Instructions to authors

Scope

The Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology publishes original full papers, invited review articles, short communications, case reports, letters to the Editor, and Editors’ viewpoint. The scope of BJVP includes diagnostic, comparative, and experimental pathology of domestic, laboratory, or wildlife animal species. Studies in the field of toxicological and clinical pathology are welcome as well.

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the BJVP must be original and must not be under consideration, accepted for publication, or published elsewhere. Except for letters to the Editor and Editors’ viewpoint, all manuscripts are subjected to peer review by at least two reviewers. BJVP may eventually publish abstracts of scientific meetings in the field of Veterinary Pathology.

Peer review

BJVP conducts a single anonymized review process for impartial decisions. The Editor will initially assess all contributions for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to evaluate the paper’s scientific quality. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles.

Ethics approval and informed consent

Experimental studies must have been previously approved by an Institutional Committee for Animal Use, following guidelines compatible with local and Brazilian legislation. A statement confirming approval by an institutional committee and its corresponding reference number must be included in the Materials and Methods section. Experimental studies using animals owned by the client must have a statement of informed consent from the client or owner, in addition to ethical approval.

In studies involving human participants, BJVP supports the policies for the registration of clinical assays of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the registration and international dissemination of information on clinical assays. Therefore, only be accepted for publication from 2007, the clinical research articles that have received an identification number in one of the clinical assays registries validated by the criteria established by WHO and ICMJE, whose addresses are available on the site ICMJS. The number of identification should be provided at the end of the abstract. Authors must also include a statement on informed consent to participate in the study.

Declaration of conflict of interest

Authors must declare in the manuscript any competing financial and/or non-financial interests concerning the work described. Potential conflicts of interest include funding for research or personal support, employment, consultancies, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications or registrations, and other personal financial interests. Authors must indicate the Conflict of Interest using one of the following standard sentences:

The authors declare the following competing interests: ___.
The authors declare no competing interests.

Plagiarism check

All accepted manuscripts undergo a plagiarism check process using the Cross Check Program before publication.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) usage policies

BJVP does not allow the indiscriminate use of generative AI tools in articles. AI tools can be used for data extraction and analysis as part of research, but this use must be detailed in the methodology presented in the manuscript. For the article writing process, BJVP allows the use of AI only to improve readability and language, as long as it is done under close human supervision and control to avoid inaccuracies in the final text. BJVP does not permit the use of AI-generated images and videos for publication.

Manuscript format

Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors are strongly encouraged to seek help from a native English speaker or English language editing services to review the manuscript before submission. To prepare the list of keywords, please consult the DeCS/MeSH Health Science Descriptors.

Manuscripts should be submitted as a .docx file. It should be typed using the Times New Roman 12 pt font, double line spacing throughout the manuscript, and 2 cm margins. Lines and pages must be numbered.

Tables and figure legends should be added at the end of the manuscript (after the references).

Authors

The manuscript must include all authors’ full name and ORCID iD. Submission of a manuscript to BJVP implies that all authors have read and agreed to its content, and all authors agreed to the BJVP’s policies. All authors must satisfy the criteria for authorship.

The corresponding author should be indicated by an asterisk after his/her name, indicating his/her contact information on the title page. The corresponding author must provide an institutional email address. The corresponding author is the sole contact for the Editorial process and is responsible for communicating with the other authors about progress, submissions of revisions and final approval of proofs.

Figures

Figures should be saved as individual .jpg files, and they should not be embedded in the text. Figures must be high-quality (at least 300 dpi) and have perfect focus and contrast. Micrographs must have a clear white background. The magnification of the objective used to generate the micrograph should be indicated in the legend, or a magnification bar may be included in the lower right corner of the micrograph, indicating the corresponding size of the bar in the figure legend.

References

Authors are strongly advised to look at Vancouver Guide for Authors (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/) for proper formatting. References must be listed in alphabetical order and numbered. Reference citations in the text must contain only the number of the reference within parentheses, e.g. (4, 17).

Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with Index Medicus/MEDLINE.

References should be formatted according to the examples given below:

Jolly RD, Perrott MR, Alley MR, Hunter SA, Pas A, Beard H, Hemsley KM, Greaves G. A lower motor neuron disease in takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) is an endoplasmic reticulum storage disease. N Z Vet J. 2023;71(4):186-93. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2023.2190549.
Luff J, Weingart S, May S, Murphy B. A subset of equine oral squamous cell carcinomas is associated with Equus caballus papillomavirus 2 infection. J Comp Pathol. 2023;205:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.06.003.
Najd Ghahremani A, Abdollahi M, Shokrpoor S, Ashrafi Tamai I. Pericarditis caused by Proteus mirabilis in sheep. Vet Med Sci. 2023;9(4):1737-41. doi: 10.1002/vms3.1160.
Luna LG. Manual of histologic staining methods of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. 3rd ed. London: McGraw Hill Book Co.; 1968. 258 p.
Mauldin EA, Peters-Kennedy J. Integumentary System. In: Maxie MG, editor. Jubb, Kennedy & Palmer’s Pathology of domestic animals. 6th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2016. p. 509-736.

Supplementary materials

Supplementary materials such as raw data sets, spreadsheets, and videos, among others, may be submitted along with the manuscript when these materials are not suitable for inclusion and provide relevant additional information.

Manuscript submission

Manuscripts are submitted at the following website:

https://bjvp.org.br/submitting-a-manuscript/

The manuscript must be submitted as a .doc file, and all figures must be submitted as .jpg files within one single compressed .zip folder. Supplementary materials must be included in the same compressed folder as the figure files.

A cover letter must be typed or copied directly within the corresponding box. In the cover letter, authors must state that: (i) the manuscript is not published or under consideration for publication elsewhere, (ii) that all coauthors merit co-authorship, and that they all agree with the contents of the manuscript and with the order they are listed as coauthors. The cover letter should also describe the relevance, originality, and scientific contribution of the manuscript.

Journal publication workflow

The BJVP publication workflow consists of the following steps:
1. The corresponding author submits the manuscript to BJVP.
2. The editorial board screens the submitted manuscript to check if it is suitable for publication.
3. If the manuscript is considered not suitable for publication, it is rejected outright.
4. If the manuscript is considered suitable for publication, it is sent for peer review to at least two reviewers.
5. Each reviewer checks the manuscript independently and fills the BJVP report form with comments and recommendations.
6. The BVJP editor checks all the reports and recommends: Accept without changes; Major Corrections; Minor Corrections; or Reject.
7. Manuscript with recommendation of corrections is send back to the corresponding author to revise the manuscript.
8. Authors revises the manuscript and the corresponding author sends it back to BJVP.
9. Manuscript with recommendation of Major Corrections is revised by the reviewers.
10. More corrections may be asked to authors.
11. The BJVP editor makes the final decision: Accept or Reject.

Publication charges

Brazilian authors will be charged R$ 120.00 per accepted article (original full papers, short communications, case reports).

Submissions from outside Brazil will be charged US$ 50 per accepted article.

Corresponding authors authors who are regular members of the ABPV are free of publication charges. ABPV membership application details can be viewed at www.abpv.vet.br