Submissions

Author Guidelines

1.Standards and formatting

The manuscript must be edited in Microsoft Word (.DOCX or .DOC), formatted in A4 size (210 x 297 mm), black text and Helvetica font, size 9 for subtitles, size 11 for general text, size 12 for sub subtitles, size 13 for subtitles and size 15 for titles. With titles and subtitles in bold, and subtitles underlined. The identification of each image must be done with capital letters and the identification of something inside the image, with lowercase letters or a thin arrow. Images, graphs and tables must be sent in the body of the text, with a minimum resolution of Full HD (1920x1080 or 1920x1200 pixels). The left and right margins must be 3 cm and the top and bottom margins must be 2.5 cm, the manuscript must also have a line spacing of 1.65 (multiple) and the pagination on the right of size 8.

The articles must guide in the following order:

Type of article (size 10)

Title (size 15 and bold)

Author(s) [size 10.5, letter of the 1st name followed by a period + surname in full [a] (separated from the name with 1 space); names must be ordered according to hierarchy; affiliation caption size 8.5]

DOI (size 10)

Cite current issue (size 10)

Dates (size 8, in text box on 1st page, on the right)

Abstract (justified text)

Key words (separated by semicolons)

Introduction (justified text, for the first letter: Bodoni FLF or Josefin Sans font, with the color of the scientific area, size 30, capitalized position and number of lines 2)

Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion (text justified in 2 columns)

Acknowledgments, author contributions, conflicts of interest and references (running text, bibliographic reference type: IEEE)

To facilitate the editorial process, authors interested in publishing their articles in JUS should download and use the template available at this link.

2.Evaluation guidelines

JUS only accepts unpublished collaborations with articles submitted in English. It is understood that an article is unpublished when it has not been published in any national or foreign journal and in virtual spaces on the Internet that have the purpose of disseminating scientific work.

The original manuscripts submitted for evaluation are initially appreciated by the JUS Editorial Committee, which will designate an associate editor from the same scientific area responsible for processing the manuscript. In this analysis, the quality requirements for publication in the journal are evaluated, that is, to verify the relevance, coherence and integration of the article in the scientific scope of the journal and to verify if it follows the internal regulation of the journal. After approval by the Associate Editor, he will appoint two reviewers to prepare a report of critical analysis of the manuscript. 

If the decision is in favor of publication, it is up to the Associate Editor responsible to manage the authors' response process to the reviewers and any changes to the manuscript, in accordance with the critical analysis reports. The resulting manuscript version will be sent to the authors for approval of the final version of the document. The final version of the manuscript will later be published in an issue of the journal to be decided by the Editorial Board. The Dissemination Committee will make the proper dissemination of post-publication articles.

If the article is not approved, the Associate Editor will contact the author(s) justifying the reason(s) for which it was not accepted, with the possibility of being approved if the author is willing to make improvements in the aspects where it failed.