ESCREVENDO PARA PUBLICAÇÃO EM PERIÓDICOS: O QUE VOCÊ DEVE SABER?

It is a literature review, which had the purpose of summarizing the available evidences in researches on ‘the errors and difficulties found in the process of scientific publication’ subject, as well as offering subsidies for the implementation of changes that promote the quality and the publication of information produced by the fields of sciences, such as nursing. The bibliographic survey was gathered from the LILACS and BDENF databases in the health virtual library website. The main errors and rejection factors of the submitted articles were: poor writing; out of date information and/or data; methodology failures, mistakes on the literature review; misspelling; insufficient and inadequate information; statistics problems and use of incorrect statistics. As main suggestions for authors to make the process of publication easier: the review of literature must be up to date; the fully understanding of the chosen methodology; the data analysis must be concise.