Guidelines for submitting manuscripts

The information presented below was updated in October 2024.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde (RBAFS) accepts articles that have not been previously published or are under review in another journal. The information and concepts presented in the articles, as well as the accuracy of the research content, are the sole responsibility of the author(s).

For studies involving data collection with human subjects, approval by a Research Ethics Committee is required. Studies that do not meet these requirements will not be accepted for publication in the journal.

Authors must pay attention to the appropriate use of sex and gender in the manuscript. It is recommended to access the SAGER guidelines and present the checklist.

AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA

RBAFS requires that all authors must have made significant contributions to the conception and/or development of the research, and must have been involved in the writing and revision of the manuscript. In addition, all authors must have approved the final version of the manuscript. In the submission form, the contribution of each author meeting these criteria must be indicated.

ARTICLE LANGUAGE

Articles may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. However, if an article accepted is in Portuguese or Spanish, the submission of the article in English within 30 days will be mandatory. For articles submitted in English, it is suggested, when possible, to publish the article in both Portuguese and English, thereby increasing RBAFS's reach in Portuguese-speaking countries.

FORMATTING

Manuscripts must be prepared in a Microsoft Word text editor. Files must have a DOC, DOCX, or RTF extension. The following formatting must be adopted when preparing the text file:

  • pages in A4 format, numbered in the upper right corner starting from the “title page”, with margins of 2.5 cm (bottom, top, left, and right);
  • Times New Roman font, size 12;
  • double spacing;
  • line numbering (page layout), restarting on each page;
  • Footnotes are not permitted.

TITLE PAGE

This document must include, in this order, the following information:

  • Text disseminating the main results with a maximum of 200 characters (including spaces), for dissemination on the social networks of the Brazilian Journal of Physical Activity & Health (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).
  • Type of article;
  • Complete title, with a maximum of 100 characters including spaces (avoid using acronyms in the title)
  • Running title, with a maximum of 50 characters including spaces;
  • Author(s) and respective institutional affiliations, organized in the following sequence (note: after submission of the manuscript, changes to the authorship will not be permitted):

- institution, center, department, city, state, and country – for example: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Physical Education, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil;

- abbreviations of the names of authors, states, and institutions are not permitted;

- after the name of each author, indicate the ORCID registration number (https://orcid.org) – for example:

João Santos1
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-3448
1 Federal University of Santa Catarina, Department of Physical Education, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

  • Information about the author responsible for contacting the Journal's editorial team, in the following sequence: author, email, full address (street, number, complement, city, state, country, zip code) – for example:

CONTACT
João Santos
jj@rbafs.org.br
Rua/Avenida Presidente X, n. 100, São João, Pernambuco, Brasil. CEP: 59000-001.

  • Word count in the text, summary, and abstract, as well as the number of references and illustrations (tables, figures, and tables);

Funding: inform the funding agency and process number when the manuscript comes from projects that received funding – for example:

           Funding

           Funding details...

  • Acknowledgments: inform in brief text institutions, and others, that you wish to thank – for example:

Acknowledgments

The authors thank...

  • Indicate three possible reviewers for your manuscript (full name, institution, and email):
  • To this end, only reviewers with a doctorate and knowledge in the area to which the manuscript is related are accepted; 

MANUSCRIPT BODY

Abstract 

On the abstract page, the article title should be placed at the top. The abstract should be written in structured format with a maximum of 250 words.For original studies, the abstract must include the following sections: introduction, objective, methods, results, and conclusion. For other formats, it is recommended to use the following sections: introduction, objective, development, and final considerations.

At the end of the abstract, three to five keywords obtained from the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) or Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) should be included, separated by semicolons.

Body of the text

The body of the text should be structured according to each type of article (see table). Citations should be numbered and ordered sequentially in superscript Arabic numerals, following the Vancouver style. Abbreviations should be kept to a minimum, and when used, they should be identified after their first use. 

Codes and Materials Underlying Articles
It is recommended that all data, codes, and materials underlying the article and used in the design and execution of the research be appropriately cited in the text and listed in the references section, preferably with a persistent identifier, such as a DOI.

Example of data reference:
Silva G. Breaks Cognition. Mendeley Data. 2024; V1. doi: 10.17632/ynxvnwks7z.1.

Data Availability
All articles resulting from original research should indicate data availability in the submission form, specifying whether the dataset is accessible and where it can be found.

References

Authors should adhere to the indicated word limit for each type of manuscript (see table), using references directly related to the manuscript's content. The organization of the reference list should follow the Vancouver style. For standardization, the use of reference management software utilizing the 'Sage Vancouver' style is recommended. Some formatting examples are provided below:

Journal articles:

Hallal PC, Victora CG, Wells JCK, Lima RC. Physical inactivity: prevalence and associated variables in Brazilian adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003;35(11):1894-900. doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000093615.33774.0E.

Book

Nahas MV. Atividade física, saúde e qualidade de vida. 5ª ed. Londrina: Midiograf, 2003.

 Book chapter

Zanella MT. Obesidade e fatores de risco cardiovascular. In: Mion Jr D, Nobre F (eds). Risco cardiovascular global: da teoria à prática. 2ª ed. São Paulo: Lemos Editorial Berenson GS. Obesity studies in Bogalusa. Am J Med Sci. 1995;310(Suppl); 2000. p. 109-25.

Thesis and dissertations

Brandão AA. Estudo longitudinal de fatores de risco cardiovascular em uma população de jovens [Doctoral thesis]. Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; 2001. 

Other documents:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Center for Health Statistics/CDC. CDC growth charts: United States. 2002; Available in: <http://www.cdc.gov. br/growthcharts> [2007 June].

IBGE. Síntese de indicadores sociais: uma análise das condições de vida da população brasileira: 2015. 35th ed. Rio de Janeiro: IBGE; 2015. Available in: <https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv95011.pdf> [2018 May].

Tables and illustrations

Tables should be created in word processors (e.g., Word). They should be referenced in the text and included after the references. Each table should have a title and column headers. They should be sequentially numbered with Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text. Footnotes should include the definition of abbreviations and the statistical tests used.

            All figures (images, charts, photographs, and illustrations) must be referenced in the text and submitted at a size equal to or larger than the intended display size. They should be sequentially numbered with Arabic numerals in the order they appear in the text. If the figures have been previously published, the author/editor must provide written permission for reproduction, and the captions should include the publication source. When saved as digital files, the resolution should be of good graphic quality (maximum 21cm width, 300dpi). Accepted vector formats include: AI (Adobe Illustrator), PDF (Portable Document Format), WMF (Windows MetaFile), EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), or SVG (Scalable Vectorial Graphics).

Authors contribution

The Brazilian Journal of Physical Activity & Health adopts the Contributor Roles Taxonomy CRediT. The contribution of all authors to the preparation of the manuscript must be described in the Submission Form.

Conflict of interest

Authors must declare in the Submission Form any conflicts of interest that exist in the publication of the article.

 Mandatory documents for manuscript submission