Cover Letter

The cover letter should include the following (Template):

• The contributions of the manuscript that  justify its publication.
• A statement that all authors approve of the final version of the manuscript and assume responsibility for its content.
• A statement that the manuscript is original and unpublished, and is not under consideration for publication in other journals.
• When there are conflicts of interest, the PFB's Publication Ethics and Plagiarism Policy will be followed.
• Identify who provided financial support for the research and/or manuscript preparation, and briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s) in study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, drafting the text, and deciding to submit the manuscript for publication. If no funding was received, declare this in the cover letter.
• If the data is hosted in a public repository, the manuscript and the cover letter must include the name of the repository, data identification number, the direct URL to the data, and its DOI.
• If the manuscript is derived from an academic thesis or dissertation, list the author, title, university, and  year the degree was awarded.
• Include the title of the manuscript, the full name(s) of the author(s), institution address, and e-mail.
• List the contributions of each author.
• Authorship: The list of authors must accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. The section entitled "Authors 'contributions" will contain the contribution that each individual author made to the manuscript, using the CRediT taxonomy. The six roles that should be attributed to authors according to their participation are described below. Contributions by anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the “Acknowledgements” section, with the collaborator's permission (for example, acknowledging contributions from people who provided technical assistance, collected data, helped draft the text, or a department chair who provided general support). Before submitting the article, all authors must agree to the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.
• Conceptualization: Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
• Formal analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.
• Investigation: Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.
• Methodology: Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
• Supervision: Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.
• Writing - original draft: Writing of the original manuscript.
• Writing, review & editing: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the manuscript, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages.
• Indicate six potential reviewers. Do not suggest with whom you have a personal or professional relationship should not be listed, especially if this relationship would prevent the reviewer from giving an unbiased opinion on the manuscript. It is important to provide an email address for each reviewer.
• You may indicate reviewers you do not want to review your manuscript, but you must provide a reason in each case.
• In studies undertaken in Brazil involving Genetic material or Associated traditional knowledge, the text must state that the research was conducted in compliance with the Biodiversity Law (13.123/2015).

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