Instructions to the Authors

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS – REVISTA MINEIRA DE ENFERMAGEM (REME)

Manuscripts submitted to REME must comply with the requirements outlined in its Editorial Policy and the publication guidelines described in these Instructions for Authors. Please read all the instructions carefully before submission. Failure to comply will result in delays in the review process.

1. ABOUT THE JOURNAL AND SCOPE

Revista Mineira de Enfermagem (REME) publishes original and unpublished manuscripts that contribute to the advancement of Nursing and related fields. Submissions are accepted in the following sections:

- Editorial

- Research (Original article)

- Review (meta-analyses, systematic and scoping reviews)

- Experience or Case Report

- Reflection

The journal prioritizes the publication of Research articles (80%) and reserves 20% of space for other article types. The publication is bilingual: Portuguese/English or Spanish/English. Manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, and must include an abstract in the original language of the manuscript. The English version of the abstract (Abstract) – when the article is submitted in Portuguese or Spanish – is the responsibility of translators/reviewers contracted by the authors; the Spanish version (Resumen) is prepared by REME, after acceptance, by accredited reviewers/translators.

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the requirements set forth in these instructions, which follow the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), as detailed in the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, and the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts (URM), based on the Citing Medicine – The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), as adopted by the ICMJE.

These guidelines are available in full at:

In Portuguese: http://www.bu.ufsc.br/ccsm/vancouver.html

In Spanish: http://www.enfermeriaencardiologia.com/formacion/vancouver.htm

In English: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html

2. FEES

Evaluation fee: R$ 150.00 (payable after acceptance in the pre-analysis stage)

Publication fee: R$ 750.00 (payable after final approval)

Both fees are charged via bank slip issued by FUNDEP/UFMG (Project 4828*1). Payments made in error or in case of manuscript rejection are non-refundable.

3. MANUSCRIPT TYPES AND LIMITS

The word and reference count limits vary according to the type of article, as specified in the table below. The word count includes the main text, acknowledgments, and illustrations; it does not include the abstract and references. A maximum of five illustrations (such as graphs, drawings, photographs, maps, diagrams, sketches, tables, charts, formulas, models, and others) is allowed, regardless of manuscript type.

*Please note that the submission of narrative and integrative reviews is temporarily suspended. Only systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and scoping reviews are accepted.

4. METHODOLOGICAL GUIDELINES

Manuscripts submitted for review by REME must be reported in accordance with the EQUATOR Network guidelines (https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/) and the ICMJE Recommendations (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/) for manuscript preparation. Download, complete, and attach the appropriate checklist upon submission.

Some of the main reporting guidelines for different study types include:

Clinical trials: CONSORT https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/consort/

Observational studies in epidemiology: STROBE https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/strobe/. Translations available.

Systematic/scoping reviews: PRISMA https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma/

Study protocols: SPIRIT (clinical trial protocols) https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-2013-statement-defining-standard-protocol-items-for-clinical-trials/ or PRISMA-P (review protocols) https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma-protocols/

Diagnostic accuracy studies: STARD https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/

Case reports: CARE https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/care/

Qualitative research: COREQ https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/coreq/

Translated checklists in various languages can be accessed at: https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=0&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+CONSORT+extension&btn_submit=Search+Reporting+Guidelines

5. ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS AND REGISTRATION

Research Ethics Committe: In accordance with the guidelines set forth in Resolutions No. 466/2012 and No. 510/2016 of the Brazilian National Health Council (CNS/BR). When the research involves human subjects, approval by a Research Ethics Committee is mandatory, and the protocol number (Certificate of Presentation for Ethical Consideration – CAAE and/or approval opinion number) must be stated in the Methods section. The approval document must be attached in the submission system.

Clinical trials: Must be registered before data collection and approved by one of the registries listed below. The registration number must be included in the abstract and attached in the submission system. More information on clinical trial registration is available at: http://www.icmje.org/about-icmje/faqs/clinical-trials-registration/

- Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)

- ClinicalTrials.gov

- International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN)

- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR)

- WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)

- Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry (ReBEC)

Funding sources: All sources of funding or institutional support (public and/or private) must be disclosed. If there is no funding, authors must declare that the research received no financial support.

Conflicts of interest: Authors must declare whether or not conflicts of interest exist.

6. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Text editor: Word (.doc/.docx). Articles in PDF format will not be accepted. Download the submission template and insert your text according to the instructions in the file.

Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, single spacing (Abstract, author contributions, and references: 10 pt, single spacing).

Direct citations with more than 3 lines/interviewee statements: 10 pt font, single spacing, 4 cm indentation.

Manuscript Text Structure:

1. Section indication (Editorial, Research, Review, Case/Experience Report, Reflection)

2. Title in the original language of the manuscript. It must be concise and informative, with a maximum of 15 words, and in bold. If the identification of the study type is mandatory in the title, it will not count toward the word limit.

3. Abstract (in English or Spanish) (up to 200 words) in the original language of the manuscript. For "Research" articles, the abstract must be structured according to the manuscript sections: objectives, method, results, and conclusion (for quantitative studies) or final considerations (for qualitative studies). The English version of the abstract is the responsibility of translators/reviewers hired by the authors; the Spanish version (resumen) is the responsibility of REME.

4. Keywords, palavras-chave, and palabras clave (three to six) must be selected according to the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) by BIREME, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, available at: http://decs.bvs.br/, a translation of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM/NIH), available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh. Keywords must be listed in alphabetical order.

5. Body text: For the “Research” and “Review” categories, the manuscript must follow this structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (for quantitative research) or Final Considerations (for qualitative research).

6. Acknowledgments (optional)

7. References

7. FIGURES AND TABLES PRESENTATION

Figures and tables (maximum of five) must be submitted in an open/editable format (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). All tables and figures must be cited in the text. Example: “...as shown in Figure 1...”..

Figures

The following are considered figures: graphs, illustrations, photographs, maps, schemes, drawings, charts, formulas, and models. All such elements must be referred to simply as "Figure" and numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). When extracted from other publications, the source must be indicated.

Charts must contain textual (not numerical) data, be enclosed on all sides with internal lines, use a font no smaller than 10 pt, and have single line spacing. For example:

Figure 1 –Standards used in formatting academic works

Source: Prepared by the authors.

Tables

Tables must include a clear, complete, and informative title placed above the table content. The title must indicate the location (city, state abbreviation, country), the year of data collection, and the sample size (“n”).

Tables must present numerical data, be open on the sides, and have no internal lines. Use a minimum font size of 10 pt and single spacing. Only top, bottom, and header separator lines should be used.

Present complementary data in a single column, such as absolute and relative frequencies: “n (%)”. Use consistent terminology throughout the text and tables; for example, standardize the use of “p-value” to refer to the p-value. Also, ensure consistency in the number of decimal places used after the comma. For example:

Table 1 –Distribution of participants by sex, age group, and educational level. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 2024 (n = 150)

Source: Research data.

Table 2 – Association between independent variables and the presence of arterial hypertension in adults. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 2024 (n = 320)

Caption: OR – Odds ratio; 95%CI –95% confidence interval.

Source: Research data.

For more information, consult the Tabular Presentation Standards: IBGE, 3rd edition, 1993. Available at: https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv23907.pdf

8. CITATIONS AND REFERENCES

Indirect citations in the text: Use superscript Arabic numerals enclosed in parentheses, placed before the period, without a space between the text and the citation, corresponding to the references listed at the end of the article. When citations are sequential, indicate the first and last numbers separated by a hyphen. Example: ^(1-4); when non-sequential, separate numbers with commas and no spaces. Example: ^(1-5,8)or ^(3,7,18). For example:

(...) 20% showed moderate performance⁽⁵⁾.

As observed by Silva et al.⁽³⁾, the vast majority...

The same pattern has been confirmed in previous studies^(1,2,5-8).

The format adopted for bibliographic references is the “Vancouver Style” – Citing Medicine – The NLM Style (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/).

References are numbered consecutively in the order they are first mentioned/cited in the text. For documents with up to six authors, list all authors; for more than six authors, list the first six followed by ‘et al.’ Provide a link (preferably the DOI link) and the access date whenever available.

Journal titles are abbreviated according to the NLM Catalog Journals (PubMed) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals) or the BVS Health Scientific Journals Portal (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) (http://portal.revistas.bvs.br/).

Most common examples of references:

Journal articles

Kim MS, Park JH, Park KY. Development and Effectiveness of a Drug Dosage Calculation Training Program using Cognitive Loading Theory based on Smartphone Application. J Korean Acad Nurs [Internet]. 2012 [cited 2022 Mar 12];42(5):689-98. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.5.689

Sousa MLA, Shimizu IS, Patino CM, Torres-Duque CA, Zabert, I, Zabert GE, et al. Conhecimento, atitudes e práticas em relação à COVID-19 entre profissionais de saúde na América Latina. J Bras Pneumol [Internet]. 2022 [citado em 2022 mar. 12];48(5):e20220018. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20220018

Mantovani VM, Nazareth JK, Maciel DNP, Biasibetti C, Lucena AF, Echer IC. Absenteísmo por enfermidade em profissionais de enfermagem. REME Rev Min Enferm. [Internet]. 2015 [citado em 2025 jun. 1];19(3):641-6. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50073

Books

Potter PA, Perry AG, Stockert PQ, Hall AM. Fundamentos de Enfermagem. 11ª ed. Rio de Janeiro: GEN Guanabara Koogan; 2024.

Maried E, Hoehn K. Human Anatomy & Physiology. 11th ed. London: Pearson; 2018. 1264 p.

Book on the Internet/Ebook

Ministério da Saúde. Estratégia nacional para promoção do aleitamento materno e alimentação complementar saudável no Sistema Único de Saúde. Brasília (DF): Ministério da Saúde, 2015 [citado em 2023 out. 16]. 152 p. Disponível em: https://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/estrategia_nacional_promocao_aleitamento_materno.pdf

Higgins JP, Green S, editors. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions [Internet]. Version 4.2.6. Chichester (UK): John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2006 [cited 2018 Oct15]. 257 p. Available from: http://www.cochrane.org/resources/handbook/handbook.pdf

Chapter in a book with different authorship than the whole book

Bachega K, Accetturi E. Transplantes de tecido ósseos no Brasil: uma história segura de sucesso da odontologia. In: Santos PS, Mello WR, Coracin FL, Balnda RC, organizators. Odontologia em transplante de órgãos e tecidos. Curitiba: Editora CRV; 2018. p. 109-27.

Chapter in a book with the same authorship as the entire book

Borges EL, Saar SRC, Magalhães MBB, Gomes FSL, Lima VLAN. Feridas: como tratar. 2ª ed. Belo Horizonte (MG): Editora Médica COOPMED; 2010. Capítulo 10, Custo do tratamento de feridas; p. 179-88.

Dissertations and thesis

Silva, KL. Promoção da saúde em espaços sociais da vida cotidiana [tese de doutorado]. Belo Horizonte (MG): Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; 2009 [citado em 2023 maio 12]. 182 p. Disponível em: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/GCPA-7T6JVK

Legal documents

Brazilian Constitution

Brasil. [Constituição (1988)]. Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil [Internet]. Brasília, DF: Senado Federal; 2016 [cited 2019 Mar 19]. 496 p. Available from: https://www2.senado.leg.br/ bdsf/bitstream/handle/id/518231/CF88_Livro_EC91_2016.pdf

Law and Decrees

Brasil. Lei nº 13.709, de 14 de agosto de 2018. Dispõe sobre a proteção de dados pessoais e altera a Lei nº 12.965, de 23 de abril de 2014 (Marco Civil da Internet). Diário Oficial da União. 2018 Aug 15;155(157 seção 1):59-64.

Resolutions

Conselho Federal de Medicina. Resolução CFM nº 2.180/2018. Estabelece os dados de médicos que devem ser disponibilizados em consultas eletrônicas relacionadas aos registros dos profissionais médicos inscritos no Sistema Conselhos de Medicina e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial da União. 2018 Sept 19;155(181 seção 1):128.

Administrative order

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo. Portaria PR nº08/2015. Dispõe sobre prorrogação de bolsas em razão do advento de prole [Internet]. São Paulo: FAPESP; 2015 [cited 2019 Mar 19]. Available from: http://www.fapesp.br/9593

9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If the article is derived from a thesis or dissertation, this information must be indicated.

Abbreviations, quantities, symbols, and units must comply with International Publication Standards. When using an abbreviation for the first time, it must be preceded by the full term or expression, except when referring to a common unit of measurement.

Measurements of length, height, weight, and volume should be expressed in metric system units (meter, kilogram, liter) or their multiples and submultiples; temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius; blood pressure values should be reported in millimeters of mercury.

Acknowledgments should be included in a separate paragraph, placed before the references.

10. SUBMISSION IN OJS SYSTEM

Manuscript submission is carried out on the REME website through the OJS System, under the "Online Submission" tab.

Instructions for manuscript submission through the system are also available in the tutorial "Submission Process," available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pus_57HpwTU.

Documents for submission:

Document	Requirement	How to use/Submit
Manuscript file (download the template)	All	Submit according to the manuscript preparation guidelines
Title page (click to download the template)	All	Download the template, fill it with the authors' information, and submit it during the submission.
Declaration of responsibility and transfer of copyright and author contributions (download)	All	Download the document, complete it, and submit it during submission signed by all authors
Research Ethics Committee approval	For studies involving human subjects	Submit as a PDF file during submission
Clinical trial registration	For clinical trials	Submit as a PDF file during submission
Checklist (download) and CONSORT flowchart (download)	For clinical trials	Download the documents, use them in article preparation, complete them, and submit during submission
Checklist (download) and PRISMA flowchart (download)	For systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Checklist and PRISMA-ScR flowchart (download)	For scoping reviews
COREQ checklist (download)	For qualitative studies
STROBE checklist (download)	For observational studies
Declaration of Artificial Intelligence Use (download)	All	Download the document, complete it, and submit it during submission signed by all authors

11. TRANSLATIONS AND LANGUAGE REVIEWS

- Manuscripts submitted in Portuguese or Spanish: the author shall provide the English translation (abstract and full text) after approval.

- Manuscripts submitted in English: the author shall provide the Portuguese version.

- The translation of the abstract into Spanish is the responsibility of REME.

- The language review must be conducted by translators/reviewers accredited by REME.

12. AUTORSHIP

All authorship information must be placed on the Title page available for download, and not in the main manuscript file. The manuscript must not contain any information that could identify the authors.

a) Limit: 8 authors per article.

b) Authors’ full names

All authors must be entered directly into the OJS submission system at the time of submission. Authors will not be added afterward. The full first name(s) of the author(s) should be entered in the first field, and the surname without prepositions such as “and,” “da,” “de,” “do,” etc., regardless of the language of the document, should be entered in the second field. Indicate the full name without abbreviations. Do not include titles or middle names.

c) Corresponding author

Full name and email address of the author responsible for correspondence.

d) ORCID

Registration of the author in the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is mandatory, and the ORCID link must be inserted in the OJS submission system via the email invitation. The ORCID field (in the author registration) must be completed with the full address: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000.

e) Institutional affiliations and geographical locations

Indicate the affiliation(s) of each author and their geographic location, up to three hierarchical levels, from highest to lowest, followed by location: city, state, and country.

Example:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, School of Nursing - EE, Department of Basic Nursing - ENB. Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil.

f) Author contributions

Each author must declare their participation according to the ICMJE model. The categories include:

CONTRIBUTION	DESCRIPTION
Statistical analysis	Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.
Funding acquisition	Obtaining institutional financial support for the project leading to this publication.
Data curation	Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), manipulate, and maintain research data (including software code when interpretation of the data itself is required) for initial use and later reuse.
Conceptualization	Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
Resources management	Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
Project administration	Management and coordination responsible for planning and execution of the research activity.
Investigation	Conducting a research process, specifically performing experiments or data/evidence collection.
Methodology	Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
Writing – original draft	Creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).
Writing – review & editing	Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work by members of the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary, or revision — including pre- or post-publication stages.
Software	Programming, software development; design of computer programs; implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms; testing existing code components.
Supervision	Oversight and leadership responsibility for planning and execution of research activities, including external mentoring to the main team.
Validation	Verification, as part of the activity or separately, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outcomes.
Visualization	Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically data visualization/presentation.

13. POST-APPROVAL STAGES

- Standardization and normalization review

- Editorial and language review

- DOI assignment

- Ahead-of-print publication

- Translation (according to submission language)

- Layout and final approval of PDFs

- Publication in Portuguese and English (PDF and HTML)

Dissemination on:

- Websites: REME, EEUFMG, and COREN-MG

- Portals: CAPES Journals, UFMG Journals, REV@ENF

- Social media (Facebook, Instagram)

14. COPYRIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Copyright is transferred to REME upon submission.

- REME is not responsible for opinions expressed in the articles.

- Any omissions or unresolved cases will be decided by the Editorial Board.

15. ETHICAL CONDUCT AND PLAGIARISM

REME is not responsible for opinions expressed in the articles.

Any omissions or unresolved cases will be decided by the Editorial Board.

15. ETHICAL CONDUCT AND PLAGIARISM

Issues related to conflicts of interest, ethical aspects, and procedures adopted when misconduct is identified in submitted manuscripts are described in the EDITORIAL POLICY. REME uses the software "CheckForPlagiarism.Net" and "iThenticate" to check for similarity.

For questions, please consult the FAQ on the website or contact the journal’s office by email.