About the Journal

The Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, is a scientific journal published by the Brazilian Stomatherapy Society (Associação Brasileira de Estomaterapia, SOBEST), a reference institution in the stoma, wound and incontinence areas. The journal has been classified as Qualis B1 for the 2021-2025 quadriennium by the Coordination Office for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES).

The journal published its first issue in 2003, maintaining quarterly periodicity until 2017. From that period onwards, it started to adopt the continuous flow publication model, in consonance with the contemporary scientific communication and knowledge dissemination practices. Manuscripts started to be published in three languages (Portuguese, English and Spanish) in 2026.

It stands out as the only Latin American journal specialized in Stomatherapy Nursing, emerging as an important vehicle for scientific disclosing, professional updating and strengthening of the academic production in the area. Currently, it enjoys the support of the Multidisciplinary Confederation on Wounds, Stomas and Incontinence (Confederación Multidisciplinaria en Heridas, Estomas e Incontinencia, COMLHEI), enhancing its integration and visibility in the international scientific context.

The official abbreviated title of the journal (ESTIMA – Braz. J. Enterostomal Ther.) must be used in bibliographic references and scientific citations.

Mission, focus and scope

Mission

Disclosing original and novel papers with theoretical and practical relevance and derived from technical-scientific research studies and productions in the Stomatherapy Nursing area, contributing to strengthening the specialty, to qualifying the professional practice and to advancing scientific production in the national and international contexts.

Focus and scope

The Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, is the official journal of the Brazilian Stomatherapy Society (SOBEST). It is an open access scientific publication, exclusively offered in online format and devoted to disseminating knowledge in the Stomatherapy Nursing field and correlated areas.

The journal scope encompasses the main specialty axes (stomas, wounds and incontinences), also including correlated themes such as fistulas, catheters, drains and professional development. With a focus on clinical practice, management, teaching and research, the journal prioritizes studies that contribute to qualifying the assistance provided, to innovation in health and to strengthening Stomatherapy as a scientific field.

Achievements and history

The Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, path can be followed in the editorials published throughout its history. These text materials record the journal's main milestones, advances and editorial changes, constituting a relevant source to understand its development and consolidation in the Stomatherapy Nursing field.

Digital preservation

The Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, adopts digital preservation policies that ensure ongoing integrity, authenticity and availability of its content.

The journal uses the PKP PN (Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network) system, which operates by means of a filing model distributed across a number of participating libraries, allowing creating permanent copies for the purposes of digital preservation and content restoration.

It is also part of the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) program developed by Stanford Libraries, which provides open code technologies for safe, resilient and highly reliable digital preservation, based on creating multiple copies distributed across different institutions. More information: lockss.org

The journal also participates in the Cariniana Digital Preservation Services Network coordinated by the Brazilian Science and Technology Institute (Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia, IBICT), which offers support for the preservation of journals operated in the Open Journal Systems (OJS) in Brazil.

Complementarily, these initiatives ensure long-term preservation of the journal's digital collection and its recovery in case of technical loss or failure.

Funding sources

The Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, adopts an open access and transparency model regarding its funding sources, ensuring its editorial sustainability and scientific independence.

Funding agencies

The journal's financial management and sustainability areas are in charge of the Brazilian Stomatherapy Association (SOBEST) (Stomas, Wounds and Incontinences), which can take part in funding and scientific publishing edicts. When obtained, any and all eventual funds are applied to improving the journal's editorial processes, internationalization and qualification.

Available in: https://sobest.org.br/

Sponsors and announcements

Companies producing or distributing technologies targeted at Stomatherapy areas can support the journal institutionally. Such collaborations do not interfere in the editorial content or in the evaluation process to which manuscripts are subjected, thus ensuring scientific independence and absence of conflicts of interest.

Fees

The journal does not charge any article submission, evaluation or publication fees, reasserting its commitment to open access and equality in scientific communication.

All authors of articles published in the Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, retain full copyright of their papers, with no restrictions and granting the journal the right for first publication. Manuscripts are licensed as per Creative Commons CC-BY, in compliance with the journal's licensing policy (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).

Open access

The Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima, is an open access journal, which means that its entire content is available free of charge, at no cost for readers or institutions. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, research or create links to the full texts of the articles, as well as use them for any legal purpose, with no need for previous authorization from the editor or the authors, provided that the terms set forth in the Creative Commons license adopted by the journal are respected.

This policy complies with the definition of Open access established by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Available in: https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/sign/signatures/

Open Science

Open Science practices are adopted and encouraged, promoting scientific knowledge transparency, reproducibility and dissemination.

When pertinent, it is recommended for authors to make the primary research data, as well as the manuscript ancillary materials (such as datasets, collection instruments, protocols, statistical analysis scripts and other complementary materials), available in open and certified digital repositories. In addition to institutional repositories, SciELO Data, Zenodo, Figshare, OSF (Open Science Framework) and Mendeley Data stand out among the options.

The objective is to ease the evaluation process to which manuscripts are subjected and, after publication, contribute to preservation, data reuse and replicability of research studies. All authors must indicate research data availability in their manuscripts, reporting the repository used according to the guidelines set forth in the Research Data Citation Guide, preferably in the Methods section, in the list of references and in the specific "Research Data Availability" section.

As an alternative, when it is not possible to deposit them in open repositories, the authors must declare that the data are presented in full in the article or that they will be available upon direct request.

The journal also accepts submissions previously made available in preprint servers, reasserting its commitment to Open Science communication practices.

In its editorial process, the journal adopts flexible peer review modalities, with the possibility of including double-blind, single-blind anonymized or open-blind reviews, according to the authors' and reviewers' adherence to the Open Science practices. The journal also promotes greater editorial transparency, with the ability to identify editors and reviewers involved in the process and publish the names of the editors responsible for processing and deciding on the manuscripts.

It also requires identifying the authors by means of ORCIDs and encourages sharing and properly citing research data made available in repositories.

The journal also assumes an ongoing commitment to expanding its adherence to international transparency and openness guidelines such as TOP (Transparency and Openness Promotion), as well as to promoting the Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) principles.

Finally, the journal adopts an active role in preserving and expanding access to knowledge, including digitalization and availability of its historical files.

Autofiling

Autofiling of manuscripts by their respective authors is encouraged as a way of expanding visibility, dissemination and impact of scientific productions.

Authors are allowed to deposit and share the following versions of their manuscripts in institutional, thematic or personal repositories, as well as in personal webpages, blogs and social networks:

  • Submitted version;
  • Version accepted for publication (Author Accepted Manuscript, AAM).

After publication, it is also recommended to share the final version of the article (version of record), preferably by means of the journal's official link.

In all cases, the full reference to the published version in the journal's website must be included, with due DOI identification when available.

This policy complies with the Open Science practices and the scientific communication guidelines.

Bibliographic index card

Title of the journal: Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy – Revista Estima

Short title: ESTIMA – Braz. J. Enterostomal Ther.

Publication belonging to: Associação Brasileira de Estomaterapia – SOBEST (Stomas, Wounds and Incontinences)

Frequency: Ongoing publication (annual volumes)

Publication modality: Continuous flow, exclusively online, in open access

Year when the journal was created: 2003

e-ISSN: 2595-7007 | ISSN: 1806-3144 (printed)

Websites and social media

Official website: https://www.revistaestima.com.br/estima/index

Instagram: @estimajournal

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/sobest

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0MrEK-oJCsmmis2A4-coUw

About the publisher

Zeppelini Publishers specializes in scientific publishing, offering technical and operational support to academic journals, such as digital editorial management, normalization, production and publication. It works on improving editorial quality and journals' adequacy to international scientific communication good practices.

Official website: https://www.zeppelini.com.br/