About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal Semina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde  (Semina: Ciênc. Biol. Saúde) is published twice a year promoting Science and Technology and is associated with the State University of Londrina. It publishes original and review articles, as well as case reports in the field of Biological and Health Sciences.

Peer Review Process

The selection process of works to be considered for publication involves an evaluation by the Editorial Committee and reports from ad hoc experts, double blind as described below.

The original manuscripts submitted for evaluation are initially assessed by the Editorial Committee of Semina Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. In this analysis, quality requirements for publication in the journal are evaluated, among which: scope; adherence to the journal’s standards; text quality; theoretical foundation; up-to-date literature; methodology coherence and precision; contribution and relevance of results, discussion about the observed data, figure, and table presentation; originality; and consistency of conclusions.

Those found to have potential to contribute to the scientific advancement are analyzed by at least two scientific advisors, who are ad hoc experts in the subject area of the manuscript, without author(s) disclosure. The manuscripts that are rejected according to the above criteria are sent back to the authors.

Publication Frequency

V.1, n.1 (Apr. 1978)

Biannual publication.

Partial continuation of: Semina (ISSN 0101-3742) which was divided into Semina: Agricultural Sciences; Semina: Exact and Technological Sciences; Semina: Social and Human Sciences; and Semina: Biological and Health Sciences.

 

Open Access Policy

This Journal offers immediate free access to your content stemming from the belief that scientific knowledge is a public good that must be freely available. following the beginning that to distribute the scientific knowledge gratuitously to the public it provides larger world democratization of the knowledge.

Plagiarism

Academic Plagiarism/ Code of Conduc and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)/ Responsability of the Authors. Copy a study or part of another author or even own publication , it is in unacceptable fraud and dishonesty. Ideas and words of other (s ) should not be used without identifying the source of information.

Ethnics principles

The ethics principles for research that involves human beings or experimentation on animals should be respected. The publication of articles that result from research involving humans is conditioned on respecting the ethical principles contained in the Helsinki Declaration (1964 etc.) of the World Medical Association.