About the Journal

Aims and scope

Acta Elit Salutis (AES) is a biannual, exclusively online journal that publishes original articles in all areas of health sciences, such as medicine, nutrition, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, physical education, psychology, occupational therapy and others.

Original articles written in Portuguese, Spanish and English are accepted. These could address health sciences in basic/experimental, clinical and preclinical aspects, health care, public health and epidemiology, for example.

Articles may include results of experimental methods, new interpretation of results or existing data related to clinical problems, epidemiological studies that provide substantial scientific information for health sciences.

Studies reporting results involving human and animal research must provide evidence of ethical approval.

Types of contributions

Original articles

This is the preferred type of contribution.

Open for contributions

Indexed

Peer-reviewed

Case reports, case studies and experience report

Detailed and in-depth articles presenting either relevant case studies/reports or innovative experiences in health sciences.

Open for contributions

Indexed

Peer-reviewed

Systematic reviews 

This includes systematic reviews with meta-analysis.

Open for contributions

Indexed

Peer-reviewed

Literature review

Open for contributions

Indexed

Peer-reviewed

Conference proceedings

Open for contributions

Indexed

Peer-reviewed

Peer-review process and plagiarism

Upon submission, the articles will be evaluated by the Editorial Board, which will assess each contribution in terms of suitability and methodological aspects, as well as plagiarism checks. The result of this first stage will be released, on average, within 10 days from the submission date. If the article has structural problems that do not comply with the standards adopted, authors will be invited to adjust and resubmit the text within 30 days. After the authors resubmit the article, the work will be sent for blind peer review. We estimate that the average time for this stage is up to two (2) months. However, this time is subject to the flow of articles and the feedback from the reviewers. The order of publication follows the single queue criterion, except when the Editorial Board deems it necessary to perform bibliographic balances.

Declarations and copyright

Declarations of Conflicts of Interest (available during the submission process) and Copyright (available during the submission process) will also be required. Please note that, under the licensing CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, authors retain copyright protection for their contributions.

Publication frequency

Acta Elit Salutis (AES) publishes twice a year.

Fees:  There are no Article Processing Charges for this journal.

Open access policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge.

Users are authorized to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, or to use them for any other lawful purpose, without seeking prior permission from the publisher or author. Each article and issue is distributed under the Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA - 4.0) license.

Indexing sources

Dialnet (Latin American, Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian journals)

Redalyc (Sistema de Información Científica Redalyc, covering Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal)

Latindex (Scientific journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal)

Sumários.org (Brazilian Journals)

Livre (Open access journals)

Google Scholar  (Worldwide)

Archiving and data repository

The LOCKSS system is used for archiving procedures (Learn more). Data depository is also available via the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Diadorin). 

Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Guilherme Welter Wendt, PhD. Western Parana State Univesity, Health Sciences Centre, School of Medicine and Postgraduate Programme in Applied Health Sciences. 

Associate editors

Aedra Carla Bufalo Kawassaki, PhD. Western Parana State Univesity, Health Sciences Centre, Postgraduate Programme in Applied Health Sciences. 

Angelo Brandelli Costa, PhD. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Posgraduate Programme in Medicine and Health Sciences. 

Cibele Canal Castro, PhD. University of Wisconsin at Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Neurological Surgery. 

Lucas Roberto Pedron Paulino, PhD. Western Parana State University, Health Sciences Centre, School of Medicine. 

Editorial board

Prof. Dr. Armando Cypriano Pires - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).

Profa. Dra. Caroline Valente - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Profa. Dra. Carmem Lúcia de Mello Sartori Cardoso da Rocha - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM).

Prof. Dr. Emerson Luiz Botelho Lourenço - Universidade Paranaense (UNIPAR).

Profa. Dra. Franciele Ani Caovilla Follador - Universidade Estadual de Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE).

Prof. Dr. Geraldo Emílio Vicentini - Universidade Estadual de Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE).

Prof. Dr. Dr. Harapan Harapan - Medical Research Unit, Tropical Diseases Center, Department of Microbiology, Universitas Syiah Kuala (Indonesia).

Prof. Dr. Harnoldo Colares Coelho - Universidade de São Paulo, USP.

Prof. Dr. Roberto Pecoits Filho - Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (USA).