Critérios de publicação

Texts must be written in Portuguese or English, with all pages numbered and sent in a Word file (they will not be accepted in PDF).

Manuscripts must be referenced, by the authors themselves, as original, review articles, letters to the editor, or others.

It should be noted, in Annex I, whether or not the text was written according to the rules of the new Portuguese orthographic agreement.

Whenever possible, the following scheme will be adopted:

1. a) On the first page:

- title of the work in Portuguese and English; name of the authors (first name and surname) with the respective academic and / or professional titles; place of work or Institution where the work was carried out; e-mail address of the first author and optionally of the co-authors.

1. b) On the following page(s):

- the structured summary (Introduction and objectives; Materials and methods; Results; Discussion and conclusions) in Portuguese, which should not exceed 250 words for original and review papers and 150 for clinical cases;

- the abstract in English with identical characteristics;

- the keywords, in Portuguese and English (3 to 10), which will serve as the basis for indexing the article, according to the terminology of the Medical Subject Headings (www.nlm.nihgov / mesh / meshhome.html).

c) The text that, in the case of original articles, will generally have:

Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions

d) Acknowledgments

e) Bibliography

f) Tables and Figures.

Bibliographic references must be numbered in consecutive order of their first citation in the text.

They must be identified in the text with Arabic numbers in superscript format. In the case of Magazines, references must contain:

the name of the author (s) (surname and initial of the first name), the title of the article, the name of the publication (abbreviated) in italics and its identification (year, volume, number and pages).

Example: Lung C, GE Magazine. Collaboration with the Magazine.

GECP 20YY Magazine; Vol. XX (9): zz ‑ ww.

If the number of authors is equal to or less than 5, all must be included; if higher, include the first 3 authors followed by the Latin abbreviation et al.

All pictures - tables, figures, photographs, graphics, etc. - should be presented with quality that allows their reproduction in legible condition, numbered and accompanied by the appropriate heading and legend.

The place of its insertion in the text must be indicated.

Photographs and other illustrations may not contain any references that allow the identification of patients.

Tables should be numbered, in Roman numerals, at the top with the corresponding title. Figures should be numbered, with Arabic numbers, at the bottom with the corresponding title.

Figures, which include photographs, must be sent in a separate file in TIFF or JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Figures containing lines or sets of dots must be engraved with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi.

All the authors must indicate in Annex I whether or not there is a conflict of interest in the manuscript.

If the acceptance of the article is subject to changes, these must be made by the authors within a maximum period of twenty days.

Typographic proofs will be carried out by the Editor, if the authors do not indicate otherwise. In this case, they must be made within the deadline determined by the Editorial Office, according to the editorial needs of the Magazine.

Typographic proofs will be carried out by the Editor, if the authors do not indicate otherwise. In this case, they must be made within the deadline determined by the Editorial Office, according to the editorial needs of the Magazine.

The submission must be accompanied by a declaration (Annex I), which is available at gecp.pt, signed by all authors.