SECTIONS

Editorial

Document written by the editors of the Journal or requested by the editorial team. This type of document may contain a synopsis of the content of the Journal, the position of the editor on a particular topic or the comment on an article included in the number to be published.

 Original research articles

These articles report original research studies that are relevant to occupational health and safety. They must be written in a clear and coherent way and contain the sections introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusions.

 Short article

These articles report original data limiting themselves to a simple research question or topic that can be concisely reported. They contain the same sections as an original article: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusions.

 Revisions

The journal accepts articles that follow some standardized methodology for this process as reviews. It should be indicated if it is a thematic, systematic review or meta-analysis. The method used, the bases consulted, the inclusion criteria, the search descriptors, the Boolean equations, the period and the language must be described. A systematic review is characterized by a well-defined question, inclusion and exclusion criteria, systematic literature search, and well-defined methods for synthesizing the results of individual studies. A meta-analysis is defined as a systematic review that also includes statistical analyzes of the results of individual studies. They must follow the PRISMA guide.

 Letters to the editor

These are brief comments on material published in the journal, research progress that requires urgent dissemination, or a topic that may be of interest to the authors and that could not be published in the short article category.

 Reflection Articles

They are debate articles with practical or research questions relevant to occupational and environmental health. It may suggest a new area or focus of occupational health research, prevention, or treatment, practical implementation, or possibilities of implementing research results. Although the presentation format is more flexible, the approach must be critical and scientifically valid.