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ISSN

The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins – 1995 – 2002 – ISSN 0104-7930
The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases – 2003 – until now - ISSN 1678-9199

About the Journal

The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases was the first Brazilian Electronic Journal. Now published four times a year, it is an official publication of The Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous Animals ( CEVAP ), Universidade Estadual Paulista (São Paulo State University - UNESP ), Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil.

It is an interdisciplinary journal in English and online (ISSN 1678-9199) devoted to research on different aspects of toxins, venomous animals, their products and derivatives, and tropical diseases. Launched in 1995 in Botucatu, the city where Vital Brazil was first exposed to serious venomous snakebite problems, The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins (ISSN 0104-7930) was one of the first Brazilian publications on diskettes. It has become a forum for the discussion of a subject that is usually dispersed in different journals dealing with a variety of unrelated matters.

The articles published in the journal cover from the systematics and morphology of venomous animals to the biochemistry, pharmacology and immunology of venoms; epidemiology of envenomation by different animals, insects, algae, bacteria, fungi, and plant products; molecular biology of venoms; physiology of venom actions; treatment of their effects; preparation and evaluation of antivenoms, etc. Since January 2002, it has included subjects related to Tropical Diseases.

The important field of bacterial, animal, and plant toxins is growing fast, but scientists from one field are frequently not aware of what is happening in other areas. The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (ISSN 1678-9199) has opened the possibility of bringing together all this information.

In the first issues, there was a prevalence of Brazilian authors, but now increasing numbers of articles are authored by specialists from several other countries, a demonstration of the journal international acceptance.

One of the journal's relevant features is the publication of thesis abstracts about venoms and envenomations. This information is very hard to obtain since theses are not necessarily published and lay unread in University libraries; their results, however, may be of value for specialists.

In the same vein, the journal publishes abstracts of papers presented in scientific meetings, another important source of information that is usually scattered in annals of meetings dealing with the already referred variety of unrelated subjects.

Mission

The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases is an interdisciplinary publication in English and online devoted to research on different aspects of toxins, venomous animals, their products and derivatives, and Tropical Diseases.

Publication frequency

Four times a year.

Address for correspondence

Editorial board

Editor-in-chief

Benedito Barraviera

Associate Editors

Carlos Alberto de Magalhães Lopes
Jorge Jim
José Chaud-Netto
Maria José Soares Mendes Giannini
Maria Teresinha Serrão Peraçoli
Nereu Carlos Prestes
Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira
Silvia Regina Catharino Sartori Barraviera

Editorial Production

Advertising Executive and Designer  

Ana Silvia S. B. S. Ferreira

Bibliographical E dition

Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita
Marluci Bertini
Gustavo Biscaino Remério
João Gilberto Cândido M. dos Santos

Database

Karina Luiz Chamma
Marli Leão

Project Development

José Cláudio Pires Martins
Marco Antonio Nogueira Duarte

Secretary

Selma de Lourdes Pires Martins

Submissions Editors

Ricardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros Almeida
Rui Seabra Ferreira Júnior

Text translation and Editing

National Editorial Board

C. F. S. Amaral (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
M. R. Brochetto-Braga (Rio Claro, SP, Brazil)
F. Bucaretchi (Campinas, SP, Brazil)
I. Z. Carlos (Araraquara, SP, Brazil)
S. Cimerman (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
P. Cupo (Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
J. C. Freitas (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
M. F. D. Furtado (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
N. Gobbi (Rio Claro, SP, Brazil)
M. T. Jorge (Uberlândia, MG, Brazil)
R. Kaneno (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
C. V. S. Leite (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
R. M. Lira da Silva (Salvador, BA, Brazil)
O. Malaspina (Rio Claro, SP, Brazil)
J. Marcondes-Machado (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
D. A. Meira (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
R. P. Mendes (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
R. Monti (Araraquara, SP, Brazil )
T. B. Nunes (Salvador, BA, Brazil)
P. P. O. Pardal (Belém, PA, Brazil)
J. Prado-Franceschi (Campinas, SP, Brazil)
J. R. Rogero (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
M. Sakate (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
A. Sebben (Brasília, DF, Brazil)
J. M. Sforcin (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
A. M. V. C. Soares (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
E. A. Varanda (Araraquara, SP, Brazil)
F. Viterbo (Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
J. S. Yunes (Rio Grande, RS, Brazil )

International Editorial Board

A. M. Fatani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
G. A. Codd (Dundee, Great Britain)
J. M. Demange (Paris, France)
G. D'Suze (Caracas, Venezuela)
H. Höfer (Karlsruhe , Germany)
I. I. Kaiser (Wyoming, USA)
E. Kochva (Tel Aviv , Israel)
J. A. Price (Tulsa, OK, USA)
M. A. A. Omran (Ismailia , Egypt)
T. Nakajima (Osaka, Japan)
T. Yasumoto (Sendai , Japan)
W. R. Lourenço (Paris, France)
C. L. Ownby (Stillwater, OK, USA)
C. Sevcik (Caracas, Venezuela)
. I. Platnick (New York, USA)

Indexed by

BIOSIS - Biological Abstracts
BIOSIS - Zoological Abstracts
CAB Abstracts
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts Service
EMBASE - Excerpta Medica
Global Health
Tropical Diseases Bulletin
LILACS - Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde
Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Included in

Arizona Health Information Network – AZHIN
Directory of Open Access Journals
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
Latindex - Sistema Regional de Información en Linea para Revistas Científicas
Portal LivRe! Centro de Informações Nucleares (CIN) - da CNEN
NISC Colorado - Wildlife Review Abstracts
Portal Brasileiro da Informação Científica - Periódicos CAPES
Google Scholar
SciELO – Scientific Electronic Library Online
Sumários de Revistas Brasileiras
VENOMS - the Atheris database on venomous animals

Instructions to the Authors

The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases is an interdisciplinary publication in English and online devoted to research on different aspects of toxins, venomous animals, their products and derivatives, and Tropical Diseases.
The Journal welcomes original work and its acceptance for review involves the understanding that the contents of the manuscript have not previously been published elsewhere, except as an abstract or preliminary report. Each issue may contain: the editor's viewpoint, original papers, review articles, short communications, preliminary reports, case reports, thesis abstracts, letters to the editor, book reviews, and information. The Journal also publishes abstracts of papers presented in scientific meetings.

The articles published in the Journal cover from the systematics and morphology of venomous animals to the biochemistry, pharmacology and immunology of venoms; epidemiology of envenoming by different animals, insects, algae, bacteria, fungi, and plant products; molecular biology of venoms; physiology of venom actions; treatment of their effects; preparation and evaluation of antivenoms, etc. Since January 2002 it has included subjects related to Tropical Diseases.

All manuscripts are sent to two or more referees for their review and recommendations. The final decision on acceptance or rejection is made by the Editor and/or Associate Editors.

Copyrights on all materials published in this Journal belong to CEVAP. Permission must be requested for the use of all or a part of this journal in other publications. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright for their article is transferred to the publisher if and when accepted for publication.

Papers can only be published if they carry the approval of the author's relevant Ethics Committee.

Mandatory requirements

All papers must include: title, authors' names and affiliations, abstract, key words, and contact addresses BOTH postal and electronic (Email).
Manuscripts must be accompanied by the Ethics Committee Authorization and the Copyright Permission. These documents must be sent by standard post to: CEVAP - UNESP, Caixa Postal 577, 18.618-000, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.

Preparation of originals

All manuscripts should be written in English and submitted in triplicate by standard post to CEVAP - UNESP, Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais, Fazenda Experimental Lageado, Rua José Barbosa de Barros, 1780, Caixa Postal, 577, Botucatu, SP, 18610-307, Phones (14)3811-7241, 3814-5555, 3814-5446, Email – jvat@jvat.org, Brasil. The author can also submit his manuscript online ( www.jvat.org.br - Submissions).
Authors should submit their manuscripts by email or online on Microsoft Word for Windows. Figures should be sent in separate .jpg (images) or .xls (graphs) files.
Papers should contain complete information about all authors, such as names, affiliations, and postal and electronic address (Email). The corresponding author may expect to hear from the Editor within 2-4 weeks after submission of a manuscript as to its acceptability for publication. Authors should retain one copy of the manuscripts as the Editors cannot accept responsibility for their damage or loss.

References should be listed in ALPHABETIC ORDER as follows:

1 BARRAVIERA B., LOMONTE B., TARKOWSKI A., HANSON LÅ., MEIRA DA. Acute-phase reactions, including cytokines, in patients bitten by Bothrops and Crotalus snakes in Brazil. J. Venom. Anim. Toxins , 1995, 1, 11-22.

2 CHAUD-NETTO J., GOBBI N., MALASPINA O. Biologia e técnicas de manejo de abelhas e vespas. In: BARRAVIERA, B. Ed. Venenos animais: uma visão integrada. Rio de Janeiro: EPUC, 1994, 173-93.

3 LIPPS BV. Selective cytolitic of snake venom proteins, atroporin and kaotree on various types of cancer cells. In: WORLD CONGRESS ON ANIMAL, PLANT AND MICROBIAL TOXINS, 11, Tel Aviv, 1994. Abstracts... Tel Aviv, International Society on Toxinology, 1994, 17.

4 PUBMED, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine. ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed ).

5 SILVA RJ. DA. Efeito dos venenos de serpentes Crotalus durissus terrificus (LAURENTI, 1768) e Bothrops jararaca (WIED, 1824) na evolução do tumor ascítico de Ehrlich. Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina, 1995. 132p. [Dissertação - Mestrado].

6 WOZNIAK MA., MODZELEWSKA K., KWONG L., KEELY PJ. Focal adhesion regulation of cell behavior. Biochem. Biophys. Acta ., 2004, 1692, 103-19.

The citation in Text must contain only the number on (not above) the line of text and in parentheses, e.g., (7, 38);

Tables, graphs, figures, photographs, audio and videos

Tables should be included in the Word file; graphs should be sent in Excel; figures and photographs in files ".jpg", ".bmp", and ".gif" or a good hard copy with the number on the back. Glossy photographic prints, drawings, and graphs should be submitted in duplicate, un-mounted with the author's name and an arrow indicating the top of the figure on back. Legends should be separate and not attached to or written on the illustration. Audio and videos should be sent separately in .wav and .avi files, respectively.

Editor's viewpoints

Any researcher can write the Editor's viewpoint since invited by the Editor-in-chief or Associate Editors. They should not exceed one printed page.

Letters to the Editor

They should not exceed two or three printed pages and should not be divided into introduction, materials and methods, results, and discussion.

Review articles

They should be presented in the same format as a full paper, except that they should not be divided into sections such as introduction, materials and methods, results, and discussion. They should, however, contain a 150 to 200-word abstract and key words. Review articles requested by the Editors will not undergo peer review.

Original papers

They should contain: a 150 to 200-word abstract, key words, introduction, materials or patients and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgments, references, and tables and/or figures, audio and videos.

Short communications

Short communications should include a 150 to 200-word abstract, key words, and tables and/or figures, audio and videos.

Case reports

Brief case reports of interest should include a 150 to 200-word abstract, key words, and tables and/or figures, audio and videos.

Preliminary reports

Preliminary reports should include a 150 to 200-word abstract, key words, and tables and/or figures, audio and videos.

Book reviews and Thesis abstracts

Books should be sent to the Editor to be reviewed. No books will be returned. We welcome thesis abstracts for publication.

Additional Information

It includes information about congresses, symposiums, and meetings.

Sponsors

UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq