Submissions

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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  • The article contribution is original and unpublished and is not being evaluated for publication by another journal; otherwise, it must be justified in "Comments to the editor."
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
  • URLs for references were provided where possible.
  • The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in the specific templates on the Author Guidelines section (see below).
  • The Ethics Committee of the institution approved the study involving human or animal research, and such approval is stated in the manuscript.
  • The authors understand that the Corresponding Author is the main contact for the editorial process,
    who is responsible for communicating with the other authors about progress, submissions of revisions
    and approval of the final version of the paper.
  • The authors do not have known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in the paper, or they declared the possible conflict of interests in the manuscript.
  • The corresponding author understands that he/she must download the "Author Declarations" file, available on Author Guidelines (see below), respond to it, sign it, and submit it (in PDF format) to the journal's system at the time of article submission.
  • The author must submit TWO files: (1) Manuscript file. (2) Author's statement. On the website, you can find the templates that should be used for both files.

Author Guidelines

Articles must be submitted in their final version, electronically through the RBFM website. For this purpose, the primary author (or correspondent author) must register and provide all the requested data.

Papers in Portuguese and English will be accepted. However, we encourage submissions in English. Whenever possible, we will speed up the review process for articles in English.

The corresponding author must attach a file with a copy of the manuscript (article) in Microsoft Word (*.doc or *.docx) and the signed "Author Declaration" (*.pdf) through the RBFM electronic submission system.

The "Author's Declaration" file is available at this link. The corresponding author must download the file, respond to it, sign it, and submit it (in PDF format) to the journal's system at the time of article submission.

Manuscripts that conform to the journal's format will be accepted. A template is available on the website for each type of article (see links to templates below).

Manuscripts must have a minimum and maximum number of pages according to the type of article and include Figures, Tables, and References. The text must be written using Arial font, size 10. The line spacing throughout the text must be simple, and the text alignment must be justified on both sides. Do not insert blank lines between paragraphs. For articles written in Portuguese, terms cited in English must be in italics.

The manuscript must be written on A4 paper (21.0 x 29.7 cm), with margins and spacing of the templates. The page layout must follow the double-column formatting with width and spacing as the template, except for the Title/Authorship and Summary/Abstract sections, in which a single column must be used in the page layout formatting.

Original Article: Articles in areas or topics related to Medical Physics that describe methods and results of original research that have not yet been published. Original articles must have at least 4 (four) pages and a maximum of 10 (ten) pages. A specific model for articles in the form of an Original Article is available at this link.

Technical Communication: Articles that constitute a way of disseminating solutions to problems of design, maintenance, experimental techniques, and informatics applied to Medical Physics. Technical communications must have at least 2 (two) pages and a maximum of 4 (four) pages. A specific model for articles in Technical Communication is available at this link.

Review Article: Articles in areas or topics related to the RBFM specialty, within a critical perspective, regarding a specific non-original theme, with a didactic approach or professional updating. A review article must be submitted following an editorial board invitation or preceded by the editors' consultation and evaluation. Review articles must conduct a state-of-the-art analysis of the topic addressed inside and outside the country. Review articles must have at least 5 (five) pages and a maximum of 10 (ten) pages. A specific model for the Review Article is available at this link.

Thesis or Dissertation Abstract: The abstracts of master's dissertations and doctoral theses defended and approved in postgraduate programs for a maximum of five years, and their respective abstracts may be published in RBFM for dissemination to the Medical Physics community. Only abstracts related to the areas of interest of the RBFM will be published, according to the preliminary evaluation of the editorial commission. Only abstracts of dissertations/theses available in institutional repositories will be accepted. A specific template for presenting a Thesis or Dissertation Review is available at this link.

Grupo de Trabalho em Física Médica

Documentos técnicos elaborados por grupos de trabalho e apoiados pela Associação Brasileira de Física Médica.

Copyright Notice

By submitting a manuscript to RBFM, the authors maintain copyright ownership of the article, and authorize the Brazilian Association of Medical Physics to publish this manuscript under the Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and identify itself as a vehicle of its original publication.

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