Brief Background🔖

Revista CEFAC (abbr. Rev. CEFAC; ISSN 1982-0216) is a peer-reviewed online scientific publication published by Associação Brasileira de Motricidade Orofacial (ABRAMO). Accepted articles are continuously published with open access under a Creative Commons Attribution License, in English and Portuguese or in Spanish, and organized in six annual editions. Revista CEFAC charges a publication fee. No submission fee is charged.

Revista CEFAC was created in 1999 by Dr. Irene Queiroz Marchesan and Dr. Jaime Luiz Zorzi, the co-directors of CEFAC – Saúde e Educação. The materialization of what was a regularly discussed idea took place during the celebration of the CEFAC’s 15-year existence and was made possible thanks to the tenacity and partnership of individuals who always believed in producing and disseminating new knowledge related to speech therapy.

In 2016, Associação Brasileira de Motricidade Orofacial (ABRAMO) became responsible for publishing Revista CEFAC.

The abbreviation of the journal’s title, Rev. CEFAC, should be used in bibliographies, in footnotes, and in bibliographical references and subtitles when necessary.

To facilitate the understanding of the journal’s scope by readers and researchers around the world and thus increase its global visibility, in 2023 we began to adopt the acronym Current Evidence on Feeding, Audiology, and Communication - that is, CEFAC.

Open Science Compliance🔖

Revista CEFAC follows the Gold Open Access model.

The editorial policy of Revista CEFAC promotes transparency and open access to knowledge. We implement practices such as the publication of preprints and open access to all articles, ensuring that researchers, clinicians, and the general public can access the articles without restrictions.

In addition, Revista CEFAC adopts a series of measures, including a code of best practices for authors, reviewers, and editors. For articles with multiple authors, a clear explanation of each author’s role is provided. We also encourage the sharing of data and additional materials in open online repositories, and in line with open science practices, the journal offers authors and reviewers the option to open the peer review process, with or without the identification of their names.

During manuscript submission, authors are required to complete the Open Science Compliance Form, where they provide information about the conformity of the manuscript with Open Science communication practices.

Ethics in Publication🔖

Revista CEFAC observes the “Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication” recommended by SciELO⁽¹⁾, which promote integrity and transparency in the dissemination and reproducibility of research, and the “Core Practices” of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE⁽²⁾.

Revista CEFAC values the maintenance of good scientific practices and publication ethics. All articles, following an initial technical evaluation, will be forwarded for similarity analysis using the Crossref Similarity Check by iThenticate to detect plagiarism. It should be noted that plagiarism is a crime punishable by Brazilian law. Fraudulent information or plagiarism is not accepted. In the case that plagiarism or self-plagiarism is detected, the author(s) will be notified, and the journal will adopt the retraction measures guided by SciELO⁽¹⁾, COPE⁽²⁾ and the ICMJE.

Focus and Scope🔖

Revista CEFAC publishes Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Brief Communications, Case Reports, and Letters to the Editor that are relevant to speech-language pathology and audiology in the following areas: language, fluency, orofacial myofunctional disorders, voice, audiology, dysphagia, public health, neurofunctional speech therapy, gerontology, neuropsychology, work speech therapy and audiology, speech expertise, speech-language pathology in schools, and related areas. It also publishes other works that address the interfaces of speech-language pathology and audiology with other educational and health sciences.

The mission of Revista CEFAC is to disseminate scientific advances related to different areas of speech-language pathology and audiology, as well as their interfaces with other areas of knowledge, in order to contribute to the growth and improvement of the quality of speech-language pathology and audiology at the national and international levels.

Digital Preservation🔖

This journal follows the standards set by SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy. Revista CEFAC maintains electronic backup to preserve access to all its content through a partnership with Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) via LOCKSS – Cariniana /IBICT.

Indexing Sources🔖

Bibliographic Journal Information🔖

• Title: Revista CEFAC 
• Abbreviated title: Rev. CEFAC
• Publisher: Associação Brasileira de Motricidade Orofacial 
• Frequency: Six yearly editions
• Mode of publication: Continuous publication flow
• Year of establishment of the journal: 1999

Websites and Social Media🔖

• Website: https://www.revistacefac.org.br/
• Instagram: @revistacefac
• Twitter: @RevCefac