Scientific articles

writing, elements and standardisation according to NBR 6022 by Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)

Abstract

Background: Study about how to write and standardize a scientific article. It has as research question the question of how scientific articles are constructed.

Purpose: It aims to show the process of preparing an article in accordance with NBR 6022 of the Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, through guidelines for its writing, the rules to standardize it and the details of its mandatory and additional elements.

Methodology: It has a qualitative approach and bibliographical and documentary research as a methodology for constructing the study. It addresses, respectively, each of the pre-textual, textual and post-textual elements, clarifying what they are, why they are important, and how they are prepared. It is justified by the need to know the rules for preparing scientific articles, taking into account the difficulty that university students have in producing them. Its analysis and data collection instruments include books, articles and NBR 6022: Informação e documentação - Article em publicação periódica técnica e/ou científica, by Associação Brasileira de Letras.

Conclusion: It concludes that it is necessary to resort to reliable sources of information to understand the elements that are part of an article, its standardization and the criteria for writing it, resulting in elucidation for the reader regarding the writing of a scientific article.