ABC Imagem Cardiovascular title page vs blinded manuscript: a file checklist

An ABC Imagem Cardiovascular submission is easier to check when you treat it as a small file set rather than one finished manuscript. The journal's current instructions separate author-identifying information from the anonymized main document, then add supporting forms, a cover letter, and any supplementary files.

That separation creates a practical final-pass question: does every piece of information appear in the right file, and only in that file? This checklist focuses on that handoff for authors preparing an Original Article. Always confirm your article type against the current journal instructions before uploading, because limits and required elements can differ.

Start with the title-page file

For an Original Article, the journal asks for a full Portuguese title and a full English title, each limited to 150 characters including spaces. It also asks for a short title of up to 50 characters, three to five descriptors or keywords with English translations, and the manuscript word count.

The title page is also the home for author identity. The journal's instructions list full author names, complete affiliations, and ORCID identifiers. Acknowledgments and sources of support belong with this identifying information rather than inside the anonymized review copy.

Before saving the file, run four simple checks:

• Compare the Portuguese and English titles for meaning, not just length.
• Count characters with spaces included for both full titles and the short title.
• Confirm that the keyword set appears in both languages and uses the journal's requested controlled-vocabulary resources.
• Reconcile names, affiliations, and ORCID identifiers against the submission-system entries.

The goal is not to redesign the title page. It is to make the file complete, internally consistent, and easy to compare with the metadata you will enter in the portal.

Keep the main document anonymous

The journal explicitly says that author identities should remain anonymous in the main document and that authorship information should appear only on the title page. A clean separation therefore requires more than deleting the byline from page one.

Search the review copy for:

• author names and initials;
• institutional names, departments, and addresses;
• ORCID identifiers;
• identifying acknowledgments;
• running headers or footers copied from the title page;
• comments, tracked-change labels, or document properties that reveal an author;
• self-references phrased in a way that directly identifies the research group.

This is a practical anonymization check, not a request to distort the research record. Do not remove required methods, ethics information, funding disclosures, citations, or other material simply because it might provide context. When the correct treatment of a potentially identifying detail is unclear, follow the journal's current instructions or ask the editorial office.

Keep one controlled title-page file and one controlled blinded-main-document file. Avoid names such as final-final-2.docx; a descriptive pair such as title-page.docx and blinded-manuscript.docx makes the upload boundary easier to inspect.

Recheck the Original Article structure

ABC Imagem Cardiovascular's current instructions call for an abstract of up to 250 words for an Original Article. The abstract is structured into Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and the journal asks authors not to cite references in it.

The main body follows Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. Use that structure as a file-level check:

1. Confirm that all five abstract labels are present and in the requested order.
2. Check the abstract word count separately from the full-manuscript word count.
3. Verify that the five main sections are easy to identify in the document navigation and on the page.
4. Match every table and figure callout to an actual item.
5. Confirm that the conclusion answers the stated objectives without introducing new results.

These checks do not judge the study or rewrite the research. They help prevent a correct scientific file from arriving with missing headings, mismatched callouts, or a structure that does not match the selected article type.

Package tables, figures, and the central illustration

The journal instructs authors to place tables, figures, and videos within the main document. Figures and videos must also be uploaded separately in the appropriate area of the submission system. The listed figure-file formats are JPEG, PNG, or TIFF, while approved video material is submitted as MP4.

For the separate asset set, compare filenames, callouts, captions, and upload order. The journal asks authors to number tables and figures in order of appearance, place table titles above tables, identify sources below them, and define abbreviations in the associated notes or captions. Tables should remain editable in Word or a similar program rather than being flattened into images.

Original and Review Articles also require a Central Illustration. Treat that as its own checklist item. Confirm that it is present, legible, concise, and consistent with the manuscript's message. Do not assume that an ordinary figure automatically satisfies the Central Illustration requirement.

A practical asset inventory can be as simple as:

• main document contains every table, figure, and video callout;
• each separate figure file opens and matches its caption;
• editable tables have not been converted to screenshots;
• supplementary items use consistent labels such as Table S1 or Figure S1;
• the Central Illustration is present for an applicable article type.

Add the required companion materials

The instructions identify a Mandatory Publication Form and a cover letter in addition to the title page and main document. The form covers declarations about copyright, potential conflicts of interest, ethics approval when applicable, generative-AI use, open-science practices, and author contributions where required.

The cover letter should explain why the journal was selected and describe the manuscript's scientific contribution to the topic. Keep that claim grounded in the manuscript itself. A cover letter is not the place for acceptance predictions, invented endorsements, or claims the evidence does not support.

Supplementary material is optional when it is relevant to understanding the article. If you include it, label each item clearly, cite it in the main text, and make sure the upload file matches the cited label. The journal notes that supplementary material is peer reviewed, so it deserves the same version control as the main document.

Run a final cross-file check

Open every file you plan to upload and compare the set as a reader would see it:

• The title page contains the bilingual titles, short title, keywords, word count, authors, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, and acknowledgments.
• The main document contains no author identity and follows the required article structure.
• Abstract headings and word limits match the selected article type.
• Tables and figures appear in the manuscript and the required separate assets are present.
• The Central Illustration is included when required.
• The Mandatory Publication Form and cover letter are ready.
• Every supplement is labeled, cited, and included exactly once.
• Filenames make each upload role obvious.

Then compare the package with the live ABC Imagem Cardiovascular journal page in Articlo. If you want a second pass before uploading, start the free Articlo readiness check for this journal.

Articlo formats and checks author-provided manuscript files against stored journal requirements. It does not write the research, verify the scientific claims or references, or decide whether a manuscript is ready for submission. The author remains responsible for the content, the selected journal, and the final submission decision.