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History

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira (ISSN: 1809-4406), created in 1992, is the official journal of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the School of Medicine of the Universidade de São Paulo (DOT/FMUSP). It is a continuous publication, issued bimonthly in six editions per year (Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, and Nov/Dec). With its English version, the journal is widely recognized as an important contribution to the field, due to its seriousness and the dedicated efforts that have led to the indexing achievements already attained.

One of the main objectives of Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, envisioned by Prof. Tarcísio E. P. Barros, is to provide up-to-date technical and scientific information to health professionals interested in disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

With the valuable support of its editorial board, Editor-in-Chief Prof. Olavo Pires de Camargo guides the journal as a vehicle to promote, support, disseminate, and safeguard both the technical and scientific development and the ethical standards of professional practice in orthopedics and traumatology.

 

Until 2017, Acta Ortopédica Brasileira was published in print. Since 2018, it has been published exclusively online.

 

Open Access

“This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal.

Open access is a condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing free and immediate access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.”

 

Compliance with Open Science

Open Science is a global movement that aims to make the production and sharing of scientific knowledge more transparent, accessible, and collaborative. According to DOAJ (https://doaj.org/apply/guide/#basic-criteria-for-inclusion) (Directory of Open Access Journals):

 “Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate and free access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.”

This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including the absence of financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal.

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira is an open-access journal. It adopts a range of practices, such as its open-access policy and the code of best practices for editors. In addition, it requires the precise indication of each author’s role in the preparation of Original Articles, Update Articles, Reviews, Editorials, and Preprints, and it encourages the sharing, citation, and referencing of all data, program codes, and other materials underlying the texts of the articles. These practices aim to facilitate research assessment, replicability, preservation, and reuse of content. The journal is fully online and assigns a DOI (https://www.doi.org/) to each article. Data sharing can be carried out through the SciELO Dataverse platform Scielo Dataverse (https://data.scielo.org/dataverse/scielodata)

 

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira also encourages the publication of Preprint articles on public platforms, such as SciELO Preprints.  (https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo).

 

Also, in line with open-science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers the option to make the peer-review process open, with or without disclosure of their identities. Authorization for name disclosure may be granted by authors at the time of manuscript submission and by reviewers when completing the Open Science Compliance Form. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XZW1wp2q3brTnJ8nR444024eFUabNH6Z/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101539461613388101782&rtpof=true&sd=true)

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Publication Ethics

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira is committed to upholding best practices in moral conduct consistent with scholarly journal publishing, based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) (https://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/1999pdf13.pdf). Studies involving humans must comply with ethical standards and obtain duly documented informed consent from participants, in accordance with Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council, Ministry of Health (Brazil) (https://conselho.saude.gov.br/resolucoes/2012/Reso466.pdf), which addresses the Code of Ethics for Research Involving Human Subjects.

Preventing negligence is also a critical responsibility of the editor and editorial team: any form of unethical behavior, including plagiarism in any instance, is unacceptable. At submission, authors declare that their manuscripts are original and warrant that the work has not been published and is not under review/evaluation in any other journal.

 

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira is committed to ethics and quality in publishing. We support the expected standards of ethical behavior for all parties involved in the publication process of our journal—authors, the editor, and reviewers. We do not accept plagiarism or any other unethical conduct.

 

Aims and Scope

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira aims to publish predominantly original articles in orthopedics and traumatology arising from master’s and doctoral research conducted at national and international universities and institutions.

 

The journal considers submissions for the following sections: Original Article, Update Article, Review, Editorial, and Preprints. Update and Review articles are accepted by invitation of the Editorial Board only. Manuscripts may be written in Portuguese and/or English. The concepts and statements contained in the papers are the sole responsibility of the authors. Articles published in the journal follow the Uniform Requirements proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. (https://www.icmje.org/)

 

Article Processing Charges

To ensure the sustainability and continuity of Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, we inform authors that, as of January 2017, an article processing charge has been instituted. Authors are responsible for paying the fee for manuscripts accepted for publication, which will be charged to the corresponding author upon approval. After the Editor-in-Chief communicates acceptance of the manuscript, authors must make a bank transfer to Atha Mais Editora LTDA, CNPJ 14.575.980/0001-65, Banco Santander (033), Branch 4337, Checking Account 13001765-6, and send the proof of payment to the e-mail address actaortopedicabrasileira@uol.com.br, mentioning the manuscript protocol number (AOB-0000), the article title, and the name of the corresponding author.

 

The fee is R$ 1,700.00 (US$ 600). At the time of manuscript submission, after completing the registration, the author must read and agree to the terms regarding originality, relevance, and quality, as well as the payment of the fee. By indicating awareness and agreement with these conditions, the manuscript will be registered in the system for evaluation.

 

Digital Preservation

This journal complies with the standards established by the SciELO Digital Preservation Policy Program. (https://www.scielo.org/pt/sobre-o-scielo/preservacao-digital/)

 

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Bibliographic Record

Journal Title: Acta Ortopédica Brasileira

Abbreviated Title: Acta ortop. bras.

Published by: Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (DOT – FMUSP), Brazil.

Frequency: Bimonthly

Publication Model: Continuous Publication

Year of Establishment: 1992

 

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