Dear Author, to reduce as much as possible the evaluation time of your article, proceed by following the submission steps as follows:
Download links:Articles for "Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira" (PVB) are submitted in .doc or .docx Word format online through SchoolarOne, link https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/pvb-scielo
Editors assume that submitted articles are not considered for publication in other journals and do not contain already published material. Submitted articles are peer-reviewed.
Papers will only be published in English. Authors may submit their articles in English or Portugues (Please check Translation Services on Pesq. Vet. Bras. website http://www.pvb.com.br/portal/normas). Authors from English countries do not need to present a translation letter. To authors from other countries, a certificate of English quality issued by an institution accredited by Pesq. Vet. Bras. (see the list in Language Services) is required.
All authors should register in the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID <https://orcid.org/register> ) and link it to their ScholarONE profile. The link can be done by editing the user profile on ScholarONE in the option Associate your existing ORCID iD. The ORCID identifiers contribute to bibliometric processes. Using ORCID, researchers are efficiently and correctly connected with their research results, publications, and affiliations.
For the preparation of the manuscript, authors must follow the format indicated by the Journal, which can be found under "Instructions for Authors" and "Submission of articles" on the journal webpage (http://pvb.com.br/portal/normas) - Available at this link | . Submission of articles outside the presentation standards will not be considered for publication and will be immediately rejected.
All submitted articles are evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) to ensure the manuscript's suitability in terms of scope and quality. Manuscripts found to be appropriate are sent to the Associate Editors (AE) according to the related area. The AE assigns the articles to a minimum of two expert reviewers (double anonymized review) that will perform a more detailed analysis. Based on the reports submitted by the reviewers, the AE can recommend the rejection, minor or major revisions (performed by the authors), or the article's publishing. The EIC is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers they have written themselves or by family members or colleagues. Any such submission is subject to the journal's usual procedures, and the peer review is handled independently of the relevant Editor and their research groups.
Authors must indicate the nature of ethical approval for a study in the appropriate section of the Materials and Methods of a manuscript, containing the name of the Animal Use Committee/institution. PVB recommend following the guidelines indicated at “Comissão de Ética no Uso de Animais” (CEUA), “Conselho Nacional de Controle de Experimentação Animal” (CONCEA) and “Diretriz Brasileira para o Cuidado e a Utilização de Animais para fins Científicos e Didáticos” (DBCA): <https://www.gov.br/iec/pt-br/assuntos/pesquisa/comite-de-etica-em-pesquisa-animal-1/outras-leis>
All authors must respect the international rules and the Brazilian legal framework regarding ethics in research. For cases where animals have tutors, PVB also recommends stating formal consent to the study.
Papers should be prepared in all detail according to the style of the Journal to be peer-reviewed. Tables and Figures should be submitted separately from the text.
After communicating the acceptance of the article, the corresponding author will be asked to pay the publication fee.
Foreign authors:
The corresponding author must pay a word charge of $0.16 (sixteen US cents). CBPA members whose annuities are up to date: For the corresponding authors' members of the CBPA, the word charge is $0.08 (eight US cents) for the accepted manuscript. The word counting does not include the list of references.
Publishing up to 4 photos will not be charged. Each additional photo will cost $10.00 (ten US dollars). When photos are organized on boards, each will count individually for payment purposes.
Brazilian authors:
The corresponding author must pay a word charge of R$0.50 (Brazilian reais, fifty cents). CBPA members whose annuities are up to date: For the corresponding authors' members of the CBPA, the word charge is R$0.25 (Brazilian reais, twenty-five cents) for the accepted manuscript. The word counting does not include the list of references.
Publishing up to 4 photos will not be charged. Each additional image will cost R$50.00 (Brazilian reais, fifty reais). Even when photos are organized on boards, for payment purposes, each photo will count individually.
Brazilian authors who submit manuscripts in Portuguese will be responsible for translating and sending a letter from a professional translation company (see language services). The accepted version will count for the publication fee, regardless of language.
After acceptance, authors have four months to pay the publication fee.
All articles are published in English to increase international visibility and improve the impact factor of the Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira.
PVB accepts submissions of articles in English or Portuguese. However, if accepted, articles submitted in Portuguese must be translated into English before publication.
An English language certificate provided by an accredited editing service may be required to prove the quality of English. Authors from English countries do not need to present a translation letter. Editing services accepted by Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira are listed below: