Editorial Policy

Focus and Scope

Journal of Epidemiology and Infection Control (JEIC) is an official publication of the Santa Cruz Hospital Epidemiology Center, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and graduate program in Health Promotion. It is a tri-annual journal aimed to publish articles that contribute to knowledge in epidemiology and infection control related to health services. It will not be accepted articles that have been already published elsewhere. The submitted papers will be sent at least to two reviewers. After the receipt of the evaluation, there will be a fifteen days deadline for the author to answer the review.
The journal receives publication of Editorials, Original Articles, Review Articles, Brief Communications, News, Featured Images, Experiences Reports, Letters to the Publisher, What is your diagnosis ?. Texts of another nature may be accepted for publication, depending on the evaluation of the Editorial Board.
The authors are requested guarantees that no material infringes existing copyright or right of a third party.

Rejection Rate in 2022: 67%.

 

Peer Review Process

1st Manuscripts can be submitted only by registering in the site: http://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/epidemiologia/index.
All authors and affiliations must be correctly identified in the system at the submission time.
After submission is in the journal's system, the manuscript goes through a first evaluation and will be subject to minor corrections or modifications of editorial standardization, which do not alter the author written style. When revisions are required, the manuscript is sent back to the author for the necessary changes. It will be set a deadline for the author to return the new version through the system, otherwise it will be finalized the process of submission and the manuscript will be filed. When not accepted, articles will be returned with a publisher feedback.

2nd If approved, the article is sent to blind peer review section. If the reviewer requests changes, it will be sent to the author a report with regarding the correction. Authors should provide all requested information and corrections, which should be highlighted in the text, using different colors or electronic system review mark, so that these changes become evident.

The result of the reviewers' evaluation can be stated in up to four ways:

(1) Approved without corrections;
(2) Approved with restrictions;
(3) Submit to a new review round;
(4) Rejected.

RECI’s reviewer staff is categorized in themes related to the scope of the journal, and its recruitment follows the editorial policy that combines invitations to researchers from Brazil and abroad.

 

3rd The new altered version receives a new evaluation by the editorial board, where further adjustments may be necessary. If the article does not need to be changed by the reviewers, acceptance is communicated and the text is sent for text editing.

 

4th In this step, the author will receive the article to check the changes made after editing the text by the editor, it will be the last moment for further corrections. After the author sends his corrected manuscript, it will be assigned in the system as “article in press”.

5th Afterwards, the article will be forwarded to the Layout section and it will return to the author for proofreading, at this time it is only possible to record typographical and layout errors. At this stage, Declarations of Originality, Responsibility and Copyright Transfer will be requested.

6th After proofreading and further adjustments, the article in its final version is published in the journal.


List of items to be considered for evaluation of submitted manuscripts for RECI


  • Title: it is adequate to the study objectives, clear, succinct and compatible with the content of the work, coherent.

 

  • Abstract: they fit the journal's norms where:Original articles have a maximum of 250 words and are structured in Justification and Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusion
    Review articles, maximum 250 words, structured as follows: Rationale and Objectives, Content and Conclusion.)

 

  • Keywords: they are clarifying and consistent with the work. They have from three to five selected DeCS Descriptors.

 

  • Introduction: it presents the problem, justifies and presents the objective of the study, in this order.

 

  • Main Text: it is structured according to specific rules for the type of article, critical, clarifying and coherent.

 

  • Methods: they are coherent and present enough detail for other researchers to evaluate or repeat the work.

 

  • Results and Discussion: they are critical and coherent, with a conclusion appropriate to the study hypothesis.

 

  • References: they are current, diversified and scientifically recognized, follow Vancouver standards, as recommended by RECI.

 

  • Originality: the ideas presented are unpublished.

 

  • Language and Writing: presents clear and objective Portuguese.

 

  • Scientific Relevance: it presents contributions to the area.

 

  • Literature Review: it is pertinent, updated, consistent with the subject.

 

  • Content domain: the author(s) present knowledge about the worked content. Consistent Argumentation, Cohesion and Textual Coherence.

 

  • Content quality: it is important for the article publication area.

 

  • Statistical Analysis: it is adequate to the problem and is coherent.

 

  • Illustrations/Tables/Graphs: they are adequate and consistent.

 

  • Ethical principles: they are respected and cited.

 

Publication Frequency

Journal is issued tri-annual.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that freely available scientific knowledge to the public supports a greater global democratization of knowledge.

Guidelines for ethical conduct

AUTHORSHIP

Mentioning the authors in scientific papers ensures that credit is given to the appropriate researchers, those responsible for the study. The intentional absence of representing the relationship of a scientist with his work is considered a failure on ethical conduct, which undermines the reliability of the study.

It is not allowed to mention names of authors who have not contributed to the paper, including guest authors with the purpose of increasing chances of publication;
It is not allowed to submit papers for publication without the author’s permission; Participant authors, whether in writing, data collection or having any other contribution to the research, should be mentioned in the specific section in order to avoid "ghost authorships".

PLAGIARISM

One of the most common types of ethical conduct failure is plagiarism – when an author intentionally uses other scientists’ studies without permission, credit or knowing. There are different types of plagiarism, from literal copy to the paraphrase of another author’s writing.
Literal copy of excerpts is only permitted if the reference source is cited in the text with quotation marks, attending the standards for publication;
It is not allowed substantial copy from research materials, processes, tables, and equipment;
If the paper contains the essence of another paper, it should be properly referenced;
Paraphrasing is only allowed if the reference source is cited and it does not change the meaning intended by the original author;
Text recycling is not allowed.
The articles submitted to RECI go through the verification of possible plagiarism through Plagius - Plagiarism Detector software.

FRAUD IN RESEARCH

Fraud in research means to publish data or conclusions that were not generated by experiments or observations, but by invention or data manipulation.
Authors may be required to send raw data related to the research for editorial review. Consequently, all data must be stored for a while after publication;
Images can only be manipulated in order to improve clarity;
None specific feature of image should be improved, darkened, moved, removed or introduced;
Adjustments to brightness, contrast or color are acceptable provided they do not cloud or eliminate any original information.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Whenever researchers, authors, reviewers or editors have personal/financial interest or belief that may affect their objectivity or influence their actions inappropriately, there is a conflict of interest. Such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties.
When submitting a paper, one should explicitly declare whether there are potential conflicts of interest or not, either with research participants, either with agencies that provided resources for the research;
This information must be indicated in the manuscript on a notification page. In case there are extensive details about the possibility of conflict, a document in form of a letter should be sent as a supplementary document, through the SEER system (Electronic Journal Publishing System).

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS, MULTIPLE AND/OR DUPLICATE PUBLICATIONS

Authors must make sure their papers are based on original research and have never been published before. Submitting or re-submitting papers for intentional duplicate publication is considered ethical misconduct in publishing.
Avoid submitting the same paper for more than one journal at a time;
Even if the paper is under review process, one should wait for the reply before submitting it to other journals;
Avoid submitting papers, which have already been published in a journal, to be considered by another journal;
Avoid submitting papers that describe different but essentially the same research to different journals;
Inform about any previous paper submission (including presentations, summaries and outcomes or records postings) so that a duplicate submission may be considered;
In case you want to publish the paper in a journal from another country or in another language, contact the editorial team;
Declare any details concerning to the publication in other languages or countries.

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

DOI - Digital Object Identifier is a standard for identifying documents in digital networks. Composed of numbers and letters, it is assigned to a digital object so that it is uniquely and persistently identified in the Web environment. All texts published in RECI receive a valid DOI.

ORCID - Open Researcher and Contributor ID

Because of the importance of accurately identifying the authors, the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection Control requests that RECI authors include ORCID in their metadata at the time of manuscript submission.

This identifier individualizes the researcher, distinguishing one from the other and at the same time preventing problems with ambiguities in the entries and spellings of the same name. Another important feature is that it is unrestricted and enables the exchange of metadata. Using an ORCID ID, researchers are connected with their activities, search results, publications, and affiliations.

The ORCID registration can be obtained free of charge through the website http://orcid.org.

More information in: https://www.abecbrasil.org.br/eventos/xxv_curso/palestras/quinta/suely_brito2.pdf

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