LILACS Methodology Field:
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Field 16 Personal Author (monographic level)
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Field 10 Personal Author (analytic level)
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Field 23 Personal Author (collection level)
Guidelines:
Refers to the name of the person responsible for the intellectual content of the document.
In the LILACS Methodology, authorship must follow the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – ICMJE.
- Include all authors mentioned in the document, along with their institutional affiliation.
- The affiliation must be recorded in hierarchical order: from the main institution to the department or unit.
- Exception: In theses and dissertations, institutional affiliation must not be recorded, since this information is included in the Thesis Notes.
- When both personal and institutional authors are present, give priority to the personal author.
Specific cases:
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In government documents, such as books or non-conventional literature, institutional authorship is mandatory. Including personal authors is optional.
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For the publication type “Clinical Practice Guideline,” it is recommended to record both institutional and personal authorship.
Examples of filling in institutional affiliation attributes:
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1: Most general hierarchical level: University of São Paulo
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2: Second level institutional affiliation: Faculty of Medicine
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3: Third level institutional affiliation: Department of Surgery or another subdivision, if applicable
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c: City: São Paulo
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p: Country: Brazil
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r: Degree of responsibility: leave blank; do not edit unless editor, organizer, or compiler.
Attention: Always delete “aut” (author) when included by the editor, as filling out this field already indicates authorship.
- Whenever both personal and institutional authors exist, include only the personal author.
- Exception: For the publication type “Guidelines,” both personal and institutional authors may be included.
