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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.
  • Works must be prepared following the guidelines in the template provided by the journal in TCAM.zip. Works created using other models or modifications of this model will not be accepted.
  • The manuscript must be written in 10pt font size, maintaining a printing area of 19.0cm by 12.7cm and free margins according to the template.

  • It is recommended that the manuscript be written in English. If the manuscript is written in Portuguese, it is necessary to include an abstract in English at the end of the text.
  • Manuscripts cannot exceed a maximum of 20 pages. Cases that do not respect this restriction may be rejected at the editors' discretion.
  • Figures must be prepared in color and in PNG or PDF format. Numbers, letters, and symbols in figures must be perfectly legible and in size compatible with that used in the text.
  • Authors must ensure they have registered all authors in the metadata fields on the website, including full affiliation and ORCID identifiers.
  • In the cover letter, the authors should list three possible reviewers in the same research area as the work being considered for publication.

Author Guidelines

a) About the author's responsibility over the manuscript contents 

The authors are responsible for the content of articles (manuscripts) submitted to the Journal Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics. Although the information in this journal is believed to be true and accurate when published, neither the editors nor the editor can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no express or implied warranties concerning the material contained herein.

b) About references and bibliography 

Bibliographic references should follow the IEEE citation standard (see examples) using the BibTeX tool with the IEEETR style, following the instructions and examples provided in the manuscript template TCAM.zip. In this standard, references will be numbered in square brackets ([1], [2, 3, 4]) and listed in the order of appearance in the text.

c) Information about keywords or descriptors 

On the first page of the manuscript, the author must provide, by the standards of Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, a title, name, and complete address for correspondence (including, if available, e-mail and/or fax addresses), an abstract in Portuguese, keywords, a version of the abstract in English and keywords in English (keywords).  

d) About peer review 

The evaluation process consists of three steps, namely:

1. Preliminary analysis by the editors to verify: adherence to the general instructions defined by the editorial policy; the focus and scope of the journal, the relevance and contribution of the text, and similarity analysis of all submitted documents using the Turnitin platform. Research involving animals and humans must include ethics committee certificates issued by their research institution upon submission. In case of doubts about the documentation provided, the journal may reject the article. Articles that do not meet the criteria will be returned to the authors for corrections as many times as necessary. If the works are deemed inadequate or do not comply with the journal's standards, they may be rejected based on the evaluation; otherwise, they will be sent for peer review.

2. Forwarding to reviewers: The article that complies with the standards will be submitted for merit and scientific method evaluation by at least two ad hoc reviewers from institutions other than that of the authors. In line with open science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers options for an open peer review process, with or without identification of their names. Authorization for the disclosure of names can be provided by the authors at the time of article submission and by the reviewers when completing the Open Science Compliance Statement. In the event of the publication of the reviews that supported the decision to publish the article, they may be edited by the journal's editorial board. Reviewers will recommend through the TCAM portal one of the following options:

  • Accept
  • Revisions required
  • Rejection

After analyzing the reviewer reports, the editors forward the decision to the authors. If the decision is "revisions required," the article is returned to the authors for correction, modification, adjustment, and/or justification according to the reviewers' comments. The revised manuscript should be submitted to the TCAM portal by the same author who submitted the original manuscript. The revised version of an article should be resubmitted along with a cover letter explaining each change requested by the reviewers. Suggestions that are not accepted should be properly justified. Changes must be highlighted in the text. Care should be taken to maintain the confidentiality of the authors' identity. Editors evaluate the revised article and cover letter and will forward them to the reviewers when needed. In the event of rejection of the article by one of the two reviewers, the editors will decide whether to send it for evaluation by a third reviewer. Editors are responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles.

3. The corrected article is then resubmitted to the reviewers for further analysis. Upon approval, the article is forwarded for typesetting. The final proofs of the articles are sent to the corresponding author in PDF format for final approval. If necessary, the author has 72 hours to correct and return the revised original. If there is no response to the proof within 72 hours, the Editor-in-Chief considers the unchanged version final, and significant modifications are no longer allowed. Only minor changes, such as spelling corrections and verification of illustrations, are accepted. Extensive modifications necessitate reevaluation by the reviewers and may result in delays in the publication of the article.

e) About author rights transfer 

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract, preprint, or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication in another journal, and its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any. Authors own the copyright of published articles. 

f) Information about publication languages 

Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics publishes original articles in Portuguese and English. Currently, the Journal has expanded its scope internationally. In this sense, authors must include the title, abstract, and keywords in English in their manuscripts, in addition to presenting the article in Portuguese, following the rules of the Journal. These data become part of the requirements of Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, as it allows the articles to be consulted by researchers from Brazil and abroad. 

Original Article

The main section is for submitting articles for evaluation by TCAM. Authors should select this section, except in specific cases of submissions from congresses supported by SBMAC.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms: 

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Authors are authorized to assume additional contracts separately for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (e.g., published in an institutional repository or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are allowed and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this can generate productive changes as well as increase impact and the citation of the published work (See The effect of open access).

  4. This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is following the BOAI definition of open access.

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