar, P., Rathish, R.J. (2015). Corrosion inhibition by plant extracts - An overview. Int. J. Nano. Corr. Sci. Eng, 2(4):31-49.
4. Akbulut, S., and Bayramoglu, M.M. (2013). The Trade and Use of Some Medical and Aromatic Herbs in Turkey. Ethno Med, 7(2): 67-77.
For different types of references, please check the links below.
https://www.mendeley.com/guides/apa-citation-guide
https://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/APA6/all
https://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th/referencelist
Figures
The number of figures (including graphs, diagrams) should not exceed 10 and should be submitted either in JPG or PNG formats. All photographs, graphs, and charts should be numbered consecutively (e.g., Figure 1) in the order in which they are referred to in the text. The caption must appear below the figure (size 11, bold, italic) and should be sufficiently detailed to enable us to understand apart from the text. The source of the figure should also be present after the caption. Explanation of lettering and symbols should be also given in the caption and only exceptionally in the figures. Pictures should be of good quality and preferably in black and white. (Color figures will appear in the downloadable files, but all papers will be printed in black and white.) Scanned figures should be at a resolution of 800 dpi/bitmap for line graphs. Diagrams or Flowcharts should be of high graphical quality and always be of the same size so that they can be uniformly reduced. Figures should have a maximum width of one Journal column (8.5 cm) to be inserted on the body of the text so that they can be applied to the standards of the Journal. If the figures exceed 8.5 cm, they will be placed at the end of the article (see template). Besides, authors may be requested to submit each figure also as an image file in one of the following formats: jpg or png. For figures, graphs, diagrams, tables, identical to material already published in the literature, authors should seek permission for publication from the companies or scientific societies holding the copyrights and send it to the editors of JLPPHS along with the final form of the manuscript.
Tables
Tables should be self-explanatory. They should be mentioned in the text, numbered consecutively (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, Table 3,....) and accompanied by title at the top (size 11, bold, italic). Please insert all the tables in the text, do not enclose huge tables that can not be fit within the page margins.
Mathematical expressions
In general, minimize unusual typographical requirements, use solidus, built-up fractions. Avoid lengthy equations that will take several lines (possibly by defining terms of the equation in separate displays). For drawing equations, please use the Equation Editor of Word, if possible. Make subscripts and superscripts clear. Display only those mathematical expressions that must be numbered for later reference or that need to be emphasized. The number displayed equations consecutively throughout the paper. The numbers should be placed in parentheses to the right of the equation, e.g., ( Eq. 1).
Supplementary material
Any Supplementary material (extra figures, tables, diagrams, appndix, abbreviations list) should be placed at the end of the manuscript and indicated as such.
Editors, at any time of the editing process, may ask authors to split off part of the manuscript, presenting it as supplementary material.