ISSN 1646-7868
e-ISSN 2183-6914

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts

Onco.News is a peer-reviewed scientific journal edited by the Portuguese Oncological Nursing Association (AEOP). The journal is published every six months in June and December.

It is aimed at students and, researchers, professionals in the areas of Health and Education and disseminates scientific knowledge produced in Oncology Nursing, with an impact on the scientific development of nursing. All articles must have scientific depth, be original and demonstrate clear relevance for scientific advancement in National and International Oncology.

The journal publishes original articles, systematic and integrative review articles, theoretical articles, Clinical Case Studies, Non-Research articles and Editorials.

The journal accepts the submission of works in Portuguese, Spanish and English. In all works whose original language is not English, it is mandatory to include the title, abstract and keywords in that language.

The journal does not charge article processing and/or article submission fees to authors.

The article submission process is online, through the following link: https://onco.news/index.php/journal/about/submissions Authors have available here a guide to assist them in the process of submitting a manuscript.

Instructions to Authors (Authors Guidelines)

As part of the submission process, authors must verify submission compliance with all items listed below. Submissions that do not comply with the rules will be returned to the authors.

1 - The article to be submitted to Journal Onco.news is original, has not been published in any other journal, book of minutes or book chapter and is not currently under consideration, in whole or in part, by another journal;

2 - The article has no plagiarism and strictly complies with the referencing and citation processes established by the Journal;

3 - The article accurately describes, in the methodology, the fulfilment of all ethical-legal aspects for carrying out the investigation;

4 - All authors of the article assume full responsibility for any lousy practice inherent to the principles described above or any others that harm the scientific dignity of the Journal and the principles of the rigour of the scientific community;

5 - Existence of institutional authorization (if applicable).

6 - The authors acknowledge that they are responsible for the content of the articles submitted to the Journal.

7 - Existence of an opinion from the Ethics Committee, whenever necessary.

8 - Respect for the principles of conflicts of interest.

9 - The authors sign and attach the Ethical-Legal Declaration of Responsibility and Conflict of Interest to the submission. The statement is available at the end of the page on Fundamental Ethical-Legal Principles.

10 - Authors submit the article according to the available templates (cover and article);

11 - The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Instructions for Authors in the About the Journal section.

Instructions for Authors

The content of the articles is the exclusive responsibility of their authors. They are responsible for respecting the ethical principles of research and complying with the norms and guidelines for editing the Journal. When publishing in the Journal, the authors keep the copyright.

The rules of the new orthographic agreement are considered, so the Editor safeguards its right to change terms from Brazilian Portuguese to Portuguese from Portugal. The articles are organized according to the Vancouver bibliographic style of the ICMJE standards, according to a specific category (Research Articles; Theoretical/Review; Literature Reviews, etc.) or Literature Reviews (Systematic or Integrative). To be published in the Journal, systematic reviews must comply with the evidence synthesis requirements implemented by the Portugal Center for Evidence-Based Practice, in line with Cochrane policies; Cochrane – Reviews.

Article Structure

Authors have two templates available to submit to the journal:

- Title page: identifies the authors and contains the primary information of the article. The template is available here

- Article: ensures blind review, as it removes all data that can identify the article's authors. The template is available here.

The article template is based mainly on the following items:

– Type of Article: They must be original articles and cover topics of Oncology, Nursing and Education, structured according to the guide below, appropriate to their typology. – Title: It should be informative and concise, written in the affirmative, in Portuguese or Spanish (maximum of 15 words), without abbreviations or indication of the research location. All works must have a translated title in English. – Abstract: The abstract of the work must be presented in Portuguese or Spanish and in English. It must not exceed 150 words. It must be structured according to each article's specific critical analysis topics.

– Keywords: The article must have a maximum of 5 keywords, transcribed according to the MeSH descriptors, in Portuguese or Spanish, English (Search at: http://decs.bvs.br/.) Find a descriptor for a keyword considered relevant in the study. The decision of the author can include it.

Text: Text structure:

Research Articles must contain the following sections: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Background/Theoretical Foundation, Research Questions/Hypotheses, Methodology, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.

Theoretical Articles must contain the following sections: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Development/Dissertation and Conclusion.

Note: Exceptionally, in qualitative studies, to facilitate the work of comprehensive analysis, the Results and Discussion sections may be merged.

Articles of Systematic Review must contain the sections: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Method of Systematic Review, Presentation of Results, Interpretation of Results and Conclusion.

Integrative Review Articles must contain the sections: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Methodological Procedures for Integrative Review, Results and Interpretation, and Conclusion.

Non-research articles must contain the following sections: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Development and Conclusion.

Editorials must contain: Open text of 1500 words, not including the list of references and notes if applicable.

Case studies must contain: Title, Abstract, Keyword, Introduction, Conclusion and Bibliographic References if applicable.

– Format: Must follow the structure of the template provided here. The article should not exceed 15 pages, including bibliographic references, tables and figures (graphs, images, etc.).

NB: Authors should pay the most significant attention to the morphological and syntactic aspects of the speech, avoiding errors, redundancies, jargon…

– Tables and figures (graphs, images, etc.): Only those necessary for understanding the article should be included. They must be referred to in the text and be numbered in order of inclusion, depending on each type. When the authors do not construct them, they must contain the Source.

– Citations: Citations can be direct or indirect. In the direct or textual citation, the literal transcription of the original text must be presented in quotation marks and accompanied by the author, publication date and page number. The indirect citation, or paraphrase, must accompany the author and publication date. In-text citations should follow the Vancouver bibliographic style. All cited authors must appear in the list of bibliographic references.

– Bibliographic references: The selected references should preferably be primary. They should highlight the most representative publications of the State of the Art, particularly those of the last five years. The sources must be located, favouring the search in databases of indexed national and international journals. Bibliographic references must prepare following the Vancouver bibliographic style. All references must mention in the article.

CRedit – Taxonomy for Author Contributions

Information on the individual contribution of each author to a scientific production must be placed on the title page of the article, according to the template provided here. For this, authors must use the methodology called “Contributor Roles Taxonomy” (CRedit) – https://credit.niso.org/

This information must appear on the article's title page, in front of the name of the authors and the ORCID identifier, as indicated in the template available here.