Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

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The Authors’ Contribution section must include the contribution that each author made to the manuscript. To this end, Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira adopts the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) specification system. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles that describe each contributor’s specific contribution to the academic production. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal …

Before submitting an article to Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, the corresponding author must complete and include the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form at the time of submission. The journal reserves the right not to accept an article if the appropriate ethical or experimental standards have not been met. Conflicts of interest must be communicated not only by the authors but by everyone involved in the…

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira follows the standards of conduct and good practice established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). According to these guidelines, noncompliance with the established conditions may result in the publication of…

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This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is a condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties under an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing …

The manuscript submitted to Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira will initially be evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief, taking into account the scope, compliance with the standards, and similarity index. At this stage, the manuscript may be rejected or returned to the author for adjustments. If it complies with the journal’s guidelines, it will be forwarded to the Associate Editor, who will appoint single-anony…

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira recommends publishing preprints on public platforms, such as SciELO preprints, medRxiv, bioRxiv, and others, so that they can be openly discussed before being published. In the meantime, the journal’s review process will be followed without detriment. Information on prior publication must be declared on the Open Science Compliance Form, which must be submitted as a supple…