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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.

  • 1. SUBMISSION CONDITIONS

    1.1. The work complied with the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association, which represents the international recommendations on clinical research, including ethical principles for clinical research involving human subjects, including research on identifiable human material and data. 1.2. The work has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, of a presentation at a scientific meeting, part of a published lesson, an academic thesis, or an electronic pre-press). 1.3. It is not under review in another publication. 1.4. The publication has been approved by all authors and/or by the responsible authorities where the study took place. 1.5. Is not subsequently published elsewhere, or in another similar version, or in another language, without the consent of PJBSR.


    2. USE OF THE PJBSR TEMPLATE. If the download does not work, contact rpics@.ismt.pt. Describe authors' roles using CRediT taxonomy.

  • 3. COVER LETTER

    Each manuscript must be accompanied by a cover letter (Word file called Letter-Editor): describing the article contents and its relevance to the likely readers of PJBSR briefly, declaring all the points in 1 "Submission conditions"; signed by all authors.

  • 4. ABSTRACT

    4.1. The abstract should be subdivided into subheadings: Objective: questions addressed, major goals. Methods: setting, context, sample, intervention, and the main outcome measures; for Review studies provide the data sources and the criteria for their selection. Results: Main findings. Conclusions: only those related to the results, positive and negative, highlighting limitations if appropriate, and implications of the study; for Review studies, write the main conclusions and implications for practice and research). 4.2. A Portuguese abstract should also be provided in the same document. 4.3. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references. 4.4. The Word limit is 200–250 words.

  • 5. KEYWORDS

    5.1. List up to six keywords alphabetically after the abstract in the Word document. 5.2. These words should optimally characterize the work and facilitate either the choice of the reviewer or subsequent research of the article on the internet. 5.3. For the behavioral sciences, you can follow the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) from the National Library of Medicine). 5.4. The last keyword should be the type of research methodology: theoretical study, descriptive study through observation, descriptive survey study, experiment, quasi-experiment, ex-post-facto study, instrumental study, qualitative study, meta-analysis, or study review. 5.5. Keywords must be in English and Portuguese.

  • 6. PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT


    6.1. Manuscripts should be written in the PJBSR TEMPLATE (name the file Manuscript). 6.2. Manuscripts should follow the requirements set by the standards of APA Style ® detailed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Ed.) 6.3. Qualitative studies should follow APA guidelines. 6.4. Editors and Reviewers give importance to clear and succinct writing style and well-organized tables. Statistical procedures should be explained clearly. 6.5. The Editors and Reviewers attach importance to succinct and clear writing style and well-organized tables. Statistical procedures should be explained clearly. 6.6. Abbreviations should be avoided. If you must do so, then indicate in the text at the first use, then do not repeat the name in full.

  • 7. STRUCTURE OF THE ARTICLE

    7.1. In most of the articles, the text should be divided into sections with the following main headings: Introduction, Methods (Sample, Instruments, Procedures, etc.), Results, Discussion/Conclusion, and References. 7.2. All pages should be numbered. 7.3. The total word count (up to 7000) includes all text in the article body (excluding the two abstracts, the references, the figures, and the charts). 7.4. For other articles, please check Types of manuscripts.

  • 8. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

    8.1. Prove that the statistical procedures used were appropriate to test the hypotheses of the study, and were also correctly interpreted. 8.2. Present levels of statistical significance (e.g., p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001) should be mentioned, or, if applicable, Confidence intervals (non-random sampling). 8.3. The Effects size should always be given (e.g., Cohen's d, Hedges g, Eta square, the correlation size effect).

  • 9. TABLES

    9.1. Present each table in the text in a maximum of FIVE tables. 9.2. Number each table consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order mentioned in the text and label them appropriately. 9.3. When they are mentioned in the text, do not duplicate information. 9.4. The tables, titles, and footnotes should be self-explanatory and not exceed one page. 9.5. The pattern of the symbols used in the footnote is as follows: *, **, ***, †, † †, † † †, ‡, ‡ ‡, ‡ ‡ ‡. 9.6. Refer to the APA rules for formatting.

  • 10. FIGURES

    10.1. Send each individual document and illustration in JPG (high resolution – 300 dpi) in a maximum total of 5 figures and charts. 10.2. Captions should come in the manuscript in their appropriate location. 10.3. Number each illustration consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order they are mentioned in the text and label them properly. 10.4. Figures from other works must be accompanied by the written permission of the authors.

  • 11. REFERENCES

    11.1. The use of software tools for managing citations and references is recommended (e.g., Free: Mendeley Reference Manager ou o Zotero; Paid: EndNote or ReadCube Papers). 11.2. Do not include unpublished references and indicate DOI or URL whenever appropriate. DOIs should always be displayed as a full URL link in the form https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx 11.3. Cited references in another language than English should be translated to English (see example at http://rpics.ismt.pt/index.php/ISMT/Referencias). 11.4. The maximum number of references is 50 for original articles and 100 for review/meta-analysis articles. 11.5. PJBSR follows APA guidelines (v. 7). 11.6. Check the PJBSR web page for examples or APA manual brief here.

  • 12. ORCID NUMBER

    Include the ORCID numbers for all the authors. If you do not have this number, before submitting the article, register at this address and place the relevant curricular data.

  • 13. Confirm that you have read the Privacy Policy.

Author Guidelines

 

The acceptance criteria for the papers are the quality and originality of the research, these parameters being assessed first by the Editors. If indicated, the papers are assigned to the Associate Editor or the Guest Editor, who will coordinate the peer review process, usually involving finding two expert referees.

Use the following template to submit a paper to PJBSR.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to refuse material for publication, the opinion being communicated within a month. The Editor is responsible for the final decision on acceptance or rejection. Unless so stated, material in this journal does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editors or DI&D. The editors are not responsible for any errors or omissions or by any fact (See Publication Ethics and Anti-Plagiarism Policy). The Portuguese Journal of Behavioral and Social Research prioritizes research articles and accepts other types of manuscripts. 

See Types of Manuscripts for more information.

Manuscripts should follow the requirements stated by the rules of APA Style ® detailed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Ed.). Other requirements are described on the webpage Authors Instructions.

 

Copyright Notice

The authors retain the copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License that allows the sharing of work and recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal. 



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