About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The ABCS Health Sciences is an inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal, refereed and open to contributions from the international scientific community. Its mission is to publish and disseminate relevant contributions of interest in the Health Sciences.
Peer Review Process
All manuscripts received (in Portuguese or English) undergo peer review. The Editorial Board chooses external experts (reviewers) to issue anonymous opinion on the manuscript. These opinions are sent to the authors, along with the editors´ comments. If there is a possibility of publication, the authors should review the manuscript considering the suggestions and corrections or present reasons for non-compliance. The manuscripts will be approved for publication only after the final evaluation by reviewers and approval by the Editorial Board.
Authors may be asked to rectify formatting issues in text before the manuscript is sent for analysis by reviewers.Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that freely available scientific knowledge to the public supports a greater global democratization of knowledge.
Article Processing Charges
This journal does not charge the authors any fee related to submission and processing of manuscripts.
Authors who wish to include color images published in the printed version of the journal should be responsible for the additional costs involved in printing service.
Authors who wish to publish English version of an approved article originally submitted in Portuguese may contract translation services offered by the journal.
Ethical Considerations
ABCS Health Sciences follows the ethical conduct and guidelines of the document Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (available in www.icmje.org) for publication of scientific articles. In addition, it is required that all the ethical criteria for research on humans or animals must be respected. Therefore, the authors should state in "Methods" or in "Case Report" sections that the research was conducted within the standards from the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by a Research Ethics Committee.
Anti-Plagiarism Police
All manuscripts received are screened by anti-plagiarism software iThenticate. Manuscripts presenting high text similarity will be rejected.
Sources of Support
Journal History
The journal was created in 1978 by students of the Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC) originally entitled Arquivos Médicos do ABC (ISSN 0100-3992). In the first two years the publication responsibility was from Diretório Acadêmico Nylceu Marques de Castro, being shared with the Associação dos Docentes da FMABC after 1980.
In 1997 faculty members from FMABC created the nonprofit association NEPAS (Núcleo de Estudos, Pesquisa e Assessoria à Saúde) to, among other purposes, ensure continued publication of the journal.
Two major structural transformations updated editorial guidelines, content and scope:
- In 2008, the journal was renamed Arquivos Brasileiros de Ciências da Saúde (ISSN 1983-2451);
- In 2013, the magazine was renamed ABCS Health Sciences (ISSN 2318-4965).
Editors | |
1978-1979 | Diretório Acadêmico Nylceu Marques de Castro |
1980-1996 | Diretório Acadêmico Nylceu Marques de Castro e Associação dos Docentes da FMABC |
1997-2004 | Gérson Vilhena Pereira Filho |
2004-present | Ricardo Peres do Souto |
Editorial Board | ||
1997-2007 | Gérson Vilhena Pereira Filho | FMABC – Santo André – SP - Brazil |
1998-2002 | Milton Borreli | FMABC – Santo André – SP - Brazil |
1998-2001 | Maria Lúcia Tomanik Packer | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
1998-2001 | Vânia Barbosa do Nascimento | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2002-2004 | Luis Henrique Camargo Paschoal | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2002-2004 | José Ricardo Carvalho Lima Rehder | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2003- | Ricardo Peres do Souto | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2005-2010 | Lourdes Conceição Martins | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2005-2009 | Olinda do Carmo Luiz | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2005-2012 | Sandra Terezinha Amarante | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2008-2016 | Luiz Carlos de Abreu | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2012- | Fernando Adami | FMABC – Santo André – SP – Brazil |
2012- | Guilherme Malafaia Pinto | IFGoiano – Urutaí – GO – Brazil |
2012- | Márcia de Toledo Blake | UFPA – Soure – PA – Brazil |
2012- | Vítor Engrácia Valenti | UNESP – Marília – SP - Brazil |
2013- | Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos | UFSC – Florianópolis – SC - Brazil |
Scientific Counsel | |
Ana Luiza Muccillo Baisch | Rio Grande/RS |
Antonio Carlos Lima Pompeo | Santo André/SP |
Abraão Rapoport | São Paulo/SP |
Alexandre Francisco de Lourenço | São Paulo/SP |
Arthur Guerra de Andrade | Santo André/SP |
Augusto Paranhos Jr. | São Paulo/SP |
Auro Del Giglio | Santo André/SP |
Bráulio Luna Filho | São Paulo/SP |
Carlo Milani | São Paulo/SP |
Celso Ferreira | São Paulo/SP |
César Eduardo Fernandes | Santo André/SP |
Eduardo Colombari | Araraquara/SP |
Fernando Augusto de Almeida | São Paulo/SP |
Flávio Adolfo Costa Vaz | São Paulo/SP |
Gilles Landman | São Paulo/SP |
Helena Bonciani Nader | São Paulo/SP |
Hugo Spinelli | Lanús, Argentina |
Jair Constante Soares | Houston, EUA |
João Guilherme Bezerra Alves | Recife/PE |
José Albuquerque de Figueiredo Neto | São Luiz/MA |
José Lúcio Martins Machado | Botucatu/SP |
Josepa Rigau | Tarragona, Espanha |
Júlia Maria de Souza Felippe | São Paulo/SP |
Lucimar Aparecida B. N. Sampaio | São Paulo/SP |
Luisa Lina Villa | São Paulo/SP |
Luiz Carlos Von Bahten | Curitiba/PR |
Marcelo Eduardo Pfeiffer Castellanos | Salvador/BA |
Marco Akerman | São Paulo/SP |
Marcus Vinícius Sadi | São Paulo/SP |
Maria Aparecida da Silva Pinhal | Santo André/SP |
Maria Belén Salazar Posso | São José dos Campos/SP |
Maria do Carmo Borges Teixeira | Maceió/AL |
Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa | Manaus/AM |
Maria Helena Palucci Marziale | Ribeirão Preto/SP |
Maria Salete Bessa Jorge | Fortaleza/CE |
Mário José Abdala Saad | Campinas/SP |
Nise Hitomi Yamaguchi | São Paulo/SP |
Noe Zamel | Toronto, Canadá |
Octávio Fernandes | Rio de Janeiro/RJ |
Orlando César de Oliveira Barretto | São Paulo/SP |
Paulo de Oliveira Gomes | São Paulo/SP |
Ralf Greiner | Karlsruhe, Alemanha |
Ricardo Luiz Smith | São Paulo/SP |
Ricardo Oliveira Guerra | Natal/RN |
Richard Louis Voegels | São Paulo/SP |
Schlioma Zaterka | São Paulo/SP |
Szulim Ber Zyngier | São Paulo/SP |
Tânia Maria de Araújo | Feira de Santana/BA |
Waldir Eduardo Garcia | Londrina/PR |
Wellington V. Cardoso | New York, EUA |
Wilson Roberto Catapani | Santo André/SP |