About the Journal
Aims and scope
Mission
Annals of Olinda Medical School is a scientific space for debates, research dissemination, and the spread of new ideas about the medical field and related sciences.
Audience
Our audience includes health professionals, undergraduate and graduate students in the medical field and related sciences.
Research topics coded according to CAPES classification:
MEDICINE (40100006), COLLECTIVE HEALTH (40600009), MULTIDISCIPLINARY (90000005), BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES II: MORPHOLOGY (20600003), PHYSIOLOGY (20700008), BIOCHEMISTRY (20800002), BIOPHYSICS (20900007), PHARMACOLOGY (21000000).
All articles are open access and offered through the link https://afmo.emnuvens.com.br. Manuscripts are submitted online through the platform available at https://afmo.emnuvens.com.br/afmo/about/submissions.
Periodicity
The magazine adopts a biannual periodicity and receives articles continuously every month of the year. Articles are published in two volumes in June and December.
Due to the pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 volumes were published annually.
Author Guidelines
Guidelines, general recommendations, submission, and formatting templates are available in the Author Guidelines.
Research Ethics Committee Approval
All publications submitted to the Annals of Olinda Medical School must have followed the research ethics recommendations of the Declaration of Helsinki and the standards of Resolution no. 466/2012 of Brazilian National Health Council.
Studies that analyze aggregated data without identifying participants, such as those available in official databases in the public domain are exempt from research ethics committee approval.
Following the guidance of the National Research Ethics Commission, National Health Council, Ministry of Health (CONEP/CNS/MS), no institution is superior to the research ethics committee to analyze the nature of research proposals. The research ethics committee that approves the research must be registered with CONEP.
Research ethics committee must also approve case reports, following the provision no. 166/2018, of the Research Ethics Committee/CONEP/CNS.
Case reports involving cadaveric parts must also have a research ethics committee approval. Reports that use parts from cadavers destined for medical schools or similar areas for teaching and research purposes, in addition to ethical approval, must have authorization from the responsible institution to conduct the research.
It is mandatory to send a copy of the research ethics committee approval before submission.
Peer Review
Annals of Olinda Medical School recognizes that peer review is important in the publication process. Therefore, we analyze the submitted manuscripts with ethics and maximum scientific rigor, following the steps below:
Every manuscript received is analyzed for suitability to the scope of the journal, its contribution to knowledge advancement, its originality, the methodological rigor with which the study was conducted, and the adequacy of the conclusions in relation to the results presented. In addition, the formatting is evaluated according to the standards of the journal. If any inaccuracy is identified, the manuscript is returned to the corresponding author, indicating the necessary adjustment. Only manuscripts that meet all the criteria described in the “Author Guidelines” undergo peer review.
Peer review is performed by at least two reviewers with extensive competence to evaluate the manuscript. The entire process is double-blinded; that is, reviewers and authors do not know each other’s identities.
The editorial decision is made based on the comments from the reviewers. It may follow one of the following outcomes: (1) rejection, (2) new submission chance by addressing the comments received, or (3) approval with or without changes.
Manuscripts falling under outcome (1), rejection, will be returned to the authors. In the case of outcomes (2) and (3), more than one round of review may be necessary. Conflicting opinions will have a third opinion requested or will undergo editorial arbitration. Failure by authors to comply with the review deadlines stipulated by the journal may result in the submission being archived. Approved manuscripts may receive layout changes as long as they do not alter the merit of the work.
The final editorial decision is recorded and is the responsibility of the editorial board. The manuscript content is the sole responsibility of the authors.
Plagiarism
Annals of Olinda Medical School analyzes every manuscript submitted to identify plagiarism using the CopySpider software. A plagiarism assessment is conducted upon submission before the peer review process. All files with a similarity index equal to or greater than 3% are rejected, achieved, and the authors are notified of the decision. The journal follows COPE guidelines to deal with cases of plagiarism.
Interoperability Protocol
Annals of Olinda Medical School follows integration/interoperability standards and protocols through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH): https://afmo.emnuvens.com.br/afmo/oai.
Article archiving
Archiving options (LOCKSS e CLOCKSS) are enabled, allowing the content of the journal to be stored and distributed in partner libraries. In addition, the content is digitally preserved by the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN).
Open Access
Annals of Olinda Medical School is an open access scientific journal, meaning that all articles from our portfolio are free of charge, at no cost to the user or their institution. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search full articles, or use them for any other legally allowed purpose without seeking prior permission from the publisher or authors. Likewise, it does not charge authors fees related to the submission, peer review, or editing processes.
Authors are allowed to keep all versions of their manuscripts in an institutional repository.
License Terms
All works published in the journal are licensed under an International Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). The license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build on your work, even commercially, so long as attributions are given to the journal for the original creation.
Copyright Notice
The authors retain the copyright without restrictions and must inform the initial publication in this journal in case of new publication of any work.
History
Annals of Olinda Medical School was created in 2018. Since then, it has been the official vehicle of the Olinda School of Medicine to support its principles, especially those related to encouraging research, teaching, and professional medical practices. It is an important instrument for disseminating knowledge, allowing exchange with other areas that favor medicine and the community, and enabling improvement of the standard care provided to the population.
