Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.-
MANDATORY: for the submission to BE ACCEPTED, it is ESSENTIAL that the name, email and affiliation of ALL authors have been registered in the system (metadata) by the responsible author so that ALL receives notifications during the submission process.
If this condition is NOT met, the submission will be CANCELED, and the MS must be resubmitted. - Only English submissions are accepted.
- Attach Cover Letter, certifying the relevance of the results presented, as well as their adequacy for the scope of the BIP; that the MS is original, has not been and will not be submitted to another journal while it is being evaluated by CEIP.
- Attach the Certificate of translation carried out by a specialized company or by a professional who can prove proficiency in English (for non English natives authors).
- Attach the Certificate of the Ethics Committee on Animal Experimentation and / or Ethics Committee for research with humans, when applicable.
- Attach doc or docx file (word): with full text, WITHOUT identification of authors, tables and figures included. Check that the authorship ID has been removed from the Word properties file, thus ensuring journal discretion in the Blind Review process.
- Attach pdf file: with full text, author identification (full name, affiliation, e-mail, ORCID registration), tables and figures included.
- In pdf file - Inform full name, affiliation, email and ORCID registration number of ALL authors. If you do not have this number, it can be obtained from orcid.org.
- Make sure that the names of the institutions (affiliations) are presented in full in the institution's original language (up to three hierarchical levels). This procedure is necessary to ensure a good indexing; the complete address of all the authors is fundamental.
- Check text formatting, as per Authors Guidelines: Book Antiqua font, size 11; line spacing 1.5; page size: A4; left and right margins: 2.5 cm; top and bottom margins of 3.0 cm.
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Figures and Tables MUST BE presented throughout the text, not at the end.
Do NOT attach Tables and Figures in individual files.
Tables should not exceed 16 cm in width and one page in length (including title and legend).
Black and white illustrations, photographs (black and white or colored), photomicrographs or electromicrographs must be attached in TIFF or JPG images with at least 300 dpi.
Figures should not exceed 16 cm in width. - Check formatting of the bibliographic references presentation, according to the norms presented in the Authors Guidelines. DOI for the references should be informed when they existed.
Scientific Article
Scientific paper
Paper resulting from scientific research, presenting original data obtained in a planned manner, based on scientifically accepted methods, strictly controlled and appropriate statistical planning that can be replicated and generalized. The discussion should be careful with sound scientific basis; should not be limited to comparisons of the results with the literature, but present inferences, assumptions and arguments about what was studied.
EDITORIAL POLICY
All papers submitted to the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca will be evaluated preliminarily by the Editorial Board, if overcome this initial screening will be sent to two expert reviewers in the covered area. The publication will be made only with the approval of the document by the reviewers, being the Editorial Board of Boletim do Instituto de Pesca final decision accepted.
The selection of items will be based on originality, quality and scientific merit.
The evaluation process used by the Editorial Board of Boletim do Instituto de Pesca is the "blind review" system by peers, i.e. confidentiality of the identity of both authors and reviewers, which will be maintained throughout the process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editorial Board will take care that the reviewers of each article are compulsorily of different institutions of origin of those authors. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final.
Plagiarism Policy
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca has a tracking policy for plagiarism. Items that are detected will be automatically denied and returned. This journal aims to publish original high-quality research work. Submission of a manuscript to this journal indicates that the study has not been published anywhere or has not been submitted elsewhere for publication. If author(s) are using any part of a published paper (in English or any other language), they should give proper reference or in any case, if required they should get permission from the previous publisher or copyright holder (whichever is suitable). Plagiarized manuscripts will not be considered for publication. If plagiarism is found in any published paper after internal investigation, a letter would be immediately sent to all the authors, their affiliated institutes and funding agencies, if applied and subsequently the paper will be retracted.
The views expressed in the papers are the sole responsibility of their authors. The original The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca reserves the right to make minor adjustments in order to maintain the uniformity of publication.
Author rights
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca uses the CC BY License for all articles published after March 2018. The CC BY License allows others to distribute, remix, adapt and create from their work, even for purposes duly quoted. It is the most flexible license of all available licenses. It is recommended for maximizing the dissemination and use of licensed materials.
Thus, by submitting an article to the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, the author agrees to its publication under the CC BY License, mentioned above. Consistent with this license, the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca also follows the recommendations of the DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals - which encourages the publication of open access journals. Therefore, once the article has been approved and published, the author retains all copyright and copyrights of the published version, transferring to the magazine the right to publish and maintain the registration of this official version updated, under the terms indicated above. The authors are encouraged to archive this officially recorded version, published by Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, both in social media dedicated to scientific communication and in personal or institutional repositories.
As the author, you (or your employer or institution) have some rights to reuse your work, always bearing in mind the terms of the above CC BY license. In this case, the authors have the right to:
- Share your article in the same manner as allowed to third parties, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY license, provided that the work used is referenced and quoted:
- Preserve patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
- Appropriate allocation and credit for the published work.
Policies on Conflict of Interest
Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summarized declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double-blind) or the manuscript file (if single-blind). If there are no interests to declare then please state this: Declarations of interest: none. This summary statement will be ultimately published if the article is accepted. 2. Detailed disclosures as part of a separate Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official records. It is important for potential interests to be declared in both places and that the information matches.
For Boletim do Instituto de Pesca the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts and are avoided: Current colleagues, recent colleagues, recent co-authors, master and doctoral students for which the editor served as a committee chair. After papers are assigned, individual editors are required to inform the managing editor of any conflicts not included in the list above. In the event that none of the editors pass all of the conflict screens, co-editors who are least conflicted will be assigned to the manuscript. In addition, co-editors who are least conflicted are assigned for all paper submissions reviewed by sitting editors. Journal submissions are also assigned to referees to minimize conflicts of interest. After papers are assigned, referees are asked to inform the editor of any conflicts that may exist.
Animal and Human rights
In works that involve the manipulation of vertebrates, a certificate must be sent that the research was approved by the Ethics and Biosafety Committee of the institution of origin of the research. As for Human Research, a certificate that the project was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research with Human Beings should also be sent in case of socioeconomic or ethno-ecological studies. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
Ethical Standards
The act of publishing involves the author, the journal editor, the peer-reviewers, the publisher and there are clear responsibilities that all involved to meet expected ethical standards at all stages in their involvement from submission to publication of an article.
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca is committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow the Council of Science Editors (CSE) that has set standards and provides guidelines for the best practices in order to meet these requirements, with respect to: Monitoring/safeguarding publishing ethics by editorial board; Rules for retracting articles; Maintaining the integrity of the academic record; Precluding business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards; Always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed. Banning any form of plagiarism and/or fraudulent data.
The Chief Editor, Associate Editors and Editorial Board guarantee the needs of readers and authors, ensure the quality of the material they publish, maintain the integrity of the academic record, guarantee intellectual standards and are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies in the implementation of Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics, intellectual and ethical standards.
Responding to Research Misconduct
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca uses the International guidelines for rules of good practices, recommended principles for investigating cases of research misconduct, and texts suggested by the OECD Global Science Forum Coordinating Committee and the Council of Science Editors (CSE) for international agreements in conducting international misconduct investigations.
Short Communication
Short communications
Short article with unprecedented result of scientific research, whose immediate disclosure is justified. Included in this category are significant observations, or exceptional findings of continuing projects that warrant rapid publication (description of a technique, the record of the discovery of a new species, record of parasites in species from a given location, and other unique situations). It must have the same rigor of a scientific article and contain sufficient data to establish that the research has achieved reliable and significant results. Short communications should not be used for preliminary results.
EDITORIAL POLICY
All papers submitted to the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca will be evaluated preliminarily by the Editorial Board, if overcome this initial screening will be sent to two expert reviewers in the covered area. The publication will be made only with the approval of the document by the reviewers, being the Editorial Board of Boletim do Instituto de Pesca final decision accepted.
The selection of items will be based on originality, quality and scientific merit.
The evaluation process used by the Editorial Board of Boletim do Instituto de Pesca is the "blind review" system by peers, i.e. confidentiality of the identity of both authors and reviewers, which will be maintained throughout the process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editorial Board will take care that the reviewers of each article are compulsorily of different institutions of origin of those authors. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final.
Plagiarism Policy
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca has a tracking policy for plagiarism. Items that are detected will be automatically denied and returned. This journal aims to publish original high-quality research work. Submission of a manuscript to this journal indicates that the study has not been published anywhere or has not been submitted elsewhere for publication. If author(s) are using any part of a published paper (in English or any other language), they should give proper reference or in any case, if required they should get permission from the previous publisher or copyright holder (whichever is suitable). Plagiarized manuscripts will not be considered for publication. If plagiarism is found in any published paper after internal investigation, a letter would be immediately sent to all the authors, their affiliated institutes and funding agencies, if applied and subsequently the paper will be retracted.
The views expressed in the papers are the sole responsibility of their authors. The original The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca reserves the right to make minor adjustments in order to maintain the uniformity of publication.
Author rights
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca uses the CC BY License for all articles published after March 2018. The CC BY License allows others to distribute, remix, adapt and create from their work, even for purposes duly quoted. It is the most flexible license of all available licenses. It is recommended for maximizing the dissemination and use of licensed materials.
Thus, by submitting an article to the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, the author agrees to its publication under the CC BY License, mentioned above. Consistent with this license, the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca also follows the recommendations of the DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals - which encourages the publication of open access journals. Therefore, once the article has been approved and published, the author retains all copyright and copyrights of the published version, transferring to the magazine the right to publish and maintain the registration of this official version updated, under the terms indicated above. The authors are encouraged to archive this officially recorded version, published by Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, both in social media dedicated to scientific communication and in personal or institutional repositories.
As the author, you (or your employer or institution) have some rights to reuse your work, always bearing in mind the terms of the above CC BY license. In this case, the authors have the right to:
- Share your article in the same manner as allowed to third parties, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY license, provided that the work used is referenced and quoted:
- Preserve patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
- Appropriate allocation and credit for the published work.
Policies on Conflict of Interest
Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summarized declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double-blind) or the manuscript file (if single-blind). If there are no interests to declare then please state this: Declarations of interest: none. This summary statement will be ultimately published if the article is accepted. 2. Detailed disclosures as part of a separate Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official records. It is important for potential interests to be declared in both places and that the information matches.
For Boletim do Instituto de Pesca the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts and are avoided: Current colleagues, recent colleagues, recent co-authors, master and doctoral students for which the editor served as a committee chair. After papers are assigned, individual editors are required to inform the managing editor of any conflicts not included in the list above. In the event that none of the editors pass all of the conflict screens, co-editors who are least conflicted will be assigned to the manuscript. In addition, co-editors who are least conflicted are assigned for all paper submissions reviewed by sitting editors. Journal submissions are also assigned to referees to minimize conflicts of interest. After papers are assigned, referees are asked to inform the editor of any conflicts that may exist.
Animal and Human rights
In works that involve the manipulation of vertebrates, a certificate must be sent that the research was approved by the Ethics and Biosafety Committee of the institution of origin of the research. As for Human Research, a certificate that the project was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research with Human Beings should also be sent in case of socioeconomic or ethno-ecological studies. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
Ethical Standards
The act of publishing involves the author, the journal editor, the peer-reviewers, the publisher and there are clear responsibilities that all involved to meet expected ethical standards at all stages in their involvement from submission to publication of an article.
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca is committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow the Council of Science Editors (CSE) that has set standards and provides guidelines for the best practices in order to meet these requirements, with respect to: Monitoring/safeguarding publishing ethics by editorial board; Rules for retracting articles; Maintaining the integrity of the academic record; Precluding business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards; Always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed. Banning any form of plagiarism and/or fraudulent data.
The Chief Editor, Associate Editors and Editorial Board guarantee the needs of readers and authors, ensure the quality of the material they publish, maintain the integrity of the academic record, guarantee intellectual standards and are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies in the implementation of Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics, intellectual and ethical standards.
Responding to Research Misconduct
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca uses the International guidelines for rules of good practices, recommended principles for investigating cases of research misconduct, and texts suggested by the OECD Global Science Forum Coordinating Committee and the Council of Science Editors (CSE) for international agreements in conducting international misconduct investigations.
Review Article
Reviews are in depth reviews of a particular topic or field. Only critical review papers will be considered. It should not consist of a summary of published data only (literature review). A critical evaluation of the data, the status of knowledge, and the research required to advance knowledge of the subject are essential.
The format and length of review papers are more flexible than for a article.
EDITORIAL POLICY
All papers submitted to the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca will be evaluated preliminarily by the Editorial Board, if overcome this initial screening will be sent to two expert reviewers in the covered area. The publication will be made only with the approval of the document by the reviewers, being the Editorial Board of Boletim do Instituto de Pesca final decision accepted.
The selection of items will be based on originality, quality and scientific merit.
The evaluation process used by the Editorial Board of Boletim do Instituto de Pesca is the "blind review" system by peers, i.e. confidentiality of the identity of both authors and reviewers, which will be maintained throughout the process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editorial Board will take care that the reviewers of each article are compulsorily of different institutions of origin of those authors. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final.
Plagiarism Policy
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca has a tracking policy for plagiarism. Items that are detected will be automatically denied and returned. This journal aims to publish original high-quality research work. Submission of a manuscript to this journal indicates that the study has not been published anywhere or has not been submitted elsewhere for publication. If author(s) are using any part of a published paper (in English or any other language), they should give proper reference or in any case, if required they should get permission from the previous publisher or copyright holder (whichever is suitable). Plagiarized manuscripts will not be considered for publication. If plagiarism is found in any published paper after internal investigation, a letter would be immediately sent to all the authors, their affiliated institutes and funding agencies, if applied and subsequently the paper will be retracted.
The views expressed in the papers are the sole responsibility of their authors. The original The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca reserves the right to make minor adjustments in order to maintain the uniformity of publication.
Author rights
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca uses the CC BY License for all articles published after March 2018. The CC BY License allows others to distribute, remix, adapt and create from their work, even for purposes duly quoted. It is the most flexible license of all available licenses. It is recommended for maximizing the dissemination and use of licensed materials.
Thus, by submitting an article to the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, the author agrees to its publication under the CC BY License, mentioned above. Consistent with this license, the Boletim do Instituto de Pesca also follows the recommendations of the DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals - which encourages the publication of open access journals. Therefore, once the article has been approved and published, the author retains all copyright and copyrights of the published version, transferring to the magazine the right to publish and maintain the registration of this official version updated, under the terms indicated above. The authors are encouraged to archive this officially recorded version, published by Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, both in social media dedicated to scientific communication and in personal or institutional repositories.
As the author, you (or your employer or institution) have some rights to reuse your work, always bearing in mind the terms of the above CC BY license. In this case, the authors have the right to:
- Share your article in the same manner as allowed to third parties, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY license, provided that the work used is referenced and quoted:
- Preserve patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
- Appropriate allocation and credit for the published work.
Policies on Conflict of Interest
Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summarized declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double-blind) or the manuscript file (if single-blind). If there are no interests to declare then please state this: Declarations of interest: none. This summary statement will be ultimately published if the article is accepted. 2. Detailed disclosures as part of a separate Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official records. It is important for potential interests to be declared in both places and that the information matches.
For Boletim do Instituto de Pesca the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts and are avoided: Current colleagues, recent colleagues, recent co-authors, master and doctoral students for which the editor served as a committee chair. After papers are assigned, individual editors are required to inform the managing editor of any conflicts not included in the list above. In the event that none of the editors pass all of the conflict screens, co-editors who are least conflicted will be assigned to the manuscript. In addition, co-editors who are least conflicted are assigned for all paper submissions reviewed by sitting editors. Journal submissions are also assigned to referees to minimize conflicts of interest. After papers are assigned, referees are asked to inform the editor of any conflicts that may exist.
Animal and Human rights
In works that involve the manipulation of vertebrates, a certificate must be sent that the research was approved by the Ethics and Biosafety Committee of the institution of origin of the research. As for Human Research, a certificate that the project was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research with Human Beings should also be sent in case of socioeconomic or ethno-ecological studies. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
Ethical Standards
The act of publishing involves the author, the journal editor, the peer-reviewers, the publisher and there are clear responsibilities that all involved to meet expected ethical standards at all stages in their involvement from submission to publication of an article.
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca is committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow the Council of Science Editors (CSE) that has set standards and provides guidelines for the best practices in order to meet these requirements, with respect to: Monitoring/safeguarding publishing ethics by editorial board; Rules for retracting articles; Maintaining the integrity of the academic record; Precluding business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards; Always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed. Banning any form of plagiarism and/or fraudulent data.
The Chief Editor, Associate Editors and Editorial Board guarantee the needs of readers and authors, ensure the quality of the material they publish, maintain the integrity of the academic record, guarantee intellectual standards and are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies in the implementation of Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics, intellectual and ethical standards.
Responding to Research Misconduct
The Boletim do Instituto de Pesca uses the International guidelines for rules of good practices, recommended principles for investigating cases of research misconduct, and texts suggested by the OECD Global Science Forum Coordinating Committee and the Council of Science Editors (CSE) for international agreements in conducting international misconduct investigations.