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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file must have a maximum of 30 pages, including references, appendices and annexes, in Word for Windows format.
  • The main text uses Times New Roman Font, Size 12, Justified, line spacing 1.5, spacing before and after paragraph 10; Figures and tables are inserted in the text, not at the end of the document in the form of attachments.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Articles submitted to the journal must be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish. Regardless of the main language of the manuscript, it is mandatory that the abstract be presented in three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish), accompanied by the respective keywords in each language.
    The abstract must contain up to 250 words each, followed by 3 to 5 keywords (separated by semicolons - ;). Prioritize the use of Descriptors in Health Sciences (DECS) https://decs.bvsalud.org/
  • References must be listed at the end of the article, in alphabetical order by the first author's surname, aligned to the left margin and with single spacing between lines. Use Times New Roman font, size 11 and maintain 1.5 spacing between references. All documents cited in the text must appear in the references, and vice versa.
  • Download the Template and submit the article using the template provided.
  • At the time of submission, the file containing the manuscript must be sent without any identification of authorship in the body of the text or in the file properties, in accordance with the rules of the double-blind peer review process.
  • When submitting the main file, containing the manuscript, authors must attach, in a separate file, the title page, containing:
    Article title;
    Full name of all authors;
    Institutional affiliation;
    ORCID number of each author.
    Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in the submission being returned for adjustments.
  • At the time of submission, authors must attach, in a separate file, the declaration of agreement with the Journal's Copyright.

Author Guidelines

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check the submission for compliance with all of the items listed below. Submissions that do not comply with the standards will be returned to the authors.

  • Works must be original and unpublished and not subject to another simultaneous evaluation. They must have a maximum of 30 pages, including references, appendices and annexes, in Word for Windows format. There must be no identification of the author of the work in the file or in file property options, guaranteeing the anonymity criterion.
  • Articles submitted to the journal must be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish. Regardless of the main language of the manuscript, it is mandatory that the abstract be presented in three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish), accompanied by the respective keywords in each language.
  • The summary must contain a maximum of 250 words each, followed by 3 to 5 keywords (separated by semicolons - ;). Prioritize the use of Descriptors in Health Sciences (DECS) https://decs.bvsalud.org/
  • The formatting of articles must comply with current ABNT standards, especially with regard to citations, references, textual structure and graphic presentation. Download the Magazine Template and submit the article using the template provided.
  • The title page must follow the model provided in the following Template: Title Page.
  • Download the Copyright Declaration Template and submit it correctly completed and signed in the Journal's submission system.

The Revista Pesquisa e Inovações em Ciências da Vida reserves the right to alter the originals, in order to adapt them to the standards adopted by this editorial standard.

Instructions for Formatting the Article

Download the Template for the Research and Innovations in Life Sciences Magazine and submit the article according to the template provided.

Download the Title Page Template and add the requested information from all authors.

Download the Copyright Statement Template, fill it out and submit it as a separate file at the time of submission.

Ethical Aspects

The journal follows the recommendations of official documents, such as the guidelines on Ethics and Integrity in Scientific Practice, defined in a report prepared by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), as well as the main international recommendations for editors and authors suggested by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). 

  • Ethics in research with human beings

In the case of research with human beings, the manuscript must explicitly indicate, in the text, the name of the Ethics Committee (CEP) that approved the research and the opinion number or CAAE.

  • Ethics in animal research

For animal studies, authors must explicitly indicate the approval of the research by an Ethics Committee on the Use of Animals (CEUA) that approved the research and the opinion number. 

Aspects of using Artificial Intelligence

The Journal of Research and Innovation in Life Sciences, committed to scientific integrity, research ethics and transparency in the production of knowledge, establishes the following guidelines on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the process of preparing and submitting manuscripts:

  1. Responsible Use of AI Tools: The use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, among others) is permitted to assist with writing, translating, grammatical review and textual formatting of manuscripts, provided that:
    • The contribution of AI is recognized explicitly, through a statement, in a topic before the references section called: Use of Assistive Technologies and AI.
    • The use of AI does not compromise the originality of the content, nor does it replace critical analysis, data interpretation or intellectual authorship of the work.

      2. Authorial Responsibility:  The authors remain fully responsible for the content presented in the manuscript, even when AI tools are used. This includes:

    • The veracity of the information;
    • The accuracy of data and references;
    • Conceptual and argumentative clarity.

The use of AI does not exempt authors from ethical and scientific responsibility for the results and conclusions of the article.

        3. Prohibition of Improper Use: The use of AI for the autonomous generation of data, experimental results, graphics or images that are not supported by real and verifiable research is prohibited. Such practices are considered scientific misconduct.

It is also not permitted:

  • Replace human authorship and/or include AI technologies as manuscript authors.
  • Using AI to circumvent plagiarism detection systems or to paraphrase content without proper citation.

        4. Transparency and Declaration: When submitting an article, authors must declare, in the specific field of the system or in the submission letter:

“We declare that the submitted manuscript used Artificial Intelligence tools [specify which tool/technology used] for [specify purpose: e.g. textual review, translation, stylistic suggestions], under our supervision and responsibility, without prejudice to the originality and scientific integrity of the content.”

In the absence of use of AI, the following must be declared:

“We declare that no Artificial Intelligence resources were used in the process of preparing this manuscript.”

       5. Update of the Policy: This policy will be periodically reviewed, considering technological advances, the regulations of research ethics committees, and the guidelines of indexers and science regulatory bodies.

 Adherence to these guidelines is mandatory for the evaluation and publication of manuscripts. Failure to comply may result in rejection of the article or editorial sanctions.

Aspects of Plagiarism

The authors are responsible for the originality of the content presented. The use of ideas, data, texts or images from third parties must be properly referenced. Cases of direct plagiarism, paraphrasing without citation, self-plagiarism (reproduction of excerpts from the author's own previous works without adequate mention), or unauthorized use of content, even with modifications, constitute ethical infractions and will lead to immediate rejection of the manuscript, with notification to the authors and, if necessary, to the institutions involved.

The journal uses similarity detection software (Copyspider) to check the originality of texts. Submissions showing signs of plagiarism will be automatically rejected.

Manuscripts identified as plagiarized, at any stage of the editorial process, will be rejected or retracted, as appropriate. Authors may be suspended from new submissions for a specified period of time. More serious cases will be reported to affiliated institutions.

Research and Innovations in Life Sciences follows the guidelines of COPE – Committee on Publication Ethics for dealing with ethical infractions and expects everyone involved — authors, reviewers and editors — to be committed to scientific integrity.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must ensure that their work is free from any conflict of interest or personal/commercial interest. The conflict must be informed after acknowledgments (if any), after Completion of the work and before References. 

Editors and referees must also inform the editor-in-chief of any conflict of interest in relation to the work received. Measures will be taken to avoid ethical problems.

Financing

In the case of works carried out with financial support, these must be mentioned by the authors, in a topic entitled Financing, immediately after the acknowledgments (if any), after the Conclusion of the work and before the References.

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Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with Revista Pesquisa e Inovações em Ciências da Vida (ISSN 3086-0946) agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

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The journal does not allow the storage or access of the preprint version of the document submitted to the journal or the author’s post-print version on academic social networks, digital repositories, or preprint servers. A preprint is understood as the version of the document that has not undergone peer review and has been previously deposited on other platforms, while the author’s post-print is the version that has already been reviewed and accepted by Revista Pesquisa e Inovações em Ciências da Vida, revised by the author, but not yet published.

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