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Author Guidelines

The article must be submitted using MS Word, pages in A4 format, and lower, upper, right, and left margins must be 2 cm (narrow) and with pages and lines numbered sequentially. Articles submitted in Portuguese or English will be accepted for peer review. As of 2022, all articles approved by BIOENG will be published only in English, and the authors are responsible for producing the language version for publication. 

Submission of a manuscript on BIOENG inferred that the research study has not been published anywhere before, and is not under consideration for publication anywhere else. In addition, the publication has to be approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities, who appeared explicitly at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will disclaim any liability when there are compensation claims.

Authors who want to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere must require permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Also, authors must include a statement that such permission has been granted when submitting their research papers. Any data, material, or piece of study received without such statement will be considered by the publisher as originated from the authors.

We encourage the authors to visit our Declaration of Ethics and Good Publication Publications page, in particular the Code of Conduct and its Good Practice Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Online Submission

To submit a new manuscript, please click "Login" on the top right and follow properly the submission instructions presented on the site.

Please ensure you prepare and provide all relevant and editable source files. Any missing in the submission process of the source files can cause issues for the publishers, like unnecessary delays in the review and production processes.

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Information the submitted manuscript should contain:

Title Page

Your title page must present the following information:

a) Title: Should be concise, written in Arial font, size 14, bold with all capital letters, and centered.

b) Abstract: It presents to the reader the objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions of the article, in such a way that the consultation of the original can be dispensed with. It must consist of a sequence of concise and objective sentences. The text will be written in Arial or Times New Roman font, size 12, single-spaced, and justified. Please provide an abstract of 200 to a maximum of 250 words.

c) Keywords: They must be representative of the study. They must be at least 3 and 5 at most, not be included in the Title, separated by a period, and all lowercase letters.

1 Introduction

It should contextually and theoretically delimit the subject addressed, present the guiding questions and the justifications that generated the research, as well as, in the end, present the precise objectives of the study. 

Abbreviations: Abbreviations must be defined at the first mention of the entire described name and used permanently thereafter.

2 Materials and Methods

It must contain the necessary information that allows the study replication which is presented, exposing the scientific method adopted, experimental design, and models or statistical tools used in an orderly and detailed way. It can be divided into sections and subsections. Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units (SI units).

 3 Results and Discussion

They can be presented in the same chapter or separate chapters and subdivided into sections and subsections. The research results must be presented in tables, graphs, or other ways that the authors deem appropriate. The results should be analyzed and discussed with the relevant literature.

Tables 

• All tables must be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Always cite the tables in the text in consecutive numerical order.
• For each table, please provide a table caption (title) clearly explaining the table contents.

• Identify any previously published material by giving the source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
• Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data as standard) and included beneath the table body.

Figures Artwork Guidelines 

• Provide figures in order in the manuscript text itself.
• The art of the figure must allow its full interpretation, with legible graphic values. It is suggested that the minimum resolution of the figures is 300 dpi.
• If the figures are in black and white, do not refer to any color in the legends.
• To add text over the figure, we recommend using Arial font.
• The legend must be concise and present in a precise and clear way all the information for the correct interpretation of the figure. Therefore, the figures and their respective legends must be self-explanatory.

 4 Conclusions

Should be concise and respond to the study's objectives.

 Conflicts of interest

Authors must report any personal or institutional circumstances or interests that may influence the representation or interpretation of research results. If there is no conflict of interest, state "The authors declare no conflict of interest".

Funding

Authors must inform the sources and number of processes of funding obtained for the development of the study. If the study did not receive any financial support, the authors should state that "This research did not receive external funding".

Acknowledgments

Authors may acknowledge any support given that does not meet the criteria for authorship or the funding section. This may include administrative and technical support or in-kind donations (e.g. materials used for experiments).

 Data availability

Data availability statements provide where the data used to generate the results of the submitted manuscript can be found - including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analyzed or generated during the study.

 Institutional Review Board Statement

In case the study involves humans or animals, it is necessary to add the approval of the Animal or Human Ethics Council and inform the approval number of the study.

 References

Authors should prioritize scientific articles published in journals with a selective editorial policy and avoid congressional papers, theses, dissertations, news, and books must follow the APA standard style. Some examples are given below:

 Journal article

Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185

Parenthetical citation: (Grady et al., 2019)

Narrative citation: Grady et al. (2019)

Books

Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000

Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.

Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag. https://thebigpicture-academicwriting.digi.hansreitzel.dk/

Parenthetical citations: (Jackson, 2019; Sapolsky, 2017; Svendsen & Løber, 2020)

Narrative citations: Jackson (2019), Sapolsky (2017), and Svendsen and Løber (2020)

Book Chapter

Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016

Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge.

Thestrup, K. (2010). To transform, to communicate, to play—The experimenting community in action. In E. Hygum & P. M. Pedersen (Eds.), Early childhood education: Values and practices in Denmark. Hans Reitzels Forlag. https://earlychildhoodeducation.digi.hansreitzel.dk/?id=192

Parenthetical citations: (Aron et al., 2019; Dillard, 2020; Thestrup, 2010)

Narrative citations: Aron et al. (2019), Dillard (2020), and Thestrup (2010)