Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (RBMFC) is a peer-reviewed journal published by Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC). Articles are published continuously throughout the year, and can be read and redistributed free of charge. Potential authors should take note of RBMFC's editorial policies, beginning with the journal focus and scope and the policy of the intended section, facilitating adherence to the author guidelines.
For reviewers
Would you like to help in the peer review of the RBMFC (Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade)?
RBMFC external reviewers must be family and community doctors or other professionals with good knowledge of primary health care, and must have a master's degree in a relevant area of knowledge. Ideally, they should have experience in publishing and / or reviewing scientific articles, have a doctorate, and be able to read articles in more than one language. You don't need to know everything: academic communication is teamwork!
Check out our peer review process, update your user profile and contact us informing your availability!
The information page for authors has tips on how to complete your profile in the magazine; these tips are just as important for reviewers as for authors. In the case of reviewers, it is also important to select the languages known in the "contact" tab, and include areas of interest for evaluation in the "roles" tab. You can copy some of the suggestions below and paste it in the profile, or else type other subjects, preferably from MeSH or DeCS in English.
Methods and article types (preferably at least one):
- Biostatistics
- Case Reports
- Clinical Trial
- Epidemiology
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Qualitative Research
- Quality of Life
- Systematic Review
Populations (if relevant):
- Adolescent Health
- Aged
- Child Health
- Ethnic Groups
- Family Health
- Guidelines
- Learning Disorders
- Men's Health
- Minority Health
- Rural Health
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Women's Health
General aspects of clinical practice (if relevant):
- Clinical Competence
- Communication
- Comorbidity
- Complementary Therapies
- Continuity of Patient Care
- Diagnosis
- Genetics
- Global Health
- Group Processes
- Home Care Services
- House Calls
- Integrative Medicine
- Nutritional Status
- Occupational Health
- Pain
- Palliative Care
- Patient-Centered Care
- Patient Preference
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Polypharmacy
- Prescriptions
- Telemedicine
- Tropical Medicine
Clinical practice (up to five):
- Alcohol-Related Disorders
- Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
- Anxiety Disorders
- Asthma
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Digestive System Diseases
- Disease Prevention
- Domestic Violence
- Endocrine System Diseases
- Eye Diseases
- Female Urogenital Diseases
- Health Education
- Health Promotion
- Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
- Hypersensitivity
- Hypertension
- Kidney Diseases
- Male Urogenital Diseases
- Mass Screening
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms
- Mental Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Neoplasms
- Nervous System Diseases
- Oral Health
- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Parasitic Diseases
- Psychotherapy
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Sex Offenses
- Sexuallity
- Skin Diseases
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Tobacco Use Disorder
- Urologic Diseases
- Virus Diseases
- Wounds and Injuries
Management, politics, education, professions, related areas:
- Allied Health Personnel
- Clinical Governance
- Community Health Services
- Community Health Workers
- Dentists
- Economics
- Education, Continuing
- Education, Medical, Graduate
- Education, Medical, Undergraduate
- Ethics
- Health Law
- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
- Humanities
- Information Technology
- Licensure
- Nurses
- Patient Safety
- Practice Management
- Referral and Consultation
- Social Sciences
